I'm in my 50s and in pretty good physical condition. The recurring back trouble I'd developed in my 40s has almost completely disappeared since I (a) got an adjustable desk and started standing to work at least a couple of hours a day, (b) started making a point of getting out of the house/office at least an hour a day, and (c) going hiking in the woods at least a couple of times a week. Making sure to drink enough water and eating a more balanced diet have also helped a lot.
As for the mental part: In addition to studying a couple of foreign languages, I also make it a point to learn something new that relates to my work in some way every day.
BTW, who's "against anti-aging and life extension", exactly?
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.
Unlike some folks here, I'm old enough to remember seeing prominent "White Only" and "Colored Only" signs on the campus of an American state-run university.
Last time I was in North Carolina, I saw an old building. The side of the building had been recently exposed by the tearing down of the building next to it; one could see that this was the case by the exposed foundation of the structure that'd been removed and the relative discolouration of the bricks on that side of the remaining one. Also exposed on that side of the building: the legend "COLORED ENTRANCE" in block letters about a meter high, underscored with an arrow pointing to the rear.
This is stuff within living memory, evidence for which can still be seen in many places. Yet the denialists continue to deny, or to pretend to themselves that it just all magickally went away a half-century ago. *sigh*
This is why I work at home about 95% of the time. I occasionally go to the office to say Hello to people, without any illusions that I'll actually get anything productive done there.
Or use a DE that has multiple desktops. I've been wondering for years why anyone needs more than one physical screen. I think it might be some e-peen thing, maybe.
Not that it's at all relevant to the topic at hand, but I was born in the US, although I've not lived there in a long time, as a quick check of my/. profile would have told you. But are you sure you're not American? You seem to have that annoying American trait of being chronically unable to spell things correctly, even when they're right in front of you.
My sarcasm detector seems to work pretty well most of the time--better than average, I daresay--and I found absolutely nothing in the post to which I originally responded to indicate sarcasm.
My 7 years of Spanish classes called. They said you shouldn't trust Googlle Translate without verification from an authoritative source.
That's the same Google Translate that, when you enter a sentence using Chinese characters, often provides Mandarin pronunciations for some of them and Cantonese pronunciations for others, BTW.
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Bullshit.
I'm in my 50s and in pretty good physical condition. The recurring back trouble I'd developed in my 40s has almost completely disappeared since I (a) got an adjustable desk and started standing to work at least a couple of hours a day, (b) started making a point of getting out of the house/office at least an hour a day, and (c) going hiking in the woods at least a couple of times a week. Making sure to drink enough water and eating a more balanced diet have also helped a lot.
As for the mental part: In addition to studying a couple of foreign languages, I also make it a point to learn something new that relates to my work in some way every day.
BTW, who's "against anti-aging and life extension", exactly?
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.
(Full text at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ame...)
Unlike some folks here, I'm old enough to remember seeing prominent "White Only" and "Colored Only" signs on the campus of an American state-run university.
Last time I was in North Carolina, I saw an old building. The side of the building had been recently exposed by the tearing down of the building next to it; one could see that this was the case by the exposed foundation of the structure that'd been removed and the relative discolouration of the bricks on that side of the remaining one. Also exposed on that side of the building: the legend "COLORED ENTRANCE" in block letters about a meter high, underscored with an arrow pointing to the rear.
This is stuff within living memory, evidence for which can still be seen in many places. Yet the denialists continue to deny, or to pretend to themselves that it just all magickally went away a half-century ago. *sigh*
(For the sarcasm-impaired: Yes, that was sarcasm.)
I really like how their WebGL capability detection utterly failed to detect the fact that my browser/hardware supports WebGL just fine, thank you.
-5, Completely Unable to Detect Sarcasm, even when tipped off with "oh wait".
That would be why, yes.
It's lacking the ability to vet the sources.
The fact that you turn vicious as soon as someone disputes what you say speaks volumes.
Do us both a favour and don't ever reply to me again, either.
Oil is very expensive and it is a big waste to use it for torture or as a weapon.
Vegetable oils are cheap, plentiful, and appear to work quite well on chicken legs and potato wedges.
Can't decide whether to mod your post Funny or Insightful. Guess I'll owe you one.
Relocating to China is looking better and better all the time.
This is why I work at home about 95% of the time. I occasionally go to the office to say Hello to people, without any illusions that I'll actually get anything productive done there.
I've already posted in this discussion, so somebody please mod parent up. (And read the book if you've not already.)
Or use a DE that has multiple desktops. I've been wondering for years why anyone needs more than one physical screen. I think it might be some e-peen thing, maybe.
Whatever happened to, "Oh, there's the chirp that means I got a text--maybe I should check my phone after I finish what I'm doing right now"?
Wow, that's the most impressive troll I've seen in a while.
*laughter*
So you're an Intel troll now, too? Goody for you.
"When four sit down to conspire, three are government agents, and one is a fool."
Not that it's at all relevant to the topic at hand, but I was born in the US, although I've not lived there in a long time, as a quick check of my /. profile would have told you. But are you sure you're not American? You seem to have that annoying American trait of being chronically unable to spell things correctly, even when they're right in front of you.
My sarcasm detector seems to work pretty well most of the time--better than average, I daresay--and I found absolutely nothing in the post to which I originally responded to indicate sarcasm.
Your ignorance is not my problem, amigo.
My 7 years of Spanish classes called. They said you shouldn't trust Googlle Translate without verification from an authoritative source.
That's the same Google Translate that, when you enter a sentence using Chinese characters, often provides Mandarin pronunciations for some of them and Cantonese pronunciations for others, BTW.
How does a reduction in privacy *not* entail a corresponding loss of freedom?
Go ahead, we're waiting.
It's a literal translation of "estadounidense" which means someone from the USA, as opposed to "americano" which means someone from the Americas.
Actually, according to its creator, it was "Horatio Hornblower In Space".
Still managed to win a Hugo award, though.