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| 2005/6/15-17 [Health, Health/Women] UID:38131 Activity:low |
6/15 I know there was a discussion a couple of weeks ago about RSI and
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome but I wasn't paying attention. Now my SO has
developed wrist pain after using the computer for a couple of hours
(we're guessing it's RSI not CTS but we're not sure) and I'd like to
know: a) is this something people go to see a doctor about and if so
does anyone have any recommendations for a good doctor (preferably
in the south bay)? b) any specific advice besides "take breaks every
10 minutes" etc, especially about setting up an ergonomically healthy
computer desk setup?
\_ You need to approach this problem from all sides. I had RSI and
the pain was so severe that after an hour typing I'd have so much
pain that I'd have to stop. I took frequent mini vacations but
after a while they no longer worked. I finally filed for worker's
comp through HR and they'd set me up with 2 chiropractor
appointments a week. By the way, despite what you hear, worker's
comp for RSI is very very common in Silicon Valley and in many
cases the HR shields this information from your peers and boss.
Anyways, here is the 411 from my doctors and chiropractors. As
you get older, the ability for your body to regenerate muscles,
cartilage, etc diminish. Many short distance runners have to quit
because they can no longer regenerate some parts at a rate they
used to, and eventually their body parts wear out that it hits
the nerves. Same with typing. You're getting older. You'll never
feel as good as flexible and agile as when you were 18, but you
can do a few things. First, increase the rate at which your body
regenerates-- EXERCISE! Cardio is the best. Do this twice a week,
you'll notice dramatic differences in a few months. You should
also STRETCH your hands once every 30 min when you type. Make
this mandatory! Lastly, as a temporarry but immediate relief, use
Kinesis-Ergo keyboard. I did something drastic and even used
Dvorak layout on top of my Kinesis, but there is a lot of
commitment involved. Finally, do all of the above and do it
CONSISTENTLY. It's been 3-4 years since I started my therapy
and according to my doctors and chiros I'm 80-90% healed.
\_ I'd email you exactly how I got rid of my RSI but you're anonymous
\_ I'd email you and tell you my login so you can e-mail me your
advice but you're anonymous... oh wait.
\_ you're the one asking for help, dude.
\_ email me please. !op kngharv
\_ maybe you should email williamc@csua.berkeley.edu because he says
there is no correlation between RSI and typing. Maybe he can give
you advice on what he does that prevents him from getting RSI, like
proper diet or just having fewer neurons that dulls your sensation.
\_ I found that not resting my wrists below the level of (or for
laptops, on) the keyboard, trying to work in not-too-cold
temperatures, using a wrist pad, using a low-impact keyboard (easy
to push keys, not too clicky) and just doing wrist/hand/forearm
stretching exercises every few minutes helped a lot. -John
\_ I think John's suggestions are all good. I use the Soft
Splints from http://www.mousemitt.com to keep my wrists
at the proper level and keep my hands warm while typing.
You may end up looking like a Hobo or Glenn Gould or something
wearing them, but I prefer them to wrist pads, especially for
laptops. - ciyer
\_ I find this mouse very helpful, eventhough it may look like an
obscene sex toy: http://www.animax.no or, if you can't find it
anywhere, try amazon and look for:
http://www.3m.com/us/office/myworkspace/mos_ergo.jhtml
\_ That looks good. I might get one of those. It's funny that it
looks a lot like a good ole fashioned joystick. Incidentally, I
bought a rollerball mouse. It's good in that I can actually do
CAD work for more than an hour at a time now, but I still get
pain when I have long projects. -- ulysses
\_ I got one of those bowl keyboards.
http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/essential.htm and yes they are
espensive and yes it took several weeks before I could really type
and over a month before I type well but I was having serious pain
in my right hand before I switched and as long as I use that
keyboard the pain is totally gone now. -aspolito
\_ You can find utilities that remind you to take rest breaks, or just
set a kitchen timer. Learn about stretches specific for
keyboarding
http://www.askergoworks.com/about_erg_stretch_breaks.asp has a
downloadable .pdf with examples of stretches. I also find that a
split keyboard helps. I switched to vim for editing so I don't use
ctrl-alt chording as much as I did with emacs. I also started
mousing with my left hand (I can play FPS's now, though it took a
while to adjust). Finally, strength exercises for back and
shoulders help your posture and force your body into a position
that's better for your arms.
