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Gamers Are Fitter (and Sadder) Than You Think 341

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 18, 2008 @08:50AM from the crying-on-a-treadmill dept.

missb writes "According to NewScientist.com, online gamers are no 'couch potatoes'. US researchers quizzed players of the role-playing game EverQuest II, and found adult gamers to be in better physical condition than the average American. The downside, however, was the gamers reported more cases of depression and substance abuse than their compatriots."

Comment Re:We use a series of numbers (Score 1) 481

by estevon07 on Sunday July 06, 2008 @07:27PM (#24078359) Attached to: Best DNS Naming Scheme For Small/Medium Businesses?

It would be funnier if it weren't somewhat true. IP addresses rarely change on servers once users/apps are dependent on them. Addresses also provide locality data with regard to network topology - the number of hops away. Of course I'd much rather remember amazon.com than 72.21.203.1, but I'm a human. Systems deal with numbers much better with no lookup penalty or DNS accuracy issues.

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