Why wast time encrypting, using DC w/ offshore servers, and whatnot when with 1.5 T drives at what? 130 usd? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337 (make sure to update firmware) just take a drive, plop it in a damn near free enclosure, go to your friends house, Trade MP3's. Collaborate on what music to buy, (so you pay 50%) and Suave cycle it. You wanted a spare drive anyway for "backup" right?
P.S. Adding more friends reduces the cost closer and closer to near zero. 20 friends is like.20 usd / song. Less if you cycle used CD's, and even less if you count the stuff you allready have in trade.
cause most routers default to channel 6, so move yourself to 1. Seriously.
I have been getting a lot of calls for this recently. I had a guy who was 6ft, LOS from his router w/ interference issues. We bumped him down and he's been fine ever since. I had another client who everytime they picked up and turned on their wireless phone, the internet would drop, and when they reconnected the wireless network the phone would drop cyclicly. Same issue, except, they had about 13 discovered networks using the "windows" tool. Now he makes phone calls, uses the internet, and we lined his walls w/ lead paint from china to seal in the signal.
What I told him was that if you charge what bestbuy charges, poeple take it there, and if you don't charge, they take advantage of you. So you come up w/ something in the middle, and have someone else collect for you because no one ever wants to pay 300 to fix a machine worth a nickel, but they allways say, I don't want to format.
It's not that a person cannot pay attention to something, it's that other things demand their attention and they can't not pay attention to that new thing.
It's like a turret's "Tic". Try reading a page of boring social studies homework when 1 million different instances of interuption are occuring.
The things that would interupt a normal person doing homework vs. AD(H)D not a phone call, a unique color in the peripheral vision. Not someone yelling, but the slightest sound in the quietest room, not a horn honking, but an intriguing thought. Now come up w/ a gazillion such analogies, and through them out rapidly, 1 right after the other, until you decide to switch to a different task. That's exactly what it's like for me.
"It's an overabundance of attention. That's why ADDers (like myself) have the unique ability to hyper-focus as well, so that if you can get sufficiently focused on a thing (difficult) you sometimes pay attention to it to the exclusion of everything else, even so far as not at all mentally hearing anything going on around you or words spoken to you."
Like Charlie brown shouting "THAT's IT!" to Lucy when she asks if he has the fear of everything!
I know my wife wants me in bed by 10:00 but if I'm working on something I can't stop 'till it's done or I've hit a substantial "checkpoint." Usually that checkpoint is "everything works but it needs to be cleaned up"
Then that project will sit for next to forever until my wife gets pissed about that project being 1/2 done.
I love my wife, I dont' want to piss her off. Who does? mad wife == celabate(sp?) husband. But my brain will find tons of things to do instead of the project needing completion.
I came up w/ coping mechanisms, and sometimes even recognize the behavior and force myself to interject, but it's not easy at all, like pushing a car up a hill. (sorry this is/. & I needed a car analogy)
There's also a psychological factor in that I'm somewhat bothered by the idea of having to rely on a chemical stimulant to be able to sit and do the things that other people can do without drugs.
That's another reason I don't take my meds. It's almost like I am afraid to be normal.
"Breaking someone's hyperfocus is like taking cigarettes from a smoker or coffee from a caffeine addict."
The only time I have ever "Snapped" at someone was when I was in a state of intense concentration. It's totally iritating to have someone Pop that focus bubble.
Is that I can't stop what I've started. This leads to many things, like 48hrs w/ no sleep so I could fix a computer that was worthless, but I knew I could do it w/o reformatting because a friend didn't want it formatted. The # 1 problem is achieving a certain goal through a project then stopping the project. This one gets me a lot. It's like I have no control over it, I am off to the next thing like a Ricer sitting next to an obviously superior car at the sign of a green light.
It even frustrates me, but I just enlist my wife to help me w/ these things, and it helps a bit. I'm really lucky that she understands "who I am."
I worked in an extremely High stress environment, and I'd have to say this article opened up conversation that really overwhelms me with a sense of community. I am not alone.
You described me perfectly when you stated these things:
"It's not that students aren't interested in getting along in school, it's that they can't even if they want to."
