My first reaction to this story is that this might explain why squats and other heavy leg exercises are so beneficial for the entire body. That is, perhaps the stress on the bones releases more of this hormone.
I've coached a comp sci student to improve her prose, and quite successfully too I might add. But that was largely because of her diligence at the task...
My general advice:
1. Write like you speak
A lot of people say this, and I concur: contrarian impulses be damned. Even the most inarticulate programmer is able to show you how their latest application works if they happen to be looking over your shoulder and pointing at the screen. Telling people that the way they speak is OK for the most part helps them to relax, and then the ideas flow more easily.
2. Immerse yourself in good prose
Face it: the prose you read rubs off on you. If you happen to embark on a detailed exegesis of (say) Roderick Chisholm's work, you'll start to write a little more like Chisholm, which may or may not be a good thing!
For my money the standard-bearer for good, clear English prose is The Guardian, the UK newspaper. Read it regularly.
Look, there was a period where this was true. Apple would be in all sorts of trouble now if M$ had never produced Office 98. And it would definitely hurt OSX if M$ refused to Carbonize it.
But StarOffice is almost here for classic MacOS, and an OSX version shouldn't be too far behind it. And contrary to popular belief, Appleworks truly is more than enough for most home and business work.
I don't buy all the hype about opensourcing everything, though I do like the politics of it. I think it would be disastrous to opensource OSX: you'd see all of its technologies turn up in the next version of Windoze.
Sometimes I think that it would be great if Apple just broke off relations with M$. Ditched IE, ditched Outlook Express (hey, that's already happening...) and didn't promote Office. Better to play with people that won't betray you, methinks.
Indeed. If my memory serves me, according to www.mackido.com, it was quicker to run Word 97 under emulation than native Word 6. That is beyond crappy. That is sabotage.
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My first reaction to this story is that this might explain why squats and other heavy leg exercises are so beneficial for the entire body. That is, perhaps the stress on the bones releases more of this hormone.
I've coached a comp sci student to improve her prose, and quite successfully too I might add. But that was largely because of her diligence at the task...
My general advice:
1. Write like you speak
A lot of people say this, and I concur: contrarian impulses be damned. Even the most inarticulate programmer is able to show you how their latest application works if they happen to be looking over your shoulder and pointing at the screen. Telling people that the way they speak is OK for the most part helps them to relax, and then the ideas flow more easily.
2. Immerse yourself in good prose
Face it: the prose you read rubs off on you. If you happen to embark on a detailed exegesis of (say) Roderick Chisholm's work, you'll start to write a little more like Chisholm, which may or may not be a good thing!
For my money the standard-bearer for good, clear English prose is The Guardian, the UK newspaper. Read it regularly.
Look, there was a period where this was true. Apple would be in all sorts of trouble now if M$ had never produced Office 98. And it would definitely hurt OSX if M$ refused to Carbonize it. But StarOffice is almost here for classic MacOS, and an OSX version shouldn't be too far behind it. And contrary to popular belief, Appleworks truly is more than enough for most home and business work. I don't buy all the hype about opensourcing everything, though I do like the politics of it. I think it would be disastrous to opensource OSX: you'd see all of its technologies turn up in the next version of Windoze. Sometimes I think that it would be great if Apple just broke off relations with M$. Ditched IE, ditched Outlook Express (hey, that's already happening...) and didn't promote Office. Better to play with people that won't betray you, methinks.
Indeed. If my memory serves me, according to www.mackido.com, it was quicker to run Word 97 under emulation than native Word 6. That is beyond crappy. That is sabotage.