I had life circumstances that stressed me beyond belief. I'm talking 24/7 constant worry and dread to extremes I've never felt in my life for over 2 months straight. Shortly after I noticed I started balding and I've always had a full head of hair. Yes, it could be just a coincidence but I've read there is such a thing as stress related baldness and if it's short-term hair will usually return. Also, this stressful episode of my life is over but I feel entirely burnt-out as a result.
I exercise and try and eat right, and I can still do my workouts and feel good while working out, but outside of that I feel I have energy for just about nothing. I've read about adrenal fatigue and it sounds like what I have but I've read this is not a recognized medical condition thus there is no treatment.
They say stress ages the body, well if true I feel like I aged a year in a span of a month. It was absolutely horrible. Anyway, I feel like a shell of my former self and I'm concerned I'm not going to bounce back.
How do you only get more of your last years? You will be healthier in your middle years. I'm 41, I'm certainly not a top athlete, but I can run 20-30 minutes easily, I'm stronger than I have ever been with weight-training, look great and have lots of energy. Compared to my 40 something counter-parts, I look almost 10 years younger. Yes, genetics plays a big part as well, but if I never did any of this, I wouldn't like to imagine how I'd look and feel.
Personally, I think sitting on your ass is a killer, but hey to each his own I guess.
Just curious what people think. You might be skeptical of the business model but I'm thinking more in the short-term. For ex, google hit their peak stock wise in about a year & 1/2 and it's just been up and down since. I noticed this with a lot of them, that you want to get in early, and leave when the timing is right. Yeah I know, easier said that done.
So I'm just wondering what people think of the business as an investment. I wonder what price an average joe will be able to buy in at. I believe google used a dutch ipo model that actually made it possible for an average person to buy in at the ipo price and not some inflated after-market price.
I love cg but tell me why do 99% of 'photo-realistic' models have the 1000 mile stare? never mind conveying any emotion. It seems only the simpler models (e.g. toy story) can convey emotion. Yes there are some examples, but they are still so few and far between.
But it is pretty much that. It's primarily a viewer (document,image,video) and web browser. Document viewing and internet communication. But it's not general purpose productivity machine like a normal OS.
So how isn't the EVO perfect for email, instant messaging and light duty web browsing? I would think it would beat the bb in browsing for sure. And gmail seems fine. People rave about bbm but really it's just IM and you're stuck with only communicating with BB users. I don't care how good a bb is I can't support it's closed, proprietary nature.
The smart phone market to me are really just small computers that focus on communication. But it's not the computer world we know and love as it is with desktops/laptops. No, this is a locked down world, where environments are fenced in, isps trying to provide 'added value' services instead of just giving me the wireless fat pipe I want. What's happening with phones seems to be happening with the tablets as well.
I thought it was google to the rescue with droid, but the manufacturers lock their devices down as well. I want a device where I'm free to install what I want on it, free to try and another os if it exists and free to get root access to the machine. It's a computer god damn it, with just another means of interfacing (touch vs keyboard mouse).
Look at the mentality out there. I just started googling before finishing my comment and started reading about the EVO HTC (a 4g droid phone) I'm watching a reivew on utube and he says 'one of the great things about the hotspot is it's only 29.99 a month' WTF? This is exactly what I'm talking about. Making your own hotspot (tethering as they call it) is just an app. you are already paying for your net access. If I want to pipe it to my laptop, let me and charge me. Don't charge me a second time! At most, I can see a cost for the app if the phone doesn't have this functionality but it's not a service!! Sigh. It's stuff like this that makes not want to get a smart phone. Hoping the tablet market is different.
Well, in this single instance, Jobs is right. Flash has got to go. With browsers, we were that close to living in a world of 'best viewed with IE'. We all have Mozilla to thank for that, so now it doesn't really make a difference what browser you use. You know, like how it was meant to be. But there's this last lingering thing....
But anyway, even though he is technically right in this case, it's obviously a self-serving motive. It will happen though, Flash has got to go. 99% of the time I use flash it's for viewing a video. Once html5 supports that properly and efficiently, flash will be relegated to wizz-bang websites that want bling and flash games.
Adobe makes great development tools and that's something that'll keep flash along for much longer, but again, most users use flash for video these days.
Excel almost feels like writing a mini program in one cell. One cell can have several if conditions and check multiple conditions and return a result.
This will teach them logic and how to assess data and get out of it what they want.
Then as they get more comfortable and then realize they are doing the same stuff in excel over and over, they can branch out into vba.
And for learning it, they can record macros and see how functional (albeit bloated) code works and modify it to their liking. Tell me another environment that will write functional code for you! Then once they have that foundation they can learn how to communicate with other apps like access. From there, learn sql and expand your vba in that area.
Then they can learn vb.net or full blown sql with other languages to write a web frontend.
Yes it's microsoft and they're evil, but its a development environment that most businesses aren't even aware that they have.
I continually wow workers with what I do in excel. The amount of time people waste doing reports and inputting data that could be automated or setup in a database.
And yes, access sucks in many ways, but this is still a great path to learn and it will definitely provide a benefit in many businesses.
