I'd describe the Jackson Pollock type a bit differently: The work is a total chaos, made out of parts that seem to be more or less random, but still people love the works and continue to buy (and use) them in droves.
Insightful? What is insightful about this collection of urban legends and common sense?
So how about this list of 9 great items that'll keep you healthy and you didn't know about:
1. Eat oatmeal for breakfast. Hey, here's another one: Try to eat as little processed food as possible. And stay away from these hamburgers, they're gonna clog your arteries not only in your heart but also in your brain. Guess you didn't know that!
2. Get exercise. Really, doctors recently found out that getting any amount of exercise regularly keeps you healthy. I know, it sounds really strange but that's what they say. I can just hope it was not a serious study.
3. Sleep in on Saturday morning but awake on time on Sunday. Whew. Can't seem to find any source for this kind of wisdom, though.
4. Drinking two glasses of wine will not only make you feel a bit drunk but will also damage basically everything in your body. Including your brain. "Ethanol also interferes with synaptic firing and causes the death of brain cells." the Wikipedia calls it. They have lots more, so read it before considering getting tongue cancer and liver damages for two glasses of wine a day.
5. Stop watching the news. Also, stop getting angry and try to avoid stress altogether. It's true, stress raises your blood pressure and heart rate and probably lots of other chemical levels in your body, so avoid it. And I bet you didn't know that already. Oh, and I guess watching the test screen (or something quieter) might be a good thing, too.
6. Ditch your watch and cellphone. Really. Also, stop getting angry and try to avoid stress altogether (especially by being on time and being flexible). It's true, stress raises your blood pressure and heart rate and probably lots of other chemical levels in your body, so avoid it. And I bet you didn't know that already. Oh, and I guess just not going to those meetings and talking to anyone will be good, too.
7. Train your brain. I guess this must be the most non-obvious comment you've ever heard. And here's another one: if you want to have more muscles, think about training them. Also, you'll meet lots of cute girls while training your brain (like all the university students already mentioned), which is likely to increase your sex frequency and thus reduce stress and do all other kinds of good things to your body. In your dreams, at least.
8. "Biologically, we're not built do live like that." ought to be the funniest thing people can say. To begin with, I would like to know where this knowledge comes from. God, maybe? Or Charles Darwin? So, biologically, we're neither built to read nor to post on Slashdot, and if we do, we're not built to believe what we read, so you better stop it right there! The second funny thing is that most of the things I own that are built for special purposes are bound to break in less than 75 years, even when taken good care of and properly repaired all the time. Unlike my brain, which never needs an oil change or spare parts and is expected to live around that long. Of course, that's just because it's not built to live like that.
9. Eat low on the food chain. In other words, become a vegetarian. Well, biologically, we're not built to live that way. Which, of course, is totally irrelevant. It's a great advice, which will also help you lose weight, reduce blood pressure and lots of other stuff (you can read that up on the Wikipedia as well). But here's an even better trick: Try to eat balanced. It'll not only make you feel better (reducing stress and all, see above), but will also make it easier for you to keep vitamins and proteins balanced, avoiding malnutrition.
So, in fact, there were nine items all saying "live healthy" in different spellings. Very insightful indeed, and not at all redundant.
But hey, everything else is commentary.
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You can do that yourself, you know, those keys aren't fixed on most keyboards.
I have that on all my computers.
It's funny as hell to watch my not-so-trained friends try to type passwords...
Note that Tilt Sensors as input devices are neither something very new nor very 'jawdropping', just because someone just found out they exist. In fact, our beloved software giant from Redmond in 2001 released the Sidewinder FreeStyle Pro gamepad, an input device that came with a tilt sensor to be used in place of an analog joystick and a game that used this feature right away. It was impressive and fun to use, but nowhere near "jawdropping new feature everyone has to have".
Now, four years later, the Apple community finds out about tilt sensors and all of a sudden you can tilt in style, etch-a-sketch with your notebook and play marbles with it...
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Actually, it will take you to http://research.microsoft.com/URLTracer/Help.htm
If this works so well, why did you uses example.com as the domain for your email-adress?
