The process has been around for a few decades, and while it's only been mainstream for probably one decade, I haven't heard of any such claims. If there are downsides to the health of my eyes, I haven't heard of any.
I was a bit of a special case, though. My vision changed from -3.25 to near plano after the first day, and when I went to the optometrist for a follow-up appintment, she said there was absolutely no irritation, and no indication (other than the shape) that I had worn contacts the previous night.
Anyway, ortho-k.net probably has tons of medical info if you're curious.
No, in fact, you wear them only at night. Wearing them 24-hours a day would be even more inconvenient than contacts or glasses!
Once you start the procedure, you wear them every day for about two months. You regularly see an optometrist, who will adjust the prescription in order to bring your cornea to the desired shape. After you've reached your goal, in the usual case, you can start wearing them once every other night, or perhaps 3-4 times a week. In my case, my eyes are extremely malleable. I saw immediately results overnight. After the first night, my prescription went from -3.25 to about -0.25. I remember waking up and being able to read the street numbers on the house across the street. It was amazing. However, the effects wore off quickly, and about 8 hours into the day I was down to probably a -1.0. But after each night of wearing the lens, the shaping will take effect longer and longer. Because my eyes are very malleable, though, I have to wear the contacts every night or else my vision degrades to about a -0.25 or -0.50 for the day, which I find annoying. I'm still legal to drive, though, but I prefer clear vision, so I wear the contacts each night.
As for long term, well it's hard to say. From what I know about it, the technology (rigid glass permeable lenses) is quite old and the process of shaping cornea dates back to the 60's. It's only really mainstream within the past 10 years. I haven't heard of any horror stories.
I'd definitely recommend taking a look at ortho-k.
I looked into LASIK, but it is both expensive and risky. I took an alternate approach that not very many people seem to know about: ortho-keratology, aka ortho-k.
Essentially, with ortho-k you wear hard contacts while you sleep. These contacts are engineered in such a way that they reshape your cornia to adjust for myopia or astigmatism. I also depend on staring at a monitor both during my job and when I get home (as a hobby). My vision has changed from a -3.5 lens to about +0.25. (The slight far-sightedness is actually a good thing.)
One of the advantages (or perhaps disadvantages depending on your perspective) is that ortho-k is not permanent. As a result, it's less risky. If you stop wearing the contact lenses, your eyes will slowly revert (however probably never as bad as they were when you started).
I've been using ortho-k for over a year now and I love it. I don't have to worry about dry eyes from contacts (since when I do wear the contacts I am sleeping, so I don't feel them) nor do I have to deal with the inconveniences of glasses. Plus I don't have to undergo the scary LASIK surgery. The risks and the costs are much less with ortho-k. I highly recommend it.
A honeynet is a network of honeypots. The story submitter is just confused about his definitions. By saying "free wireless access point," instead of "honeypot" he really means "free wireless access point."
Re:Please, AOLTW, switch to NS from IE for AOL..
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You're speaking of IMAP bugginess and ranking Outlook above Mozilla Mail? Have you actually used Outlook with an IMAP server?:)
Jason.
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Take a look at the Mozilla Calendar
I've seen it. I've used it. It is decidedly Micky Mouse and worthless in a corporate environment, which happens to be where I am desperately (and, sadly, failing) to find an OSS solution. Nevertheless, it has potential, and I think the developers would like to see it take on Outlook/Exchange in the future, but that is still a long ways away.
Jason.
Re:Please, AOLTW, switch to NS from IE for AOL..
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Aggressively work to woo corporations to using Netscape again. Thats where Netscape was immensely powerful before, and where they can be again!
Evolution is a great Outlook replacement for Unix desktops, but it's not good enough. To really compete with Outlook/Exchange we need:
An OSS backend that replaces Exchange for calendaring at least. We can use IMAP and LDAP and such for the other functionality because at least there exist standard protocols, but there is no competetive backend for calendaring applications. It would be really nice to have an OSS all-in-one that does IMAP/LDAP/calendaring, but first things first.
