Oh, this rings so true. It sucks, though, having to choose between not having a social life, or having one comprised of people who really think in these terms.
Yeah, I think this hits the nail on the head. Most people aren't doing those kinds of activities regularly, so adding it in now and again would be "flexing different brain muscles", as one description put it. Anything done routinely and not requiring too much active thought is not going to be as beneficial, brain-training games included.
Trend Micro is actually the best of those three--I wouldn't touch either of the others, but this one isn't bad. We actually used TM in my home office for a long time until corporate decided to cut costs and go with a cheaper option. (VIPRE... oh, it's cheaper alright.. and we've already gotten two viruses and a rootkit in our network since the changeover. Wheeee.)
Minus the smugness, though, he's kind of right. For example, most people wouldn't wave their credit card number around in front of random strangers, and certainly wouldn't in front of people actively paying attention and looking to steal it--and if they did, I think we could all agree that would be stupid. It's not too much of a stretch to realise that putting their information into a machine they have made no real effort to carefully protect against invasion is a virtual manifestation of the same thing.
It definitely does take the entire machine down. One of my main customers runs McAfee, and got hit hard by this. About 90 sites have all their PCs affected by this. We and their corporate office are still scrambling around to get everything back to normal.
All I have to say is that Mensa's test isn't the only one I took. I took the test (wasn't even sure if I'd pass or not) to see if I could get in because I wanted to make friends with people that I have something in common with. Between the meetings/parties and the charity and volunteer work we've done, it's been rewarding and well worth it.
The rest of this I'm not even going to bother addressing, because it's clear you're just trying to bait me into defending myself so you can sit back and say "see, you are an arrogant douchebag" and walk away smug and satsified. I'm not spending any more time defending myself from someone with whom I'm not even acquainted.
Your post pretty much took the words out of my mouth... you sound a lot like me. I don't have many close friends, and it's not because I walk around with my nose in the air thinking I'm better than people. It's just that when you start talking/interacting with people, you find that the common ground is hard to establish. I don't understand a lot of people--especially other women (the fascination with TV, clothes, shoes, and the rarity of another true geeky girl makes it hard) and I don't have anything to discuss with them. We speak different languages, almost. That's why I was so happy to find my fiancé--we are on the same 'wavelength' most of the time and he's easy for me to talk to. Where I often have trouble interacting with people, he was so natural to speak with and hang out with because we think similarly and are on the same level, so to speak. But most folks aren't like that, and so he's one of the very few people I am close to.
It is not... I am trying to find what you speak about--someone to help and mentor, or even find the way to do it myself without the need of a "great leader". I hope you don't mind if I save this post--it's really insightful and just the kind of advice/response I was looking for. Thank you.
Why are you being so mean? And why have you already labeled me a "douchebag"?
Also, in response to your snarky "impressive tech support talents" comment... that isn't the only thing I do. Furthermore, I do not plan on staying at this level of job (or even this industry) for the rest of my life. I'm young, still working on finishing school and expanding my skill set. I posted here to share my perspective and gain advice from others. You are the only one who's treated me this way. If anybody here needs to be told "don't be a douchebag", I think it's you.
Omega 3 is great. Omega 6 you have to be more careful about. But I'm glad my point got across... my philosophy on health (and life in general, really) is "everything in moderation". It seems that America thrives on sensationalism and extremes--the very rich, the very poor, the morbidly obese and the anorexically-skinny, the advice to completely eliminate this from or add very large amounts of that to your diet. Seems better to just take things in stride, eat a variety of things and not too much of each.
And people may not label vitamins as 'bad' if you get too many, but they should. Some can be fatal if overdosed on. It's almost impossible to do by eating foods containing these nutrients (kinda the way nature/God/Cthulu/whatever intended), but people have had accidents with vitamin supplements and had harmful or fatal reactions.
