I have yet to suffer from lower back pain. The #1 reason for that is that I get regular chiropractic treatment from a doctor I know and trust.
Some people here have panned chiropractic, but chiropractic practitioners are just like normal doctors. There are good ones and there are bad ones. You're just as likely to get a prescription that could kill you from a normal doctor, as an adjustment that could kill you from a chiropractic quack. Ask around, find out who your friends trust.
Of course, another reason I'm so healthy is that I get up and stretch and walk around every so often. I also put the keyboard in my lap, which some people here have said may help.
To give your back a break, go to one of the big fancy movie theatres with the fancy chairs and watch a good movie like Shrek. It'll rest your back, and take your mind off your work, which is also good for you. And the movie rocks too (:
Have you ever been bullied? If so, I doubt you would make that statement.
I have been bullied. When I was in junior and high school I was constantly tormented, jabbed, assaulted and abused by bullies. And then I would be the one that got punished, while the bullies got away with it. (At the time I thought it was just my school that sucked, but this article proves otherwise.)
There were times when I wished I could really have hurt the people that hurt me so bad, physically and mentally. Not just the bullies, either, but the "grownups" who did nothing to punish them. You, apparently, have never been pushed that far. But if you push anyone far enough they'll snap. The knowledge that you are a better person than your bullies is little comfort while they insult everything you hold dear and kick your teeth in.
Fortunately, some time at the shrink's has helped me to deal with that. But the fact that this sort of behaviour is allowed to continue is galling. Why, after so many years, are bullies still allowed to torment other students and get away with it, while those students who try to defend themselves or (heaven forbid) fight back are locked away? That the victims will become psychologically maladjusted is a self-fulfilling prophecy, when you punish them instead of the bullies.
This is probably a pretty basic question, but it's along this topic. What sorts of things can/should be done to shield wires in the house?
My top 3 concerns are telephone cable, output-level-carrying speaker wire, and RJ-45 network cable. I have some speaker wire going through my house, and I don't notice any noise or hum on it, although it's just open, and running near 110V power lines. I do suspect I'm losing ADSL bandwidth from phone cables that are running near power lines, but I have no way of knowing.
Along the lines of one of the questions, is there some good shielding conduit into which wires can be run? Something like that, of a decent sized diameter, that just went vertically into the basement would be an ideal way of preparing your house for any future wiring concerns.
From the article: Prerecorded discs are expected to sell for about the same price as current CDs; blanks, about $5-$12. But record labels could include three or four additional albums on the disc as well -- "locked" until users pay for them via the Web.
I think this one deserves a "What the fsck?" If I bought this new medium, but I have to pay extra to listen to the music on it, then what am I paying for?
Sniff...smells like the original DivX to me...think I'll stick with CDs, thank you very much.
I did a similar thing a few years ago, only with a mouse. I was short on desk space, but I had an optical mouse (the original kind), so I taped the mirrored mousepad to one of my desk legs so it was vertical, and I was able to use it nicely that way. It was more novel then, in the days ball mice were popular, than it would be now.
I was able to play Solitaire for twice as long before my wrist got tired... (:
These days you could probably pull that stunt with a new optical mouse. They're thicker than the old kind though, those were only about 1/2-3/4 inch tall. That was a factor for me because my desk was close to a wall.
They also attempt to use the font 'WebDings' to make funky bullets on that
self test page, after the colour tests. Those of us without that font (especially on non-Windows systems) just see a bunch of 4's. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't WebDings also proprietary to Microsoft?
I'm tempted to insinuate brain damage rather than vision damage...
All CS departments should adopt Linux as the basis for their operating system courses since it allows exactly this sort of experimentation.
In some places it already has been. The story gives one example; also, Prof. Steve Mann at the University of Toronto has undergrad students under him do their thesis work in Linux, since that's what runs his wearcomp.
I find it quite appropriate that Linux is getting use in schools. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Linux start in the first place as Linus' school project?
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I have yet to suffer from lower back pain. The #1 reason for that is that I get regular chiropractic treatment from a doctor I know and trust.
Some people here have panned chiropractic, but chiropractic practitioners are just like normal doctors. There are good ones and there are bad ones. You're just as likely to get a prescription that could kill you from a normal doctor, as an adjustment that could kill you from a chiropractic quack. Ask around, find out who your friends trust.
