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New comment by mbuinl989 in "GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles"

mbuinl989 — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:40:12 +0000

They also innovated, one example was the side skirts used on their black and gold JPS F1 car in the late 70's or 80's. The side skirts gave greater down force when going around corners, its also a discreet way to improve handling on todays road cars as the FIA regs no longer permit the side skirts. BBC TopGear covered this in their last episode.

New comment by mbuinl989 in "Extended Validation Certificates Are Really Dead"

mbuinl989 — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:32:56 +0000

This is no different to when Microsoft launched their passport services, MS wanted to develop a global register to verify everyone's identity. It didn't work. The same identity dupe problem highlighted elsewhere re stripe inc registered in Delaware, also exists when it comes to code signing applications on windows.

New comment by mbuinl989 in "Anxiety Looks Different in Men"

mbuinl989 — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:27:27 +0000

Infrasound can cause anxiety, a good source for this are wind turbines, but its naturally occurring in the wild anyway. Stags emit it to warn females and young of predator's without giving away the location of the stag as the sound hits the ground and spreads in all direction, like you see with bass frequencies. High pitched frequencies are very directional by contrast. Disney sound engineers discovered it in the US, when they slowed down the recording of an electrical device, all those in the sound lab went home not feeling very well at all, its a fascinating story of discovery. Diet can also cause anxiety, the renin angiotensin system can certainly increase anxiety, exercise will counter the effects of anxiety, which is less common today than 50 years ago.

New comment by mbuinl989 in "NULL license plate not such a bright idea"

mbuinl989 — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:15:32 +0000

Password Managers are the new goto for obtaining all passwords and web browser zero days make it very easy to lift and then use for a variety of purposes. A simple lined small note book is good, but made secure is best, yet how would you make a pwd note book secure from someone else? This even applies to devices like bank cards and other things which needs a security code of sorts.

New comment by mbuinl989 in "Ebola Is Now Curable"

mbuinl989 — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:03:51 +0000

Its an RNA virus, so like flu it evolves all the time. RNA viruses replicate because there is no check on the NA helix when a cell replicates, unlike DNA which by virtue of being a double helix, a basic checksum method to ensure consistency of the DNA helix which the adaptive immune system relies on to do its job.

It is why flu vaccines can be ineffective by the end of the flu season. It takes about 2 weeks to grow a flu virus in sterile eggs, the most "high tech" solution known to man currently. Every time someone with flu sneezes, they are emitting new multiple strains of the flu virus.

The other problem with Ebola is it can hide in parts of the body where the adaptive immune system does not work, places like the eye and testes. So even though the virus may not show up in test results, it could reappear when someone's immune system is weakened sometime in the future. There are other ways to kill it though. Just for reference, someone I know works at Porton Down in the UK, MOD facility, they told me Ebola is nothing compared to some of the viruses and bacteria they have in their facilities. In other words there are far worse things to be worried about than Ebola.