Maybe that counts for ADHD, because that is mostly a social problem.
ADD is NOT a social problem. It is a organic dopamine deficiency problem. It can be shown in graphic brain scans. And it is in the genes (therefore inherited from parent to kid). Most ADHD grown-ups I know have been diagnosed when their got diagnosed. Many of them have found the solution to their life-long problems. ("You mean I am not lazy, stupid or crazy...")
This indicates there is a chemical difference between normal people and people with ADHD.
There are other indicators as well - a lot of ADD suffering people have "paradox" reactions to medications and substances. For example I cannot take any OTC painkiller because it worsens the symptomes. I have to receive triple anaesthesia (sp?) for minor surgeries. Barbiturates or benzodiazepines (like Valium) will actually get me going up the walls and not down.
However, this does not mean that giving them drugs is the right thing to do. All it does is create a dependency which may or may not be necessary. It is a much more responsible thing (IMHO) to recommend they take Ritalin only sparingly, and at least attempt to overcome their neurological problem by themselves.
Well, treating ADHD with Ritalin is about the only thing that yields a 80% success. Also, Ritalin taken as prescribed for ADHD DOES NEVER create any kind of dependency. In fact most Ritalin-consumers have to be reminded to take their meds on time. Does not sound like addiction to me. Ritalin taken orally does not stimulate the "reward-complex" part of the brain as cocaine (nasally) does. The time span between comsumption and effect is too big for the brain to correlate the events and form addiction. The pharmacy breakins that occasionally happen are usually by kids who crush and snort the Methylphenidate. This can yield "drug-like" effects like euphoria and might grow into an addiction if done for a long time. And for the last part - "overcoming problems by themselves". It is a neat idea but too far-fetched to work. Kids/grown-ups with ADHD have a dopamine deficiency. Would you deny insuline to someone who needs it to allow him to "overcome the problem by himself" ? I hope not.
This approach would give them the opportunity to learn behaviors that would help them when they don't have access to Ritalin, and ultimately be much more beneficial to them than just relying on drugs to fix their problem.
A lot of approaches in terms of psychotherapy have been made to cure/treat ADHD. ADHD cannot be cured. It is a deficiency in your dopaminergic system. The weird thing about it - it does not work jackshit for itself. It might be somewhat beneficial if done in combination with Ritalin. Why? Because sitting your ADHD kid in the same room with a psychiatrist who does a lot of boring talk is kinda like "one ear in - other ear out". The patient needs the Ritalin to even focus on what the psychiatrist is saying, and to relate it to his life. But given the fact that most ADHD have somewhat high intellgence and good problem-coping skills it is usually enough (for an grown-up ADHD patient) to grant him access to Ritalin and let him work it out for himself. You'd be surprised how many of these patients are actually uncomfortable with their medication and take the first chance to get off it (usually after a year or two). These Ritalin-made glanced into the lives of "neuro-normal" people are enough for the ADHD people to find a middle way for themselves.
Now, I will be the first to admit that ADD is overdiagnosed, but to say that it's just a stupid name for kids who are simply different is to deny people like John any medical assistance, and to condem him to a life of spinning his mental wheels, when he'd rather take the perscribed drugs to balance his brain chemistry so he can do the stuff that he wants to.
Schizophrenically, we currently have a disgnosis situation (in the US and abroad) that basically consist of rebellious kids who were diagnosed with ADHD too fast because of the hyperactivity bit ADHD. On the other hand we have underdiagnosis because there is a lot of kids out there that don`t fit the hyperactive picture. There is a large percentage of "hypoactive" kids with ADD (ADHD minus hyperactivity) that don`t get diagnosed, because they are not enough of a PITA. These kids fit into the "silent, dreamy" kind of person and are rarely diagnosed because they don't stir that much trouble in school and at home. Their bad grades are just written of to laziness or stupidity. And these kids deserver diagnosis and treatment just as well.
ADHD is basically a kid whos not normal, who rebels.
Bullshit. A doctor who diagnosed a kid for ADHD basically because it rebels does not deserve this title. There is a large percentage among those diagnosed ADHD that is more the "silent, dreamer like person". This is why ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is seen as an outdated term. Today ADD (attention deficit disorder - note the omission of "hyperactivity" is used more commonly.
