Except that our body chemistry is not tuned to be "carnivores." We still need nutrients from a variety of sources - both protein and plant. Our bodies will go into "famine" mode if you eat like you suggest, and you'll actually store up fat instead of using it in anticipation of not being able to find food.
It really surprised me when I started scrutinizing the labels closer than checking what the trans fat and calorie content is on foods. One thing I learned is that "low fat" food just substitutes the fat with massive amounts of sugar for taste. Fat is what provides the taste, so they needed to replace it with something. All that extra sugar everyday makes one's insulin levels go all over the place, and before long we're all diabetic.
I agree, cooking your own food and plenty of exercise are key.
I've been following the south beach diet for a couple of months now, and I have already lost a significant amount of weight. I don't follow it exactly, I use it mostly as a framework than anything else. It makes a lot of sense, and the scientific explainations of why it works makes sense as well. For those who don't know what it is, it's basically cutting out all highly processed foods from your diet and to stick to whole grains and whole unprocessed (ie not from a box) food.
It's not really a "diet" in the traditional weight-watchers sense. It's a change in eating habits, and I really think it could benefit a lot of people. Besides the weight loss, I feel like I have more energy and things like heart burn, which I suffered from regularly, are nearly eliminated.
You forgot the annoying EA logo blaring everytime you load up the game... god I hope they include an option to turn the intro movies off. I always thought of Bioware (and Black Isle) as making "gamer's games." They were what people who really were into computer gaming were playing. Now that they have the whole EA thing going, it just seems so mainstream even if the games stay at the level of quality that they're currently at.
I know you're trolling, but I feel like I need to correct your ignorance before it infects other casual readers...
Your heavy metals go into the landfill, and no landfill is 100% leak proof for all of eternity. The metals seep into the groundwater below said landfill. This water flows into the main water sources of the area, where your municipality DOES get it's water. This is a middle-school level physical science concept.
I recycle my recyclable materials, throw away the organic waste, and properly dispose of my electronics. It's called being responsible, and probably takes an extra 30 minutes of effort a week once you have a good system in place.
You do realize that the reason you're supposed to recycle your electronics properly is to keep heavy metals out of the environment. You mention that dumpster divers take most of the stuff, but anything they don't take ends up in the landfill. I'm not trying to harp on you, but if you throw out old electronics this way out of laziness, you should know the consequences on the environment.
I agree. Also, I think it's downright idiodic that people are berating google over a stupid logo on veteran's day, but as we speak there are 1000's of veterans suffering from injuries due to iraq, and not being taken care of like they are supposed to. There are veterans that have been put on the street because they were forced to deal with the costs of their medical care that they can't afford. Yet these people actually care about a friggin' google logo.
Way to direct your energies to a worthy cause, idiots.
My guess is that this particular bill will be shot down, but congress needed to propose it to show that the MAFIAA's bribes are being put to good use. The actual meat of this bill will most likely be tacked onto something that is sure to pass, like spending bills for the war in iraq.
This move just goes with my belief that the US government truly wants the American population to become less educated. Ignorant people are much easier to manipulate and control then people who think for themselves.
I know you jest, but I actually enjoy the eurogame type of board game setup. I have weekly Lord of the Rings sessions with friends, and it's great since we are competing against the game.
Settlers of Catan is also another great example of this format.
Oh, EBgames and Gamestop both try to push the game warranties on you as well. Who the hell ever heard of a replacement policy on a piece of software anyway?
I just buy on amazon or other online retailers. For the most part, I'm disgusted with brick and mortor in general (well, big-box brick and mortor). I'd rather wait a couple of days to have to shipped to my door, and not pay taxes. There are other perks as well, such as getting the uncensored UK version of The Witcher (I hate the US sometimes).
FTFA: 7) Everybody decries the nature of the Gamestop employee to push reserves on the uninterested consumer. Please understand, no matter how dedicated an employee may be, on the district level and higher, he is of no value beyond his reserves and Game Informer subscriptions. Nearly any employee is the sum of their reserves, and unfortunately good people who treat customers well will see their job fade away because of poor numbers. A Gamestop worker pushing a reserve on you is trying to keep their job, literally.
What's sad is that the employee pushiness is the reason I don't shop there, even though I could walk to it from my apartment. I wonder if corporate knows they're actually losing customers because of this?
