The point is to give your brain a break and move your body. Working while standing will do neither and you'll only get half the benefits if walking.
The best combination that I've found is work for 20 minutes then take a 3-4 minute break. During the break, do moderate exercises. My routine is 20 squats with 5lb weights, 6 burpees, 6 chin-ups, 20 jumping jacks and I finally run for the remaining time.
I've been doing this for a few months now and not only do I feel great, my productivity has more than doubled.
Yes. It's definitely worth it. As a media centre, I can do all of that plus.
My whole library of media whether it was recorded, ripped or downloaded is automatically scraped, rated and organized by XBMC.
I have three ATV2s with XBMC installed connected to each of my TVs. This gives me the freedom to watch anything that I want from anywhere.
All the media state and meta information such as last played, when the show was stopped, fan art, bookmarks, zoom, playback preferences etc are stored in a central database. I can start to watch a show on one TV and continue some other day on another.
The ATV2 is very power efficient, about 2 watts when watching a movie (it has a 6 Watt power supply just in case I need more...), small, quiet and comes with HDMI, optical audio, WIFI and remote. It's a much cheaper, functional and better looking setup than a PC.
All the software is free.
The MythTV recording rules are much more powerful than what you have.
XBMC has a ton of plugins for RSS, the Weather, streaming, Internet radio, Grooveshark. Too many to list.
XBMC can remember the show that you watched and hide them automatically once you've watched it. A feature that comes in handy when you watch a TV series. You never need to remember which episode you've last watched.
XBMC can play anything that I throw at it without fuss. What did you need to go through to play MKV on Windows Media Center? Or did you resort to one of the FOSS players. VLC or Mplayer?
I can update, reboot and manage all the ATV2's remotely via SSH.
My only cost is the $20/year for the MythTV guide plus a donation to each project.
And they keep on paying themselves millions. I don't know what Brian Dunn was paid but I'm sure it was close to his predecessor.
Bradbury "Brad" Anderson (born 1949) is the former CEO and Vice Chairman of consumer electronics retailer Best Buy. He retired on 6/22/11 and was replaced by Brian J. Dunn.[1] In fiscal 2006, he earned a salary of $1,164,283 and a bonus of $2,692,250. His annual compensation for fiscal year 2007 was $5.6 million, including $1,172,995 in salary, plus $2,650,969 in incentive-plan compensation.[2] In 2008, Anderson earned $49.3 million in total compensation, $1,172,995 in salary, $1,994,092 in incentive-plan compensation, stock awards of $413,635 and no option awards, and $46.08 million in value from exercising 1.05 million stock options.[3]
I absolutely would agree if the system was honest and fair. Unfortunately, consumer's would never see the savings, they'd be be pocketed by the greedy corporations.
MythTV has great backend and XBMC has a great frontend. The combo is fantastic and I don't think there's anything in the proprietary space that offers anything on par. Truely jewels from FOSS.
I would like Slashdot to be aware of the activity and ban the account. Flagging is the quickest way to get that done. Obviously Slashdot can't do much beyond that but it's better than nothing and it will hopefully keep the site cleaner.
Going to police is the thing to do but that's a different subject. We're talking about flagging posts and whether that's a wanted feature or not and from my experience, flagging posts is a welcome feature as long as it's not used to censor opinions or bad language or anything of that sort.
I'm not talking about opinions and I'm not talking about censorship!
I'm talking about direct personal threats. An entire post with just that. Someone going off on how he's going to come over and sexually molest my children. Why on earth would that be acceptable and what purpose would it have? It's about hiding the post it's about flagging it. I don't want it to be censored, who said anything about censorship? In fact, I'd want the opposite. I would want the threats to be exposed for everyone to see. I think you've mixed flagging with censorship.
He knew a little too much about my children. Name, age etc. He must have done a search, found the information and used it in the message. It was very difficult to not take the threat seriously, especially that it was directed at my 3 year old.
No. I don't mind the trolling. See, I'm responding to your post.
It's the uncivilized and violent attacks and physical threats that I don't care for. If violence becomes an accepted culture here, I'll move on. And it's not just the Internet.
Thanks for trolling. It gave me a chance to post another comment and continue the discussion.
Now it's time for you to grow up and participate in a civilized manner.
And yes, I know that I'm feeding the troll but thousands of others are listening. This isn't a private email.
One more thing, if you plan on posting another trolling post NO CARRIER
I agree with the comment flagging. A user threatened to sexually molest my children years ago on this site. My blood was boiling and I was getting ready to pay him a visit. I'm looking for the actual comment but can't find it at the moment. The user was eventually banned because of complaints from other users.
