finding a way to merge exercise with mostly-sedentary hobbies and jobs
This fits resistance training perfectly. In between workouts you need rest so sedentary is good. In addition to all of the normal health benefits, resistance workouts also help to fix any postural problems that develop from sitting at a desk all day.
After working on complex problems all day with my brain jumping through hoops it's actually very relaxing to go do something as simple as a dead lift. See weight, pick weight up, put weight down.:)
Um, wow. Talk about generalizations. Boxers get beat in the head for a living and generally start poor and uneducated (usually why they are boxers) so that doesn't make a very good comparison.
Many professional athletes are very smart and have just focused in their sport. Look at someone like Michael Jordan. Great athlete, business man, and probably knows more about basketball and running the triangle offense than you ever will. Look at someone like Payton Manning. He can walk up to the line of scrimmage recognize a defensive patten in seconds and make audible adjustments on the fly. Keep in the mind the rest of the team on the field is also making the same adjustments based on what they see and what he is shouting out.
Personally, I lift weights regularly and am very athletic. I also have a job designing software systems and am getting my masters in CS. I'm no genius, but don't think I'm stupid either.
As compared to what? I don't think you can compare current enrollments to the.com boom enrollments. Back then everyone was in CS to make a quick buck. As soon as the quick buck went away, of course enrollments were going to fall back to traditional levels.
Look at how many people are RE agents now. You think that's going to last given the housing collapse that's currently under way? Does this mean people aren't going to buy and live in houses anymore?
There will always be a need for people who can build and understand technology. Typically this will mean CS or a derivative of it.
I agree. Even products that come close still need more development to actually work in each business environment. From what I can tell the big thing now is to have a product, claim it will solve a particular business problem and sell it as COTS. Once a company buys said product come in as consultants and make the product actually work.
I've sat in on numerous meetings with vendors saying they can come in and replace me and my team with a COTS. After I ask a few questions it always becomes clear that once you buy their product it won't work w/o them coming in and spending 3-6-9 months to make it work. And, that doesn't include the continual customizations after the fact that occur as a product of the business changing.
To have any meaningful impact you will at a minimum need the US, China, India and Brazil on board with your solution.
Good point. Forcing Kyoto on the US while letting China and India off the hook will end up doing very little to curb greenhouse gases. IIRC, I read in "The World is Flat" that China is building a new city the size Philly on a rate of 1 per month. Even if the US is the current leading producer of greenhouse gases it isn't going to remain that way for long.
You would think if there is a big demand for smoke-free bars, some of them would go smoke-free on their own to attract the business of people who don't like smokey bars
This was actually already happening. The people running the smoke free bars are some of the ones pushing smoking bans. They don't want to compete with the smoking bars. I hate smoking and I hate going to bars where people are smoking, yet I'm all for making it the bar owners right to chose if he/she wants his/her bar smoke free or not.
IIRC, him and DJ Jazzy Jeff did their original stuff. Not sure why anyone would fault Will Smith for doing what he does though. He went to Hollywood, looked at what sells and did just that. I'll try to dig it up, but there is a quote of him talking about patterns of movies that made a lot of money. Something like they needed aliens, action, bit of romance, bit of comedy, so he set out to make those, at least in the beginning.
Looking at Dells site, I to go to the $599 version to get a dual core processor and that still didn't include a monitor. Of course I've noticed before that depending on how you enter the dell site (large biz, smal biz, etc...) prices and specials can vary widely.
Also, remember that picking the cheapest mac and the cheapest dell isn't going to get you a fair comparison most of the time. Generally the mac will have a bit better hardware, and certainly doesn't cost 4x as much.
Employees choosing to use IM and gmail, could cause those requirements to be circumvented.
Same with employees using the copier, printer, fax machine, or *drum roll* a pencil and piece of paper. If someone wants to circumvent some security measure they will.
At some point you have to trust your employees. If you can't trust them, then why hire them in the first place?
