Right, I think it depends on how you use a computer mostly. I do heavy duty mousing because I do CAD work. That has caused me some serious pain.
I think the Dane study might have just dealt with secretaries where their biggest risk would be TMJ from talking too much. It just says computer users not what fields those users are in.
Statistics without the details are practicly useless. Maybe someone has a link to the full study?
--Think about it. Six PLUS. AVERAGE. And less time sitting at your desk means LESS chance of being a fat-ass.--
Very true indeed, unfortunately, getting away from the desk is getting harder and harder to actually do for most people.
I'm just saying every work related injury is not the employee's fault. I think getting away from the desk more is the best answer. Unfortunately some employers want you to code, cad, type, etc. as much as possible and don't give a damn if you burn out or get injured as long as they make the most money possible.
Prehaps you are the lazy one. 6 hours a day is nothing. I have been using computers for 24 years. I didn't have any problems until a year ago. Although I agree that the mouse is worse than the keyboard, anything done too repetitve can injure you. BTW I mow an 1 1/2 acre lawn, and plenty of manual labor.
I believe 1/10th of a microgram of Plutonium inhaled can cause bone cancer. I don't know if I have this right, but I think Plutonium inhaled to be highly toxic. Fortunately Uranium can power a nucular reactor.
I guess there is a difference between "contract rights" and "ip rights". Still can SCO do what they say? Maybe someone that knows more about the law in this case can chime in. It seems like SCO can still do this.
From the article:
-- SCO said that it did own the contract rights to the Unix operating system and that as such, it had "the right to prevent improper donations of Unix code, methods or concepts into Linux by any Unix vendor." --
I liked the first book. It showed you how to make a moonshine sthil and do it right.
Of less importance, some of the medical remedies were far out. For instance using a tea made from sheep manure to cure the measels and using a spider web to stop bleeding from a cut were some of the things mentioned.
I'm not making this up. The first book is the best one. Very cool.
--The net result of these trends could be the rapid impoverishment of the US, and the beneficiaries could be the rest of the world. The incentives for crackers to emerge in the US could be huge, in say, another 3 to 5 years - IF the hypothesis were true.--
MOD parent up. This is exactly what could happen. The rest of the world on one internet and the US on a propietary internet if a few have their way.
--There is no way you can say that MS and Disney giving money to a politician in not in the best interests of the companies, it's employees, or the surronding economical region.--
You only have one out of three right. It's only in the best interest of the companies. The companies that gave the money didn't ask if it was OK with it's employess or surronding region, so how is that in their best interest. Maybe if they didn't have such a strangle hold in these areas, there might be some smaller companies pop up that would employee more people. This is saying that is is OK for a few special interest people to buy the politicians because they know what's best for everyone else. This is close to the Soviet system of government. It sounds like the more of this we allow to happen, the higher the unemployment rate will be and the closer we'll all be to bankruptcy.
And then jealously slips in. There is a reason for seemingly stupid rules sometimes. I have a feeling when this guy is the boss, things will not quite work out the way he thinks.
This is known as the "Analog Gap". This effectively means that all of my old analog equipment is illegal. They will have to pry my JVC cassette deck from my cold dead hands!
has the GPL been court tested? Just because the GPL states something doesn't mean it will stand up in court. A judge is liable to do anything. That's the scary thing.
Now for the good news. Once the GPL has been court tested and a precednet has been set, then it may stop some of these things.
I think "price" may have had something to do with this as well. $10,000 vs. $3,000. IBM machines with OS/2, MicroChannel, etc. were expensive vs. a PC's Limited, Compaq as well.
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--Europe has the right idea. If we all worked less, we'd get more done with a higher level of quality. And maybe not everyone would be as uptight.--
People like Henry Ford figured this out years ago.
Right, I think it depends on how you use a computer mostly. I do heavy duty mousing because I do CAD work. That has caused me some serious pain.
I think the Dane study might have just dealt with secretaries where their biggest risk would be TMJ from talking too much. It just says computer users not what fields those users are in.
Statistics without the details are practicly useless. Maybe someone has a link to the full study?
--Think about it. Six PLUS. AVERAGE. And less time sitting at your desk means LESS chance of being a fat-ass.--
Very true indeed, unfortunately, getting away from the desk is getting harder and harder to actually do for most people.
I'm just saying every work related injury is not the employee's fault. I think getting away from the desk more is the best answer. Unfortunately some employers want you to code, cad, type, etc. as much as possible and don't give a damn if you burn out or get injured as long as they make the most money possible.
