I don't know if this is so much an issue with bad or unhealthy hardware as it is people's lack of basic fitness. I work in an IT shop, and see a lot of guys in their early to mid 20's complaining about bad wrists, elbows, shoulders, backs, etc. Some are even complaining about arthritis already. They drop serious cash on ergonomic chairs, mice and keyboards, wristbraces, everything.
So what do they do once they leave work? They go home and sit in front of their home computer for another 5 hours before going to bed, coming back to work, and doing the same thing again the next day. Yet a lot of my other coworkers (ranging in age from 20's to 40's) who regularly exercise seem to be void of these problems.
I try to make it a point to at least step out for a short lunch and spend some time at home in the evenings doing something other than sitting on the couch or in front of the PC. The human body is not designed (or has evolved, whatever your point of view is:)) to spend all day slouched in a chair typing or clicking away at a terminal. Take some time to step away from the keyboard and get some exercise. My mother has worked as a typist for the last 35 years (with periods of months of 12 hour work days) and has less health problems than half the early twenty year olds in the office who spend most of their time in front of their comptuer. Why? She works outside on the weekends and gets some basic exercise. If you neglect the human body, it deteriorates. Don't be suprised that you have back and wrist problems if your butt never leaves your computer chair. You can take a few minutes a day away from your computer and work without it being counter-productive.
It's not your bad keyboard or small monitor's fault you can't take basic care of yourself.
I understand the argument, but everytime I've tried to drive drunk in the game either one of the people I was with died, I got arrested, or I died after flying through the windshield and landing 30ft from my vehicle.
This happened to me once. XP supplied me with a number to call to verify the installation. I called it, talked to a Microsoft Rep, gave them the license key, and after about 10 minutes on the phone I was issued an activation number that worked. Never had a problem reinstalling afterwords.
Sometimes I think people jump to conclusions a little to fast. You botched the installation, therefor it's Microsofts fault and they lose you as a customer. That really makes no sense.
While it's not entirely fair singling out Safari (other Mac browsers like Camino also lack this support), it is perhaps at least a helpful reminder of the threat.' Ok, lets say this was IE. Would it be fair then? Heaven forbid we point out that a piece of Apple software isn't as advanced as its competition; it wouldn't be right to point out the short-comings of a widely used browser because it's not as protective of its users as other browsers. But hey, we don't want to hurt their feelings, do we?
Go ahead and open that back door when everyone else is moving to the front. I'm sure someone will show up and get you off that plane ASAP! Granted, you're probably not headed to baggage claim afterwards...
Actually, I thought Ms. Garrison summed it up quite nicely.
Ms. Garrison: All right, kids, it is now my job to teach you the theory of evolution. Now I, for one, think evolution is a bunch of *bullcrap*! But I've been told I have to teach it to you anyway. It was thought up by Charles Darwin and it goes something like this:
In the beginning, we were all fish. Okay? Swimming around in the water. And then one day a couple of fish had a retard baby, and the retard baby was different, so it got to live. So Retard Fish goes on to make more retard babies, and then one day, a retard baby fish crawled out of the ocean with its mutant fish hands... and it had butt sex with a squirrel or something and made this...
[she points to a prehistoric mammal rodent] Ms. Garrison:...retard frog-sqirrel, and then *that* had a retard baby which was a... monkey-fish-frog... And then this monkey-fish-frog had butt sex with that monkey, and that monkey had a mutant retard baby that screwed another monkey... and that made you!
So there you go! You're the retarded offspring of five monkeys having butt sex with a fish-squirrel! Congratulations!
What's sad is I think this is the perception a lot of people have about evolution. It amazes me how many people (both educated and not) think it's a completely crack-pot theory. I don't expect everyone to believe it, but a basic understanding of it shouldn't be so hard to get.
Quick, label everyone a bigot who points out that despite being labeled a religion of peace, nearly all terrorists around the world are Islamic, and at least one side of almost every conflict being fought on our planet is Muslim. Of course, those are just simple facts, so saying them makes me a bigot too, doesn't it Simple facts? Citation needed. Should we go over atrocities committed in the name of Christianity throughout history? Does that inherintly make all Christians bad? No, so why does the same have to apply to Islam and its followers?
Muslims will take to the streets in riots when some Danes draw cartoons of Mohammed Because it was a violation of their religion. Remember what happened when "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" was published? Uproar. Why? Because a basic fundamental rule of their religion was broken.
The reason I point these out is that your argument can be applied to any religion, anywhere, anytime. Any educated person knows the difference between a Muslim and a terrorist. The same for Christians for that matter. Catholic Priest doesn't necessarily mean child molester.
