And then in the mid-1990s McAfee's DOS scanner stopped finding hoary old-hat viruses (I always tested new releases on my zoo before trusting them, so I can say this for sure) and that's when I switched to F-Prot.
I'm reminded that in very small doses (like around 1/6th of the standard dose), valium acts as a stimulant. I had the reason explained to me once (by a doctor) but have since forgotten the mechanism.
I think yours and several other posts make an interesting point: when it's really AD(H)D, the kid himself becomes aware something is wrong, via frustration over something he knows he should be able to do but just can't seem to manage.
I'd guess that's a definitive symptom, while nearly all other cases are, as discussed above, either misdiagnosed or a diagnosis of convenience.
Given today's alarming level of childhood obesity (I'm now seeing 5 year old kids well over 100 pounds!!) I do wonder how many are actually due to nutritional imbalance. Mineral deficiency (specifically calcium) can affect a person like that -- twitching or inability to sit still, inability to focus.
I've posted about this before, but... turns out "self esteem" had never been studied until recently; it was all assumed. Well, when they studied it.. turns out the highest self-esteem was in career criminals, people who think they can do no wrong. (Source: a friend's wife who is a shrink. I still need to get the study info from her, someday.)
Quite consistent with kids who are never corrected or directed, for that matter...
As you say, sometimes they need a whip to get their fat asses into the gym. When I was in school, gym was a required class. You ran laps and did sit-ups and muddled through the team sports, but by damn you got up and MOVED like it or not.
Exactly. What they've really misdiagnosed is boredom; I'd guess this is true in over 90% of so-called ADHD cases, while the rest are actually side-effects of some other issue, like dyslexia, or simple calcium deficiency (which causes twitching and inability to sit still all by itself).
We've somehow become habituated to expect that kids should be these quiet little bots, when in fact a *normal* kid is squirmy, inquisitive, easily bored, and often exhibits the attention span of a gnat -- but only because their interest can flit from one thing to the next as rapidly as their eyes can take it in, as a means of learning about the big new world around them. This is normal behaviour for normal kids!
As you say -- just let the kids BE KIDS. Stop thinking you can fill and therefore control every minute of their day; that is itself childish thinking.
I'm thinking the main difficulty will be the excess cost since this adds complexity ("Hey Boss, they sent us an extra arm on this one, but not enough legs!"). Also began to wonder if strategically painting a standardized tower could achieve a similar visual effect.
That said, it's a clever idea, but I find it annoys my eye. I don't consider the standard towers invasive in lonely places -- but the "human" ones strike me as an intrusive presence, as if artsy-fartsy civilization has suddenly been imposed on the emptiness.
Nonsense. I've been saying for decades that those huge high-tension towers are really aliens scattered across the landscape... well, now we have proof, since they're coming alive!!
Haha, that's what I shoulda been doing for a living. When I was testing independent projects, I was widely feared as "the beta tester who could break anything":) I don't know what I did that was so special; I just do what seems obvious to me!
I was thinking more along the lines of adding electric shocks that temporarily stop when you find a bug. You'll have all sort of "stimulation" to fix your code.:)
Yeah, I remember that... not being in a major metro at the time, we got SW 3 or 4 weeks later.
As of the 1978 run, there were multiple minor versions -- happened to see it in two different cities and one was altered/missing more of the audio effects.
Somewhere around here I've got bootleg audio tapes from that initial wide-release run; the archivist wanted copies if I could get 'em made (which never happened, since I didn't have dupe equipment), there being no others available with certain SFX intact.
And then there are the "director's cuts" that sometimes make you wonder if you're talking about the same movie. Wizards leaps to mind -- I bought the DVD when it finally came out, and found myself wondering where all the good parts went, cuz only the dumb and boring stuff was left.:(
I once spoke with the official SW archivist about this. Turns out some of the early material, including the very first prints, had been lost. They no longer had the completely-original soundtrack available even if there was any intent to do a fixed edit. And so on.
I don't know why Wiki lists it that way; seems to be a Hollywood Truth that came into being somewhere in the 1990s, but it's still wrong. I also remember when the Correct Wisdom was that SW had *always* had the subtitle (probably thanks to the year-after crowd who didn't see it in 1977), but that was also wrong.