Glad to hear the truth about the company - employees are nothing but numbers. I really want to know why companies do this to their employees. It makes the employees unhappy and pissed off, and the customers irate. I used to work at Sam's Club way back in the day, and if we didn't process 2 credit card apps a shift, we'd get written up - 3 strikes and you're fired. My next job was Micro Center, they kept a daily percentage on how many people you successfully added to their customer database. Not only that, but if you mistyped the address and it came up as bogus, you get dinged for that as well. This is because Micro Center is too cheap to just mass mail their flyers, they rely on the customer data entered at point of sale.
Despite what the article is trying to claim, there really is no reason to shop at Gamestop. Their used prices are way too high, and their new games aren't any cheaper than other retailers that don't hassle you as much.
I would shop at gamestop if they differentiated themselves a bit from other retailes (besides being annoying). They could do this by doing things like hosting lan parties in store, or gaming tournaments, something that would make it fun to go there. For now, I just avoid it like the plague.
I think if you were to look at the statistics, minor drug crimes (aka possession) make up a large part of the prison population. This is a result of the US's "war on drugs" that is nothing more than a racket to keep the prisons growing. There are plenty of private companies that supply prisons with food/supplies/etc that would love nothing more than to keep the prison population, and their profits, growing.
Your comment reminds me of the movie Idiocracy, which is a satire on what the US would be like if the current trend continues: everyone dumbed down by reality TV and massive corporations. Highly recommended.
Even if this doesn't fall under anti-trust laws, it surely falls under privacy laws (or what's left of them in the US).
Microsoft thinks that they own every personal desktop that has their software installed. The fact that they are forcing their crap onto my property is either trespassing or vandalism, take your pick.
They shoved windows defender down our throats, and now they're doing the same thing with their stupid copy-cat search engine.
If I hire a company to paint my house, do they have the right to come in at anytime and repaint it every time they come out with new and improved paint?
Because you dealt with a couple of idiot customers, you now think that the entire american population are a bunch of impossible-to-satisfy, rude customers? Maybe the way you treat your customers is causing them to treat you this way when you deal with them? I'm not trying to rag on you, but I'm just saying that this is only your side of the story.
I live in America and if I had to deal with people like what you describe I'd probably either move or kill myself. While I do run into people like this from time to time, it most certainly isn't the norm. This is especially true if I'm dealing with any sort of professional on a business deal.
While your statement is the general "doom and gloom" mentality many people share after the dot.com bubble, I don't think it's true. Software and systems engineers consistently top charts for highest paid and largest growing careers.
However, there is a difference between programmer and software engineer. I believe what you described is a programmer, someone you give a spec to and have them code it. This is work that can be shipped anywhere.
Someone in today's technology fields need to have good critical thinking skills, be able to put specs together based on customer requirements, and have a knowledge of the technology that is available to implement a solution. In other words, actual engineering skills. Programming is just one of many tools today's software engineer uses to get the job done. This type of career is only growing as more companies value this skill.
Do you want the OS to progress, or should MS keep all the bloated old code in-place so a 6 yr old app still functions properly? I'm not saying I like MS, or Vista, but the reason windows is so bloated is because of massive backwards compatibility. I'd rather have an overhauled, improved OS than have acrobat 5 work.
None of my old DOS programs ran in XP, should I have been mad? Nope. If I need to use it, I run it in dosbox or some other emulation. The integrity of the OS design should not be compromised for backward compatibility (again, I'm not saying Vista is great, I'm just sayin'...)
Why can't you just accept both versions as seperate works, and enjoy them. I see Jackson's LotR films as an adaptation inspired by the books. I've read the books many times over, and agree that a direct page-for-page film would be both extremely long and boring. Movies by their nature need to have dramatic events, action, and at times exaggerated events to keep the audience interested and excited. A book, on the other hand, can take more time to delve deeper since it doesn't have to fit into a 2-3 hour timeframe.
I enjoy both the film and the books. The film has great costumes, awsome effects, and is a lot of fun to watch. The books are great because I can fully immerse myself in the world of middle earth when I read them. You can like both, they aren't mutually exclusive.
I would welcome a Jackson-directed Hobbit movie since I know it would be a lot of fun to see the costumes, effects, and world of middle earth come alive on the screen again. I know it will not be an exact representation of the book, but it really doesn't need to be in order to be a good film.
What gets me about this Ballmer statement is that e-mail, unless you specifically encrypt it, is insecure by nature. It's all sent plaintext so you have to assume that anything you send can potentially be read by some other party. I have no idea whether comcast is reading my e-mail, or anyone in between that has the know-how to capture the packets.
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Except that our body chemistry is not tuned to be "carnivores." We still need nutrients from a variety of sources - both protein and plant. Our bodies will go into "famine" mode if you eat like you suggest, and you'll actually store up fat instead of using it in anticipation of not being able to find food.