The above comment seems to be more intent on blaming the religion, not the skewed, perverted interpretation that the extremists follow.
If Muslims are truly opposed to these activities, why aren't they protesting day after day, saying, "Not in our name!"? They do. The reason you don't see it over there is because the minute this happens, they're executed. You're more apt to bring change if you're not dead.
That's because it's a lot easier to tell a quesion-asker to run
$ sudo/etc/rc.d/sshd restart It depends. Are you telling me to do this, or my grandmother. It might take longer to explain the GUI way, but it's much easier for a less technical person to understand than what 'sudo' means, what command line arguments are, and why they have to do it via the console instead of the "simpler" GUI way that probably makes more sense to them.
The reason I assumed (wrongly perhaps) that this was a feat of Sony marketing was simply the fact that I've never seen a Bluray advertisement without Sony's name or products in it.
To be honest, I wasn't aware of the BDA until you posted it. My original comment was based soley on my views as an average consumer in the market for a high definition video player, but having received one in a gift, I really didn't feel the need to investigate further. At that point it was obvious what my choice was going to be.:)
Yeah, um, I can barely get my video card drivers to install on my laptop with Linux. I can't imagine trying to configure my eye-sight to work and see that my heart maintains a steady resting 55bpm rate.
Until some uber commmunity member writes those drivers, I'll stick with my body's OEM configuration, although I'm sure properly impelemented Linux could help me get rid of some of the 'bloat':)
Had I not received a PS3 as a gift, I probably would have went HD DVD. But given the circumstances, I'm glad (and suprised) that the choice will eventually only be one single format.
Hopefully I'll soon be able to get all of my favorite movies in high definition, not just the particular ones owned by production companies who signed specific format deals.
A lot of people won't be happy about it, but I've gotta admit I'm impressed with how Sony marketing pulled this off. I definitely didn't see it ending this way.
Rush Limbaugh knows how to use a computer? A Mac specifically? I thought those were just the tools of the liberal media to spread porn and socialist ideas to our youth.
Which is why I've grown against most Apple products after using them. Marketing genius masks the lack of features. The only Apple product I've kept is the iPod Nano w/Nike+, I'll give them credit there; THAT's an innovative system.
Thinkpads have always been good, sturdy, reliable machines. As long as it gets the job done, I can do without a pretty case design.
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A better title might be "How To Ruin A PS3".
I don't know if this is so much an issue with bad or unhealthy hardware as it is people's lack of basic fitness. I work in an IT shop, and see a lot of guys in their early to mid 20's complaining about bad wrists, elbows, shoulders, backs, etc. Some are even complaining about arthritis already. They drop serious cash on ergonomic chairs, mice and keyboards, wristbraces, everything.
:)) to spend all day slouched in a chair typing or clicking away at a terminal. Take some time to step away from the keyboard and get some exercise. My mother has worked as a typist for the last 35 years (with periods of months of 12 hour work days) and has less health problems than half the early twenty year olds in the office who spend most of their time in front of their comptuer. Why? She works outside on the weekends and gets some basic exercise. If you neglect the human body, it deteriorates. Don't be suprised that you have back and wrist problems if your butt never leaves your computer chair. You can take a few minutes a day away from your computer and work without it being counter-productive.
So what do they do once they leave work? They go home and sit in front of their home computer for another 5 hours before going to bed, coming back to work, and doing the same thing again the next day. Yet a lot of my other coworkers (ranging in age from 20's to 40's) who regularly exercise seem to be void of these problems.
I try to make it a point to at least step out for a short lunch and spend some time at home in the evenings doing something other than sitting on the couch or in front of the PC. The human body is not designed (or has evolved, whatever your point of view is
It's not your bad keyboard or small monitor's fault you can't take basic care of yourself.
I understand the argument, but everytime I've tried to drive drunk in the game either one of the people I was with died, I got arrested, or I died after flying through the windshield and landing 30ft from my vehicle.
I don't think it exactly glorifies it.
So Balmer is "Pinky" and Jobs is "The Brain"?
This happened to me once. XP supplied me with a number to call to verify the installation. I called it, talked to a Microsoft Rep, gave them the license key, and after about 10 minutes on the phone I was issued an activation number that worked. Never had a problem reinstalling afterwords.
Sometimes I think people jump to conclusions a little to fast. You botched the installation, therefor it's Microsofts fault and they lose you as a customer. That really makes no sense.
I'll send you my newf. He's more loyal, requires less oil, and probably handles the water a bit better than his robotic counterpart.
