That's assuming quite a bit. Do you really think the RIAA would add to these feed to their liability? If their costs to sue "pirates" goes up and the legal system increasingly becomes more hostile to their plans, it will get to a point where they can no longer stick with their MO. They don't win the lawsuit and they are out their legal fees AND they have to pay an ISP to do their work for them to provide proof? Then there is the issue of payment. Just sending a billing address doesn't imply that they worked out an agreement on the cost of service. If the RIAA is stupid enough to just send a billing address without working out a fee schedule, doesn't that leave room for the ISP to sue them when they don't pay their fees for providing the services they demanded? The ISP would love the free advertising. I'd think about switching to their ISP if I lived in Louisiana just on principle, and I don't use the internet for file sharing.
Have a T shirt with "I'm Linux" on it. Have PC and Mac lookalikes say "I'm a PC" and "I'm a Mac". They put on the I'm Linux T and they say "We still work". Have some old guy come in and say "I'm an old computer". He puts it on and says "I still work". etc.
It's more of an anti-Vista ad, but I think it gets a point across. Maybe throw "I'm free" on the back of the T.
Absofreakinlutely. The only reason religion gets brought up in regards to Northern Ireland is that one side happens to be Catholic and the other side happens to be Protestant. There isn't any thing religious about the conflict at all apart from that. If they were all one or the other the Irish would still be pissed (angry) about British occupation, rule, whatever you want to call it. It would be really nice to call it what it is and stop calling it a religious conflict.
As an illustration of the parent's post, I worked for a company that only used Windows boxes when necessary. Everything else was a linux box. There were just over 100 employees, about 70-80 boxes, about 10-15 windows boxes. Most of the linux boxes were ancient. If one went out they could replace it with a $200 box that they bought and had sitting in storage. The IT guy would then take a look at the bad box and see what, if anything, could be done to get it back up and running as a viable replacement. Computers ran everything there. They ran ERP software written by one of the founders. I don't have any idea what they saved by adopting this model early on (probably in the tens of thousands each year) , but they were able to invest all that money on improving equipment, facilities, and keeping costs low. They are able to do a whole lot with very little as far as computer equipment.
The problem with that is the consumer has no way of knowing if the operator does in fact comply with whatever standards there are or should be. There is no way of knowing if there is enough insurance to cover the consumer's medical bills in case of an accident that the operator is responsible for. There is also little recourse if there is not enough coverage in this example. Sure they can be taken to court, but if they can get another ride, they can keep on operating. I think that's why their needs to be government involvement in this case.
Does this mean that I will be paid for my garbage, rather than me paying to have it removed? If I have to pay to have my trash removed and then pay to have electricity, I'm calling foul.
He's both wrong and right. He started out wrong saying most people won't hit google for the information. He finished right by describing what most slashdotters would do. Subtle but key difference.
I wasn't describing the the muscle fibers as a cylinder because of stuff getting pumped in, I was describing it as a cylinder because the actin is like the outer part of the cylinder and the myosin slides in and out. I was describing the structure. take a cross section of a pneumatic cylinder and it looks quite a bit like half of a sarcomere.
Curiosity got the best of me. I couldn't find the answer easily from the internet, so I went back to my Anatomy and Exercise Science text books. It is one of those little pieces of information that is not commonly mentioned. My anatomy text stated that the muscle has optimal strength at 80-120% of the muscles resting length. Crudely measured that is more than covers the full range of motion of my right biceps muscle. Apart from some statistical outlier of human structure, I would assume that the muscles of the human body would have to be stretched to the point of muscular injury to experience a loss of muscular strength. In the vast majority (more than 99% of people) strength losses within a range of motion are all attributable to the joint angle, even in martial arts.
Sorry, the way I read your statement of muscle function I thought you were talking about muscle fibers not being parallel with each other within an individual muscle. If I am not mistaken the only time the actin and myosin will not have their full functional strength is when they are overstretched. Even then the mechanical disadvantage would be a bigger factor than if all of the myosin heads can "grab" the actin. Think of the cams on a Nautilus® machine. They are put in place to mimic the way the joint lever's mechanical advantage increases or decreases throughout the range of motion. If it was not a cam the muscle would struggle through certain part(s) of the range of motion and breeze through the others. Selecting appropriate resistance would be difficult. Within that range of motion where the apparent strength of the muscle goes up and down the myosin heads are not hitting spots on the actin where they can't suddenly grab, especially if that weak spot is in the middle of the range of motion.
I know that 40 years of experience is a hard thing to part with, but there are ways that you can warm up the muscles without stretching prior to activity. I'm not going to suggest that someone tries to test their range of motion on cold muscles. A properly warmed muscle will not be any more prone to injury than a properly stretched muscle. Stretching should not be done on a cold muscle anyway. I would suggest warming up with progressively increasing the working range of motion through some skill that you are training. That way you will be learning a foundation motor skill while preparing for the advanced skill training. A functional warm up will be more beneficial than pre-training stretching beyond just injury prevention.
