It's not rocket science. I remember seeing a documentary of some fat person saying they ate healthy. He consumed a lot of fruits and whatnot - the problem was he would consume 20 oranges at one sitting.
The calorie intake is just more. If you don't use the calories, your body stores it. Really not rocket science.
There are a few games that make you be physically active. DDR pops to mind right away, but playing drums on Rock Band also elevates your pulse significantly. I actually noticed a warning on one of the drum kits stating if you have a heart condition consult a doctor before using it.
There should be subsidies for those games too. So many holes in that tax...
Essentially, lets refuse to cover the cost of treatment to individuals who have ZERO realistic expectation of recovery (beyond pain management and keeping them clean and comfortable).
This got me to thinking... If this were in place, how many treatments/cures would not have been found as a result?
I'm not sure how your home-cooked food costs more than going out to eat.
It depends on the person. I live alone, and most recipes I find make a whole lot of food that's quite likely won't be able to eat before it goes bad. If you have a family this isn't an issue. I still prefer making my own meals even if something winds up going to waste.
A friend of mine insists it's cheaper to eat out. You see, he doesn't consider his time to prepare meals "free." I don't quite get that, but hey, that's not my problem.
For the record: I use e17 as my desktop manager and run a mix of gtk, qt and kde 3.5 apps (won't use kde 4 because they nuked the konqueror, which is my favorite file manager of all time).
I quite resented Dolphin at first as well, as I really liked how Konqueror worked. I must say, however, that after using Dolphin for a while and realizing I could still do split-screen work (as well as some other things) that Dolphin really isn't half bad. Oh, and I've been using Dolphin for well over a month now, and have not had a single crash. Konqueror would always crash at least three times a week on me. Konqueror tries to be too many things and I do believe that's why it crashes so often.
It was just a matter of setting the laptop next to them and plugging in cables to the only holes that would fit. It was really easy, most people just don't know that.
This is definitely NOT good advice for most people.
No kidding. I got a phone call from my friend's dad's cell one day, saying that all of the phones in his house went dead. He just got himself a new computer, and following the directions, plugged in to what he thought was the internet.
It turns out the RJ45 connector didn't fit in his phone jack, so he trimmed it down with his knife and jammed it in. Presumably the voltage caused the telephone center to null his line, killing all of his phones.:)
Recently I had consistent BSODs with Vista64 on a PC with 4GB...
Yes. Vista is rock solid on solid hardware. Seriously. Vista is as reliable as Linux. Some people wreck their vista installation, some people wreck their Linux installation.
Eh, some may not know this, but Vista x64 had a few issues with systems with 4GB of RAM. I ran across this issue myself, even the boot DVD would not load without a BSOD. I can't remember exactly what as it was fixed in SP1. I do believe it was one of Microsoft's drivers used for RAID installs or RAID framework(which I needed.) But a BSOD wasn't uncommon; I saw several of them myself until SP1 was released. Since then, I've had no issues at all with Vista, although I only use Windows when I want to play games. To get work done I use a different OS.
There was nothing wrong with my hardware, it was indeed Vista's fault, as I had zero issues with my linux installation (which I'm in 90% of the time.)
As for consumer ISPs, I think the day might come when ISPs start to NAT all of their clients, and charge a fee to get a static, external IP.
If other ISPs are like mine, they give you two IP addresses on a residential connection, and up to five on a server-class connection. I personally don't know anyone at home that uses more than one IP address at any given time--I used to, but I also ran a server for me to log into remotely that was segregated from my main LAN. I'd imagine plans would all drop to one IP and they'd recuperate thousands of unused IP addresses in their pool.
After that, then the may consider charging for an address. Most are dhcp around here anyway, and you will pay more for a static IP, but it's actually reserved-dhcp, not a true static. It's been like that ever since I've been on the service (10+ years now.) There's so many addresses in my province that are unused right now.
Websites will take a long time to render regardless of connection speed.
I don't know about that. I have an iPhone and I use it regularly with my local wifi and regularly get page loads very quickly, most times < 1 second, unless there's a lot of scripts (3-4 seconds.) I'm not on the AT&T network either (on Rogers, and even browsing through Rogers is slow) but I always try to use wifi for browsing--it's just faster.
On Rogers the page loads are very, very slow compared to wifi (sometimes 10 seconds or more to the same sites.)
If you told grandma she had to pay $16k to get emails, she'd stick with letter writing. I just built a computer for $4k (most of it was hard drives for multiple RAIDs), even I can't imagine spending four times that much.
