Posts by Yugguy 1304 publicly visible posts • joined 2 Dec 2013
I don't mind drones, as long as I'm allowed to try and take them down by whatever is at hand.
If they're low enough a high-pressure water hose could do it.
Or good old-fashioned rock throwing.
Or petrol and washing powder.
Could be a giggle.
Hmm, what's that siren noise and why are there lots of black vans pulling up outside?
You need them. You NEED dirt to strengthen your immune system.
NOWHERE in your home do you need antibacterial sprays.
This annoys me no end.
Antibacterial home cleaning products were yet another solution for which there was never a problem, but somehow managed to suck in the 95% of gullible, panicked idiots out there.
From a layman's perspective it often seems like they invent new particles to fit theories rather than new theories to fit existing particles.
"What the hell is that? A Higgs boson?"
"Beats me, er, call it a slightly-Higgs boson. That other one can be a Higgish boson."
The world of tech is completely filled with stuff like this, that used to work absolutely fine thanks and is now far more complicated than it needed to be and was in no way crying out to be fucked about with.
Bit like the indicators on a Vauxhall Vectra.
This is why I waited til the age of 40, as my prescription had been stable for a few years.
I had similar concerns but it helped that the 3 other people, my dad included, that I knew personally who had had it done had all been successful.
I weighed up the risks against the benefits and looked at the independent stats for my prescription range - over 90% going better than 20/20.
I prepared fully, and did what I could during the surgery to maximise the chances of success.
I can still read fine print in books without issue. Very, very tiny script, such as tiny markings on a cpu, can be a little difficult without a magnifying glass.
The procedure was quiet scary - especially when you are temporarly blind.
But I am very glad I did it.
I had laser surgery at the age of 40.
Best thing ever. I had a relatively mild prescription, -2.5, some astigmatism.
Now I have MUCH sharper vision, twice as good as 20/20 - I forget the nomenclature. I have increased night vision. The only downside is I cannot focus on close things as near as I could before, by a few inches. But this would have been inevitable with age anyway. Long distance sight is pin-sharp, amazing really.
I had dry eyes for about 6 months, now I can hardly remember I wore glasses/contacts at all.
I do agree there needs to be regulation.
Having disabled 90% of the bloatware off my S3 I can't update to KitKat, never mind Lollipop.
And you know what? I couldn't care less. It does what I need it to do.
And as for Google Now, they can feck off too. I've just deleted my Google+ profile so the last thing I need or want is more fecking Google.
Given that most of us in the real world of IT are just now moving from XP to 7, how likely is it we will rush to implement the horrendous shower of shite that is Windows 8?
The vast majority of companies will not be ready for another upgrade til about Windows 10 or 11.
Dear BBC.
What logic is there behind the fact that I can initiate a download of an On Demand BBC show to my Sky box from the Sky box interface but I cannot inittiate a download of the same show to the same box from the Sky app on my phone?
Fcking BBC.
I frantically stab Skip Ad as soon as the 5 seconds are up.
While making a mental note never to buy said product.
Although as I'm a good 25 years older than their usual target demographic most of the ads wouldn't attract me anyway.
I'd rather walk than drive a "lifestyle" car and I'd rather drink my own piss than an artificially fruit flavoured vodka shot.
Actually I have a physics A-level. (;->
As to my metabolism. HAVE YOU MET ME????? No, you haven't. So you know NOTHING about me.
I am not naturally slim. I keep the weight off by:
A: Running twice a week in my lunch hour, come rain, hail, snow, sun, whatever.
B: 3 times a week, after I have put my little girl to bed, at around 9pm when most of you are slumped on the sofa, I go to my garage and lift weights. I do this all year round, even when it's so cold it hurts to hold the bar - real lifters spurn gloves, and use only chalk. (;->
Having more muscle burns more energy so helps keep the weight off. See, I do know we are all different.
If you think any of the above is easy, especially at this time of year and into winter, then I'm afraid you're the muppet.
Your equating energy in vs energy out to car driving is ludicrous. I use the word "diet" in the colloquial sense to describe such fads as "red and green days" which should have been stunningly obvious to you.
Yes, we all have differing metabolisms, so we expend energy different, yet the FACT remains that if we take in more energy than we expend, then we will put on weight.
There are no Doctor Who little beings of fatness.
If you want to lose weight you need to have less calories coming in than are going out.
The end. That's it.
Diets do NOT work. Lifestyle changes do. Eat more healthily and exercise a bit more.
In fact, it doesn't even need to be exercise. DON'T drive half a mile to buy a pint of milk, get off your FAT ARSE and walk. Don't take the lift up, take the stairs. These little things all add up.
I'm a 44 year old office worker yet I manage not to have a huge belly. I am nothing special and I don't live on lettuce.
We are NOT civilised in any way.
As long their bellies are full and the TV is on people will stay silent. Foul behaviour is kept in check not by high-minded morals but by fear of consequence.
Take those away and the thin veneer of civilisation is stripped off very quickly.
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