Mike Franklin

Thu
Nov
5
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The current problems began years ago, experts said, when vaccine companies started abandoning the American market. Vaccines, which involve living viruses, are much harder to make than most drugs. Profits are lower and unused flu vaccine expires after a few months.

Also, vaccines are primarily intended for children, and Americans frequently sue when a child is injured.

Nation Is Facing Shortage of Seasonal Flu Vaccine - NYTimes.com
For those Guy Fawkes/V for Vendetta devotees out there, here’s a little origami by master folder Brian Chan ’02, SM ’04, PhD ’09 (via Remember, Remember… « Slice of MIT by the Alumni Association)

For those Guy Fawkes/V for Vendetta devotees out there, here’s a little origami by master folder Brian Chan ’02, SM ’04, PhD ’09 (via Remember, Remember… « Slice of MIT by the Alumni Association)

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Governments should not rely on [s]ecurity tools that have not passed scientific scrutiny, and should only employ those methods that have been proven effective. After all, the use of tools that do not work will only get us further from the truth.
excerpted in Schneier on Security: The Problems with Unscientific Security
Wed
Nov
4
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** So, tell me something else about your stuttering homeland:
Loads of people believe in pixies and everyone has been over Bjork for ages… I feel horrible, this stuff is gruesome.

** Don’t say that, you’re ruining it for the kids over there.
It should be ruined for them; I’m pleased that Icelandic kids can’t eat this shit any more, they’ll be the only fit children on Earth.

A TRADITIONAL ICELANDIC BURGER WAKE «  Viceland Today

(McDonalds pulls out of Iceland)

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It’s becoming a reader favorite and Halloween tradition for us to count down those ridiculously over-the-top gruesome urban myths that, oh by the way, happen to be true.
6 Creepy Urban Legends That Happen to be True (Part 3!) | Cracked.com
The snowguns made their 2009 debut last night. 23 days and counting. Jay Peak Resort: November 4, 2009 (via Jay Peak)

The snowguns made their 2009 debut last night. 23 days and counting.

Jay Peak Resort: November 4, 2009 (via Jay Peak)

Ingredients 1 pack cheese sandwich crackers 1 pack Doritos 1 pack Cheese Puffs 1 half can (or mini can) V8 5 tsp ketchup (or 5 ind ketchup packets) Open cheese sandwich crackers and lie cheese-filling side up. Crush Cheese Puffs using popcorn recipe technique. Combine 5 tsp ketchup with 1/8th cup of Cheese Puff powder. Mix well. Let sit. Cover crackers with a layer of Dorito chips. Spread ketchup-cheese puff mixture evenly over the Doritos. Pour V8 over the entire plate. Microwave on high for approximately 1min. Remove from microwave. Top with remaining Cheese Puff powder. Serve. Office Snack Gourmet: How to Turn Junk Food into Something More - Core77

Ingredients

1 pack cheese sandwich crackers

1 pack Doritos

1 pack Cheese Puffs

1 half can (or mini can) V8

5 tsp ketchup (or 5 ind ketchup packets)

Open cheese sandwich crackers and lie cheese-filling side up. Crush Cheese Puffs using popcorn recipe technique. Combine 5 tsp ketchup with 1/8th cup of Cheese Puff powder. Mix well. Let sit. Cover crackers with a layer of Dorito chips. Spread ketchup-cheese puff mixture evenly over the Doritos. Pour V8 over the entire plate. Microwave on high for approximately 1min. Remove from microwave. Top with remaining Cheese Puff powder. Serve.

Office Snack Gourmet: How to Turn Junk Food into Something More - Core77

Mon
Nov
2
Last Days of Gourmet apparently the capslock key was the first to be escorted out

Last Days of Gourmet

apparently the capslock key was the first to be escorted out

Sun
Nov
1
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It was a curious scene, with goblins, monsters and characters of all kinds mingling around real-life Secret Service agents.
Trick-or-Treating at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Sat
Oct
31
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Reid notes that on average, U.S. health insurance companies pay out in claims only about 80 percent of what they collect in premiums. The rest goes for marketing, underwriting and administration, with what’s left, for profit.
Game is up for health insurers | U.S. | Reuters
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n a nearby stationary store, Thora Sigurdardottir, a 35-year old nursing assistant, said she had no intention of going for a final McDonald’s meal.

“Good riddance,” she said.

Thousands line up for last Big Mac in Iceland | U.S. | Reuters
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But beyond the obvious, isn’t it a little ridiculous trying to price a device that doesn’t even exist yet? You know, one we don’t even know the specifications for? Of course it is. Besides, you can rest assured that if and when the mythical Apple tablet does get released, people will complain that it’s too expensive no matter how much it is. People complain that 99 cent applications are too expensive.
The Macalope Weekly: Everyone’s got an opinion | Mac | MacUser | Macworld
Fri
Oct
30
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The authors estimated that at least 1,000 hospitalized children died each year simply because they lacked insurance, accounting for 16,787 of some 38,649 children’s deaths nationwide during the period analyzed.
Hospitalized Children Without Insurance Are More Likely to Die, a Study Finds - Prescriptions Blog - NYTimes.com
Brown Sharpie � Archive  » Schrodinger’s Cat, RIP.

Brown Sharpie � Archive  » Schrodinger’s Cat, RIP.

Thu
Oct
29
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I’m still living with the effects of the chicken pox I had in third grade.

inessential.com: Vaccines

pretty scary.  I had chicken pox when I was 6, with no lasting effects.