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  • On the post: Efficiency In The Drive Through

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2006 @ 07:34am

    Won't work in Florida

    Don't give fast food order control to a state of people that can't vote by punching holes in cards. A touch screen is just too damn advanced for Floridians. I guess, however, if a fast food restaurant gets the order wrong they can also claim it was too close to call.

  • On the post: Carpal Tunnel Not Caused By Computer Usage

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2005 @ 12:22pm

    Carpal Tunnel overrated

    I develop software for a living and have never suffered the problems of carpal tunnel, or any repetitive stress injury.
    People that experience this seriously need to consider how they use a keyboard and figure out a way to use it better.
    Frequently, people pound on the keys when a light touch is all that is necessary. Some older keyboards require more force, so invest $20 in getting a new one with feather touch keys. Also, some people tense up and feel they need to type at 80 - 100 wps bursts, if you relax and type at a slower and consistent rate, your output will actually improve especially if you frequently take your hands off the keyboard to run strained tendons. Taking a break every 30 - 60 minutes will also do wonders.
    Investing in a good keyboard is always most beneficial. If your company is too cheap to get that expensive $80 Microsoft Natural Keyboard, buy your own and bring it to work. This is what you do for a living, no company can tell you you can't be comfortable and safe at work. I have been using the Natural Keyboard for over 6 years and can safely say its the number one reason I don't experience wrist pain. You wouldn't build a house using a shoe to hammer in nails, so why should you use inferior computer components to get the job done, especially if they will cause you pain in the end.

  • On the post: Virus Writers Take Advantage Of Sony's Rootkit

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2005 @ 11:15am

    DDOS Sony.com

    How long before someone writes a virus using sony's rootkit to DDOS sony.com?

  • On the post: Real Sweatshops Making Virtual Goods

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2005 @ 12:15pm

    Where's the sweat?!?

    Maybe they should get a 'virtual' union to mess up the 'virtual' economy like real unions do the real economy...

    But yeah, lets shut them down so the poor, abused, game players...uhm, button clickers... uhm...oppressed workers!..yeah...can go back to selling themselves on the street

  • On the post: Contractors Sue For Having To Pay For Their Own Mistakes

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2005 @ 09:29am

    Wow...miss marx much?

    So our(i'm canadian) inept, corrupt(see gomery), 50% tax govt. tries to drag their snivel servants into the 20th century, failing miserably...and it's the companies fault?!!?!?
    Doesn't the fact that they WON $63 MILLION tell you who's at fault here..?
    That's ok though...businesses have to learn that dealing with the govt. is a lose-lose situation anyway. Best to leave the beurocrats scratching their heads on how to use their mouse while the rest of us privatize space travel and leave these govt. leeches to die off.

  • On the post: TV Network Execs Defend Broadcast Flag In The Name Of Inconvenience

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 25 May, 2005 @ 07:30am

    Re: An attention getter finally?

    to rise up against the corporate ruling class
    Ah yes, kill the oppressors!! How dare they give me easy access to their goods which better my life. The horror!! They're ruling over me because...uhmmm...they're offering me stuff that makes life easier/more fun...and uhmm...that's BAD!! I know this is true because some commie made a movie crapping on them...wait..with corporate made technology!!GASP!! And marketed it!! GASP!! For PROFIT??! GASP!! He must be in on it...damn they're everywhere!! ....or....you're nuts

  • On the post: Laptops Are A Pain In The Neck… And Back… And Shoulders

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2005 @ 06:06am

    OH COME ON!!

    First, every brittle betty bitched and moaned about desktops, so we had a flurry of ergo-nuts swarming over everything with tape measures, wrist casts, and posture charts, telling people to take 15min breaks every 10min..(way to kill any work getting done).
    NOW that we have nice light laptops that we can easily move to ANY POSITION WE LIKE...it's STILL not good enough somehow.
    The article itself is just a FUD piece from;
    -Tom Albin of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, a national think tank
    -ergonomics guru Tamara James
    -researcher Carolyn Sommerich of the Institute of Ergonomics
    -chiropractor David Schwartz
    -James, the Duke University ergonomist
    ...I mean, you can cut the quackery with a knife. (ergonomics GURU?!? ergonomist?!!...please...I guess the 'scientician' classes were full)
    Gee, could it be that an easily moveable laptop/tablet would COMPLETELY ELIMINATE all this hypochondria about 'ergonomics' and these goofballs would have to get a real job??
    Guess what...if you're hunched over a laptop...SIT UP STRAIGHT!! THE FREAKN SCREEN TILTS BACK!!

