Are we really calling the temperature of a steak a "contemporary fetish" ??
Are you forgetting that people have been asked how they want their stake cooked pretty much since the dawn of steak? How bout we just say "beef should always be how you want it, no more and no less."
God damn, of all the things to get in a holy war over...
Fair enough, it still seems like an awful lot of work for a miniscule gain in efficiency. But, I suppose everybody's gotta have a hobby! I prefer to juggle geese.
Changing to lower viscosity lubricants seems like a good way to waste money on repairs downstream... Use "good" lubricants, sure - but putting 5wt oil in your transmission to reduce the parasitic drivetrain loss is a good way to spend money on a new transmission. Maybe I'm misreading your post, but it sounds like risking the need for a major repair just to gain some miniscule fraction of a mile per gallon.
Eh, I spend an hour at least between waking up and going to work. I enjoy taking it a bit slow in the morning: snooze the alarm once, cook a decent breakfast, enjoy a cup of tea, hang out with the girlfriend and the dog. Then again, I also don't stay up super late anymore... I used to do the wake up 30 minutes before I need to be at the office thing, but I much prefer my new method! When I get to work I am *awake* and ready to go, not a zombie waiting for that first cup of coffee.
Hopefully a lot of people in your shoes have been skimming these posts and seeing what works for other/.ers. There are a ton of valuable methods already posted, but here are the common themes I'm seeing:
1) You *must* tweak your diet if you're serious about this. There are heaps of fad diets out there but they all share the common theme: Eat Less Crap.
2) Find something active that you enjoy. Hiking, biking, sports. Doesn't matter what it is - if you can do it for the sheer enjoyment you won't stop. If it's often and active enough, you don't need to bother with the 3rd item in this list.
3) Come up with a an exercise regimen to do a few days a week. Could be just cardio (walking, running), could be some form of whole body workout. Don't be afraid of the workout videos (or even searching youtube) - you'd be surprised at the workout you can get with zero equipment and just a few square feet of space on the floor.
4) This one isn't mentioned as much, but if you can find a coworker or group in the same situation with the same goals, you will dramatically improve your chances of success.
If you have a desk job, there really is no solution you can do "at the desk." Sure, there are things you can do that help, like standing to work, but if you really want improvement you're going to have to add something to your schedule (or multitask it in with TV). That said, I *strongly* disagree with the people who say you need to make a lifestyle change to improve your fitness. You don't need anything that drastic - just start with some tweaks in your diet and adding exercise. For me, when I started seeing improvement, I wanted more - so more tweaks followed!
Now, here's what works for me:
- I keep a water bottle (12 or 14 oz) at my desk and fill it up whenever it's empty. I like that it's smaller, so I get up more often (usually every hour or two), and the water doesn't have as much time to get warm
- I don't have "open" snacks around. No bag of chips to pull from mindlessly. Sometime during the morning I'll have either some fruit or some crackers and peanut butter. Sometime during the afternoon I'll have some fruit or yogurt or something of the sort.
- I mountain bike in the spring/summer/fall and just started snowboarding in the winter. Usually this just means one big workout per week, but I love doing it - so it doesn't feel like work. PLUS a not insignificant part of my motivation for my workout regimen is to improve my mountain biking.
- I commute to work by bicycle once or twice a week during the spring, summer and fall.
- And probably the biggy - I work out at a gym near the office three times (or so) per week during the lunch break. I go with a coworker which has greatly improved both my motivation and the quality of the workout (we're always challenging each other to improve). The gym isn't even necessary, we basically just cycle through the p90x workouts which could be done anywhere if you can get some resistance bands and something that will pass for a pull up bar.
It still doesn't hurt to look around. I go to a gym five minutes from my workplace that costs me about twelve bucks a month. I head there on my lunch break three or so times per week with a coworker. Sure, there's no reason I couldn't get the same workout at home without the equipment at the gym (especially since we moved from weights to a more general workout) - but for me the gym is far closer and more convenient. Having a coworker with similar fitness goals to work out with is also a tremendous motivation.
