Apparently the wooden shoe companies are small but healthy. They sell them to tourists nowadays. Oh, and they have already long fled the Netherlands with its over-the-top tax climate.:)
What makes you think that GP bought the annoying toys himself? And I used to be able to make a lot of sound with my giant-sized legos when I was that old.:-)
Two examples spring to mind: Douglas Adams in Spaceship Titanic (IIRC), and Clive Barker's Undying. I have played neither so I do not know whether they were any good.
[OT] @ereshire: what you describe, sounds more like normal everyday travel sickness. Here's a few things I found dealing with it (disclaimer: I go to work every day by bus and train, and occasionally have some travel sickness. However, I am NOT a medical expert.):
Try facing forward when travelling. Many European buses have some seats facing backwards. Avoid them like the plague.
Closing your eyes is not a good idea either. Neither is reading a book. You can only feel the bus moving, which makes it even worse.
For bus commuters: if at all possible, try to sit at the front, preferably behind the driver. The trip will be less bumpy.
When in the back of a car, try to get plenty of fresh air.
What I found to be a golden tip: listen to music while on a trip. Don't ask me why, but I found that listening to music reduces the feeling of sickness. Probably has to do something with travel sickness being an inner ear imbalance.
Additionally, you should avoid eating and drinking spicy food and drinks, and food and drinks that are heasy on the stomach.
Pills. They have been mentioned several times before in this thread.
You are partly right. I visit different Ubuntu fora and many questions are like 'What program do I need to do X?' or 'How can I open the Y file format?'. For those questions, UbuntuGuide is great. DebianDoc however is more thorough. And yes, Ubuntu is more n00b friendly. So?
I second the grandparent here. Both my laptop and my PC have onboard AC97. I put back my good ol' SB128 in my PC and I really, _really_ hate having to use headphones on my laptops (my colleagues don't apprectiate my music). Perhaps, ecent sound chipsets are better -I sincerely hope so- but AC97 utterly sucks balls.:-(
Our company wrote its own development tools. We have a generator for large SQLXML queries, one for diverse types of databases (MSSQL, Oracle) and are currently testing a javascript code generator. The advantage of all these fine tools is that it enables us to make big things in little time.:-)
If you work in IT, you do not necessarily have a significant interest in computers. Many developers do, I agree, but I know enogh people in IT who don't care a rat's hindquarter about their soft or hardware.
Even better: if they have showers at your office building: bring your running shoes and go out at lunch. A 30 minute run is more than enough. The first few times are exhausting, but you'll gradually have more energy, both physical and mental.
ASP is dead. Please upgrade to the current century.
Disagreed. ASP is still widely used. I don't like it. It lacks some nice nifty stuff that is almost standard for languages such as PHP or Perl. But as long as it comes with PWS/IIS, it will be used by developers.
Incidentally, last week an intersting news item hit the Dutch news. Apprarently, some doctors have started using VR games to alleviate the pain for burn victims. If their bandages are swapped, it hurts like hell. However, if the burn victim wears a VR helmet, stimuli from the outside world, including pain, are dulled.
You are not the only one. The Belgian singer An Pierle always plays the piano while sitting on a Swiss ball.
To go back on topic, here is a cheap alternative to expensive 'ergonomic' chairs: get an old chair and remove the back rest and the arm rests. Now your body will have to actually work to keep itself upright. I had a colleague who used to sit like that and he said that it helped alleviate his back problems.
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Normal users find myspace like pages OK, the more sparks and blinks and effects the better.
Myspace is the new Geocities then. :)
So I think what you're saying is that on occasion, we should eat programmers...?
Only if you like junk food.
Disclaimer: I am a programmer.
At the shitehole where I work I bought myself a jar of Nescafe instant, because the free coffee is even worse!
Apparently the wooden shoe companies are small but healthy. They sell them to tourists nowadays. Oh, and they have already long fled the Netherlands with its over-the-top tax climate.:)
Maybe that's what they mean by 'Macbook Air'? :)
IIRC, S stands for 'sub hunting' (like the Lockheed S3 Viking).