If you rebel, if you arent normal, these doctors will find something to diagnose you with, be it ADHD, or Autism, they will find some stupid excuse. And really this is like abuse to the kids, first it ruins their self esteem to hear doctors and teachers and students treat them like they have some kinda real disease like downs syndrome etc, second, they get drugged up so much in school that if they do manage to learn a damn thing in school its a miracle.
Please get your facts straight. Most kids diagnosed with a true ADD suck at school for obvious reasons - distraction in school and procrastrination in homework (which is basically a result of the distractions). After the best dose of Ritalin or another stimulant is found they usually sky-rocket in school. Also, being on "drugs" allows them to make friends and be a normal child for the first time in their life. Now, what does boost self-esteem? Rejection and failures or friends and success?
Dmitry goes home (deserved) but has to give testimony of hiy employer. The case is not dismissed, will go against Elkomsoft. The US Justice will find or construct enough evidence to win the case. It offers Elkomsoft to drop charged in exchange for know-how and services in terms of password cracking and deciphering systems. If they don't they shatter the company.
Might just happen. Maybe not. Who knows, but it sure is a scary thought.
Yeah, I'm ranting, but to make something constructive out of my waste of bandwidth, how can we get the users to listen? Anyone have effective tools?
Get your OK from management to make each and everyone pay 5 or 10 bucks for each occasion he/she fucks up by running a unexpected attachment. Make clear that this is mandatory. Make clear that you talking about the dangers of attachments is taken for real. And maybe conduct "drills" as someone pointed out a few posts back in this thread. (Drill being an selfwritten vbscript that does not have malicious code and is sent to emails at your company. When executed it just fires off an email to you/IT management and notifies the user that he has done some bad that might have cost him a days work if it was a serious, real worm)
I don't really see any improvements in a car that has a remote starter.
What is it good for? Most of the gadgets that enable you to warm up your car before you get in (standing heater / a/c) will come with a dedicated "engine" which is essentially a small combustion engine hooked up to the primary fuel circuit and starts at a preprogrammed time or catches a remote signal to start immediate heating (like when you don't know exactly when you will leave). This engine will then run with very little fuel and pump all the heat into the car. Absolutely no need to fire up 200+ hp for some heat. I think the same systems also exist in the states, over here in Germany the company "Webasto" is making these very successfully.
The remote starte reminds me of a story I read in Ralph "Sonny" Bargers book "Hells Angels". Back in the 60's or 8ß's there obviously was a cop who had a reputation with the Angels for being a tight investigator. He used to remote start his car (which was parked in his driveway) by standing far away from the car in a "secure" spot before getting in. Obviously afraid of car bombs. One morning when he started, the car roared up as usual. Too bad somebody had planted a bomb right in the "secure" spot where he used to stand when remoting the baby. He did not survive to tell anyone about it.
...anything can be addictive. Mineral water, sports, pot, heroin and hookers all alike. (This is actually the first time i use the words pot and heroin in the same sentence).
And I think it is most weird that this news item actually appeared below the item about the "World Gaming Tournaments"...
Why, what's your beef? Don't have a cow -- you're in gravy, man! Just put up a little sign that says "GONER REPAIR: $10". It only takes five minutes to fix. Script it, put it on a floppy and carry it with you, and you can clean it up in two minutes flat.
Well, and ironically exactly that might "educate" them enough to remember being cautious about attachments in the long run. If it burns a hole into their pockets they might start thinking before clicking sooner or later.
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This thing is way to expensive for anyone to want to leave behind in a "parking spot" and you certainly aren't going to chain it up anywhere.
It won't sell until it can be stuffed into a backpack or some other bag when you're done commuting/travelling.
How comes cars still sell? I mean people put their 50k+ vehicles in a parking spot and leave it there for hours. Without a chain.
What this thing is an electrical transponder that will only react to it's unique driver (think a finger ring or a keyring sending a unique code to the ginger before it fires up)
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In fact if this wasn't a desired technology, why is DARPA and several other DoD agencies spending tons of your tax dollars in researching this? I bet my email account that Kamen is gonna get a call from the DoD within the next month.
