Would most people be better off undiagnosed? When it comes to mental "illness", often the only (or at least the best) treatments are behavioral therapy, in which the "illness" is trained away.
Sadly most of the comments are confusing classification with diagnosis.
Mental illness can be reactive to some external event physical or mental or intrinsic. Intrinsic can be developmental, congenital, induced,,,,,
"Mad as a Hatter" comes to mind as being a model for an external event that requires both short term management
and long term treatment. Pb and Hg poisoning is real, physical and has profound impact on behaviour.
Lacking heavy metal toxicology testing the root cause will remain undiagnosed but behaviour can be classified
and managed.
Brain trauma from gunshot to stroke can produce astounding behaviour changes. In most cases the damage is
real and no intervention can reverse the damage. Some damage will heal but medication to manage problem behaviour
is common and necessary. Alzheimer's is a relentless destructive affliction and depending on the region of the brain
damage can cause behaviour and physical changes not just memory loss.
So classification is a lot less interesting early on than a root cause diagnosis. Medications can slow or stop some progressive
damage and medications can help prevent clots that result in additional strokes. Dealing with the damage is another
process.
A common and troubling error is blindness to bipolar afflictions. Medication for depression is often the
wrong choice for bipolar issues. Commonly the down side, depression, is what brings or sends individuals to
seek mental health care. This is impossible to diagnose in 15 min... unless the patient communicates
both extremes in the subjective part of a medical assessment (see SOAP) and the doctor knows to listen.
There is a big gap in the tools that psychiatrists (M.D.) and psychologists have at their disposal. Most
referrals from school systems and social workers fall in the camp of paperback psychology and developmental
psychology and too often are biased, incomplete, incompetent and damaging. A couple weeks of continuing
education and refresher courses in the summer adds credentials and credibility but not ability. There are many
very qualified individuals mostly working in isolation. Decades ago I was reminded that a manager that hires
a programmer needs to budget for at least one more so the programmer has someone to talk to. Working in
isolation is trouble. As a minimum the isolated mental health pro will suffer isolation related mental health issues.
So back to the subject line but stated differently. Yes, Most people would be better off correctly diagnosed. However correct is rare.
Rare enough that too many are so badly diagnosed as to be a serious problem. Theres is hope, do not underestimate
the opinion of veteran teachers who can tell that "some/one of these kids are not at all like the others". Do not
overvalue the opinion of an overworked bureaucrat and self serving bureaucracy.
This is a real issue -- and the key problem is that too many want a 100% guarantee.
I cannot for the life of me understand why the repository in Nevada never happened.
Even if material was lain in sand inside concrete coffins as a 25 year solution in contrast
to the life of the universe. Not too different than the thousand year old burial tunnels
hand dug in the tufo outside of Rome (Catacombs of Rome).
Those that want a permanent solution are missing the boat big time. As we are seeing
from the problems in Japan on site storage is not ideal. The material needs to be moved
into a physically safe location. Transport can be in serious reinforced vaults on rail.
Robots today could make audit and security safer. Robots could operate and monitor
the tunnels relentlessly.
There are other mountains that would make for good 25-50 year vaults as well.
Compare and contrast RF exposure from a phone
and UV exposure from the sun and cosmic rays.
Too much can hurt and hurt a lot.
Too little daylight is the source of vitamin D deficiency.
The problem is that the state of california is known to the state
of california to contain chemicals and substances known to harm
people, fish, frogs, bugs, bees, trees,.... camels.
They don't need to be able to pronounce Diffie-Hellman. GP said that the attachment would even be hidden.
---snip---
I did not see where anyone addressed multiple To/Cc recipients.
If you and I have exchanged keys one way or another it is possible for us
to communicate in a secure way. The others on the To/Cc/Bcc lists are
not in the game.
The larger the list the more opportunity to expose keys or key information
to prying eyes.
Since much email has multiple destinations even if one is "sentmail"
the issue is real.
One interesting option for cloud mail might be "store-encrypted+enter-key".
In this case once read mail would move from a normal transport mode
to "customer" encrypted. This keeps saved mail from prying eyes
by contract and mandates that the legal action be made on the content
owner not the ISP.
Key management is still the bugger.... a lost key is lost data.
If you watch the number of packages getting delivered in a managers office at an
apartment complex it makes sense.
There is no inventory in stores. There is no local sales tax.
There is no clerk behind the counter. There is no landlord
collecting rent.
Cash flows out of towns, cities, states and yes countries.
The value of a local sales tax is that it is local.
