Most of the actual works I've seen (which are more reliable than wikipedia) have said that hangovers symptoms have been demonstrated to be linked to several of those factors, but that dehydration is by far the most significant overall (though others may be more significant in particular individuals, depending on individual sensitivities and other conditions.)
This strongly mimics my own experiences. Sure, there is probably something else contributing to your hangover, but whatever it is, it doesn't seem to matter much. Drink enough water and the hangover as a whole will correct itself rapidly. The few minor "remaining" symptoms that linger after re-hydrating yourself are not too bad in my experience, and those are probably caused by other things... but once I've got the water taken care of the rest of the effects quickly diminish.
A completely natural vaccine to prevent hangovers already exists. It's called water. After a long night of drinking enough booze that you know you'll end up with a hangover, go to sleep with a glass or bottle of water by your side. Most of the effects--especially the nastier ones--of a hangover are actually the effects of dehydration. You can drastically reduce its effects or even prevent having one completely by drinking enough water throughout the night. Depending on how much you drank and how dehydrated you get, having multiple bottles at easy reach can be more convenient.
Same here, it's been a while. I admit, I actually used to like those Radiskull & Devil Doll cartoons, and a lot of the stuff on Joe Cartoon. There were also some fun games on Newgrounds like Pico's School. Flash has since engulfed Shockwave (now including Shockwave functionality) and is now mostly used for web videos... the sooner Flash is gone, the better. It's always been a pain in the ass and its Linux support sucks. And does the damn thing even run on BSD? Also, I don't even think my phone has a "real" native Flash plug-in, relying on the YouTube "app" or a standard video player to play flash video around the web.
Ahed of its time because when I get a self-driving car, the touch screen will no longer be dangerous.
You're right. Instead, in those days the way the car drives on a road occupied by other computerized cars, human-driven cars, animals, pedestrians will be the danger. Not to mention all those specialized and sometimes high-traffic areas, like parking lots and random long and curvy driveways out in the middle of the country...
In this case, I honestly don't know which is the greatest danger... the current roads full of people who can't drive anyway and are always distracted, or the roads of the future where your life is purely in the hands of software on wheels. They're both bad, but I can't see computerized auto-driving cars as being an improvement except in cases when it can prevent drunk driving accidents after someone leaves from a long night at the bar.
For the same reason that I don't want a completely empty desk, completely devoid of any tools to get anything done at all. I'll take a notebook or two, some loose-leaf paper, some paper clips, a stapler, some glue and white-out; a few holders containing several pens, highlighters, markers, etc in the back and corners... over a completely clean desk that has nothing I need, when I need it. Last I checked, the traditional toolbars pre-ribbon also contained such common functionality as formatting buttons, so it's not unique to the ribbon. Therefore, your analogy doesn't really make much sense.
I have a place for all my documents. It's called the file system. I'm talking about functionality within the program to perform operations on the loaded document. Again, poor analogy. The office suite does not necessarily organize your files... your operating system does.
Yeah. Could you imagine driving one summer evening as the sun begins to lower behind you, and it's shining with all its brightness right onto your screen? How are you supposed to do anything... adjust fans, temperature, radio, and whatever else if you have to rely on that now-useless LCD screen? Waiting until I turn off or just hoping you'll get lucky that thick enough clouds cover it don't exactly sound like very good options. Very, very bad design.
Yes, I'll take "boxes with symbols" as you put it over several sets of alphabetical lists within lists when it it makes it easier to find things. There is not one single, easily-navigable list as you're claiming. There are several, and they contain even more levels of crap.
The ribbon cleaned things up some just by getting rid of that god damn useless "help" menu alone. Very few of the items in those menus I ever bother with, and those that I do are more pleasant to find and actually use. It's kind of like pinned menus; if you're going to be using something a few times, it's a pain in the ass to keep having to click to bring down the menu and find the option you were looking for again. With the ribbon, things stay put and don't disappear unless you tell them to.
I don't know about you, but my natural field of vision is more wide than it is tall, so I'll pick the ribbon over sticky menus that very few programs and window managers seem to support.
