I'm sure that is true, although by their measure I speak english, spanish, and I would probably qualify for slashdotese... The point was that out of my generation there are very, very few that speak their native tongue well. And by well I mean fluently.. --heh notice I can sphylle now... As an aside how many Navajo's are there total in the US?
"I know this is my home, but there isn't anything here for me," said unemployed Navajo nation member Leonard Murphy, 22, who dropped out of school at 14 and remembers little of the Navajo he learned in elementary school. "Everyone's leaving, getting off the reservation. Now there's nothing to do here except drink beer and watch Star Trek."
Although it is fairly inaccurate that there are only 1000 speakers (and yes I know it's satire thank you) it's really sad to say that truely affluent speakers of that toungue are becoming quite scarce, my generation is almost 100% non navajo speaking, sure they know a little to some, but they are not affluent speakers of the language..
How do I know this? Well to start with I was raised in Farmington New Mexico which is just outside of Shiprock (basically the Navajo Nation's capital city) and I've had many Navajo freinds through school, only a handful of which spoke any navajo at all, and maybe one or two of which were fluent. Not that I would be able to tell, Navajo is a very unusual language, very gutteral and primitave, although enchanting in it's own right.
I can certainly believe that Klingon was modeled after Navajo, they sound amazingly similar.. And as far as more speakers of Klingon? It's actually possible that there are more casual speakers although I doubt that there are more fluent speakers.. However I could scarcely imagine it being as hard to learn, as most people describe learning it as somewhat,, well.. Painful.
As an aside, the Navajo people are probably one of the most wonderful cultures in the world (especially their family values & strength of their family ties) and I would encourage everyone to learn all you can about these wonderful people.
I heard about some kid who wrote so much BASIC that he started speaking it.
Does that mean the staff has to learn computer languages too?
Sad to say, but I've actually become able to THINK in binary and yes there really are only 10 types of people in this world, those who think in binary and those who do not...:)
Now, if I could only figure out ascii conversion on the fly I would probably be the first speaker of binary.. (jeez, now I'm probably gonna start working on that... I need a girlfreind or something..)
Umm, read my post again, I am not trying to maintain my current weight... I'm trying to lose weight, successfully I might add.. I understand BMR quite well, I could show you some nice formulas to calculate it if you would like.. However, if you are not below what your body needs on a daily basis you will never lose weight.
I would be interested to point you to my post above entitled "losing weight fast".. You may very well do fine on 1500 a day, as I am usually below 500 and I weight in at 170 5'10" tall.. Of course if you want to lose weight you will have to eat less than you "need to operate properly.." otherwise you will simply maintain your weight.. If you really want to lose weight cut your calories, eat whatever you please, just cut the calories as much as you can stand too.
Heh, much ehh?? Well, to be fair I may have been wrong about the article being on/., you may want to check the evil MSN site..
Interestingly enough though, the reason cited in their study as to a possible reason for the benefit was due to the fact that it's actually very natural to fast.. Our bodies were designed to handle the lack of food, and as a matter of a fact, we as a species have only very recently (in terms of our species history or course)started having enough food (or more importantly a steady enough source of food) so that 3 squares a day is possible..
So, I do submit to you sir that it is truely a natural way of life (not that I intend to continue this behavior for much longer, more than one more month and there will not be much left of me to lose except muscle mass) but our bodies are actually (ok I'm relying on an article here, I really don't know shit about this, but through conjecture I'm pulling this out of my ass) designed to handle this, furthermore we are really designed to eat this way instead of our current "normal" eating schedule. Why do you think we store fat in the first place?? Because we have not evolved beyond our bodies expecting feast/famine conditions. They (the people who were responsible for the research on the article) even suggested that it helps the body to become more resistant to certain conditions due to the fact that it puts a small amount of stress on the body to fast..
As an aside several (quite popular) religions embrace the practice of fasting, not for medical reasons obviously, but it is commonly known that there are plenty of "lost" bits of archaic knowledge embedded into religion that the original purpose of is totally lost to ceremony.. It is interesting that fasting is one of these "bits" of lost wisdom.. Just a thought..
