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  1. Denaut

    Weight Loss Thread

    This is why conversations about these kinds of things get dicey, there can easily be lots of mis-communication. I was using sugar colloquially meaning fructose or fructose containing disaccharides (like sucrose). The bulk of the carbohydrates in the list you just posted (excepting the honey...
  2. Denaut

    Weight Loss Thread

    Without getting into the statistical nitty-gritty, BMI works for populations but not individuals because individual differences along either side of a bell curve at an individual level cancel each other out at a population level. TheWikipedia article on BMIis pretty extensive and can probably...
  3. Denaut

    Weight Loss Thread

    At some point you have to make decisions about public health. We can agree or disagree where that line is, for example we probably agree about mandatory vaccinations. I tend to support Lustig and Bloomberg on this one, thefull reporthas lots of details. Keep in mind this isn't about banning...
  4. Denaut

    Weight Loss Thread

    Well, sort of. I am mostly done with his book now and he isn't so much as attacking obesity as attacking metabolic syndrome, of which obesity is a common marker. It is a symptom though and not the disease itself. A number of diseases can cause obesity for a variety of reasons but the major...
  5. Denaut

    Windows 8

    The apps I use are the Kindle app, messaging App, the mail app, the people app, and the NBC News app. So not that many, but I haven't looked at the store very hard. I also have a couple of the games installed. Mostly the apps are nice because they run invisibly in the background (if you set...
  6. Denaut

    Weight Loss Thread

    I'm reading his book now, as far as I am concerned he's basically cracked the whole thing. Lots of people have been getting towards it for a few years (think atkins and paleo), but nothing I have read before is so detailed and convincing. He lays it out in a direct biochemical cause-effect...
  7. Denaut

    Weight Loss Thread

    No problem, I find all this really interesting. Like I said before I was just trying to be concise, which is why everything came out so forceful, that wasn't my intention. The reason for cutting out sugars was as I outlined before, it has a hugely disproportional negative effect on your...
  8. Denaut

    Weight Loss Thread

    Sorry if that came off as being super hardcore, I was just trying to be concise. It is all dose-response really, the rule most people recommend is 80%-20%, although I always say 90%-10% because I found my clients would end up at about 80%-20% if I told them that I totally, totally disagree...
  9. Denaut

    Weight Loss Thread

    The quick and dirty list of things to do for improvinghealthroughly in order is: 1. Stop Smoking. 2. Do not drink any Calories. A little whole milk is alright after exercise. 3. Do not eat any sugar. This includes table sugar, honey, maple syrup, agave, or any of the other million names it...
  10. Denaut

    Cloud services

    Try Google Drive, you can set ownership, read/write, and read only access on a per user basis.
  11. Denaut

    Weight Loss Thread

    Assuming you used Bioelectrical impedance to measure your body fat (which is pretty standard), 1.5% is WELL within the margin of error for such a measurement. "This is an important consideration when calculating body composition: percentage of body fat varied by ...9.9%from the highest to the...
  12. Denaut

    Cloud services

    Another thought, are you editing mostly text? Would a wiki be viable? Might help to know a little more about what you are doing and what your workflow is.
  13. Denaut

    Cloud services

    You could also set up an SVN or Git repository.
  14. Denaut

    Cloud services

    You can set files on Google Drive to read only, I don't know if they automatically get downloaded though.
  15. Denaut

    Laptop Computers

    Have you thought of a small form factor PC? A mini-itx gaming machine in an SG05 would be very portable, cost about half as much as the Asus G75VW (admittedly an awesome gaming laptop)and not have heat issues. With HDMI you could use a TV as a monitor or just leave one there. If you still...
  16. Denaut

    Laptop Computers

    The first question I would ask is, why do you want a laptop for gaming. Serious question, I am trying to get an idea about what your needs are.
  17. Denaut