I'm not trying to disagree with your position here - I wouldn't want to spend any more than I do (or travel any further during my lunch break) for a gym - but it doesn't hurt for the submitter to look around and find something that really works for them.
A 10 hour workday with a 2 hour commute would drive me to a different employment situation in very short order. I'm not saying it's "wrong" because I know many people who thrive in that environment... But damn.
As incorrect as those numbers are - this is it. If you're serious about being healthy, first thing to do is cut the junk. Cut way back on the soda (don't *ever* have one outside of a meal), switch to carrot sticks or some other sort of snack. Drink *lots* of water. Get a water bottle and fill it several times a day.
Don't count on getting a workout at work. A standing desk is a decent start, but you'll need more. There is tons of advice on the interwebs for simple exercise routines you can do at home before or after work. Pick one - it almost doesn't matter what it is, if it gets your heart rate up it's good for something.
Y'know, Dune 2 is specifically why I said "almost." Westwood's next big RTS (Command and Conquer) and the original Warcraft both had multiplayer components.
While I think you're justified to have your gripes, in this case I feel it's a bit excessive. RTS games have had single player and multiplayer components almost since the very beginning. Granted, the multiplayer aspect has been far more significant lately, but I don't think it's been at a cost of a weaker single player. I kind of feel like your complaints are like griping about the passenger seat you had to buy in your car even though you'll never sit in it.
HOTS is at least priced as an expansion rather than a "full price game," unlike CoD and the sports games.
It really is too bad a few bad apples spoiled the bunch when it comes to web advertising. Text and even animated banners never bothered me, but then there was sound, flash, and all manner of crap. How many of you noticed in the dial-up days that it took longer to load the ads than the content you wanted to view? It only takes one ad intrusive enough to get us to install ABP or Flashblock.
It really is too bad, since I doubt any of us would care enough about the vast majority of ads to take that step. I know I haven't bothered to on my home computer since reinstalling the OS several months back, but once I come across "that one ad," it's game over for all of them.
Hello kettle, said the pot. The Logitech G19 lists on Newegg for $165 (on sale!) right now. Be fair - you can't hold a poor opinion of somebody who enjoys an expensive mechanical keyboard and then extoll the virtues of your expensive membrane keyboard (Newegg lists the G19 at $200, after all). He could just as easily tell you that you're the kind of person who allows the market for overpriced frills like backlighting and screens on keyboards to thrive.
Everybody has their preferences. Keyboard are probably the most used tactile interface any of us here deal with - a good feel can absolutely be worth $100+, just like frills we find useless can be worth the money to you. I understand that there's nothing wrong with you preferring a keyboard with features I find useless. Can you understand that there's nothing wrong with me preferring a keyboard with the right tactile feel?
Curious - I thought the "digital" channels were still in the VHF or UHF ranges. If it's on the same baseband frequency, what does it matter to the antenna that the data is digital or analog?
This is an honest question, I know enough about RF to usually call marketting BS, or give really bad information to people who trust me:)
I finally bothered to look up what the TV license costs - it's much higher than I thought it was. That and it made me chuckle that there's still a separate black and white license...
Then again I've liked most of the BBC shows I've seen here, and it is only the equivalent of four or maybe five months of *basic* cable here in the states. All that and no ads? I don't think you guys are getting a bum deal.
I'm not big on sports, so I haven't done the research you have - but it makes me curious how much money they are leaving on the table by not making games available as streams. I expect if the cable companies rigged up pay per view streams for all of the games they cover, they could bring in tons of money from folks not interested in huge season costs.
Then again, I stopped letting TV rot my brain long ago! After all, every hour spent watching TV is an hour not spent playing video games...
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Well that's not a problem with the underlying technology - that's an implementation problem!
I don't understand, most windfarms I've seen in California or Nevada are out in the middle of *nowhere.*
Are we really calling the temperature of a steak a "contemporary fetish" ??
Are you forgetting that people have been asked how they want their stake cooked pretty much since the dawn of steak? How bout we just say "beef should always be how you want it, no more and no less."
God damn, of all the things to get in a holy war over...