\_ I went to the Stanford hand clinic when I had a problem with my
ulnar nerve. Had physical therapy, which was almost all just hot
paraffin wraps of my forearms. They also had me do exercises
with silly putty and elastic bands to strengthen my wrists, and
I use softcasts whenever I type for extended periods. All that
seemed to work, and I've been pain free for years now. The paraffin
wraps helped calm down my inflamed ulnar, and I think my longer
term nerve-healthiness is due to the softcasts. I am not sure the
exercises helped a whole lot, but I wasn't terribly diligent in
doing the exercises in the first place. BTW, I had a grand old
time talking the clinic resident into ordering all kinds of
expensive nerve induction tests, all of which were paid for by my
insurance. There's probably some kind of insurance-reform parable
in there somewhere.
\_ Try these busty mousepads: http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=1498
\_ I haven't tried the Kinesis kb's, but I personally use a normal
MS ergo split key with the 3M ergo mouse. The mouse made a
huge difference for me. One of my coworkers with more extreme
RSI uses something called a touchstream keyboard. It's pretty
nice since it requires near zero force to type and mouse.
Make sure you get your desk ergonomically evaluated and do wrist
stretches ever day. |
| 2005/6/15-17 [Transportation/PublicTransit] UID:38132 Activity:high |
6/14 If money is not a concern, where would you settle down for retirement?
And why? I'll start:
\_ Florida: .
\_ Because it's old people friendly. And people speak English. And
there are lots of places built for ACTIVE and healthy old people.
Weather is nice. And you won't get lonely because there are
lots of other old people just like you.
\_ *shudder* everything I know about Florida says that it is hell
on earth. There's a *little* bit of hyperbole there. A little.
-dans
\_ Not sure about all parts of FL, but Orlando seems to be okay.
\_ No, all of Florida sucks. Weather is bad. People are
conservative. If I had to choose, the keys or Gulf
Coast are the best. Orlando is a swamp, man!
\_ Isn't the keys in the state of FL?
\_ if he had to choose somewhere in FL
\_ Bay Area: ...
\_ Uh, how about Bay Area minus Berkeley?
\_ Great weather, good transit system, reasonable culture,
amazing restaurants, can walk everywhere I want to go,
tolerant social climate, diverse mix of people, safe,
beautiful, top notch research hospitals.
\_ the transit system sucks, but other than that the Bay Area
is hard to beat. -tom
\_ It certainly has one of the best mass transit systems in
the nation. There are far better ones in Europe, granted,
but for the US, it is above average. You cannot even get
around without a car in most of the US.
\_ Speaking as someone who gets around without a car,
you're wrong. The combined Bay Area transit miasma
is one of the most expensive and least effective
systems in the country, and it shows no signs of
abating as the biggest, most expensive, and least
effective part of it (BART) keeps sucking up
all the mind share and funding. Woo hoo, a billion
dollars for an extension to Warm Springs, that'll
help! -tom
\_ Uh, compared to Los Angeles, BA transportation is
like, totally and utterly superior. Have you ever
been to Los Angeles?
\_ Yes, Los Angeles transit sucks. There is a world
outside California, you know. NYC, Chicago,
Boston, DC, and Atlanta spring to mind as US
cities with better transit than SF. -tom
\_ Hi Tom, just curious, where do you live?
\_ near Piedmont Ave in Oakland.
\_ sheesh, buy a car already
\_ yeah, there's a great solution to a shitty
transit system. -tom
\_ I don't have a car, I get around just fine without
one and I think BART is great. Have you ever tried
to get around LA or Las Vegas or Phoenix without a
car? The Bay Area is much better. In fact, outside
of NYC, no place that I have ever visited in the US
has a better mass transit system. BART won an award
as the best transit system in the country, so your
opinion is obviously in the minority.
car? In the Bay Area it is much easier. In fact,
outside of NYC, no place that I have ever visited
has a better mass transit system. And BART won an
award as the best transit system in the country, so
your opinion is obviously in the minority.
http://www.bart.gov/news/features/features20040824.asp
\_ so why is BART great, eh? Is it because it's
expensive, loud, and slow? Is it because they
offer no monthly passes, and they don't have
any agreement to share tickets with any of the
other transit agencies? Is it because the
elevators never work? -tom
\_ During rush hour, the BART goes from Glen
Park BART to downtown every two or three
minutes. And the ride is 12 minutes, much
faster than even taking my motorcycle. It
is also faster than taking a car to Berkeley.