This way of thinking really bothers me and I'm surprised to see it on slashdot.
Of course some of the games are crude and maybe considered 'not worth remembering'. But tell me, who decides that? Based on what? The graphics? On that metric almost all of them aren't worth remembering. In movies, the story is king, but in videogames, gameplay is king.
Yes some of them are crude and basic, but others have amazing gameplay and are just plain fun.
I don't care what decade it is, defender kicks ass. Asteroids kicks ass. But most youngins today would look at that and dismiss it in 5 seconds.
When attempting to preserve history, ones opinion must be put aside and preserve the good with the bad.
Look, here is the reality: People (esp workers who are expected to do more with less) are going to work from home.
You can stop the ability to mount thumbdrives, or block some webmail service but people will always try and figure out a way to get their files home.
Obviously, they aren't trying to do anything malicious; from their perspective, they are doing a good thing: Trying to get more work done and they are willing to sacrifice home time to do it.
Companies will solve this by assigning laptops but the cost prevents most from having this, or they'll allow vpn but only on their machines.
They have to make a custom live cd or something (allow vpn from any machine?) so a worker can safely work from home but that is also cost effective.
From what I read the delete forever doesn't necessarily delete from their servers. If I indicate delete forever I'd like to think it's you know, deleted forever
S Korea KT, Hanaro and LG-Dacom 100Mbs Down 100Mbs Up
Holy freakin crap!
I didn't even know cable/dsl were capable of those speeds! Is it cable or something else? If cable, out of curiosity what's the theoretical maximum for cable?
"Many people here don't like patents because of their stifling effect on free software, and rightly so."
I don't like patents because it hinders innovation and impedes the building upon of what could be knowledge known and shared by all. It's effects on free software are secondary to this.
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I had life circumstances that stressed me beyond belief. I'm talking 24/7 constant worry and dread to extremes I've never felt in my life for over 2 months straight. Shortly after I noticed I started balding and I've always had a full head of hair. Yes, it could be just a coincidence but I've read there is such a thing as stress related baldness and if it's short-term hair will usually return. Also, this stressful episode of my life is over but I feel entirely burnt-out as a result.
I exercise and try and eat right, and I can still do my workouts and feel good while working out, but outside of that I feel I have energy for just about nothing. I've read about adrenal fatigue and it sounds like what I have but I've read this is not a recognized medical condition thus there is no treatment.
They say stress ages the body, well if true I feel like I aged a year in a span of a month. It was absolutely horrible. Anyway, I feel like a shell of my former self and I'm concerned I'm not going to bounce back.
Honestly Doc, I never exerted or pushed by body. Not once I tell ya! Why is everything breaking down? It should be like brand new!
How do you only get more of your last years? You will be healthier in your middle years. I'm 41, I'm certainly not a top athlete, but I can run 20-30 minutes easily, I'm stronger than I have ever been with weight-training, look great and have lots of energy. Compared to my 40 something counter-parts, I look almost 10 years younger. Yes, genetics plays a big part as well, but if I never did any of this, I wouldn't like to imagine how I'd look and feel.
Personally, I think sitting on your ass is a killer, but hey to each his own I guess.
Just curious what people think. You might be skeptical of the business model but I'm thinking more in the short-term. For ex, google hit their peak stock wise in about a year & 1/2 and it's just been up and down since. I noticed this with a lot of them, that you want to get in early, and leave when the timing is right. Yeah I know, easier said that done.
So I'm just wondering what people think of the business as an investment. I wonder what price an average joe will be able to buy in at. I believe google used a dutch ipo model that actually made it possible for an average person to buy in at the ipo price and not some inflated after-market price.
sorry for this empty post, i want to watch this later. why is there no means of flagging a post?
is it this book published in 1979?
http://books.google.ca/books?id=XmsPL2O8MoUC&dq=FingerMath&source=bl&ots=1GEFfXSkmU&sig=4sb--ONBKXetF2yFx3koLnyfUgE&hl=en&ei=ch_oTObBN4jenQeBm6SQDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFUQ6AEwCA
or is it this book?
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Fingermath-Accurate-Scientific/dp/0070376808
I love cg but tell me why do 99% of 'photo-realistic' models have the 1000 mile stare? never mind conveying any emotion. It seems only the simpler models (e.g. toy story) can convey emotion. Yes there are some examples, but they are still so few and far between.
I agree but from what I've read, isn't 3g bad with latency?
But it is pretty much that. It's primarily a viewer (document,image,video) and web browser. Document viewing and internet communication. But it's not general purpose productivity machine like a normal OS.
So how isn't the EVO perfect for email, instant messaging and light duty web browsing? I would think it would beat the bb in browsing for sure. And gmail seems fine. People rave about bbm but really it's just IM and you're stuck with only communicating with BB users. I don't care how good a bb is I can't support it's closed, proprietary nature.
Please explain this to me, I'm not too familiar with minecraft. I thought it was just for creating 3d worlds/objects. How is it actually running code?