The problem with this centralized tax is that is gets
handed down like other general fund tax monies and
gets strings applied in the process. At the start the
string might be as gossamer as a single strand of spider
silk but with time it will drag thick old nooses that yank
society in the ways the "govment" wants.
Compounding this is the reality of distributed talent
and specific knowledge of the community needs.
Further compounding this is the diminished leverage of
oversight. Communities do talk. They do notice when things
are "different" and local officials get called on the carpet.
Snarkieness aside something is wrong. I wonder what it is.
In conflicts communication traffic analysis is commonly used to predict
offensive or other major actions. Total communication blackouts will often
hide troop movements (either side) or block information about movements
so defensive or counter offensive actions can take place.
The optimist in me wants to believe a backhoe dug up a cable.
The pessimist in me wonders about a major escalation that could
be internal or at a border. What if the rumor that Sadat moved his
WMD to another country for what might now prove to be unsafe keeping.
Time to watch the news.... or in the case of a large conflict watch the city wide
smoke signals.
This really isn't anything new, just a bunch of hype.
Issues of scale are the bane of modern systems. If this establishes a foundation to scale AND inter operate on a continent wide scale this is a big deal.
My first question is how this interacts with solar. This is Florida and solar is a real option. If half of the roof tops were shingled with PV Florida would be a lot cooler.
Hang on to your hat. The next victim will be the auto mechanic class
when someone learns that autos can have 8000+ explosions per min
at idle. Golly help the poor kid (or teacher) that has a backfire in the parking lot.
Next will be the ham radio club.
Followed by the computer club.
Removal of Chemistry and Physics classes will quickly follow.
Biology is next when it is learned that yeast make alcohol and cows fart lots of methane.
Learn to boil water in home education... no no no... someone could be scalded.
Just look at the reverse of latent heat of evaporation - 2,270 kJ/kg.
For each bit of condensation a LOT of energy is used to make the
transition. The ratio of 2,270/~4.2 goes a long way to explaining this.
More than this needs to be considered (relative humidity for example)
but Evaporation of condensation must be considered in addition to
just condensation. The initial temperature of the pour is important.
A properly cooled british beer near room temperature is not in the
same camp as a beer from a lightly salted aMerican ice chest.
A solid pint glass that has been chilled and rinsed in an ice bath is also
important to me. Since glass is a very good insulator when compared to an
aluminum pop top a thick pre chilled glass mug works wonders.
If not large chunks of markets will be unconnected and
if it does work large security complexity results.
One/.er commented the only on an isolated subnet....
OK sure but my home router/NAT box does not even begin to address
this level of complexity.
Yes I could build a firewall with a multi homed computer but not
for the sub ten watt power budget and less than $100 budget I think
should apply here. There are some SOC devices out there that
support a single GigE link but not the five that I would like.
"Chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has said that all 104 nuclear power reactors now in operation in the United States have a safety problem that cannot be fixed and they should be replaced with newer technology."
If this is honest and true permits should be issued post haste.
One caution.... newer is not better as Apple Map users found.
And pedestrians will be cited for stepping off the curb too soon. Other pedestrians will be cited for not clearing the intersection promptly.
Goodness help the old lady with a walker. It has wheels so falls under the purvue of traffic enforcement.
Compare this to a request fo a copy of all keys on your physical key ring.
My key ring has keys to property I do not own. A neighbor down the street (walk the dog).
A Facebook password grants access to content I do not own and have not authored.
A company may have serious liability issues because they trespass on property I have been given access to but do not have the rights to redistribute.
i.e. they are demanding a violation of trust at a minimum.
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Would most people be better off undiagnosed? When it comes to mental "illness", often the only (or at least the best) treatments are behavioral therapy, in which the "illness" is trained away.
Sadly most of the comments are confusing classification with diagnosis.
Mental illness can be reactive to some external event physical or mental or intrinsic. Intrinsic can be developmental, congenital, induced,,,,,
"Mad as a Hatter" comes to mind as being a model for an external event that requires both short term management and long term treatment. Pb and Hg poisoning is real, physical and has profound impact on behaviour. Lacking heavy metal toxicology testing the root cause will remain undiagnosed but behaviour can be classified and managed.
Brain trauma from gunshot to stroke can produce astounding behaviour changes. In most cases the damage is real and no intervention can reverse the damage. Some damage will heal but medication to manage problem behaviour is common and necessary. Alzheimer's is a relentless destructive affliction and depending on the region of the brain damage can cause behaviour and physical changes not just memory loss.
So classification is a lot less interesting early on than a root cause diagnosis. Medications can slow or stop some progressive damage and medications can help prevent clots that result in additional strokes. Dealing with the damage is another process.