There isn't really good evidence that stretching prior to activity reduces injury. When I was taking exercise science classes there was talk that they might increase in certain circumstances. The scientific consensus at the time was that there was not enough evidence to say that it was that beneficial, but the common belief was that it is. After a brief search it looks like it hasn't changed much. I will add my voice to the chorus of "light activity before and the stretching afterward", but I would maybe even say stretching optional. Some of the other stuff you talk about with muscle fibers, I don't have any idea what you're talking about. A better analogy for muscle fibers is a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder. The way muscle fibers work is similar. They telescope and shorten/lengthen. They don't overlap. The muscles aren't stronger/weaker because of more/less overlap, it is the mechanical advantage or disadvantage of the particular joint angle and where the muscles attach around that joint. Some angles are "stronger" than others.
I think the idea is that you can isolate what is locking up and then do something about it. If your system locks more than others with the same program and OS, you probably have some "lurking variable" that is the root cause. Not using the otherwise OK program because of an unknown root cause never really solves the problem.
The federal government getting involved is the easy answer, but not the easy solution. It isn't too outrageous to think of states getting their acts together and upgrade their infrastructure. Governors get together and seem to play together and be more productive than the federal government. Get the states together and solve the problem without waiting for Washington. With a good grassroots movement propelling this it could happen.
The Garmin-Chipotle team is a breath of fresh air in cycling. It's nice to see somebody doing something proactive about doping. It was even better that they had someone finish the Tour in 5th place over all. I wonder what Floyd's fate would be if he had a significant amount of baseline data to fall back on when that test came back "dirty".
I'm still trying to figure out how a muscle building agent can help an endurance athlete win an event like the Tour de France.
Wait a minute. They play movies on network TV? The only time they do that anymore is during sweeps. Why pay good ad revenue on airing a movie when they can get more to run 4 infomercials?
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That's assuming quite a bit. Do you really think the RIAA would add to these feed to their liability? If their costs to sue "pirates" goes up and the legal system increasingly becomes more hostile to their plans, it will get to a point where they can no longer stick with their MO. They don't win the lawsuit and they are out their legal fees AND they have to pay an ISP to do their work for them to provide proof? Then there is the issue of payment. Just sending a billing address doesn't imply that they worked out an agreement on the cost of service. If the RIAA is stupid enough to just send a billing address without working out a fee schedule, doesn't that leave room for the ISP to sue them when they don't pay their fees for providing the services they demanded? The ISP would love the free advertising. I'd think about switching to their ISP if I lived in Louisiana just on principle, and I don't use the internet for file sharing.
Have a T shirt with "I'm Linux" on it. Have PC and Mac lookalikes say "I'm a PC" and "I'm a Mac". They put on the I'm Linux T and they say "We still work". Have some old guy come in and say "I'm an old computer". He puts it on and says "I still work". etc.
It's more of an anti-Vista ad, but I think it gets a point across. Maybe throw "I'm free" on the back of the T.
Be excellent to each other.
And it's funny because it's true.
Absofreakinlutely. The only reason religion gets brought up in regards to Northern Ireland is that one side happens to be Catholic and the other side happens to be Protestant. There isn't any thing religious about the conflict at all apart from that. If they were all one or the other the Irish would still be pissed (angry) about British occupation, rule, whatever you want to call it. It would be really nice to call it what it is and stop calling it a religious conflict.
I think you is on teh crack
As an illustration of the parent's post, I worked for a company that only used Windows boxes when necessary. Everything else was a linux box. There were just over 100 employees, about 70-80 boxes, about 10-15 windows boxes. Most of the linux boxes were ancient. If one went out they could replace it with a $200 box that they bought and had sitting in storage. The IT guy would then take a look at the bad box and see what, if anything, could be done to get it back up and running as a viable replacement. Computers ran everything there. They ran ERP software written by one of the founders. I don't have any idea what they saved by adopting this model early on (probably in the tens of thousands each year) , but they were able to invest all that money on improving equipment, facilities, and keeping costs low. They are able to do a whole lot with very little as far as computer equipment.
My bad. When we covered fusion in physics it was taught as 2 deuterium --> helium. I didn't think about 2 hydrogen --> deuterium.
I for one welcome our new old-tech-selling overlords...wait...what?
*cough*
Deuterium
*cough*
The problem with that is the consumer has no way of knowing if the operator does in fact comply with whatever standards there are or should be. There is no way of knowing if there is enough insurance to cover the consumer's medical bills in case of an accident that the operator is responsible for. There is also little recourse if there is not enough coverage in this example. Sure they can be taken to court, but if they can get another ride, they can keep on operating. I think that's why their needs to be government involvement in this case.
