They would do an episode where a killer goes on a crime spree because he watched too many episodes of CSI and now they can't catch him because he learned how >not to be caught
Is there any activity your daughter does that gives her focus?
I know for me when I started doing programming that a lot of my attention problems seem to dissapear. In fact in a way that is almost TOO severe. I go from the attention span of a gnat to so focused on the task in front of me that I tune out the rest of the world too easily.
I think the idea of the Neural Therapy sounds VERY interesting, and the possibilities of it helping are immenseful, although I wonder if finding something that brings her focus, which every person with ADD I've ever met has one or two, might not be easier, and cheaper.
From my personal experiences, the drugs hurt more than they help, yeah, it let me sit down in class and pay attention in high school, but I felt empty, like a drone, and my mind slowed. Part of what I love about the way my own brain works is the fact that I easily develop tangents, and find other ways to look at things to make them more interesting. The ideal of using a EEG like machine to produce colored patterns on a screen that can be manipulated with your own mind sounds like an awesome way to train yourself to do almost anything, and a million times better than altering the natural brain chemistry.
RE School: Have you explored the idea of Homeschooling? Just don't forget that social interaction is 50% of the younger schooling ages.;)
I hope the therapy works out for your daughter, and would be interested in hearing any updates from you about it.
As far as I could tell from the article, it didn't seem to affect your current "IP service" just your "homepage package" sort of thing. It doesn't seem to be affecting any part of your IP service, therefore if you never used your qwest.net e-mail, etc.. services, this MSN bull won't really affect you at all.
Perhaps, The best thing you can do, is combine a little of everything. If you try to get your revenue from advertising completely, you will most likely end up looking like a "sell-out." If you try to "load-balance" with the client itself you lose performance, and control. If you set up a gnutella type of network, with server list servers, you end up leaving someone, somewhere with the ability to just collect all sorts of IP info on your players, and eventually some day in the future it might turn out to be as bad as gnutella with servers popping up and down all over.
Incorporate a little of everything. If you try to keep a set of morals that says you should graciously allow people to play a game of your design, that you spend your time, and your money, developing, maintaining, and sustaining, you will do nothing but spend time and money on doing so. It will be one of the most exausting, but yet somehow gratifiying endeavours you will most likely enter into. Just remember, your time is worth money too.
My suggestion: Stick to the free idea, however on a completely volutary bonus, donations. (Already posted) Here is the catch: You must make some sort of "bonus" for people who donate. Perhaps a magical item, stat bonus, or even experience. I would list more suggestions, but I have no idea what your game is even like.
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They would do an episode where a killer goes on a crime spree because he watched too many episodes of CSI and now they can't catch him because he learned how >not to be caught
Is there any activity your daughter does that gives her focus?
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I know for me when I started doing programming that a lot of my attention problems seem to dissapear. In fact in a way that is almost TOO severe. I go from the attention span of a gnat to so focused on the task in front of me that I tune out the rest of the world too easily.
I think the idea of the Neural Therapy sounds VERY interesting, and the possibilities of it helping are immenseful, although I wonder if finding something that brings her focus, which every person with ADD I've ever met has one or two, might not be easier, and cheaper.
From my personal experiences, the drugs hurt more than they help, yeah, it let me sit down in class and pay attention in high school, but I felt empty, like a drone, and my mind slowed. Part of what I love about the way my own brain works is the fact that I easily develop tangents, and find other ways to look at things to make them more interesting. The ideal of using a EEG like machine to produce colored patterns on a screen that can be manipulated with your own mind sounds like an awesome way to train yourself to do almost anything, and a million times better than altering the natural brain chemistry.
RE School: Have you explored the idea of Homeschooling? Just don't forget that social interaction is 50% of the younger schooling ages.
I hope the therapy works out for your daughter, and would be interested in hearing any updates from you about it.
Actually, the PS2 Developers kit is basically a linux box with a full PS2 built in. I've been working with one for quite some time now
So, maybe someone will make a Cable -> USB(xbox variety) cable and an application to do TiVo on the XBox
Then again, maybe it's because they suck.
Great Article, too bad that pop-up window when I backed out just put time magazine on my list of "sites i won't visit without a /. article link"
As far as I could tell from the article, it didn't seem to affect your current "IP service" just your "homepage package" sort of thing. It doesn't seem to be affecting any part of your IP service, therefore if you never used your qwest.net e-mail, etc.. services, this MSN bull won't really affect you at all.
Perhaps, The best thing you can do, is combine a little of everything. If you try to get your revenue from advertising completely, you will most likely end up looking like a "sell-out." If you try to "load-balance" with the client itself you lose performance, and control. If you set up a gnutella type of network, with server list servers, you end up leaving someone, somewhere with the ability to just collect all sorts of IP info on your players, and eventually some day in the future it might turn out to be as bad as gnutella with servers popping up and down all over. Incorporate a little of everything. If you try to keep a set of morals that says you should graciously allow people to play a game of your design, that you spend your time, and your money, developing, maintaining, and sustaining, you will do nothing but spend time and money on doing so. It will be one of the most exausting, but yet somehow gratifiying endeavours you will most likely enter into. Just remember, your time is worth money too. My suggestion: Stick to the free idea, however on a completely volutary bonus, donations. (Already posted) Here is the catch: You must make some sort of "bonus" for people who donate. Perhaps a magical item, stat bonus, or even experience. I would list more suggestions, but I have no idea what your game is even like.