I wasn't lucky enough to have a teacher who picked up on it. I found out in my mid 20's when hope of going to a good 4yr school was long gone. My father was like, you don't think you have that do you? then I reminded him of how many times we got into a fights because my teacher called again. Or how I scored the 3rd highest grade on my AP Bio final, but got a C- in the class
When I worked in healthcare, and a truama came in, I felt like, and have been told by peers that this describes me.
"because in emergency, high stress situations, people with ADHD may feel calm, focused, and normal, and show unusual presence of mind."
My wife would agree that this describes me:
" They don't need to try harder, they need to relax. It's like ADHD brains work in a different stimulation band than average brains; the effect of stimulant medications is to shift the band towards the normal spectrum."
I don't like spending time doing nothing. I love her to death, but can't cuddle for more than 1/2 hour w/o it leading to something offtopic, and that 1/2 hour is extremely difficult for me (though this could be just that I am a man).
I struggle to complete a task even during "hyperfocusing" because I forget common steps. For instance installing ceiling fan, but forgetting to connect the wires, requiring me to take it all apart and start over., or when building a PC, I'll be so excited about getting it done, that I'll fire it up only to find that I didn't plug in 1/2 the cables, or forgot to screw in the mobo. I cope now by using lots of checklists. Some mental, some physical, but it doesn't help w/ impromptu projects.
When you said this, "I believe your point is that ADHD is part of natural human population variation; if so, you'd be right. "
It reminded me of how I found out... My boss at a Data Entry job w/ ADHD asked me if I was. My reply? I dunno. I didn't last long at that job for obvious reasons. It took me years to see someone about it. I am now 30, and was only diagnosed about 4-5 years ago when my ex-wife left me and my life was litterally rock bottom, short of doing crack, though the thought tempted me at the time. The doc put me on meds, but I don't take them daily. It's like I have ADHDdar now that I have a name for it. I can tell if someone is ADD and not on med's in minutes when I recognize my behaviors and impulsivity in them.
I don't take my meds honestly because I was afraid I was "over productive" I could work circles around my peers, in a very relaxed manner, and often finished w/o anything left to do in less than 1/2 the time I'd normally take to do a boring computer based task. My father instilled in me that being a hard and quality worker is important, and when I can, I do. It really freaked out my boss though...
Interestingly, I think the highstress environment of the medical field subconciously attracts people w/ OCD and ADHD.
WinDirStat is my #1 favorite OSS by far and above anything else. This year I have used it a ton, and I even have a contribution budgeted for Feb. It's small, fast, useful and beautiful. Thank you WINDIRSTAT!
sorry, been busy @ work. Might have been me. Dunno...
I had no clue that there was a kids cartoon w/ DWs! That's too funy.
I got my name because when I was a kid, I blew fire, and laughed at Pauley Shore. Originally it was a different front word, but that word became used as slang for "gratuitous homosexuality." (I was just a kid and got sick of pervs on the BBSs). So the DW was born. This current nick has been in use since ~ 1996 ish.
Again, ty for your comment.
My perspective is that there is tons of room for expansion into methods like you said. Instead of each xpac being about a "new land" make one that puts you back into the old cities. revisiting your original trainer, and performing quests w/ them. Race pod's in the desert. and god forbid, allow flight over azeroth!
I am guessing that the reason they won't allow flight is because there is a lot of "unfinished" work in azeroth. (expansion zones?) When you could cliffwalk, I explored the whole world, it was a weird twisted drive but i wanted to see everywhere. I saw some neat things too! one of them was a HUGE blank open area.
Thanks for your perspective. I wasn't attacking just trying to get an idea of what those pieces should look like. If I worked for blizz, I'd definately take your opinions to heart! Thanks for your input,
Your also one of those people who do 60 in the passing lane aren't you? I love those people! I hope it's not your kid, sister, spouse, or other close relative in the E.R. when the Radiologist, or cardiologist, or other ist is called in to work on them. I have seen it on the freeway too where people will "block" a pass. This isn't a race, and if someone is driving that fast, then let them bear the consequences, because they may just be saving your friend, child, or mother.
Now, I know you weren't thinking of these types of things, so I'll cut you some slack. Sorry if the tone came/comes overly aggressive, but the the attitude that "I don't want to deal w/ xy or z so I am not going to let you do it." has allready killed people, and it's something that we have to learn to deal w/ better.