Maybe it's not really the spam part of your email, rather the I'm-not-putting-it-in-public part.
I'm not sure what is more funny: the post or the fact that it's modded informative.
We all know who this applies to, right?
You have just had an accident. Seven points have been temporarily removed... You have one point left on your license. Have a good day.
So how about this list of 9 great items that'll keep you healthy and you didn't know about:
1. Eat oatmeal for breakfast. Hey, here's another one: Try to eat as little processed food as possible. And stay away from these hamburgers, they're gonna clog your arteries not only in your heart but also in your brain. Guess you didn't know that!
2. Get exercise. Really, doctors recently found out that getting any amount of exercise regularly keeps you healthy. I know, it sounds really strange but that's what they say. I can just hope it was not a serious study.
3. Sleep in on Saturday morning but awake on time on Sunday. Whew. Can't seem to find any source for this kind of wisdom, though.
4. Drinking two glasses of wine will not only make you feel a bit drunk but will also damage basically everything in your body. Including your brain. "Ethanol also interferes with synaptic firing and causes the death of brain cells." the Wikipedia calls it. They have lots more, so read it before considering getting tongue cancer and liver damages for two glasses of wine a day.
5. Stop watching the news. Also, stop getting angry and try to avoid stress altogether. It's true, stress raises your blood pressure and heart rate and probably lots of other chemical levels in your body, so avoid it. And I bet you didn't know that already. Oh, and I guess watching the test screen (or something quieter) might be a good thing, too.
6. Ditch your watch and cellphone. Really. Also, stop getting angry and try to avoid stress altogether (especially by being on time and being flexible). It's true, stress raises your blood pressure and heart rate and probably lots of other chemical levels in your body, so avoid it. And I bet you didn't know that already. Oh, and I guess just not going to those meetings and talking to anyone will be good, too.
7. Train your brain. I guess this must be the most non-obvious comment you've ever heard. And here's another one: if you want to have more muscles, think about training them. Also, you'll meet lots of cute girls while training your brain (like all the university students already mentioned), which is likely to increase your sex frequency and thus reduce stress and do all other kinds of good things to your body. In your dreams, at least.
8. "Biologically, we're not built do live like that." ought to be the funniest thing people can say. To begin with, I would like to know where this knowledge comes from. God, maybe? Or Charles Darwin? So, biologically, we're neither built to read nor to post on Slashdot, and if we do, we're not built to believe what we read, so you better stop it right there! The second funny thing is that most of the things I own that are built for special purposes are bound to break in less than 75 years, even when taken good care of and properly repaired all the time. Unlike my brain, which never needs an oil change or spare parts and is expected to live around that long. Of course, that's just because it's not built to live like that.
9. Eat low on the food chain. In other words, become a vegetarian. Well, biologically, we're not built to live that way. Which, of course, is totally irrelevant. It's a great advice, which will also help you lose weight, reduce blood pressure and lots of other stuff (you can read that up on the Wikipedia as well). But here's an even better trick: Try to eat balanced. It'll not only make you feel better (reducing stress and all, see above), but will also make it easier for you to keep vitamins and proteins balanced, avoiding malnutrition.
So, in fact, there were nine items all saying "live healthy" in different spellings. Very insightful indeed, and not at all redundant.
But hey, everything else is commentary.
I have that on all my computers. It's funny as hell to watch my not-so-trained friends try to type passwords...
Note that Tilt Sensors as input devices are neither something very new nor very 'jawdropping', just because someone just found out they exist. In fact, our beloved software giant from Redmond in 2001 released the Sidewinder FreeStyle Pro gamepad, an input device that came with a tilt sensor to be used in place of an analog joystick and a game that used this feature right away. It was impressive and fun to use, but nowhere near "jawdropping new feature everyone has to have".
Now, four years later, the Apple community finds out about tilt sensors and all of a sudden you can tilt in style, etch-a-sketch with your notebook and play marbles with it...
Just fresh out of the NASA news: NASA science podcasts: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/21mar_podc ast.htm?list68870
Oh, yeah, just like it did with all those drunken drivers. And the elderly. Puh, I'm glad they're off the streets!