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dancpsu writes "Researchers at Temple University's College of Health Professions found that early nerve damage caused by repetitive strain injuries can trigger "sick worker" syndrome -- often mistaken for poor performance. They discovered that nerve injuries caused by low-force, highly repetitive work can be blamed on an onslaught of cytokines -- proteins that help start inflammation. Unexpectedly, the researchers also found that the cytokines affected the rats' psychosocial responses. At three weeks, even before the rats experienced pain from their wrist injuries, they began to self-regulate their work behavior. By five weeks to eight weeks, when cytokine production reached "peak" levels, some rats curled up in a ball and slept in between tasks."
Can reading slashdot over and over make you sick? What about reading dupes on slashdot over and over?
When did employers ACTUALLY start hiring real rats for the rat race?
Oh, sorry, I read the story a bit more carefully now. Never mind.
Why slashdot? Why not?
No wonder I've been nodding off at wo...Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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> By five weeks to eight weeks, when cytokine production reached "peak" levels, some rats curled up in a ball and slept in between tasks.
I do that at work from time to time as well.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
What kind of exercises give rats "wrist injuries"? Did they get little rat-sized keyboards?
....must
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my precious!
evil hobitses!
/me quickly opens 12 more firefox tabs
(heavy breathing)
(straining reaching)
(eyes watering)
(millimeters from powerbutton)
(hand shaking violently) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Not only were the rats sleepy, but their code was buggy as hell.
Hello, Peter. We need to talk about your TPS reports.
sounds like life as a resident. boy did it suck. yep, not much different than life as a lab rat.
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
I do not allow my rat to use a mouse.
The latest Slashdot meme.
I prefer to think of myself as a more of a test driven slacker.
Write a test.
Curl up into a ball to sleep under the desk.
Compile
Curl up into a ball to sleep under the desk.
Run test and get the red bar.
Curl up into a ball to sleep under the desk.
Write the code to pass the test.
Curl up into a ball to sleep under the desk.
Compile
Curl up into a ball to sleep under the desk.
Run test and get the green bar
Curl up into a ball to sleep under the desk.
Repeat
I can do this for days.
Middle.
Management.
*shrug* If they didn't hire rats, there'd be unemployed MBAs and JDs clogging up the gutters. It's as much a public health issue as anything else.
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I'll use it if my Intro to Literature professor ever catches me sleeping in class. However after falling asleep three times (not kidding) I don't think he ever will. Unless I start snoring or the girl who sits next to me forgets to elbow me back to conciousness. Ahh, college.
This sig is false.
Yes.
"May the days be aimless. Let the seasons drift. Do not advance the action according to a plan."
now get back to work
Sleep? Why? I mean, we have plenty of caffeine available, and the office gives it to us free!
who felt just like the rats?
They discovered that nerve injuries caused by low-force, highly repetitive work can be blamed on an onslaught of cytokines -- proteins that help start inflammation.
:D
Damn. No more browsing at -1 on slashdot, bye bye the source of the lowest, most evil filth in the world.
Although I do hear piquepaille actually posted two stories that didn't hyperfuckernate his own blog! good ey.
Tod.
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No, but its a good start.
rewriting history since 2109
Your hand is so sore you can barely write with it; your fingers seem permanently dented where your pencil resides.. in fact, every muscle in your body aches. Theyve been aching for so long you cant remember.. painkillers do nothing now. Youve had 8 strong coffees, your mind is numb and throbbs... Your neck is so stiff and sore... not a wink of sleep in days, yet you just couldnt fully fall asleep if you tried. Social interaction is futile - you can barely manage to utter coherent language, and most of such encounters are awkward and embarassing. All you can do is calculation, logic - the world around you seems etherally mechanical, filled with logical/mathematical portent. Youve been sitting on your bed for 12 hours straight, listening to the same song over and over, its 4AM, and nothing makes any sense anymore.
I agree, I am at a University too, and I feel just like that when grading exams.
Possible failure looms, watches you like a hawk - it forces you onward, mercilissly. Theres over 20 hours more material to study. The exam starts in 4 hours.
Oh. Never mind.
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What, you're afraid of the most popular response being "Meet girls"?
God is dead -- Nietzsche
Nietzsche is dead -- God
Zombie Nietzsche lives! -- Zombie Nietzsche
Slacker.
BTW, I like the old poll method better.