We have an IBM thinkpad with a virtually dead battery in our kitchen. We keep it constantly plugged in. The only reason for using a laptop there is size, and a Desk Note would work just fine. I'm sure there are lots of other applications where size matters and portability isn't an issue.
If he posted anonymously the post would start with a score of zero, and many readers might miss it. By posting under his user name the post is more likely to be read, and he's risking getting modded down by the likes of the idiot who modded you up.
I find it enjoyably ironic that your cowardace cost you a point for essentially pointing out his bravery.
Gee, I thought you were going to say something like, "Much like with RadioShack, where you have to perform a test to see if you're talking with an intelligent being."
make your child's "typical" chidhood experience different, so he/she doesn't need this medication. Maybe that's a solution?
No, it's not. What would you suggest, home schooling? Religious schooling? These would not help the concentration issues. Discipline? What, I should spank my child for being who he is? No, what we did was seek medical treatment, and the treatment is helping. The treatment is more than just drugs, too, it includes behavior modification (behavior of both my son and his parents, btw).
a friend of mine does [have children], and has had people suggest to put her child on R
There is a MAJOR difference between "people" suggesting someone put their child on methylphenidate and a medical diagnoses of ADHD with subsequent treatment tailored to the patient.
The risk in treating this disease too late is in allowing learned behaviors acquired through the emotionally distorting lens of ADHD to become not only habits, but fundamental parts of ones personality.
Exactly! My son's Kindergarten teacher would separate him from the other kids when his behavior became difficult (his inattention was disruptive to the group as a whole). The result is that he is behind his peers in social interaction skills (the geeks here should be able to relate to that:-) His 1st Grade teacher tells us he excells academically, but needs work on his social skills. She also tells us that he's improved greatly in the 3 months she's seen him -- the 3 months he's had treatment for his ADHD. I believe this is no coincidence -- the change since he started treatment (and it's more than just drugs, it's also behavior modification based on an understanding and recognition of his condition) is dramatic.
That's the fundamental arguement I keep hearing from those who doubt ADHD is a real medical condition. It's not "boredom", it's something much deeper and much worse, and if you haven't experienced it yourself then you have no idea what you're talking about. The converse is also true: I can get so wrapped up in a task that you could stomp up behind me, calling my name, and I wouldn't know you're there. I know this because it happens all the time, and it drives my wife nuts. Fortunately for me, now that our son has been diagnosed ADHD (by a specialist, not our GP) she recognizes the symptoms in me, and cuts me some slack. I suggest you learn more about it before you dismiss a serious medical condition (which varies in severity, so you can't judge the condition by one case) as simple boredom.
My 6-year-old, First Grade boy has ADHD, and is on the same medication as your daughter. From your story it sounds like they could be twins. Actually, he's on a time-release version, so there's no mid-day trips to the nurse for meds -- none of his classmates has a clue he's on medication, and I think that's an important point.
I can't say for sure, but looking back I'm guessing I, too, have ADHD, although milder than my son -- I learned to cope, but it's still hard to concentrate on boring tasks (e.g., work).
My advice is to listen to your daughter's doctors -- if they suggest medication, and if it helps her live a more-typical (I hate the label "normal") childhood, by all means go for it. It's certainly helping my son. One example: The difference in his drawing is amazing. He went from scribbling uncontrollably all over the page to coloring between the lines to drawing recognizeable images freehand -- in a matter of weeks! I forgot his medication one day, and it took me two hours to get to the school to give it to him. Later, at our first parent-teacher conference, his teacher said that she didn't consider him any different than any other child, until that morning. She could definately tell something was wrong (yes, we fully informed her of his ADHD before school started).
Good luck, hang in there, and ignore the jokers who say you're "drugging" your child.
By using TiVo, you don't need their services, hence they can't sell it to you.
I've got news for you and the cable industry: If I can't afford a TiVo, I'm not gonna buy Video On Demand, I'm gonna save my pennies so I can buy a TiVo and use my VCR in the meantime.
TNT runs the same movie many times in a given week. This is so that people that were watching something else the first time it ran gets another chance to see it.
No, it's because TNT doesn't have enough programming to fill a week. Most of the cable-only channels are like this, because there's a genuine lack of quality content for all the channels (and they think I'd be interested in paying still more for another hundred channels of the same drek?)
It says: "you'll need Mozilla 1.0 or better to experience it." I use Mozilla 1.0 and it works just fine for me. Clearly, Mozilla 1.2.1 is not better than Mozilla 1.0.
Actually, there were several "White Albums." When The Beatles was first released, on November 22, 1968, it came in both mono (PMC 7067-8) and stereo (PCS 7067-8), so there were two "White Albums" right from the start; the list just grew from there.