Oh well, believe whom you wish. Doesn't change the fact that Lucas has fucked with it til he's about killed it.
Sorry, you're wrong; the subtitle was added as of the first re-release in 1978 (tho I suppose it's possible that some markets got an old print from 1977; we got TWO DIFFERENT re-releases in the space of a few weeks, readily distinguishable by different soundtrack errors). Back then I kept a log of all the movies I saw, including such trivia. This was right after the hoo-rah over the newly-announced sequel that Lucas had previously sworn up and down would never happen, which magically converted a standalone film into #4 of 9.
Actually that subtitle was added as of the first re-release, in 1978 (just prior to TESB's debut). Along with nuking a lot of small but critical SFX sounds, changing some voices, and other small but annoying breakage.
Sounds like a plan.. now just don't forget and Q-Tip your ears:)
Posted this story to a mailing list and someone there piped up with a story about how he'd had a grass seed (the kind you mow) grow in his ear while he was in the navy, resulting in hellacious headaches. Had got stuck in the earwax somehow and took root... doc pulled it out. Not entirely sure if he's pullin' our legs but it's a good story anyway:)
"Scientists Grow Plants without Sunlight or Water" -- I'm wondering how this might be applied to limited-resource gardening, such as aboard spacecraft (wouldn't be energy-efficient, but might be nutrient-efficient). No doubt some are already wondering how to apply it to the pot plants in mom's basement, too.;)
Not to mention... "If I grow pot in my lung, I won't have to smoke it!"
I believe that's why the cops are usually allowed to hold you for a reasonable period, say 24 hours, but not longer without filing charges.
I'm still not sure this makes right, tho... in today's legal climate I'd be suspicious that the "holding period" just gives them time to create evidence, especially in cases that might lead to a profitably-large asset forfeiture.
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And then in the mid-1990s McAfee's DOS scanner stopped finding hoary old-hat viruses (I always tested new releases on my zoo before trusting them, so I can say this for sure) and that's when I switched to F-Prot.
I'm reminded that in very small doses (like around 1/6th of the standard dose), valium acts as a stimulant. I had the reason explained to me once (by a doctor) but have since forgotten the mechanism.
I think yours and several other posts make an interesting point: when it's really AD(H)D, the kid himself becomes aware something is wrong, via frustration over something he knows he should be able to do but just can't seem to manage.
I'd guess that's a definitive symptom, while nearly all other cases are, as discussed above, either misdiagnosed or a diagnosis of convenience.
Given today's alarming level of childhood obesity (I'm now seeing 5 year old kids well over 100 pounds!!) I do wonder how many are actually due to nutritional imbalance. Mineral deficiency (specifically calcium) can affect a person like that -- twitching or inability to sit still, inability to focus.
Likewise. Instead, my school sensibly diagnosed me as "already knows this first-grade stuff, needs more to do" and I wound up skipping first grade.
Mind you this was in 1960. But education has gone dramatically downhill since then. :(
I've posted about this before, but... turns out "self esteem" had never been studied until recently; it was all assumed. Well, when they studied it.. turns out the highest self-esteem was in career criminals, people who think they can do no wrong. (Source: a friend's wife who is a shrink. I still need to get the study info from her, someday.)
Quite consistent with kids who are never corrected or directed, for that matter...
As you say, sometimes they need a whip to get their fat asses into the gym. When I was in school, gym was a required class. You ran laps and did sit-ups and muddled through the team sports, but by damn you got up and MOVED like it or not.
Now get off my lawn! ;)
Exactly. What they've really misdiagnosed is boredom; I'd guess this is true in over 90% of so-called ADHD cases, while the rest are actually side-effects of some other issue, like dyslexia, or simple calcium deficiency (which causes twitching and inability to sit still all by itself).
We've somehow become habituated to expect that kids should be these quiet little bots, when in fact a *normal* kid is squirmy, inquisitive, easily bored, and often exhibits the attention span of a gnat -- but only because their interest can flit from one thing to the next as rapidly as their eyes can take it in, as a means of learning about the big new world around them. This is normal behaviour for normal kids!
As you say -- just let the kids BE KIDS. Stop thinking you can fill and therefore control every minute of their day; that is itself childish thinking.
