> I know you didn't ask for any composting, editing, or formatting software
Aha! So that's what I should do with all these old free AOL disks and other shite I get in the mail! Compost it! (It is still allowed to compost excrement, right?)
Get a graphics card (or 2), and attach two screens to your compu:) Now use either a nice mouse util that let's you switch the input, or use 2 mice (mouses)!
Oh. And of course I don't have to explain that you attach gnome to one desktop and KDE to the other, do I?
This is meant partially serious, and for the most part sarcastic. Let's look at a couple of numbers:
I'm unable to find a reliable source on terrorist-attack related deaths, but I think guestimating it at a couple thousand a year is (2001 excepted) more than high enough.
Each year 1.2M people get killed in automobile accidents, generally because either party isn't paying enough attention. A fair number of these deaths are caused by driving under influence. What do we need to wage war on? Alcohol? Carmanufacturers? Causes for sleep deprevation? (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_accident)
Why aren't we waging war against certain factions in Sudan? And estimated 70K+ people have been killed there in the 'recent' (read 3 years) past of genocidal behaviour. Nothing gets done about that, either. (Source: http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/fs/2005/45105.htm)
In 2005 due to natural disasters, more than 70,000 people lost their lives, so where is our War on Nature! (Oh hang on... We've already been doing that for centuries haven't we?) (Source: http://www.unisdr.org/disaster-statistics/introduc tion.htm)
The War on Terror doesn't exist. What does exist is random reactions to events that seem to shock people. What does exist is the ability to find excuses to spend more money. What does exist is the instillment of fear amongst a population (what you should really be scared of is crossing the road).
The War on Terror is played out in the media, not on a battlefield, and so far, as far as I'm concerned, the terrorists are winning. Even if it were just for the fact they've managed to seriously disturb people's lives (gotten into a plane recently?), managed to give politicians a way to curtail even more of 'our' freedom and cause considerable economic damages. Compare this to the actual amount of people directly impacted by terrorist attacks, and they've managed to score great result with fairly minimal use of force.
Since when has any sort of security that requires people to click Ok or Cancel ever actually worked on windows? You get so inundated by bloody Ok windows, that most people I've seen working on a fairly securely set up Windows, will still just click Ok without ever reading anything (unless they can read 7 lines of text in 0.5 seconds)
What happened to space sims? Economy sims? Adventures? Flight sims?
On the off-chance of sounding like I want to plug something.. But in the MMOG world, there's one space/economy sim that I keep coming back to, and that's Eve Online (www.eve-online.com)
It's graphically quite good, but the graphics aren't all that important. It's the actual gameplay on that which is. If you loved Elite, take a look at the 14-day trial. (Trying to figure out how to outfit your ship with the powergrid and cpu requirements you have brings back old old memories:)
A game with a very short and not at all steep learning curve, that anyone can pick up in about 5 minutes or so.
Lots of settings that determine how many powerful weaponry you want in the game, rather a lot of totally random behaviour, and a lot of fun to play against each other.
Nice examples for fun gameplay are: Only banana bombs allowed (who wins is pretty much entirely depending on luck, and only slightly on skill), or only baseball bats, also tons of fun:)
15 minutes of straight typing? Does that really happen very often? I suppose if you're a typist it would, but I don't expect there are that many typists on this site right now
Generally only with the bane of any/.'er... Namely documentation.. (Erk. The D-word!)
You're a purple wrecking machine, and your job is to smack the crap out of little weeble-wobble-shaped children
Go Barney!
But seriously. How is this different from playing a game where you have to kill 1000's of asians? Or where you get bonus points for hitting old grannies? Or for that matter showing pictures of dismembered bombing victims on TV? Oh well.. I guess there's a hypocrit in all of you. (Uhm. US! Of course I meant us!)
I've been rather extensively typing on all sorts of keyboards for the last 25 years, and have yet to develop any RSI symptoms. Some of these years were in conditions "less than perfect" (understatement of the century).
