Much of the prepared food we eat is engineered for maximum firing of the satisfaction areas of the brain. From our hunter gatherer days, when food was not on a shelf, the body came to relate high energy foods as something that tasted good. You weren't sure when the next meal was coming along, so the one you were eating now better be loaded with energy to cover you for awhile. High energy foods are high in fat and sugar. That's why a plate of green beans doesn't taste as good until you slap some butter on it. That's why ice cream tastes so damn good (fat+sugar)..... the food companies have carefully engineered the ice cream to have just the right amount of fat and sugar through focus group after focus group to hit the pleasure center with a nice kick.
I can see why this can be addictive. The brain gets a chemical satisfaction response, just like with a drug, so why not keep it buzzing happily?
In the end, it comes down to knowing your body and how it deals with caloric intake vs what is burned. Some people have inefficient digestive systems and can eat without weight gain. Some have efficient systems that extract more energy from the food, so they need to reduce the amount of that food to avoid weight gain. If the food amount is difficult to reduce, then eat food with less calorie density (more veggies). I try to eat a balanced diet (with an occasional treat) and exercise regularly. I've been disciplined (or lucky) to be the same weight for the last 25 yrs.
DVRs are great for American football and baseball. Considering there is approximately 15 minutes of actual gametime/action in a 3-4 hour baseball or football game, that's a lot of time that you can get back. A football fan spends more time watching replays than the actual game. With a DVR, you can choose to watch the replays or skip 'em.
'Real' football (ducks for cover), or Soccer, is more continuous, so it is more difficult to skip. It has around 60 minutes of gametime/action in a 2 hour broadcast, but I still DVR the matches. I'll start them a little late and then skip over halftime and the talk. I'll catch up to the 'live' game by the time the game is up. Sometimes I don't have time to watch the entire game, so I'll just skip around to watch the goals. If I do have time, I cannot properly watch 2 games at once, so one game gets DVR'd.
Sport preferences aside... I think we can all agree that the main attractive thing about watching any sport 'live' is if you're watching with a group. There's the whole socialization aspect of it that doesn't work with DVRs (outside of a quick replay). Any dead time can be spent talking about what you just saw and sharing the agony or euphoria. If you're watching alone: skip skip skip to the good bits, no one will complain!
For those in disbelief about the gametimes, google is your friend. Not intending to slam football/baseball.
My G3 had that random rebooting feature until I replaced the battery. For some reason some of the OEM ones didn't play well. I bought a non OEM one from Anker, as I recall. Since then the phone has been very reliable (speed was never an issue)
If I was a betting man, I'd put my money on the continued devolution of English, but it stays dominant due to mass media (music, video, etc). Yes it apparently continues to add new words every few minutes, but the spoken word had devolved to the point that I can hardly stand to listen to some people.
"Ummm, like, you know, we need to do something about that problem, right?"
"Yea, I was, like, gonna say something dude, but you were all..."
"Right. Like, I mean when I heard about it, it made me angry, you know?"
"An then she was, like, you know"
True stories: I was in a meeting with a guy that used "I mean" and "you know" over 100 times in 15 minutes. One stops listening to the message after being bombarded by those fillers. I have another co-worker that uses the word "essentially" as if he has to hit a quota. I'm not a perfect speaker or snobby by any means (I have my share of umms), but damn.... try to keep it simple and say what you have to say without the filler. Make your 2015 resolution to remove "like (unless comparing two things), you know, right, I mean, you know and stupid ass sayings such as "it is what it is" from your lexicon, unless the phrase is essential (damn... I used it) to the conversation. You'll be a better communicator and people may actually listen to you.
(rant off)
On the lighter side: I have a couple of like minded fellows I work with (with respect to frustrations of verbal English annoyances), and we have a game of reverse bingo going on. Bingo is if you hear a word on your corporate-speak bingo board, you mark it off. Reverse bingo is using an unusual or seldom used word (from a list of mutually agreed upon words) properly in a meeting with witnesses (at least one of the "like minded fellows"). The trick is to have it be a natural part of the conversation as if the word was the right word for the moment. Often the word is a bit obscure/seldom used and sometimes is hard to pronounce (and you catch hell if you screw it up). The funny thing is that though we've busted out words such as tenacious, juxtapose, superfluous, equivocate, analogous (an alternative to using 'like'),surreptitiously and deleterious... only ONE person has said anything or looked at us funny.
As the experiment goes on, we think folks either aren't listening or don't want to say anything to show that they don't understand us. I can say that my listening skills have improved and as such, I still shake my head at what people say versus what they wanted to communicate. One fellow told me he wanted to secularize the data (he meant segregate). Another said they were going to socialize a procedure (socialize isn't used that way). Anyhow, I'll do my part to improve the language in my small land of cubicles.