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Speak for yourself. I think I'd rather date the bot!!
I can just imagine what our high winds would do to those... way more surface area to catch and create lift.
I'm thinking the main difficulty will be the excess cost since this adds complexity ("Hey Boss, they sent us an extra arm on this one, but not enough legs!"). Also began to wonder if strategically painting a standardized tower could achieve a similar visual effect.
That said, it's a clever idea, but I find it annoys my eye. I don't consider the standard towers invasive in lonely places -- but the "human" ones strike me as an intrusive presence, as if artsy-fartsy civilization has suddenly been imposed on the emptiness.
Nonsense. I've been saying for decades that those huge high-tension towers are really aliens scattered across the landscape... well, now we have proof, since they're coming alive!!
Don't worry, it's just another failed QA test. ;)
Haha, that's what I shoulda been doing for a living. When I was testing independent projects, I was widely feared as "the beta tester who could break anything" :) I don't know what I did that was so special; I just do what seems obvious to me!
I was thinking more along the lines of adding electric shocks that temporarily stop when you find a bug. You'll have all sort of "stimulation" to fix your code. :)
Yeah, I remember that... not being in a major metro at the time, we got SW 3 or 4 weeks later.
As of the 1978 run, there were multiple minor versions -- happened to see it in two different cities and one was altered/missing more of the audio effects.
Somewhere around here I've got bootleg audio tapes from that initial wide-release run; the archivist wanted copies if I could get 'em made (which never happened, since I didn't have dupe equipment), there being no others available with certain SFX intact.
And then there are the "director's cuts" that sometimes make you wonder if you're talking about the same movie. Wizards leaps to mind -- I bought the DVD when it finally came out, and found myself wondering where all the good parts went, cuz only the dumb and boring stuff was left. :(
I once spoke with the official SW archivist about this. Turns out some of the early material, including the very first prints, had been lost. They no longer had the completely-original soundtrack available even if there was any intent to do a fixed edit. And so on.
I don't know why Wiki lists it that way; seems to be a Hollywood Truth that came into being somewhere in the 1990s, but it's still wrong. I also remember when the Correct Wisdom was that SW had *always* had the subtitle (probably thanks to the year-after crowd who didn't see it in 1977), but that was also wrong.
Oh well, believe whom you wish. Doesn't change the fact that Lucas has fucked with it til he's about killed it.
Sorry, you're wrong; the subtitle was added as of the first re-release in 1978 (tho I suppose it's possible that some markets got an old print from 1977; we got TWO DIFFERENT re-releases in the space of a few weeks, readily distinguishable by different soundtrack errors). Back then I kept a log of all the movies I saw, including such trivia. This was right after the hoo-rah over the newly-announced sequel that Lucas had previously sworn up and down would never happen, which magically converted a standalone film into #4 of 9.
Actually that subtitle was added as of the first re-release, in 1978 (just prior to TESB's debut). Along with nuking a lot of small but critical SFX sounds, changing some voices, and other small but annoying breakage.
I'll have you young whippersnappers with your newfangled browsers know that I'm posting this with ... Netscape v3.04.
Now get off my lawn!!
No, but it probably explains why IE still acts like a smartassed teenager....
Sounds like a plan.. now just don't forget and Q-Tip your ears :)
Posted this story to a mailing list and someone there piped up with a story about how he'd had a grass seed (the kind you mow) grow in his ear while he was in the navy, resulting in hellacious headaches. Had got stuck in the earwax somehow and took root... doc pulled it out. Not entirely sure if he's pullin' our legs but it's a good story anyway :)
"Scientists Grow Plants without Sunlight or Water" -- I'm wondering how this might be applied to limited-resource gardening, such as aboard spacecraft (wouldn't be energy-efficient, but might be nutrient-efficient). No doubt some are already wondering how to apply it to the pot plants in mom's basement, too. ;)
Not to mention... "If I grow pot in my lung, I won't have to smoke it!"
I believe that's why the cops are usually allowed to hold you for a reasonable period, say 24 hours, but not longer without filing charges.
I'm still not sure this makes right, tho... in today's legal climate I'd be suspicious that the "holding period" just gives them time to create evidence, especially in cases that might lead to a profitably-large asset forfeiture.