Depends who you are and what your metabolism is. My body is a Sugar factory, yet I'm considered underweight. Irrelevant to your comment and relevant to the article: you guys miss one thing, the Thyroid.
People with Thyroid issues usually have either weight gain or weight loss. And if your Thyroid has been removed, controlling your weight gain is damn near impossible. Since nobody outside of Thyroid problems understands that, it's easy to rationalize your hate and tell people to exercise and stop eating so much. It's not uncommon to gain 100 pounds in one week after a complete removal.
Let's face the facts, we have lots of Radiation in various forms around us now. I have no doubt about it's contributing factor to Metabolism. I'm missing half my Thyroid due to a nodule that grew and decided to take over. Thankfully for me, it wasn't Cancer and even thought I was suppose to gain about 10 pounds; I actually lost 10 -- the Doctors were stumped on that one since it went against their data.
ProTip: Don't let a General Surgeon remove your Thyroid, I ended up with a massive hematoma and damaged Parathyroids. Do yourself a favor and seek attention from a ENT. And make sure you're getting enough Iodine in your diets.
Disclaimer: These are NOT my opinions but the opinions of Doctors I've seen over many years of Thyroid issues that are ongoing.
I loaned my buddy a copy of my C.H.U.D DVD several years ago, It was stolen from him. So if he gave you his T.V., and you lived in a higher Crime area than him; chances are much greater the T.V. would be stolen while in your possession, whatever that means. I suppose you can't determine anything without factoring in an infinite number of variables; with each variable risking either a collapse, or a fortification of your theory.
Actually, they just built a brand new one in my area. So if it's dead, it sure didn't stop them from spending money to build the place. I been there a few times, brings in more of a crowd than the regular theater here.
This guy down there, AC, asking about demographics. They were mostly teenagers and parents with young kids in SUVs and I'm early-30's. Is that what you expected or did you expect elderly people? lol.
I assure you they have a use. It's called DEA funding. My doctor recently said to me their office has stopped providing ANY pain medicines for the very reason that the DEA constantly harasses doctors. That means, goodness forbid, if I get Kidney stones again I might as well just crawl into a grave and go into shock.
The DEA hasn't done jack shit to stop anything except legitimate uses of drugs. I could go outside right now, wait 5 minutes and find any drug you want. The only thing the DEA has done is rack up national debt.
I'm new to this IPTV thing and after reading quite a bit, I still can't make heads or tails out of it. I currently have DirecTV and enjoy how I can, with one click, browse through the channel listing guide and mark a series to record or a movie etcetera. I'm basically a hermit and have my TV beside my Computer and very much enjoy that I can simply browse the guide and watch one of the movie channels (HBO, Stars etc) with shows back to back without having to be interrupted to click anything. In fact, I don't think I watch anything except the movie channels and the local and live news. Before you ask about an Antenna, I tried that already and we can't get a signal in our area, it's too far away from any big city or tv stations.
My question is as follows to IPTV users here: Does IPTV work the same way, or is it something I will need to be constantly interrupted to click things and wait for buffering and stuff?. That would be too cumbersome to me. If it makes any difference, this household uses Linux on all the computers and it would be appreciated not to recommend any Microsoft product, but don't hold that against me. So what say you?.
While it isn't Linux, MenuetOS is a completely usable OS. Extra things like Quake of course need more space. These days you can just use a CD or USB Flash Drive to test out and use alternative Operating Systems. I keep telling people, you don't need to throw away your old PC just because the newest version of Windows doesn't work on it. There are options to make that old box live again.
haha I would love to see them send a Cake with a big Tux logo on it; I'd even pitch in for the costs. Or a dozen Cupcakes with Tux. But honestly, we all know they are doing this because of the losses on the consumer side. Companies have to make up for the losses in other areas, like what the Credit Card companies are doing to some of us now with bs transaction fees and interest since the new laws kicked in.
Don't know if you're joking or what AC, but that's actually true. At least for me and my brother, Wine runs our 'old' games and such perfectly and for everything thing else (browsing etc) the OS, Xubuntu in our case; just works. And might I add, without having to install clumsy drivers to make things function. Linux and Mac is the Plug n' Play that MS always dreamed about.
This is a long thread, seems there are a lot of people here that simply don't care about the NSA backdoors. I don't know if it's ignorance or they aren't savvy enough to ditch their MS crutch.