When I sit down to play, I sometimes play for 4 hours a a time, every day, for weeks at a time (until I'm done with whatever it is I'm playing). I can't imagine doing that with the gimmick-y Wii.
You ever think that's why the Wii could end up with a large audience than the other 2 systems? Most people don't want to or have the time to spend 4 hours/day for weeks at a time playing a video game. They want a quick dose of fun that's entertaining, and often can be done in a small group. Look at a game like Guitar Hero. Or look at platforms like the DS and now the Wii. They have been designed around the notion of a unique game play experience that doesn't require 4 hours/day. I'm sure those types of games will show up, but be careful when extrapolating from what *you* like to what *everyone* likes.
Gotcha, I've seen Dead Rising commercials before and it looked like a cool game. Maybe one day I'll own a 360 and pick it up:)
As far as the Wii goes maybe it just works for me b/c I only play games with friends nowadays. Once grad school is done, maybe that will change and I'll be able to pick up a 360 and/or ps3 on the cheap...
Oh, and you mentioned Mortal Kombat. If you haven't seen it yet, you should check out the vid that's floating around showing how they are adapting it to the Wii. Looks pretty interesting.
When it comes to console games very few have ever had any substance or depth compared to what I play on the computer. Just curious what you are playing on the xbox360 that has depth to hold your attention. Keep in mind I've only played GoW on the xbox360 and other than I was playing it on my friends HD projector it just seemed like another FPS...
Good point. Problem is that everything is moving towards multithreaded now. CPUs, GPUs, etc... are all moving in that direction. The ps3 may be hard to code for, but multithreading is here to stay and devs will have to get used to it. As far as the ps3 goes, eventually the tools, libraries, and documentation will make it bearable to work with.
I know you're being sarcastic, but I wonder if the Wii is a fad. I have one and haven't played anything else since I got it. Perhaps I like it b/c I'm not a hardcore gamer anymore. I like the fact I can sit down and play for 20-30 minutes and feel like I had a good time. It's also fun to play. Graphics on consoles don't matter to me. I've always played computer games for high rez graphics. Only time will tell though.
The ps3 has a lot more potential than the xbox360. I think the key question to ask is when/if will the ps3 finally pass the xbox360. I've been thinking it would take 2 years from release before we saw things being done on the ps3 that were impossible on the xbox360. I'm not sure if Sony and the public will wait that long though.
I think Sonys cash cow is still the PS2. You have some big games coming out this year and it's priced at $130 now which I think which makes it very attractive to the average person wanting a game machine. Plus it has a huge back catalog.
Exactly. That's the main reason I think Kerry failed. He ran on the 'I'm not Bush' platform, but never actually explained what he wanted to do. When pushed for any real answer he fell back to 'I'm not Bush'.
I hear all these politicians saying they are against the war b/c it's the popular thing to do now, so please tell me how you plan to end it. Health care costs are out of control, tell me how you plan to fix it. Education is bad and going downhill, tell me how you plan to fix it. The first part of any of these answers also better not be give X dollars...
As for the original article: I gave OSX a year and dumped it because it was a pain in the ass to use. Pretty, but a pain in the ass.
What about it was a pain? Of course if you're trying to do c# development or something similar it can be troublesome, but for everyday tasks of document writing, other software writing, and any multimedia stuff I found os x to 'just work'. OS X has given me most of the things I like about linux, while also just working where linux can be frustrating. Linux on the desktop though has been improving at a high rate, so I may be able to finally make the real 'switch' to it.
I live in a state with no helmet law, but we have a seatbelt law. Go figure. Do helmet laws really save money though? Figure w/o a helmet you're probably more likely to die in a crash. Thus, the one time cost of cleaning up the road and a funeral. With a helmet you might live, but be messed up for life. I wonder given the stats which is greater?
