I can't speak for the parent poster, as maybe he didn't see this list. I did. And I still feel the same as the parent poster (and what many other posters have pointed out). Instead of showing a flashy video with a remarkably high "gee whiz" factor for the PHB's of the world, why not show some actual real world applications? Why not show how this thing is currently being used by some of these fortune 50 companies? At the least, present a case study or two that demonstrates the advantages of this system over a 2D environment in a much more precise manner.
For my money, there is no question it's a cool video, and certainly engenders a "I wish I had one" kind of feeling. Even though I don't have the vaguest idea what I would do with it:-). I also agree with the previous poster who pointed out that, in the late 90's, venture capitalists would have piled on to the technology simply because of the high "gee whiz" factor. PHB's fall for it time and time again and this interface certainly has it.
definitely do so. They are extremely expensive telescopes, so unless you're *really* into amateur astronomy and include solar observations as part of your hobby, then they are prohibitively expensive. With that said, these are the first set of telescopes I've looked through where the image at the eyepiece actually matches the pictures you see. In other words, the images at the eyepiece are very close to some of the photos you see linked in the slashdot article.
Typically, folks look through a telescope and say "jesse, that's not what it looks like in pictures" and are dissappointed. The same is not true of these Coranado scopes. Check local astronomy clubs or larger stargazing events. Coronado often has a booth setup with a number of their products.
I definitely don't work for the company, nor am I affiliated with them in any way. But if you're blown away by the photo's in the link, seeing it live through one of these scopes is even more amazing.
but see it recommended often for older folks and those with poor eyesight. A real barebones phone, with limited features, big keys, and decent battery life.
He didn't say it matches the experience. He said it matches the commitment and that's an important distinction. Having spent many years racing online, and having participated in a number of online racing leagues, I don't find his comment all that out of touch with the reality of that particular gaming community. There were folks in the leagues in which I raced that would practice 30-40 hours/week, which in my not so humble opinion bordered on the pathological. And that didn't count the seat time while we raced. Many of these guys raced in 3-5 competative races per week. There were applications developed that allowed you to cut out a particular section of track, and keep racing that section over and over again until you got your segment time down. Guys would break entire tracks down that way and keep working on individual segments until they got segment times down. I was an outlier, in that I *only* spent about 20 hours per week racing online. The guys who are good at it (and make no mistake, they are good) certainly spent as many hours on this as a full time job. So, yes, I believe that there is a sim racing community out there that approaches this with the same level of commitment as a real racer takes to a real racecar. I'm not saying it's a good thing, or a healthy thing, but in my experience it's certainly a true phenomena.
Head over to the Lumenlab forums, where they have a forum dedicated to DIY HD Antenna's. You do have to register to access the actual pinned post (now at 58 pages) that will cover just about everything you wanted to know about DIY antenna's, including many designs. I built one for about $5.00 (US) out of wood, wire coathangers, and tinfoil, live about 15 miles from the HD towers in my area, and reception on most channels is perfect. My antenna is mounted in an attic, with no direct visual line of site to the towers (blocked by 2 story houses, trees, power lines, etc...).
Everything in your post is informative, up to the statement that "paranoia can and does *frequenttly* cause murders..." I work in mental health, and have had experience with the circumstances you describe. However, there are 1000's of more paranoid folks who don't go on to commit homicide/suicide than those who do. Just a quick google turned up this:
which estimates roughly 8% of homicide perpetrators having contact with the mental health profession, but that certainly doesn't equate to them all being paranoid, or even having a true psychiatric diagnosis.
puts the a conservative estimate around 9%-15%, but again this is all mental illness, not just mental illnesses that involve paranoid ideation which is certainly less,
cites a study showing an approximately 5% prevalence rate of schizophrenia amongst persons convicted of homicide. Now I understand this is orders of magnitude higher than the general population, and there is certainly an increased risk of self-inflected injury or homicide as compared to folks who don't have a history of schizophrenia. But the fact still remains that the overwhelming majority of folks with a psychiatric illness, including paranoid schizophrenia are not at risk for perpetrating violence against themselves or others.
Not necessarily disagreeing with your post, per se. Just pointing out the other side of the equation as there is a common misconception that those with mental illness are a risk to themselves and others.
and I agree that some of the apps I'm loading (WinFlip, a better battery monitor, and a couple extra's) certainly wouldn't be high on other persons list of necessary apps. But they work fine for me. And as I pointed out, persons with a stipped down NLite installs are getting much quicker boot times. Of courese, NLited installs come with headaches of their own.
My setup is not poorly configured. I've done all the optimization I can, given the apps I choose to run. The only thing I haven't done is setup a RAM drive, but I'm not sure that would really effect boot time per se. And I don't feel like dealing with the loss of info associated with the use of a RAM drive. I certainly can live with a 1 minute boot time. It pretty much beats anything else I have or use on a daily basis.
