I drink coffee. I feel fantastic. I've ran three marathons in the past year and about 3,000 miles total. I sleep like a baby. I practice zazen and am the most laid-back person I know. I haven't had a headache in over a year and a half.
Generally if you (singular) drink coffee, you (singular) will feel awful. The same cannot be applied broadly to everyone. Neither can my experience. This is why broad studies are always needed.
I'm an adrenaline junkie, fortunately or unfortunately! That's the reason I dig rock climbing and roller coasters, too.
That said, I am trying to learn to be more Zen about running, especially as I'm transitioning to marathon-and-ultra distances. I even run with my mala for my long runs these days to keep myself mentally calm and collected. This came as a result of reading both Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind and Barefoot Running.
I still love the rush of pushing through shorter runs in the ways I described above, though!
1. Adrenaline rush of a start of a race. 2. Glancing at the GPS, realizing I'm close to some speed goal kicks up my "fight or flight" to push after it. 3. I have been chase by dogs more often than I would like! 4. Competing with/trying to pass a friend/other runner/person walking a dog that's barking at me.
Etc. There's plenty of things running that get the adrenaline up, too. It is a distinctly different feeling that the floating, rewarding, I-could-go-on-forever endorphin high. Perhaps I should have termed it the rush. Heck, even challenging terrain that I worry about losing footing on trails does it to me.
I quit smoking all together after having done it (though admittedly lightly--like 1-2 packs a week) for a few years. I did it in baby steps, even using one of those atomizer things for a while, but the final push was actually wanting to up my physical activity more than anything else. The boosted lung capacity is well worth the occasional craving I get now and again.
If this were true in all cases, people like me would be in trouble. I run 50+ miles per week and the runner's adrenaline high is a part of my daily life.
However, it has to be balanced with the benefit of aerobic exercise: http://www.natap.org/2011/HIV/081911_03.htm
That said, I'd imagine most heads of states don't put in those kind of miles, and the CNN article (mostly about Obama) is far from scientific. "Looking older" has shit to do with overall health in many cases.
However, the study seems to imply chronically elevated adrenaline levels--and athletes have anything but. Catch us before or after a workout, and many of us* are some of the most mellow people you could meet (because the stress relief offered by heavy exercise is a hell of a boon). Personally, I think that's the key that many people who "read" this article will miss: stress keeps adrenaline *chronically* elevated.
At 19, I was stupid and didn't think of anything aside from smoking as a solution. After a few years and not being able to run like I used to, I started looking for another option. The gum made my mouth feel rotten, and something about the delivery mechanism of the patch (the steady delivery, perhaps?) didn't give me the "kick" I was, frankly, addicted to.
Technology, though, is a hell of a thing. These days, I use a cigarette-sized atomizer. It delivers nicotine, water vapor, propelyne glycol, and optional flavoring on inhales. Nothing else--no burning, no other carcinogens. Charges by USB, one cartridge has 16mg nicotine and lasts 150 puffs, so it's trivial to determine dosage. I still call it "smoking" though it's not Sure, start up cost is high, but my health prefers as few carcinogens as possible. Also, it's less obnoxious to people around me. Anyone in the same boat should seriously look at them--handles the fixation as well as delivering nicotine.
Have to admit, now and then I do enjoy a good cigar, though.
Ulcerative colitis (warning, gross picture of internals). I've been a sufferer since I was in my early teens, and was in a state of active flare ups for nearly five years, even going to the hospital now and then. I've been on dozens of medications for it, from immunosuppressants to steroids to everything doctors could come up with.
When I was 19, a doctor mentioned smoking, off the record. He didn't want to actively advise me to smoke, but I was 19 and in danger of needing my colon surgically removed already. I, like a good geek, read everything about it I could find. I hated my first pack of cigs, but by the time I was through it--nearly a week--my symptoms were subsiding. Since then, one flare up in six years that lasted for two weeks. Trade-offs, eh?
I'm student teaching at a school in Ohio called Toledo Technology Academy right now. It's a public high school.
One of the kids made me a shuriken and a 3D tiger head (their logo) on one of these machines. Normally, they use it along with their CAD classes, though, not just to make something cool for the geeky English teacher who thinks the printer is cool as hell.
So, in some schools, the kids are already complaining when they run out of resin:).
Have you gave xsupplicant a try? It's a command-line based tool, at present, with a GUI forthcoming. I use it on my Nokia tablet to get LEAP and PEAP support for use at my university. Check it out: http://open1x.sourceforge.net/
If you need some help getting it set up, feel free to drop me an email.
But Everex has a Via-based desktop PC that draws 2 watts average, 20 watts peak, and absolutely out-specs this little guy--for $300. And you can pick it up at Wal-Mart.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7754613
1.5GHz Via C-7
80GB hard disk, SATA
1GB RAM
Dual-Layer DVD±RW
10/100 Ethernet
56K Modem
Windows Vista (included even if you consider it throwaway)
It only really loses on the side factor, of course.