An OSS front-end like Evolution, but one that works on Windows as well as Unixes.
At our organization (a small university), we are desperately looking for a comprehensive calendaring solution -- one that supports teams, conflict resolutions, notifications, palm synching, and can be used either at home or at the office. I am the OSS advocate in our IT department, but I just can't find a suitable OSS solution. In fact, the only solution I can think of that even remotely fits the bill is Outlook and Exchange.
The unfortunate part is that we're using Netscape 4.x here, mainly because of its mail client. (We're using IMAP and LDAP on our backend and NS 4.x Messenger is still pretty good, even though the browser sucks.) Netscape 7.x / Mozilla 1.x is nearly there, but not quite. If there was a calendar solution that worked with Mozilla/NS7 that had those features and had a OSS server, it would be like a dream come true. As it stands, I may have to roll out a small deployment of Outlook and Exchange just to solve this problem (which has come down from the president BTW, so it can't just be ignored until a suitable OSS solution comes along). Now suddenly we're mix-mashing between NS 4.x over IMAP with Outlook and Exchange. You can see what is going to happen with that nice IMAP/LDAP solution in a year.
I think what we really need is a standard protocol, de facto or otherwise, for network calendaring. There is iCal, but from what little I know about it, it's just not comprehensive enough. (Does it deal with network transport?)
I am not sure what type of action you are threatening, but you should be aware that, under Title 42, Section 1983 of the United States Code, any person in a position such as yours who deprives a citizen of the United States of any right secured by the United States Constitution is subject to liability in legal actions.
Does anyone know of such a law that exists in Canada? I am in a similar role as the original poster's (network admin/postmaster for a university) and I routinely blacklist addresses and sometimes entire domains that spam us. Am I breaking any laws?
Hahahahahahaahhaha. That's a good one. Maybe you haven't heard about the GPL, but under Linux's license you actually are required to release your experiments to the public. Try doing that in Windows!
Don't be ridiculous. No one would use Linux (myself included) if its license required my data to be released under the terms of the GPL. That's silly. Linux and its software has no such requirement.
I haven't tried Gnome2 yet, but I don't believe the gtk+ theme used there comes with it. (I think the theme is Interface-Psion-Flat and Jimmac hacked the gtkrc for colors.) I don't think that would make a great default theme (default themes should be neutral [shades of grey] IMO, and focus on usability), but I do definitely think it should be a meta-theme included in Gnome2. It looks great.:)
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If you're looking for GNOME 2 screenshots that don't look like barf (and I agree, the ones posted here look hideous), then try these images from Jimmac's site:
I can't quite understand all these posts saying "if pages don't render 'properly' [i.e. same as IE] users will not use Mozilla." I use Mozilla, and often I use IE. I rarely encounter a page that doesn't render usably in Mozilla. Sometimes it doesn't render the same as IE, but it never looks out of place.
It's possible, yes, that some users won't use Mozilla because it doesn't render their favorite site. These people are a lost cause until those sites become compatible with the standards that exist for web sites. But for the majority of the people, I suspect they will either not notice any problems with Mozilla, or they'll not care much that the odd site does not render perfectly (because it uses IE extensions) when they consider all the added benefits that Mozilla does provide them over IE.
But even in the case of downloading it all, wouldn't you still have to check out each email manually? If you have to do that you've still wasted 6 minutes...
If you downloaded them all, you could at least use mail filters on your client to weed those out. Even if that weren't the case, presumably the interface your MUA provides allows you to delete mails quickly after you see that they're spam/viruses/whatever. At least, one assumes, a lot quicker than using POP3 commands manually.
The plural of virus is viruses. It has always been this way; it has never been anything else. Anyone who claims the plural is something else is wrong, unless they are speaking a language other than English.
Many uninformed people say 'virii' because that's what they see people somewhat smarter than them use. AFAIK, even using Latin grammar rules, 'virii' or 'viri' still isn't correct.