And my Fas Pass works on both Muni and BART
And my Fast Pass works on both Muni and BART
in The City. It is too bad that AC Transit
and BART don't have such an agreement.
\- i think BART is ok if by coincidence
your route coincides with the end points.
but to have to bus/fight to park at one
end and then take another bus at the other
end is nuts. If you live off T'graph
and are trying to get to the Ho Theater
in the 'Loin, BART works. If you live
near the Moron Temple in OAK and want to
visit your associate in the Richmond (SF)
BART is insane.
\_ BART doesn't pretend to go everywhere.
Isn't a Oakland -> Richmond trip the
job of AC Transit?
\_ BART named #1 Transit System in U.S. by APTA
http://www.bart.gov/news/features/features20040824.asp
\_ Australia: .
\_ New Zealand: .
\_ The fact that there are so few people in NZ is
very attractive to me, but if I had to restrict
myself to the US, I'd go w/ the Bay Area or
Hawaii.
\_ I hope you're not Oriental. I've been told that
NZ is terribly biased against them. My
information might be skewed since a (former)
relative is currently married to a NZ nationalist
politician.
\_ Surprised no one chose the Central Coast. It would be my
choice and is the choice of many super-wealthy (like Oprah).
Large tracts of land, beaches, nice weather, close to LA when
you have to be but far enough away to make you forget about it.
There's a reason the area from Santa Barbara to Monterey is
laden with multi-million dollar homes.
\_ Why didn't you choose it?
\_ "It would be my choice"
\_ The go like this: California Central Coast: .
\_ Oh, it would have to be somewhere that is relatively inexpensive,
has favorable weather, safe, and (recently added) politically
stable. Morocco: Bay Area-like weather, inexpensive, politically
stable (until recent terrorist attacks). Bali: ditto, plus
unpleasant rainy season. Perhaps Phuket or somewhere else Thai-ish,
except the rainy season is also unpleasant. Shanghai, but the air
quality is awful. Buenos Aires: considered it quite seriously a
few years ago, still a contender if I decide to cash it in. Since
I am Chinese, that opens up some options and removes others.
\_ When you're all old and wrinkled up, it's hard to tell what
your ethnicity is, assuming you have a perfect English accent.
\_ Alas, I expect to retire years (decades) before I become old
and wrinkled up. And while it may not be obvious from
physical inspection, I assume my racial information would
still be in a local government data base somewhere. This
would be suboptimal in places where discrimination is
sponsored by the government.
\_ Oh, and I forgot the requirement for world-class medical care.
That removes all my options except Shanghai (the American-run
clinics are very good, if expensive) and possibly Buenos Aires.
Perhaps Vancouver, so long as I can winter somewhere favorable.
In fact, picking 2 or 3 places that, in aggregate, provide a
good year-round retirement experience might be much easier, and
certainly much less expensive, than picking 1 overall winner.
\_ Northern and central Thailand are gorgeous, with good
infrastructure, a stable economy, nice people and you can live
like a king. The highlands aren't as hot as Bangkok. -John
\_ I'd definitely go to Hawaii. Island girls are exotic and the
legal age is only 14. What more could you ask for?
\_ Try 16, they changed the law. Pervert.
\_ The Playboy Mansion. I might die of heart attack but I'd die very
happy.
\_ Speaking as someone who has met Hef and some of his
bunnies... yuck.
\_ Really? Care to elaborate? Thx. |
| 2005/6/15-17 [ERROR, uid:38133, category id '18005#30.115' has no name! , , Politics/Domestic/RepublicanMedia] UID:38133 Activity:nil |
6/14 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159459,00.html Pro-Democrat, somewhat Republican bashing article on Fox News. It appears that Fox News is leaning left for one reason or another. \_ http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm You don't need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows. \_ An article here or there hardly makes up for what appears on Fox's cable channel live, 24/7. I don't see a significant shift here. -- ulysses \_ Or maybe your assessment of FN is just wrong. \_ Or maybe neither of you know who Martin Frost is. \_ http://www.issues2000.org/TX/Martin_Frost.htm |
| 2005/6/15 [Science/Disaster] UID:38134 Activity:nil |
6/14 Magnitude 7.0 earthquake off the CA coast:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2005/usziae
Did anyone feel it?
