Actually, I used to be a semi-professional athlete. I clocked up a hell of a lot of hours of WoW, since there's not much else to do once you've done your ~4 hours of training a day.
It was certainly healthier than the excessive drinking that plenty of other athletes spend their spare time on.
How does "own blood" doping (which is outlawed in competitive sport) fit into that list? It's neither illegal nor bad for you.
"Harmful Side Effects: When blood is thickened because of extra red blood cells, the athlete runs an increased risk of blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks. Blood transfusions run the risk of HIV, AIDs, and other blood diseases. Artificial oxygen carriers can cause liver and kidney disease and other problems."
Yes, and it wasn't on the list for a long time. Questionably illegal (depends on country), questionably bad for you, questionably performance enhancing. The anti-cannabis side won out eventually.
And every time Australians complain about internet, someone from New Zealand pops in to complain about how much worse we have it here.
I pay $90 a month for 10Gb connection. And it's terrible, I actually got told by support staff "Yes, we oversold our network and it's going to be crap til we upgrade it in the next few months"
Variable cost of wind power is effectively nothing. It's not like it has fuel to burn through.
However, the variable cost of a coal plant can actually be negative (positive? whatever). This is because it costs money to cool down and heat up a coal plant, so it's actually cheaper to keep running at a low load even while not getting paid for it.
The result of this is that the coal plant will pay to inject power to the grid, whereas the wind farm won't. Hence the wind farm stops and the coal plant carries on
Nobody says that climate change isn't happening. The temperature data is fact. It can't be denied any more than it can denied that the sky is blue.
Uh, the world is cooling in plenty of places. Show me some of this 'temperature data' you pronounce as fact. Oh, and the raw data please, not the smoothed stuff.
This looks to be yet another Republican professing high fallooting morals but who by his deeds is shown to believe that morality is for the populace and doesn't apply to him.
I'm just lucky my sport hasn't been infiltrated with drugs yet. (Yes, I know this from travelling with world/olympic champions) We've actually acquired a few people from other sports who realised that they couldn't win their running/swimming/cycling without resorting to questionable practices.
This doesn't mean just drugs either. Training in a depressurized chamber when you're 16 doesn't exactly fit the olympic ideal for some people. There's also lots of interesting things you can do with blood.
Indeed. Between your intuition and computer simulations running on super-computers based on decades of research on predictive models designed by the most competent and dedicated researchers in the domain, always trust your intuition.
This is why I never watch the weather channel, I just look at how leaves move in the wind, how menacing clouds look, then I wet my pointer finger, put it in the air and I can tell you how the weather will be tomorrow. Well I can tell what it will be, doesn't mean I turn out to be right, but hey, the Weather Channel is wrong sometimes too!
This is why you see rugby players consulting their meteorologist before taking goal kicks.
Is heart rate a reliable indicator of calories burned? I always thought so.
If I'm right about that, then what's the point in arguing about 'cardio' vs weightlifting? They're both loose terms describing points on a continuum. Someone who has a high heart rate while doing a 'weightlifting' workout will burn calories at a faster rate than someone who doesn't.
Measure your heart rate, look up how many calories that burns, problem solved.
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Actually, I used to be a semi-professional athlete. I clocked up a hell of a lot of hours of WoW, since there's not much else to do once you've done your ~4 hours of training a day.
It was certainly healthier than the excessive drinking that plenty of other athletes spend their spare time on.
Or as someone who stands around Orgrimmar all day going "I'm bored".
I, on the other hand, treasue the couple of hours a night I get to play between work and other commitments
Are you french or german? I'm so confused
The only reason I have a phone line is so I can have an internet line. Hence I include that in the price.
I thought capital "M" stood for miles.
Perhaps the GP lives on a neutron star?
How does "own blood" doping (which is outlawed in competitive sport) fit into that list? It's neither illegal nor bad for you.
"Harmful Side Effects:
When blood is thickened because of extra red blood cells, the athlete runs an increased risk of blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks. Blood transfusions run the risk of HIV, AIDs, and other blood diseases. Artificial oxygen carriers can cause liver and kidney disease and other problems."
