"Let it be remembered that throughout almost 14 years of life he worked a 24-hour shift on one dreary problem after another without complaining and spent, at the most, only a few hours off sick," the computer's obituary said.
The most commonly accepted theory for what happens when people feel sick during computer games is that the virtual world they're immersed in provides the illusion of motion – whether your on-screen avatar is walking, running or driving a vehicle – but the player's inner ear doesn't detect any such motion.
A virus-free computer Sick of computer viruses or not having a clue what you're downloading half the time?
The costs of work-related arm, shoulder and neck symptoms and corresponding sick leave in computer workers are high.
In an attempt to reduce these symptoms, a large occupational health service in the Netherlands developed a preventive programme on exposure to risk factors, prevalence of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms, and sick leave in computer workers.
This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness and cost-benefits of the RSI QuickScan intervention programme on exposure to risk factors, prevalence of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms and sick leave in computer workers.
To improve the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing the prevalence of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms, exposure to risk factors, and sick leave in computer workers, a multidimensional intervention programme was developed.
These findings regarding the effectiveness of this intervention programme on the reduction of prevalence of arm, shoulder, neck symptoms, exposure to risk factors, and sick leave in computer workers, partially confirm those of previous studies, where also small effects were found.
In as much as the Social Insurance Offices were not allowed to store information on sick-leave diagnoses in computer records, that information was retrieved manually from each sickness certificate filed at the insurance offices.
"I got sick of people prizing computers and programmed beats to make terrible songs that went monkey butt, monkey butt, cha-cha-cha!
