If you can link to this article, it's interesting http://nytimes.com/2004/12/03/health/03mood.html
Bottom line: Sleep is good, TV is good. Deadlines are bad, child care is as difficult as housework. Income (past $60000) doesn't matter. ============================================ John W. Kulig Professor of Psychology Plymouth State College Plymouth NH 03264 ============================================ "Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet" - Albert Einstein > -----Original Message----- > From: Annette Taylor, Ph. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:56 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Re: Error Message > > My apple must be smarter than yours because it fixed the html problem and > reduced it to htm. Therefore, I was not allowed to see the error message, > even > when I tried to force it :-( > > So much for a smart machine that takes all the fun out of life! > > Annette > > Quoting "John W. Nichols, M.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > My apologies. I did not wish to be overly cryptic in the original > message. > > I just did not want to spoil the surprise. When I clicked on the link > in > > the > > original, however, the correct page on teen depression was pulled up. > > > > If the link I posted in the original message did not result in an error > > message for you, perhaps this one will work (or, not work, as the case > may > > be), and you can see it in operation: > > http://psychcentral.com/library/teen > > > > > > (Click it now, or risk ruining the surprise. In case that link does not > > produce the desired result, the surprise is shown below.) > > > > > > > > In one of the assignments that I require of my online students (which, > quite > > frankly, I should be grading right now), one student messed up on a > link. > > She added an "l" to the .htm -- a very common error. I frequently click > on > > the links to check them. When I clicked on that link I got an Error > > Message, > > but it was not the kind one usually sees. > > > > Psych Central, John Grohol's Mental Health Page, was one of the earliest > of > > the major psychology Web sites. Grohol has been a real pioneer since > the > > beginning, using some of the cutting edge technologies and techniques > before > > most of us even know they exist. His server presents the coolest Error > > Message page I have seen to date. It is JavaScript-based. I assume > that > > the > > script is inspired by one of the computer-based counseling programs. > > > > (I presume that I am not violating any copyright standards by posting > this > > to > > the group. I certainly would not want to encourage any theft of > > intillectual > > property.) > > > > > > If you request a page that does not exist on that server, the Error > Message > > page that appears (rather than the old, standard sort of page) says: > > > > > > > > Something Ain't Quite Right! > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > Sorry, you've reached a page which doesn't exist on Psych Central any > > > > longer. Please visit our Home page to get your bearings. Thanks! > > > > Looking for symptom lists of common mental health disorders? > > > > > > (While the following script slowly scrolls through a window.) > > > > > > > > "The requested document is fake.", > > > > 'I could not find your document here.', > > "I even tried guessing at a misspelling.", > > "Nothing helped.", > > "I'm really depressed about this.", > > "You see, I'm just a Web server...", > > "Here I am, with a brain the size of the universe,", > > "trying to serve you a simple Web page,", > > "and then it doesn't even exist!", > > "Where does that leave me?!", > > "I mean, I don't even know you.", > > "How should I know what you wanted from me?", > > "You honestly think I can *guess*", > > "what someone I don't even *know*", > > "wants to find here?", > > "Sigh...", > > > > "Man, I'm so depressed I could just cry.", > > "And then where would we be, I ask you?", > > "It's not pretty when a Web server cries.", > > "And by the way...", > > "Where do you get off telling me", > > "what to show anyway?", > > "Just because I'm a Web server,", > > "and possibly a depressive one at that?", > > "Huh?", > > > > "I'm so depressed...", > > "I think I'll crawl off into a trash can", > > "and slowly and quietly decompose.", > > "I mean, I'm gonna be obsolete in what,", > > "two or three weeks anyway...", > > "What kind of a life is that?", > > "I'm really sorry to burden you with all this,", > > "I mean, it's not your job", > > "to listen to my problems,", > > "and I guess it *is* my job", > > "to go and fetch Web pages for you.", > > "But I couldn't get this one.", > > "I'm so sorry.", > > "Believe me...", > > > > "Maybe I could interest you in another page??", > > "There are a lot out there that are pretty neat,", > > "although I'm sorry to say that none of them", > > "were put onto my server, of course.", > > "Figures, huh?", > > > > "That makes me sad, since I have to serve them,", > > "all day and all night long.", > > "Two weeks of information overload,", > > "and then *pffftt*, consigned to the trash.", > > "What kind of a life is that?", > > "Now, please let me sulk alone.", > > "I'm so depressed.", > > > > "Been nice talking to you.", > > > > > > > > > > I realize that this might be more common than I think, but for those of > us > > who virtually never make mistakes, it is difficult to find creative > Error > > Messages unless someone else tells us about them or makes a mistake like > my > > student's, or something gets changed at the site. If you use, or know > of > > any > > other such examples (Error Messages or not), please let me know. I am > > always > > interested in cool things, especially if they are psychology-oriented. > > > > > > Oh, well. Back to grading the assignments. (You know, this job would > be so > > much nicer if it were not for all the grading of stuff. And, those > pesky > > students. And those annoying administrators.) > > > > > > "John W. Nichols, M.A." wrote: > > > > > I love this. You might, too. Stay with it for a couple of minutes. > > > > > > http://psychcentral.com/library/teen_depression.html > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ----------==========>>>>>>>>>> ��� <<<<<<<<<<==========---------- > > > Sometimes you just have to try something, and see what happens. > > > > > > John W. Nichols, M.A. > > > Assistant Professor of Psychology > > > Tulsa Community College > > > 909 S. Boston Ave., Tulsa, OK 74119 > > > (918) 595-7134 > > > > > > Home: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols > > > MegaPsych: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols/megapsych.html > > > > > > --- > > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-tips- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > > > ----------==========>>>>>>>>>> ��� <<<<<<<<<<==========---------- > > Sometimes you just have to try something, and see what happens. > > > > John W. Nichols, M.A. > > Assistant Professor of Psychology > > Tulsa Community College > > 909 S. Boston Ave., Tulsa, OK 74119 > > (918) 595-7134 > > > > Home: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols > > MegaPsych: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols/megapsych.html > > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-tips- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. 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