Does this mean that I will be paid for my garbage, rather than me paying to have it removed? If I have to pay to have my trash removed and then pay to have electricity, I'm calling foul.
That's actually how those treatments work that they talk about in all the spam. Scientists are finally catching on.
He's both wrong and right. He started out wrong saying most people won't hit google for the information. He finished right by describing what most slashdotters would do. Subtle but key difference.
I wasn't describing the the muscle fibers as a cylinder because of stuff getting pumped in, I was describing it as a cylinder because the actin is like the outer part of the cylinder and the myosin slides in and out. I was describing the structure. take a cross section of a pneumatic cylinder and it looks quite a bit like half of a sarcomere.
Curiosity got the best of me. I couldn't find the answer easily from the internet, so I went back to my Anatomy and Exercise Science text books. It is one of those little pieces of information that is not commonly mentioned. My anatomy text stated that the muscle has optimal strength at 80-120% of the muscles resting length. Crudely measured that is more than covers the full range of motion of my right biceps muscle. Apart from some statistical outlier of human structure, I would assume that the muscles of the human body would have to be stretched to the point of muscular injury to experience a loss of muscular strength. In the vast majority (more than 99% of people) strength losses within a range of motion are all attributable to the joint angle, even in martial arts.
Sorry, the way I read your statement of muscle function I thought you were talking about muscle fibers not being parallel with each other within an individual muscle. If I am not mistaken the only time the actin and myosin will not have their full functional strength is when they are overstretched. Even then the mechanical disadvantage would be a bigger factor than if all of the myosin heads can "grab" the actin. Think of the cams on a Nautilus® machine. They are put in place to mimic the way the joint lever's mechanical advantage increases or decreases throughout the range of motion. If it was not a cam the muscle would struggle through certain part(s) of the range of motion and breeze through the others. Selecting appropriate resistance would be difficult. Within that range of motion where the apparent strength of the muscle goes up and down the myosin heads are not hitting spots on the actin where they can't suddenly grab, especially if that weak spot is in the middle of the range of motion.
I know that 40 years of experience is a hard thing to part with, but there are ways that you can warm up the muscles without stretching prior to activity. I'm not going to suggest that someone tries to test their range of motion on cold muscles. A properly warmed muscle will not be any more prone to injury than a properly stretched muscle. Stretching should not be done on a cold muscle anyway. I would suggest warming up with progressively increasing the working range of motion through some skill that you are training. That way you will be learning a foundation motor skill while preparing for the advanced skill training. A functional warm up will be more beneficial than pre-training stretching beyond just injury prevention.
There isn't really good evidence that stretching prior to activity reduces injury. When I was taking exercise science classes there was talk that they might increase in certain circumstances. The scientific consensus at the time was that there was not enough evidence to say that it was that beneficial, but the common belief was that it is. After a brief search it looks like it hasn't changed much. I will add my voice to the chorus of "light activity before and the stretching afterward", but I would maybe even say stretching optional. Some of the other stuff you talk about with muscle fibers, I don't have any idea what you're talking about. A better analogy for muscle fibers is a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder. The way muscle fibers work is similar. They telescope and shorten/lengthen. They don't overlap. The muscles aren't stronger/weaker because of more/less overlap, it is the mechanical advantage or disadvantage of the particular joint angle and where the muscles attach around that joint. Some angles are "stronger" than others.
When I saw the title of the post and where it was on the page, I was expecting to see the words "First Post"
I think the idea is that you can isolate what is locking up and then do something about it. If your system locks more than others with the same program and OS, you probably have some "lurking variable" that is the root cause. Not using the otherwise OK program because of an unknown root cause never really solves the problem.
Great Scott!
Just hire 750000 kids to sell CDs on street corners. If they average about zero sales they will be somewhere around the revenue lost due to piracy.
The federal government getting involved is the easy answer, but not the easy solution. It isn't too outrageous to think of states getting their acts together and upgrade their infrastructure. Governors get together and seem to play together and be more productive than the federal government. Get the states together and solve the problem without waiting for Washington. With a good grassroots movement propelling this it could happen.
The Garmin-Chipotle team is a breath of fresh air in cycling. It's nice to see somebody doing something proactive about doping. It was even better that they had someone finish the Tour in 5th place over all. I wonder what Floyd's fate would be if he had a significant amount of baseline data to fall back on when that test came back "dirty".
I'm still trying to figure out how a muscle building agent can help an endurance athlete win an event like the Tour de France.
Wait a minute. They play movies on network TV? The only time they do that anymore is during sweeps. Why pay good ad revenue on airing a movie when they can get more to run 4 infomercials?