A common and troubling error is blindness to bipolar afflictions. Medication for depression is often the wrong choice for bipolar issues. Commonly the down side, depression, is what brings or sends individuals to seek mental health care. This is impossible to diagnose in 15 min... unless the patient communicates both extremes in the subjective part of a medical assessment (see SOAP) and the doctor knows to listen.
There is a big gap in the tools that psychiatrists (M.D.) and psychologists have at their disposal. Most referrals from school systems and social workers fall in the camp of paperback psychology and developmental psychology and too often are biased, incomplete, incompetent and damaging. A couple weeks of continuing education and refresher courses in the summer adds credentials and credibility but not ability. There are many very qualified individuals mostly working in isolation. Decades ago I was reminded that a manager that hires a programmer needs to budget for at least one more so the programmer has someone to talk to. Working in isolation is trouble. As a minimum the isolated mental health pro will suffer isolation related mental health issues.
So back to the subject line but stated differently. Yes, Most people would be better off correctly diagnosed. However correct is rare. Rare enough that too many are so badly diagnosed as to be a serious problem. Theres is hope, do not underestimate the opinion of veteran teachers who can tell that "some/one of these kids are not at all like the others". Do not overvalue the opinion of an overworked bureaucrat and self serving bureaucracy.
This stuff is difficult...
It is called windows 8.
Win8 is full of JavaScript and it is designed to hold more as best I can tell.
Recall the litigation between Microsoft and Netscape. Well MS has done the same trick just not tied to a browser.
JavaScript is a POS in many ways but the modern versions with JIT and sandbox wrapper and security model may be sufficient.
I just wish a better language had been called on for the task.
Folk need to "Man up".
This is a real issue -- and the key problem is that too many want a 100% guarantee.
I cannot for the life of me understand why the repository in Nevada never happened. Even if material was lain in sand inside concrete coffins as a 25 year solution in contrast to the life of the universe. Not too different than the thousand year old burial tunnels hand dug in the tufo outside of Rome (Catacombs of Rome).
Those that want a permanent solution are missing the boat big time. As we are seeing from the problems in Japan on site storage is not ideal. The material needs to be moved into a physically safe location. Transport can be in serious reinforced vaults on rail.
Robots today could make audit and security safer. Robots could operate and monitor the tunnels relentlessly.
There are other mountains that would make for good 25-50 year vaults as well.
Too much can hurt and hurt a lot.
Too little daylight is the source of vitamin D deficiency.
The problem is that the state of california is known to the state of california to contain chemicals and substances known to harm people, fish, frogs, bugs, bees, trees, .... camels.
They don't need to be able to pronounce Diffie-Hellman. GP said that the attachment would even be hidden.
---snip---
I did not see where anyone addressed multiple To/Cc recipients.
If you and I have exchanged keys one way or another it is possible for us to communicate in a secure way. The others on the To/Cc/Bcc lists are not in the game.
The larger the list the more opportunity to expose keys or key information to prying eyes.
Since much email has multiple destinations even if one is "sentmail" the issue is real.
One interesting option for cloud mail might be "store-encrypted+enter-key". In this case once read mail would move from a normal transport mode to "customer" encrypted. This keeps saved mail from prying eyes by contract and mandates that the legal action be made on the content owner not the ISP.
Key management is still the bugger.... a lost key is lost data.
There is no inventory in stores. There is no local sales tax. There is no clerk behind the counter. There is no landlord collecting rent.
Cash flows out of towns, cities, states and yes countries.
The value of a local sales tax is that it is local.
The problem with this centralized tax is that is gets handed down like other general fund tax monies and gets strings applied in the process. At the start the string might be as gossamer as a single strand of spider silk but with time it will drag thick old nooses that yank society in the ways the "govment" wants.
Compounding this is the reality of distributed talent and specific knowledge of the community needs.
Further compounding this is the diminished leverage of oversight. Communities do talk. They do notice when things are "different" and local officials get called on the carpet.
Censorship != Damage ........
Now I do wonder, what the true issue is?
Snarkieness aside something is wrong. I wonder what it is.
In conflicts communication traffic analysis is commonly used to predict offensive or other major actions. Total communication blackouts will often hide troop movements (either side) or block information about movements so defensive or counter offensive actions can take place.
The optimist in me wants to believe a backhoe dug up a cable.
The pessimist in me wonders about a major escalation that could be internal or at a border. What if the rumor that Sadat moved his WMD to another country for what might now prove to be unsafe keeping.
Time to watch the news.... or in the case of a large conflict watch the city wide smoke signals.
they might sell your data and give you access again from the earnings they do :)
What liability do they have in the event of a security breach?
