actually, that's not true. Here's what you do - find a running store in your area, go in and have them do a gait analysis. They'll recommend a style of shoes for you.
The price is unlikely to be much higher than you'd pay in any other store, but it's likely to START higher, so be prepared.
My wife went from some pretty serious knee pain/shin splints to a much more comfortable run, and they actually told me "keep the ones you've got and come see us when they wear out".
you're thinking pure energy output by direct action - I think the poster was suggesting using a similar process to the one described by the lamp. 2 sets of 10 reps of 50lbs (for certain exercises) can be used to create a fairly decent source of potential energy for lighting. I figure...a single rep lifts weights about 18" - if this lamp is 6' tall...and it takes 10 5lb weights to power it from that height... that's 4 reps to get the weights that high if attached to a ratcheting system. properly constructed, I bet I could get most of the electricity for my daily lighting by doing a fairly vigorous workout every day. It'll never happen, but only because of the weird stuff you'd have to have installed. I can picture it now - a huge stack of weights, lifted to the top of my house, 10 to 200lbs at a time, in 18" increments, the sounds ratcheting sounds echoing across the neighborhood. over the course of the day, they slowly grind down to the basement or ground floor. Run out too early? do another set! You've been meaning to tone those arms for a while now anyway, right?
Um...yeah, that's great and all but if no one even attempts to catch up, what will drive Apple to advance? not a damn thing, really. so, even if you think everyone else is crap which I don't you have some interest in keeping some competition alive.
so...it really *is* Just Like Outlook(tm) I never thought of it that way before...always just swore at it and shut it off... Just Like Outlook. who knew. be careful what you wish for, huh?
here's the thing, though - *why* would you do this? I mean, I understand the "I need to break the copy protection scheme to use my media!" mentality we all have - because this *isn't* "copy protection". it's "copy indication". You can still do whatever you want with it. hell, you can still even share it with your friends! just don't put it on a p2p share. rip the audio for an mp3? go for it. recode it for your ipod? sure. want to ditch your ipod and get some other media player? you're able to without having to jump through hoops. none of that is restricted. this is exactly the kind of copyright "protection" we've been begging for - so why WOULD you immediately try to break it? hell, even better is they only have to store a hash of my watermark on file to re-send me the video as often as I want it wherever I want it, and it's up to me not to abuse it. this is a *good thing*
okay, so he was way high - that said, I will probably *never* see 4 weeks of vacation/year in my *life*. every time I start a new job, I'll be reset to two (if I'm lucky I'll get a full 2) and it generally takes 8 years at a single place of work to get to 4 weeks. I don't know *anyone* who's worked at their current place of employment for 8 years anymore.
I rather think that that was his point. when you cram lots of things into a device that does everything, it's unlikely that any single thing will be done well.
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this is a poor example. first, it would be like running an advertisement in the newspaper, and putting the sign out in front of the store, not hiding the sign behind the counter. this info isn't in the click-through license agreement, it's in the feature list they advertise to entice you to use the software.
second, it's not a punch in the face they're *offering*. it's far more along the lines of them following you around the store and commenting on everything you buy, recording the info on a little notepad, and sending it off to headquarters to store or sell once you leave - oh! wait! they already do that with little tags. my bad.
the major difference is that the store is their premesis. a computer and its associate software, whatever the license agreement says, is mine.
nothing to do with amount of speed. everything to do with lack of ability to figure out how to use the effing self-checkout service.
as for hiring more cashiers, blow me. I'm using the less cashier option. if you can't figure out the "super-high-tech-gee-whiz" option, YOU go use the cashier.
around here we have self checkout too. what this means is that I stand in line behind some idiot who can't figure out where the bar codes are, and doesn't know how to find the code for freakin "peaches" and ends up taking twice as much time to get through the line as they would in a regular line. granted, when i finally get there I'm through in a quarter of the time, but there are instances I wish I could use a lead pipe on the moron in front of me.
didn't say "never". we've downsized plenty - but darn little of that has been because of moving jobs. mostly it's been because of product changes and reorganizations.
I haven't seen a lot of jobs actually go away because of it, but a lot of people are jumping ship out of fear - and we're having to hire lots of new people to replace them.
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I'm more willing to believe it was an actual UFO.
And I don't believe in Alien UFOs.
This is the most convoluted conspiracy theory I've heard since the "9/11 was perpetrated by the US" and "Obama's Birth Certificate" nutjobs
actually, that's not true.
Here's what you do - find a running store in your area, go in and have them do a gait analysis. They'll recommend a style of shoes for you.
The price is unlikely to be much higher than you'd pay in any other store, but it's likely to START higher, so be prepared.
