I'd like to echo the sibling post and say thanks for linking - I came across that article maybe 2 months ago, and it -perfectly- mirrors my working environment and habits.
However, your off-the-cuff comment regarding productivity seems poorly timed. This current/. article cites a study that says a worker that spends a reasonable proportion of their working day browsing (~20%) is 9% more productive than a worker who grinds through the day. Maybe this is due to a mental page-out during a context switch, but it seems to clear the mind. Some people go for a smoke, though the productivity effects of that break are presumably partially from the nicotine hit, as well as the switch. Others have a 5 minute chat around the water cooler, others prefer/.. It seems that a break that gives the brain time to develop a 1000-yard stare and run the garbage cleaner helps concentration levels. Of course, if the water-cooler chats go for 3 hours, that's not helping anyone.
Plastic surgery clinics could do that too. It would be better than just leaving their lipid waste in big plastic bags in bio hazard dumpsters, where anyone can just jump the fence and steal it.
"The girl, who had been using a games console regularly, recovered fully after 10 days of abstinence."
"abstinence"? How does not having sex help out in this situation? And it took her 10 days to recover?!? Who's she dating?
The dampening is a temporary one while you are on the drug. Come off of it, and things return as they were before. This is going to be worthless unless they intend to keep the PTSD folks on it the rest of their lives.
I've been on it.
On that note - as you point out, it only works when you're on it. Does that emotion-suppression while you're taking the drug allow a better success rate of more normal therapies, so it is possible to stop taking it and not undo the therapy? Or should I RTFA?
Gyeh, critical failures. Gotta love that. Also a good excuse for the caffeine.
I hear you about being tall and heavy, I'm the same - the usual morning brew tends to make normal people take a second look. That, combined with the usual sysadmin stress tends to foster a heavy caffeine tolerance. It's all good. Nice idea with the solvent, too - may have to try that.
I've never hunted in my life, but I always wonder how people can hunt (or even fish) and process that meat and eat it.
I can and do hunt, but only for pest control or food, never trophy collection. The food part is actually easier than you would imagine - you're in absolute control over how the animal dies, rather than eating a packaged meat that you vaguely imagine was living at some point - and conveniently block out the fact that it had to die in the most efficient (note: not humane) way possible to get it to your local butchers shop. I've heard stories about the process of beef abattoirs, and have been inside chicken abbatoirs. Even chickens realise something is wrong when they're sitting cooped up in a tiny cage in the sun on the back of a truck.
Knowing you have that control is the best way to make sure you only take the shots you know 100% are humane. Seeing the rabbits ears twitch and flatten as you look through the scope when it realises something is wrong and tries to hide is a DAMN good way to make sure that first shot counts and does the job - and the process of skinning and cleaning makes you appreciate where dinner comes from. Realising that humans are just another animal that needs to eat is a humbling experience, but the fact that we have a choice in how to kill our dinner is important. Sure, we could take a knife and stab a cow, carving huge chunks out while it's still alive (stays fresh longer...), but we don't because we try to play nice. Other top predators don't have that luxury, so what conscientious hunters do isn't so inhumane - contrary to what PETA would have you believe.
Remember, kids... Milk, eggs and meat doesn't come from a shop.
Variable. Remote sensing tech is pretty good - we'd know what's on the surface pretty well, even before we got there. Of course, deeper mineral deposits are harder to get at, but I'm not sure this is a problem, at this stage, considering the technology chain required for mining with anything more than a pick and shovel.
Fairly unrelated and offtopic, but your post reminded me of some lyrics: Fort Minor - Remember The Name. Maybe you'll appreciate it.
Ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name.
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We can already do that. 8-20mbps, 3GB cap... Doesn't take very long.
Does anyone have pictures?
/obvious
I have mod-points, but I'd rather post.
I'd like to echo the sibling post and say thanks for linking - I came across that article maybe 2 months ago, and it -perfectly- mirrors my working environment and habits.
