I guess I'm not disagreeing overall, just on some specifics because my own experience of depression differs from what you are saying. That may be because the constant mood problems I've had throughout my life are to do with blood sugar regulation though, and exercise definitely helps out in this regard.
Likewise. I loved my Amigas, but I started accepting they were dead around 98 and we got a Windows box:/ I would have moved onto a PPC setup if I could afford it, but I was only 15. Now I can afford it, but I just don't really see the point in paying over the odds for it when Ubuntu on a cheap netbook can handle most of my requirements.
Other than admiring the simplicity and the architecture and all that fun stuff, theres no real reason to run Linux for day-to-day work that can't be done with Windows.
FTFY?
I am a Linux user btw, I just think this is a silly line of thought.
Why would you settle for hundreds of thousands when you can have millions? If they're trying to settle then it sounds like they expect to lose. If they want to keep it quiet they'd need to pay out more to keep me quiet.
Though for that amount of money I wouldn't be surprised if they threatened people with thugs, and hundreds of thousands might be nicer than losing the use of your legs..
Depends on the level of resources. At some stage (if your species is good at reproducing or if another species is using the same resource) you get to "have to compete". Maybe propensity is too strong a word, but you definitely have to have the capability for violence to stop yourself getting pushed around.
I said "emulators and point'n'click adventures", meaning running the adventures on emulators and not using games that need control pads (though with a bluetooth keyboard I guess that would work fine, thanks for making me realise this:p ). The cost isn't really an issue at all if it was going to be something I actually got use out. The other bonus is that it would integrate well with my car stereo - I was considering actually buying an iPod simply because annoyingly my car stereo works much better with iDevices than bog standard USB storage drives..
No, a sedentary lifestyle is just a result of our modern society, and believe me, when you go get regular exercise it makes you generally less tired and more full of energy. The only times I get tired these days are when I don't get enough sleep. Even after the gym I don't feel "tired", I just feel relaxed. Exercise gets your body producing energy from stored reserves, so as long as you are eating okay it's fine.
Sure, serious depression is not directly treatable by any of this stuff, but I now firmly believe from my own experience that anyone who makes an effort to get their shit together physically is going to have a lot better chance of keeping it together mentally. It gives you a sense of control, confidence and wellbeing.
Sure.. but you must be receiving some kind of positive feedback from time to time on knowledge otherwise you'd quickly stop wanting to learn in the same way that you stop wanting to put your hands into fire after you first get burned.
if you spend x amount of time performing your profession you WILL get to 450/450
That's a lot of the reason I find these "games" so pointless. A lot of it is simply a time investment and nothing more. Some things in real life are simply a time investment too, but your actual achievements definitely do mean a lot more if they're not guaruanteed. But basic things like strength training or healthy eating are guaranteed to have results where you can get to "450/450" if you want to. Just certain other things like success in business require actual ability, and sometimes an element of luck.
What you say about being a professional athlete is true. But the same applies to gaming. Some people will simply never be able to become professional. games either because they lack the ability. Some people would be capable of working towards it if they put enough effort in. I'm not saying you can definitely rise to the top in anything you do, but I'm saying that a lot of people never even try. You yourself have won medals because you put a lot of effort into soccer, you are probably literally in the top 5% of anyone on earth right now who enjoys playing soccer. To me that's much more of an achievement than doing something as simple and guaranteed as getting to level 80 in WoW.
Hey thanks man, didn't know that was out yet - and I've just read that you can install Ubuntu on it rather that stick with the customised version.. £200 cheaper than an iPad too - I'm going to get one:)
I pre-ordered back then too, then got fed up of waiting, cancelled my order, and bought a PSP. Which I don't really use. Ahem. I still might buy a Pandora when they actually get some spare stock.
Though I have another idea of something I might actually make use of rather than just having another toy lying around: buying an iPad, jailbreaking it, installing a bunch of emulators and oldskool point'n'click adventures (since they're about the only type of game I'd want to play on a touchscreen-only device).. that would be Nerdvana:)
Well, the folding would definitely be useful for transport and storage. I like the concept of dual screens because one can act as input device and the other as display (personally I prefer real keyboards to touch ones, but I do like the idea of a customisable input area and a lot of people these days seem happy with onscreen keyboards..), and the hinge means that you don't always have to manually support the device at an angle that isn't going to kill your neck.