To the other poster, my antivirus and antispam are freebeeies off the web, so you are right. My XP home was around $89.00. Certainly not triple the cost. And worth the cost and added boot time given some of the apps I *need* to run given my job and responsibilities.
the most important app i needed was SPSS, which i use extensively for work and courses I teach. I checked into Wine, but SPSS is not yet supported under Wine, in any reasonable way. I guess I could have done some sort of dual boot thing, but there was really no reason to go through the hassle. XP works fine as it is. I also do enough document sharing with MSOffice, that the occasional problems i encounter with OpenOffice (which I do use on the laptop I'm currently typing this from), just gets to be a pain at times.
I don't use that particular app or the new drivers. I use the native resolutions that are supported by the ASUS drivers and the ASUS resolution switching app. If i understand your comment, then I agree. Based on the posts I've read, there are certainly folks that, despite this app and the new drivers, found the screen really unusuable at higher resolutions and went back to the original drivers. But, there are also folks who are raving about it as if it's the next best thing to sliced bread. I merely pointed out that the laptop has the ability to display screen resolutions beyond what ASUS is bundling, and if people are so inclined, they can do that.
It seems as if the primary reason to do this is gaming. I can't begin to imagine gaming on this thing, but people are installing World of Warcraft and a number of first person shooters. Evidently, some of these programs refuse to install when they detect the native resolution of the ASUS. By using this homebrewed app, they are able to install and play the games they want, and evidently get some satisfaction, despite the small screen and small keyboard.
I purchased the ASUS EEE 4G from newegg about 6 weeks ago. There are several models to choose from, and some idiosyncracies from one model to the next. The 4G has an accessible door on the underside which allows the user to upgrade the RAM module (stock 512MB). In addition to the 4G, I purchased
- an 8Gb SDHC card - 1 GB RAM module - XP Home (OEM) - DVD/CD burner - Small Laptop Bag - 4GB USB stick - 1 set of samsung portable speakers (from WOOT!)
So i'm in for around $700.00 when all was said and done.
What I like: - Ultra portable and lightweight. - Very good battery life (around 2.5-3 hours under heavy load). This can be increased by switching off the built in webcam, switching off the wireless internet (assuming you're not browsing), reducing screen brightness, and reducing fan speed - Ability to overclock. Someone hacked up an app that allows the user to control cpu and fan speed - Change screen resolutions. Someone hacked up an app allowing the user to select a number of non-native screen resolutions to improve readability and desktop realestate. - Boot up time. Mine boots XP in around 60 secs, which includes about 10 background apps (antispyware, antivirus, overclock app, screen res app, virtual desktop app, battery monitor etc...). Some people have reported an NLITE'd install of XP booting in under 30 secs.
What I don't like: - the keyboard is small and awkward. Touchtyping is damn near impossible. Better to use some variant of 4 finger touch typing - the stock linux install. I've used linux extensively in the past, but just don't use it enough on the desktop to achieve a high degree of familiarity. I used it for the first week, then just decided to switch to XP. - I would imagine this thing is the opposite of "ruggedized." It feels perfectly fine, but I would hate to drop it from more than a foot. I would imagine it would be in pieces. It doesn't exactly feel sturdy. - The need to buy a bunch of extra stuff to really make it shine. Right out of the box it's useful, but with the added purchases above, it really becomes a very decent travel laptop replacement. But those added purchases essentially doubled the price of the stock ASUS. I did enough research to know that very few folks are really using a stock machine only. - The stock speakers are just too soft to overcome any ambient noise. - Getting XP installed without an external CDROM can be a real challenge.
Going to this website (http://forum.eeeuser.com/) will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about what people are doing with these things, and how to do it.
If you head over to the EEE user forums (google it), you'll find that someone has already worked up an application that allows the user to select from a wide variety of screen resolutions. The issue is the native size of the screen (which i believe is widescreen cause it's the same one used in portable DVD players). If you go with certain screen resolutions, the fonts become unreadable as they become squished or stretched. However, this application that was developed allows users to select a screen resolution that is the proper ratio to the actual screen size. So the readability is much improved, and you get more desktop realestate.
I should mention this is for an XP install on the EEE only. I have no idea if someone has worked up a similar app for the stock linux install.
I work with a high level spinal cord patient with locked-in syndrome. Without going into great detail, the use of technology (any current existing technology) is not an option. We use a letter board. After even one day, it's not nearly as cumbersome as it's about to sound:
1 A B C D E 2 F G H I J 3 K L M N O 4 P Q R S T 5 U V W X Y Z
And it goes like this:
Person: How are you today? First line, Second line (Patient looks up or blinks) Person: "F" "G" "H" "I" (patient looks up or blinks) [First letter is "I"] Person: First line, Second line (Patient looks up or blinks) Person: "F" (patient looks up or blinks) [Second letter is "F"] Person: First line, (Patient looks up or blinks) Person: "A" "B" "C" "D" "E" (patient looks up or blinks) [Third letter is "E"] Person: I FEEL? Patient: Looks up Person: Person: First line, Second line (Patient looks up or blinks) Person: First line, Second line (Patient looks up or blinks) Person: "F" (patient looks up or blinks) [Second letter is "F"] Person: I FEEL FINE? Patient: Looks up
You get the idea. Especially when the person is responding to a question, you can begin to fill in the complete words even after just a couple of the first letters. Like I say, in the beginning it will *seem* cumbersome, but once you're proficient, you can move through a conversation pretty easily. I prefer "looking up" instead of blinking, as you limit the false positives. If you have a letter wrong, the person then blinks hard to let you know you have a wrong letter.