  • On the post: A Watch? How Last Millennium!

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2005 @ 07:46am

    Re: Watchmakers must join streetlamplighters local

    "...especially when it's on my belt or in my pocket."
    lessie...the only difference in both actions is a grasping action. You have an opposible thumb, right? :P
    "I own a Casio G-Shock watch"
    Watch name-dropping? 1988 called, they...oh nevermind...
    "takes a beating that my phone would need an act of God to survive."
    Well, maybe if you wore your phone on your wrist, this would apply.
    "There are still uses for watches."
    As a clothing accessory perhaps, like cufflinks...that's about it

  • On the post: A Watch? How Last Millennium!

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2005 @ 05:44am

    Watchmakers must join streetlamplighters local 990

    1987 called, they want their wrist watch/calculators back.
    Seriously though...I haven't worn a watch in years. As I remember, the stupid things get hooked on EVERYTHING, are either too tight(sweaty) or too loose(keep fidgeting with/turning it), you get that nice anti-tan area on your wrist, not to mention loosing it, getting it wet/scratched, batteries,etc...
    ...and for what...THE TIME?!?!?
    I've got a phone that does that...plus internet access, mp3 playing to my bluetooth headset,etc(motorola).
    ...or I could just look at the time on my laptop or PDA, or any number of clocks around...

  • On the post: Doctors Don't Want You Buying Kidneys Online

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2004 @ 06:32am

    Re: the problem

    "...i think someone rich who doesnt like waiting for our public health care can renounce their canadian citizenship"

    Yeah, they're already doing that...It's called the Brain-Drain

    "...the benefits of canadian socialist government"

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!
    stop...you're killing me..no seriously...the soviet style hospital "bread lines" are literally KILLING ME!

  • On the post: South Korea Wants To Ban North Korean Website

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2004 @ 05:56am

    HELLO?!?

    "If they're so confident that they're right..."

    The problem with this kind of statement is apparent...any amount of evil can be passed off as a "different opinion" and held up as something worthy of serious consideration.
    Communism is pure evil...it's been PROVEN again and again...ussr/cuba/east germany/china

    Hundreds of millions dead by their governments...yet we STILL have whackjobs claiming;
    1) well, it wasn't REALLY communism (yes, it was)
    2) it's the people's fault, not communism's (not enough dead?!)
    3) communism works in THEORY, not practice (see #2)
    4) REAL communism is being held back by eeeviiilll capitalists that are enslaving the world (?!?! by making products to make life easier/better?!?!)

    Some people are just stupid/misinformed/don't care/greedy. This is how propaganda works, your 'point of view' doesn't have to make sense, it just has to be trendy/sound good/promise things to people.

    "...certain beliefs sometimes feel so threatened by anyone who disagrees with them..."
    I think the numerous rallies about destroying all that oppose them, and the lessons of history make them feel threatened, not a 'disagreement'


    It doesn't matter netwise anyway, people will still get access to the site. I'd see it more from the network admin's point of view...how much bandwidth can be opened up by getting rid of this garbage.

  • On the post: Musicians Who Understand The Internet

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2004 @ 10:00am

    I'm just a caveman lawyer, but...

    Law of supply and demand. If the supply is infinite(drag-drop-copy), the demand will plummet accordingly. I don't know anyone who buys cd's anymore...DVD's are next...

  • On the post: The Death Of Fax Machines?

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2004 @ 06:05am

    freakn paperists

    at least it's not political I guess...

    (I wave to you from my paperless office)

  • On the post: The Myth Of The Paperless Office Is A Myth?

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2004 @ 04:29am

    Re: Oh, but they tempt me Lord...

    ok...why not...

  • On the post: The Myth Of The Paperless Office Is A Myth?

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2004 @ 06:12am

    Oh, but they tempt me Lord...

    whoopsie...

    I'm sensing a lot of paperist bias here :)


    From the atricle;
    -"the promise of the paperless office, well, it hasn?t happened."
    -"There will never be a completely paperless office, because paper is so convenient."


    THEN they quote people whining that computers just don't work...
    "when the computer decides to fry itself..."
    "far too many computer glitches to rely on that as the only back-up."

