Hi. I'm a card-carrying, copper-bracelet-wearing, downright SUFFERER of carpal tunnel and tendonitis (yeah, both). According to the many docs and specialists I've seen, my problems didn't come from typing--though I've been typing most of my life. They said my piano-playing, handwriting, and my stint as a mechanic were probably more at fault than my typing.
Actually, on the computer side, my mouse has been blamed far more than my keyboard. Ergonomic keyboards, like the splits with wrist-rests and whatnot, help ease the pain and let me type longer. But the defining factor is a TRACKBALL. MUST have a good trackball. A regular mouse will tear your sh*t up in no time, especially if you use it more than about half an hour a day (as I'm sure most of us do).
So take it from me--don't end up like me!!--even if you can't afford a $60 ergonomic keyboard (like me), spring for a trackball.
Newspapers are like the old people in my stuffy retirement-age neighborhood...and come to think of it, that's who reads them.
I'm not a newspaper reader, and the newspaper in my area is pretty 'fancy' (The Detroit News / Free Press). I read things I get something out of, and I haven't seen a newspaper yet that I could learn something from. The news is outdated, often biased, and generally uninformative (newspapers generally have two article types: "This Happened" or "Be Afraid of This"). The writing is barely seventh-grade, and often so shoddy that I get fed up mentally correcting gross grammatical errors, such as commas, spelling, and sentence structure. (If you're a grammar fanatic, though, try attacking a newspaper with a red pen--very satisfying!)
In short, they're ugly to look at, preachy, badly written, and WAY too often, innacurate. The fact is, that's not just outdated media, that's BAD media. New or old. But still...I would certainly pick up a newspaper in the future, if one landed on my doorstep that I felt I could actually learn something from (other than as a grammatical exercise). But again, Mr. Katz is right--I don't recall having EVER seen a newspaper even make an effort to better itself. They're a retirement-community commodity, and as those people die off, most likely, so will the newpaper.
Hey, I'm the chick in Detroit getting ready to put on a protest. Look, I'm a very personal kinda human, and I believe in stating my side TO the "other side" at least once. But I canNOT find Mr. Jack Valenti's email address. Yeah, yeah, I'll be civil, but I also want HIM SPECIFICALLY to know what I'm doing and why. Call it a warped form of courtesy.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW JACK VALENTI'S EMAIL ADDY??? I will love you forever if you send it to me at paraksc@hotmail.com. Thanks, Pksc
Hey, I'm the chick in Detroit getting ready to put on a protest. Look, I'm a very personal kinda human, and I believe in stating my side TO the "other side" at least once. But I canNOT find Mr. Jack Valenti's email address. Yeah, yeah, I'll be civil, but I also want HIM SPECIFICALLY to know what I'm doing and why. Call it a warped form of courtesy.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW JACK VALENTI'S EMAIL ADDY??? Thanks, Pksc
Hey; I'm in Detroit and I'm getting ready to organize a protest in front of one of our bigger movie theatres soon. Should be fun; stand around, make some noise. And, most importantly, I wanted to point out what I think will be my main point--yes, it isn't about copying at all, you're completely right. But really, in the sense that it will affect most of the known world, it isn't about COMPUTERS at all, either. It's about a corporation deliberately stepping over the laws for the purpose of turning another dollar; it's about the free market that will be denied to everyone within the MPAA's self-stated jurisdiction. I intend to make sure everybody knows that the jargon: "encryption", "hacker", "pirate", all that shit is just the MPAA blowing smoke, hoping to the gods nobody figures out that this affects you--not if you run Linux or hack or whatever, but IF YOU WATCH MOVIES. Thanks, Pksc
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Hi. I'm a card-carrying, copper-bracelet-wearing, downright SUFFERER of carpal tunnel and tendonitis (yeah, both). According to the many docs and specialists I've seen, my problems didn't come from typing--though I've been typing most of my life. They said my piano-playing, handwriting, and my stint as a mechanic were probably more at fault than my typing.
Actually, on the computer side, my mouse has been blamed far more than my keyboard. Ergonomic keyboards, like the splits with wrist-rests and whatnot, help ease the pain and let me type longer. But the defining factor is a TRACKBALL. MUST have a good trackball. A regular mouse will tear your sh*t up in no time, especially if you use it more than about half an hour a day (as I'm sure most of us do).
So take it from me--don't end up like me!!--even if you can't afford a $60 ergonomic keyboard (like me), spring for a trackball.
Newspapers are like the old people in my stuffy retirement-age neighborhood...and come to think of it, that's who reads them.
I'm not a newspaper reader, and the newspaper in my area is pretty 'fancy' (The Detroit News / Free Press). I read things I get something out of, and I haven't seen a newspaper yet that I could learn something from. The news is outdated, often biased, and generally uninformative (newspapers generally have two article types: "This Happened" or "Be Afraid of This"). The writing is barely seventh-grade, and often so shoddy that I get fed up mentally correcting gross grammatical errors, such as commas, spelling, and sentence structure. (If you're a grammar fanatic, though, try attacking a newspaper with a red pen--very satisfying!)
In short, they're ugly to look at, preachy, badly written, and WAY too often, innacurate. The fact is, that's not just outdated media, that's BAD media. New or old. But still...I would certainly pick up a newspaper in the future, if one landed on my doorstep that I felt I could actually learn something from (other than as a grammatical exercise). But again, Mr. Katz is right--I don't recall having EVER seen a newspaper even make an effort to better itself. They're a retirement-community commodity, and as those people die off, most likely, so will the newpaper.
Hey, I'm the chick in Detroit getting ready to put on a protest. Look, I'm a very personal kinda human, and I believe in stating my side TO the "other side" at least once. But I canNOT find Mr. Jack Valenti's email address. Yeah, yeah, I'll be civil, but I also want HIM SPECIFICALLY to know what I'm doing and why. Call it a warped form of courtesy.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW JACK VALENTI'S EMAIL ADDY???
I will love you forever if you send it to me at paraksc@hotmail.com.
Thanks, Pksc
Hey, I'm the chick in Detroit getting ready to put on a protest. Look, I'm a very personal kinda human, and I believe in stating my side TO the "other side" at least once. But I canNOT find Mr. Jack Valenti's email address. Yeah, yeah, I'll be civil, but I also want HIM SPECIFICALLY to know what I'm doing and why. Call it a warped form of courtesy.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW JACK VALENTI'S EMAIL ADDY???
Thanks, Pksc
Hey; I'm in Detroit and I'm getting ready to organize a protest in front of one of our bigger movie theatres soon. Should be fun; stand around, make some noise. And, most importantly, I wanted to point out what I think will be my main point--yes, it isn't about copying at all, you're completely right. But really, in the sense that it will affect most of the known world, it isn't about COMPUTERS at all, either. It's about a corporation deliberately stepping over the laws for the purpose of turning another dollar; it's about the free market that will be denied to everyone within the MPAA's self-stated jurisdiction. I intend to make sure everybody knows that the jargon: "encryption", "hacker", "pirate", all that shit is just the MPAA blowing smoke, hoping to the gods nobody figures out that this affects you--not if you run Linux or hack or whatever, but IF YOU WATCH MOVIES. Thanks, Pksc