This reminds me of some Ann mccaffrey novels where the main characters communicate via 'sub-vocalisation'. It was a skill that needed to be learned and ended up being a slight movement of the jaws and some light humming when people were talking.
If I remember correctly, also through some of Vernor Vinges' novels (namely A Deepness in the Sky)
I work for Royal Mail in the Uk as a delivery office manager. Having just turned 25 I can say that it is very stressful, but on the days off I get, I look back over what I have/am achieving and feel proud. (that and the paycheck I get every week).
My advice to you - take a week or two off. Read some books. Kick back and have beer for breakfast, go do some stuff that you want to do (complete a game, go trekking, start learning Tai Chi).
You'll find that doing what you love whilst getting paid for it is worth the stress. Just learn how to manage it.
Man I don't really care about the vid phones - the companies are doing this just because they don't know what else to do with the bandwidth. How many people here with vid phones seriously couldnt live without the 'vid' element in them?? I would have thought 99.999% of you. What I want and has been promised for quite a few years is my smart ink with flexible LED's or OLEDS. Add some wireless capability and you could have the resolution and feel of dead tree copy, with the up to dateness and video of the web. That really would be cool.
I suppose you would get people with their copys' covers blacked out and only working through 256-bit encryption or something. Theres allways some people who go that little bit to far lol
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This reminds me of some Ann mccaffrey novels where the main characters communicate via 'sub-vocalisation'. It was a skill that needed to be learned and ended up being a slight movement of the jaws and some light humming when people were talking. If I remember correctly, also through some of Vernor Vinges' novels (namely A Deepness in the Sky)
I work for Royal Mail in the Uk as a delivery office manager. Having just turned 25 I can say that it is very stressful, but on the days off I get, I look back over what I have/am achieving and feel proud. (that and the paycheck I get every week). My advice to you - take a week or two off. Read some books. Kick back and have beer for breakfast, go do some stuff that you want to do (complete a game, go trekking, start learning Tai Chi). You'll find that doing what you love whilst getting paid for it is worth the stress. Just learn how to manage it.
Man I don't really care about the vid phones - the companies are doing this just because they don't know what else to do with the bandwidth. How many people here with vid phones seriously couldnt live without the 'vid' element in them?? I would have thought 99.999% of you. What I want and has been promised for quite a few years is my smart ink with flexible LED's or OLEDS. Add some wireless capability and you could have the resolution and feel of dead tree copy, with the up to dateness and video of the web. That really would be cool. I suppose you would get people with their copys' covers blacked out and only working through 256-bit encryption or something. Theres allways some people who go that little bit to far lol