It already costs a good amount to get, for example, a basic replacement temperature control knob thing, whatever the hell the proper name for it is. I don't want to know what a 17" touchscreen will cost, even a decade into the future, just to get your fan/heater/AC controls working again. I really do not like the way cars are heading; even without the cost, who says I want all this bullshit? Seriously, the more computerized they make cars, the more revolting they get.
You must be blind. Ribbon or not, Office is not that hard to navigate. If anything, it makes common functionality easier to find due to the fact that it is now all nicely organized without layers upon layers of menus. Microsoft has made a lot of absolutely shitty things, but the ribbon is not one of them.
Laws or no laws to keep these assholes in line, no one is going to stop me from using Adblock, NoScript, DoNotTrackMe, etc. or similar tools. I don't trust these crooked fucks to even follow the law, so privacy extensions aren't going anywhere.
Really? I can't be the only one who uses whatever the hell I want--Coke, Mountain Dew, you name it--as a morning beverage. With caffeine, it even has an effect similar to coffee. Why the hell is something like this needed?
It's somewhat "new" for Microsoft and the main line of Windows though. DOS and the original Windows line for x86 has traditionally never been this locked down. Microsoft makes it big with an open architecture, then locks down heavily the first chance they get of getting on a new processor. What good is a processor if it will only run code that the OS' author says it can?
Clarification: Windows plus ARM. I could have sworn that after all the times I typed Microsoft the point would be clear, but apparently not. I did not intend to point all the blame on ARM, which again leads back to why my wording was focused so much on Microsoft. People still seem to fail to get the point.
As it is, the most we can do is not buy computers that meet both of these specifications: Windows RT running on an ARM processor. By doing so we are effectively surrendering and increasing their (again, Microsoft's) power to further destroy our freedom in the future. That does still leave x86 machines, which even if they do come with Windows 8, at least you are not anchored and forced with a knife to your throat to use it. Not yet, anyway--just wait for Windows 9 or 10 for that. But at least you *can* still order some machines with Linux or no OS installed; as you said, there's just not many choices and no one's ever heard of any of them.
I agree that in the end avoiding Windows completely is the way to go, but let's face reality here: that's just not gonna happen. As you even stated yourself, it pretty much has "a snowball's chance in hell" of ever happening. But a potentially-emerging market like more general purpose ARM-based machines becoming locked down by Microsoft, there is a chance that something can be done before it gets too bad and then seeps over to the x86 side. Hell, they've already shot themselves in the foot by disallowing all third-party developers from releasing ARM applications for the traditional desktop. Just tack this on as yet another reason to avoid Windows RT.
Microsoft is attempting one of the absolute worst things that it can possibly do: lock everything else out in a brand-new market of computers before it even has the chance to mature. Pretty fucking arrogant, considering they don't even own the rights to the processor.
Seriously, when Microsoft is paid for the key and they own the key into our computers, we've lost. Simple solution: Avoid ARM-based machines as long as Microsoft requires that no way exists to disable Secure Boot. By buying into this shit, we're just setting ourselves up to be fucked in the ass by Microsoft. I can't say anything good about the Linux Foundation for playing ball with these assholes either. Pre-bootloader, my ass--more like pre-pre-boot-extra-complexity-nightmare, thanks to Microsoft. Having to use this would be a disgrace; that alone should be enough to get people to buy more compatible hardware (but won't be).
Why does everyone seem to forget that god damn "Charms" bar and those fucking Metro-style system notifications when they try to claim the Windows 8 desktop is no different than the one in Windows 7? Or the lack of start menu which requires third-party programs to bring back, unless you want to deal with that shitty start screen designed as the basis for Metro and an interface for touchscreens? Or the fact that they literally gutted core Windows system dialogs and replaced them with Metro versions? Windows 8 is far from being "not much different" than Windows 7.
The problem is, then Microsoft will not only count you as a Windows 7 customer/user, but also tally you in as a Windows 8 customer/user. Even if the entire reason for choosing to downgrade was to not have to touch (or count yourself as a user of) a steaming pile of shit in the first place. You're better off just getting a system with Win7 and not helping to improve Microsoft's Win8 stats. The next best solution would be to get a system with a "no OS" or "FreeDOS" option and getting a retail Win7 disc to install... avoid the dual-counting, crapware and other garbage, but Microsoft charges an arm and a leg for it.