From this sentance alone I know two things about your character (or the one you played in that post.)
1. A minor irritation to you is more valuable than anothers life. 2. You want all of the candy right now, but no stomach ache.
Movies are social experiences. We actually go to hear others ooh and ahh, to laugh and cry with us.
If you don't want that, don't go to the movies. Large groups will allways have a wild card that does something unexpected, but I think the big reminders to turn your cell off/vibrate is pretty fair. If someone doesn't take the call out, maybe the theater should charge them for the reimbursment of everyone else's ticket.
Sometimes, a theater is actually closer to the hospital than the doctors own house. Sometimes, a Doctor might be in a developed area, but not have much for coverage. Talk to your employer for compensation? Uh most healthcare places can't afford the doctors they have.
Doctors also specialize, and where I live (A capital city), we have 2 cardiac surgeons. They have to spend all year on call, . They work for 2 hospitals, and are on call for both They don't have the luxury of hollidays, because they are keeping your grandfather alive for 10 more years.
Then there are other docs who are saving someone who got stabbed, or using an endoscope to get a coin out of an infant's trachea, or cutting out an infected apendix, or looking at an image to see if there is an anurysim about to burst, or threading a catheter up trough the artery in your R groin so they can clear a heart attack causing blockage.
Real heroes don't have the speed of Flash, or Superman. They don't have bionic hearing or implants. They just have drive to help. If inconvieniencing a few people saves another than so be it!
I live in WA, and while your supposed to drive w/ ins. No one checks until your in an accident. You can print your own ID cards if you want. Though, I have too many assets now to do something idiotic like that.
really, I was just thinking of all the people still dying in the middle east because of religion (still), and the crusades of course, converting or killing everyone in their path. nothing I post is not even close to fact, just commentary. (P.S. my "research though would have found me wrong if you would have let me conduct it though right?)
Is nazi(ism) a religeon or a political belief? I honestly don't know.
Abortion is a subject I feel strongly about. I am anti-abortion (as in I would disuade anyone who asked me if they should), yet pro choice to small extent (it's not my right to decide what you do w/ gods creations, and am against any kind of possibly viable termination) Besides, if we outlaw it completely, people will find doctors to do it under the radar.
That is the kind of insight I was looking for from you! Thanks for adding to the discussion.
I think you are probably correct that construction was sloppy, and so codes were created to fix that, then construction workers found new ways to be sloppy around those codes. Just like any other profession I am sure.
It's amazing how people can screw something up!
My op about permits (again mostly tounge in cheek) was due to some silly things. A phenolic label has to be engraved? Wording for a label is different between what the e- inspector wants and the power company wants? and you fail if you put what the power company wants on the label (they are the ones who you know, would actually USE the device) Parts are not appropriate for the application when they are UL Listed as appropriate for the application because they look like alluminum? (inspector just fisihing for violations) It's all the little nuances that make it hard for a homeowner to do their own work, and that was my only real point about permits. The regulations have a good purpose and intent imho.
I guess to dive deeper, the problem may be that there can't be enough enforcement for any of the laws unless we further specialize our methods of enforcement. I don't know anyone who had the cops show up because they downloaded a song. Instead enforcment of that law lies on the burden of the plantiff.
I agree that there should be speed limits (I prefer the term "suggestions") Traffic police, and education have done great things for our nations many paved paths. Highway fatalities are down dramatically from what they once were.
I think what we really have is a few brave souls who are tied up doing a ton of routine traffic stops in many parts of the country, and occasionally stopping someone who is truly dangerous. When a better use would be increasing presence, patroling neighborhoods, getting to know the comunity more, etc...
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This was one of the coolest technological demo's i've seen in a while. I wish I would have seen it live. What an awesome concept!
Good chilli and booze?
This is supposed to make them leave?
Hell, If I got free chillis and booze, I'd never leave my house!
Why wast time encrypting, using DC w/ offshore servers, and whatnot when with 1.5 T drives at what? 130 usd? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337 (make sure to update firmware) just take a drive, plop it in a damn near free enclosure, go to your friends house, Trade MP3's. Collaborate on what music to buy, (so you pay 50%) and Suave cycle it. You wanted a spare drive anyway for "backup" right?