Actually something like speeding that has no direct victim shouldn't be illegal in the first place.
If you're going down that same hill at 20, 30, or 40 over and there's no one around,
I'm not so sure speeding is a good example for this. Around here, most people don't have common sense when it comes to speed. Take playgrounds/school zones--there are a LOT of drivers that seem to think it's okay to do 60-70 kph in a 30 kph zone (school/playground.) This law was put in place to protect the young'uns that do not have the understanding of the dangers of traffic. There's also other hazards on roads besides this--wildlife is a concern on a lot of our highways. A lot of people will do 120 kph on the highways, and the speed limit is 100 kph. That 20 kph hitting a moose or deer could be the difference between life and death.
Just because someone doesn't see any potential victims/objects doesn't mean there aren't any around.
Indeed it does, but there's already been reports about drumming and health. You have to be very fit to sustain drumming for a long period of time.
I'm 33, and if I play Rock Band on medium or hard for 30 minutes or so my heart rate will be up around 150bpm. I'm not in great shape now, and I know it, but drumming is good exercise--your entire upper body is very active.
You don't see many fat drummers around (the ratio is probably 1 fat drummer : 25 normal.)
It doesn't scream "this is a sophisticated and powerful (yet user-friendly) system supported by (and supporting) billion-dollar industries." Instead the impression a first-time visitor will get is that Linux is arcane, old-fashioned, and disorganized.
So you mean it should be riddled with flash objects and <blink> tags? Then it'll be annoying AND old-fashioned.;)
Now you have no idea. Is my call to Harrisburg long distance or not? I don't know until I get the 100 dollar bill several weeks later. The phone companies claim the elimination of the "1" was for convenience, but I suspect the real reason was so they could deliver "surprise" hundred dollar bills.
Back to cell phones - they don't want you to know that you are being billed at 4 dollars a minute. It would hurt their profit.
FWIW, I'm on the Rogers cell network now... I used to be on Telus but had some billing issues with them.
When you dial a number with my Rogers cell phone that needs long distance (and you haven't entered the "1"), it will connect you, but it also plays a recording warning you it'll connect the call for you anyway but long distance charges will be incurred. I don't recall ever getting that type of warning with Telus, it would just connect me (maybe because I had a data phone? No clue...)
Every hour spent on maintaining or fixing your machine, or any time wasted because you're less efficient in one OS than in another OS, or every time you must use an inferior application to one you could have been using you're losing value.
Eh, I support both Windows and linux boxes at work. Far more time is spent maintaining/fixing Windows. It's not even remotely close. So that begs the question... why pay extra for something that costs a lot to maintain anyway? Training users only goes so far.
Your last statement is just "everybody does it". Hardly an excuse. Is that how you judge how to behave in society? You just do what everyone else does, regardless of the harm your actions have on others?
When one person breaks the "law", it's effective. When millions break it, this is a sign that the law is bad and needs to be changed.
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It's not rocket science. I remember seeing a documentary of some fat person saying they ate healthy. He consumed a lot of fruits and whatnot - the problem was he would consume 20 oranges at one sitting.
The calorie intake is just more. If you don't use the calories, your body stores it. Really not rocket science.
There are a few games that make you be physically active. DDR pops to mind right away, but playing drums on Rock Band also elevates your pulse significantly. I actually noticed a warning on one of the drum kits stating if you have a heart condition consult a doctor before using it.
There should be subsidies for those games too. So many holes in that tax...
This got me to thinking... If this were in place, how many treatments/cures would not have been found as a result?
Argh! The more I read the comments in this article, the hungrier I get! Mmm... lentil soup. Haven't had that in a while. ;)
It depends on the person. I live alone, and most recipes I find make a whole lot of food that's quite likely won't be able to eat before it goes bad. If you have a family this isn't an issue. I still prefer making my own meals even if something winds up going to waste.
A friend of mine insists it's cheaper to eat out. You see, he doesn't consider his time to prepare meals "free." I don't quite get that, but hey, that's not my problem.
Yep, if you are on public property. If you are that paranoid, don't go outside.
I quite resented Dolphin at first as well, as I really liked how Konqueror worked. I must say, however, that after using Dolphin for a while and realizing I could still do split-screen work (as well as some other things) that Dolphin really isn't half bad. Oh, and I've been using Dolphin for well over a month now, and have not had a single crash. Konqueror would always crash at least three times a week on me. Konqueror tries to be too many things and I do believe that's why it crashes so often.