The DoD monitors all patent offices. Seeing this product in public now means that they have already figured out how to use it and propably are manufacturing their military ginger already. Or they just dropped it. But there will never be a product that hits the personal sector first and then gety acquired by the military.
I hate to sound harsh but I think you might be looking at this from the wrong angle. The truth is that many of these aid organizations do more harm than good in the long run.
That is certainly not true for "Doctors without Borders" (MSF, medicines sans frontiers). Their approach is aimed at establishing a hospital or other medical site mainly with the help of residents. They rely on assistance from the people they help in lot of ways and their doctors and other skilled workers train residents in a way that enables them to hold up the operation of the site after MSF leaves.
They basically jumpstart and incubate hospitals. Until they can work on their own.
I guess I don't want to read a movie review by someone who can even wet his pants over a totally unrealistic and obviously forged email from an Afghanistan kid...
But maybe that's just me...
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This is bad bad news. Quick to the Kazaa before it goes away !
...and the good news is, that it will take at least two weeks. Also the court has ordered the IFPI (the Dutch RIAA companion) to hold talks with "Consumer Empowerment" (the company that developed FastTrack protocol on which all clients rely) about the formation of a legal music-distribution service.
So there might be a lot of water flowing down the Rhine before something happens. And then again, it is a Durch court. They are not really known to be a corporate whores. Hell, they smoke pot in that country so you might as well expect a sensible outcome from this...
As clifford Stoll might say: "I got into *ix via a 75 cent accounting glitch."
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They need some sort of board to lay on that will keep them from flipping around while falling.
This could be done with a small stabilizing chute. It was used in the legendary Kittinger jump (Project Excelsior). This guy was jumping from 19 1/2 miles up, and 16seconds from jump time a small stabilizer chute would automatically open to stop spinning. Tests with Dummys back then have shown that an aerodynamically unstable object like a human can easily hit 200rpm in free fall. 140rpm for a minute are considered fatal.
Oh, and if you are tired, remember it will be short nap - 19 miles are crossed in less than 14 minutes.
Boy. Parachuting down from 30 miles up would be a hell of a trip.:)
But then again, if you do it... WHERE is the next step up? WHAT can you possibly do to get another adrenaline release that does not make you feel like yawning ?
I just posted two links to the Kittinger story. This guy jumped from 18,5 miles straight. You might want to check them out, go to this article.
This does not really strike me as a major aeronautical achievement.
Col. Kittinger did a 102,800ft rise in a balloon back in the early 60s (Project "Man high"). The thing that makes this ballon trip unforgettable to history (at least for me and at least until somebody pushes the limit) is the fact that he opened up the gondola he was hanging in to throw himself out into the hands of gravity for 18 1/2 miles.
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ADD is NOT a social problem. It is a organic dopamine deficiency problem. It can be shown in graphic brain scans. And it is in the genes (therefore inherited from parent to kid). Most ADHD grown-ups I know have been diagnosed when their got diagnosed. Many of them have found the solution to their life-long problems. ("You mean I am not lazy, stupid or crazy...")
There are other indicators as well - a lot of ADD suffering people have "paradox" reactions to medications and substances. For example I cannot take any OTC painkiller because it worsens the symptomes. I have to receive triple anaesthesia (sp?) for minor surgeries. Barbiturates or benzodiazepines (like Valium) will actually get me going up the walls and not down.
Well, treating ADHD with Ritalin is about the only thing that yields a 80% success. Also, Ritalin taken as prescribed for ADHD DOES NEVER create any kind of dependency. In fact most Ritalin-consumers have to be reminded to take their meds on time. Does not sound like addiction to me. Ritalin taken orally does not stimulate the "reward-complex" part of the brain as cocaine (nasally) does. The time span between comsumption and effect is too big for the brain to correlate the events and form addiction. The pharmacy breakins that occasionally happen are usually by kids who crush and snort the Methylphenidate. This can yield "drug-like" effects like euphoria and might grow into an addiction if done for a long time. And for the last part - "overcoming problems by themselves". It is a neat idea but too far-fetched to work. Kids/grown-ups with ADHD have a dopamine deficiency. Would you deny insuline to someone who needs it to allow him to "overcome the problem by himself" ? I hope not.