Definitely think the OS is too limited though. It's not even running Android, it's running something along the same lines as Chrome OS (embedded Linux with a browser on top) that appears to be just for students.. that's severely limiting any potential market unless it's easy to install your own distro.
People have said this to me before, and I just don't really buy it. Like I said my handwriting is pretty slow. I'd probably be okay with a laptop, but if I'm too busy trying to take down a previous point (whether summarised or not) I won't be able to pay as much attention to the next. I always found academic learning pretty easy and note-taking just got on my nerves. Some people maybe even take notes when reading textbooks but it just doesn't sit well with me. I'm happy to go and Google stuff these days anyway rather than relying on everything being firmly entrenched firmly in my long term memory..
I never said exercise cures all, but from experience I can safely say that it will definitely assist even those who are "seriously depressed", but only if they are at the stage where they are wanting to help themselves rather than being so far gone that they don't even want to move ever again kind of thing. I'm not trying to be patronising, I'm saying what has proven to be helpful to me and enabled me to actually enjoy life again for the first time in probably 12 years.
As I said, body and mind are clearly linked. Just getting fit obviously won't sort all your mental problems, but it certainly creates a better environment for positive thinking by improving your self confidence, concentration and performance and just generally having your body work the way it's meant to.
Multivitamins - not exactly a cure for depression no, but if your diet is lacking in vitamins then sure your body will stop working as well as it could. If you feel like shit for long enough you can end up with co-morbid depression.
A sedentary lifestyle pretty much only has negative effects on the human body. You don't have to be working out so hard that you're wrecking your body to be fit btw. I got relatively fit (compared to your average person) just by going for regular walks every couple of days. I then decided that I wanted to go further, but that's just me. I don't want to be one of those old people you see shuffling around, barely able to support their own weight. I'd much rather be one of the ones who is still physically and mentally active enough to go out running if they wanted to.
Yes, it certainly takes a toll if you're Doing It Wrong, but you don't have to be so doom and gloom about everything. There are people in their 70/80s who run marathons for crying out loud. If you look after yourself properly then you don't have to destroy your body completely.
I've spent the last 6 months doing weights at the gym and haven't injured myself at all because I do proper stretches before and after, and don't push myself beyond what I know I'm capable of.
I've also been doing Parkour for the last month and yes I have had minor injuries each week, but that is no reason to not make use of my body.
I've broken bones in the past and injured myself plenty of times doing various things, but I'd rather do all those things again than limit myself to living vicariously through games, movies and books (as much as I enjoy all of those). I'm going to enjoy my body while I can. Perhaps I'll end up seriously hurting myself, perhaps I won't - but at least I'm enjoying life:)
There's "pushing the limits" and there's being a complete asshole. By 14 you're pretty well aware of right and wrong - implying that a teacher is a paedophile without cause is very, very wrong.
People have ended up having their lives ruined because of this kind of accusation. I didn't see the profile myself, and it was probably obvious in this case that it was just a joke, but I don't know.
I seriously doubt the apology was heartfelt, but it's good that she took the site down and yes the school definitely shouldn't have been doling out punishment for this.
A 14-year-old Blue Mountain student who had been cited for a dress-code violation created a fake profile of a principal purportedly from Alabama. She used her principal's photograph and described him as a pedophile and mentioned a sex act. The girl later apologized, took down the page and was suspended for 10 days.
That is pretty disgusting for anyone to do to any other human being, especially to anyone that makes a living from working with kids - but I don't think the school should be doling out any punishment. This should be a matter purely for the courts.
Yeah one of the most fun times of gaming I ever had was when they let us set up like 40 PCs to play some LAN games in the last week of term.. these days people tend to forego the local aspect because our connections are so much faster, but I definitely agree that if you can get a bunch of people over then it's more fun. Rock Band/Guitar Hero is really good for that if you only have one TV:P
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I guess I'm not disagreeing overall, just on some specifics because my own experience of depression differs from what you are saying. That may be because the constant mood problems I've had throughout my life are to do with blood sugar regulation though, and exercise definitely helps out in this regard.