\_ No, but I'm also 350 miles away.
\_ My parents live about 20 miles North West of Sacramento and
the water in their pool was sloshing back and forth.
\_ There was a tsunami warning. Anyone actually saw the sea water
acting strangely?
\_ I'm not near the coast, but I heard on the news that it
turned out to not be the sort of earth quake that causes
tsunamis. |
| 2005/6/15-17 [Computer/SW/Languages/Misc] UID:38135 Activity:nil |
6/15 I've been hearing a lot about XHTML and I was wondering if there
were any disadvantages to converting my personal html pages
(currently in HTML 3.2) to XHTML w/ either an embedded or external
(not sure which is better) style sheet. As anyone done something
similar? Any issues?
\_ We're now doing all development in XHTML. It's not really
that different, just a little more formalized. If done right,
it should reduce maintenance issues, as you can remove your
formatting information from the pages and stick them in
external style sheets instead, reducing the sloppiness of your
HTML code. -tom |
| 2005/6/15-17 [Computer/SW/Apps/Media, Computer/SW/Graphics] UID:38136 Activity:low |
6/15 I downloaded an AVI that requires AC3 audio. I installed AC3 and
successfully played the video. However, the sound is too
quiet even though I've turned up the software controlled volume.
Does anyone know how to adjust the volume when playing other
codecs? ok thx.
\_ If you installed ac3filter, its configuration dialog lets
you increase the gain. --jameslin
\_ Got it, thanks. I hate how you have so many codecs to download
and they don't even play on my DVD/AVI box.
\_ There aren't that many codecs commonly used in practice.
Usually all you need is ffdshow and ac3filter. --jameslin
\_ I've seen a ton of fairly odd ones (mainly on DVD rips.)
http://videohelp.com is a great resource for codec info. -John |
| 2005/6/15-17 [Uncategorized] UID:38137 Activity:nil |
6/15 Do any sodans use CentOS? What do you think about it? We have a
whole bunch of RHEL WS desktops that I am thinking of switching
to CentOS (the academic price for RHEL is like $25/box, so it's not
too bad).
\_ It's not worth 2 cents. haha.
\- it is running on some linux clusters here at the lab. i dislike
linux in general but i have not special hate for centos. i dont
know enough to write a general pro/con list but if you have a
specific question i may be able to give you some feedback. --psb
\_ I am fine with RHEL. I just wonder if CentoOS has any
additional issues compared to it. |
| 2005/6/15-16 [Health/Dental, Health/Eyes] UID:38138 Activity:high |
6/15 So the Schiavo autopsy shows her brain was hopelessly deteriorated
and damaged beyond all hope of any recovery. What you want to bet
this isn't going to change anyone's mind?
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/15/national/15cnd-schiavo.html?ex=1276488000&en=f3948639dfbb578b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
\_ The below "debate" just goes to show that my last sentence was
entirely correct. --op
\_ What say we all stop feeding dgies' fanaticism right now, and save
us all the pain?
\_ I wrote one post, smartypants (excluding this). -dgies
\_ Oops. Indeed. My bad. It's sooper-anonymous troll
(emarkp? reiffin? jblack?)
\_ Still your bad. Why are you naming people when you *know*
it can't possibly be all 3 and likely isn't any of them?
How about you just get over it or go talk to kchang about
his tracker. You could have easily checked login times to
shorten that list, too. Sheesh, so lazy. So presumptive.
\_ The question wasn't whether her brain was undamaged. It was how she
could respond given the condition of her brain.
\_ midichlorians.
\_ But a lot of the BS right wingers were claiming, such as the
"alleged MD" Dr. Bill Frist and her being able to follow a
balloon is clearly false since according to the autopsy she was
blind, which I assume is because her vision center was not there
anymore.