What helps for me is that I simply don't type longer stretches than 15 minutes. I get up to get some tea, coffee, water, whatever, but don't touch a keyboard for the next 5 minutes. Also I try to refrain from using a mouse if not necessary, take intermittent breaks if I do start to feel annoying feelings.
Getting some water to drink also has the added benefit of actually giving your body some much needed hydration, very important for an alert mind as well.
Most importantly: Try to develop a work schedule where you can be efficient, yet still take those much needed breaks. Instead of emailing a colleague, call them on the phone, or if your workplace allows it, walk there. It'll give them a break, yourself a break, and generally it's a much easier way of conversing anyway.
On a cynical sidenote: Take up a bad smoking habit. That'll force you to take a break at least once an hour:)
Splut.
ps. An example of "less than perfect" circumstances is having to work on a computer being used by 5 year olds. Typing with my legs pretty much bent up to my ears isn't very ergonomical, I'm sure:)
Heh, and you somehow think this will help alleviate the irritating behavior described your earlier points? Good luck shushing the asshole on his cell phone once he's got a few beers in him! Ooh, and just wait until he gets pissed at the bad guy's antics, and throws what's left of his latest beer at the screen!
Well. You see, that wouldn't actually be a problem if the other options of "Shut the fuck up and get the hell out if you misbehave" were enforced. But seeing as that doesn't happen, you create more problems.
However here in the Netherlands, they sell beer in the theater, and my overall experience with cinemas and theaters here is a lot better than any of the ones I've been to in the US. I guess it also has to do with what you're used to or how you were 'raised'.
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> I know you didn't ask for any composting, editing, or formatting software
Aha! So that's what I should do with all these old free AOL disks and other shite I get in the mail! Compost it! (It is still allowed to compost excrement, right?)
One, Two, Many, Lots
:) And then we have Two Many, and One Many Lots.
That's the original
> and find out how the intertubes actually works. (Hint: it's not a truck)
I prefer 'intersubways' really, or in the extreme case 'intermetros'.
Isn't NSFW "No Such F'ing Word" ?
;)
ps. I still love IBM's 'DASD'
Also: FBI, RSA, CIA, etc are great examples of TLAs (Three Letter Agencies :)
Memo: Too much TLAs being used in Memos.
Sony indeed needs a Full Nelson, and preferably by someone that can then drag them kicking and screaming into the Century of the Fruitbat.
(Translation: Sony needs a bleeding clue...)
Because they wouldn't be able to sell any sequels.
Uhm...
Reuters, 2017.
The recently landed probe MarsLife that should have given us the definitive answer on whether there is life on Mars, has indeed given us that answer.
There used to be life on Mars, pretty much up until the moment out Mars Science Lab crashlanded.
Indeed. WoW. Everyone knows Blizzard ousted Sony.
Knome Desktop Environment, right?
Get a graphics card (or 2), and attach two screens to your compu :) Now use either a nice mouse util that let's you switch the input, or use 2 mice (mouses)!
Oh. And of course I don't have to explain that you attach gnome to one desktop and KDE to the other, do I?
Do not pass Go.
:)
Do not collect $200.
Do not drop the soap.
(Shamelessly stolen from www.gucomics.com
MySpace, Large and full of Strange, Unidentified Objects..
This is meant partially serious, and for the most part sarcastic. Let's look at a couple of numbers:
c tion.htm)
I'm unable to find a reliable source on terrorist-attack related deaths, but I think guestimating it at a couple thousand a year is (2001 excepted) more than high enough.
Each year 1.2M people get killed in automobile accidents, generally because either party isn't paying enough attention. A fair number of these deaths are caused by driving under influence. What do we need to wage war on? Alcohol? Carmanufacturers? Causes for sleep deprevation? (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_accident)
Why aren't we waging war against certain factions in Sudan? And estimated 70K+ people have been killed there in the 'recent' (read 3 years) past of genocidal behaviour. Nothing gets done about that, either. (Source: http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/fs/2005/45105.htm)
In 2005 due to natural disasters, more than 70,000 people lost their lives, so where is our War on Nature! (Oh hang on... We've already been doing that for centuries haven't we?) (Source: http://www.unisdr.org/disaster-statistics/introdu
The War on Terror doesn't exist. What does exist is random reactions to events that seem to shock people. What does exist is the ability to find excuses to spend more money. What does exist is the instillment of fear amongst a population (what you should really be scared of is crossing the road).