Re: the update, with Gary Lauder's rebuttal: While I understand what he's saying, I'll not go for this for exactly the same reasons I have an answering machine and don't pay the phone company for voicemail: 1) I won't give those scoundrels another penny more than I must. 2) I want to control my life, and not be dependent on them. 3) I know they spy on me, but I'll be damned if I'll give them permission to spy on me. 4) If I want to keep the recording, I'm at their mercy. 5) This doesn't apply to the cable company, but with voicemail I have to pick up the phone to see if I have any messages; the answering machine blinks when I have a message.
These are pretty much the same reasons I refuse to get digital cable, too. There is no reason why the set-top box needs it's own phone line, damnit! Why can't it communicate via the cable? Because it's cheaper for them to require me to have a 2nd phone line just for them than it is for them to develop/deploy the technology to address individual set-top boxes over the cable system.
Finally, his statement that this will eventually be a free service is an absolute lie, unless perhaps they force you to pay for it as part of basic cable. This "service" is brought to you by the same people who, in the 1960s, continued to collect a premium for color (as opposed to black) telephones years after new customers could get any color for the same price, and in the 1990s continuted to collect rent for phones that had been paid off dozens of times over, years after customers were allowed to own their phones.
Corporations will continue to lose money as long as they treat their customers like thieves and morons.
All the cable companies do this. There are advertizing companies that buy up slots on national networks, then re-sell those slots regonally. They sell the slot to 52 (or whatever) different car dealers (or whatever) in each of the markets; if they can't sell the slot, it runs with the national ad (Coke, Tampax, whatever).
This isn't limited to cable, either; you'll find regional ads on broadcast TV as well. Don't worry, if your local station can't find a buyer for that 30 second spot at 6:07, the network has a backup ready to go. The one truth of TV is you NEVER see "dead air" in a commercial break.
AT&T has broken/is breaking up. Don't confuse AT&T with AT&T Wireless Services (AWS) -- they're two different companies now. And soon, AT&T Broadband will be sold to Comcast, so there will be three AT&T's to hate. They all suck, but please don't blame AT&T Wireless for your problems with the Grey Lady. (i know you mean AT&T not AWS because AWS don't do 800 services).
So when does this new policy apply to Microsoft and their [legendary|continuous|massive] security leaks? I'd like to see Bill and Steve dragged into court in chains for "aiding terrorists"!
I have an idea for a serverless office. If you have a large enough office you reach a critical mass where the total available storage on all the workstations meets the total needs of the group, yet the individual storage on a particular PC may not meet the needs of the few "power users." Plus, there's the issue of backups (the issue being that they aren't done!).
Using P2P technology (I'm thinking Freenet may be the best starting point) it should be possible to build a distributed file system with built-in redundancy and access permissions such that every PC shares files with every other PC, yet none are dependent on any one other workstation. Everyone can reach the files they need no matter where they are (ideally they don't even know which files are local and which are remote), nobody can reach files they shouldn't see (e.g., personell records), and every file is backed up somewhere else. If Joe's PC crashes, just plug in another one and Joe's back in business. All of Joe's data is backed up elsewhere on the network, and all the backups on Joe's PC lost in the crash are restored (re-backed up) onto the new PC.
Feasible? Perhaps, but unfortunately I don't have the time to persue it. Still, if it could work it's an example of legitimate Peer to Peer file sharing.
You've reminded me of The Annotated Alice, containing Martin Gardner's insights on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Gardner makes Alice accessible to modern readers, as many of the jokes were about contemporary Brittish politics and are over the heads of many Brittish readers, let alone us Yanks. Here's an example of a book that doesn't need translation (English readers can read Lewis Carrol's words just fine), but does need context.
Perhaps I should be clearer: The only way solar is going to be practical is if you use it to trickle charge your batteries, while you hike. If you want to run the laptop purely off solar, at your rest stops I presume, you'll need a panel that's way too large to be practical. Also, solar won't work at night, but batteries trickle charged all day will.
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We have an IBM thinkpad with a virtually dead battery in our kitchen. We keep it constantly plugged in. The only reason for using a laptop there is size, and a Desk Note would work just fine. I'm sure there are lots of other applications where size matters and portability isn't an issue.
I find it enjoyably ironic that your cowardace cost you a point for essentially pointing out his bravery.
You're looking for insight on Slashdot, that's where you're wrong.
Gee, I thought you were going to say something like, "Much like with RadioShack, where you have to perform a test to see if you're talking with an intelligent being."
1) China
2) North Korea
3) Iraq
4) Iran
5) The United States of America
Not using lights at all further reduces the fire hazard. Not killing a tree and leaving it in your house to dry just about eliminates the fire hazard.