Now you know. Go forth and spread the knowledge: the plural of virus is viruses.
But you're forgetting that someone like Taco gets hundreds (maybe thousands?) of emails per day. Repeat the top / dele sequence 100-1000 times and suddenly waiting 6 minutes to download your mail takes less time. But it's still damn annoying.
It's interesting to see how much in common a lot of people have, and also how widly varying it can be. Here's what works for me:
Most importantly, the problem has to be interesting to me. I can't enter The Zone unless I truly am determined to solve the problem. Sometimes even boring problems can be made interesting once you spend a couple hours tackling them, but typically you'll get better results if the problem is genuinely interesting. (This is why the scratch-the-itch motivation of free software works so well.)
I don't hack on coffee; I hack on diet coke. Lots of it.
My musical mood changes from hour to hour, so I don't ordinarily set up playlists for more than 45-75 minutes, but I do normally listen to music the whole time I'm in the zone.
Agreed: big monitor and many terminal windows are a must. If you can't have at least 6 terms on screen at once, you'll get distracted by toggling between virtual desktops. Sometimes I have up to 12 windows on screen.
You just need a fast computer. No one wants to wait long for compiling simple changes.
Lighting for me has to be dim, but not dark. I prefer a single, tungsten 60W bulb with a lamp shade on my desk. It provides a nice, cozy warm light and offsets the light from my monitor to prevent eye strain.
Everyone has certain things they do when they're thinking about a solution to a particular tough problem (or sub-problem). Maybe you lie down for a few minutes; maybe you pace around the room; maybe you go to the gym and work out. Me? I take a long, hot shower. This yields very excellent results for me. And I have come up with some pretty damn clever solutions under the nearly-scaulding hot water.:)
How long does this last? This often depends on a few things also:
External motivation: do I have others around motivating me? I don't mean a boss squawking at me about deadlines, but rather other hackers I can bounce ideas off of, to help keep the problem into perspective, and help keep me interested. Or, am I getting paid?
Running into roadblocks: when the hacking goes smooth and I don't come across any major bugs or roadblocks, I can hack for weeks. But if I hit a serious bug that even a hot shower can't solve, a lot of times I wind up putting the project on the back burner. (Of course, if this is a project that I'm getting paid to do, the motivation keeps me going).
Distractions: if I am without uninitiated distractions, I can hack for much longer periods of time. Some distractions are okay, as long as I am the one who initiated them. Sometimes I'll stop hacking to go to the movies, or go out to dinner with some friends. Sure, when I do that, I'm typically mentally detached from what I'm doing, but I usually force myself to have fun. Then when I return to the problem, I often have a fresh perspective that helps me continue.
When am in The Zone, it is a curse. I can't think of anything else but what I'm hacking on. (This is a problem when I am hacking on a personal project and go to work.) I usually just have to ride it out, keep hacking, until something happens that I put the project aside for a while, and then I usually repeat the whole process again in the future some time.
Slashdot Mirror
How do I add/remove/reorder items in the Applications menu?
Jason.
Well, ortho-k may not be for him. They only recommend it for people up to -4.0. Anything more than that and your mileage may vary.
Best,
Jason.
Except that I live in Canada, where the lenses I use are government approved and perfectly legal to sell.
The process has been around for a few decades, and while it's only been mainstream for probably one decade, I haven't heard of any such claims. If there are downsides to the health of my eyes, I haven't heard of any.
I was a bit of a special case, though. My vision changed from -3.25 to near plano after the first day, and when I went to the optometrist for a follow-up appintment, she said there was absolutely no irritation, and no indication (other than the shape) that I had worn contacts the previous night.
Anyway, ortho-k.net probably has tons of medical info if you're curious.
Jason.
No, in fact, you wear them only at night. Wearing them 24-hours a day would be even more inconvenient than contacts or glasses!