Although you are paritally correct, if you are an avid slashdot reader I think you will remember an artice from a short while ago talking about the effects of fasting on mice, simply put compared to a restriced diet, and un-restriced diet, the fasting every-other day then eating all they wanted mice actually lived longer, and were healtheir..
Heh, thanks, although I'm not quite thin enough yet, but I am getting very close..
I'm shooting for the V figure, and I'm pretty close...
You are correct about the caloric minimum recommended by the CDC, although like I said, I've been at 500 for quite a while now and I've had no side effects (Except of course the inevitable state of keytosis) but if you were to try this, should you start to feel bad, just eat!
Food is not evil, it is your freind, but just like any freind too much of them will eventually turn them into your enemy, while a total lack of contact for extended periods will end the freindship.. A good balance is necessary..
It's really quite a simple equation...
Let's call "Calories Burned Per day" cBpd Let's call "Calories Eaten Per Day" cEpd
so that (In pounds) weightlossperday = (3500 -(cBpd - cEpd)) / 3500
I've carefully monitored my health through use of BMI (currently still 25 I'm 5'10.5" and large frame) and Body Fat Measurements, currently 10%..
My ideal weight as you may have already figured out is about 160lbs, or 1-2% body fat.. The risk of developing an eating disorder is a non-issue for me, as most anorexic patients view food as evil, I simply view it as a package of calories that I must monitor in relationship to my weight..
I also should have mentioned that a regular intake of daily vitamins is essential.
But you are very correct that some of my habits do indeed border on very unhealthy/anorexic but I really do beleve that is the only way to lose weight for me, as I'm a "results" person, if I don't see the results then I will not stick to something so fast weight loss is key for my success.
As an aside, thank you very much for your comment as I beleve that you do care about people very much (it is evidenced by your concern) and you are most likely a very good person indeed..
I've pretty much created my own "Hackers Diet" plan, here's how it pretty much works, Keep in mind that I've went from 230-235lbs down to 170lbs in only eight months..
So, how did I lose weight?? Subway... J/K!!
Actually I've just learned how to eat right more than anything, instead of eating hamburgers and fries (or panda express) I usually eat salad, most often without dressing, but sometimes I'll splurge and throw in a little bit of ham, or some fat free dressing. Once in a while I'll even eat a veggie sub.
Keep in mind that fat free != Calorie Free, and calories are what you need to avoid.. Most doctors will tell you to not go below 800-1200 calories per day, although I've been at under 500 for quite a while with no side effects..
And instead of eating a huge amount of anything I'll just eat a small amount of something, I've found that after doing this for so long my stomach has shrank so that it only takes about ten bites of something and I'm stuffed..
I've also cut down to eating no more than twice a day, in addition to that I fast at least one day a week. I've also started to excercise quite a bit (running, or swimming most often)..
As an aside, I noticed that I can start to see a 6-pack showing up, really cool because I've never been able to say that before.. Funny thing is that right now I weight 10 lbs less that I did in eighth grade..
It's pretty amazing how much better I feel too, I still smoke more than a pack a day, but for some reason I can run a few miles without getting really very winded at all (prob. partly because of the increased oxygen levels here).
But beleve it or not I really don't even think about "what" I'm doing anymore, it's just become normal.
So, if you can force yourself to do this, you too can lose an insane amount of weight in a short amount of time..
However, IANADoctor, so do this at your own risk, and don't be stupid about it, if you start to feel bad, eat something, just try to stay away from high fat- high calorie foods.. I'm the type to be a bit extreme about things, so this has worked for me, but a more moderate version would probably be better for most people.
A quick thought, if you use the video feature it is much harder to alter than a digital photo, so in cases where you need "Proof Positive" evidence, I would suggest using the video feature on the 110 instead of simply taking a photo.