My wife went from some pretty serious knee pain/shin splints to a much more comfortable run, and they actually told me "keep the ones you've got and come see us when they wear out".
you're thinking pure energy output by direct action - I think the poster was suggesting using a similar process to the one described by the lamp. 2 sets of 10 reps of 50lbs (for certain exercises) can be used to create a fairly decent source of potential energy for lighting. I figure...a single rep lifts weights about 18" - if this lamp is 6' tall...and it takes 10 5lb weights to power it from that height...
that's 4 reps to get the weights that high if attached to a ratcheting system. properly constructed, I bet I could get most of the electricity for my daily lighting by doing a fairly vigorous workout every day. It'll never happen, but only because of the weird stuff you'd have to have installed. I can picture it now - a huge stack of weights, lifted to the top of my house, 10 to 200lbs at a time, in 18" increments, the sounds ratcheting sounds echoing across the neighborhood. over the course of the day, they slowly grind down to the basement or ground floor. Run out too early? do another set! You've been meaning to tone those arms for a while now anyway, right?
Um...yeah, that's great and all
but if no one even attempts to catch up, what will drive Apple to advance?
not a damn thing, really.
so, even if you think everyone else is crap
which I don't
you have some interest in keeping some competition alive.
so...it really *is* Just Like Outlook(tm)
I never thought of it that way before...always just swore at it and shut it off...
Just Like Outlook.
who knew.
be careful what you wish for, huh?
here's the thing, though - *why* would you do this?
I mean, I understand the "I need to break the copy protection scheme to use my media!" mentality we all have - because this *isn't* "copy protection". it's "copy indication". You can still do whatever you want with it.
hell, you can still even share it with your friends!
just don't put it on a p2p share.
rip the audio for an mp3? go for it.
recode it for your ipod? sure.
want to ditch your ipod and get some other media player? you're able to without having to jump through hoops.
none of that is restricted.
this is exactly the kind of copyright "protection" we've been begging for - so why WOULD you immediately try to break it?
hell, even better is they only have to store a hash of my watermark on file to re-send me the video as often as I want it wherever I want it, and it's up to me not to abuse it. this is a *good thing*
that impressive...I've never seen plague transmitted by fortification before.
because I've upgraded 2 machines from dapper to edgy and it's been the smoothest upgrade I've *ever* done.
AMEN BROTHER.
assholes.
er...wouldn't that be "not frank"?
where the hell do you work!?
(and can I get an application?)
okay, so he was way high - that said, I will probably *never* see 4 weeks of vacation/year in my *life*.
every time I start a new job, I'll be reset to two (if I'm lucky I'll get a full 2) and it generally takes 8 years at a single place of work to get to 4 weeks.
I don't know *anyone* who's worked at their current place of employment for 8 years anymore.
so...it's actually *penguins* all the way down?
yeah, it's a shame google doesn't show their history all the way back to the 1960's...
so much was lost in that fire...
http://imdb.com/title/tt0103241/
I rather think that that was his point.
when you cram lots of things into a device that does everything, it's unlikely that any single thing will be done well.
this is a poor example.
first, it would be like running an advertisement in the newspaper, and putting the sign out in front of the store, not hiding the sign behind the counter. this info isn't in the click-through license agreement, it's in the feature list they advertise to entice you to use the software.
second, it's not a punch in the face they're *offering*. it's far more along the lines of them following you around the store and commenting on everything you buy, recording the info on a little notepad, and sending it off to headquarters to store or sell once you leave - oh! wait! they already do that with little tags. my bad.
the major difference is that the store is their premesis. a computer and its associate software, whatever the license agreement says, is mine.
that can, however, be argued.
which begs the question...have you, in fact, worked for AOL?
dunno about you...but AOL sends me to training about as often as I request it, with (generally) one big-ticket training (RHCE last time) per year...
nothing to do with amount of speed. everything to do with lack of ability to figure out how to use the effing self-checkout service.
as for hiring more cashiers, blow me. I'm using the less cashier option. if you can't figure out the "super-high-tech-gee-whiz" option, YOU go use the cashier.
around here we have self checkout too.
what this means is that I stand in line behind some idiot who can't figure out where the bar codes are, and doesn't know how to find the code for freakin "peaches" and ends up taking twice as much time to get through the line as they would in a regular line.
granted, when i finally get there I'm through in a quarter of the time, but there are instances I wish I could use a lead pipe on the moron in front of me.
didn't say "never". we've downsized plenty - but darn little of that has been because of moving jobs. mostly it's been because of product changes and reorganizations.
I'd rather not say where I work.
I haven't seen a lot of jobs actually go away because of it, but a lot of people are jumping ship out of fear - and we're having to hire lots of new people to replace them.
yes
yes, wiping the drive.
if you don't, it doesn't much help performance to reinstall.