P.S. Adding more friends reduces the cost closer and closer to near zero. 20 friends is like .20 usd / song. Less if you cycle used CD's, and even less if you count the stuff you allready have in trade.
cause most routers default to channel 6, so move yourself to 1. Seriously.
I have been getting a lot of calls for this recently. I had a guy who was 6ft, LOS from his router w/ interference issues. We bumped him down and he's been fine ever since. I had another client who everytime they picked up and turned on their wireless phone, the internet would drop, and when they reconnected the wireless network the phone would drop cyclicly. Same issue, except, they had about 13 discovered networks using the "windows" tool. Now he makes phone calls, uses the internet, and we lined his walls w/ lead paint from china to seal in the signal.
(That last bit was a joke)
What I told him was that if you charge what bestbuy charges, poeple take it there, and if you don't charge, they take advantage of you. So you come up w/ something in the middle, and have someone else collect for you because no one ever wants to pay 300 to fix a machine worth a nickel, but they allways say, I don't want to format.
It's not that a person cannot pay attention to something, it's that other things demand their attention and they can't not pay attention to that new thing.
It's like a turret's "Tic". Try reading a page of boring social studies homework when 1 million different instances of interuption are occuring.
The things that would interupt a normal person doing homework vs. AD(H)D not a phone call, a unique color in the peripheral vision. Not someone yelling, but the slightest sound in the quietest room, not a horn honking, but an intriguing thought. Now come up w/ a gazillion such analogies, and through them out rapidly, 1 right after the other, until you decide to switch to a different task. That's exactly what it's like for me.
"It's an overabundance of attention. That's why ADDers (like myself) have the unique ability to hyper-focus as well, so that if you can get sufficiently focused on a thing (difficult) you sometimes pay attention to it to the exclusion of everything else, even so far as not at all mentally hearing anything going on around you or words spoken to you."
Like Charlie brown shouting "THAT's IT!" to Lucy when she asks if he has the fear of everything!
I know my wife wants me in bed by 10:00 but if I'm working on something I can't stop 'till it's done or I've hit a substantial "checkpoint." Usually that checkpoint is "everything works but it needs to be cleaned up"
Then that project will sit for next to forever until my wife gets pissed about that project being 1/2 done.
I love my wife, I dont' want to piss her off. Who does? mad wife == celabate(sp?) husband. But my brain will find tons of things to do instead of the project needing completion.
I came up w/ coping mechanisms, and sometimes even recognize the behavior and force myself to interject, but it's not easy at all, like pushing a car up a hill. (sorry this is /. & I needed a car analogy)
Cause you could dangle cold hard cash, and it wouldn't work for me. (my favorite reward for a job well done, 2nd to the obvious male reward)
There's also a psychological factor in that I'm somewhat bothered by the idea of having to rely on a chemical stimulant to be able to sit and do the things that other people can do without drugs.
That's another reason I don't take my meds. It's almost like I am afraid to be normal.
"Breaking someone's hyperfocus is like taking cigarettes from a smoker or coffee from a caffeine addict."
The only time I have ever "Snapped" at someone was when I was in a state of intense concentration. It's totally iritating to have someone Pop that focus bubble.
Is that I can't stop what I've started. This leads to many things, like 48hrs w/ no sleep so I could fix a computer that was worthless, but I knew I could do it w/o reformatting because a friend didn't want it formatted. The # 1 problem is achieving a certain goal through a project then stopping the project. This one gets me a lot. It's like I have no control over it, I am off to the next thing like a Ricer sitting next to an obviously superior car at the sign of a green light.
It even frustrates me, but I just enlist my wife to help me w/ these things, and it helps a bit. I'm really lucky that she understands "who I am."
I worked in an extremely High stress environment, and I'd have to say this article opened up conversation that really overwhelms me with a sense of community. I am not alone.
You described me perfectly when you stated these things:
"It's not that students aren't interested in getting along in school, it's that they can't even if they want to."
I wasn't lucky enough to have a teacher who picked up on it. I found out in my mid 20's when hope of going to a good 4yr school was long gone. My father was like, you don't think you have that do you? then I reminded him of how many times we got into a fights because my teacher called again. Or how I scored the 3rd highest grade on my AP Bio final, but got a C- in the class
When I worked in healthcare, and a truama came in, I felt like, and have been told by peers that this describes me.