This is exactly the reason I do not use Windows. Microsoft is crooked, they gouge your ass no matter what you do.
Exactly. After years of dealing with the same old shit from almost everyone you know, it really does start to get old. It starts to feel as if everyone just uses you as a cushion to catch them when they fall, and never make any attempt to learn a damn thing about what they're doing that they shouldn't be doing themselves to prevent it from happening in the future...
Very few people actually listen and try to understand what I have to say. Those that do and actually follow my suggestions, I rarely ever hear from again when it comes to computer-related problems, unless it is a hardware-related problem. Why? Because they were willing to actually use a few brain cells and actually change their behavior while using their computer, so the most common problems are in effect nearly eliminated.
I've done so many things that I wouldn't exactly call "simple" or "quick" procedures over the years to fix some serious problems on other people's computers, it's not even funny. I'm lucky if I see $40 for it, let alone $20. Things that aren't as braindead-easy as the usual, "Help! I deleted the Recycle Bin! Can you bring it back?!" They would be paying more than twice what I would ask if they went into a computer repair shop, and then in some cases probably have to pay extra on top of that for other crap.
brag 1.to use boastful language; boast: He bragged endlessly about his high score. verb (used with object) 2.to boast of: He bragged that he had won. noun 3.a boast or vaunt. 4.a thing to boast of.
Would you care to tell me how your behavior and wording does not fit perfectly in the above definitions? I have a few other definitions that describe you well that I recommend you look up. They are: egotistical, condescending, and asshole. And with that, I'm leaving this topic--I've fed the troll enough.
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Two words: Try it. Works for me, every time. For the several years that I have been doing it.
Most of the actual works I've seen (which are more reliable than wikipedia) have said that hangovers symptoms have been demonstrated to be linked to several of those factors, but that dehydration is by far the most significant overall (though others may be more significant in particular individuals, depending on individual sensitivities and other conditions.)
This strongly mimics my own experiences. Sure, there is probably something else contributing to your hangover, but whatever it is, it doesn't seem to matter much. Drink enough water and the hangover as a whole will correct itself rapidly. The few minor "remaining" symptoms that linger after re-hydrating yourself are not too bad in my experience, and those are probably caused by other things... but once I've got the water taken care of the rest of the effects quickly diminish.
A completely natural vaccine to prevent hangovers already exists. It's called water. After a long night of drinking enough booze that you know you'll end up with a hangover, go to sleep with a glass or bottle of water by your side. Most of the effects--especially the nastier ones--of a hangover are actually the effects of dehydration. You can drastically reduce its effects or even prevent having one completely by drinking enough water throughout the night. Depending on how much you drank and how dehydrated you get, having multiple bottles at easy reach can be more convenient.
Same here, it's been a while. I admit, I actually used to like those Radiskull & Devil Doll cartoons, and a lot of the stuff on Joe Cartoon. There were also some fun games on Newgrounds like Pico's School. Flash has since engulfed Shockwave (now including Shockwave functionality) and is now mostly used for web videos... the sooner Flash is gone, the better. It's always been a pain in the ass and its Linux support sucks. And does the damn thing even run on BSD? Also, I don't even think my phone has a "real" native Flash plug-in, relying on the YouTube "app" or a standard video player to play flash video around the web.
Ahed of its time because when I get a self-driving car, the touch screen will no longer be dangerous.
You're right. Instead, in those days the way the car drives on a road occupied by other computerized cars, human-driven cars, animals, pedestrians will be the danger. Not to mention all those specialized and sometimes high-traffic areas, like parking lots and random long and curvy driveways out in the middle of the country...
In this case, I honestly don't know which is the greatest danger... the current roads full of people who can't drive anyway and are always distracted, or the roads of the future where your life is purely in the hands of software on wheels. They're both bad, but I can't see computerized auto-driving cars as being an improvement except in cases when it can prevent drunk driving accidents after someone leaves from a long night at the bar.