And who picks the editors? In hot topics like politics or religion could it be the editor who does the hijacking? Maybe not by changing the page directly, but by not making the proper edits in a timely manner? Presumably editors would need to be considered experts in their given field. How do you pick an expert for religion? politics? hell even something like economics? Of course these problems plague all sources of information, which is why it's important to use multiple sources even when something like wikipedia or this new one look to be so complete.
Actually, it's not very hard to do. I wrote something like this back in '98 time frame (in VB5 no less lol). I was still in college at the time, but it was for a company I worked for (hence not released to public domain). The software was for nursing homes and hospitals to track patients bed sores who were confined to bed. Take a digital image of the sore with a 1"x1" square in the pic and use that to extrapolate the size of the sore. Do the same thing next week and see if your treatment is doing any good or not.
If you think about it, it's not very complicated. You have a known size in the picture based on the square and you just go from there. I didn't do distance at the time, but that would just be a bit more trig to calculate. One of the really cool features I had in that program back then was that you didn't need to have a cutout in the picture. If you had anything in the picture that you could draw a square around and tell me how big it was I could do a calculation from it. Of course having the 1"x1" square made it more accurate.
So yeah, this isn't as magical as you seem to think it is.
I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine.
I wonder how many new crackers he just inspired with the comment lol. Not that they already weren't looking before, but now maybe they'll drink that one more dew and work a little longer:p
This is supposed to be useful for an employee (so you can leave employment at any time without needing to give prior notice), but mostly is just a big axe over your head for whatever company you work for...
As someone else pointed out, this is good for both the employee and employer. In these states employees can also leave at will and most employment contracts won't stand up in court. This is a good thing for everyone involved since it allows employers the freedom to hire more readily since they won't feel like they are getting locked in with someone long term if they either a) don't work out or b) the company has to cut back for whatever reason. This is also good for the employee because it's easier for them to leave for a better offer and may be the only reason they were hired in the first place.
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This fits resistance training perfectly. In between workouts you need rest so sedentary is good. In addition to all of the normal health benefits, resistance workouts also help to fix any postural problems that develop from sitting at a desk all day.
After working on complex problems all day with my brain jumping through hoops it's actually very relaxing to go do something as simple as a dead lift. See weight, pick weight up, put weight down.
Um, wow. Talk about generalizations. Boxers get beat in the head for a living and generally start poor and uneducated (usually why they are boxers) so that doesn't make a very good comparison.
Many professional athletes are very smart and have just focused in their sport. Look at someone like Michael Jordan. Great athlete, business man, and probably knows more about basketball and running the triangle offense than you ever will. Look at someone like Payton Manning. He can walk up to the line of scrimmage recognize a defensive patten in seconds and make audible adjustments on the fly. Keep in the mind the rest of the team on the field is also making the same adjustments based on what they see and what he is shouting out.
Personally, I lift weights regularly and am very athletic. I also have a job designing software systems and am getting my masters in CS. I'm no genius, but don't think I'm stupid either.
Were you beat up as a kid?
As compared to what? I don't think you can compare current enrollments to the .com boom enrollments. Back then everyone was in CS to make a quick buck. As soon as the quick buck went away, of course enrollments were going to fall back to traditional levels.
Look at how many people are RE agents now. You think that's going to last given the housing collapse that's currently under way? Does this mean people aren't going to buy and live in houses anymore?
There will always be a need for people who can build and understand technology. Typically this will mean CS or a derivative of it.
I agree. Even products that come close still need more development to actually work in each business environment. From what I can tell the big thing now is to have a product, claim it will solve a particular business problem and sell it as COTS. Once a company buys said product come in as consultants and make the product actually work.
I've sat in on numerous meetings with vendors saying they can come in and replace me and my team with a COTS. After I ask a few questions it always becomes clear that once you buy their product it won't work w/o them coming in and spending 3-6-9 months to make it work. And, that doesn't include the continual customizations after the fact that occur as a product of the business changing.