\_ Seriously. I think frist is a disgrace to harvard medical
school for his completely dumbass and uninformed opinions
in this schiavo situation. I think every neurologist in
the country was disgusted and offended by his comments.
\_ Heh. You should hear what surgeons (Frist is one) say
about neurologists. Actually, you should hear what most
doctors say in private about neurologists.
\_ What do they say? My neighbor is a neurologist,
so I hear what neurologists say about "most
doctors".
\_ Neurology is for people who really aren't
interested in being a doctor, in the sense that
neurologists rarely save lives or make real impact.
Neurologists tend to have cush residencies and
careers. When is the last time one has to be
called in to handle a neurological emergency?
Despite its cushness, neurology tends to be one of
the easiest residency programs to get into, mostly
because of low pay and lack of respect from doctors
in other specialties, and end up attracting the
least talented and/or ambitious med school grads.
That's just what my brother (UCD surgery prof.),
his wife (anesthesiologist), and their colleagues
say (when I asked the question at one Xmas party).
\_ Um, I think it has more to do with the fact that
they have to interact with crazy people. I mean
really batshit violent fucking CRAZY people.
\_ Uh, ok, if you say so, 'cuz the people I
polled didn't. Of course, I only polled,
oh, 10-ish doctors at the party, and you're
not a doctor at all.
\_ heh, there were neurologists there saying
how disrespected neurologists are?
\_ Thinking back (this was a couple of
years ago), I think there were 1
radiologist and 1 cardiologist at the
party. The rest were surgeons and
anesthesiologists.
Frankly your doctor friends sound pretty
arrogant and laughable. "make real impact"
indeed. --not a doctor
\_ Arrogant? I thought I already said they're
mostly surgeons or people who have had 1 or
more years of surgical training as part of
their residency.
\_ sounds like they think only surgeons are
really worthwhile. i dunno, the whole
thing about being worried about prestige
and all that seems distasteful to me.
\_ I think prestige from some ignorant
public is silly. I think respect and
acknowledgement from your peers reflect
underlying reality about the nature of
your job.
\_ Look, everyone knows surgeons
are assholes. My neighbor is
very bright (Stanford) and overall
it seems many neurologists are. He
works with paraplegics and such,
getting called to the hospital
constantly. I don't know how
well neurologists are respected, but
- like I said - surgeons are
assholes and your friends don't
seem to be exceptions. FWIW, some of
the best and smartest doctors I know
who do all kinds of cool things
(outside of medicine) like build
telescopes are pediatricians.
Surgeons are valuable and make a lot
of money, but it gives many of them
egos they don't deserve.
\_ Odd you mention pediatricians.
My brother's ex- is a pediatrics
prof at Stanford, and she's a
generally nice person. She also
confirmed the unflattering
characterization of neurologists.
Her agreement was what led me to
ask the question at the Xmas
party.
\_ For surgeons to pass this judgement
on non-surgeons doesn't fit this
criteria in my opinion.
\_ And how relevant is it for non-
doctors to pass judgement...
\_ I'm not confident enough in any doctor that I'd believe such
an assertion. We really can't know for sure because she was
killed without investigation.
\_ So you put more faith in Frist's (who didn't even examine
her) opinion than in 1) her own doctors and 2) the ME...
Fuck off.
\_ Fuck off yourself. I don't put any stock in Frist's
comments. I've seen the video of her tracking things
with her eyes.
\_ So did Frist. That was a few moments from hours of
tape. What's Hecuba to him...
\_ You know they filmed her for something like 20 hours
and then edited it down to the one or two times
where her random movements made it appear that
she was looking at something, right?
\_ if she can track once every 20 hours,
she has more clue than you twink
|_ even a stopped clock tells the right time
twice a day.
\_ok , a broken clock has more clue than
you twinky boy
\_ Perhaps you should look up 'random',
'coincidence' and 'probabilistic'....
\_ I know that critics *claimed* this. It's obvious
the tape is edited. However I don't know of any
facts that show it was "20 hours" or something
like that.
\_ You haven't even done the least bit of
research into it then. Try Google.
Here's a clue, take two and call me
in the morning:
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBQ67CTI6E.html
\_ Autopsy showed no evidence of bulemia. Which was Michael's stated
reason for her collapse.
\_ big deal.
\_ Why did she collapse then?