Along these same lines - just flip out at people randomly. After a few good random freak-outs, people will be very hush hush around you.
Wool is pretty flame retardant, especially the 100% wool blankets you'd get from the surplus store. Other tapestries... not so much.
Fair enough, it still seems like an awful lot of work for a miniscule gain in efficiency. But, I suppose everybody's gotta have a hobby! I prefer to juggle geese.
Changing to lower viscosity lubricants seems like a good way to waste money on repairs downstream... Use "good" lubricants, sure - but putting 5wt oil in your transmission to reduce the parasitic drivetrain loss is a good way to spend money on a new transmission. Maybe I'm misreading your post, but it sounds like risking the need for a major repair just to gain some miniscule fraction of a mile per gallon.
Eh, I spend an hour at least between waking up and going to work. I enjoy taking it a bit slow in the morning: snooze the alarm once, cook a decent breakfast, enjoy a cup of tea, hang out with the girlfriend and the dog. Then again, I also don't stay up super late anymore... I used to do the wake up 30 minutes before I need to be at the office thing, but I much prefer my new method! When I get to work I am *awake* and ready to go, not a zombie waiting for that first cup of coffee.
Hopefully a lot of people in your shoes have been skimming these posts and seeing what works for other /.ers. There are a ton of valuable methods already posted, but here are the common themes I'm seeing:
1) You *must* tweak your diet if you're serious about this. There are heaps of fad diets out there but they all share the common theme: Eat Less Crap.
2) Find something active that you enjoy. Hiking, biking, sports. Doesn't matter what it is - if you can do it for the sheer enjoyment you won't stop. If it's often and active enough, you don't need to bother with the 3rd item in this list.
3) Come up with a an exercise regimen to do a few days a week. Could be just cardio (walking, running), could be some form of whole body workout. Don't be afraid of the workout videos (or even searching youtube) - you'd be surprised at the workout you can get with zero equipment and just a few square feet of space on the floor.
4) This one isn't mentioned as much, but if you can find a coworker or group in the same situation with the same goals, you will dramatically improve your chances of success.
If you have a desk job, there really is no solution you can do "at the desk." Sure, there are things you can do that help, like standing to work, but if you really want improvement you're going to have to add something to your schedule (or multitask it in with TV). That said, I *strongly* disagree with the people who say you need to make a lifestyle change to improve your fitness. You don't need anything that drastic - just start with some tweaks in your diet and adding exercise. For me, when I started seeing improvement, I wanted more - so more tweaks followed!
Now, here's what works for me:
- I keep a water bottle (12 or 14 oz) at my desk and fill it up whenever it's empty. I like that it's smaller, so I get up more often (usually every hour or two), and the water doesn't have as much time to get warm
- I don't have "open" snacks around. No bag of chips to pull from mindlessly. Sometime during the morning I'll have either some fruit or some crackers and peanut butter. Sometime during the afternoon I'll have some fruit or yogurt or something of the sort.
- I mountain bike in the spring/summer/fall and just started snowboarding in the winter. Usually this just means one big workout per week, but I love doing it - so it doesn't feel like work. PLUS a not insignificant part of my motivation for my workout regimen is to improve my mountain biking.
- I commute to work by bicycle once or twice a week during the spring, summer and fall.
- And probably the biggy - I work out at a gym near the office three times (or so) per week during the lunch break. I go with a coworker which has greatly improved both my motivation and the quality of the workout (we're always challenging each other to improve). The gym isn't even necessary, we basically just cycle through the p90x workouts which could be done anywhere if you can get some resistance bands and something that will pass for a pull up bar.
It still doesn't hurt to look around. I go to a gym five minutes from my workplace that costs me about twelve bucks a month. I head there on my lunch break three or so times per week with a coworker. Sure, there's no reason I couldn't get the same workout at home without the equipment at the gym (especially since we moved from weights to a more general workout) - but for me the gym is far closer and more convenient. Having a coworker with similar fitness goals to work out with is also a tremendous motivation.
