I find Stephenson to be mediocre at writing the beginnings of books and horrible at writing endings. The lengthier his books, and the more volumes in his mult-volume works, the more "middle" is included, which is where he shines.
Using google's link feature (which admittedly, is broken, as others have pointed out), it would appear that sites are more likely to link to MSN sites other than the msn.com front page.
While NiMH are great for high drain electronics, such as digital cameras, they aren't good at keeping their charge over long periods of time. It's a good idea to keep some disposable alkaline around for clocks, flashlights, remote controls, and other items that rarely need the battery changed.
Strangely enough, the diet proposed above espouses the very thing that various studies have shown to be healthy: whole grains, lots of fruits and vegetable, lean protein (from lean meats and legums), and some amount of "healthy" fats such as monounsaturated oils.
The biggest problem (in my opinion) is that people have a phobia about moderation. They want foods to be either "good" or "bad." For years people thought that fat was bad and instead pigged out on no fat desserts. I remember an episode when I was on an airplane, and the woman next to me told me that the no-fat cookie that we had been given was good. It looked disgusting to me, so I offered it to her. Instead of accepting it, she went off on a tirade about how it was perfectly okay for me to eat it because it fat-free and cholesterol-free and therefore was sin-free and guilt-free, while inwardly I was thinking that it was still full of sugar, and still looked disgusting. Those same kind of people also looked at me funny any time I ate nuts or avocados because they were bad "high-fat" foods.
Now, instead, people have taken the opposite approach and are banning anything with carbs. My dad has seen fried pork rinds being advertised as a carb-free diet food!
There are clearly health issues that go along with either extreme approach (e.g. diabetes and tryglicerides with simple carb diets and kidney and GI problems with high protein diets), but it seems people would rather cycle between the extremes than try to find a more sensible middle ground.
Sorry if this is a bit lengthy, but this is an issue that has bugged me for a long time.
Just yesterday I decided to try and find the recipe for the radish leaf soup that my dad used to make when I was a kid. However, when I looked for it online, I could only find cream of radish leaf soups.. and the soup I want is broth, not cream based.
It has a conspicuous absence of fake, man-made ingredients, a staple of true geeks foods. And how much are these going to cost? They seem like they'll be pretty expensive, but geeks typically like very cheap food. And will geeks really be satisfied to eat only one of these a day? Won't you get an overdose of minerals like iron if you eat too many?
The ads in better homes and gardens don't appeal to me.. So? The articles in "self" and other women oriented magazines have many articles on sex, getting men to do what you want, and so on.. Why is no one decrying this?
I don't recall ever seeing an advertisement in a better homes and gardens type magazine that any reasonable person would consider degrading to men.
When I was in Geometry (in a class of eigth graders bused to the high school), our teacher asked us if we had played with Legos as a children and practically all of us had. He then told us that one of the striking differences between the Honors Geometry and the Regular Geometry classes was that when he asked that question, it seemed that everyone in the honors class looked nostalgic and had played with legos as children, whereas the non-honors class's reaction was "Lego?" He believed legos and other such toys helped influence geometric thinking and problem solving skills.
Of course, economic factors, may also have played a part in determining who played with legos and who ended up in the honors classes... but I plan to do my best if I ever have kids to get them to play with legos.:)
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Here's a review of the new mouse from a guy who rushed out and bought one this morning.
I find Stephenson to be mediocre at writing the beginnings of books and horrible at writing endings. The lengthier his books, and the more volumes in his mult-volume works, the more "middle" is included, which is where he shines.
Using google's link feature (which admittedly, is broken, as others have pointed out), it would appear that sites are more likely to link to MSN sites other than the msn.com front page.
Fpr examle, searching for link:www.msn.com returns 51 results, but searching for link:www.msn.com/search returns 147,000 results.
While NiMH are great for high drain electronics, such as digital cameras, they aren't good at keeping their charge over long periods of time. It's a good idea to keep some disposable alkaline around for clocks, flashlights, remote controls, and other items that rarely need the battery changed.
Strangely enough, the diet proposed above espouses the very thing that various studies have shown to be healthy: whole grains, lots of fruits and vegetable, lean protein (from lean meats and legums), and some amount of "healthy" fats such as monounsaturated oils.
The biggest problem (in my opinion) is that people have a phobia about moderation. They want foods to be either "good" or "bad." For years people thought that fat was bad and instead pigged out on no fat desserts. I remember an episode when I was on an airplane, and the woman next to me told me that the no-fat cookie that we had been given was good. It looked disgusting to me, so I offered it to her. Instead of accepting it, she went off on a tirade about how it was perfectly okay for me to eat it because it fat-free and cholesterol-free and therefore was sin-free and guilt-free, while inwardly I was thinking that it was still full of sugar, and still looked disgusting. Those same kind of people also looked at me funny any time I ate nuts or avocados because they were bad "high-fat" foods.
Now, instead, people have taken the opposite approach and are banning anything with carbs. My dad has seen fried pork rinds being advertised as a carb-free diet food!
There are clearly health issues that go along with either extreme approach (e.g. diabetes and tryglicerides with simple carb diets and kidney and GI problems with high protein diets), but it seems people would rather cycle between the extremes than try to find a more sensible middle ground.
Sorry if this is a bit lengthy, but this is an issue that has bugged me for a long time.
--Exito
Just yesterday I decided to try and find the recipe for the radish leaf soup that my dad used to make when I was a kid. However, when I looked for it online, I could only find cream of radish leaf soups.. and the soup I want is broth, not cream based.
It has a conspicuous absence of fake, man-made ingredients, a staple of true geeks foods. And how much are these going to cost? They seem like they'll be pretty expensive, but geeks typically like very cheap food. And will geeks really be satisfied to eat only one of these a day? Won't you get an overdose of minerals like iron if you eat too many?
Just my geek thoughts....
I don't recall ever seeing an advertisement in a better homes and gardens type magazine that any reasonable person would consider degrading to men.
I think this article was placed wrongly... clearly it should have been an appendix to the the "Dumb Laws" article posted 2 hours prior to this one. :)
When I was in Geometry (in a class of eigth graders bused to the high school), our teacher asked us if we had played with Legos as a children and practically all of us had. He then told us that one of the striking differences between the Honors Geometry and the Regular Geometry classes was that when he asked that question, it seemed that everyone in the honors class looked nostalgic and had played with legos as children, whereas the non-honors class's reaction was "Lego?" He believed legos and other such toys helped influence geometric thinking and problem solving skills.
:)
Of course, economic factors, may also have played a part in determining who played with legos and who ended up in the honors classes... but I plan to do my best if I ever have kids to get them to play with legos.