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Comment Book on topic The Computer User's Survival Guide (Score 1) 262

by zapyon (#40958881) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Position To Work For Long Hours?

Joan Stigliani: The Computer User's Survival Guide: Staying Healthy in a High Tech World

See it at the Female Warrior's Shop

It is 10+ years old but when I read it I thought it was pretty good. If there are newer books that are recommendable I would be interested, too.

Otherwise: keep moving. As others in this discussion have stated: we are not made to sit still for long periods (or stand still, come tho that). Just try to sit in a comfortable position for, let's say, 1 hour, without moving at all (breathing movements and heartbeat may be continued ;-)
The Internet

Submission + - Mitt Romney Fails to Announce VP Pick Before Twitter (ibtimes.com)

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redletterdave
redletterdave writes: "Mitt Romney needed to announce his VP decision by Aug. 11. His plan? Supporters of the campaign would download a free app for iPhone or Android called "Mitt's VP," which promised they would be the first to know now the official news of Romney's running mate. So on Friday night, who was the first to break the news of Mitt Romney's VP? Well, whoever it was, it wasn't the Romney campaign. In fact, Romney didn't send out its official text message until 7:07 a.m. EDT Saturday; by then, however, the news had already spread on Twitter — and everywhere else. NBC News scooped the news on Twitter at 12:04 a.m. EDT, citing three sources. Roughly an hour later, AP broke the "official" news at 1:06 a.m. By the time Romney's application alerted users to the news, Paul Ryan's name had already been mentioned more than 100,000 times on Twitter."
Communications

Submission + - Curiosity Transmits First 360-Degree Panorama From Mars (ibtimes.com)

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redletterdave
redletterdave writes: "Five days after NASA's Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars, the one-ton robot sent another postcard back to Earth, this one a 360-degree doozy. Curiosity's first panorama, albeit black-and-white, gives Earthlings a great high-quality glimpse at the surface on Mars, specifically within the 96-mile Gale Crater."

Submission + - Huge pumice rock 'island' seen floating in South Pacific (msn.com)

Submitted by ZombieBraintrust
ZombieBraintrust writes: Pumice, the lightweight stone used to smooth skin, is usually found in beauty salons, but on Thursday sailors from New Zealand's Royal Navy found nearly 10,000 square miles of the lava rock bobbing on the surface of the South Pacific Ocean.
Science

Submission + - Researchers Invent Microparticles That Will Let You Live Without Breathing (gizmocrazed.com)

Submitted by Diggester
Diggester writes: A group of researchers led by Dr. John Kheir, from the Department of Cardiology at Boston Children's Hospital, developed microparticles that quickly oxygenate the bloodstream and allow a person to stay alive for 15 to 30 minutes without drawing a breath.
The concept of keeping a patient alive without breathing is not that new, however other attempts at this almost miraculous medicine have all but failed. The sheer determination to succeed in this endeavor came in 2006, when Dr. Kheir lost young patient after her lungs hemorrhaged during a case of pneumonia. That hemorrhaging led to brain damage and eventually death soon after because the good doctor couldn't was unable to keep her alive long enough to give her a heart-lung machine.
Google

Submission + - Google Improving Search Quality, Lists 86 Changes to Search Algorithm (paritynews.com)

Submitted by hypnosec
hypnosec writes: Google has announced a list of changes, totaling 86 in numbers, for the month of June and July that it is going to release for its search algorithm most of which are meant to influence the quality of search results. On its Inside Search blog post, Google has listed 57 changes for the month of June, 22 changes for the month of July and 7 other changes. The changes that Google is making include 6 “Page Quality” changes that will try and bring out more high-quality and unique material from trusted source. Changes under project codenamed “Answers” will incorporate detection of natural language and will address things whereby people search for things like “What is the time in India?”, "When is Mother's Day?", "What is $500 in euros?", etc. Google has also worked on how relevant images are being showed in results. Adult content filtering is also a focus in the current list of changes under project codenamed “SafeSearch”.
Science

Submission + - Diamonds are a Qubit's Best Friend (wavewatching.net)

Submitted by quax
quax writes: Diamonds are an incredibly versatile material. A recent slashdot stories report its use in medicine, another shows that exploiting is hardness can help to produce better phase change memory. Some synthetic diamonds are semi-conductors and could be made into chips that don’t require cooling. Nevertheless, diamonds never played an important role for computer technology. This may be about to change. Ironically it is this precious gem that could result in Quantum Computers cheap enough for the rest of us.

Submission + - A simplified internet and communications appliance for seniors (kickstarter.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A Seattle-based startup called Pure Devices are attempting to build a simplified appliance targeted for seniors and the elderly. We are attempting to raise funds via kickstarter. We believe a focussed, targeted and limited device, built on the Raspberry Pi would enable a large frustrated population to connect with simplicity and easy. The frustration of explaining to grandparents and parents how they can video-chat at the tap of a button, or how they can browse safely, led us to this initiative.

We plan to manufacture most of it in the USA.
Politics

Submission + - Arrested Man Sues Under Anti-Slavery Amendment (yahoo.com)

Submitted by OopsIDied
OopsIDied writes: Finbar McGarry is suing the state of Vermont for $11 million after being forced to work washing other inmates' laundry at 25 cents an hour while being held for trial. McGarry claims that prison officers threatened to place him in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day if he refused to work. McGarry was eventually tried, and his charges were dropped.

Submission + - In Brazil, all vehicles must have radio IDs by 2014 (clicrbs.com.br) 1

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morcego
morcego writes: "Brazil's National Traffic Council (CNT) published today, Friday, a resolution that institutes the National System of Automatic Vehicle Identification (Siniav). According to the Q&A published (Google translation from Portuguese), only "visible and public" information will be available (vehicle year or fabrication, make, model, combustible, engine power and license plate number), without any personal information about the owner or registration data. This system will be mandatory to all vehicles (cars, trucks, motorcycles etc) and should cost vehicle owners aprox. R$ 5 (less than US$3)."

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