Yes, and it wasn't on the list for a long time. Questionably illegal (depends on country), questionably bad for you, questionably performance enhancing. The anti-cannabis side won out eventually.
You'd be hard pressed to break 20Gb in a month playing WoW (non-raiding) 24/7
And every time Australians complain about internet, someone from New Zealand pops in to complain about how much worse we have it here.
I pay $90 a month for 10Gb connection. And it's terrible, I actually got told by support staff "Yes, we oversold our network and it's going to be crap til we upgrade it in the next few months"
Until pro-gaming starts to get some real ad dollars behind it, the drug use will continue.
What?
"I can win lots of money if I win this competition! Now I'm going to stop taking those drugs that help me win"
Actually, it matters. To get on that list a drug must satisfy 2 out of three conditions:
Performance enhancing,
Bad for you,
Illegal.
There must be some linux fanboys out there who have no MS licenses and are willing to find out for us.
Variable cost of wind power is effectively nothing. It's not like it has fuel to burn through.
However, the variable cost of a coal plant can actually be negative (positive? whatever). This is because it costs money to cool down and heat up a coal plant, so it's actually cheaper to keep running at a low load even while not getting paid for it.
The result of this is that the coal plant will pay to inject power to the grid, whereas the wind farm won't. Hence the wind farm stops and the coal plant carries on
And that's a decision everyone can make for themselves. I don't mind closing the bathroom door everytime I go to take a shit.
Eh? I've always noticed this when downloading things, but thought it was my imagination.
Is there a way to harness this? Trick your ISP into thinking you're downloading a new thing and always get that first 15 seconds higher speed.
Nobody says that climate change isn't happening. The temperature data is fact. It can't be denied any more than it can denied that the sky is blue.
Uh, the world is cooling in plenty of places. Show me some of this 'temperature data' you pronounce as fact. Oh, and the raw data please, not the smoothed stuff.
This looks to be yet another Republican professing high fallooting morals but who by his deeds is shown to believe that morality is for the populace and doesn't apply to him.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/highfalutin
There's more than one word for pot, whereas chocolate is pretty much just called chocolate.
Repeat your highly scientific study with 'marijuana', 'cannibis' etc
The difference is that in the UK there are actually figures in government who oppose the power grab.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to stop it.
I'm just lucky my sport hasn't been infiltrated with drugs yet. (Yes, I know this from travelling with world/olympic champions) We've actually acquired a few people from other sports who realised that they couldn't win their running/swimming/cycling without resorting to questionable practices.
This doesn't mean just drugs either. Training in a depressurized chamber when you're 16 doesn't exactly fit the olympic ideal for some people. There's also lots of interesting things you can do with blood.
Carbon dioxide is also abundant and vital for our existence. Why is it ok to demonize that instead?
Because anyone who would go to those lengths wouldn't be troubled by you 'click[ing] the damn "WPA2" radio button'.
Indeed. Between your intuition and computer simulations running on super-computers based on decades of research on predictive models designed by the most competent and dedicated researchers in the domain, always trust your intuition.
This is why I never watch the weather channel, I just look at how leaves move in the wind, how menacing clouds look, then I wet my pointer finger, put it in the air and I can tell you how the weather will be tomorrow. Well I can tell what it will be, doesn't mean I turn out to be right, but hey, the Weather Channel is wrong sometimes too!
This is why you see rugby players consulting their meteorologist before taking goal kicks.
Like the '....oh wait' meme? Good thing you didn't fall into the same trap.... oh wait.
Is heart rate a reliable indicator of calories burned? I always thought so.
If I'm right about that, then what's the point in arguing about 'cardio' vs weightlifting? They're both loose terms describing points on a continuum. Someone who has a high heart rate while doing a 'weightlifting' workout will burn calories at a faster rate than someone who doesn't.
Measure your heart rate, look up how many calories that burns, problem solved.