"because in emergency, high stress situations, people with ADHD may feel calm, focused, and normal, and show unusual presence of mind."
My wife would agree that this describes me:
" They don't need to try harder, they need to relax. It's like ADHD brains work in a different stimulation band than average brains; the effect of stimulant medications is to shift the band towards the normal spectrum."
I don't like spending time doing nothing. I love her to death, but can't cuddle for more than 1/2 hour w/o it leading to something offtopic, and that 1/2 hour is extremely difficult for me (though this could be just that I am a man).
I struggle to complete a task even during "hyperfocusing" because I forget common steps. For instance installing ceiling fan, but forgetting to connect the wires, requiring me to take it all apart and start over., or when building a PC, I'll be so excited about getting it done, that I'll fire it up only to find that I didn't plug in 1/2 the cables, or forgot to screw in the mobo. I cope now by using lots of checklists. Some mental, some physical, but it doesn't help w/ impromptu projects.
When you said this,
"I believe your point is that ADHD is part of natural human population variation; if so, you'd be right. "
It reminded me of how I found out... My boss at a Data Entry job w/ ADHD asked me if I was. My reply? I dunno. I didn't last long at that job for obvious reasons. It took me years to see someone about it. I am now 30, and was only diagnosed about 4-5 years ago when my ex-wife left me and my life was litterally rock bottom, short of doing crack, though the thought tempted me at the time. The doc put me on meds, but I don't take them daily. It's like I have ADHDdar now that I have a name for it. I can tell if someone is ADD and not on med's in minutes when I recognize my behaviors and impulsivity in them.
I don't take my meds honestly because I was afraid I was "over productive" I could work circles around my peers, in a very relaxed manner, and often finished w/o anything left to do in less than 1/2 the time I'd normally take to do a boring computer based task. My father instilled in me that being a hard and quality worker is important, and when I can, I do. It really freaked out my boss though...
Interestingly, I think the highstress environment of the medical field subconciously attracts people w/ OCD and ADHD.
I believe it is, but it's hella handy!
WinDirStat is my #1 favorite OSS by far and above anything else. This year I have used it a ton, and I even have a contribution budgeted for Feb. It's small, fast, useful and beautiful. Thank you WINDIRSTAT!
sorry, been busy @ work. Might have been me. Dunno...
I had no clue that there was a kids cartoon w/ DWs! That's too funy.
I got my name because when I was a kid, I blew fire, and laughed at Pauley Shore. Originally it was a different front word, but that word became used as slang for "gratuitous homosexuality." (I was just a kid and got sick of pervs on the BBSs). So the DW was born. This current nick has been in use since ~ 1996 ish.
Again, ty for your comment.
My perspective is that there is tons of room for expansion into methods like you said. Instead of each xpac being about a "new land" make one that puts you back into the old cities. revisiting your original trainer, and performing quests w/ them. Race pod's in the desert. and god forbid, allow flight over azeroth!
I am guessing that the reason they won't allow flight is because there is a lot of "unfinished" work in azeroth. (expansion zones?) When you could cliffwalk, I explored the whole world, it was a weird twisted drive but i wanted to see everywhere. I saw some neat things too! one of them was a HUGE blank open area.
Thanks for your perspective. I wasn't attacking just trying to get an idea of what those pieces should look like. If I worked for blizz, I'd definately take your opinions to heart! Thanks for your input,
DW
Innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt is only valid for criminal cases.
Civil cases just neeed (I think...) a "preponderance of the evidence."
What would that content look like? (the non -grind) how would that work?
How would non-raid endgame work? (it is an MMO... so I assume you don't mean "Solo" the endgame)
as you posted anonymously to avoid anyone hacking your accounts!
Your also one of those people who do 60 in the passing lane aren't you? I love those people! I hope it's not your kid, sister, spouse, or other close relative in the E.R. when the Radiologist, or cardiologist, or other ist is called in to work on them. I have seen it on the freeway too where people will "block" a pass. This isn't a race, and if someone is driving that fast, then let them bear the consequences, because they may just be saving your friend, child, or mother.
