1. Get more sleep. 5 hours isn't enough. 2. During the work day, take breaks AWAY from the computer. Go for a walk, stretch, get a coffee, whatever. Just give your eyes a reason to focus on something more than 24 inches away. 3. Try using indirect lighting. Instead of using a light to brighten a room, use a shrouded lamp to reflect light off the ceiling or a couple walls. This will diffuse the light and soften it making it easier on your eyes. 4. Take note of how you sit in front of the screen. Some people are in the habbit of practically butting their nose up to the screen to see and they're not even aware of it when it happens. Get into the habit of finding a relaxing position to work 5. Get a bigger screen. A 15" isn't much in size these days, so you might try hoowing up and external 19" screen to the laptop and work from there.
If it looks like a Duck, and it walks like a Duck, and it quacks like a Duck...
Then it's still a BBS.
Amazing how people have coined a term for tech and a process that has existed over 20 years.
In the beginning, there was the BBS. A place that may be public or private. Sometimes, found only by word of mouth and invitation. Secured only by direct phone connections, and the lack of knowlege by the public. Places where like minded people could contrbute to discussion boards and exchange files all in one package. Private communities that were open and the members had little fear of the darker forces that we now see prowling the Internet.
Then, people discoverred the Internet. A place that was open, had fat pipes, and fewer rules. With UUNet, NetNews(nntp), FTP, Kermit, Gopher, and Veronica. Ways to connect and share your files worldwide without paying long distance....and BBSes began to die to the more efficient, yet more barren medium. It took years to get websites/portals up that came close to matching the functionality and community of the BBS.
Now, we hear of this story. Of ways and places where private communities of like minded people come together. People seeking to share files and ideas in private communities with lessened fear of the "dark" forces scanning the Internet for "illegal" content. Over encrypted, high bandwidth links provided by the Internet. By word of mouth and invitaion only...and the circle begins on itself again.
The crux of the issue is that the more the media companies squeeze the public, the more the public will rail against them. Copyrights extended to a period longer than a human lifetime is too long. The media providers seek to restrict use of "their" works and are trying to quash fair use and collect profits from old works while minimizing investment in new works. The large problem is that there is only one set of Copyright laws and they affect more than just media.
There is so much bad programming on TV, it is nothing more than a soul sucking intellectual wasteland.
How are any reality shows intellectually stimilating? How can Desperate Housewives raise my IQ? Does the gossip on MTV stimulate the growth of neurons? Video games ultimately come down to repetitive or scripted problem solving.
This guy needs to get a reality check and to read a good book.
The only thing this version of "popular culture" is good for is marketing to the masses and getting you and me to buy, buy, buy. It trains people to find happiness in the instant gratification of buying something you want. "Pop Culture" is a marketing machine that that immerses you in consumerism, and yeilds nothing about finding real satisfaction in life.
Listen to the sheep bleat. Baaaa Baaaa
Computers are everywhere. In business; In schools; at home; in the car; in the fridge.....on your damn wrist.
In my experience, people who are totally clueless about computer basics generally don't have much of a clue about their own jobs either. If someone is not willing to learn about the basic use and operation of a computer when they have to use it every day at their jobs, then what are they doing there in the first place? I've worked in IT over 20 years and it's time for the clueless to step up or get lost. Time to lose the dead weight and clear the luddites out.
If you read carefully, advertisers want to "track" usage and monitor how far one goes into the game. So, unless your computer or game console is completely disconnected from any Internet connection, the game will be reporting infomation back to where ever it's coded to. Do you really want someone out there knowing how you're using their game?
So, big privacy issue here.
Also, what if the addition code gets hacked? Instead of a little code for advertising, what if a proxy gets setup, or trojan, or other malware? If your machine is behind a firewall, then expect your security to be bypassed.
On another note, if advertisers want to advertise something to me in my game on "MY" hardware, then they can damn well pay me for it. I am NOT giving up my bandwidth and electricity to pay for a service which puts them into a position of stealing from me to provide ads. There won't likely be a discount to the price of a game to offset this cost to me. Unless the game is free, and paid for fully by advertising, then I refuse to buy a game with built-in parasitic advertising. The advertisers will benefit themselves without any compensation to us.
BOINC may be the new client, but it's already a thorn in my side.
The Seti guys used old data to create the new BOINC accounts. That includes my old e-mail address that doesn't work any more. So, now I can't activate my accounnt that's waiting for me in BOINC.
Of course, I could always post for help on their message board. But, I need an activated and working account in order to be authorized to post a message for help. Someone needs to take some lessons in being "user friendly". I've dontate time and hardware for 4 years to the project, and can't find any easy way to get some help.
So, how much SPAM will be needed to take out the system?
Ideally, it may be a good idea to tightly regulate what gets on that network. Filter out the Spam, popups, and various other ads that would eat up the bandwidth
Star Trek Tricorders are the inspiration for every handheld computer we have. They have communications and storage capabilities....How long before someone can build a scanner into it?
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2 cut cables are a coincidence
3 or more has to be deliberate. The question is, who is cutting the cables and what is their agenda?
That's Cylon and Adama. Check your spelling.
This is old news. Why is it here?
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Take it off the board.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07
1. Get more sleep. 5 hours isn't enough.
2. During the work day, take breaks AWAY from the computer. Go for a walk, stretch, get a coffee, whatever. Just give your eyes a reason to focus on something more than 24 inches away.
3. Try using indirect lighting. Instead of using a light to brighten a room, use a shrouded lamp to reflect light off the ceiling or a couple walls. This will diffuse the light and soften it making it easier on your eyes.
4. Take note of how you sit in front of the screen. Some people are in the habbit of practically butting their nose up to the screen to see and they're not even aware of it when it happens. Get into the habit of finding a relaxing position to work
5. Get a bigger screen. A 15" isn't much in size these days, so you might try hoowing up and external 19" screen to the laptop and work from there.