To have any meaningful impact you will at a minimum need the US, China, India and Brazil on board with your solution.
Good point. Forcing Kyoto on the US while letting China and India off the hook will end up doing very little to curb greenhouse gases. IIRC, I read in "The World is Flat" that China is building a new city the size Philly on a rate of 1 per month. Even if the US is the current leading producer of greenhouse gases it isn't going to remain that way for long.
You would think if there is a big demand for smoke-free bars, some of them would go smoke-free on their own to attract the business of people who don't like smokey bars
This was actually already happening. The people running the smoke free bars are some of the ones pushing smoking bans. They don't want to compete with the smoking bars. I hate smoking and I hate going to bars where people are smoking, yet I'm all for making it the bar owners right to chose if he/she wants his/her bar smoke free or not.
IIRC, him and DJ Jazzy Jeff did their original stuff. Not sure why anyone would fault Will Smith for doing what he does though. He went to Hollywood, looked at what sells and did just that. I'll try to dig it up, but there is a quote of him talking about patterns of movies that made a lot of money. Something like they needed aliens, action, bit of romance, bit of comedy, so he set out to make those, at least in the beginning.
Looking at Dells site, I to go to the $599 version to get a dual core processor and that still didn't include a monitor. Of course I've noticed before that depending on how you enter the dell site (large biz, smal biz, etc...) prices and specials can vary widely.
Also, remember that picking the cheapest mac and the cheapest dell isn't going to get you a fair comparison most of the time. Generally the mac will have a bit better hardware, and certainly doesn't cost 4x as much.
Employees choosing to use IM and gmail, could cause those requirements to be circumvented.
Same with employees using the copier, printer, fax machine, or *drum roll* a pencil and piece of paper. If someone wants to circumvent some security measure they will.
At some point you have to trust your employees. If you can't trust them, then why hire them in the first place?
When I sit down to play, I sometimes play for 4 hours a a time, every day, for weeks at a time (until I'm done with whatever it is I'm playing). I can't imagine doing that with the gimmick-y Wii.
You ever think that's why the Wii could end up with a large audience than the other 2 systems? Most people don't want to or have the time to spend 4 hours/day for weeks at a time playing a video game. They want a quick dose of fun that's entertaining, and often can be done in a small group. Look at a game like Guitar Hero. Or look at platforms like the DS and now the Wii. They have been designed around the notion of a unique game play experience that doesn't require 4 hours/day. I'm sure those types of games will show up, but be careful when extrapolating from what *you* like to what *everyone* likes.
Gotcha, I've seen Dead Rising commercials before and it looked like a cool game. Maybe one day I'll own a 360 and pick it up :)
As far as the Wii goes maybe it just works for me b/c I only play games with friends nowadays. Once grad school is done, maybe that will change and I'll be able to pick up a 360 and/or ps3 on the cheap...
Oh, and you mentioned Mortal Kombat. If you haven't seen it yet, you should check out the vid that's floating around showing how they are adapting it to the Wii. Looks pretty interesting.
When it comes to console games very few have ever had any substance or depth compared to what I play on the computer. Just curious what you are playing on the xbox360 that has depth to hold your attention. Keep in mind I've only played GoW on the xbox360 and other than I was playing it on my friends HD projector it just seemed like another FPS...
Good point. Problem is that everything is moving towards multithreaded now. CPUs, GPUs, etc... are all moving in that direction. The ps3 may be hard to code for, but multithreading is here to stay and devs will have to get used to it. As far as the ps3 goes, eventually the tools, libraries, and documentation will make it bearable to work with.
I know you're being sarcastic, but I wonder if the Wii is a fad. I have one and haven't played anything else since I got it. Perhaps I like it b/c I'm not a hardcore gamer anymore. I like the fact I can sit down and play for 20-30 minutes and feel like I had a good time. It's also fun to play. Graphics on consoles don't matter to me. I've always played computer games for high rez graphics. Only time will tell though.