No kidding. I got a phone call from my friend's dad's cell one day, saying that all of the phones in his house went dead. He just got himself a new computer, and following the directions, plugged in to what he thought was the internet.
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It turns out the RJ45 connector didn't fit in his phone jack, so he trimmed it down with his knife and jammed it in. Presumably the voltage caused the telephone center to null his line, killing all of his phones.
Some backup suites are also dependent on these client bits... Backup Exec comes to mind.
Eh, some may not know this, but Vista x64 had a few issues with systems with 4GB of RAM. I ran across this issue myself, even the boot DVD would not load without a BSOD. I can't remember exactly what as it was fixed in SP1. I do believe it was one of Microsoft's drivers used for RAID installs or RAID framework(which I needed.) But a BSOD wasn't uncommon; I saw several of them myself until SP1 was released. Since then, I've had no issues at all with Vista, although I only use Windows when I want to play games. To get work done I use a different OS.
There was nothing wrong with my hardware, it was indeed Vista's fault, as I had zero issues with my linux installation (which I'm in 90% of the time.)
As a result both Intel CPUs and nVidia GPUs will go up in price... I might have to switch back to AMD.
If other ISPs are like mine, they give you two IP addresses on a residential connection, and up to five on a server-class connection. I personally don't know anyone at home that uses more than one IP address at any given time--I used to, but I also ran a server for me to log into remotely that was segregated from my main LAN. I'd imagine plans would all drop to one IP and they'd recuperate thousands of unused IP addresses in their pool.
After that, then the may consider charging for an address. Most are dhcp around here anyway, and you will pay more for a static IP, but it's actually reserved-dhcp, not a true static. It's been like that ever since I've been on the service (10+ years now.) There's so many addresses in my province that are unused right now.
I don't know about that. I have an iPhone and I use it regularly with my local wifi and regularly get page loads very quickly, most times < 1 second, unless there's a lot of scripts (3-4 seconds.) I'm not on the AT&T network either (on Rogers, and even browsing through Rogers is slow) but I always try to use wifi for browsing--it's just faster.
On Rogers the page loads are very, very slow compared to wifi (sometimes 10 seconds or more to the same sites.)
If you told grandma she had to pay $16k to get emails, she'd stick with letter writing. I just built a computer for $4k (most of it was hard drives for multiple RAIDs), even I can't imagine spending four times that much.
I'm not so sure speeding is a good example for this. Around here, most people don't have common sense when it comes to speed. Take playgrounds/school zones--there are a LOT of drivers that seem to think it's okay to do 60-70 kph in a 30 kph zone (school/playground.) This law was put in place to protect the young'uns that do not have the understanding of the dangers of traffic. There's also other hazards on roads besides this--wildlife is a concern on a lot of our highways. A lot of people will do 120 kph on the highways, and the speed limit is 100 kph. That 20 kph hitting a moose or deer could be the difference between life and death.
Just because someone doesn't see any potential victims/objects doesn't mean there aren't any around.
I know! All the plugged filters from people using their vacuums outside to clean up soil!
Indeed it does, but there's already been reports about drumming and health. You have to be very fit to sustain drumming for a long period of time.
I'm 33, and if I play Rock Band on medium or hard for 30 minutes or so my heart rate will be up around 150bpm. I'm not in great shape now, and I know it, but drumming is good exercise--your entire upper body is very active.
You don't see many fat drummers around (the ratio is probably 1 fat drummer : 25 normal.)
Or using a VW Jetta as a truck. There's always someone that'll try...
So you mean it should be riddled with flash objects and <blink> tags? Then it'll be annoying AND old-fashioned. ;)
FWIW, I'm on the Rogers cell network now... I used to be on Telus but had some billing issues with them.
When you dial a number with my Rogers cell phone that needs long distance (and you haven't entered the "1"), it will connect you, but it also plays a recording warning you it'll connect the call for you anyway but long distance charges will be incurred. I don't recall ever getting that type of warning with Telus, it would just connect me (maybe because I had a data phone? No clue...)
Eh, I support both Windows and linux boxes at work. Far more time is spent maintaining/fixing Windows. It's not even remotely close. So that begs the question... why pay extra for something that costs a lot to maintain anyway? Training users only goes so far.
If you read the other notes on Wikipedia, there is a suggestion to merge it into the article that deals with the trial.
When one person breaks the "law", it's effective. When millions break it, this is a sign that the law is bad and needs to be changed.
I'm Canadian and the first thing I thought of was "horking a loogie."
So I thought someone was spitting on the equipment!
It helps to remember to log in first...