#quackwatch mineral supps deemed useless

12.17: web.health/selenium
/#quackwatch mineral supps deemed useless:
editorial by a medical journal:

"Fortmann et al reviewed trial evidence to update
the usa's Preeventive Services Task Force recommendation
on the efficacy of vitamin supplements
for primary prevention in community-dwelling adults
with no nutritional deficiencies .
[ and no mineral deficiencies -- notice that .]
. after reviewing 3 trials of multivitamin supplements
and 24 trials of single or paired vitamins
that randomly assigned more than 400,000 participants,
the authors concluded that there was no
clear evidence of a beneficial effect
of supplements on all-cause mortality,
cardiovascular disease, or cancer ."
". the only supplements not gaining in popularity
are beta-carotene (some uses increased lung cancer)
and vitamin E (some uses increased all-causes mortality)."
"... mineral supplements are ineffective for
preventing mortality or morbidity
due to major chronic diseases."

. since most cancers happen to the elderly,
cancer could be considered to be
"morbidity due to major chronic diseases";
so, the editor of this journal
seems to be asserting that
mineral supplementation would prevent no cancers .

you want my wot?!

11.4: pos.cyb/net.mywot/you want my wot?!
. after I found out I really need to
integrate mywot into chrome browser
in order to post reviews of sites;
I was not so sure I felt safe
having them read my every link;
and, with malware so good at cracking any site,
what is the purpose of a service like mywot
that pretends today's safe site
is likely to be tomorrow's safe site ?
12.15:
. simply trust who you have to;
and have separate virtual machines
for each level of trust;
eg, have at least these levels:
# banks,
# the pit for everyone else .
. when I want to use my bank,
I restart my chromebook
to have its verified boot flush the malware .

brightness on ubuntu linux fujitsu laptop

10.10: web.cyb/xuw/brightness:
. ubuntu 12.04 LTS screen brightness?
adjust-the-screen-brightness-on-an-acer-aspire-one-d270
cant-adjust-screen-brightness-on-ubuntu-12-04lts
xbacklight

Install it by terminal:
sudo apt-get install xbacklight
Change brightness by xbacklight -set {20..50},
For example, to set medium brightness one would use
xbacklight -set 50

#nsa forces Torvalds' hand? #linux

12.14: intro:
see NSA backdoors all encryption software

12.12: news.cyb/sec/linux/nsa forces Torvalds' hand?:
rt.com:

. MIT-educated cryptographer and Linux developer
Theodore Ts'o stated publically that
he was happy with his decision to resist
earlier pleads from Intel engineers
to have that operating system commit entirely to
RDRAND [intel's on-chip routine] for encryption:
"Relying solely on the hardware random number generator
which is using an implementation sealed inside a chip
which is impossible to audit
is a BAD idea" . Now just three months later,
FreeBSD is rescinding their reliance on Intel and Via’s RNGs.
[by contrast:]
When a petition began circulating in mid-Sept
imploring Linux to stop relying on RDRAND,
one of the OS’s leading developers, Linus Torvalds,
called those who made those pleads "Ignorant" .

reusing #Apple #iMac #superdrive dvd burner?

10.24: web.cyb/dvd burner enclosure:
. for reusing the mac's burner (or just player?)
I need a dvd enclosure ...
if this doesn't work out,
my mac replacement will have a dvd;
eg, one dell compatible with qubes os
comes with a dvd writer for $35 .
. the chromebook is no place to test the new dvd:
Chromebook can't play USB CD or DVD drives .

stress-induced hyperthyroid

10.19: med/hyper cures:
. hyperthyroid can be a symptom of stress,
eleuthero helps you handle stress,
and some other herbs tone down the thyroid:
bugleweed, motherwort, and some say lemon balm .
[ I didn't test any of these herbs .]

Fed's QE ongoing for terminal banking crisis

12.9: news.pol/purges/inflation/Fed's QE ongoing for terminal banking crisis:
. Greg Hunter's latest USAwatchdog guest 
warns the biggest banks are still in big trouble
and they are the main reason
that the Fed'Reserve's Quantitative Easing
-- printing money to buy toxic bank stocks --
won't let up any time soon,
and why the biggest banks' stock prices
are 10 times higher than even
today's inflated other stock prices .
. the reason other stock prices are inflated 
is that the Fed keeps the interest rate low
which means people are less interested in bonds,
and then stocks are the only other place to go .

Community-based internet with wireless_mesh_networks

12.5: news.cyb/net/Community-based internet with wireless mesh networks:
. there is software available
that allows our wifi routers to form meshes
with the wifi routers of our neighbors
so we can internet with them
and make use of their out-of-community connection .
... meshing makes a lot of noise
and is unreliable compared to;
better to plan point-to-point networks .