You're comparing Desktop CPUs to Phone CPUs. Last time I checked, you can't open 100 tabs in a browser on a Phone or have several 'Windows' and Apps running all over the place. Someone may need to correct me though, I don't own any Phones. However, I can imagine it would be pretty silly looking having several open windows and tons of tabs on a tiny phone screen.
If we ever got to that point, I could see screen sizes getting larger to the point where the phones wouldn't fit in ones pocket anymore. Thus, at what point would we cease calling such a device Mobile. If you want to walk around with a small computer, then lets build one so the Phones can get smaller again and serve their purpose; to make Calls.
For my personal Opinion, AMD gets too much flak. Their multi-core CPUs are awesome and do outstanding multi-threading, especially the Bulldozers. People gave AMD bad reviews because the Software used to benchmark was optimized for Intel (as we saw recently) and wasn't yet optimal for benchmarking that new design. I've always said, if you want good single-threaded performance for a premium, go Intel. If you want great multi-processing at a discounted price, go AMD. And I stand by that. The Intel people here will mod me down, but when the Linux benchmarks were released for Bulldozer, we saw it beating Intel if anyone remembers that.
TL;DR: Desktop CPUs are not the same as Phone CPUs. If you want them to be, better come up with a new type of battery and a new way to dissipate all that heat.
All of you are forgetting something, very rarely these days are things done to help or save people. In todays world, if something is made, it's only because someone thinks they can make a lot of $ with it. Consequences are an afterthought.
Stop giving the News attention and all News will cease to exist, except locally. Having News is part of our evolving language, without it we wouldn't have known where Mcafee was or Snowden; and we would've been no wiser.
Printed News is much more informative than Television News; or as the TV execs call it now: Entertainment. Or at least, a little more entertaining than watching Flies buzz around a decomposing carcase. Except Flies don't spread lies.
I voted twice. He wasn't so bad the first term, but now we see the real man. I will not be voting for either party (R or D) anymore. But rest assured, the people are easily fooled and will continue to vote for both as if they have no alternative. Let's be honest here, if any of us had any sense, we would vote for other parties.
We vote for the same people over and over and expect different results, the very definition of Crazy.
CnlPepper, yes real Game development. Especially when Leadwerks (Kickstarter) comes out, which allows you to make AAA quality Games for Linux IN Linux. Also Unity3D can export to Linux. Ogre (Torchlight) is OK if you want something free.
Alright, now what about recent reports about how most equipment in Hospitals are infected by some sort of Malware?. It's safe to say when these Robots are placed in those facilities, they will become infected along with other equipment. You really want this infected Robot poking around your circulatory system?.
Not only this, in my area I've been seeing advertisements on TV from Law Offices whom are seeking applicants who have been injured by Robotic Equipment. So the injuries have already started. You think about those things. What would be nice would be a safer, non-automated device for Blood extraction.
Remember George Carlin? In one of his final HBO Comedy stand-ups, he discussed all this "For the Children" stuff. Remember what he said and the reaction he got from the crowd?. He said: "F*ck the Children" to a stadium of applause. What a genius, what a great speaker of truth; missed he will be.
Yeah but those Windows users will spend hours hunting down drivers for old hardware or spend days trying to find cracks and such to get some old Game to work. It really boggles the mind as to why they can't spend five minutes to solve their issue via forums or IRC. It does help to have a friend or family member repairing the issue for you, ask mine.
I'll never understand some people. So you got Windows and OSX, you're stuck with there GUI. You got the Windows and the NSA link, how could that not bother you?. Using Windows is like spitting on the graves of all the men and women who died for your constitutional rights (if you're American). At least with Linux you have a choice of what GUI you wanted and didn't have to worry about any backdoors and spying.
I'm sorry if you're offended, but I'm never going to understand ignorance. I'll take the freedom I have with Linux over my slave chains with Windows any day of the week. Games are not worth loosing every right I have. Hey AC, Gnome isn't the only GUI, this isn't OSX or Windows; you actually have choices. Of course you all are free to use whatever OS you like, it's your life.
This article had a kicker also, more 'the PC is dead' nonsense. How many years have they been proclaiming this? 10, 15?. A Phone isn't an option for a lot of people, many phones are bricks unless you are subscribed to some kind of lock-in service. That's not life, that's slavery.