"there is nothing unusual about technology being used to protect intellectual property."
That's Darth Sherman to you.
If it looks like a Duck,
...and BBSes began to die to the more efficient, yet more barren medium.
..and the circle begins on itself again.
and it walks like a Duck,
and it quacks like a Duck...
Then it's still a BBS.
Amazing how people have coined a term for tech and a process that has existed over 20 years.
In the beginning, there was the BBS.
A place that may be public or private. Sometimes, found only by word of mouth and invitation.
Secured only by direct phone connections, and the lack of knowlege by the public.
Places where like minded people could contrbute to discussion boards and exchange files all in one package.
Private communities that were open and the members had little fear of the darker forces that we now see prowling the Internet.
Then, people discoverred the Internet.
A place that was open, had fat pipes, and fewer rules.
With UUNet, NetNews(nntp), FTP, Kermit, Gopher, and Veronica.
Ways to connect and share your files worldwide without paying long distance.
It took years to get websites/portals up that came close to matching the functionality and community of the BBS.
Now, we hear of this story.
Of ways and places where private communities of like minded people come together.
People seeking to share files and ideas in private communities with lessened fear of the "dark" forces scanning the Internet for "illegal" content.
Over encrypted, high bandwidth links provided by the Internet.
By word of mouth and invitaion only.
The crux of the issue is that the more the media companies squeeze the public, the more the public will rail against them. Copyrights extended to a period longer than a human lifetime is too long. The media providers seek to restrict use of "their" works and are trying to quash fair use and collect profits from old works while minimizing investment in new works. The large problem is that there is only one set of Copyright laws and they affect more than just media.
There is so much bad programming on TV, it is nothing more than a soul sucking intellectual wasteland.
How are any reality shows intellectually stimilating? How can Desperate Housewives raise my IQ? Does the gossip on MTV stimulate the growth of neurons? Video games ultimately come down to repetitive or scripted problem solving.
This guy needs to get a reality check and to read a good book.
The only thing this version of "popular culture" is good for is marketing to the masses and getting you and me to buy, buy, buy. It trains people to find happiness in the instant gratification of buying something you want. "Pop Culture" is a marketing machine that that immerses you in consumerism, and yeilds nothing about finding real satisfaction in life.
CmdrTaco needs a caffine hit.
Listen to the sheep bleat. Baaaa Baaaa Computers are everywhere. In business; In schools; at home; in the car; in the fridge.....on your damn wrist. In my experience, people who are totally clueless about computer basics generally don't have much of a clue about their own jobs either. If someone is not willing to learn about the basic use and operation of a computer when they have to use it every day at their jobs, then what are they doing there in the first place? I've worked in IT over 20 years and it's time for the clueless to step up or get lost. Time to lose the dead weight and clear the luddites out.
This set of answers sounds like a bot responded to them.
With all the marketing doublespeak and evasion of questions, what was the point of asking anything when all the responses are obfuscated.
This Q&A is as clear as mud.
Viva La Penguinista!!!!!!
Time to pull out the jack boots and learn to goose step.
Quote: Some of the Best Star Trek writting was done during DS9's last season
DS9 is a Babylon 5 counter move and ripoff. Babylon 5 was better written than Trek. Dr. Who was better written than the both of them.
As for best special effects on TV, you need to see Babylon 5. They at least attempt to use real physics in normal space for the motion of spacecraft.
Too many channels are playing too many episodes of all the Star Trek series. Let it die.
The writing sucked to begin with. Too many mindless drones keep watching it and the TV stations keep putting it on for the Trek Zombie Army.
Let it Die
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Moderators!!!! Yellow on a white background is a bad thing!!!! Take a hint.
If you read carefully, advertisers want to "track" usage and monitor how far one goes into the game. So, unless your computer or game console is completely disconnected from any Internet connection, the game will be reporting infomation back to where ever it's coded to. Do you really want someone out there knowing how you're using their game?
So, big privacy issue here.
Also, what if the addition code gets hacked? Instead of a little code for advertising, what if a proxy gets setup, or trojan, or other malware? If your machine is behind a firewall, then expect your security to be bypassed.
On another note, if advertisers want to advertise something to me in my game on "MY" hardware, then they can damn well pay me for it. I am NOT giving up my bandwidth and electricity to pay for a service which puts them into a position of stealing from me to provide ads. There won't likely be a discount to the price of a game to offset this cost to me. Unless the game is free, and paid for fully by advertising, then I refuse to buy a game with built-in parasitic advertising. The advertisers will benefit themselves without any compensation to us.
Papers. Let me see your papers....
It won't be long before they start tracking everyone's movements at this rate.
You think something like this would've stopped with the end of the Soviet Union.
BOINC may be the new client, but it's already a thorn in my side.
The Seti guys used old data to create the new BOINC accounts. That includes my old e-mail address that doesn't work any more. So, now I can't activate my accounnt that's waiting for me in BOINC.
Of course, I could always post for help on their message board. But, I need an activated and working account in order to be authorized to post a message for help. Someone needs to take some lessons in being "user friendly". I've dontate time and hardware for 4 years to the project, and can't find any easy way to get some help.
So, how much SPAM will be needed to take out the system?
Ideally, it may be a good idea to tightly regulate what gets on that network. Filter out the Spam, popups, and various other ads that would eat up the bandwidth
In every Batman movie, the villian dies. In the comics and the TV shows, the Villian rarely dies.
So, will they kill Superman in the film, make Superman and Batman allies, or come up with something "creative" for a change?
Star Trek Tricorders are the inspiration for every handheld computer we have. They have communications and storage capabilities....How long before someone can build a scanner into it?