I use a Polar heart rate monitor. It stores my last 50 workouts which is helpful for me to see how dedicated I have been each week. It requires additional hardware to download it to a computer which I don't have, so I can't say much about that. What I do love about this the most is that the workout machines at 24 hour fitness (and even most machines at hotels) will detect the heart rate monitor and display the results on the machine's digital readout. This is extremely useful when doing fixed heart rate training. The machine will automatically adjust to keep you at a target heart rate and you don't have to hold the grips for it to get your heart rate.
I drive on a major freeway to work every single day. Hundreds of thousands of vehicles pass along this same highway. Am I seeing an epidemic? Far from it. I don't even see many accidents. I haven't ovserved a fatality on this stetch of highway in years (although I'm sure that there have been). In fact, I've seen studies that that have shown that the number of fatalities while driving is lower than it has been in more than 40 years (US).
I am not going to argue that using a hand held navigational device does not increase the liklihood that a driver will be in an accident. My argument against this law is simply that this is not an epidemic, and that the convenience of using such devices outweighs the increased liklihood of getting into an accident. Its all about cost-benefit. There comes a point where the benefit of increased regulations no longer outway the benefit. I prefer of life of convenience, even if its at the expence of a little bit of safety.
How is a kitchen faucet any different than a shower head? I can honestly say that the shit I put in my sink is a hell of a lot dirtier than my hair. Wouldn't sticking your glass underneath the faucet and then going straight to your face with it pose just as much of an inhalation hazard as a shower?
Why all the bitching about eye candy? I for one welcome a change in scenery. I stare at a computer screen for 14+ hours a day. After spending the last 6 years staring at XP, its nice to look at something different. Its the same reason people like to repaint their bedroom every couple of years. We get tired of looking at the same old shit.
I'm not going to say that Vista doesn't have its share of problems. Just quit bitching about the eye candy.
I need to move on from my XV6700 brick of a phone. I've narrowed it down to the HTC touch Diamond. Windows mobile blows, but I still want a phone that doesn't have a keyboard and I prefer to use a stylis over a built in keyboard. I started with a PALM device many years ago and got quite good at the "grafitti" input and Windows Mobile essentually supports it with its "block recognizer tool". I also wanted a device that was open to development (Yes, I know its not open source).
The main gripe with the the Touch Diamond is that its sluggish and does not have an expansion slot for memory. The Sprint Version boasts a faster processor and I don't need more than 4 GB for what I use it for. Futher, I should be able to tether it without paying a monthly fee above what I pay for the data plan. Its also just the right size. This is basically the phone I've been dreaming of my entire life, except that it runs Windows Mobile.
Should be coming to Sprint within the next month. Verizon shortly thereafter. Some GSM carriers will have it too, but CDMA coverage is much better where I'm at.
This band must have one hell of a producer. I'll admit that their studio music isn't that bad. I've seem that play twice at music festivals. There concerts are freaking terrible. I mean embarrasing terrible. I don't even know how they ever got signed.
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I use a Polar heart rate monitor. It stores my last 50 workouts which is helpful for me to see how dedicated I have been each week. It requires additional hardware to download it to a computer which I don't have, so I can't say much about that. What I do love about this the most is that the workout machines at 24 hour fitness (and even most machines at hotels) will detect the heart rate monitor and display the results on the machine's digital readout. This is extremely useful when doing fixed heart rate training. The machine will automatically adjust to keep you at a target heart rate and you don't have to hold the grips for it to get your heart rate.
I drive on a major freeway to work every single day. Hundreds of thousands of vehicles pass along this same highway. Am I seeing an epidemic? Far from it. I don't even see many accidents. I haven't ovserved a fatality on this stetch of highway in years (although I'm sure that there have been). In fact, I've seen studies that that have shown that the number of fatalities while driving is lower than it has been in more than 40 years (US). I am not going to argue that using a hand held navigational device does not increase the liklihood that a driver will be in an accident. My argument against this law is simply that this is not an epidemic, and that the convenience of using such devices outweighs the increased liklihood of getting into an accident. Its all about cost-benefit. There comes a point where the benefit of increased regulations no longer outway the benefit. I prefer of life of convenience, even if its at the expence of a little bit of safety.
How is a kitchen faucet any different than a shower head? I can honestly say that the shit I put in my sink is a hell of a lot dirtier than my hair. Wouldn't sticking your glass underneath the faucet and then going straight to your face with it pose just as much of an inhalation hazard as a shower?
How about you do the students a favor and make them use the products they will be required to use when they have a real job?
Why all the bitching about eye candy? I for one welcome a change in scenery. I stare at a computer screen for 14+ hours a day. After spending the last 6 years staring at XP, its nice to look at something different. Its the same reason people like to repaint their bedroom every couple of years. We get tired of looking at the same old shit. I'm not going to say that Vista doesn't have its share of problems. Just quit bitching about the eye candy.
I need to move on from my XV6700 brick of a phone. I've narrowed it down to the HTC touch Diamond. Windows mobile blows, but I still want a phone that doesn't have a keyboard and I prefer to use a stylis over a built in keyboard. I started with a PALM device many years ago and got quite good at the "grafitti" input and Windows Mobile essentually supports it with its "block recognizer tool". I also wanted a device that was open to development (Yes, I know its not open source). The main gripe with the the Touch Diamond is that its sluggish and does not have an expansion slot for memory. The Sprint Version boasts a faster processor and I don't need more than 4 GB for what I use it for. Futher, I should be able to tether it without paying a monthly fee above what I pay for the data plan. Its also just the right size. This is basically the phone I've been dreaming of my entire life, except that it runs Windows Mobile. Should be coming to Sprint within the next month. Verizon shortly thereafter. Some GSM carriers will have it too, but CDMA coverage is much better where I'm at.
This band must have one hell of a producer. I'll admit that their studio music isn't that bad. I've seem that play twice at music festivals. There concerts are freaking terrible. I mean embarrasing terrible. I don't even know how they ever got signed.
You have sporks? We don't have any sporks! We don't even have styrofoam cups...