Have a happy new year, sorry for the long post and happy communicating.
I was going to reply that is was the Doctor, but someone could type faster than me. Unfortunately they didn't note that the person is the 15th Doctor's companion. "When" I'm typing this from, we're on the 15th one.
"Googletime" beta tester
1. Peter Parker - makes ends meet by selling pix. He's a friggin genius, so he sells pictures!?!? WTF
2. apparently every other criminal other than Lex. Because they have no $$, they're constantly robbing banks etc.
3. The simpsons. Same old POS car for what, 12+ years now?
4. Fry from Futurama - nuff said there.
5. Wolverine - Sponging off old Professor X. Wolvie is older than the old prof, but evidently never invested his earnings from the old days. I guess even if he did, he can't remember where he put the investments. He should have a decent Canadian pension though.
6. Robin - suck up some of ol' Bruce's wealth wouldja?
7. Any of Jed Clampet's neighbors. Moonshine doesn't make that much $$
8. Harry Potter - maybe his parent's left him a trust fund for when he turns 18? Until then....
9. Drizzt Do'Urden - yea another guy who could be rich as hell, but decides to go the goody two shoes route. His Dwarf King buddy finances his exploits. (Salvatore novels)
10. Jimmy the Hand (as a kid) - (Feist novels) - yea, he was poor as hell, but he took advantage of a a good thing (Arutha) and eventually turned his fortune around. He was poor as hell for awhile though.
actually you can now get a replay 40 hour unit for free after rebate(assuming you get a subscription). You then have to pick a subscription $13/mo or $300/lifetime.
I've seen Tivo's for free also using the same type arrangement
just wait, on one hand the lawsuits will start flying and hopefully this ID "theory" will get relegated to the crapper. (me with my optimism hat on)
On the other hand it will go all the way to the supreme court, which with its new right wingers, will decline to hear challenges and so it will stay in practice
but on the other, other hand (I've a third one), the catholics on the supreme court will follow recent vatican dogma stating that ID is not science (where's that link).. ah, here it is:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9913712/ and it'll be again relegated to the crapper, only to re-emerge as....????
.. and when it suffers a power loss it will flash 12:00:00.0000
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In my line of work, if someone sent an e-mail, obviously it wasn't worth coming by the office to personaly tell me about, or even phone about. I'll then check e-mail as I get around to it, meaning maybe at the top of the hour if I'm not busy.
Same thing for checking phone messages, although they are slightly higher priority than e-mails.
Now, I'll answer the phone if I'm there, unless there is someone in my office. In that case, I never answer the phone unless I am expecting an important call back (in that case the visitor will be told ahead of time of a potential interruption). Nothing is more insulting to a visitor to your office than if a conversation is interrupted because the phone rings. It is as if someone just walks in to the office and cuts off the visitor and hijacks the person he's talking to.
I rarely use IM also. It can be a huge distraction. Fortunately for me I keep the circle of IM'ers on my list small and they tend to be non-business, so sometimes they are a welcome distraction.
Erosion? This thing has been beaten up badly by tons of impacts from Saturn's gravity pulling (or intelligently falling for you IDers) all sorts of cosmic debris down onto it.
for the companies involved (yahoo / google etc), it is all about the $$$. If they do business to please the chinese govt, they can stay in business in china and rake in the cash. If they don't cooperate, then someone else will, and thus will reap the "benefits"
I think you mean "bully". A bully picks on those he can pick on --- with little consequence to himself.
He picked on Iraq, because he could. North Korea has a gazillion men on the border of one of our huge trading partners, so we don't dare disrupt S.Koreas economy. So, N. Korea is out. Iran is huge and they are more organized militarily than Iraq was, so they're out. China - large military + nukes plus they're financing our deficit- they're out also.
common cold - that's how 15th-16th century Europeans wiped out much of the native americans.
Also there was the black plague which decimated Europe.
If disease (or viruses/ bacterial infections etc.) can do so much damage within a species, it shouldn't be too much of a leap to consider the effects of "disease" spread to a related species
Does anyone remember DCC? Philips' digital cassette never went anywhere at all. At least it died quickly. The analog cassette looks to be going slowly.
you tend to get alot of dropouts with the low grade tape. Either use dvhs tape, or use high grade SVHS tape. Over at AVSForum, there are some long tape threads with selections for good SVHS choices to drill out.