However, your off-the-cuff comment regarding productivity seems poorly timed. This current /. article cites a study that says a worker that spends a reasonable proportion of their working day browsing (~20%) is 9% more productive than a worker who grinds through the day. Maybe this is due to a mental page-out during a context switch, but it seems to clear the mind. Some people go for a smoke, though the productivity effects of that break are presumably partially from the nicotine hit, as well as the switch. Others have a 5 minute chat around the water cooler, others prefer /.. It seems that a break that gives the brain time to develop a 1000-yard stare and run the garbage cleaner helps concentration levels. Of course, if the water-cooler chats go for 3 hours, that's not helping anyone.
~/Rockwolf
That was pretty much the plan.
I tend to agree with you...
At least you could always find some kinky AC to clean them up.
Already tried by a doctor in Beverley Hills. He used it to power two SUVs.
#define fazed "to disturb the composure of"
Hope this helps.
"The girl, who had been using a games console regularly, recovered fully after 10 days of abstinence." "abstinence"? How does not having sex help out in this situation? And it took her 10 days to recover?!? Who's she dating?
A horse, maybe?
in times of crysis
...Use a grenade?
Some people enjoy seeing old people on webcam, you insensitive clod! Especially if they're in North Korea.
On that note - as you point out, it only works when you're on it. Does that emotion-suppression while you're taking the drug allow a better success rate of more normal therapies, so it is possible to stop taking it and not undo the therapy? Or should I RTFA?
/~Rockwolf
It was a plane strike. Birds have feelings too, you insensitive clods!
Those birds don't any more. Matter of fact, I doubt they felt much at all...
No, 7:38am...
No, that makes it a dog tied to a small-block chev.
While that might be fine for either a car geek or a redneck, I'm still wondering why you'd do it.
~/Rockwolf
Easily fixed...
Let me know, would you?
If your coffee comes in cans, you're doing it wrong.
I hear you about being tall and heavy, I'm the same - the usual morning brew tends to make normal people take a second look. That, combined with the usual sysadmin stress tends to foster a heavy caffeine tolerance. It's all good. Nice idea with the solvent, too - may have to try that.
Have a good one, mate.
/~Rockwolf
Questions can't be used to chop someone's head off. Maybe that would make it a little clearer for the people who just don't get it. ;)
I have got to ask - what the HELL do you do that requires you to be awake at a level that you can only reach by taking semi-lethal amount of caffeine?
I can and do hunt, but only for pest control or food, never trophy collection. The food part is actually easier than you would imagine - you're in absolute control over how the animal dies, rather than eating a packaged meat that you vaguely imagine was living at some point - and conveniently block out the fact that it had to die in the most efficient (note: not humane) way possible to get it to your local butchers shop. I've heard stories about the process of beef abattoirs, and have been inside chicken abbatoirs. Even chickens realise something is wrong when they're sitting cooped up in a tiny cage in the sun on the back of a truck.
Knowing you have that control is the best way to make sure you only take the shots you know 100% are humane. Seeing the rabbits ears twitch and flatten as you look through the scope when it realises something is wrong and tries to hide is a DAMN good way to make sure that first shot counts and does the job - and the process of skinning and cleaning makes you appreciate where dinner comes from. Realising that humans are just another animal that needs to eat is a humbling experience, but the fact that we have a choice in how to kill our dinner is important. Sure, we could take a knife and stab a cow, carving huge chunks out while it's still alive (stays fresh longer...), but we don't because we try to play nice. Other top predators don't have that luxury, so what conscientious hunters do isn't so inhumane - contrary to what PETA would have you believe.
Remember, kids... Milk, eggs and meat doesn't come from a shop.
Variable. Remote sensing tech is pretty good - we'd know what's on the surface pretty well, even before we got there. Of course, deeper mineral deposits are harder to get at, but I'm not sure this is a problem, at this stage, considering the technology chain required for mining with anything more than a pick and shovel.
Will It Blend - Hannibal Lecter edition.
Ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name.
Have a good one.