They were slow even with 7. The problem is, that new PC you got 5 years ago can still play Games and browse the web just fine and there's no reason to upgrade. That's where Microsoft's EOL for Windows comes in handy, XP is ending soon and that will force people to finally choose where they want to go after the NSA/8 fiasco.
The only reason to upgrade came from new versions of Windows using more RAM and running slower than previous versions. Also new Games played a part but they don't count anymore, Indie devs are moving in now and most of those Games don't require a high power machine. And people like me whom have already switched to Linux don't need to worry about upgrading. With something like Xubuntu, everything runs fast and snappy even with the latest versions and no 'windows rot' that degrades your machine over time.
So yeah, it's not looking all that great for Microsoft unless they find a new line of business besides Software. And I'd highly recommend they cut ties with the NSA. But they are a very hard-headed company.
So what's left for Microsoft?. The RT was their feet in the ARM water, but they barely got wet. So all they have left is the Desktop market that keeps declining. Future wise, their core business model has bombed, leaving Microsoft in a river with no paddle. I guess stockholders can relax, seeing that nobody is betting on Microsoft's future; judging from their stock. If they were betting on Microsoft's future, their stock would be pretty grim by now.
Take a step back for a moment, when in the last several years has there been any good news about Microsoft?. Exactly, so what is holding their stock value up?. The news gets worse everyday, to the point where there is a big restructuring going on and everything from Microsoft is going Subscription based. The general idea here is a Company wouldn't do this unless they see a future in which they're strapped for cash. Subscription models lock customers in and keep the money flowing.
I'm willing to bet very soon we will see a version of Windows running on the cloud. You'll have the hardware, but the software is on Azure; and you will pay for it. Over and over again. If the recent outings about MS/NSA aren't enough to make people switch, the Windows Azure won't be either. It's hard to beat an addiction, especially when it's forced upon people whom are unaware of real options or how to use those alternative options. A sad state of affairs really.
Yeah Reagan was the turning point for all we see today. Fool even removed the Solar Panels Mr. Carter put on the White House, that should tell you where he stood. He was a good actor though, the sheep fell in line with him. Definitely Oscar worthy.
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Depends who you are and what your metabolism is. My body is a Sugar factory, yet I'm considered underweight. Irrelevant to your comment and relevant to the article: you guys miss one thing, the Thyroid.
People with Thyroid issues usually have either weight gain or weight loss. And if your Thyroid has been removed, controlling your weight gain is damn near impossible. Since nobody outside of Thyroid problems understands that, it's easy to rationalize your hate and tell people to exercise and stop eating so much. It's not uncommon to gain 100 pounds in one week after a complete removal.
Let's face the facts, we have lots of Radiation in various forms around us now. I have no doubt about it's contributing factor to Metabolism. I'm missing half my Thyroid due to a nodule that grew and decided to take over. Thankfully for me, it wasn't Cancer and even thought I was suppose to gain about 10 pounds; I actually lost 10 -- the Doctors were stumped on that one since it went against their data.
ProTip: Don't let a General Surgeon remove your Thyroid, I ended up with a massive hematoma and damaged Parathyroids. Do yourself a favor and seek attention from a ENT. And make sure you're getting enough Iodine in your diets.
Disclaimer: These are NOT my opinions but the opinions of Doctors I've seen over many years of Thyroid issues that are ongoing.
I loaned my buddy a copy of my C.H.U.D DVD several years ago, It was stolen from him. So if he gave you his T.V., and you lived in a higher Crime area than him; chances are much greater the T.V. would be stolen while in your possession, whatever that means. I suppose you can't determine anything without factoring in an infinite number of variables; with each variable risking either a collapse, or a fortification of your theory.
Actually, they just built a brand new one in my area. So if it's dead, it sure didn't stop them from spending money to build the place. I been there a few times, brings in more of a crowd than the regular theater here.
This guy down there, AC, asking about demographics. They were mostly teenagers and parents with young kids in SUVs and I'm early-30's. Is that what you expected or did you expect elderly people? lol.
I assure you they have a use. It's called DEA funding. My doctor recently said to me their office has stopped providing ANY pain medicines for the very reason that the DEA constantly harasses doctors. That means, goodness forbid, if I get Kidney stones again I might as well just crawl into a grave and go into shock.
The DEA hasn't done jack shit to stop anything except legitimate uses of drugs. I could go outside right now, wait 5 minutes and find any drug you want. The only thing the DEA has done is rack up national debt.