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I can see why this can be addictive. The brain gets a chemical satisfaction response, just like with a drug, so why not keep it buzzing happily?
In the end, it comes down to knowing your body and how it deals with caloric intake vs what is burned. Some people have inefficient digestive systems and can eat without weight gain. Some have efficient systems that extract more energy from the food, so they need to reduce the amount of that food to avoid weight gain. If the food amount is difficult to reduce, then eat food with less calorie density (more veggies). I try to eat a balanced diet (with an occasional treat) and exercise regularly. I've been disciplined (or lucky) to be the same weight for the last 25 yrs.
DVRs are great for American football and baseball. Considering there is approximately 15 minutes of actual gametime/action in a 3-4 hour baseball or football game, that's a lot of time that you can get back. A football fan spends more time watching replays than the actual game. With a DVR, you can choose to watch the replays or skip 'em.
... I think we can all agree that the main attractive thing about watching any sport 'live' is if you're watching with a group. There's the whole socialization aspect of it that doesn't work with DVRs (outside of a quick replay). Any dead time can be spent talking about what you just saw and sharing the agony or euphoria. If you're watching alone: skip skip skip to the good bits, no one will complain!
'Real' football (ducks for cover), or Soccer, is more continuous, so it is more difficult to skip. It has around 60 minutes of gametime/action in a 2 hour broadcast, but I still DVR the matches. I'll start them a little late and then skip over halftime and the talk. I'll catch up to the 'live' game by the time the game is up. Sometimes I don't have time to watch the entire game, so I'll just skip around to watch the goals. If I do have time, I cannot properly watch 2 games at once, so one game gets DVR'd.
Sport preferences aside
For those in disbelief about the gametimes, google is your friend. Not intending to slam football/baseball.
My G3 had that random rebooting feature until I replaced the battery. For some reason some of the OEM ones didn't play well. I bought a non OEM one from Anker, as I recall. Since then the phone has been very reliable (speed was never an issue)
I'm mainly a lurker, but ....
... only ONE person has said anything or looked at us funny.
(rant on)
If I was a betting man, I'd put my money on the continued devolution of English, but it stays dominant due to mass media (music, video, etc). Yes it apparently continues to add new words every few minutes, but the spoken word had devolved to the point that I can hardly stand to listen to some people.
"Ummm, like, you know, we need to do something about that problem, right?"
"Yea, I was, like, gonna say something dude, but you were all..."
"Right. Like, I mean when I heard about it, it made me angry, you know?"
"An then she was, like, you know"
True stories: I was in a meeting with a guy that used "I mean" and "you know" over 100 times in 15 minutes. One stops listening to the message after being bombarded by those fillers. I have another co-worker that uses the word "essentially" as if he has to hit a quota. I'm not a perfect speaker or snobby by any means (I have my share of umms), but damn.... try to keep it simple and say what you have to say without the filler. Make your 2015 resolution to remove "like (unless comparing two things), you know, right, I mean, you know and stupid ass sayings such as "it is what it is" from your lexicon, unless the phrase is essential (damn... I used it) to the conversation. You'll be a better communicator and people may actually listen to you.
(rant off)
On the lighter side: I have a couple of like minded fellows I work with (with respect to frustrations of verbal English annoyances), and we have a game of reverse bingo going on. Bingo is if you hear a word on your corporate-speak bingo board, you mark it off. Reverse bingo is using an unusual or seldom used word (from a list of mutually agreed upon words) properly in a meeting with witnesses (at least one of the "like minded fellows"). The trick is to have it be a natural part of the conversation as if the word was the right word for the moment. Often the word is a bit obscure/seldom used and sometimes is hard to pronounce (and you catch hell if you screw it up). The funny thing is that though we've busted out words such as tenacious, juxtapose, superfluous, equivocate, analogous (an alternative to using 'like'),surreptitiously and deleterious
As the experiment goes on, we think folks either aren't listening or don't want to say anything to show that they don't understand us. I can say that my listening skills have improved and as such, I still shake my head at what people say versus what they wanted to communicate. One fellow told me he wanted to secularize the data (he meant segregate). Another said they were going to socialize a procedure (socialize isn't used that way). Anyhow, I'll do my part to improve the language in my small land of cubicles.
Have a happy new year, sorry for the long post and happy communicating.
I was going to reply that is was the Doctor, but someone could type faster than me. Unfortunately they didn't note that the person is the 15th Doctor's companion. "When" I'm typing this from, we're on the 15th one. "Googletime" beta tester
though this time I think Colbert took that word from a Kraft commercial.
these days you're likely to get your ass tackled if you're seen fooling with your shoes and plugging stuff into them.
