I overclocked my graphing calculator in University. Did f-all except run a tiny bit faster and burn through batteries. Got lots of nerd-cred for it though. Ah, fun times.
I'll pipe in as well. After doing my research, I found the Ketogenic Diet and it was fantastic. I lost 100lbs in a year (from 299 -> 199)
I'd highly recommend reading 'The Ketogenic Diet' and 'The Rapid Fat Loss Handbook' both by Lyle MacDonald, particularly if you have a scientific interest in it, as well as a nutritional one.
In response to your question, I did not feel like I lost any mental faculties during it. The first week was fairly difficult, hungry and all, but after that, it's pretty easy. Best of luck!
And so far on this topic, not one person has stated that they'd want to live SHORTER.
I would. I'm a social introvert. Shy, self-conscious, without a spouse or kids. Another x hundred years of the same doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. In fact, another 20 - 30 doesn't really appeal to me.
Some enterprising criminals phoned around to a 'borough' at the south end of town, and managed to convince a good number of people that they were calling from Emergency Services and wanted their assistance testing the 911 system at a certain time. Needless to say, at the specified time, 911 operators were flooded with fake calls. As is policy, every 911 call has to be responded to, so suddenly all police and emergency services were stuck in the south end of town.
The criminals then took the opportunity to rob the Costco at the north end.
Two things here. First, you're paranoid. Second, you should always pick up your brass.
Have you ever fired a semi-automatic.22? It's not uncommon to go through a brick (1000 rounds) or two in a few hours. Most ranges don't even require you to pick up your casings - they just have a broom so you can brush them out of the way.
I agree completely. Though I do have a couple of nits with Amalur.
First, the stealth mechanism was almost non-existent. Even once the stealth skill was maxed out, managing to sneak behind a mob was an exercise in futility. Super fun if they were pointed away from you, but otherwise...
Second, the lack of tooltips for the abilities on the hotbar was a bit of a pain. I went through most of the game using nothing but the default lightning blast because I couldn't tell what anything else was, and I was too lazy to try to match the picture to the icon on the skill tree.
Much better than both Oblivion and Skyrim though. Comparing combat, Skyrim is just flat out boring. Amalur was way more exciting and over-the-top. Bigass Broadsword of Pwnage? Yes, I think so.
There are three classes of firearms licenses:
- Non-Restricted - things like rifles and shotguns
- Restricted - Handguns, short rifles/shotguns, and some other random restrictions (scary looking guns, for example)
- Prohibited - Short barrel handguns, fully automatic rifles, etc
To get your firearms license, you have to (optionally) take a firearms safety course and then write (or challenge) the exam, where you demonstrate safe handling and use of the firearms, as well as knowledge of the firearms regulations.
To get a permit for a restricted license, there's an additional course and exam. Also, restricted firearms are limited to government approved firing ranges - no taking them out into the bush to shoot cans.
Prohibited licenses are not issued, only given to people 'grandfathered' in to the licensing system. Once they die off, there will be no more prohibited class.
For any of these, you submit ID, proof of exam, personal questionnaire, and $$$ to the government, where they perform a criminal record check and reference check. Fired from your job recently? They'll look into that. On anti-depressants? They'll look into that. And yes, they do check your references - they checked mine.
I think one thing that is missing from a lot of this discussion is the concept of liability.
When data is put on the "cloud", if some data breach then happens, the company in question can scapegoat the cloud provider, or otherwise shift blame to them. "They told us that (y)our data would be secure! It's not our fault!"
When dealing with data in-house, you don't have that luxury. Data breach happens, and the person getting the blame is part of the company.
I do medical coding myself, and I can tell you that she's right on the money. ICD-9 covers basically everything that's needed already. There's really no need to break it down into ridiculous categorization. They say that it'll be useful for reporting, but I think the opposite. When you've got 140,000 codes, it'll be impossible to run meaningful reports.
And she's right about the mistakes too. The doctors I know are the most stubborn people you can imagine. You think they are going to wade through 140k codes for the most accurate? Not likely.
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Sounds like Battlestar Galactica. Oldschool equipment, non-networked systems.
Seems quaint. Until you realize that they were the only ones that survived.
I overclocked my graphing calculator in University. Did f-all except run a tiny bit faster and burn through batteries. Got lots of nerd-cred for it though. Ah, fun times.
Switch the frame layout to 'classic' and it doesn't look half bad. Still think the right hand column is too wide, personally.
The default view though? Not a fan.
I'll pipe in as well. After doing my research, I found the Ketogenic Diet and it was fantastic. I lost 100lbs in a year (from 299 -> 199)
I'd highly recommend reading 'The Ketogenic Diet' and 'The Rapid Fat Loss Handbook' both by Lyle MacDonald, particularly if you have a scientific interest in it, as well as a nutritional one.