A Cannon Powershot S100 or S110 if you need video. I have owned both and they are truly exceptional camera's. I managed to drop my S100 from ~8 ft onto asphalt and there was no real damage (the corner ended up a bit dented, although there was no loss of funtionality). As this camera is inexpensive now, and of 2.1 MP quality, and uses the CF card I think it would suit you very well.
Well, it almost makes sense.. I mean it is a medicine that treats a condition it causes:).. If you don't know what I mean, just go to a Denny's about the time the bars close... Every drunk in the house will be either a. Drinking Coffee, or b. puking up a combination of beer and coffee... So they obviously know something..
This is a company that hasn't kept a product line named the same thing for more than three years (except for dos..) As such, the.NET moniker will surely be gone within a few years.. To replace it I propose a new line....
Visual Studio Omni Au v. 111.2
Why Omni?? Because in one hundred years Bill Gates has had his personality routines (he was made into an acutal borg long before death) installed into a clustered satellite network orbiting earth, using Microsoft's newest technology he will be able to observe everything happening on earth with omnipotence.. Hence Microsoft's new line Omni... The Au simply stands for gold which is of course Microsoft's ultimate goal... To get large quantities of gold so they can build the clustered satellite network....
In other words quality is at an all time high,, it's longevity that's the problem.. I think there is some connection between complexity and problems (think Murphy's law). But there are other issues that are plain stupidity. A great example is the current line of Epson photo printers, I've owned three of their models over the last three years (yikes! one per year..) All of the printers had a common flaw, the printhead is built into the carrier for the cartridges in such a way that it's nearly impossible to get at the actual printhead, this caused the problem of having to run the "Clean Printhead" utility and waste a ton of ink (not to mention it didn't work for crap). HP however has the idea with replacing the printhead with each cartridge, although Epson's cartridges are cheaper because you never replace the printhead.
I've found a few nice tricks to keep your inkjet working right at home using stuff everyone has, I'll share...
If your printheads are clogged up a soft cotton rag with water on it will do miracles (I've also found that in really bad cases you can suck a bit of ink through the printhead, but it doesn't taste too good, although on the bright side it doesn't seem to stain your mouth as long as you rinse it out right away...)
If you're getting software communication errors check your cable first (although that is usually not the problem) and then go after the contacts on the printer with isopropal alcohol and water mixed 50/50 to clean off the spray of ink that is ever-present in an inkjet (if you doubt this take a rag and wipe the inside top of your printer or watch someone spraying paint) as it can cause bad connections with the inkjet cartridges.
Other than this, all I can say is the warranty for 20 dollars that I buy with my printers from Office Max has been the biggest blessing I have had..
Not quite as bad as when another admin I used to work with (and he reads slashdot.. Hey J.A. lol) managed to dump a diet coke into a cisco router... It only killed the NVRAM, but still not a pleasant experience.. oh yea it was 3am too....
I'd just read the article (and downloaded some of the nicer pics) and I decided to do a little looking of my own... I took a few slides outside to get cold and after about 15-20 minutes I went outside and put a bit of snow on one slide at a time and brought it inside to look at it under my microscope (I didn't want to take the microscope outside, I was afraid that the lenses would cloud up..) and I could look for about a minute or so before they started to melt (which looks pretty cool too) and they really are neat to look at.. All the different shapes and sizes, it's easy to beleve that it's true that no two are alike... anyway, if you have a microscope and live somewhere that there is snow available go and try this, it's worth the time...
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And besides, you try getting an education in Farmington, it's a miracle that I'm even able to speak english... Let alone spell things correctly..
I'm sure that is true, although by their measure I speak english, spanish, and I would probably qualify for slashdotese... The point was that out of my generation there are very, very few that speak their native tongue well. And by well I mean fluently.. --heh notice I can sphylle now... As an aside how many Navajo's are there total in the US?
yep, I screwed up.. Funny that I got it right later though isn't it?
Why not just gather your thoughts, find all redundancies, and zip it?
Ohh, Byte me.... heh.
