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MS Windows XP SP2
Posted by gummi
on Friday, March 10, 2006 (01:34:51) (268 reads)
I downloaded service pack 2 from microsoft's technet site when it was released and then debated for a day about installing it. The next day I decided to install it. At first it seemed like xp was loading faster, of course a week later it seems to take longer.
One of the very first things I did upon rebooting was to check and disable services I didn't need, including the windows firewall. One interesting note, disabling the windows firewall service, will render you without access to your network connections. After discovering that, I disabled the firewall from the control panel.
I have been noticing some strange problems with apache and mysql running on localhost. I even updated apache, mysql and php, still weird quirks. I then decided to do some tests under IIS, thats when I noticed I could have only one browser open to localhost any more and I would get a "too many connections error", but only under IIS, not apache. The problem turns out to be the windows firewall! Even though it is disabled, I still had to add an exception for port 80 (bug?  ).
Other than that no more problem detected, yet.
 Update: I tried using windowsupdate.com to check for updates and recieved error [Error number: 0x8DDD0018]
X Windows Update cannot continue because a required service application is disabled. Windows Update requires the following services:
Automatic Updates enables detection, downloading, and installation of critical updates for your computer.
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) enables faster, restartable downloading of updates.
Event Log logs Windows Update events for troubleshooting. To ensure that these services are enabled:
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type services.msc and then click OK.
3. In the list of services, right-click the service name, and then click Properties.
4. In the Startup type list, select Automatic.
5. Verify that the service status is started.
 When they say set to automatic they mean set it to Automatic,it will not run update if the service is started and the startup type is set to manual. Very disappointing from administrator standpoint!
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Equiptment
Posted by gummi
on Friday, March 10, 2006 (01:34:15) (190 reads)
Free weights vs smith machine:
When you use the Smith Machine, the weight is being balanced and stabilized for you. You can use more weight because you are being assisted throughout the movement. The lack of balancing and stabilization on your part is not a good thing. If you are not required to balance the weight you will get little to no recruitment of the stabilizing muscles, limiting strength and overall development. Another draw back to the Smith Machine is it forces you into one plane of motion. You are not able to move the bar in a natural range like you can when using a good old fashioned barbell.
Free weights vs bow machines:
Some exercises on bow machines allow for more natural movements. Unfortunetly though, 200lbs does not equal 200lbs. If you can curl 120lbs on a bow machine then try to curl a 120lbs on a barbell, you may end up hurting yourself! They are good if you are not trying to get real big, trying to tone, or are looking for something safe to use by yourself.
Free weights are the most effective method of gaining strength/mass, bar none. You can grow with smith machines, bow machines or total gym, but effectivity will be limited to anywhere from 10% to 80%. For maximum effectivity you'll need to use free weights and lift at least 80% of the maxium weight you can lift.
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My Protein shake tastes awful!
Posted by gummi
on Friday, March 10, 2006 (01:33:38) (224 reads)
Why is it with all the protein shakes out there, they all taste kinda bad? A lot of the powder mixes, mix badly or are mis-leading in the actual protein type or content. Ready to drink (RTD) protein are just a bad idea, they are made and bottled hot, plus they sit around stockrooms and usually shipped in warm temps. Heat damages protein, longer exposure to heat or changing temps, more damage.
You can now order customized protein blends, flavor it the way you want, even add different types of carbs to the mix. This is a great option to get what you want or need at a better price, although you may want to hold on to old containers, most companies selling custom mixes send them to you in big heavy duty ziplock bags.
Tips for drinking bad tasting mixes:
1) Mix with Gatorade, powerade or fruit juice. This will help mask the taste most the time.
2) Don't breathe through your nose, breathe through your mouth until drink is finished. This is a very good method once you get used to it.
3) If your a smoker, Quit! About a month after quitting some of things that did taste bad won't.
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Ephedra Banned!?!?
Posted by gummi
on Friday, March 10, 2006 (01:32:56) (199 reads)
The FDA has proposed a ban of ephedra and ephedrine alkaloids but not on all products that contain ephedrine, only for nutritional supplements. Apparently, ephedrine’s safety issue isn’t an issue at all when manufactured and sold without a prescription by the pharmaceutical industry even in higher concentrations and when taken while one is sick and their immune system compromised. If the safety of ephedrine is in question, why it will remain available in nonprescription cold medicines, cold medicines designed specifically for children and even infants and in formulas that contain 10 times more ephedrine than average ephedra based supplements.
Ephedra has been used successfully for weight loss and energy enhancement by millions of consumers for decades (it's been used in traditional medicine for thousands of years), yet the FDA is bending to pressure outside the realm of science in instituting regulation to ban this effective supplement. All the while, obesity is at an all time high accounting for some 300,000 premature deaths per year.
There 130,000 deaths a year from doctor administered, properly prescribed prescription drugs. A study was published in the April 1998 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), this study concluded that in 1994 - 2,711,000 people had serious ADR (adverse drug reactions) that required hospitalization. That’s 2 million, 711 thousand people suffering serious adverse reactions to properly prescribed FDA approved medication! Of these 2,711,000 people, as many as 137,000 died. And that’s just in the year 1994, now the number now is probably much higher. The study also concluded that FDA approved prescription drugs are between the fourth and sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Remember, this is from prescription drugs that were properly prescribed under a doctor’s care. This does not include improperly prescribed drugs, overdoses or prescription mistakes.
Now while the FDA is banning ephedra, more than 130,000 people are dying each year from the very drugs they approve of.
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Best Buy: PSP Car CD Player
Posted by gummi
on Friday, March 10, 2006 (01:31:57) (184 reads)
About 4 years ago I purchased a Pioneer DEH-P8000R CD player from best buy, the sales rep was annoying trying to push the 4 year PSP (Performance Service Plan), but luckily for him I was looking to replace a older pioneer cd player (it would scratch cds and finally the ribbon wire on the faceplate mount gave up) and I did like the idea if I had a problem in the next 4 years, I was covered.
Well the rubber volume buttons were worn out really bad, the display would change from normal to high contract (inverse) and then the display and buttons would just seem to crash. So I took it to best buy to use my PSP.
Searching the web I found a few anti-best buy sites, reading some of the messages on these sites really had me worring about practices, and some where just people venting anger.
I called best buy the day after the scheduled completion date, due to being busy they took my info and said they would call back in an hour. Well about 5 hours lator a got a call saying it was in, so I went to pick it up. I installed it the following day, resoldering all my connections. It works like a champ, wish it could play mp3's but I'll just have to wait for Pioneer to come out with a mp3 cd changer that supports their IP bus.
Pioneer's price on the CD player was $685, I paid $585, got a free pair of pionner 6 1/2 inch speakers ($85 store price) and a free cd storage visor ($13 store price). Best buy reports the value of the cd player at $79 today (ouch!). They did replaced the entire faceplate, according to their invoce they paid $220 for a new faceplate, I know my cost from Pioneer would be $289 for a new faceplate. So I will say the PSP worked for me!
I will say my only problems with best buy to this date is the wait in the checkout lines and you must have a lot of paitence.
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