In the lecture today...

[den]

The lecturer asked "Does anyone still use the command line?"

I put up my hand.

"That's a surprise," he said. "Usually only those over 40 still use the command line."

All the kiddies in the class pointed at me. I sank under the table.

Because of the bad audio system he thinks everyone has names other than the one we actually have. I'm Ben (Den) and there's Darrel (Jarred), Stuart (Gerard) and Nigel (Nigel). So we call him Popping. It all works out in the end.


And now, this:

Now you may think I'm being overly obvious here - everyone knows TV dinners are bad for you, right? This is true, but Swanson's new breakfast takes it to a level which previously could only be achieved by eating entire alternate universes made only of prosciutto. I'm being totally serious - I'm obsessed with reading those stupid nutritional labels on everything in the supermarket, and to date, I've never seen anything quite so decidedly heart-killing than Swanson's Hungry Man Breakfast.

Perfect for Fat Tuesday.

Comments

Bah!

[berin.livejournal.com]

I'm not over 40 and I "still" use the command line. In some cases, it's the only way to get things done, and in others, it's simply the most efficient. Your lecturer needs some experience in the real world.

Re: Bah!

[makovette.livejournal.com]

That old saw about those that can, do, and those that can't.... ;-)

CYa!
Mako

[makovette.livejournal.com]

Gotta love a Prof like that eh? ;-) So just how many fire alarms go off when you light the the candles on your Bday cake anyways?

The Swanson Dinner Poster Boy is with out a doubt Homer Simpson "Mmmm 200% Cholesterol Mmmmm!" :-D

CYa!
Mako

Artificial Flavorings and Preservatives

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

You are what you eat!

This is what living in the shadow of The Hungry Man Breakfast does to you!

Poor Ben, he's feeling just a little bit Ratty..........

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

deyo still uses it and he's just turned 33.

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

How Windows-centric. :P

The command line is your friend.
I don't use DOS command line much anymore but that's ONLY because I keep typing the *nix equivalent commands out of habit and I'm too lazy to write a file full of aliases.

Hell, I'm 22 and I use LYNX for my web browsing on occasion...

[trickenzie.livejournal.com]

I don't use the DOS command line if that's any help?

I use the linux one.

And I refuse to admit the 40 bit. 8)

[arcturax.livejournal.com]

Heh, well I'm 26 and I still often use the command line. Both on Win2k at work as well as at home on Mac OS X. Not to mention our HPUX, AIX, Irix and Solaris machines at work as well :)

So yeah, the command line is quite useful. Your professor is an idiot if he thinks it will ever go away.

[level-head.livejournal.com]

One: Never be ashamed to have learned something more than others.

Two: Be careful about joining in with others to bash something--you should learn more than others.

Consider:
Humans do not absorb cholesterol very well from food. They MAKE it from precursor molecules. Pieces, basically.

The cholesteral molecule is physically quite large, and the pieces are able to pass through the small intestine membranes (of the villi) much more easily.

Humans tend to DEPRESS the serum cholesterol based on having a fairly large amount in the diet--it triggers a feedback loop that suggests that there's no need to "hoard" it.

To eliminate cholesteral in food, one common strategy is to break it down into the precursor molecules. They can then say "100% cholesteral free"--but do you see the problem with this?

The consumer gets less cholesterol in the diet--and this triggers the hoarding mechanism--and there is a plentiful supply of precursors, easily absorbed, to make cholesterol from internally.

Demonstration, anecdotal but important to ME. I eat a LARGE amount of cholesteral heavy foods--two or three dozen eggs a week on average. I enjoy steaks frequently, as Mako and Scott Kellogg can attest. I avoid "health foods" as a general thing.

And my cholesteral level runs between 66 and 88, which puts me in the bottom 2% to 5% of all humans. Average is 200 to 250 or so. A doctor, commenting on this, had never seen it so low in anyone, and he advised me to eat some eggs or something. ];-)

Very low cholesteral levels are occasionally caused by other genetic curiosities, but mine was over 200 before I read the research on this topic--about 30 years ago--and decided to radically increase my egg intake.

Even when I was a hundred pounds heavier, less than ten years ago, it was about 140.

Be careful of bandwagons--they aren't generally going in good directions. And you cannot steer.

===|==============/ Level Head

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I just thought it was a funny article. I eat steak and I LOVE lamb chops. I scarf down fish and chips. If someone says not to eat eggs or drink milk, I think "That can't be right." I'll happily eat a whole avocado. My cholesterol level is a fraction over normal but nothing, my doctor says, that can't be fixed with a little exercise. (5.6mmol/L I don't know how that translates to the old system. 5.5 is normal)

Breakfast today was an egg-flip. (3 raw eggs + 2 glasses of milk in a food processor. Whip for 20 seconds until frothy)

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

You gonna jog to the Lincoln Memorial after a breakfast like that?:)

(cues Rocky Theme)

My breakfast today was braunschweiger sausage, relish, and a dab of mayo on whole grain bread.