I'm a big proponent of freedom of speech and my views are rarely conventional and I'm sure that I inadvertently offend people with my comments but I don't attack other people's children and threaten to molest them. As much as you believe there's no limit, there is a limit.
Flagging is just that. Let the flagging be moderated and meta moderated. It's a good balance.
Actually, it was the other way around. Firefox promoted Google by making it the default search engine and that's how they got paid. I never saw Google promote Firefox. Do you have any references to that?
TED is doing alot of things right when it comes to video so you might want to leverage some of their methods. One feature that is really nice and that would be great here is interactive transcripts. Along with that, a new markup comment tag to refer to a point in the video would be a great bonus.
That would be the logical thing for humans to do but history shows that our behaviour is different than what you describe.
Environment of Easter Island
Rapa Nui is a barren island, but this was not always the case. Studies of pollen cores prove that the first Polynesian settlers found an island paradise of lush, subtropical forest6. Within 400 years of colonization, deforestation was well underway5.
700 years after colonization, the forests were gone, every species of land bird was extinct and shellfish were overexploited. Without trees, the inhabitants could no longer make sea faring canoes with which to hunt porpoises, the main staple of their diet.
4 Digit UID here with the same sentiment. I've been here for 15 years and boy have things changed. Some for the good but god I miss the days when Rob would post about a WindowMaker app that he wrote and you could download the source and compile it. It was pure geek stuff and the subject of monetization no where to be seen. The geek purity made it great.
I read Rob's blog because he talked about stuff that I was into. Linux, X, AfterStep, the Internet, programming and I have a feeling that Rob really wanted to keep it that way but as site ownership slipped away, he no longer had control and the direction changed.
Maybe it's time to look for a new "Slashdot". This one has been infected by the Profit virus which has no known cures.
Actually quite interesting. It's nice to see the developers participate in the discussions. I can imagine the flamewars if Linus would have been a Slashdotter.
Saw(fish/mill) was my favourite window manager years ago and I was upset when GNOME replaced it's official status with Metacity. It was a sad day when Eazel went bankrupt and John Harper went to work for Apple. He eventually abandoned this great work but as a FOSS project, it never dies. It becomes a stepping stone for the next generation of developers. Software development might be slower in the beginning but after a few years, FOSS is standing on the shoulders of giants and that will be a force that no single entity will be able to match.
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They should ban the ads instead. It worked for tobacco so why not try it for unhealthy foods.
This is about increasing revenue, not our health.
From the Chinese saying, close your eyes and you will see clearly. It's during that 3min away from the computer that I do my best work.
The point is to give your brain a break and move your body. Working while standing will do neither and you'll only get half the benefits if walking.
The best combination that I've found is work for 20 minutes then take a 3-4 minute break. During the break, do moderate exercises. My routine is 20 squats with 5lb weights, 6 burpees, 6 chin-ups, 20 jumping jacks and I finally run for the remaining time.
I've been doing this for a few months now and not only do I feel great, my productivity has more than doubled.
It's based on the Pomodoro Technique. http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/
Yes, but a little light on features. The locks are on folders, not content ratings.
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Profiles
Yes. It's definitely worth it. As a media centre, I can do all of that plus.
My whole library of media whether it was recorded, ripped or downloaded is automatically scraped, rated and organized by XBMC.
I have three ATV2s with XBMC installed connected to each of my TVs. This gives me the freedom to watch anything that I want from anywhere.
All the media state and meta information such as last played, when the show was stopped, fan art, bookmarks, zoom, playback preferences etc are stored in a central database. I can start to watch a show on one TV and continue some other day on another.
The ATV2 is very power efficient, about 2 watts when watching a movie (it has a 6 Watt power supply just in case I need more...), small, quiet and comes with HDMI, optical audio, WIFI and remote. It's a much cheaper, functional and better looking setup than a PC.
All the software is free.
The MythTV recording rules are much more powerful than what you have.
XBMC has a ton of plugins for RSS, the Weather, streaming, Internet radio, Grooveshark. Too many to list.
XBMC can remember the show that you watched and hide them automatically once you've watched it. A feature that comes in handy when you watch a TV series. You never need to remember which episode you've last watched.
XBMC can play anything that I throw at it without fuss. What did you need to go through to play MKV on Windows Media Center? Or did you resort to one of the FOSS players. VLC or Mplayer?
I can update, reboot and manage all the ATV2's remotely via SSH.
My only cost is the $20/year for the MythTV guide plus a donation to each project.
Good point.