Once you start the procedure, you wear them every day for about two months. You regularly see an optometrist, who will adjust the prescription in order to bring your cornea to the desired shape. After you've reached your goal, in the usual case, you can start wearing them once every other night, or perhaps 3-4 times a week. In my case, my eyes are extremely malleable. I saw immediately results overnight. After the first night, my prescription went from -3.25 to about -0.25. I remember waking up and being able to read the street numbers on the house across the street. It was amazing. However, the effects wore off quickly, and about 8 hours into the day I was down to probably a -1.0. But after each night of wearing the lens, the shaping will take effect longer and longer. Because my eyes are very malleable, though, I have to wear the contacts every night or else my vision degrades to about a -0.25 or -0.50 for the day, which I find annoying. I'm still legal to drive, though, but I prefer clear vision, so I wear the contacts each night.
As for long term, well it's hard to say. From what I know about it, the technology (rigid glass permeable lenses) is quite old and the process of shaping cornea dates back to the 60's. It's only really mainstream within the past 10 years. I haven't heard of any horror stories.
I'd definitely recommend taking a look at ortho-k.
Jason.
Essentially, with ortho-k you wear hard contacts while you sleep. These contacts are engineered in such a way that they reshape your cornia to adjust for myopia or astigmatism. I also depend on staring at a monitor both during my job and when I get home (as a hobby). My vision has changed from a -3.5 lens to about +0.25. (The slight far-sightedness is actually a good thing.)
One of the advantages (or perhaps disadvantages depending on your perspective) is that ortho-k is not permanent. As a result, it's less risky. If you stop wearing the contact lenses, your eyes will slowly revert (however probably never as bad as they were when you started).
I've been using ortho-k for over a year now and I love it. I don't have to worry about dry eyes from contacts (since when I do wear the contacts I am sleeping, so I don't feel them) nor do I have to deal with the inconveniences of glasses. Plus I don't have to undergo the scary LASIK surgery. The risks and the costs are much less with ortho-k. I highly recommend it.
Jason.
How much did you pay for each device?
Jason.
A honeynet is a network of honeypots. The story submitter is just confused about his definitions. By saying "free wireless access point," instead of "honeypot" he really means "free wireless access point."
Jason.
Wow, thanks for the mirror. I was queued to wait 102 minutes on fileplanet, but I tried the second mirror and
09:17:22 (477.53 KB/s) - `UT2003-Demo.exe' saved [102461952/102461952]
Nice.
Jason.
You're speaking of IMAP bugginess and ranking Outlook above Mozilla Mail? Have you actually used Outlook with an IMAP server? :)
Jason.
I've seen it. I've used it. It is decidedly Micky Mouse and worthless in a corporate environment, which happens to be where I am desperately (and, sadly, failing) to find an OSS solution. Nevertheless, it has potential, and I think the developers would like to see it take on Outlook/Exchange in the future, but that is still a long ways away.
Jason.
I agree, except Netscape really needs a calendar solution before they can woo people away from Outlook / IE.
Jason.
- An OSS backend that replaces Exchange for calendaring at least. We can use IMAP and LDAP and such for the other functionality because at least there exist standard protocols, but there is no competetive backend for calendaring applications. It would be really nice to have an OSS all-in-one that does IMAP/LDAP/calendaring, but first things first.
- An OSS front-end like Evolution, but one that works on Windows as well as Unixes.
At our organization (a small university), we are desperately looking for a comprehensive calendaring solution -- one that supports teams, conflict resolutions, notifications, palm synching, and can be used either at home or at the office. I am the OSS advocate in our IT department, but I just can't find a suitable OSS solution. In fact, the only solution I can think of that even remotely fits the bill is Outlook and Exchange.The unfortunate part is that we're using Netscape 4.x here, mainly because of its mail client. (We're using IMAP and LDAP on our backend and NS 4.x Messenger is still pretty good, even though the browser sucks.) Netscape 7.x / Mozilla 1.x is nearly there, but not quite. If there was a calendar solution that worked with Mozilla/NS7 that had those features and had a OSS server, it would be like a dream come true. As it stands, I may have to roll out a small deployment of Outlook and Exchange just to solve this problem (which has come down from the president BTW, so it can't just be ignored until a suitable OSS solution comes along). Now suddenly we're mix-mashing between NS 4.x over IMAP with Outlook and Exchange. You can see what is going to happen with that nice IMAP/LDAP solution in a year.