Of course, another reason I'm so healthy is that I get up and stretch and walk around every so often. I also put the keyboard in my lap, which some people here have said may help.
To give your back a break, go to one of the big fancy movie theatres with the fancy chairs and watch a good movie like Shrek. It'll rest your back, and take your mind off your work, which is also good for you. And the movie rocks too (:
Its [The US government's] decisions mean nothing in the rest of the world.
I can't agree with you there. If you were right, the NMD program wouldn't have half a dozen countries threatening to beef up their missile supply.
Have you ever been bullied? If so, I doubt you would make that statement.
I have been bullied. When I was in junior and high school I was constantly tormented, jabbed, assaulted and abused by bullies. And then I would be the one that got punished, while the bullies got away with it. (At the time I thought it was just my school that sucked, but this article proves otherwise.)
There were times when I wished I could really have hurt the people that hurt me so bad, physically and mentally. Not just the bullies, either, but the "grownups" who did nothing to punish them. You, apparently, have never been pushed that far. But if you push anyone far enough they'll snap. The knowledge that you are a better person than your bullies is little comfort while they insult everything you hold dear and kick your teeth in.
Fortunately, some time at the shrink's has helped me to deal with that. But the fact that this sort of behaviour is allowed to continue is galling. Why, after so many years, are bullies still allowed to torment other students and get away with it, while those students who try to defend themselves or (heaven forbid) fight back are locked away? That the victims will become psychologically maladjusted is a self-fulfilling prophecy, when you punish them instead of the bullies.
Heck, just look at me.
This is probably a pretty basic question, but it's along this topic. What sorts of things can/should be done to shield wires in the house?
My top 3 concerns are telephone cable, output-level-carrying speaker wire, and RJ-45 network cable. I have some speaker wire going through my house, and I don't notice any noise or hum on it, although it's just open, and running near 110V power lines. I do suspect I'm losing ADSL bandwidth from phone cables that are running near power lines, but I have no way of knowing.
Along the lines of one of the questions, is there some good shielding conduit into which wires can be run? Something like that, of a decent sized diameter, that just went vertically into the basement would be an ideal way of preparing your house for any future wiring concerns.
Just my $0.02. Don't spend it all in one place!
From the article: Prerecorded discs are expected to sell for about the same price as current CDs; blanks, about $5-$12. But record labels could include three or four additional albums on the disc as well -- "locked" until users pay for them via the Web.
I think this one deserves a "What the fsck?" If I bought this new medium, but I have to pay extra to listen to the music on it, then what am I paying for?
Sniff...smells like the original DivX to me...think I'll stick with CDs, thank you very much.
I did a similar thing a few years ago, only with a mouse. I was short on desk space, but I had an optical mouse (the original kind), so I taped the mirrored mousepad to one of my desk legs so it was vertical, and I was able to use it nicely that way. It was more novel then, in the days ball mice were popular, than it would be now.
I was able to play Solitaire for twice as long before my wrist got tired... (:
These days you could probably pull that stunt with a new optical mouse. They're thicker than the old kind though, those were only about 1/2-3/4 inch tall. That was a factor for me because my desk was close to a wall.
---Please be gentle, I'm still new at this!
Hum, if I give it beans, will it fart??? Just askin' !!!
Nope. No anus means no farts. If the scientists thought constipated robots were evil, just consider how peeved a gassy robot would get!
OTOH, perhaps this opens the door for a hybrid sugar/methane engine...but that would just be silly.
They also attempt to use the font 'WebDings' to make funky bullets on that self test page, after the colour tests. Those of us without that font (especially on non-Windows systems) just see a bunch of 4's. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't WebDings also proprietary to Microsoft?
I'm tempted to insinuate brain damage rather than vision damage...
---Be gentle, I'm still new at this!
All CS departments should adopt Linux as the basis for their operating system courses since it allows exactly this sort of experimentation.
In some places it already has been. The story gives one example; also, Prof. Steve Mann at the University of Toronto has undergrad students under him do their thesis work in Linux, since that's what runs his wearcomp.
I find it quite appropriate that Linux is getting use in schools. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Linux start in the first place as Linus' school project?
---Be gentle, it's my first post!