\_ She had a heart attack for some unknown reason 15 years ago.
Her parents remained on very good terms with her husband, and
only after he tries to pull the plug there are allegations that
he had been abusing her. Someone without medical training
guessed the cause of the heart attack wrong. And your point is?
\_ Her blood had no trace of enzymes released during a heart
attack. What is your proof that she had a heart attack?
\_ um, enzymes don't hang around for 15 years.
\_ They took her blood when she was admitted to the
hospital. It showed depressed potassium (leading
people to speculate about bulemia but the autopsy
report today says it was consistent with fluids
she received by IV before the blood was drawn).
There were no cardiac enzymes found in heart
attack victims.
\_ Did they exist 15 years ago?
\_ I meant that a heart attack 15 years
ago might have released some enzymes
at that time, but there's no way they'd
still linger around till now (15 years
later)
\_ God, this is sounding more and more like
the old .9999... == 1 free-for-alls.. |
| 2005/6/15-17 [Computer/SW/Security, Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd] UID:38139 Activity:nil |
6/15 Attempting to sftp to http://csua.berkeley.edu. Got password from key. Entered password and got back: Received message too long 1701996907 Wtf? \_ password from key. since sftp uses ssh, shouldn't you just use your normal password? \_ Trying to do anonymous motd? \_ No, trying to send files from my PC to my CSUA account. \_ Just use scp. \_ I just tried ssh from SunOS 5 and it worked. \_ I'm trying sftp http://csua.berkeley.edu from CSUA. I'm running tcsh as my shell. \_ tunneling ftp through ssh for sftp is a total lost cause. just use scp. google for winscp \_ he's not tunnelling ftp through ssh, he's using sftp. \_ he's doomed, it's not going to work. USE WINSCP \_ I use putty's psftp all the time. As well as FileZilla for xfering files to and from soda. Why is he doomed? \_ Update: so scp seems to do the trick (on soda and from my Mac). Purely for curiosity's sake, any idea why sftp isn't working? \_ It works for me on windows. \_ sftp seems to be working fine too from freebsd machine \_ A ssh1/ssh2 mismatch? Just a guess, I have never used sftp. scp works fine for all my needs. |
| 2005/6/15 [Politics/Domestic/911, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:38140 Activity:nil |
6/15 If I buy or rent movies like Control Room, Outfoxed, Bush Family
Fortunes, Fahrenheit 911, The Corporation, Rebels With a Cause, and
other similar DVDs from Amazon or Netflix will I eventually get on
the Republican black list database that they use so successfully
against their enemies from the Nixon "dirty tricks" era? |
| 2005/6/15-16 [Uncategorized] UID:38141 Activity:nil |
6/15 What does M. O. in cop dramas stands for? Thx.
\_ modus operandi |
| 2005/6/15-17 [Reference/BayArea] UID:38142 Activity:low |
6/15 How's traffic going from 280/Saratoga Ave to Hayward in the
mornings? How about the reverse in the evening?
\_ Where in Hayward? It's a reverse commute on peninsula side, but
Hayward has pretty fucked up traffic in a lot of directions.
\_ moved? Job change?
\_ almost in escrow
\_ Congrats!
\_ Thanks! I'm hoping closing goes smoothly!
\_ That's great! How big is the house and how much?
\_ It's a 3/1.5/1 1300sqft 2-story TH in West SJ 95129
for $528k. Potential to add a master bath.
\_ Expect lots of traffic if taking 880, especially around 280/880 &
101/880
\_ What?
\_ 880N through north Fremont, Union City, and south Hayward is bad in
the morning. It becomes very good from before the 92 interchange to
A Street. After that I don't know.
\_ I guess I can take 680N and cut back over to 880N through Auto
Mall.
\_ ObHousingBubble talk.
\_ When you notice yourself thinking, simply label it "thinking,"
and go back to your breath. He likens it to a "feather touching
a bubble." |
| 2005/6/15-17 [Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/Security] UID:38143 Activity:low |
6/15 Wanna have WiFi access on transbay buses, free for you and free for AC
Transit? Voice your support by taking the survey:
http://www.actransit.org/news/articledetail.wu?articleid=d5f2ff4a
\_ If they combine it with GPS so I know where the buses are...