For the same reason that I don't want a completely empty desk, completely devoid of any tools to get anything done at all. I'll take a notebook or two, some loose-leaf paper, some paper clips, a stapler, some glue and white-out; a few holders containing several pens, highlighters, markers, etc in the back and corners... over a completely clean desk that has nothing I need, when I need it. Last I checked, the traditional toolbars pre-ribbon also contained such common functionality as formatting buttons, so it's not unique to the ribbon. Therefore, your analogy doesn't really make much sense.
I have a place for all my documents. It's called the file system. I'm talking about functionality within the program to perform operations on the loaded document. Again, poor analogy. The office suite does not necessarily organize your files... your operating system does.
Yeah. Could you imagine driving one summer evening as the sun begins to lower behind you, and it's shining with all its brightness right onto your screen? How are you supposed to do anything... adjust fans, temperature, radio, and whatever else if you have to rely on that now-useless LCD screen? Waiting until I turn off or just hoping you'll get lucky that thick enough clouds cover it don't exactly sound like very good options. Very, very bad design.
Yes, I'll take "boxes with symbols" as you put it over several sets of alphabetical lists within lists when it it makes it easier to find things.
There is not one single, easily-navigable list as you're claiming. There are several, and they contain even more levels of crap.
The ribbon cleaned things up some just by getting rid of that god damn useless "help" menu alone. Very few of the items in those menus I ever bother with, and those that I do are more pleasant to find and actually use. It's kind of like pinned menus; if you're going to be using something a few times, it's a pain in the ass to keep having to click to bring down the menu and find the option you were looking for again. With the ribbon, things stay put and don't disappear unless you tell them to.
I don't know about you, but my natural field of vision is more wide than it is tall, so I'll pick the ribbon over sticky menus that very few programs and window managers seem to support.
It already costs a good amount to get, for example, a basic replacement temperature control knob thing, whatever the hell the proper name for it is. I don't want to know what a 17" touchscreen will cost, even a decade into the future, just to get your fan/heater/AC controls working again. I really do not like the way cars are heading; even without the cost, who says I want all this bullshit? Seriously, the more computerized they make cars, the more revolting they get.
You must be blind. Ribbon or not, Office is not that hard to navigate. If anything, it makes common functionality easier to find due to the fact that it is now all nicely organized without layers upon layers of menus. Microsoft has made a lot of absolutely shitty things, but the ribbon is not one of them.
Advertisers? Big boys? More like little bitches.
Laws or no laws to keep these assholes in line, no one is going to stop me from using Adblock, NoScript, DoNotTrackMe, etc. or similar tools. I don't trust these crooked fucks to even follow the law, so privacy extensions aren't going anywhere.
Yes and it's those--as well as those that dance left and right for no damn reason--that really piss me off.
This is the guy who should take his place, dismantle their ridiculous cult, and bring some common sense back to the world.
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Really? I can't be the only one who uses whatever the hell I want--Coke, Mountain Dew, you name it--as a morning beverage. With caffeine, it even has an effect similar to coffee. Why the hell is something like this needed?
What does this mean for whiskey and alcoholics?
It's somewhat "new" for Microsoft and the main line of Windows though. DOS and the original Windows line for x86 has traditionally never been this locked down. Microsoft makes it big with an open architecture, then locks down heavily the first chance they get of getting on a new processor. What good is a processor if it will only run code that the OS' author says it can?
Clarification: Windows plus ARM. I could have sworn that after all the times I typed Microsoft the point would be clear, but apparently not. I did not intend to point all the blame on ARM, which again leads back to why my wording was focused so much on Microsoft. People still seem to fail to get the point.
As it is, the most we can do is not buy computers that meet both of these specifications: Windows RT running on an ARM processor. By doing so we are effectively surrendering and increasing their (again, Microsoft's) power to further destroy our freedom in the future. That does still leave x86 machines, which even if they do come with Windows 8, at least you are not anchored and forced with a knife to your throat to use it. Not yet, anyway--just wait for Windows 9 or 10 for that. But at least you *can* still order some machines with Linux or no OS installed; as you said, there's just not many choices and no one's ever heard of any of them.