I think you took my post all wrong. I don't go around bragging about this. Nobody I work with here even knows I'm in Mensa. I don't want to come off as arrogant--I do know enough about interpersonal relationships to know that'd be detrimental to them. You say you haven't met a Mensa member who wasn't a "total douchebag"... how many have you met in total? Some people really are that stuck up, others may just be frustrated and it comes off as intolerant or douchey. But some of us really want to help people with our talents, and we need to understand how to interact with those people in order to do it. In my case, I think it's just that lacking knowledge of social skills impedes what I am attempting to do, and that's why I am working to improve those. You haven't met every one of us... please don't judge us all just yet.:)
That makes sense. Thanks for the advice--smaller companies definitely seem to have happier employees, from what I have seen. It's just hard to find work these days. I'm thinking of trying to start my own business at some point after I've refined and strengthened my skillset.
That being said... Where do you work? Are they hiring?:)
I am looking for something else. It's not easy; the availability of jobs around here is small, and I am considering relocating at this point. You are right--I am definitely trying to improve my own knowledge of "people skills" and my general attitude, but this place isn't helping. Thanks for the reply.
I am definitely looking around for another job. I know I have improvements to make with myself, both in my attitude and my knowledge of working with people, but this company is devastating the morale and work ethic of just about everyone here. The problem, of course, is finding something in this economy... Where do you work? Are they hiring?:)
I didn't say saturated fats--I was speaking of omega-3 versus omega-6 fats. Pop that into Google and you will quickly see what I was referring to. Saturated fats are found in nature and in moderation are not going to do damage. Of course, too much of just about anything is a problem, and lots of sat-fat along with refined sugars and startches is going to be bad news. But you're right--it is definitely necessary in smaller quantities.
Okay, I will remember that. I definitely need to learn more about the difference between the two. Despite my love for and knowledge of electronics, the electricity itself may as well be magic as far as I'm aware. Wikipedia, here I come:)
I'm again at work.. I can't go through and put together a nice long response like you have. But when I said I've done research, I wasn't lying. Let me share just a few links I can find--this is by no means the sum total but it's the ones I can share now. Please open your mind to an alternate--side effects of statins can be terrible, and often they are completely unnecessary outside of rare genetic disorders affecting cholesterol. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/02/21/900-Studies-Show-Statin-Drugs-are-Dangerous.aspx
But I encourage everyone to check things out for themselves--just do some searches on statin studies, side effects, and even alternate solutions to lifestyle-inflicted cholesterol problems. My mother is now off the statins (as well as sugar and grains) and she has improved so dramatically over the past 6 months, it's like she's a new person. The muscle pain, chronic fatigue, and constantly forgetting things that plagued her since she started taking them have just evaporated--and her cholesterol is on its way to healthier levels. The quality of life increased after she stopped taking them, and that doesn't appear to be an anomaly as the personal testimonies go. As a doctor, you don't want to hear it, but people should take charge of their own health and well-being and research anything they are going to put in their own bodies. Get information from a variety of sources, and watch where each research facility gets their money too--a study funded by the very company who manufactures the drugs and stands to gain or lose billions of dollars isn't exactly going to be objective, now is it?
This is right, exactly right. Statins were originally designed (I'm pretty sure) for the rare genetic disorders affecting cholesterol. It wasn't meant for people whose weight/diet/lifestyles have caused them to have high levels. Statins are one of the most overprescribed drugs out there and the consequences can be just tragic.
And while I don't know statistics, I'll throw this random anecdote in--the only person I know who was killed in an electrical fire was my friend's mum in the UK. (More safety features on the plugs, but twice the voltage... IANAE but I suppose that could cause problems.)
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Oh, this rings so true. It sucks, though, having to choose between not having a social life, or having one comprised of people who really think in these terms.
I completely understand the feeling. ;)
Yeah, I think this hits the nail on the head. Most people aren't doing those kinds of activities regularly, so adding it in now and again would be "flexing different brain muscles", as one description put it. Anything done routinely and not requiring too much active thought is not going to be as beneficial, brain-training games included.