As product announcements can involve millions and leaks to a competitor can cost ten fold that if the competitor can stomp on your event.
I can see a run on the current shrink wrap version and then a total melt down in sales shortly after this program is in effect.
See, this is why I use a bunch of asterisks as my password.
That is f@&*);:? brilliant.
Its all just a game so they can boost there average and still sell the trucks that have terrible MPG that people want.
Yes a game. Yet, Yes it is possible to go from sticker to sticker and note which is "better".
It is true that makers will game the system in all the ways they can get away with. The leveling factor is all will game the system.
The folly is that some would tax the game citing the labels. It is also true the tax game is yet another game to game.
This really isn't anything new, just a bunch of hype.
Issues of scale are the bane of modern systems. If this establishes a foundation to scale AND inter operate on a continent wide scale this is a big deal.
My first question is how this interacts with solar. This is Florida and solar is a real option. If half of the roof tops were shingled with PV Florida would be a lot cooler.
The original text says installer. For the installer where tha password has been typed only once.... sure!
Hang on to your hat. The next victim will be the auto mechanic class when someone learns that autos can have 8000+ explosions per min at idle. Golly help the poor kid (or teacher) that has a backfire in the parking lot.
Next will be the ham radio club.
Followed by the computer club.
Removal of Chemistry and Physics classes will quickly follow.
Biology is next when it is learned that yeast make alcohol and cows fart lots of methane.
Learn to boil water in home education... no no no... someone could be scalded.
But the CEO said that tablets will be gone in 5 years. Surely he knows it all from behind the walls of his struggling company?
In 5-10 years, that statement will be on par with "Nobody will ever need more than 640k"
Units please 640K what? Are you predicting inflation where salaries need to rise to 640K$$ to be able to eat mac'n'cheese?
640K of RAM is such an old benchmark that even the Raspberry-Pi has 512MB now.
More than this needs to be considered (relative humidity for example) but Evaporation of condensation must be considered in addition to just condensation. The initial temperature of the pour is important. A properly cooled british beer near room temperature is not in the same camp as a beer from a lightly salted aMerican ice chest.
A solid pint glass that has been chilled and rinsed in an ice bath is also important to me. Since glass is a very good insulator when compared to an aluminum pop top a thick pre chilled glass mug works wonders.
Given the way taxes play I have to earn $10 to pay about $6.
The phone company has to pay taxes on their $6.....
The result is a very retrograde tax on the almost poor where the fee gained from auction get paid for by a whole tax chain.
This issue/ game has little impact on the proverbial 1% most of which have the company pay for their phones (all ten of them).
Sadly the restrictions on tower location and handset radio technology further complicate this retrograde hidden tax.
If not large chunks of markets will be unconnected and if it does work large security complexity results.
One /.er commented the only on an isolated subnet....
OK sure but my home router/NAT box does not even begin to address
this level of complexity.
Yes I could build a firewall with a multi homed computer but not for the sub ten watt power budget and less than $100 budget I think should apply here. There are some SOC devices out there that support a single GigE link but not the five that I would like.
"One Two Three Infinity"
If this is honest and true permits should be issued post haste.
One caution.... newer is not better as Apple Map users found.
Or a gas line lit up and vented in two different locations. Wait and see, no point in speculating.
Well now we know.....
Watching the finish line video, this was a bomb from the get go,
Makes me so sad.
The simple need to keep discussions that might stray on to confidential subjects cannot be encouraged off site.
The clever idea discussed at lunch and the price of lunch denied as a business expense no longer belongs to the company with clarity.
Tax code changes could reach into the lunchroom at the CIA, NSA, DHS, IRS home offices, even the Whitehouse.
An honest cash rate mandates that the service be open to the public.....
And pedestrians will be cited for stepping off the curb too soon. Other pedestrians will be cited for not clearing the intersection promptly. Goodness help the old lady with a walker. It has wheels so falls under the purvue of traffic enforcement.
Anyhow this may be interesting enough to go and read the initial article.
I think I will tune into "Big Bang Theory" tonight for an update.
"Keep an open mind. Just not so open that your brain falls out"
So they sensitize an active portion of the brain, flip open the skull and zap the brain.... OUCH.
Oh wait the brain has almost no pain cells so this is OK.
The part that worries me are the modern, often abused, drugs that reform the structures of the brain. To fix this, well this is not a fix.
My key ring has keys to property I do not own. A neighbor down the street (walk the dog). A Facebook password grants access to content I do not own and have not authored.
A company may have serious liability issues because they trespass on property I have been given access to but do not have the rights to redistribute. i.e. they are demanding a violation of trust at a minimum.