ATTN Moderators, this is a joke, I repeat, this is only a joke...
From the onion..
"I know this is my home, but there isn't anything here for me," said unemployed Navajo nation member Leonard Murphy, 22, who dropped out of school at 14 and remembers little of the Navajo he learned in elementary school. "Everyone's leaving, getting off the reservation. Now there's nothing to do here except drink beer and watch Star Trek."
Although it is fairly inaccurate that there are only 1000 speakers (and yes I know it's satire thank you) it's really sad to say that truely affluent speakers of that toungue are becoming quite scarce, my generation is almost 100% non navajo speaking, sure they know a little to some, but they are not affluent speakers of the language..
How do I know this? Well to start with I was raised in Farmington New Mexico which is just outside of Shiprock (basically the Navajo Nation's capital city) and I've had many Navajo freinds through school, only a handful of which spoke any navajo at all, and maybe one or two of which were fluent. Not that I would be able to tell, Navajo is a very unusual language, very gutteral and primitave, although enchanting in it's own right.
I can certainly believe that Klingon was modeled after Navajo, they sound amazingly similar.. And as far as more speakers of Klingon? It's actually possible that there are more casual speakers although I doubt that there are more fluent speakers.. However I could scarcely imagine it being as hard to learn, as most people describe learning it as somewhat,, well.. Painful.
As an aside, the Navajo people are probably one of the most wonderful cultures in the world (especially their family values & strength of their family ties) and I would encourage everyone to learn all you can about these wonderful people.
I heard about some kid who wrote so much BASIC that he started speaking it.
:)
Does that mean the staff has to learn computer languages too?
Sad to say, but I've actually become able to THINK in binary and yes there really are only 10 types of people in this world, those who think in binary and those who do not...
Now, if I could only figure out ascii conversion on the fly I would probably be the first speaker of binary.. (jeez, now I'm probably gonna start working on that... I need a girlfreind or something..)
Umm, read my post again, I am not trying to maintain my current weight... I'm trying to lose weight, successfully I might add.. I understand BMR quite well, I could show you some nice formulas to calculate it if you would like.. However, if you are not below what your body needs on a daily basis you will never lose weight.
I would be interested to point you to my post above entitled "losing weight fast".. You may very well do fine on 1500 a day, as I am usually below 500 and I weight in at 170 5'10" tall.. Of course if you want to lose weight you will have to eat less than you "need to operate properly.." otherwise you will simply maintain your weight.. If you really want to lose weight cut your calories, eat whatever you please, just cut the calories as much as you can stand too.
Heh, much ehh?? Well, to be fair I may have been wrong about the article being on /., you may want to check the evil MSN site..
Interestingly enough though, the reason cited in their study as to a possible reason for the benefit was due to the fact that it's actually very natural to fast.. Our bodies were designed to handle the lack of food, and as a matter of a fact, we as a species have only very recently (in terms of our species history or course)started having enough food (or more importantly a steady enough source of food) so that 3 squares a day is possible..
So, I do submit to you sir that it is truely a natural way of life (not that I intend to continue this behavior for much longer, more than one more month and there will not be much left of me to lose except muscle mass) but our bodies are actually (ok I'm relying on an article here, I really don't know shit about this, but through conjecture I'm pulling this out of my ass) designed to handle this, furthermore we are really designed to eat this way instead of our current "normal" eating schedule. Why do you think we store fat in the first place?? Because we have not evolved beyond our bodies expecting feast/famine conditions. They (the people who were responsible for the research on the article) even suggested that it helps the body to become more resistant to certain conditions due to the fact that it puts a small amount of stress on the body to fast..
As an aside several (quite popular) religions embrace the practice of fasting, not for medical reasons obviously, but it is commonly known that there are plenty of "lost" bits of archaic knowledge embedded into religion that the original purpose of is totally lost to ceremony.. It is interesting that fasting is one of these "bits" of lost wisdom.. Just a thought..