BTW: from orbit you can observe a lot, you know. ;-)
... if people prefer TV instead of sex, they should get kicked out of the gene pool anyway.
What makes you think that GP bought the annoying toys himself? And I used to be able to make a lot of sound with my giant-sized legos when I was that old. :-)
Does pizza actually get left over? Whoa! That is quite a new concept for me. :shock:
Heh. I filled in Stemwijzer, Kieskompas AND stomwijser. They all pointed me to the same party.
:)
For people who understand dutch, try the stomwijzer. It is fun.
Two examples spring to mind: Douglas Adams in Spaceship Titanic (IIRC), and Clive Barker's Undying. I have played neither so I do not know whether they were any good.
- Try facing forward when travelling. Many European buses have some seats facing backwards. Avoid them like the plague.
- Closing your eyes is not a good idea either. Neither is reading a book. You can only feel the bus moving, which makes it even worse.
- For bus commuters: if at all possible, try to sit at the front, preferably behind the driver. The trip will be less bumpy.
- When in the back of a car, try to get plenty of fresh air.
- What I found to be a golden tip: listen to music while on a trip. Don't ask me why, but I found that listening to music reduces the feeling of sickness. Probably has to do something with travel sickness being an inner ear imbalance.
- Additionally, you should avoid eating and drinking spicy food and drinks, and food and drinks that are heasy on the stomach.
- Pills. They have been mentioned several times before in this thread.
Hope this helps.So it's a secret backdoor. :-)
Because carrying my PC on my morning runs is a bit inconvenient. And no, I do not carry a cell phone either, even if it did run bash. :-P
You are partly right. I visit different Ubuntu fora and many questions are like 'What program do I need to do X?' or 'How can I open the Y file format?'. For those questions, UbuntuGuide is great. DebianDoc however is more thorough. And yes, Ubuntu is more n00b friendly. So?
I second the grandparent here. Both my laptop and my PC have onboard AC97. I put back my good ol' SB128 in my PC and I really, _really_ hate having to use headphones on my laptops (my colleagues don't apprectiate my music). Perhaps, ecent sound chipsets are better -I sincerely hope so- but AC97 utterly sucks balls. :-(
Our company wrote its own development tools. We have a generator for large SQLXML queries, one for diverse types of databases (MSSQL, Oracle) and are currently testing a javascript code generator. :-)
The advantage of all these fine tools is that it enables us to make big things in little time.
OK. I'll bite.
The Coen brothers got a lot of Kudos for rewriting the Odyssey by Homerus.
If you work in IT, you do not necessarily have a significant interest in computers. Many developers do, I agree, but I know enogh people in IT who don't care a rat's hindquarter about their soft or hardware.
If I had mod points, you'd get one. Yours is by far one of the most insightful comments I read in a long time.
Even better: if they have showers at your office building: bring your running shoes and go out at lunch. A 30 minute run is more than enough. The first few times are exhausting, but you'll gradually have more energy, both physical and mental.
ASP is dead. Please upgrade to the current century.
Disagreed. ASP is still widely used. I don't like it. It lacks some nice nifty stuff that is almost standard for languages such as PHP or Perl. But as long as it comes with PWS/IIS, it will be used by developers.
Hey! I'm dutch myself and at times like this I can't stand the dutch. :-)
Incidentally, last week an intersting news item hit the Dutch news. Apprarently, some doctors have started using VR games to alleviate the pain for burn victims. If their bandages are swapped, it hurts like hell. However, if the burn victim wears a VR helmet, stimuli from the outside world, including pain, are dulled.
You are not the only one. The Belgian singer An Pierle always plays the piano while sitting on a Swiss ball.
To go back on topic, here is a cheap alternative to expensive 'ergonomic' chairs: get an old chair and remove the back rest and the arm rests. Now your body will have to actually work to keep itself upright. I had a colleague who used to sit like that and he said that it helped alleviate his back problems.
der Joachim