In response to your question, I did not feel like I lost any mental faculties during it. The first week was fairly difficult, hungry and all, but after that, it's pretty easy. Best of luck!
We have the same sort of problems here in Canada.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go find a serviette, I seem to have spilled some poutine on the chesterfield.
The Narn would like to have a word with you.
I'm in the same boat as you.
And so far on this topic, not one person has stated that they'd want to live SHORTER.
I would. I'm a social introvert. Shy, self-conscious, without a spouse or kids. Another x hundred years of the same doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. In fact, another 20 - 30 doesn't really appeal to me.
I think you might be off with your maths there.
1TB/month @ $0.125 per GB would be $128/month
Next 49 TB/month @ $0.110 per GB would be $lots/month
That actually happened in town here.
Some enterprising criminals phoned around to a 'borough' at the south end of town, and managed to convince a good number of people that they were calling from Emergency Services and wanted their assistance testing the 911 system at a certain time. Needless to say, at the specified time, 911 operators were flooded with fake calls. As is policy, every 911 call has to be responded to, so suddenly all police and emergency services were stuck in the south end of town.
The criminals then took the opportunity to rob the Costco at the north end.
As far as I know, they were never apprehended.
Just don't send it to a Canadian political party or school by accident...
I heard about this place called Recall...
Two things here. First, you're paranoid. Second, you should always pick up your brass.
Have you ever fired a semi-automatic .22? It's not uncommon to go through a brick (1000 rounds) or two in a few hours. Most ranges don't even require you to pick up your casings - they just have a broom so you can brush them out of the way.
Except they wouldn't actually be girls...
I agree completely. Though I do have a couple of nits with Amalur. First, the stealth mechanism was almost non-existent. Even once the stealth skill was maxed out, managing to sneak behind a mob was an exercise in futility. Super fun if they were pointed away from you, but otherwise... Second, the lack of tooltips for the abilities on the hotbar was a bit of a pain. I went through most of the game using nothing but the default lightning blast because I couldn't tell what anything else was, and I was too lazy to try to match the picture to the icon on the skill tree. Much better than both Oblivion and Skyrim though. Comparing combat, Skyrim is just flat out boring. Amalur was way more exciting and over-the-top. Bigass Broadsword of Pwnage? Yes, I think so.
To be fair, BC just (as in last year) had a referendum on the HST and voted emphatically to go back to the GST/PST system. Better or worse, we'll see.
Still, does nothing to reduce or repeal overall taxation, so GPs point on never seeing it repealed is still valid.
You cannot own a gun in Canada? Seriously?
No, you certainly can.
There are three classes of firearms licenses:
- Non-Restricted - things like rifles and shotguns
- Restricted - Handguns, short rifles/shotguns, and some other random restrictions (scary looking guns, for example)
- Prohibited - Short barrel handguns, fully automatic rifles, etc
To get your firearms license, you have to (optionally) take a firearms safety course and then write (or challenge) the exam, where you demonstrate safe handling and use of the firearms, as well as knowledge of the firearms regulations.
To get a permit for a restricted license, there's an additional course and exam. Also, restricted firearms are limited to government approved firing ranges - no taking them out into the bush to shoot cans.
Prohibited licenses are not issued, only given to people 'grandfathered' in to the licensing system. Once they die off, there will be no more prohibited class.
For any of these, you submit ID, proof of exam, personal questionnaire, and $$$ to the government, where they perform a criminal record check and reference check. Fired from your job recently? They'll look into that. On anti-depressants? They'll look into that. And yes, they do check your references - they checked mine.
So yes, you can. But it's a lengthy process.
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Congratulations. They've developed a more advanced Kisekae set.
Completely a non-issue. Things like this have been around for 10+ years. The only difference is that now it has a lifelike face on it.
I think one thing that is missing from a lot of this discussion is the concept of liability.
When data is put on the "cloud", if some data breach then happens, the company in question can scapegoat the cloud provider, or otherwise shift blame to them. "They told us that (y)our data would be secure! It's not our fault!"
When dealing with data in-house, you don't have that luxury. Data breach happens, and the person getting the blame is part of the company.
Interesting. A way to DDOS a politician? Almost worth the money. Wish we could do that in Canada...
The Canadian prime minister McKenzie King thought his dog was a medium for his dead mother. Just sayin' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenzie_King
Beautifully written... If I had mod points...
I do medical coding myself, and I can tell you that she's right on the money. ICD-9 covers basically everything that's needed already. There's really no need to break it down into ridiculous categorization. They say that it'll be useful for reporting, but I think the opposite. When you've got 140,000 codes, it'll be impossible to run meaningful reports. And she's right about the mistakes too. The doctors I know are the most stubborn people you can imagine. You think they are going to wade through 140k codes for the most accurate? Not likely.
How does the court in Germany have jurisdiction over all of Europe? Can someone explain this?
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