\_ I put GPS and a coffee service in the suggestions box.
\_ It sure will get your responses ignored.
\_ Said the suicide bomber...
\_ I hope this is facetious, and if not, I hope you never ever
get your hands on a top secret DHS triple grade red
classified bus schedule.
\_ I already get this using my PDA GPRS/EDGE/UTMS cell with laptop
You are wasting money.
\_ Didn't I mention it'd be free? |
| 2005/6/15-17 [Transportation/Car] UID:38144 Activity:low |
6/15 Would you drive 8 miles street traffic (lots of stop lights)
or 18 miles on the freeway?
\_ What's the traffic like? If the freeway is stop and go, then
I'd take the surface street unless it was a parking lot.
Otherwise, I'd probably favor the freeway.
\- is this in Fleemont?
\_ Uhm, I dunno. Maybe should ask the OP. -!op
\_ not fremont.
\_ Drove 8 miles on freeway instead of 4 miles on streets; mpg
was much better, paradoxically....
\_ paradoxically? how are there so many profoundly uninformed
people on soda?
\_ Yes, take williamc and emarkp for example.
\_ Don't lump me in with williamc. I've got RSI from keyboard
use. -emarkp |
| 2005/6/15-17 [Health/Disease/General] UID:38145 Activity:low |
6/15 Condom technology has reached a new thinness. Hooray for people
who hate typical thick latex condoms:
http://www.003mm.com
\_ I think that would be everyone. Do you know anyone who
actually *likes* thick latex condoms???
\_ How about "Do you know anyone who actually *likes* condoms?
\_ Depends how you define *likes*. Sure sensation of sex
without condom >> sensation of sex with condom, but I have to
give props to the condom for cutting down on the risks of
disease and/or pregnancy while fucking around. I'd say it's
a tossup.
\_ People who have premature ejaculation problem may last longer
with thick condoms. |
| 2005/6/15-17 [Computer/HW/Laptop] UID:38146 Activity:kinda low |
6/15 A friend of mine who is in a hardware business trying to implement
a relatively common feature in laptop: be able to play DVD, play
mp3 without ever get into Windows. How do people usually do that?
Do they have an embedded Linux somewhere where one will boot up and
perform these functions? If that is teh case, where is the embedded
OS? is it in BIOS? How come these things tend to have almost
instant start-up time compare with desktop Linux which takes 1 minute
to boot up? thx
\_ Many embedded systems put the boot system on flash. I think the
boot speed has less to do with the boot media and more to do with
the limited kernel size/number of drivers embedded systems load.
Google for Soekris. This is the hardware company many of the
community wi-fi projects are using. -dans
\_ pcengines.ch WRAP >>> Soekris. -John
\_ thanks all. It seems that it is Intervideo's InstantOn that
is behind couple of the mainstream OEM's solution. --OP
\_ Check out ROM-DOS by Datalight. |
| 2005/6/15-17 [Computer/Companies/Ebay, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:38149 Activity:nil |
6/15 George Bush bust/sculpture on eBay for only $4300. "...the artist
commenced sculpting on September 14, 2001 in order to capture the
strength and determination that are required to lead our nation.":
http://tinyurl.com/8l7ez |
| 2005/6/15-17 [Recreation/Media] UID:38150 Activity:nil |
6/15 My girlfriend made me go so Batman Begins tonight. I have to admit, I
enjoyed the whole movie, which I can't say of any of the others. Worth
the $7.50 -scottyg
\_ Where'd you find a $7.50 ticket?
\_ You thought the movie where Batman voluntarily drives an SUV was
better than the one Jack playing the Joker? -- ilyas
better than the one where Jack plays the Joker? -- ilyas
\_ I read somewhere Nicholson made 90 million off of that movie.
\_ Because clearly, the presence or absence of Jack Nicholson, and
Batman's choice of wheels are the only deciding factors in the
overall quality of a Batman film. -dans (haven't seen it yet)
\_Nothing strikes fear into my criminal heart like a SUV...although
it's more of a cadillac of tanks. Jack was good, but he always
plays a crazy guy, so of course he got the part right. -scottyg
\_ Is Bruce Wayne a Democrat or a Republican?
\_ Neither. He's more of a Teddy Roosevelt Progressive. |
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