I'm writing this from one right now. It's an 'internet tablet' first, not a phone. They have an on screen keyboard much like the iPhone. You can make Skype, GoogleTalk, or Gizmo pretty easily, at their normal rate structures.
You can also get the 770 for about $140 now. Be sure to enable swap and it's a great device.
Being that Eliot *actually* said, "Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different."
I have a 1.4MB Word document--a novel I'm in the midst of finishing, about 380 pages--that OpenOffice handles fine, and Word routinely freaks out and either a) renders wrong or b) fails to open, either crashing or just sitting there for a good long time.
Of course, if both sides (left and right) polarize to such extremes, becoming roughly equally "extreme," well, the middle tends to stay in pretty much the same place. The problem if that it also becomes increasingly harder to get there with all that increased distance.
..that people always ask this question. History remembers good movies (and exceptionally bad movies, ala Manos: Hands of Fate), and tends to forget the mediocre ones. Looking back, things always look more appealing.
Or, you know, not at all. I play games on consoles. I love(d) my PS(1 and 2) for its GTA games, some of the Final Fantasies and the like. I like to think I played Super Smash Brothers enough on GameCube to warrant saying I mastered the control interface. I love to DDR--sometimes even on heavy mode.
Of those mentioned, only for DDR did I not think "Man, this would just be easier on a keyboard and mouse. This is just...clunky." My emulation experiments won me out.
And of the people who bought Halo 2, I know plenty--granted, a small sampling--who biched and moaned because of that god awful controller. Just ask the Penny Arcade guys what they think of the XBox controllers.
Because I'm sick of liking a keyboard and mouse more than any controller available. Does anyone else here feel the same? I'd bet you do. Now think about how ridiculous that is. Sure, we use the keyboard and mouse more often, but they (mostly) weren't designed for gaming. Yet my Apple keyboard and Microsoft trackball are better than any controller I've tried.
Design issues, much? I hated Halo on the XBox. Really, really hated. On PC...god, what a difference.
I also remember the thrill that was Duckhunt back in the day--Nintendo gave me my personal first experience of an alternative gaming controller. I really hope that they can make it that...well, awesome for me again. And that I can shoot the damned dog this time.
Honestly, I've only read about it. Apparently there is incredible detailed grass textures on the ground, and trees that are each rendered differently and uniquely over a period of years. Also, there are sometimes swings.;)
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Wouldn't, by doing this, the ISPs also meet the same definition of "cyber threat," as they are making data "less available"? I certainly hope so. :-P
We might stop seeing ridiculous gains in computing power, and might have to start making gains in software efficiency.
For only $2100. What a steal!
Generally if you (singular) drink coffee, you (singular) will feel awful. The same cannot be applied broadly to everyone. Neither can my experience. This is why broad studies are always needed.
That said, I am trying to learn to be more Zen about running, especially as I'm transitioning to marathon-and-ultra distances. I even run with my mala for my long runs these days to keep myself mentally calm and collected. This came as a result of reading both Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind and Barefoot Running.
I still love the rush of pushing through shorter runs in the ways I described above, though!
1. Adrenaline rush of a start of a race. 2. Glancing at the GPS, realizing I'm close to some speed goal kicks up my "fight or flight" to push after it. 3. I have been chase by dogs more often than I would like! 4. Competing with/trying to pass a friend/other runner/person walking a dog that's barking at me. Etc. There's plenty of things running that get the adrenaline up, too. It is a distinctly different feeling that the floating, rewarding, I-could-go-on-forever endorphin high. Perhaps I should have termed it the rush. Heck, even challenging terrain that I worry about losing footing on trails does it to me.
Next step: find a woman who shares my interests and is willing to, erhm, work with me to live forever. :)
I quit smoking all together after having done it (though admittedly lightly--like 1-2 packs a week) for a few years. I did it in baby steps, even using one of those atomizer things for a while, but the final push was actually wanting to up my physical activity more than anything else. The boosted lung capacity is well worth the occasional craving I get now and again.
If this were true in all cases, people like me would be in trouble. I run 50+ miles per week and the runner's adrenaline high is a part of my daily life. However, it has to be balanced with the benefit of aerobic exercise: http://www.natap.org/2011/HIV/081911_03.htm That said, I'd imagine most heads of states don't put in those kind of miles, and the CNN article (mostly about Obama) is far from scientific. "Looking older" has shit to do with overall health in many cases. However, the study seems to imply chronically elevated adrenaline levels--and athletes have anything but. Catch us before or after a workout, and many of us* are some of the most mellow people you could meet (because the stress relief offered by heavy exercise is a hell of a boon). Personally, I think that's the key that many people who "read" this article will miss: stress keeps adrenaline *chronically* elevated.
See my reply to PeterM above. I ditched the tobacco source a while ago.