Likewise. I loved my Amigas, but I started accepting they were dead around 98 and we got a Windows box :/ I would have moved onto a PPC setup if I could afford it, but I was only 15. Now I can afford it, but I just don't really see the point in paying over the odds for it when Ubuntu on a cheap netbook can handle most of my requirements.
Other than admiring the simplicity and the architecture and all that fun stuff, theres no real reason to run Linux for day-to-day work that can't be done with Windows.
FTFY?
I am a Linux user btw, I just think this is a silly line of thought.
You'd get a lot of bang for the buck if everything related to it wasn't so expensive
Best thought ever.
lawyers are prohibited from paying the costs of a lawsuit as an ethical matter
Indeed, it would be far too ethical to help out the defenceless - can't go ruining lawyers' reputations like that!
Why would you settle for hundreds of thousands when you can have millions? If they're trying to settle then it sounds like they expect to lose. If they want to keep it quiet they'd need to pay out more to keep me quiet.
Though for that amount of money I wouldn't be surprised if they threatened people with thugs, and hundreds of thousands might be nicer than losing the use of your legs..
Regularly is any amount of time as long as it's regular
Depends on the level of resources. At some stage (if your species is good at reproducing or if another species is using the same resource) you get to "have to compete". Maybe propensity is too strong a word, but you definitely have to have the capability for violence to stop yourself getting pushed around.
I didn't know we had any 14 year old girls on slashdot.. strange.
Yesh
I said "emulators and point'n'click adventures", meaning running the adventures on emulators and not using games that need control pads (though with a bluetooth keyboard I guess that would work fine, thanks for making me realise this :p ). The cost isn't really an issue at all if it was going to be something I actually got use out. The other bonus is that it would integrate well with my car stereo - I was considering actually buying an iPod simply because annoyingly my car stereo works much better with iDevices than bog standard USB storage drives..
No, a sedentary lifestyle is just a result of our modern society, and believe me, when you go get regular exercise it makes you generally less tired and more full of energy. The only times I get tired these days are when I don't get enough sleep. Even after the gym I don't feel "tired", I just feel relaxed. Exercise gets your body producing energy from stored reserves, so as long as you are eating okay it's fine.
Sure, serious depression is not directly treatable by any of this stuff, but I now firmly believe from my own experience that anyone who makes an effort to get their shit together physically is going to have a lot better chance of keeping it together mentally. It gives you a sense of control, confidence and wellbeing.
Well I don't know about you, but I probably wouldn't like being locked up and forced to have sex with some ugly fat chick..
I think that any form of life that has to compete for resources would favour the evolution of a "propensity to violence".
Sure.. but you must be receiving some kind of positive feedback from time to time on knowledge otherwise you'd quickly stop wanting to learn in the same way that you stop wanting to put your hands into fire after you first get burned.
if you spend x amount of time performing your profession you WILL get to 450/450
That's a lot of the reason I find these "games" so pointless. A lot of it is simply a time investment and nothing more. Some things in real life are simply a time investment too, but your actual achievements definitely do mean a lot more if they're not guaruanteed. But basic things like strength training or healthy eating are guaranteed to have results where you can get to "450/450" if you want to. Just certain other things like success in business require actual ability, and sometimes an element of luck.
What you say about being a professional athlete is true. But the same applies to gaming. Some people will simply never be able to become professional. games either because they lack the ability. Some people would be capable of working towards it if they put enough effort in. I'm not saying you can definitely rise to the top in anything you do, but I'm saying that a lot of people never even try. You yourself have won medals because you put a lot of effort into soccer, you are probably literally in the top 5% of anyone on earth right now who enjoys playing soccer. To me that's much more of an achievement than doing something as simple and guaranteed as getting to level 80 in WoW.
Hey thanks man, didn't know that was out yet - and I've just read that you can install Ubuntu on it rather that stick with the customised version.. £200 cheaper than an iPad too - I'm going to get one :)
I pre-ordered back then too, then got fed up of waiting, cancelled my order, and bought a PSP. Which I don't really use. Ahem. I still might buy a Pandora when they actually get some spare stock.