Now, I know you weren't thinking of these types of things, so I'll cut you some slack. Sorry if the tone came/comes overly aggressive, but the the attitude that "I don't want to deal w/ xy or z so I am not going to let you do it." has allready killed people, and it's something that we have to learn to deal w/ better.
From this sentance alone I know two things about your character (or the one you played in that post.)
1. A minor irritation to you is more valuable than anothers life.
2. You want all of the candy right now, but no stomach ache.
Movies are social experiences. We actually go to hear others ooh and ahh, to laugh and cry with us.
If you don't want that, don't go to the movies. Large groups will allways have a wild card that does something unexpected, but I think the big reminders to turn your cell off/vibrate is pretty fair. If someone doesn't take the call out, maybe the theater should charge them for the reimbursment of everyone else's ticket.
Sometimes, a theater is actually closer to the hospital than the doctors own house. Sometimes, a Doctor might be in a developed area, but not have much for coverage. Talk to your employer for compensation? Uh most healthcare places can't afford the doctors they have.
Doctors also specialize, and where I live (A capital city), we have 2 cardiac surgeons. They have to spend all year on call, . They work for 2 hospitals, and are on call for both They don't have the luxury of hollidays, because they are keeping your grandfather alive for 10 more years.
Then there are other docs who are saving someone who got stabbed, or using an endoscope to get a coin out of an infant's trachea, or cutting out an infected apendix, or looking at an image to see if there is an anurysim about to burst, or threading a catheter up trough the artery in your R groin so they can clear a heart attack causing blockage.
Real heroes don't have the speed of Flash, or Superman. They don't have bionic hearing or implants. They just have drive to help. If inconvieniencing a few people saves another than so be it!
I live in WA, and while your supposed to drive w/ ins. No one checks until your in an accident. You can print your own ID cards if you want. Though, I have too many assets now to do something idiotic like that.
You misread.
It's not MY right to decide what YOU do.
Obviously though, right now, I think it's like x weeks for your own species and any age for many other species (certain regulations apply)
If you ask me, the 80's were the end of that era.
political parties, cults... Same diff right?
really, I was just thinking of all the people still dying in the middle east because of religion (still), and the crusades of course, converting or killing everyone in their path.
nothing I post is not even close to fact, just commentary. (P.S. my "research though would have found me wrong if you would have let me conduct it though right?)
Is nazi(ism) a religeon or a political belief? I honestly don't know.
Abortion is a subject I feel strongly about. I am anti-abortion (as in I would disuade anyone who asked me if they should), yet pro choice to small extent (it's not my right to decide what you do w/ gods creations, and am against any kind of possibly viable termination) Besides, if we outlaw it completely, people will find doctors to do it under the radar.
That is the kind of insight I was looking for from you!
Thanks for adding to the discussion.
I think you are probably correct that construction was sloppy, and so codes were created to fix that, then construction workers found new ways to be sloppy around those codes. Just like any other profession I am sure.
It's amazing how people can screw something up!
My op about permits (again mostly tounge in cheek) was due to some silly things. A phenolic label has to be engraved? Wording for a label is different between what the e- inspector wants and the power company wants? and you fail if you put what the power company wants on the label (they are the ones who you know, would actually USE the device) Parts are not appropriate for the application when they are UL Listed as appropriate for the application because they look like alluminum? (inspector just fisihing for violations) It's all the little nuances that make it hard for a homeowner to do their own work, and that was my only real point about permits. The regulations have a good purpose and intent imho.
I agree w/ you on everything you just said.
I guess to dive deeper, the problem may be that there can't be enough enforcement for any of the laws unless we further specialize our methods of enforcement. I don't know anyone who had the cops show up because they downloaded a song. Instead enforcment of that law lies on the burden of the plantiff.
I agree that there should be speed limits (I prefer the term "suggestions") Traffic police, and education have done great things for our nations many paved paths. Highway fatalities are down dramatically from what they once were.
I think what we really have is a few brave souls who are tied up doing a ton of routine traffic stops in many parts of the country, and occasionally stopping someone who is truly dangerous. When a better use would be increasing presence, patroling neighborhoods, getting to know the comunity more, etc...