The smart phone market to me are really just small computers that focus on communication. But it's not the computer world we know and love as it is with desktops/laptops. No, this is a locked down world, where environments are fenced in, isps trying to provide 'added value' services instead of just giving me the wireless fat pipe I want. What's happening with phones seems to be happening with the tablets as well.
I thought it was google to the rescue with droid, but the manufacturers lock their devices down as well. I want a device where I'm free to install what I want on it, free to try and another os if it exists and free to get root access to the machine. It's a computer god damn it, with just another means of interfacing (touch vs keyboard mouse).
Look at the mentality out there. I just started googling before finishing my comment and started reading about the EVO HTC (a 4g droid phone) I'm watching a reivew on utube and he says 'one of the great things about the hotspot is it's only 29.99 a month' WTF? This is exactly what I'm talking about. Making your own hotspot (tethering as they call it) is just an app. you are already paying for your net access. If I want to pipe it to my laptop, let me and charge me. Don't charge me a second time! At most, I can see a cost for the app if the phone doesn't have this functionality but it's not a service!! Sigh. It's stuff like this that makes not want to get a smart phone. Hoping the tablet market is different.
Then why is the PC version of Rage opengl?
A post from JC on the subject, albeit an old one.
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=302231&cid=20671657
Can I please have the list of stock android phones that I have root access to and can upgrade without issue?
Surely, there must be lots by now right?
I don't have a device that supports swype but is there a flash demo or something I can try on my pc using my mouse?
Well, in this single instance, Jobs is right. Flash has got to go. With browsers, we were that close to living in a world of 'best viewed with IE'. We all have Mozilla to thank for that, so now it doesn't really make a difference what browser you use. You know, like how it was meant to be. But there's this last lingering thing....
But anyway, even though he is technically right in this case, it's obviously a self-serving motive. It will happen though, Flash has got to go. 99% of the time I use flash it's for viewing a video. Once html5 supports that properly and efficiently, flash will be relegated to wizz-bang websites that want bling and flash games.
Adobe makes great development tools and that's something that'll keep flash along for much longer, but again, most users use flash for video these days.
I doubt it, but I recall something about some voice service google providing using a standard method
Excel almost feels like writing a mini program in one cell. One cell can have several if conditions and check multiple conditions and return a result.
This will teach them logic and how to assess data and get out of it what they want.
Then as they get more comfortable and then realize they are doing the same stuff in excel over and over, they can branch out into vba.
And for learning it, they can record macros and see how functional (albeit bloated) code works and modify it to their liking. Tell me another environment that will write functional code for you! Then once they have that foundation they can learn how to communicate with other apps like access. From there, learn sql and expand your vba in that area.
Then they can learn vb.net or full blown sql with other languages to write a web frontend.
Yes it's microsoft and they're evil, but its a development environment that most businesses aren't even aware that they have.
I continually wow workers with what I do in excel. The amount of time people waste doing reports and inputting data that could be automated or setup in a database.
And yes, access sucks in many ways, but this is still a great path to learn and it will definitely provide a benefit in many businesses.
This way of thinking really bothers me and I'm surprised to see it on slashdot.
Of course some of the games are crude and maybe considered 'not worth remembering'. But tell me, who decides that? Based on what? The graphics? On that metric almost all of them aren't worth remembering. In movies, the story is king, but in videogames, gameplay is king.
Yes some of them are crude and basic, but others have amazing gameplay and are just plain fun.
I don't care what decade it is, defender kicks ass. Asteroids kicks ass. But most youngins today would look at that and dismiss it in 5 seconds.
When attempting to preserve history, ones opinion must be put aside and preserve the good with the bad.
Look, here is the reality: People (esp workers who are expected to do more with less) are going to work from home.
You can stop the ability to mount thumbdrives, or block some webmail service but people will always try and figure out a way to get their files home.
Obviously, they aren't trying to do anything malicious; from their perspective, they are doing a good thing: Trying to get more work done and they are willing to sacrifice home time to do it.
Companies will solve this by assigning laptops but the cost prevents most from having this, or they'll allow vpn but only on their machines.
They have to make a custom live cd or something (allow vpn from any machine?) so a worker can safely work from home but that is also cost effective.
From what I read the delete forever doesn't necessarily delete from their servers. If I indicate delete forever I'd like to think it's you know, deleted forever
In Canada we're worse! Well, according to this chart anyway. This software streams games and they quote some isps and the speeds to expect.
http://www.streammygame.com/smg/modules.php?name=Broadband
I'll just paste one as an example:
S Korea KT, Hanaro and LG-Dacom 100Mbs Down 100Mbs Up
Holy freakin crap!
I didn't even know cable/dsl were capable of those speeds! Is it cable or something else? If cable, out of curiosity what's the theoretical maximum for cable?
"Many people here don't like patents because of their stifling effect on free software, and rightly so."
I don't like patents because it hinders innovation and impedes the building upon of what could be knowledge known and shared by all. It's effects on free software are secondary to this.
Hey, it's the original rick roll. Everyone's gotta pop their cherry sometime.
bah, clicked overrated by mistake...