Humans are hunter/gatherers - not hunters.
It really surprised me when I started scrutinizing the labels closer than checking what the trans fat and calorie content is on foods. One thing I learned is that "low fat" food just substitutes the fat with massive amounts of sugar for taste. Fat is what provides the taste, so they needed to replace it with something. All that extra sugar everyday makes one's insulin levels go all over the place, and before long we're all diabetic.
I agree, cooking your own food and plenty of exercise are key.
I've been following the south beach diet for a couple of months now, and I have already lost a significant amount of weight. I don't follow it exactly, I use it mostly as a framework than anything else. It makes a lot of sense, and the scientific explainations of why it works makes sense as well. For those who don't know what it is, it's basically cutting out all highly processed foods from your diet and to stick to whole grains and whole unprocessed (ie not from a box) food.
It's not really a "diet" in the traditional weight-watchers sense. It's a change in eating habits, and I really think it could benefit a lot of people. Besides the weight loss, I feel like I have more energy and things like heart burn, which I suffered from regularly, are nearly eliminated.
You forgot the annoying EA logo blaring everytime you load up the game... god I hope they include an option to turn the intro movies off. I always thought of Bioware (and Black Isle) as making "gamer's games." They were what people who really were into computer gaming were playing. Now that they have the whole EA thing going, it just seems so mainstream even if the games stay at the level of quality that they're currently at.
Well, since this conversation is going to go nowhere, I'll end with this: your signature is very ironic.
I know you're trolling, but I feel like I need to correct your ignorance before it infects other casual readers...
Your heavy metals go into the landfill, and no landfill is 100% leak proof for all of eternity. The metals seep into the groundwater below said landfill. This water flows into the main water sources of the area, where your municipality DOES get it's water. This is a middle-school level physical science concept.
I recycle my recyclable materials, throw away the organic waste, and properly dispose of my electronics. It's called being responsible, and probably takes an extra 30 minutes of effort a week once you have a good system in place.
You do realize that the reason you're supposed to recycle your electronics properly is to keep heavy metals out of the environment. You mention that dumpster divers take most of the stuff, but anything they don't take ends up in the landfill. I'm not trying to harp on you, but if you throw out old electronics this way out of laziness, you should know the consequences on the environment.
I agree. Also, I think it's downright idiodic that people are berating google over a stupid logo on veteran's day, but as we speak there are 1000's of veterans suffering from injuries due to iraq, and not being taken care of like they are supposed to. There are veterans that have been put on the street because they were forced to deal with the costs of their medical care that they can't afford. Yet these people actually care about a friggin' google logo.
Way to direct your energies to a worthy cause, idiots.
My guess is that this particular bill will be shot down, but congress needed to propose it to show that the MAFIAA's bribes are being put to good use. The actual meat of this bill will most likely be tacked onto something that is sure to pass, like spending bills for the war in iraq.
This move just goes with my belief that the US government truly wants the American population to become less educated. Ignorant people are much easier to manipulate and control then people who think for themselves.
Drugged up beads? Mardi Gras is going to be so awsome this year...
I know you jest, but I actually enjoy the eurogame type of board game setup. I have weekly Lord of the Rings sessions with friends, and it's great since we are competing against the game.
Settlers of Catan is also another great example of this format.
Oh, EBgames and Gamestop both try to push the game warranties on you as well. Who the hell ever heard of a replacement policy on a piece of software anyway?
I just buy on amazon or other online retailers. For the most part, I'm disgusted with brick and mortor in general (well, big-box brick and mortor). I'd rather wait a couple of days to have to shipped to my door, and not pay taxes. There are other perks as well, such as getting the uncensored UK version of The Witcher (I hate the US sometimes).
FTFA: 7) Everybody decries the nature of the Gamestop employee to push reserves on the uninterested consumer. Please understand, no matter how dedicated an employee may be, on the district level and higher, he is of no value beyond his reserves and Game Informer subscriptions. Nearly any employee is the sum of their reserves, and unfortunately good people who treat customers well will see their job fade away because of poor numbers. A Gamestop worker pushing a reserve on you is trying to keep their job, literally.
What's sad is that the employee pushiness is the reason I don't shop there, even though I could walk to it from my apartment. I wonder if corporate knows they're actually losing customers because of this?