    And the kicker;
    "The restrictions on the amount of storage for computer files is causing me to print and file a lot more than I have in the past"
    Riiight...hard drive space is soooooo limited you have to print stuff...Less than $1/GB is OBVIOUSLY too expensive..

    essentially just another paperist luddite FUD article...
    -computers don't really work, not really...(??)
    -can't store all the data (?!?!?!)
    -easier to read on papaer??!?! (NOT, no search, font size change, ANYTHING!)

    However, heh-heh...the ending shows the reason why;

    "This is why newspapers, books and magazines are still being purchased and read."
    AND
    "...is a syndicated columnist and best-selling business book author, his latest being the soon-to-be published..."

    Yeah, wouldn't want to see all your books being copied freely over the internet constantly would you...

    Let me spell it out for everyone...
    Step 1) Small laptop with nice screen
    Step 2) Rotate screen display 90^
    Step 3) Hold laptop like book, press button to flip page
    DONE!

    AND, to stop the whining before it starts;

    "but I like the smell of paper and book binding"
    -you have a glue addiction...seek help

    "I like the FEEL of a book"
    -go fondle the photocopier, you freak

    "I can put a book in my handbag and just go"
    -I can put a library, video store, music store, TV station, arcade, magazine rack, and my home business in my backpack and it's under 5 lbs

    "you don't need to plug a book in"
    -you spend >2 HOURS reading NOWHERE NEAR ANY POWER SOURCE?!?!? What do you do when it gets dark? Light a candle?
    Most cabins have a generator these days y'know...

    Sorry for the rant, but C'MON PEOPLE!!!

    It's almost 2005 for @$**##sakes

  • On the post: Fat People Cost Airlines Big Time

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2004 @ 05:05am

    Re: No Subject Given

    Riiiight..more taxes...good one.
    A step in the right direction?!?!?
    Don't make me make someone else invoke godwin's law.
    Obesity is pretty personal situation...please don't say you want govt to dictate your WEIGHT?!?!?
    Maybe length of hair next(gets caught in subway doors), perhaps a dress code(short skirts giving men evil thoughts).

  • On the post: The Officeless Office Goes To Japan

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2004 @ 04:53am

    Re: I can't believe this isn't the standard

    Then the businesses who use it as an excuse will go belly up, as they should. If the main concern in a meeting is where to sit, you're already in trouble.

    As for rushing through meetings with shallow thoughts...there's a dilbert cartoon in there somewhere...

  • On the post: The Officeless Office Goes To Japan

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2004 @ 05:09am

    I can't believe this isn't the standard

    Frankly, with the tech we have around us, we should have been doing this YEARS ago EVERYWHERE. The Chiat/Day link, however, shows us the problem: people who will do anything NOT to change.
    "Each day, Miller would pile all of her documents, files, and possessions into her wagon, and begin to drag it up and down the halls, looking for the empty desk of someone out sick for the day."
    I'm sorry, but WTF?!!? Time to can her sorry ass...If you can't figure out how to be efficient and are one of those people with a slovenly desk filled with personal crap...then go work from home...where you can have all the "dog pictures","kid's drawings",etc you want...let the boss know when you actually want to get to work so he can stop looking for your replacement.
    Bottom line:
    The technology is THERE, NOW. If you're still photocopying printjobs to fax to someone(eye witness..ack) instead of email because 'shirley',the old doll of the office, "doesn't get" computers...then you'll be out of business sooner than you think...

  • On the post: What Happens When Anyone Can Write The News?

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2004 @ 08:59am

    Re: Gatekeepers...pah!

    blahblahblah "Iraqi War bad"
    blahblahblah "big corporations"
    blahblahblah "FOX...eeeeviilll"
    Y'know, maybe if you got your news from somewhere else than the PROVEN AND OBVIOUSLY left-leaning journalists/CNNCBSNBCPBS crowd, you'd see this issue for what it is...
    People are sick and tired of the leftist 'Dan Rather's' out there constantly passing off biased LIES to them as news...
    The fact that they're going to Fox news and other alternatives is driving the left crazy...It's all about control, so of course, we get the usual bullshit from the left:
    blahblahblah "Iraqi War bad"
    blahblahblah "big corporations"
    blahblahblah "FOX...eeeeviilll"
    People are opening their eyes, lefties...your days are numbered

  • On the post: ZoneLabs Won't Fix Hole In Free Firewall

    NamelessMofo ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2003 @ 02:17pm

    Re: Is there some evidence that Kerio is not vulne

    eeerm, if it WASNT just zonealarm and was a windows problem

    1: why would the 'pro' paid for version of zonealarm not have the problem
    2: why would they be telling people to upgrade to the paid for version