The War on Terror is played out in the media, not on a battlefield, and so far, as far as I'm concerned, the terrorists are winning. Even if it were just for the fact they've managed to seriously disturb people's lives (gotten into a plane recently?), managed to give politicians a way to curtail even more of 'our' freedom and cause considerable economic damages. Compare this to the actual amount of people directly impacted by terrorist attacks, and they've managed to score great result with fairly minimal use of force.
Splut.
What do you consider a super low user id? I've always wondered about the UID fascination in this place :)
Splut.
Hmmm. Where did I leave my moderator points.
Since when has any sort of security that requires people to click Ok or Cancel ever actually worked on windows? You get so inundated by bloody Ok windows, that most people I've seen working on a fairly securely set up Windows, will still just click Ok without ever reading anything (unless they can read 7 lines of text in 0.5 seconds)
Splut.
On the off-chance of sounding like I want to plug something.. But in the MMOG world, there's one space/economy sim that I keep coming back to, and that's Eve Online (www.eve-online.com)
It's graphically quite good, but the graphics aren't all that important. It's the actual gameplay on that which is. If you loved Elite, take a look at the 14-day trial. (Trying to figure out how to outfit your ship with the powergrid and cpu requirements you have brings back old old memories
Splut.
A game with a very short and not at all steep learning curve, that anyone can pick up in about 5 minutes or so.
:)
Lots of settings that determine how many powerful weaponry you want in the game, rather a lot of totally random behaviour, and a lot of fun to play against each other.
Nice examples for fun gameplay are: Only banana bombs allowed (who wins is pretty much entirely depending on luck, and only slightly on skill), or only baseball bats, also tons of fun
Splut.
Generally only with the bane of any
Splut.
Go Barney!
But seriously. How is this different from playing a game where you have to kill 1000's of asians? Or where you get bonus points for hitting old grannies? Or for that matter showing pictures of dismembered bombing victims on TV? Oh well.. I guess there's a hypocrit in all of you. (Uhm. US! Of course I meant us!)
Is the fact they haven't visited us.
(Sorry. I couldn't resist)
Splut.
One with an impeccably cropped lawn. Appearances are everything!
Splut.
I've been rather extensively typing on all sorts of keyboards for the last 25 years, and have yet to develop any RSI symptoms. Some of these years were in conditions "less than perfect" (understatement of the century).
:)
:)
What helps for me is that I simply don't type longer stretches than 15 minutes. I get up to get some tea, coffee, water, whatever, but don't touch a keyboard for the next 5 minutes. Also I try to refrain from using a mouse if not necessary, take intermittent breaks if I do start to feel annoying feelings.
Getting some water to drink also has the added benefit of actually giving your body some much needed hydration, very important for an alert mind as well.
Most importantly: Try to develop a work schedule where you can be efficient, yet still take those much needed breaks. Instead of emailing a colleague, call them on the phone, or if your workplace allows it, walk there. It'll give them a break, yourself a break, and generally it's a much easier way of conversing anyway.
On a cynical sidenote: Take up a bad smoking habit. That'll force you to take a break at least once an hour
Splut.
ps. An example of "less than perfect" circumstances is having to work on a computer being used by 5 year olds. Typing with my legs pretty much bent up to my ears isn't very ergonomical, I'm sure
Well. You see, that wouldn't actually be a problem if the other options of "Shut the fuck up and get the hell out if you misbehave" were enforced. But seeing as that doesn't happen, you create more problems.
However here in the Netherlands, they sell beer in the theater, and my overall experience with cinemas and theaters here is a lot better than any of the ones I've been to in the US. I guess it also has to do with what you're used to or how you were 'raised'.
Splut.
Quoted from a list I forgot where I found it:
....
What NOT to yell in a theater:
During the scene where the treants attack in The Two Towers: Stand up and yell "Run Forest! Run!"