The ps3 has a lot more potential than the xbox360. I think the key question to ask is when/if will the ps3 finally pass the xbox360. I've been thinking it would take 2 years from release before we saw things being done on the ps3 that were impossible on the xbox360. I'm not sure if Sony and the public will wait that long though.
I think Sonys cash cow is still the PS2. You have some big games coming out this year and it's priced at $130 now which I think which makes it very attractive to the average person wanting a game machine. Plus it has a huge back catalog.
Any country where the ps3 has been released. Right now PS3s are just sitting on shelves. They are expensive and offer very little atm over an xbox360.
Don't forget Blizzard. The largest MMO right now runs great on OSX.
Exactly. That's the main reason I think Kerry failed. He ran on the 'I'm not Bush' platform, but never actually explained what he wanted to do. When pushed for any real answer he fell back to 'I'm not Bush'.
I hear all these politicians saying they are against the war b/c it's the popular thing to do now, so please tell me how you plan to end it. Health care costs are out of control, tell me how you plan to fix it. Education is bad and going downhill, tell me how you plan to fix it. The first part of any of these answers also better not be give X dollars...
As for the original article: I gave OSX a year and dumped it because it was a pain in the ass to use. Pretty, but a pain in the ass.
What about it was a pain? Of course if you're trying to do c# development or something similar it can be troublesome, but for everyday tasks of document writing, other software writing, and any multimedia stuff I found os x to 'just work'. OS X has given me most of the things I like about linux, while also just working where linux can be frustrating. Linux on the desktop though has been improving at a high rate, so I may be able to finally make the real 'switch' to it.
I live in a state with no helmet law, but we have a seatbelt law. Go figure. Do helmet laws really save money though? Figure w/o a helmet you're probably more likely to die in a crash. Thus, the one time cost of cleaning up the road and a funeral. With a helmet you might live, but be messed up for life. I wonder given the stats which is greater?
And who picks the editors? In hot topics like politics or religion could it be the editor who does the hijacking? Maybe not by changing the page directly, but by not making the proper edits in a timely manner? Presumably editors would need to be considered experts in their given field. How do you pick an expert for religion? politics? hell even something like economics? Of course these problems plague all sources of information, which is why it's important to use multiple sources even when something like wikipedia or this new one look to be so complete.
Actually, it's not very hard to do. I wrote something like this back in '98 time frame (in VB5 no less lol). I was still in college at the time, but it was for a company I worked for (hence not released to public domain). The software was for nursing homes and hospitals to track patients bed sores who were confined to bed. Take a digital image of the sore with a 1"x1" square in the pic and use that to extrapolate the size of the sore. Do the same thing next week and see if your treatment is doing any good or not.
If you think about it, it's not very complicated. You have a known size in the picture based on the square and you just go from there. I didn't do distance at the time, but that would just be a bit more trig to calculate. One of the really cool features I had in that program back then was that you didn't need to have a cutout in the picture. If you had anything in the picture that you could draw a square around and tell me how big it was I could do a calculation from it. Of course having the 1"x1" square made it more accurate.
So yeah, this isn't as magical as you seem to think it is.
Keep in mind the xbox360 has been out over a year now...
I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine.
:p
I wonder how many new crackers he just inspired with the comment lol. Not that they already weren't looking before, but now maybe they'll drink that one more dew and work a little longer
This is supposed to be useful for an employee (so you can leave employment at any time without needing to give prior notice), but mostly is just a big axe over your head for whatever company you work for...
As someone else pointed out, this is good for both the employee and employer. In these states employees can also leave at will and most employment contracts won't stand up in court. This is a good thing for everyone involved since it allows employers the freedom to hire more readily since they won't feel like they are getting locked in with someone long term if they either a) don't work out or b) the company has to cut back for whatever reason. This is also good for the employee because it's easier for them to leave for a better offer and may be the only reason they were hired in the first place.
More freedoms nearly always == better!