Trend Micro is actually the best of those three--I wouldn't touch either of the others, but this one isn't bad. We actually used TM in my home office for a long time until corporate decided to cut costs and go with a cheaper option. (VIPRE... oh, it's cheaper alright.. and we've already gotten two viruses and a rootkit in our network since the changeover. Wheeee.)
Minus the smugness, though, he's kind of right. For example, most people wouldn't wave their credit card number around in front of random strangers, and certainly wouldn't in front of people actively paying attention and looking to steal it--and if they did, I think we could all agree that would be stupid. It's not too much of a stretch to realise that putting their information into a machine they have made no real effort to carefully protect against invasion is a virtual manifestation of the same thing.
It definitely does take the entire machine down. One of my main customers runs McAfee, and got hit hard by this. About 90 sites have all their PCs affected by this. We and their corporate office are still scrambling around to get everything back to normal.
They can call it Goog.
Why, thank you! On both counts. :)
All I have to say is that Mensa's test isn't the only one I took. I took the test (wasn't even sure if I'd pass or not) to see if I could get in because I wanted to make friends with people that I have something in common with. Between the meetings/parties and the charity and volunteer work we've done, it's been rewarding and well worth it.
The rest of this I'm not even going to bother addressing, because it's clear you're just trying to bait me into defending myself so you can sit back and say "see, you are an arrogant douchebag" and walk away smug and satsified. I'm not spending any more time defending myself from someone with whom I'm not even acquainted.
Good day to you.
Your post pretty much took the words out of my mouth... you sound a lot like me. I don't have many close friends, and it's not because I walk around with my nose in the air thinking I'm better than people. It's just that when you start talking/interacting with people, you find that the common ground is hard to establish. I don't understand a lot of people--especially other women (the fascination with TV, clothes, shoes, and the rarity of another true geeky girl makes it hard) and I don't have anything to discuss with them. We speak different languages, almost. That's why I was so happy to find my fiancé--we are on the same 'wavelength' most of the time and he's easy for me to talk to. Where I often have trouble interacting with people, he was so natural to speak with and hang out with because we think similarly and are on the same level, so to speak. But most folks aren't like that, and so he's one of the very few people I am close to.
It is not... I am trying to find what you speak about--someone to help and mentor, or even find the way to do it myself without the need of a "great leader". I hope you don't mind if I save this post--it's really insightful and just the kind of advice/response I was looking for. Thank you.
Why are you being so mean? And why have you already labeled me a "douchebag"?
Also, in response to your snarky "impressive tech support talents" comment... that isn't the only thing I do. Furthermore, I do not plan on staying at this level of job (or even this industry) for the rest of my life. I'm young, still working on finishing school and expanding my skill set. I posted here to share my perspective and gain advice from others. You are the only one who's treated me this way. If anybody here needs to be told "don't be a douchebag", I think it's you.
Omega 3 is great. Omega 6 you have to be more careful about. But I'm glad my point got across... my philosophy on health (and life in general, really) is "everything in moderation". It seems that America thrives on sensationalism and extremes--the very rich, the very poor, the morbidly obese and the anorexically-skinny, the advice to completely eliminate this from or add very large amounts of that to your diet. Seems better to just take things in stride, eat a variety of things and not too much of each.
And people may not label vitamins as 'bad' if you get too many, but they should. Some can be fatal if overdosed on. It's almost impossible to do by eating foods containing these nutrients (kinda the way nature/God/Cthulu/whatever intended), but people have had accidents with vitamin supplements and had harmful or fatal reactions.
