I'm approaching a year at my standing desk. Here are the benefits I've noticed:
- I've got more energy - I'm more productive, I don't seem to have that power down after lunch any more - Less loitering around my desk as people can't seem to stand for very long - Great conversation topic, people are extremely interested in the idea - The most surprising aspect of this has been that sitting has actually become a relaxing break. It feels great to take a load off and I feel much less lazy about going home and watching a show or two since I've been up all day.
After some research I ended up using an Ikea Fredrik desk and it's worked quite well. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60111123/ I also picked up one of those anti-fatigue mats at Home Depot. It was too painful without it.
Other developers here at the office are now planning to transition as well too. I'd encourage anybody to give it a shot. If you can make it past the first week or two of leg and foot pain you should be fine. It's not that bad and the benefits are worth it.
Browser stats are all good, but when you're being compensated by a corporate client that only has access to IE 6, Flash is a might attractive solution to provide modern looks and functionality to all browsers within a reasonable time frame.
That's pretty much the kind of post I would expect from an AC. I don't think my view is a "strict interpretation of a few chapters of Genesis". Perhaps if you read Genesis and then read what my view is you would have more substance to whatever anti-Christian agenda you are pushing.
I understand that we may not be the evolutionists "pinnacle of evolution". However, the thing I never understand about this whole argument is that if we are so badly put together, how did we manage to survive all these years against better-suited creatures? There are few animals that couldn't kill us given the chance. If evolution is correct, it would have taken a while for our "overdeveloped frontal lobes, vocal cords, social organization, and hands" to evolve. In that time period, how did such a poorly armored creature survive?
I suppose I misspoke with the intelligent portion of that statement. Complexity is what I was really getting at, and the intelligent design it took to create it. I apologize for my wording!
What went wrong with the monkeys then? Did they just stop evolving, or did they move all their evolution off of the planet Earth for the time being so that Planet of the Apes could be a reality?
In response to your two issues, I as a Christian do not have a problem in saying that evolution may have been the vehicle that was used by God to develop the species of animals originally in the garden. However, I do believe that God placed the two humans, Adam and Eve, there in the state that humans are today (therefore we did not evolved from monkeys, rather were made in God's own image). Additionally, I believe that the seven days of creation were likely actually ages. To that end, it could have been much longer than 6,000 years, although I believe humans have only been here for that amount of time. Christian beliefs and scientific evidence do not have to result in the kind of cataclysmic disaster of reason that so many make it out to be.
I just want to ask this, why would SCO show their hand even if they had a legit claim? They are seeking money... and the way they are going to get their money is with a court victory. If they show the Linux community the allegedly offending code it will be changed instantly. Would you want to be SCO's counsel at the trial when they make their claims... and then Big Blue's attorneys get up and state that while their may have been a problem in the past, all offending code has been removed. They want the offending code to be actively being distributed when they stand before a judge. IANAL, but that sure seems like it would be my strategy were I SCO.
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I'm approaching a year at my standing desk. Here are the benefits I've noticed:
- I've got more energy
- I'm more productive, I don't seem to have that power down after lunch any more
- Less loitering around my desk as people can't seem to stand for very long
- Great conversation topic, people are extremely interested in the idea
- The most surprising aspect of this has been that sitting has actually become a relaxing break. It feels great to take a load off and I feel much less lazy about going home and watching a show or two since I've been up all day.
After some research I ended up using an Ikea Fredrik desk and it's worked quite well. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60111123/ I also picked up one of those anti-fatigue mats at Home Depot. It was too painful without it.
Other developers here at the office are now planning to transition as well too. I'd encourage anybody to give it a shot. If you can make it past the first week or two of leg and foot pain you should be fine. It's not that bad and the benefits are worth it.
Browser stats are all good, but when you're being compensated by a corporate client that only has access to IE 6, Flash is a might attractive solution to provide modern looks and functionality to all browsers within a reasonable time frame.
That's pretty much the kind of post I would expect from an AC. I don't think my view is a "strict interpretation of a few chapters of Genesis". Perhaps if you read Genesis and then read what my view is you would have more substance to whatever anti-Christian agenda you are pushing.
I understand that we may not be the evolutionists "pinnacle of evolution". However, the thing I never understand about this whole argument is that if we are so badly put together, how did we manage to survive all these years against better-suited creatures? There are few animals that couldn't kill us given the chance. If evolution is correct, it would have taken a while for our "overdeveloped frontal lobes, vocal cords, social organization, and hands" to evolve. In that time period, how did such a poorly armored creature survive?
I suppose I misspoke with the intelligent portion of that statement. Complexity is what I was really getting at, and the intelligent design it took to create it. I apologize for my wording!
What went wrong with the monkeys then? Did they just stop evolving, or did they move all their evolution off of the planet Earth for the time being so that Planet of the Apes could be a reality?
So, we as an intelligent species can make other complex intelligent things such as computers? So, then who made us?
I will start by saying that I am a Christian.
In response to your two issues, I as a Christian do not have a problem in saying that evolution may have been the vehicle that was used by God to develop the species of animals originally in the garden. However, I do believe that God placed the two humans, Adam and Eve, there in the state that humans are today (therefore we did not evolved from monkeys, rather were made in God's own image). Additionally, I believe that the seven days of creation were likely actually ages. To that end, it could have been much longer than 6,000 years, although I believe humans have only been here for that amount of time. Christian beliefs and scientific evidence do not have to result in the kind of cataclysmic disaster of reason that so many make it out to be.
I just want to ask this, why would SCO show their hand even if they had a legit claim? They are seeking money ... and the way they are going to get their money is with a court victory. If they show the Linux community the allegedly offending code it will be changed instantly. Would you want to be SCO's counsel at the trial when they make their claims ... and then Big Blue's attorneys get up and state that while their may have been a problem in the past, all offending code has been removed. They want the offending code to be actively being distributed when they stand before a judge. IANAL, but that sure seems like it would be my strategy were I SCO.
"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?" -Abraham Lincoln