And they keep on paying themselves millions. I don't know what Brian Dunn was paid but I'm sure it was close to his predecessor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Anderson_(executive)
I know... s/consumer's/consumers. Wish I could edit.
I absolutely would agree if the system was honest and fair. Unfortunately, consumer's would never see the savings, they'd be be pocketed by the greedy corporations.
Good comment. Too bad you posted as AC.
MythTV has great backend and XBMC has a great frontend. The combo is fantastic and I don't think there's anything in the proprietary space that offers anything on par. Truely jewels from FOSS.
Ya, and that's why they leave the room when taking the x-ray.
I would like Slashdot to be aware of the activity and ban the account. Flagging is the quickest way to get that done. Obviously Slashdot can't do much beyond that but it's better than nothing and it will hopefully keep the site cleaner.
Going to police is the thing to do but that's a different subject. We're talking about flagging posts and whether that's a wanted feature or not and from my experience, flagging posts is a welcome feature as long as it's not used to censor opinions or bad language or anything of that sort.
I'm not talking about opinions and I'm not talking about censorship!
I'm talking about direct personal threats. An entire post with just that. Someone going off on how he's going to come over and sexually molest my children. Why on earth would that be acceptable and what purpose would it have? It's about hiding the post it's about flagging it. I don't want it to be censored, who said anything about censorship? In fact, I'd want the opposite. I would want the threats to be exposed for everyone to see. I think you've mixed flagging with censorship.
He knew a little too much about my children. Name, age etc. He must have done a search, found the information and used it in the message. It was very difficult to not take the threat seriously, especially that it was directed at my 3 year old.
No. I don't mind the trolling. See, I'm responding to your post.
It's the uncivilized and violent attacks and physical threats that I don't care for. If violence becomes an accepted culture here, I'll move on. And it's not just the Internet.
Thanks for trolling. It gave me a chance to post another comment and continue the discussion.
Now it's time for you to grow up and participate in a civilized manner.
And yes, I know that I'm feeding the troll but thousands of others are listening. This isn't a private email.
One more thing, if you plan on posting another trolling post NO CARRIER
I agree with the comment flagging. A user threatened to sexually molest my children years ago on this site. My blood was boiling and I was getting ready to pay him a visit. I'm looking for the actual comment but can't find it at the moment. The user was eventually banned because of complaints from other users.
I'm a big proponent of freedom of speech and my views are rarely conventional and I'm sure that I inadvertently offend people with my comments but I don't attack other people's children and threaten to molest them. As much as you believe there's no limit, there is a limit.
Flagging is just that. Let the flagging be moderated and meta moderated. It's a good balance.
That's Google promoting Google Toolbar for Firefox. Google isn't promoting Firefox. Where have you seen an ad paid by Google promoting Firefox?
Actually, it was the other way around. Firefox promoted Google by making it the default search engine and that's how they got paid. I never saw Google promote Firefox. Do you have any references to that?
TED is doing alot of things right when it comes to video so you might want to leverage some of their methods. One feature that is really nice and that would be great here is interactive transcripts. Along with that, a new markup comment tag to refer to a point in the video would be a great bonus.
That would be the logical thing for humans to do but history shows that our behaviour is different than what you describe.
http://www.apj.co.uk/rapanui_primer/primer_environment.asp
Which makes Firefox's share quite impressive considering that it was acquired on merit.
4 Digit UID here with the same sentiment. I've been here for 15 years and boy have things changed. Some for the good but god I miss the days when Rob would post about a WindowMaker app that he wrote and you could download the source and compile it. It was pure geek stuff and the subject of monetization no where to be seen. The geek purity made it great.
This is the stuff that we used to talk about. http://cmdrtaco.net/linux/
I read Rob's blog because he talked about stuff that I was into. Linux, X, AfterStep, the Internet, programming and I have a feeling that Rob really wanted to keep it that way but as site ownership slipped away, he no longer had control and the direction changed.
Maybe it's time to look for a new "Slashdot". This one has been infected by the Profit virus which has no known cures.
Actually quite interesting. It's nice to see the developers participate in the discussions. I can imagine the flamewars if Linus would have been a Slashdotter.
Saw(fish/mill) was my favourite window manager years ago and I was upset when GNOME replaced it's official status with Metacity. It was a sad day when Eazel went bankrupt and John Harper went to work for Apple. He eventually abandoned this great work but as a FOSS project, it never dies. It becomes a stepping stone for the next generation of developers. Software development might be slower in the beginning but after a few years, FOSS is standing on the shoulders of giants and that will be a force that no single entity will be able to match.