Oh, and a bit of self promotion (which I love to do, lol)...over the course of a month, I wrote a series of articles about being healthy while gaming...two of them deal with nutrition, one with exercise, and the other is comfort. You might find them interesting:
The article is likely correct about the snacks and food. Also, no offense intended to anyone, but I've noticed that people who just zone out to television as compared to active computer users/gamers tend to be a bit...dumber.
Yes yes, I know, a generalization...but in my experience, it's the truth.
Never said it was what I personally wanted, I was merely offering it as a solution to getting people to not muck around on the Internet while in class.
If you want my person opinion though, I'm with you...I don't care one way or the other. Someone not getting the most out of their (expensive) education is their business, not mine.
My fiancee found that (with her profs permission, of course) having an audio recorder up close to the guy while he was going through his lecture really helped her. She would write down the general idea of what he was talking about, then later that night listen to the recording and type out more complete notes, using her written notes from class as reference. Doing it twice and hearing it twice helped her retain more.
Granted, this won't work for everyone, but it certainly worked for her.
This whole thing could be avoided if the wifi connections available inside the classrooms were heavily filtered. It would be a bitch to administrate, but it would stop people from playing games during class and get them to concentrate.
First comes government cheese. Then comes government health care. Now comes government internet connections. Next comes government monitoring and censorship of said inter- *NO CARRIER*
It's possible that I just caught them at a bad time, but I had a horrible experience when I went straight through GoDaddy. Issues with my website randomly being unavailable, FTP problems, database crashes...I don't know what was going on, but since I went through Proud Domains I haven't had a single problem::knock on wood::. Not sure if it's because it is handled by different people or what, but I haven't had the problems I did when I was registered directly through GoDaddy.
Feh. GoDaddy has horrible tech support, and just offer a generally shoddy product. I use Proud Domains, and have been super happy with the service they provide. I would recommend them to anyone looking for hosting.
Steam is the ONLY DRM system that I am willing to tolerate. The benefits that Steam provides far outweigh the minor inconvenience of its DRM. It certainly isn't perfect, but its the closest thing out there to how DRM should be utilized.
That's the way it goes, and part of the reason why I turned my back on what the Republican party has become.
"Government, stay outta my life! Unless it's gay marriage, prayer in schools, pot, or mexicans. Then you need to regulate the fuck out of it!"
And they wonder why people look down on them...
To be fair, the Democrats are just as bad...the difference being that Democrats like to pretend they aren't lying to you, while Republicans lie right to your face. Either way, still lying.
Seriously though...this idea would likely work just as it is being advertised, but the privacy implications of this are astounding. Then again, we only have the illusion of privacy at this point here in the US, so we may as well stop fooling ourselves....
How much are replacement injectors using this technology going to cost? How much are other various parts going to cost (wiring harness that connects to the injectors, etc.)? How big will the heating and pressurizing mechanism be? (although based on the pic in TFA, it looks like it may piggy back right on the injector...which would raise the cost to replace them by a LOT) How much would that cost to replace? Would it be available only through the OEM company, or will other companies be able to build their own?
I'm all for games being available to as many people as possible. This is awesome news for Apple fans...I hope it signals a shift towards more games being available on the OSX platform. Have fun:-)
From TFA: "He plans to sell it for about 2 or 3 cents -- comparable to the cost of an ordinary plastic bag."
While I agree that a recurring revenue model isn't necessarily the best way, his solution is the best proposed so far, and a relatively inexpensive one at that.
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It isn't creative commons-licensed (yet), but you can get all of my music for free on last.fm:
http://www.last.fm/music/pojut
You can also grab a couple tracks from my website for free: http://www.livingwithanerd.com/Music
likely even claim, that zoning out in front of the TV teaches you more than zoning out in front of World of Warcraft... ;-)
Not if I'm streaming documentaries through Netflix on my secondary monitor while grinding ;-)
Taken from the website http://www.nutellausa.com/ingredients.htm : ingredients: sugar, modified palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skim milk, reduced minerals whey (from milk), soy lecithin: an emulsifier, vanillin: an artificial flavor.
And the nutrition label:
http://www.nutellausa.com/nutrition-facts.htm
It's about on par with Jif.