I'm new to this IPTV thing and after reading quite a bit, I still can't make heads or tails out of it. I currently have DirecTV and enjoy how I can, with one click, browse through the channel listing guide and mark a series to record or a movie etcetera. I'm basically a hermit and have my TV beside my Computer and very much enjoy that I can simply browse the guide and watch one of the movie channels (HBO, Stars etc) with shows back to back without having to be interrupted to click anything. In fact, I don't think I watch anything except the movie channels and the local and live news. Before you ask about an Antenna, I tried that already and we can't get a signal in our area, it's too far away from any big city or tv stations.
My question is as follows to IPTV users here: Does IPTV work the same way, or is it something I will need to be constantly interrupted to click things and wait for buffering and stuff?. That would be too cumbersome to me. If it makes any difference, this household uses Linux on all the computers and it would be appreciated not to recommend any Microsoft product, but don't hold that against me. So what say you?.
Because it's linked to the NSA and nobody in their right mind would use it because not only is it illegal, but is a security risk?.
While it isn't Linux, MenuetOS is a completely usable OS. Extra things like Quake of course need more space. These days you can just use a CD or USB Flash Drive to test out and use alternative Operating Systems. I keep telling people, you don't need to throw away your old PC just because the newest version of Windows doesn't work on it. There are options to make that old box live again.
haha I would love to see them send a Cake with a big Tux logo on it; I'd even pitch in for the costs. Or a dozen Cupcakes with Tux. But honestly, we all know they are doing this because of the losses on the consumer side. Companies have to make up for the losses in other areas, like what the Credit Card companies are doing to some of us now with bs transaction fees and interest since the new laws kicked in.
Don't know if you're joking or what AC, but that's actually true. At least for me and my brother, Wine runs our 'old' games and such perfectly and for everything thing else (browsing etc) the OS, Xubuntu in our case; just works. And might I add, without having to install clumsy drivers to make things function. Linux and Mac is the Plug n' Play that MS always dreamed about.
This is a long thread, seems there are a lot of people here that simply don't care about the NSA backdoors. I don't know if it's ignorance or they aren't savvy enough to ditch their MS crutch.
Shut the f*ck up Donny!
You're comparing Desktop CPUs to Phone CPUs. Last time I checked, you can't open 100 tabs in a browser on a Phone or have several 'Windows' and Apps running all over the place. Someone may need to correct me though, I don't own any Phones. However, I can imagine it would be pretty silly looking having several open windows and tons of tabs on a tiny phone screen.
If we ever got to that point, I could see screen sizes getting larger to the point where the phones wouldn't fit in ones pocket anymore. Thus, at what point would we cease calling such a device Mobile. If you want to walk around with a small computer, then lets build one so the Phones can get smaller again and serve their purpose; to make Calls.
For my personal Opinion, AMD gets too much flak. Their multi-core CPUs are awesome and do outstanding multi-threading, especially the Bulldozers. People gave AMD bad reviews because the Software used to benchmark was optimized for Intel (as we saw recently) and wasn't yet optimal for benchmarking that new design. I've always said, if you want good single-threaded performance for a premium, go Intel. If you want great multi-processing at a discounted price, go AMD. And I stand by that. The Intel people here will mod me down, but when the Linux benchmarks were released for Bulldozer, we saw it beating Intel if anyone remembers that.
TL;DR: Desktop CPUs are not the same as Phone CPUs. If you want them to be, better come up with a new type of battery and a new way to dissipate all that heat.
How did we get from Insects to Cats and Dogs exactly?.
I've got Floppy's around here that still work after 20 years. 10 year old DVD and CDs also. You're not fooling me Mr.
All of you are forgetting something, very rarely these days are things done to help or save people. In todays world, if something is made, it's only because someone thinks they can make a lot of $ with it. Consequences are an afterthought.
Stop giving the News attention and all News will cease to exist, except locally. Having News is part of our evolving language, without it we wouldn't have known where Mcafee was or Snowden; and we would've been no wiser.
Printed News is much more informative than Television News; or as the TV execs call it now: Entertainment. Or at least, a little more entertaining than watching Flies buzz around a decomposing carcase. Except Flies don't spread lies.
I voted twice. He wasn't so bad the first term, but now we see the real man. I will not be voting for either party (R or D) anymore. But rest assured, the people are easily fooled and will continue to vote for both as if they have no alternative. Let's be honest here, if any of us had any sense, we would vote for other parties.