Prehaps you are the lazy one. 6 hours a day is nothing. I have been using computers for 24 years. I didn't have any problems until a year ago. Although I agree that the mouse is worse than the keyboard, anything done too repetitve can injure you. BTW I mow an 1 1/2 acre lawn, and plenty of manual labor.
Only 6 hours a day, you are the lard-ass.
--The fact is, hydro-electric dams are outdated both technologically and economically.--
Another fact is that dams are normally built for flood control. Any electricity produced is a side benifit.
I'm in favor of both the first and second admendment. The erosion of either is a threat to democracy. You can't have one without the other.
One word.
"Teflon"
Done.
I believe 1/10th of a microgram of Plutonium inhaled can cause bone cancer. I don't know if I have this right, but I think Plutonium inhaled to be highly toxic. Fortunately Uranium can power a nucular reactor.
-I cant spall-
OK thanks.
I guess there is a difference between "contract rights" and "ip rights". Still can SCO do what they say? Maybe someone that knows more about the law in this case can chime in. It seems like SCO can still do this.
From the article:
-- SCO said that it did own the contract rights to the Unix operating system and that as such, it had "the right to prevent improper donations of Unix code, methods or concepts into Linux by any Unix vendor." --
Just what does "contract rights" mean?
Yea, and the Forbes URL does not work any more. Maybe they pulled the article. Odd! In the article, they denied Novell's claim.
It's like someone said will the real Unix IP owner please stand up.
SCO is now claiming that Novell is wrong. Check ou this article from Forbes.
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http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2003/
I liked the first book. It showed you how to make a moonshine sthil and do it right.
Of less importance, some of the medical remedies were far out. For instance using a tea made from sheep manure to cure the measels and using a spider web to stop bleeding from a cut were some of the things mentioned.
I'm not making this up. The first book is the best one. Very cool.
>>I also brew beer, distill whisky, hunt, grow food, etc.
I hope this is a joke. Distilling whisky is illegal in all 50 states. Federal law prohibits this, I think they are called "revenuers". Damn feds.
--There was a guy at a nursing home I worked at that would throw poop at the staff.--
This is not funny. You may end up in a nursing home someday. Opps I might! MOD +1 scarry.
--Yes. Patent's are agnostic about whether they were developed independently or not. The only thing that matters is who filed first.--
Not exactly, "invented first", would be more accurate. Remember prior art counts too.
--The net result of these trends could be the rapid impoverishment of the US, and the beneficiaries could be the rest of the world. The incentives for crackers to emerge in the US could be huge, in say, another 3 to 5 years - IF the hypothesis were true.--
MOD parent up. This is exactly what could happen. The rest of the world on one internet and the US on a propietary internet if a few have their way.
--There is no way you can say that MS and Disney giving money to a politician in not in the best interests of the companies, it's employees, or the surronding economical region.--
You only have one out of three right. It's only in the best interest of the companies. The companies that gave the money didn't ask if it was OK with it's employess or surronding region, so how is that in their best interest. Maybe if they didn't have such a strangle hold in these areas, there might be some smaller companies pop up that would employee more people. This is saying that is is OK for a few special interest people to buy the politicians because they know what's best for everyone else. This is close to the Soviet system of government. It sounds like the more of this we allow to happen, the higher the unemployment rate will be and the closer we'll all be to bankruptcy.
True.
And then jealously slips in. There is a reason for seemingly stupid rules sometimes. I have a feeling when this guy is the boss, things will not quite work out the way he thinks.
-no time to spel i'm working.
This is known as the "Analog Gap". This effectively means that all of my old analog equipment is illegal. They will have to pry my JVC cassette deck from my cold dead hands!
I'm gonna write a script to continually scroll /. across the screen. The big cheese will think I'm working then. Yep, I've finally made the big time.
Yes, and the failure rate with the voting machine is less than that of puch cards, or optically scanned ballots.
Exactly right. The vendor sneds them this info. Many times I've been able to beat PriceWatch by checking Buy, Outpost, etc.
but,
has the GPL been court tested? Just because the GPL states something doesn't mean it will stand up in court. A judge is liable to do anything. That's the scary thing.
Now for the good news. Once the GPL has been court tested and a precednet has been set, then it may stop some of these things.
I think "price" may have had something to do with this as well. $10,000 vs. $3,000. IBM machines with OS/2, MicroChannel, etc. were expensive vs. a PC's Limited, Compaq as well.
I think we are talking about the GUI and not the kernel here. Apple has always been ahead of M$ in that area.