A lot of approaches in terms of psychotherapy have been made to cure/treat ADHD. ADHD cannot be cured. It is a deficiency in your dopaminergic system. The weird thing about it - it does not work jackshit for itself. It might be somewhat beneficial if done in combination with Ritalin. Why? Because sitting your ADHD kid in the same room with a psychiatrist who does a lot of boring talk is kinda like "one ear in - other ear out". The patient needs the Ritalin to even focus on what the psychiatrist is saying, and to relate it to his life. But given the fact that most ADHD have somewhat high intellgence and good problem-coping skills it is usually enough (for an grown-up ADHD patient) to grant him access to Ritalin and let him work it out for himself. You'd be surprised how many of these patients are actually uncomfortable with their medication and take the first chance to get off it (usually after a year or two). These Ritalin-made glanced into the lives of "neuro-normal" people are enough for the ADHD people to find a middle way for themselves.
Schizophrenically, we currently have a disgnosis situation (in the US and abroad) that basically consist of rebellious kids who were diagnosed with ADHD too fast because of the hyperactivity bit ADHD. On the other hand we have underdiagnosis because there is a lot of kids out there that don`t fit the hyperactive picture. There is a large percentage of "hypoactive" kids with ADD (ADHD minus hyperactivity) that don`t get diagnosed, because they are not enough of a PITA. These kids fit into the "silent, dreamy" kind of person and are rarely diagnosed because they don't stir that much trouble in school and at home. Their bad grades are just written of to laziness or stupidity. And these kids deserver diagnosis and treatment just as well.
Bullshit. A doctor who diagnosed a kid for ADHD basically because it rebels does not deserve this title. There is a large percentage among those diagnosed ADHD that is more the "silent, dreamer like person". This is why ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is seen as an outdated term. Today ADD (attention deficit disorder - note the omission of "hyperactivity" is used more commonly.
Please get your facts straight. Most kids diagnosed with a true ADD suck at school for obvious reasons - distraction in school and procrastrination in homework (which is basically a result of the distractions). After the best dose of Ritalin or another stimulant is found they usually sky-rocket in school. Also, being on "drugs" allows them to make friends and be a normal child for the first time in their life. Now, what does boost self-esteem? Rejection and failures or friends and success?
Dmitry goes home (deserved) but has to give testimony of hiy employer. The case is not dismissed, will go against Elkomsoft. The US Justice will find or construct enough evidence to win the case. It offers Elkomsoft to drop charged in exchange for know-how and services in terms of password cracking and deciphering systems. If they don't they shatter the company.
Might just happen. Maybe not. Who knows, but it sure is a scary thought.
...like an RIAA guy once said:
"We're going for the guys who steal a truckload, not those who steal a trunkload..."
8 stories with 18 windows each
each windows is illuminated by a pretty standard contruction lamp with 150W
each lamp is connected to a relais (sp?)
the "Blinkenlights Chaos Control Center" is located in the top story
each relais is connected to the control machine with a simple amplifying circuit
5000m of cable were used (about 5500yards)
3 networked machines are used for central switching control, playing console and remote control
to ensure even illumination all windows have been covered with white paint
The entire setup took less than 4 weeks from idea to realization
Get your OK from management to make each and everyone pay 5 or 10 bucks for each occasion he/she fucks up by running a unexpected attachment. Make clear that this is mandatory. Make clear that you talking about the dangers of attachments is taken for real. And maybe conduct "drills" as someone pointed out a few posts back in this thread. (Drill being an selfwritten vbscript that does not have malicious code and is sent to emails at your company. When executed it just fires off an email to you/IT management and notifies the user that he has done some bad that might have cost him a days work if it was a serious, real worm)
I don't really see any improvements in a car that has a remote starter.
What is it good for? Most of the gadgets that enable you to warm up your car before you get in (standing heater / a/c) will come with a dedicated "engine" which is essentially a small combustion engine hooked up to the primary fuel circuit and starts at a preprogrammed time or catches a remote signal to start immediate heating (like when you don't know exactly when you will leave). This engine will then run with very little fuel and pump all the heat into the car. Absolutely no need to fire up 200+ hp for some heat. I think the same systems also exist in the states, over here in Germany the company "Webasto" is making these very successfully.
