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PC Users Fight Distractions to Work
prostoalex writes "When someone buys a computer, they expect noticeable increases in productivity and ability to perform routine tasks more efficiently. At least that's what the commercials say. The New York Times talks about the dire reality: software applications do an excellent job of distracting us from doing the tasks. An e-mail notification here, an application popup there, a sound effect telling you the download has been completed and a popup window asking whether you would like to download the latest updates. Much of this distraction is self-enforced, such as taking a break from work to check the weather forecast, read the news headlines, or yet again check the e-mail inbox. NYT talks about various ways people are fighting distractions and points to some cognitive technology research done at Microsoft."
God blessed us, what a wonderful day! The horrible reign of the pretend-editor is over!
"Forest Gump was ignorant and compliant. He never did anything to improve himself or seek a higher understanding. He just did whatever he was told, up to and including going to fight in a war. He did not support the war. He just went because he was told to. And he stumbled through his life bumping into happy accidents that brought him good fortune. The moral of his story: Do what you're told, don't question authority, and all good things will magically come to you.
And he did not "...know what love is." He had an obsession with Jenny, a 7 year old girl who let him sit next to her on the school bus. They hardly spent any time together in all the intervening years. Certainly not enough to develop anything like love.
Jenny's life was the polar opposite of Forest's. She was adventurous and inquisitive. She reached out to many people and cultures and did not follow the path most travelled. And what she got was misery, pain, and ultimately, death. The moral of her story: If you stray too far from what society deems acceptable, you will be punished.
And finally, life is not like a box of chocolates. Sure, with a box of chocolates you may not always know what you're going to get, but you are definetly going to get something CHOCOLATE. Its all good. Life is not like that.
Clearly its past my bedtime - Goodnight."
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WHO CAN STOP THIS UNDEAD MADMAN?
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