I think what we really need is a standard protocol, de facto or otherwise, for network calendaring. There is iCal, but from what little I know about it, it's just not comprehensive enough. (Does it deal with network transport?)
Jason.
- I am not sure what type of action you are threatening, but you should be aware that, under Title 42, Section 1983 of the United States Code, any person in a position such as yours who deprives a citizen of the United States of any right secured by the United States Constitution is subject to liability in legal actions.
Does anyone know of such a law that exists in Canada? I am in a similar role as the original poster's (network admin/postmaster for a university) and I routinely blacklist addresses and sometimes entire domains that spam us. Am I breaking any laws?Cheers,
Jason.
Don't be ridiculous. No one would use Linux (myself included) if its license required my data to be released under the terms of the GPL. That's silly. Linux and its software has no such requirement.
Jason.
It's actually fine. The semi-colon will act as a no-op. It will compile and execute as intended, even if it was a mistake.
Jason.
Unfortunately, no. The out-of-the-box look is closer to the screenshots posted by the original poster.
With any luck, Jimmac will release that look as a meta-theme, probably called 'Gorilla.'
I haven't tried Gnome2 yet, but I don't believe the gtk+ theme used there comes with it. (I think the theme is Interface-Psion-Flat and Jimmac hacked the gtkrc for colors.) I don't think that would make a great default theme (default themes should be neutral [shades of grey] IMO, and focus on usability), but I do definitely think it should be a meta-theme included in Gnome2. It looks great. :)
Jason.
I can't quite understand all these posts saying "if pages don't render 'properly' [i.e. same as IE] users will not use Mozilla." I use Mozilla, and often I use IE. I rarely encounter a page that doesn't render usably in Mozilla. Sometimes it doesn't render the same as IE, but it never looks out of place.
It's possible, yes, that some users won't use Mozilla because it doesn't render their favorite site. These people are a lost cause until those sites become compatible with the standards that exist for web sites. But for the majority of the people, I suspect they will either not notice any problems with Mozilla, or they'll not care much that the odd site does not render perfectly (because it uses IE extensions) when they consider all the added benefits that Mozilla does provide them over IE.
Jason.
If you downloaded them all, you could at least use mail filters on your client to weed those out. Even if that weren't the case, presumably the interface your MUA provides allows you to delete mails quickly after you see that they're spam/viruses/whatever. At least, one assumes, a lot quicker than using POP3 commands manually.
The plural of virus is viruses. It has always been this way; it has never been anything else. Anyone who claims the plural is something else is wrong, unless they are speaking a language other than English.
Many uninformed people say 'virii' because that's what they see people somewhat smarter than them use. AFAIK, even using Latin grammar rules, 'virii' or 'viri' still isn't correct.
Now you know. Go forth and spread the knowledge: the plural of virus is viruses.
Jason.
But you're forgetting that someone like Taco gets hundreds (maybe thousands?) of emails per day. Repeat the top / dele sequence 100-1000 times and suddenly waiting 6 minutes to download your mail takes less time. But it's still damn annoying.
Jason.
How long does this last? This often depends on a few things also:
When am in The Zone, it is a curse. I can't think of anything else but what I'm hacking on. (This is a problem when I am hacking on a personal project and go to work.) I usually just have to ride it out, keep hacking, until something happens that I put the project aside for a while, and then I usually repeat the whole process again in the future some time.
So that's how it works for me. :)
Jason.
Not as far as I know.
Jason.