Although you are paritally correct, if you are an avid slashdot reader I think you will remember an artice from a short while ago talking about the effects of fasting on mice, simply put compared to a restriced diet, and un-restriced diet, the fasting every-other day then eating all they wanted mice actually lived longer, and were healtheir..
Heh, thanks, although I'm not quite thin enough yet, but I am getting very close..
I'm shooting for the V figure, and I'm pretty close...
You are correct about the caloric minimum recommended by the CDC, although like I said, I've been at 500 for quite a while now and I've had no side effects (Except of course the inevitable state of keytosis) but if you were to try this, should you start to feel bad, just eat!
Food is not evil, it is your freind, but just like any freind too much of them will eventually turn them into your enemy, while a total lack of contact for extended periods will end the freindship.. A good balance is necessary..
It's really quite a simple equation...
Let's call "Calories Burned Per day" cBpd
Let's call "Calories Eaten Per Day" cEpd
so that (In pounds) weightlossperday = (3500 -(cBpd - cEpd)) / 3500
simple ehh?
As an aside to my previous comment, 1 kg = 2.2 lbs. Hope that helps.
Wanna see how much a lb of fat is?
Look at this image,
http://www.sweetsense.com/images/5lbs_fat.jpg
that will give you some good idea as to how much it really is..
I've carefully monitored my health through use of BMI (currently still 25 I'm 5'10.5" and large frame) and Body Fat Measurements, currently 10%..
My ideal weight as you may have already figured out is about 160lbs, or 1-2% body fat.. The risk of developing an eating disorder is a non-issue for me, as most anorexic patients view food as evil, I simply view it as a package of calories that I must monitor in relationship to my weight..
I also should have mentioned that a regular intake of daily vitamins is essential.
But you are very correct that some of my habits do indeed border on very unhealthy/anorexic but I really do beleve that is the only way to lose weight for me, as I'm a "results" person, if I don't see the results then I will not stick to something so fast weight loss is key for my success.
As an aside, thank you very much for your comment as I beleve that you do care about people very much (it is evidenced by your concern) and you are most likely a very good person indeed..
I've pretty much created my own "Hackers Diet" plan, here's how it pretty much works, Keep in mind that I've went from 230-235lbs down to 170lbs in only eight months..
So, how did I lose weight?? Subway... J/K!!
Actually I've just learned how to eat right more than anything, instead of eating hamburgers and fries (or panda express) I usually eat salad, most often without dressing, but sometimes I'll splurge and throw in a little bit of ham, or some fat free dressing. Once in a while I'll even eat a veggie sub.
Keep in mind that fat free != Calorie Free, and calories are what you need to avoid.. Most doctors will tell you to not go below 800-1200 calories per day, although I've been at under 500 for quite a while with no side effects..
And instead of eating a huge amount of anything I'll just eat a small amount of something, I've found that after doing this for so long my stomach has shrank so that it only takes about ten bites of something and I'm stuffed..
I've also cut down to eating no more than twice a day, in addition to that I fast at least one day a week. I've also started to excercise quite a bit (running, or swimming most often)..
As an aside, I noticed that I can start to see a 6-pack showing up, really cool because I've never been able to say that before.. Funny thing is that right now I weight 10 lbs less that I did in eighth grade..
It's pretty amazing how much better I feel too, I still smoke more than a pack a day, but for some reason I can run a few miles without getting really very winded at all (prob. partly because of the increased oxygen levels here).
But beleve it or not I really don't even think about "what" I'm doing anymore, it's just become normal.
So, if you can force yourself to do this, you too can lose an insane amount of weight in a short amount of time..
However, IANADoctor, so do this at your own risk, and don't be stupid about it, if you start to feel bad, eat something, just try to stay away from high fat- high calorie foods.. I'm the type to be a bit extreme about things, so this has worked for me, but a more moderate version would probably be better for most people.
A quick thought, if you use the video feature it is much harder to alter than a digital photo, so in cases where you need "Proof Positive" evidence, I would suggest using the video feature on the 110 instead of simply taking a photo.
