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  1. Re:Mod Parent(s) Up! by MisterTut · · Score: 1 · on Back and Forth Between Qwerty and Dvorak?

    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is caused by compression of the Median Nerve within the carpal tunnel. Given the same stressors to this nerve, not everyone will develope this RSI, but the more abuse you dish out to your Median nerve, the more likely you are to suffer.

    Use of a standard keyboards doesn't help prevention of CTS, but it is no guarantor of it either. Common sense ergonomic practices (placement of the keyboard, location of the mouse, location of the monitor, sitting posture, frequent stretch breaks, the ability to touch-type, etc) are far more important than keyboard layout to keep you free of Repetative Strain Disorders.


    I highly recommend the free eBook Making Your Workstation Safe, the quick guide to Office Ergonomics available at:
    http://www.health-hack.com/members.php
    It can save much grief on down the line!
  2. Re:Bad solution to a problem which is already solv by MisterTut · · Score: 1 · on New Keyboard Technology

    OTOH, touch-typists are less likely to develop Carpal Tunnel: http://www.health-hack.com/archives/2005/06/14/12/ 56/touch-typing-reduce-carpal-tunnel/

  3. OT: A little editorial advice by hey! · · Score: 5, Informative · on Subjecting Yourself to Experimental Meds
    Y'know, this is an interesting article, but it is classic case of "burying your lead". It starts of almost as if it is about the new NIH regs. I had to read it several times to make positively sure I understood what was going on.

    Here is the original article:


    ghostlibrary writes "Even while NIH is getting new ethics regs, patientINFORM is being evangelized as a way for ordinary citizens to look up experimental treatment online, in essence circumventing their doctor, and the FDA long ago the tacitly approved this. /. debated Wikis in hospital. RSI fans track risky or untested procedures from the Typing Injury FAQ and Health-Hack covers IT-related self-help medicine. Laser-eye stuff is now mainstream and doesn't need a check beyond google. Any other sites out there for those willing to dictate their own medical course? Does this mean Internet users will become test subjects moreso than the usual college students and elderly?"


    Let me suggest this as a better rewrite:

    ghostlibrary writes "People who are interested in obtaining information about experimental treatments for health conditions can turn to a new web site called patientINFORM, which is being evangelized by a collective of publishers and medical groups. This site is controversial because it in effect allows patients to circumvent their doctors in the search for unconventional and unapproved therapies. While the FDA has tacitly approved this kind of information service in the past, the NIH is about to issue new regs covering the conflicts of interest this kind of service raises. This site joins other sites that disseminate information about risky or untested procedures, such as the Typing Injury FAQ, which covers RSI (repetitive strain injuries) or Health-Hack, which covers IT-related self-help medicine. Laser-eye stuff is now mainstream and doesn't need a check beyond google, and past Slashdot articles have even discussed the advisability of using wikis in hospitals.

    Are there other sites out there for those willing to dictate their own medical course? Does this mean Internet users are joining the usual college students and elderly as experimental subjects for untested therapies?"


    I think this is a bit clearer. A general word of advice -- try to put what an article is about in the first clause of the first sentence if possible
  4. Re:I'm In (293) - Many More Needed. by MisterTut · · Score: 1 · on Petition To Get OS/2 Open Source

    #1432 at 1:15 EST. Wee-hoo!

    -Tut

    Health-Hack.com

  5. Re:Who'll be affected ? by MisterTut · · Score: 1 · on AP to Charge Members to Post Content Online
    As a blogger, I would think that sites who pay to host AP content would not mind being linked by bloggers, as links bring in readers, and more readers = more potential ad revenue. Now when it comes to quoting, up to a certain amount is fair use, and there's nothing AP can do about that, but as a rule, I try to qoute only the bullet points, then link to the article with a recommendation for my readers to RTFA.

    Example

    -Tut
    Health-Hack.Com

  6. Re:Who'll be affected ? by MisterTut · · Score: 1 · on AP to Charge Members to Post Content Online
    As a blogger, I would think that sites who pay to host AP content would not mind being linked by bloggers, as links bring in readers, and more readers = more potential ad revenue. Now when it comes to quoting, up to a certain amount is fair use, and there's nothing AP can do about that, but as a rule, I try to qoute only the bullet points, then link to the article with a recommendation for my readers to RTFA.

    Example

    -Tut
    Health-Hack.Com

  7. Re:Potentially Interesting Finds, and a correction by MisterTut · · Score: 1 · on Breakthrough Decodes 'Classical Holy Grail'
    "you are Petros and on this Petros I will build my church"

    Being not a Catholic, but rather a former classics major, perhaps it is not for me to say, but the standard interpretation I'm familiar with is: "You are Peter, and on this bedrock(foundation) I will build my church", wherein the pun is that Peter is both Petros and the rock.

    Now, I want to say I am not arguing the veracity of Peter's account, just the interpretation. It may be accurate, or it may be just another case like the Donation of Constantine

    Perhaps if I had chosen Classical Greek over Latin as my core language I would now be in possesion of a highly lucrative Bachelor of Classics degree. ;)

    -Tut
    http://www.health-hack.com/

  8. Re:Problems with the Moz and FF plugin interface: by MisterTut · · Score: 1 · on Firefox 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite 1.7 Released
    OK, Here's my stats. Firefox is constantly crashing. I am using OS X 10.2.8. I always use the most recent release, as of today, 1.0.3. Stock iBook, 2 years old. I've removed ALL plugins/extentions, never added any themes.

    I swear I must be a crackhead for my inability to give up ff, but I HATE Safari. I keep hoping my problems will be fixed in the next build, but sadly, I keep being dissapointed.

    -Tut
    http://www.health-hack.com/

  9. Re:Potentially Interesting Finds, and a correction by MisterTut · · Score: 1 · on Breakthrough Decodes 'Classical Holy Grail'
    OK, but see, the rhetorical power of the line hinges on a pun. Would the pun still hold if the gender of the nouns were made to agree? I don't know Koine Greek, myself.

    Can a rock be referred to in a masculine way, and would it still sound vaguely like "Petros"?

    If not, then you have to allow for that relatively minor quibble.

    -Tut
    http://www.health-hack.com/

  10. Re:The touchstream is the perfect solution by MisterTut · · Score: 1 · on Keyboards are Havens for Super Bugs

    There is an article on the touchstream keyboard system at my site Health-Hack.com

    -Tut

  11. Play by biofeedback by MisterTut · · Score: 1 · on Gaming With a Headmouse?
    I don't know if this would work for you, but you might want to look into Journey to Wild Divine, a game controlled by biofeedback electrodes.

    I wrote about it recently on my site at http://www.health-hack.com/archives/2005/01/28/10/ 47/wild-divine/ (don't feel compelled to go there)

    But the actual website for the game is at http://www.wilddivine.com/

    It was covered here on /. once, also.