    Weight Loss Thread

    Just picked upDr. Robert Lustig'snew bookFat Chance. If you are a science geek interested in the root causes and biochemical pathways linked with obesity it is a pretty entertaining and informing read so far. You can get an idea of what the book is about by watching his lectureSugar: The...
  18. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    It is a bit of both. Games cost more for all the reasons you mentioned, which makes the stop/starts that much more expensive when they happen. Good up front planning and design is more important now than ever, the more costs rise the more money it saves.
  19. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    Mostly, if I had to make a list of the best few ways to keep costs down this would be there. 1. Have a solid idea what you are going to make, and then stick to it. Changing things on paper is cheap, so 3 people spending a couple weeks (Designer/Coder/Artist) figuring out what you are going...
  20. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    That is very highly dependent on what kind of game you are making, your classic EQ/WoW content treadmill game, sure you are looking at a minimum of about 20 Million, but there are lots of ways to keep costs down. I think I figured once for a solid PvE MMO you could get away with 5-8 million and...
  21. Denaut

    Desktop Computers

    They are good, I think generally the ASUS CUII cards are considered the best due to being an excellent mix of speed/sound.
  22. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    The ironic part is that despite all of the strife, I am pretty sure pyksel, Grim, Gecko, others and I want the same kind of game, a game wherecommunityis the watch word. I wish, WISH I could get into Eve... but I just can't get past the moment-to-moment gameplay. It really bugs me that...
  23. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    Not quite what I was looking for but we are getting somewhere and this is a good list. Essentially we are still talking about mechanics or implementations you like, these things are tools to cause different types and levels of decision making, which in turn elicits different kinds of emotions...
  24. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    That's fine though, because I am not tossing them together as a consumer, but as a designer. Normally consumers don't need to give a crap about what I am talking about, and really they shouldn't unless they are curious. But, if you as a designer want to bring something back, duplicate it, or...
  25. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    I meant the opposite, there isn't a formal process, but there are techniques you use. It isn't so different from being a salesman or an artist. There is no red herring, because there are tons of games that offer well designed group PvP of all kinds. I am trying to figure out what is different...
  26. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    I am going to address you guys collectively because you said similar things. What is it about small group PvP do you like, which parts of it don't you like? What actions that you as a player undertook before, during, and after a combat were satisfying, which were frustrating? How did it...
  27. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    I didn't take this badly, it is a legitimate question. You are right in that I don't know what problem it is trying to solve, but that is because I think CU is a game in search of one. DAoC launched in a completely different landscape than we currently have, the hole that it filled (or I could...
  28. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    No, nothing formal. At the heart of it I think CU is flawed because it doesn't know what problem it is trying to solve.
  29. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    To be fair I have never once mentioned Mark Jacobs and his involvement or performance on WAR for the simple fact that I do not know anything about it and I don't talk about things I have no direct knowledge of. If I am guessing, surmising, forecasting, or speculating about what I THINK went on...
  30. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    There isn't much to say specifically that we haven't talked about generally to be honest. Both projects suffered from the exact same problems we've talked about only a few posts ago, it is almost sad that the problems were so pedestrian and predictable. As to Brad, there isn't anything for me...
  31. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    Oslo, see above ^
  32. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    I'm home and have already had 3 beers... I probably should eat dinner.
  33. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    It's fine, I've been wondering how long someone would Google that massive amount of information I have dropped. Problem is I have to be more vague about what I am working on now, I was hoping that I could speak in more detail about things if it wasn't well known where and who I worked for. I...
  34. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    Ultimately we are both making a forecast, but I don't need an Alpha to predict major problems based on Mark's ability to design and communicate. Would an Alpha help that prediction? Sure, but I am pretty confident (maybe unduly so) even without it.
  35. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    Assuming the team size and time-frame remain consistent then that is a good ballpark. Small teams, small being about "tribe" size so up to about 25 people are extremely efficient. That efficiency comes at the cost of time though, the projects cost less overall but take longer to make...
  36. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    I'vecovered that already
  37. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    The only one I am willing to cop to publicly on rerolled for now is Vanguard, which was my first industry job (and at the time quite a shock). Since then I've work on 3 other AAA projects and if you include live teams and expansions, and since moving to a small studio about 5 more projects not...
  38. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    Pretty much this.
  39. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    It almost all goes to employee costs. The rough calculation for a studio is 11k per month per person to run a game studio in the US. The problem is management bloat, rushed pre-production, and ridiculous inefficiency. The blame can almost squarely be placed on the rushed pre-production and...
  40. Denaut

    Camelot Unchained MMO

    I ultimately agree, which is why I don't give money to KSers but will buy interesting but flawed indy games even if they aren't perfect. I appreciate effort instead of words. But I am, to a pretty good extent, able to judge someone's skill as a designer and a leader through their words.