Glad to hear the truth about the company - employees are nothing but numbers. I really want to know why companies do this to their employees. It makes the employees unhappy and pissed off, and the customers irate. I used to work at Sam's Club way back in the day, and if we didn't process 2 credit card apps a shift, we'd get written up - 3 strikes and you're fired. My next job was Micro Center, they kept a daily percentage on how many people you successfully added to their customer database. Not only that, but if you mistyped the address and it came up as bogus, you get dinged for that as well. This is because Micro Center is too cheap to just mass mail their flyers, they rely on the customer data entered at point of sale.
Despite what the article is trying to claim, there really is no reason to shop at Gamestop. Their used prices are way too high, and their new games aren't any cheaper than other retailers that don't hassle you as much.
I would shop at gamestop if they differentiated themselves a bit from other retailes (besides being annoying). They could do this by doing things like hosting lan parties in store, or gaming tournaments, something that would make it fun to go there. For now, I just avoid it like the plague.
I think if you were to look at the statistics, minor drug crimes (aka possession) make up a large part of the prison population. This is a result of the US's "war on drugs" that is nothing more than a racket to keep the prisons growing. There are plenty of private companies that supply prisons with food/supplies/etc that would love nothing more than to keep the prison population, and their profits, growing.
It's called a prison-industrial complex.
Your comment reminds me of the movie Idiocracy, which is a satire on what the US would be like if the current trend continues: everyone dumbed down by reality TV and massive corporations. Highly recommended.
Your wait has been over for a while my friend: Frets on Fire
Even if this doesn't fall under anti-trust laws, it surely falls under privacy laws (or what's left of them in the US).
Microsoft thinks that they own every personal desktop that has their software installed. The fact that they are forcing their crap onto my property is either trespassing or vandalism, take your pick.
They shoved windows defender down our throats, and now they're doing the same thing with their stupid copy-cat search engine.
If I hire a company to paint my house, do they have the right to come in at anytime and repaint it every time they come out with new and improved paint?
Because you dealt with a couple of idiot customers, you now think that the entire american population are a bunch of impossible-to-satisfy, rude customers? Maybe the way you treat your customers is causing them to treat you this way when you deal with them? I'm not trying to rag on you, but I'm just saying that this is only your side of the story.
I live in America and if I had to deal with people like what you describe I'd probably either move or kill myself. While I do run into people like this from time to time, it most certainly isn't the norm. This is especially true if I'm dealing with any sort of professional on a business deal.
While your statement is the general "doom and gloom" mentality many people share after the dot.com bubble, I don't think it's true. Software and systems engineers consistently top charts for highest paid and largest growing careers.
However, there is a difference between programmer and software engineer. I believe what you described is a programmer, someone you give a spec to and have them code it. This is work that can be shipped anywhere.
Someone in today's technology fields need to have good critical thinking skills, be able to put specs together based on customer requirements, and have a knowledge of the technology that is available to implement a solution. In other words, actual engineering skills. Programming is just one of many tools today's software engineer uses to get the job done. This type of career is only growing as more companies value this skill.
Do you want the OS to progress, or should MS keep all the bloated old code in-place so a 6 yr old app still functions properly? I'm not saying I like MS, or Vista, but the reason windows is so bloated is because of massive backwards compatibility. I'd rather have an overhauled, improved OS than have acrobat 5 work.
None of my old DOS programs ran in XP, should I have been mad? Nope. If I need to use it, I run it in dosbox or some other emulation. The integrity of the OS design should not be compromised for backward compatibility (again, I'm not saying Vista is great, I'm just sayin'...)
They could always turn The Children of Hurin into a film...
Why can't you just accept both versions as seperate works, and enjoy them. I see Jackson's LotR films as an adaptation inspired by the books. I've read the books many times over, and agree that a direct page-for-page film would be both extremely long and boring. Movies by their nature need to have dramatic events, action, and at times exaggerated events to keep the audience interested and excited. A book, on the other hand, can take more time to delve deeper since it doesn't have to fit into a 2-3 hour timeframe.
I enjoy both the film and the books. The film has great costumes, awsome effects, and is a lot of fun to watch. The books are great because I can fully immerse myself in the world of middle earth when I read them. You can like both, they aren't mutually exclusive.
I would welcome a Jackson-directed Hobbit movie since I know it would be a lot of fun to see the costumes, effects, and world of middle earth come alive on the screen again. I know it will not be an exact representation of the book, but it really doesn't need to be in order to be a good film.
What gets me about this Ballmer statement is that e-mail, unless you specifically encrypt it, is insecure by nature. It's all sent plaintext so you have to assume that anything you send can potentially be read by some other party. I have no idea whether comcast is reading my e-mail, or anyone in between that has the know-how to capture the packets.