I agree that in the end avoiding Windows completely is the way to go, but let's face reality here: that's just not gonna happen. As you even stated yourself, it pretty much has "a snowball's chance in hell" of ever happening. But a potentially-emerging market like more general purpose ARM-based machines becoming locked down by Microsoft, there is a chance that something can be done before it gets too bad and then seeps over to the x86 side. Hell, they've already shot themselves in the foot by disallowing all third-party developers from releasing ARM applications for the traditional desktop. Just tack this on as yet another reason to avoid Windows RT.
Microsoft is attempting one of the absolute worst things that it can possibly do: lock everything else out in a brand-new market of computers before it even has the chance to mature. Pretty fucking arrogant, considering they don't even own the rights to the processor.
Seriously, when Microsoft is paid for the key and they own the key into our computers, we've lost. Simple solution: Avoid ARM-based machines as long as Microsoft requires that no way exists to disable Secure Boot. By buying into this shit, we're just setting ourselves up to be fucked in the ass by Microsoft. I can't say anything good about the Linux Foundation for playing ball with these assholes either. Pre-bootloader, my ass--more like pre-pre-boot-extra-complexity-nightmare, thanks to Microsoft. Having to use this would be a disgrace; that alone should be enough to get people to buy more compatible hardware (but won't be).
Why does everyone seem to forget that god damn "Charms" bar and those fucking Metro-style system notifications when they try to claim the Windows 8 desktop is no different than the one in Windows 7? Or the lack of start menu which requires third-party programs to bring back, unless you want to deal with that shitty start screen designed as the basis for Metro and an interface for touchscreens? Or the fact that they literally gutted core Windows system dialogs and replaced them with Metro versions? Windows 8 is far from being "not much different" than Windows 7.
The problem is, then Microsoft will not only count you as a Windows 7 customer/user, but also tally you in as a Windows 8 customer/user. Even if the entire reason for choosing to downgrade was to not have to touch (or count yourself as a user of) a steaming pile of shit in the first place. You're better off just getting a system with Win7 and not helping to improve Microsoft's Win8 stats. The next best solution would be to get a system with a "no OS" or "FreeDOS" option and getting a retail Win7 disc to install... avoid the dual-counting, crapware and other garbage, but Microsoft charges an arm and a leg for it.
This is exactly the reason I do not use Windows. Microsoft is crooked, they gouge your ass no matter what you do.
I fully agree.
So now the problem is it doesn't feel like UNIX?
Did you read anything I said since my first post?
Exactly. After years of dealing with the same old shit from almost everyone you know, it really does start to get old. It starts to feel as if everyone just uses you as a cushion to catch them when they fall, and never make any attempt to learn a damn thing about what they're doing that they shouldn't be doing themselves to prevent it from happening in the future...
Very few people actually listen and try to understand what I have to say. Those that do and actually follow my suggestions, I rarely ever hear from again when it comes to computer-related problems, unless it is a hardware-related problem. Why? Because they were willing to actually use a few brain cells and actually change their behavior while using their computer, so the most common problems are in effect nearly eliminated.
I've done so many things that I wouldn't exactly call "simple" or "quick" procedures over the years to fix some serious problems on other people's computers, it's not even funny. I'm lucky if I see $40 for it, let alone $20. Things that aren't as braindead-easy as the usual, "Help! I deleted the Recycle Bin! Can you bring it back?!" They would be paying more than twice what I would ask if they went into a computer repair shop, and then in some cases probably have to pay extra on top of that for other crap.
I don't recall saying anything about "look." "Feel" is more the point I was trying to make, but I'm done with this thread.
brag
1.to use boastful language; boast: He bragged endlessly about his high score.
verb (used with object)
2.to boast of: He bragged that he had won.
noun
3.a boast or vaunt.
4.a thing to boast of.
Would you care to tell me how your behavior and wording does not fit perfectly in the above definitions? I have a few other definitions that describe you well that I recommend you look up. They are: egotistical, condescending, and asshole. And with that, I'm leaving this topic--I've fed the troll enough.