hippocratical

Palmer, this must be both an awesome and a tough time for you. I've followed VR since DK1 and am happy to have preordered, and have got two questions for you:

Q: If we want a Rift, what benefits us from preordering - couldn't we just buy it from a retail store in April or May and skip the whole shipping/import fees issue?

and;

Q: Will Oculus have it's own version of Virtual Desktop?

I want to navigate my Windows environment in VR: Reddit, a TV show playing, a few widgets - all on a huge "screen" around me.

And a good laughter doesn't hurt either

I thought that Germany humor is no laughing matter?

/s

"The hardest thing about a fatality is deciding where to have lunch afterwards"

I think a firefighter to me that one. Really though, you just separate it. Yes it's a bad day for the person involved, and we feel empathy for them, but it's not our emergency.

Kinda like going to a butcher - I wouldn't enjoy seeing a cow killed, but seeing the meat or even a carcase doesn't bother me in the slightest. Or if I hear a friends dog has died: I'd feel bad for them but get on with my day. If my dog died though, I'd be inconsolable.

I feel the best EMS workers aren't the ones that have been hardened by the job, but the ones that came in dark humored to begin with. We'd go nuts if we internalized it.

It's so we can monitor you and see if anything changes. If you're asleep that's harder to do - but we'll just wake you up repeatedly to check.

The act of sleeping doesn't damage you.

To add to that, EMT's round here earn about $26/hour starting out. I'd say it's a livable wage if you have a spouse/partner who has a similar or better job.

It's more than I earned as a rock climbing instructor, but less than as an IT guy. Oh, and I only work 12 days a month which is sweet too.