Go ahead and open that back door when everyone else is moving to the front. I'm sure someone will show up and get you off that plane ASAP! Granted, you're probably not headed to baggage claim afterwards...
I don't know about that, but I'm looking forward to the retro '80's cafes. Plus we'll no longer be dependent on oil after Mr. Fusion is invented.
I doubt (read: hope) the Cubs will be World Series Champions though.
Actually, I thought Ms. Garrison summed it up quite nicely.
...retard frog-sqirrel, and then *that* had a retard baby which was a... monkey-fish-frog... And then this monkey-fish-frog had butt sex with that monkey, and that monkey had a mutant retard baby that screwed another monkey... and that made you!
Ms. Garrison: All right, kids, it is now my job to teach you the theory of evolution. Now I, for one, think evolution is a bunch of *bullcrap*! But I've been told I have to teach it to you anyway. It was thought up by Charles Darwin and it goes something like this:
In the beginning, we were all fish. Okay? Swimming around in the water. And then one day a couple of fish had a retard baby, and the retard baby was different, so it got to live. So Retard Fish goes on to make more retard babies, and then one day, a retard baby fish crawled out of the ocean with its mutant fish hands... and it had butt sex with a squirrel or something and made this...
[she points to a prehistoric mammal rodent]
Ms. Garrison:
So there you go! You're the retarded offspring of five monkeys having butt sex with a fish-squirrel! Congratulations!
What's sad is I think this is the perception a lot of people have about evolution. It amazes me how many people (both educated and not) think it's a completely crack-pot theory. I don't expect everyone to believe it, but a basic understanding of it shouldn't be so hard to get.
The reason I point these out is that your argument can be applied to any religion, anywhere, anytime. Any educated person knows the difference between a Muslim and a terrorist. The same for Christians for that matter. Catholic Priest doesn't necessarily mean child molester.
The above comment seems to be more intent on blaming the religion, not the skewed, perverted interpretation that the extremists follow. If Muslims are truly opposed to these activities, why aren't they protesting day after day, saying, "Not in our name!"? They do. The reason you don't see it over there is because the minute this happens, they're executed. You're more apt to bring change if you're not dead.
Dad's wallet. Let her think of her own password to keep her brother out, then hand it over to mom and dad in case she forgets.
She gets her privacy, parents get their child's safety. A simple solution that works for both parties.
Jeez... I know its traditional slashdot etiquette to not RTFA, but at least read the summary.
While your statement is 100% correct, normally when I'm wearing beer goggles I'm looking for something other than a relationship :)
Great. The Moon will have better coverage than my current Sprint plan. I bet their data plan will be cheaper too.
I'll just dream of SQL Injection attacks, that'll teach that robot to stay out of my head!
The reason I assumed (wrongly perhaps) that this was a feat of Sony marketing was simply the fact that I've never seen a Bluray advertisement without Sony's name or products in it.
:)
To be honest, I wasn't aware of the BDA until you posted it. My original comment was based soley on my views as an average consumer in the market for a high definition video player, but having received one in a gift, I really didn't feel the need to investigate further. At that point it was obvious what my choice was going to be.
For me it would have been a simple choice based on price. HD DVD players were cheaper, so I would have went that route.
Specs might not have been the best with HD DVD, but it fit into my budget a lot better. I definitely can't argue with free though.
Yeah, um, I can barely get my video card drivers to install on my laptop with Linux. I can't imagine trying to configure my eye-sight to work and see that my heart maintains a steady resting 55bpm rate.
:)
Until some uber commmunity member writes those drivers, I'll stick with my body's OEM configuration, although I'm sure properly impelemented Linux could help me get rid of some of the 'bloat'
Had I not received a PS3 as a gift, I probably would have went HD DVD. But given the circumstances, I'm glad (and suprised) that the choice will eventually only be one single format.
Hopefully I'll soon be able to get all of my favorite movies in high definition, not just the particular ones owned by production companies who signed specific format deals.
A lot of people won't be happy about it, but I've gotta admit I'm impressed with how Sony marketing pulled this off. I definitely didn't see it ending this way.
Rush Limbaugh knows how to use a computer? A Mac specifically? I thought those were just the tools of the liberal media to spread porn and socialist ideas to our youth.
Which is why I've grown against most Apple products after using them. Marketing genius masks the lack of features. The only Apple product I've kept is the iPod Nano w/Nike+, I'll give them credit there; THAT's an innovative system.
Thinkpads have always been good, sturdy, reliable machines. As long as it gets the job done, I can do without a pretty case design.