I'm not trying to disagree with your position here - I wouldn't want to spend any more than I do (or travel any further during my lunch break) for a gym - but it doesn't hurt for the submitter to look around and find something that really works for them.
A 10 hour workday with a 2 hour commute would drive me to a different employment situation in very short order. I'm not saying it's "wrong" because I know many people who thrive in that environment... But damn.
As incorrect as those numbers are - this is it. If you're serious about being healthy, first thing to do is cut the junk. Cut way back on the soda (don't *ever* have one outside of a meal), switch to carrot sticks or some other sort of snack. Drink *lots* of water. Get a water bottle and fill it several times a day.
Don't count on getting a workout at work. A standing desk is a decent start, but you'll need more. There is tons of advice on the interwebs for simple exercise routines you can do at home before or after work. Pick one - it almost doesn't matter what it is, if it gets your heart rate up it's good for something.
I think it's more like putting the handle back on the spoon.
Only if you're doing it right.
Y'know, Dune 2 is specifically why I said "almost." Westwood's next big RTS (Command and Conquer) and the original Warcraft both had multiplayer components.
And also, I'll mow your lawn for a dollar, sir!
While I think you're justified to have your gripes, in this case I feel it's a bit excessive. RTS games have had single player and multiplayer components almost since the very beginning. Granted, the multiplayer aspect has been far more significant lately, but I don't think it's been at a cost of a weaker single player. I kind of feel like your complaints are like griping about the passenger seat you had to buy in your car even though you'll never sit in it.
HOTS is at least priced as an expansion rather than a "full price game," unlike CoD and the sports games.
gawd, spoilers!!!
...simply stunning. Thanks for the entertaining read!
It really is too bad a few bad apples spoiled the bunch when it comes to web advertising. Text and even animated banners never bothered me, but then there was sound, flash, and all manner of crap. How many of you noticed in the dial-up days that it took longer to load the ads than the content you wanted to view? It only takes one ad intrusive enough to get us to install ABP or Flashblock.
It really is too bad, since I doubt any of us would care enough about the vast majority of ads to take that step. I know I haven't bothered to on my home computer since reinstalling the OS several months back, but once I come across "that one ad," it's game over for all of them.
Star Wars/Transformers crossover fiction. Abrams and Bay together at last. Gratuitous lens flares that EXPLODE IN YOUR FACE!!!!
I gotcha - here all the "main" stations have stuck to their pre-digital VHF channels.
Hello kettle, said the pot. The Logitech G19 lists on Newegg for $165 (on sale!) right now. Be fair - you can't hold a poor opinion of somebody who enjoys an expensive mechanical keyboard and then extoll the virtues of your expensive membrane keyboard (Newegg lists the G19 at $200, after all). He could just as easily tell you that you're the kind of person who allows the market for overpriced frills like backlighting and screens on keyboards to thrive.
Everybody has their preferences. Keyboard are probably the most used tactile interface any of us here deal with - a good feel can absolutely be worth $100+, just like frills we find useless can be worth the money to you. I understand that there's nothing wrong with you preferring a keyboard with features I find useless. Can you understand that there's nothing wrong with me preferring a keyboard with the right tactile feel?
Curious - I thought the "digital" channels were still in the VHF or UHF ranges. If it's on the same baseband frequency, what does it matter to the antenna that the data is digital or analog?
:)
This is an honest question, I know enough about RF to usually call marketting BS, or give really bad information to people who trust me
I finally bothered to look up what the TV license costs - it's much higher than I thought it was. That and it made me chuckle that there's still a separate black and white license...
Then again I've liked most of the BBC shows I've seen here, and it is only the equivalent of four or maybe five months of *basic* cable here in the states. All that and no ads? I don't think you guys are getting a bum deal.
I'm not big on sports, so I haven't done the research you have - but it makes me curious how much money they are leaving on the table by not making games available as streams. I expect if the cable companies rigged up pay per view streams for all of the games they cover, they could bring in tons of money from folks not interested in huge season costs.
Then again, I stopped letting TV rot my brain long ago! After all, every hour spent watching TV is an hour not spent playing video games...