/. surprises me in a good way. People actually give a damn here.
I have to say, every now and then,
In reply to the question on smoking:
At 19, I was stupid and didn't think of anything aside from smoking as a solution. After a few years and not being able to run like I used to, I started looking for another option. The gum made my mouth feel rotten, and something about the delivery mechanism of the patch (the steady delivery, perhaps?) didn't give me the "kick" I was, frankly, addicted to.
Technology, though, is a hell of a thing. These days, I use a cigarette-sized atomizer. It delivers nicotine, water vapor, propelyne glycol, and optional flavoring on inhales. Nothing else--no burning, no other carcinogens. Charges by USB, one cartridge has 16mg nicotine and lasts 150 puffs, so it's trivial to determine dosage. I still call it "smoking" though it's not Sure, start up cost is high, but my health prefers as few carcinogens as possible. Also, it's less obnoxious to people around me. Anyone in the same boat should seriously look at them--handles the fixation as well as delivering nicotine.
Have to admit, now and then I do enjoy a good cigar, though.
Ulcerative colitis (warning, gross picture of internals). I've been a sufferer since I was in my early teens, and was in a state of active flare ups for nearly five years, even going to the hospital now and then. I've been on dozens of medications for it, from immunosuppressants to steroids to everything doctors could come up with.
When I was 19, a doctor mentioned smoking, off the record. He didn't want to actively advise me to smoke, but I was 19 and in danger of needing my colon surgically removed already. I, like a good geek, read everything about it I could find. I hated my first pack of cigs, but by the time I was through it--nearly a week--my symptoms were subsiding. Since then, one flare up in six years that lasted for two weeks. Trade-offs, eh?
I'm student teaching at a school in Ohio called Toledo Technology Academy right now. It's a public high school.
:).
One of the kids made me a shuriken and a 3D tiger head (their logo) on one of these machines. Normally, they use it along with their CAD classes, though, not just to make something cool for the geeky English teacher who thinks the printer is cool as hell.
So, in some schools, the kids are already complaining when they run out of resin
And not only people who have their own children should believe in education.
Have you gave xsupplicant a try? It's a command-line based tool, at present, with a GUI forthcoming. I use it on my Nokia tablet to get LEAP and PEAP support for use at my university. Check it out: http://open1x.sourceforge.net/
If you need some help getting it set up, feel free to drop me an email.
50% of the time. Roll before you resolve your attack. :)
But Everex has a Via-based desktop PC that draws 2 watts average, 20 watts peak, and absolutely out-specs this little guy--for $300. And you can pick it up at Wal-Mart. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7754613 1.5GHz Via C-7 80GB hard disk, SATA 1GB RAM Dual-Layer DVD±RW 10/100 Ethernet 56K Modem Windows Vista (included even if you consider it throwaway) It only really loses on the side factor, of course.
I'm writing this from one right now. It's an 'internet tablet' first, not a phone. They have an on screen keyboard much like the iPhone. You can make Skype, GoogleTalk, or Gizmo pretty easily, at their normal rate structures.
You can also get the 770 for about $140 now. Be sure to enable swap and it's a great device.
Being that Eliot *actually* said, "Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different."
I have a 1.4MB Word document--a novel I'm in the midst of finishing, about 380 pages--that OpenOffice handles fine, and Word routinely freaks out and either a) renders wrong or b) fails to open, either crashing or just sitting there for a good long time.
Of course, if both sides (left and right) polarize to such extremes, becoming roughly equally "extreme," well, the middle tends to stay in pretty much the same place. The problem if that it also becomes increasingly harder to get there with all that increased distance.
..that people always ask this question. History remembers good movies (and exceptionally bad movies, ala Manos: Hands of Fate), and tends to forget the mediocre ones. Looking back, things always look more appealing.
Or, you know, not at all. I play games on consoles. I love(d) my PS(1 and 2) for its GTA games, some of the Final Fantasies and the like. I like to think I played Super Smash Brothers enough on GameCube to warrant saying I mastered the control interface. I love to DDR--sometimes even on heavy mode. Of those mentioned, only for DDR did I not think "Man, this would just be easier on a keyboard and mouse. This is just...clunky." My emulation experiments won me out. And of the people who bought Halo 2, I know plenty--granted, a small sampling--who biched and moaned because of that god awful controller. Just ask the Penny Arcade guys what they think of the XBox controllers.
Design issues, much? I hated Halo on the XBox. Really, really hated. On PC...god, what a difference.
I also remember the thrill that was Duckhunt back in the day--Nintendo gave me my personal first experience of an alternative gaming controller. I really hope that they can make it that...well, awesome for me again. And that I can shoot the damned dog this time.
Honestly, I've only read about it. Apparently there is incredible detailed grass textures on the ground, and trees that are each rendered differently and uniquely over a period of years. Also, there are sometimes swings. ;)