A Cannon Powershot S100 or S110 if you need video. I have owned both and they are truly exceptional camera's. I managed to drop my S100 from ~8 ft onto asphalt and there was no real damage (the corner ended up a bit dented, although there was no loss of funtionality). As this camera is inexpensive now, and of 2.1 MP quality, and uses the CF card I think it would suit you very well.
Well, it almost makes sense.. I mean it is a medicine that treats a condition it causes :).. If you don't know what I mean, just go to a Denny's about the time the bars close... Every drunk in the house will be either a. Drinking Coffee, or b. puking up a combination of beer and coffee... So they obviously know something..
:)
heh, psych!
People, people..
.NET moniker will surely be gone within a few years.. To replace it I propose a new line....
This is a company that hasn't kept a product line named the same thing for more than three years (except for dos..) As such, the
Visual Studio Omni Au v. 111.2
Why Omni?? Because in one hundred years Bill Gates has had his personality routines (he was made into an acutal borg long before death) installed into a clustered satellite network orbiting earth, using Microsoft's newest technology he will be able to observe everything happening on earth with omnipotence.. Hence Microsoft's new line Omni... The Au simply stands for gold which is of course Microsoft's ultimate goal... To get large quantities of gold so they can build the clustered satellite network....
Quality isn't so much the issue as I see it...
In other words quality is at an all time high,, it's longevity that's the problem.. I think there is some connection between complexity and problems (think Murphy's law). But there are other issues that are plain stupidity. A great example is the current line of Epson photo printers, I've owned three of their models over the last three years (yikes! one per year..) All of the printers had a common flaw, the printhead is built into the carrier for the cartridges in such a way that it's nearly impossible to get at the actual printhead, this caused the problem of having to run the "Clean Printhead" utility and waste a ton of ink (not to mention it didn't work for crap). HP however has the idea with replacing the printhead with each cartridge, although Epson's cartridges are cheaper because you never replace the printhead.
I've found a few nice tricks to keep your inkjet working right at home using stuff everyone has, I'll share...
If your printheads are clogged up a soft cotton rag with water on it will do miracles (I've also found that in really bad cases you can suck a bit of ink through the printhead, but it doesn't taste too good, although on the bright side it doesn't seem to stain your mouth as long as you rinse it out right away...)
If you're getting software communication errors check your cable first (although that is usually not the problem) and then go after the contacts on the printer with isopropal alcohol and water mixed 50/50 to clean off the spray of ink that is ever-present in an inkjet (if you doubt this take a rag and wipe the inside top of your printer or watch someone spraying paint) as it can cause bad connections with the inkjet cartridges.
Other than this, all I can say is the warranty for 20 dollars that I buy with my printers from Office Max has been the biggest blessing I have had..
Yes, it is... Good call.
What's wrong with the bridge of the Enterprise anyway??
your tactical officer gets tired of standing all day long.
Um, no... I think Warf most likely enjoys standing all day..... (Yes... I'm a TNG guy......)
Has anyone else noticed that his company has "2600" employees?? I would think that they should be a most secure company....
(For the inevitable "I don't get it" post... 2600 is a quarterly publication for hackers...)
Not quite as bad as when another admin I used to work with (and he reads slashdot.. Hey J.A. lol) managed to dump a diet coke into a cisco router... It only killed the NVRAM, but still not a pleasant experience.. oh yea it was 3am too....
I'd just read the article (and downloaded some of the nicer pics) and I decided to do a little looking of my own... I took a few slides outside to get cold and after about 15-20 minutes I went outside and put a bit of snow on one slide at a time and brought it inside to look at it under my microscope (I didn't want to take the microscope outside, I was afraid that the lenses would cloud up..) and I could look for about a minute or so before they started to melt (which looks pretty cool too) and they really are neat to look at.. All the different shapes and sizes, it's easy to beleve that it's true that no two are alike... anyway, if you have a microscope and live somewhere that there is snow available go and try this, it's worth the time...