We vote for the same people over and over and expect different results, the very definition of Crazy.
CnlPepper, yes real Game development. Especially when Leadwerks (Kickstarter) comes out, which allows you to make AAA quality Games for Linux IN Linux. Also Unity3D can export to Linux. Ogre (Torchlight) is OK if you want something free.
Alright, now what about recent reports about how most equipment in Hospitals are infected by some sort of Malware?. It's safe to say when these Robots are placed in those facilities, they will become infected along with other equipment. You really want this infected Robot poking around your circulatory system?.
Not only this, in my area I've been seeing advertisements on TV from Law Offices whom are seeking applicants who have been injured by Robotic Equipment. So the injuries have already started. You think about those things. What would be nice would be a safer, non-automated device for Blood extraction.
Remember George Carlin? In one of his final HBO Comedy stand-ups, he discussed all this "For the Children" stuff. Remember what he said and the reaction he got from the crowd?. He said: "F*ck the Children" to a stadium of applause. What a genius, what a great speaker of truth; missed he will be.
Yeah but those Windows users will spend hours hunting down drivers for old hardware or spend days trying to find cracks and such to get some old Game to work. It really boggles the mind as to why they can't spend five minutes to solve their issue via forums or IRC. It does help to have a friend or family member repairing the issue for you, ask mine.
I'll never understand some people. So you got Windows and OSX, you're stuck with there GUI. You got the Windows and the NSA link, how could that not bother you?. Using Windows is like spitting on the graves of all the men and women who died for your constitutional rights (if you're American). At least with Linux you have a choice of what GUI you wanted and didn't have to worry about any backdoors and spying.
I'm sorry if you're offended, but I'm never going to understand ignorance. I'll take the freedom I have with Linux over my slave chains with Windows any day of the week. Games are not worth loosing every right I have. Hey AC, Gnome isn't the only GUI, this isn't OSX or Windows; you actually have choices. Of course you all are free to use whatever OS you like, it's your life.
This article had a kicker also, more 'the PC is dead' nonsense. How many years have they been proclaiming this? 10, 15?. A Phone isn't an option for a lot of people, many phones are bricks unless you are subscribed to some kind of lock-in service. That's not life, that's slavery.
They were slow even with 7. The problem is, that new PC you got 5 years ago can still play Games and browse the web just fine and there's no reason to upgrade. That's where Microsoft's EOL for Windows comes in handy, XP is ending soon and that will force people to finally choose where they want to go after the NSA/8 fiasco.
The only reason to upgrade came from new versions of Windows using more RAM and running slower than previous versions. Also new Games played a part but they don't count anymore, Indie devs are moving in now and most of those Games don't require a high power machine. And people like me whom have already switched to Linux don't need to worry about upgrading. With something like Xubuntu, everything runs fast and snappy even with the latest versions and no 'windows rot' that degrades your machine over time.
So yeah, it's not looking all that great for Microsoft unless they find a new line of business besides Software. And I'd highly recommend they cut ties with the NSA. But they are a very hard-headed company.
So what's left for Microsoft?. The RT was their feet in the ARM water, but they barely got wet. So all they have left is the Desktop market that keeps declining. Future wise, their core business model has bombed, leaving Microsoft in a river with no paddle. I guess stockholders can relax, seeing that nobody is betting on Microsoft's future; judging from their stock. If they were betting on Microsoft's future, their stock would be pretty grim by now.
Take a step back for a moment, when in the last several years has there been any good news about Microsoft?. Exactly, so what is holding their stock value up?. The news gets worse everyday, to the point where there is a big restructuring going on and everything from Microsoft is going Subscription based. The general idea here is a Company wouldn't do this unless they see a future in which they're strapped for cash. Subscription models lock customers in and keep the money flowing.
I'm willing to bet very soon we will see a version of Windows running on the cloud. You'll have the hardware, but the software is on Azure; and you will pay for it. Over and over again. If the recent outings about MS/NSA aren't enough to make people switch, the Windows Azure won't be either. It's hard to beat an addiction, especially when it's forced upon people whom are unaware of real options or how to use those alternative options. A sad state of affairs really.
I'd byte, but there's too much Glass from the broken Windows.
Yeah Reagan was the turning point for all we see today. Fool even removed the Solar Panels Mr. Carter put on the White House, that should tell you where he stood. He was a good actor though, the sheep fell in line with him. Definitely Oscar worthy.