Breakfast of non-champions!:D

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

That's disgusting! Ew! Mayo! YUUUUUUUUUCK!

[fledchen.livejournal.com]

Good, so I'm not a freak of nature. I tried cutting the majority of fat out of my diet, and GAINED WEIGHT. So now I eat what I want, when I want..I find my body is much better at figuring out what I need rather than a team of experts. But that's just me, the sugar-addict bat.

Re:

[level-head.livejournal.com]

The information in scientific studies is often "sensationalized" by the media. And scientists are not above spinning things to their own biases, although this behavior will get 'em talked about.

Batty Den and I were discussing a few weeks ago that your type--the megachirpterans or giant fruit bats--seem to be a branch of the primate tree and evolved flight independently of the microbats.

And--I still use the command line. 4dos, specifically--it's on every box I own.

"Real programmers use COPY CON > PROGRAM.COM."
];-)

===|==============/ Level Head

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Not as gross as raw eggs and milk in a blender!

[lizardling.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't go there. *turns green*

[lizardling.livejournal.com]

Hee!

When I still monkeyed with linux, I found out that I liked the cmdline much more than any of the GUIs, since they were molasses in a Minnesotan winter on my old 386.

This old fart will !bash those whipper-snappers...

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

Command line:
C:\
C:\cd/MyPics\UNIXbasedfilesystem
C:\MyPics\UNIXbasedfilesystem\rename TN_*.JPG tn_*.jpg
C:\MyPics\UNIXbasedfilesystem\move *.jpg c:\webuploads\*.*
C:\MyPics\UNIXbasedfilesystem\FTP www.mysite.com
Connecting to www.mysite.com
Username: johnbigboote
Password: ************

Welcome to mysite.com! Dir is /johnbigboote/
FTP>type I
Set to binary
FTP>Mput *.jpg/Y
Transferring...transfer complete! 2132012kb sent.
FTP>close
Thank you for using mysite.com
FTP>exit
C:\MyPics\UNIXbasedfilesystem\del *.* /Y
C:\MyPics\UNIXbasedfilesystem\cd\
C:\deltree c:\MyPics /Y
C:\exit

Total time: 20 minutes. 3 minutes to rename files, call FTP and log in. 15 minutes to upload. 2 minutes to delete and close.

Windoze:

Move mouse over file.
Right mouse click or F2
Delete old filename: TN_gdpic.JPG (Some *nix systems don't like upper-case characters and refuse to recognize them.)
Type new filename: tn_gdpic.jpg
Hit enter.

Repeat for the next fifty files. Sorry, can't use wildcards in windows!

Click Start button.
Find CuteFTP program and start.
Wait for 30-second shareware window to dissapear.
Navigate through directory window to find home directory.
Select target FTP site and open.
Select home files and drag to target FTP directory.
Wait for xfer to complete.
Enjoy spyware pop-ups offering you Viagra from CuteFTP.
Wait 30 seconds for shareware nag window to go away on completetion of download.
Click on Close Connection.
Close CuteFTP program.
Close more viagra pop-ups
Try to delete folder with old files in it.
*BONK!* This folder contains files! Are you sure you want to send it to the recycle bin? *YES*
Right-click on recycle bin.
Select empty bin.
*BONK* Are you sure you want to delte these 217 items?

"Whaaaat?!? 217, there were only 50 pictures in there!?"

Click no.
Go to directory and find extra 167 files and find nothing.
Go to My Computer and right-click to change directory properties to Show All files so you can find the hidden files.
Select files you want to delete.
Right-click and select delete.
*BONK!* There has been a sharing violation. You do not have authorization to delete files in this directory.
Re-select files you want to delete.
Right-click and select properties.
Uncheck read-only flag.
Delete files.
*BONK* Are you sure you want to delete these 167 files? *YES*
Delete old folder.
*BONK!* This folder still contains files! Are you sure you want to send to the recycle bin? *YES*
Right click on recycle bin and select Empty recycle bin.
*BONK* Are you sure you want to delete these 217 files? *YES*
Close all open windows.

Total time: 1 hour, 26 minutes. Not to mention a bad case of mousitis, carpal tunnel and an odd twitch in my left eyelid from dealing with the Windows interface.

So yew tell thet perfesser while he's diddlin' himself behin' th' woodpile in Windows, this Ol' Geezer's gonna be at the farm pond (dam) teachin' worms t' swim an' drinkin' a beer!