I think you took my post all wrong. I don't go around bragging about this. Nobody I work with here even knows I'm in Mensa. I don't want to come off as arrogant--I do know enough about interpersonal relationships to know that'd be detrimental to them. You say you haven't met a Mensa member who wasn't a "total douchebag"... how many have you met in total? Some people really are that stuck up, others may just be frustrated and it comes off as intolerant or douchey. But some of us really want to help people with our talents, and we need to understand how to interact with those people in order to do it. In my case, I think it's just that lacking knowledge of social skills impedes what I am attempting to do, and that's why I am working to improve those. You haven't met every one of us... please don't judge us all just yet. :)
That makes sense. Thanks for the advice--smaller companies definitely seem to have happier employees, from what I have seen. It's just hard to find work these days. I'm thinking of trying to start my own business at some point after I've refined and strengthened my skillset.
:)
That being said... Where do you work? Are they hiring?
I am looking for something else. It's not easy; the availability of jobs around here is small, and I am considering relocating at this point. You are right--I am definitely trying to improve my own knowledge of "people skills" and my general attitude, but this place isn't helping. Thanks for the reply.
I am definitely looking around for another job. I know I have improvements to make with myself, both in my attitude and my knowledge of working with people, but this company is devastating the morale and work ethic of just about everyone here. The problem, of course, is finding something in this economy... Where do you work? Are they hiring? :)
I didn't say saturated fats--I was speaking of omega-3 versus omega-6 fats. Pop that into Google and you will quickly see what I was referring to. Saturated fats are found in nature and in moderation are not going to do damage. Of course, too much of just about anything is a problem, and lots of sat-fat along with refined sugars and startches is going to be bad news. But you're right--it is definitely necessary in smaller quantities.
Thank you for the reply. I am genuinely interested in improving myself and how I approach these things, so the advice is appreciated greatly :)
Okay, I will remember that. I definitely need to learn more about the difference between the two. Despite my love for and knowledge of electronics, the electricity itself may as well be magic as far as I'm aware. Wikipedia, here I come :)
I'm again at work.. I can't go through and put together a nice long response like you have. But when I said I've done research, I wasn't lying. Let me share just a few links I can find--this is by no means the sum total but it's the ones I can share now. Please open your mind to an alternate--side effects of statins can be terrible, and often they are completely unnecessary outside of rare genetic disorders affecting cholesterol.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/02/21/900-Studies-Show-Statin-Drugs-are-Dangerous.aspx
Some of his references from all parts of the spectrum of medical journals and research facilities: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/07/21/statin-drugs-ref.aspx
One that contains a diagram of production and explains a lot about the function of it in the body:
http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndiseases/statin.html
But I encourage everyone to check things out for themselves--just do some searches on statin studies, side effects, and even alternate solutions to lifestyle-inflicted cholesterol problems. My mother is now off the statins (as well as sugar and grains) and she has improved so dramatically over the past 6 months, it's like she's a new person. The muscle pain, chronic fatigue, and constantly forgetting things that plagued her since she started taking them have just evaporated--and her cholesterol is on its way to healthier levels. The quality of life increased after she stopped taking them, and that doesn't appear to be an anomaly as the personal testimonies go. As a doctor, you don't want to hear it, but people should take charge of their own health and well-being and research anything they are going to put in their own bodies. Get information from a variety of sources, and watch where each research facility gets their money too--a study funded by the very company who manufactures the drugs and stands to gain or lose billions of dollars isn't exactly going to be objective, now is it?
You are probably right. Funnily enough, a friend recommended that same book. I think I will go find that one soon. Thanks for the suggestions.
This is right, exactly right. Statins were originally designed (I'm pretty sure) for the rare genetic disorders affecting cholesterol. It wasn't meant for people whose weight/diet/lifestyles have caused them to have high levels. Statins are one of the most overprescribed drugs out there and the consequences can be just tragic.
Because people will demand that they be able to RTFA!
Oh, wait...
And while I don't know statistics, I'll throw this random anecdote in--the only person I know who was killed in an electrical fire was my friend's mum in the UK. (More safety features on the plugs, but twice the voltage... IANAE but I suppose that could cause problems.)