Though I have another idea of something I might actually make use of rather than just having another toy lying around: buying an iPad, jailbreaking it, installing a bunch of emulators and oldskool point'n'click adventures (since they're about the only type of game I'd want to play on a touchscreen-only device).. that would be Nerdvana :)
Well, the folding would definitely be useful for transport and storage. I like the concept of dual screens because one can act as input device and the other as display (personally I prefer real keyboards to touch ones, but I do like the idea of a customisable input area and a lot of people these days seem happy with onscreen keyboards..), and the hinge means that you don't always have to manually support the device at an angle that isn't going to kill your neck.
Definitely think the OS is too limited though. It's not even running Android, it's running something along the same lines as Chrome OS (embedded Linux with a browser on top) that appears to be just for students.. that's severely limiting any potential market unless it's easy to install your own distro.
People have said this to me before, and I just don't really buy it. Like I said my handwriting is pretty slow. I'd probably be okay with a laptop, but if I'm too busy trying to take down a previous point (whether summarised or not) I won't be able to pay as much attention to the next. I always found academic learning pretty easy and note-taking just got on my nerves. Some people maybe even take notes when reading textbooks but it just doesn't sit well with me. I'm happy to go and Google stuff these days anyway rather than relying on everything being firmly entrenched firmly in my long term memory..
I never said exercise cures all, but from experience I can safely say that it will definitely assist even those who are "seriously depressed", but only if they are at the stage where they are wanting to help themselves rather than being so far gone that they don't even want to move ever again kind of thing. I'm not trying to be patronising, I'm saying what has proven to be helpful to me and enabled me to actually enjoy life again for the first time in probably 12 years.
As I said, body and mind are clearly linked. Just getting fit obviously won't sort all your mental problems, but it certainly creates a better environment for positive thinking by improving your self confidence, concentration and performance and just generally having your body work the way it's meant to.
Multivitamins - not exactly a cure for depression no, but if your diet is lacking in vitamins then sure your body will stop working as well as it could. If you feel like shit for long enough you can end up with co-morbid depression.
A sedentary lifestyle pretty much only has negative effects on the human body. You don't have to be working out so hard that you're wrecking your body to be fit btw. I got relatively fit (compared to your average person) just by going for regular walks every couple of days. I then decided that I wanted to go further, but that's just me. I don't want to be one of those old people you see shuffling around, barely able to support their own weight. I'd much rather be one of the ones who is still physically and mentally active enough to go out running if they wanted to.
Yes, it certainly takes a toll if you're Doing It Wrong, but you don't have to be so doom and gloom about everything. There are people in their 70/80s who run marathons for crying out loud. If you look after yourself properly then you don't have to destroy your body completely.
I've spent the last 6 months doing weights at the gym and haven't injured myself at all because I do proper stretches before and after, and don't push myself beyond what I know I'm capable of.
I've also been doing Parkour for the last month and yes I have had minor injuries each week, but that is no reason to not make use of my body.
I've broken bones in the past and injured myself plenty of times doing various things, but I'd rather do all those things again than limit myself to living vicariously through games, movies and books (as much as I enjoy all of those). I'm going to enjoy my body while I can. Perhaps I'll end up seriously hurting myself, perhaps I won't - but at least I'm enjoying life :)
There's "pushing the limits" and there's being a complete asshole. By 14 you're pretty well aware of right and wrong - implying that a teacher is a paedophile without cause is very, very wrong.
People have ended up having their lives ruined because of this kind of accusation. I didn't see the profile myself, and it was probably obvious in this case that it was just a joke, but I don't know.
I seriously doubt the apology was heartfelt, but it's good that she took the site down and yes the school definitely shouldn't have been doling out punishment for this.
A 14-year-old Blue Mountain student who had been cited for a dress-code violation created a fake profile of a principal purportedly from Alabama. She used her principal's photograph and described him as a pedophile and mentioned a sex act. The girl later apologized, took down the page and was suspended for 10 days.
That is pretty disgusting for anyone to do to any other human being, especially to anyone that makes a living from working with kids - but I don't think the school should be doling out any punishment. This should be a matter purely for the courts.
Yeah one of the most fun times of gaming I ever had was when they let us set up like 40 PCs to play some LAN games in the last week of term.. these days people tend to forego the local aspect because our connections are so much faster, but I definitely agree that if you can get a bunch of people over then it's more fun. Rock Band/Guitar Hero is really good for that if you only have one TV :P