The remote starte reminds me of a story I read in Ralph "Sonny" Bargers book "Hells Angels". Back in the 60's or 8ß's there obviously was a cop who had a reputation with the Angels for being a tight investigator. He used to remote start his car (which was parked in his driveway) by standing far away from the car in a "secure" spot before getting in. Obviously afraid of car bombs. One morning when he started, the car roared up as usual. Too bad somebody had planted a bomb right in the "secure" spot where he used to stand when remoting the baby. He did not survive to tell anyone about it.
...anything can be addictive. Mineral water, sports, pot, heroin and hookers all alike. (This is actually the first time i use the words pot and heroin in the same sentence).
And I think it is most weird that this news item actually appeared below the item about the "World Gaming Tournaments"...
Well, and ironically exactly that might "educate" them enough to remember being cautious about attachments in the long run. If it burns a hole into their pockets they might start thinking before clicking sooner or later.
How comes cars still sell? I mean people put their 50k+ vehicles in a parking spot and leave it there for hours. Without a chain.
What this thing is an electrical transponder that will only react to it's unique driver (think a finger ring or a keyring sending a unique code to the ginger before it fires up)
The DoD monitors all patent offices. Seeing this product in public now means that they have already figured out how to use it and propably are manufacturing their military ginger already. Or they just dropped it. But there will never be a product that hits the personal sector first and then gety acquired by the military.
...because office space regulations state that anyone has to have a clear view of the sky (aka windows) at his desk.
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That is certainly not true for "Doctors without Borders" (MSF, medicines sans frontiers). Their approach is aimed at establishing a hospital or other medical site mainly with the help of residents. They rely on assistance from the people they help in lot of ways and their doctors and other skilled workers train residents in a way that enables them to hold up the operation of the site after MSF leaves.
They basically jumpstart and incubate hospitals. Until they can work on their own.
I guess I don't want to read a movie review by someone who can even wet his pants over a totally unrealistic and obviously forged email from an Afghanistan kid...
But maybe that's just me...
...and the good news is, that it will take at least two weeks. Also the court has ordered the IFPI (the Dutch RIAA companion) to hold talks with "Consumer Empowerment" (the company that developed FastTrack protocol on which all clients rely) about the formation of a legal music-distribution service.
So there might be a lot of water flowing down the Rhine before something happens. And then again, it is a Durch court. They are not really known to be a corporate whores. Hell, they smoke pot in that country so you might as well expect a sensible outcome from this...
So you're saying "Uninstall AV software - extinguish the lantern" ?
Sound neat. I'm game.
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http://heise.de/newsticker/data/fr-22.11.01-001
the block is back on.
Looks like today is the day of firm decision...or is it... well maybe... but no, yes it is.
Well... the subject line says it all.
/. setup.
I am always more than willing to listen to opposing opinions (even if there are really far off mine).
But this time Katz has gone a tad bit too far. I'll exclude his stories in my
Using the current dramatic situation for cheap careering moves is just too far off my moralic imprint...
I can totally why this post got 5 modpoints. I absolutely cannot understand why it was labelled "Funny".
As clifford Stoll might say: "I got into *ix via a 75 cent accounting glitch."
This could be done with a small stabilizing chute. It was used in the legendary Kittinger jump (Project Excelsior). This guy was jumping from 19 1/2 miles up, and 16seconds from jump time a small stabilizer chute would automatically open to stop spinning. Tests with Dummys back then have shown that an aerodynamically unstable object like a human can easily hit 200rpm in free fall. 140rpm for a minute are considered fatal.
Oh, and if you are tired, remember it will be short nap - 19 miles are crossed in less than 14 minutes.
But then again, if you do it... WHERE is the next step up? WHAT can you possibly do to get another adrenaline release that does not make you feel like yawning ?
I just posted two links to the Kittinger story. This guy jumped from 18,5 miles straight. You might want to check them out, go to this article.
This does not really strike me as a major aeronautical achievement.
Col. Kittinger did a 102,800ft rise in a balloon back in the early 60s (Project "Man high"). The thing that makes this ballon trip unforgettable to history (at least for me and at least until somebody pushes the limit) is the fact that he opened up the gondola he was hanging in to throw himself out into the hands of gravity for 18 1/2 miles.
You can read up on it here and here