That's the fundamental arguement I keep hearing from those who doubt ADHD is a real medical condition. It's not "boredom", it's something much deeper and much worse, and if you haven't experienced it yourself then you have no idea what you're talking about. The converse is also true: I can get so wrapped up in a task that you could stomp up behind me, calling my name, and I wouldn't know you're there. I know this because it happens all the time, and it drives my wife nuts. Fortunately for me, now that our son has been diagnosed ADHD (by a specialist, not our GP) she recognizes the symptoms in me, and cuts me some slack. I suggest you learn more about it before you dismiss a serious medical condition (which varies in severity, so you can't judge the condition by one case) as simple boredom.
I don't doubt your claim that you were mis-diagnosed, but please don't try to claim that ADHD doesn't exist.
My 6-year-old, First Grade boy has ADHD, and is on the same medication as your daughter. From your story it sounds like they could be twins. Actually, he's on a time-release version, so there's no mid-day trips to the nurse for meds -- none of his classmates has a clue he's on medication, and I think that's an important point.
I can't say for sure, but looking back I'm guessing I, too, have ADHD, although milder than my son -- I learned to cope, but it's still hard to concentrate on boring tasks (e.g., work).
My advice is to listen to your daughter's doctors -- if they suggest medication, and if it helps her live a more-typical (I hate the label "normal") childhood, by all means go for it. It's certainly helping my son. One example: The difference in his drawing is amazing. He went from scribbling uncontrollably all over the page to coloring between the lines to drawing recognizeable images freehand -- in a matter of weeks! I forgot his medication one day, and it took me two hours to get to the school to give it to him. Later, at our first parent-teacher conference, his teacher said that she didn't consider him any different than any other child, until that morning. She could definately tell something was wrong (yes, we fully informed her of his ADHD before school started).
Good luck, hang in there, and ignore the jokers who say you're "drugging" your child.
1) I won't give those scoundrels another penny more than I must.
2) I want to control my life, and not be dependent on them.
3) I know they spy on me, but I'll be damned if I'll give them permission to spy on me.
4) If I want to keep the recording, I'm at their mercy.
5) This doesn't apply to the cable company, but with voicemail I have to pick up the phone to see if I have any messages; the answering machine blinks when I have a message.
These are pretty much the same reasons I refuse to get digital cable, too. There is no reason why the set-top box needs it's own phone line, damnit! Why can't it communicate via the cable? Because it's cheaper for them to require me to have a 2nd phone line just for them than it is for them to develop/deploy the technology to address individual set-top boxes over the cable system.
Finally, his statement that this will eventually be a free service is an absolute lie, unless perhaps they force you to pay for it as part of basic cable. This "service" is brought to you by the same people who, in the 1960s, continued to collect a premium for color (as opposed to black) telephones years after new customers could get any color for the same price, and in the 1990s continuted to collect rent for phones that had been paid off dozens of times over, years after customers were allowed to own their phones.
Corporations will continue to lose money as long as they treat their customers like thieves and morons.
Hmm, sounds just like the cable companies here in the USA.
This isn't limited to cable, either; you'll find regional ads on broadcast TV as well. Don't worry, if your local station can't find a buyer for that 30 second spot at 6:07, the network has a backup ready to go. The one truth of TV is you NEVER see "dead air" in a commercial break.
AT&T has broken/is breaking up. Don't confuse AT&T with AT&T Wireless Services (AWS) -- they're two different companies now. And soon, AT&T Broadband will be sold to Comcast, so there will be three AT&T's to hate. They all suck, but please don't blame AT&T Wireless for your problems with the Grey Lady. (i know you mean AT&T not AWS because AWS don't do 800 services).
Yeah, like that'll happen.
Also, depleted uranium isn't plutonium, so it's probably not superconducting. Sorry.
Using P2P technology (I'm thinking Freenet may be the best starting point) it should be possible to build a distributed file system with built-in redundancy and access permissions such that every PC shares files with every other PC, yet none are dependent on any one other workstation. Everyone can reach the files they need no matter where they are (ideally they don't even know which files are local and which are remote), nobody can reach files they shouldn't see (e.g., personell records), and every file is backed up somewhere else. If Joe's PC crashes, just plug in another one and Joe's back in business. All of Joe's data is backed up elsewhere on the network, and all the backups on Joe's PC lost in the crash are restored (re-backed up) onto the new PC.
Feasible? Perhaps, but unfortunately I don't have the time to persue it. Still, if it could work it's an example of legitimate Peer to Peer file sharing.
P.S. I highly recommend this book!