Oh, and a bit of self promotion (which I love to do, lol)...over the course of a month, I wrote a series of articles about being healthy while gaming...two of them deal with nutrition, one with exercise, and the other is comfort. You might find them interesting:
http://livingwithanerd.com/tag/healthy-gamer-series/
My favourite TV snack is celery and nutella. Healthy, tasty, and filling.
The article is likely correct about the snacks and food. Also, no offense intended to anyone, but I've noticed that people who just zone out to television as compared to active computer users/gamers tend to be a bit...dumber.
Yes yes, I know, a generalization...but in my experience, it's the truth.
Never said it was what I personally wanted, I was merely offering it as a solution to getting people to not muck around on the Internet while in class.
If you want my person opinion though, I'm with you...I don't care one way or the other. Someone not getting the most out of their (expensive) education is their business, not mine.
My fiancee found that (with her profs permission, of course) having an audio recorder up close to the guy while he was going through his lecture really helped her. She would write down the general idea of what he was talking about, then later that night listen to the recording and type out more complete notes, using her written notes from class as reference. Doing it twice and hearing it twice helped her retain more.
Granted, this won't work for everyone, but it certainly worked for her.
This whole thing could be avoided if the wifi connections available inside the classrooms were heavily filtered. It would be a bitch to administrate, but it would stop people from playing games during class and get them to concentrate.
First comes government cheese. Then comes government health care. Now comes government internet connections. Next comes government monitoring and censorship of said inter- *NO CARRIER*
I remember using Altavista's offering back in the day...the results were shoddy at best. It could make anything sound like engrish :p
It's possible that I just caught them at a bad time, but I had a horrible experience when I went straight through GoDaddy. Issues with my website randomly being unavailable, FTP problems, database crashes...I don't know what was going on, but since I went through Proud Domains I haven't had a single problem ::knock on wood::. Not sure if it's because it is handled by different people or what, but I haven't had the problems I did when I was registered directly through GoDaddy.
Feh. GoDaddy has horrible tech support, and just offer a generally shoddy product. I use Proud Domains, and have been super happy with the service they provide. I would recommend them to anyone looking for hosting.
It's a perfectly cromulent feature. I mean come on...malware preinstalled? That rocks tits to dust.
...if my laptop is running low on power, I should shake the hell out of it? Can do!
Hey Apple hipsters...are you reading this?
I posted this yesterday in a different story, but it seems appropriate for this one as well:
http://haacked.com/images/TerroristsHateFreedom.gif
Steam is the ONLY DRM system that I am willing to tolerate. The benefits that Steam provides far outweigh the minor inconvenience of its DRM. It certainly isn't perfect, but its the closest thing out there to how DRM should be utilized.
That's the way it goes, and part of the reason why I turned my back on what the Republican party has become.
"Government, stay outta my life! Unless it's gay marriage, prayer in schools, pot, or mexicans. Then you need to regulate the fuck out of it!"
And they wonder why people look down on them...
To be fair, the Democrats are just as bad...the difference being that Democrats like to pretend they aren't lying to you, while Republicans lie right to your face. Either way, still lying.
Seriously though...this idea would likely work just as it is being advertised, but the privacy implications of this are astounding. Then again, we only have the illusion of privacy at this point here in the US, so we may as well stop fooling ourselves....
Remember kids, privacy != freedom
How much are replacement injectors using this technology going to cost? How much are other various parts going to cost (wiring harness that connects to the injectors, etc.)? How big will the heating and pressurizing mechanism be? (although based on the pic in TFA, it looks like it may piggy back right on the injector...which would raise the cost to replace them by a LOT) How much would that cost to replace? Would it be available only through the OEM company, or will other companies be able to build their own?
All things to think about.
I'm all for games being available to as many people as possible. This is awesome news for Apple fans...I hope it signals a shift towards more games being available on the OSX platform. Have fun :-)
Yup...just like ours.
From TFA: "He plans to sell it for about 2 or 3 cents -- comparable to the cost of an ordinary plastic bag."
From TFA: "He plans to sell it for about 2 or 3 cents -- comparable to the cost of an ordinary plastic bag."
While I agree that a recurring revenue model isn't necessarily the best way, his solution is the best proposed so far, and a relatively inexpensive one at that.