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/16/dna_mutation_ account.html
as an aside, if this is true, I wonder what white supremacists say?? (chuckle)
1. Peter Parker - makes ends meet by selling pix. He's a friggin genius, so he sells pictures!?!? WTF
....
2. apparently every other criminal other than Lex. Because they have no $$, they're constantly robbing banks etc.
3. The simpsons. Same old POS car for what, 12+ years now?
4. Fry from Futurama - nuff said there.
5. Wolverine - Sponging off old Professor X. Wolvie is older than the old prof, but evidently never invested his earnings from the old days. I guess even if he did, he can't remember where he put the investments. He should have a decent Canadian pension though.
6. Robin - suck up some of ol' Bruce's wealth wouldja?
7. Any of Jed Clampet's neighbors. Moonshine doesn't make that much $$
8. Harry Potter - maybe his parent's left him a trust fund for when he turns 18? Until then
9. Drizzt Do'Urden - yea another guy who could be rich as hell, but decides to go the goody two shoes route. His Dwarf King buddy finances his exploits. (Salvatore novels)
10. Jimmy the Hand (as a kid) - (Feist novels) - yea, he was poor as hell, but he took advantage of a a good thing (Arutha) and eventually turned his fortune around. He was poor as hell for awhile though.
actually you can now get a replay 40 hour unit for free after rebate(assuming you get a subscription). You then have to pick a subscription $13/mo or $300/lifetime.
I've seen Tivo's for free also using the same type arrangement
I was referring to the "new" theory. I know creationism was relegated already.
It seems we have to start from scratch again as the new coat it is wearing makes people think it is not creationism (nice disguise).
On the other hand it will go all the way to the supreme court, which with its new right wingers, will decline to hear challenges and so it will stay in practice
but on the other, other hand (I've a third one), the catholics on the supreme court will follow recent vatican dogma stating that ID is not science (where's that link).. ah, here it is: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9913712/ and it'll be again relegated to the crapper, only to re-emerge as ....????
.... they'd have to pay ME $8.
this brings new meaning to rattling one's teeth out.
I bet that "person" was since promoted for having the "balls" to be "unaware" of the business obligations/restrictions that MS was operating under.
To test the antitrust waters by throwing your boys on the table deserves a reward.
.. and when it suffers a power loss it will flash
12:00:00.0000
In my line of work, if someone sent an e-mail, obviously it wasn't worth coming by the office to personaly tell me about, or even phone about. I'll then check e-mail as I get around to it, meaning maybe at the top of the hour if I'm not busy.
Same thing for checking phone messages, although they are slightly higher priority than e-mails.
Now, I'll answer the phone if I'm there, unless there is someone in my office. In that case, I never answer the phone unless I am expecting an important call back (in that case the visitor will be told ahead of time of a potential interruption). Nothing is more insulting to a visitor to your office than if a conversation is interrupted because the phone rings. It is as if someone just walks in to the office and cuts off the visitor and hijacks the person he's talking to.
I rarely use IM also. It can be a huge distraction. Fortunately for me I keep the circle of IM'ers on my list small and they tend to be non-business, so sometimes they are a welcome distraction.
my 2 cents
that's why the lights dim in Wellington when the cluster is rendering
Erosion? This thing has been beaten up badly by tons of impacts from Saturn's gravity pulling (or intelligently falling for you IDers) all sorts of cosmic debris down onto it.
It looks worse than Noriega's face
for the companies involved (yahoo / google etc), it is all about the $$$. If they do business to please the chinese govt, they can stay in business in china and rake in the cash. If they don't cooperate, then someone else will, and thus will reap the "benefits"
I think you mean "bully". A bully picks on those he can pick on --- with little consequence to himself. He picked on Iraq, because he could. North Korea has a gazillion men on the border of one of our huge trading partners, so we don't dare disrupt S.Koreas economy. So, N. Korea is out. Iran is huge and they are more organized militarily than Iraq was, so they're out. China - large military + nukes plus they're financing our deficit- they're out also.
common cold - that's how 15th-16th century Europeans wiped out much of the native americans. Also there was the black plague which decimated Europe. If disease (or viruses/ bacterial infections etc.) can do so much damage within a species, it shouldn't be too much of a leap to consider the effects of "disease" spread to a related species
... then just whip out a ID vs. evolution story. I think this subject has sucked the life out of the other ones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Compact_Casse tte
you tend to get alot of dropouts with the low grade tape. Either use dvhs tape, or use high grade SVHS tape. Over at AVSForum, there are some long tape threads with selections for good SVHS choices to drill out.