You do have to move word to word, and periodically check in with the person to make sure you and they haven't missed any letters. For example:
Person: Ok, so far I have, "I FEEL FNE"
obviously, FNE is not gonna spell anything, so you check in and backtrack to figure out where it went wrong. Assuming your grandmother has her mental faculties, she'll learn this in far less time than a piece of technology.
With that said, if she has complete use of her hands and can see and use a keyboard, then why not just bring a laptop in. This has the advantage of everyone being able to understand what she's saying. My case is assuming that she cannot use her hands or cannot easily see a screen/keyboard to type. Also, hospitals can be funny about what kinds of electronic devices they allow in rooms, especially is she is currently on a vent.
The parent poster is not saying that we should *assume* all iraqi combatants are untrustworty. Rather, combatants on both sides are *capable* of being untrustworthy.
However, despite the fact that people can behave in an unstrustworthy manner does not mean that we treat the entire collective of people as untrustworthy. As the parent poster pointed out, despite the actions of a few, they continue(d) to act as if they rest of the guard unit in question could be trusted. Now, was the parent poster frustrated? It certainly sounded that way. But his post was in a response to a generalization made earlier. He was merely pointing out that the original generalization is not how our (the US) ground forces are being instructed to act.
per the WAIS-III manual sitting in front of me, the std. dev is 15, not 10. Therefore, 85-115 is +/- 1 s.d. from the mean of 100. But your point is still accurate that a an IQ of 185 is astoundingly high. Mental retardation is -2 s.d.'s below average, which puts that at an I.Q. of =70. You also need significant adaptive impairment in at least two domains (e.g. communication, self care, interpersonal skills, etc...)
"So Rosa Parks should have stayed in the back of the bus?"
Rosa Parks sat in front of the bus, which was her legal right to do even at that time. A caucasian person got on the bus, and typically an African American would get up from their seat and give it to the caucasian person. Rosa Parks remained in her seat. The bus driver demanded that she move to the back of the bus, something she refused to do. It was a law that passengers listen to the instructions of the bus driver and this was the law that she broke.
But you're right, it was a form of protest to right a societal wrong. jeff
"Face-to-face time is only really needed these days for those who get some sort of warm, fuzzy reassurance from it."
The problem is that a good number of folks, in fact I'd hazard a guess that most folks, get that "warm fuzzy reassurance from it." It's just part of the employment culture that the people in charge want to *see* people doing work. Getting assignment "X" from a telecommuter is just not the same as getting assignment "X" from the person you just saw walking the hallways. Even if there is no difference in assigment "X".
Plus, again I'd hazard a guess that many folks and many organizational cultures are blame cultures. As soon as any discussion begins to brew about downsizing, layoffs, buyouts, reassignments, etc..., do you think the people who are on site are going to step up and say "take me?" No. They'll start to undermine the folks who are already off site, in subtle or not so subtle ways. It's just part of human nature.
So, just in terms of career advancement, I really do believe on the whole, telecommunicating creates an artificial ceiling. I know folks who telecommute, in a variety of settings/roles, and in not one case has it really been helpful for their career. Their own mental health has benefited to be sure, but their occupational health has suffered.
this law prevents the *electronic* transfer of money into or out of online, offshore gambling websites. When creating an account, you typically charge a credit card whatever dollar amount you're willing to risk. Someone posted above that credit cards don't work. I can assure you some credit cards, from US issued banks, do. As far as getting money out, online gambling sites generally pay you via a bank drawn check (from an offshore bank), which is typically fed-ex's or delivered via Western Union. It's not an electronic transfer on the backend. I suspect this is one way to put the onus of reporting winnings on the person gambling. If I run a balance of $1000.00 for sports betting and ultimately cash out at the end of the NFL season with $3000.00 worth of winnings, that $3000.00 (less the vig) comes to me in the form of a check. It's up to me to cash/deposit the thing and report the winnings.
At least that's what i've been told. jeff
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I speak with returning vets on an almost daily basis,
"While I have been against the Iraq war from the begining, I wonder how much truth there is to this. Are short stints and relatively comfortable surroundings really not motivating the troops to do their job?"
While the conditions may be more tolerable than, say a WWI trench, I don't think US soldiers consider their conditions "comfortable" by any stretch of the word. The word "comfortable" may come up in casual conversation, but would not be a word most would use to describe their conditions.
And as far as motivation goes, assuming there is evidence for a lack of motivation (and I don't know that there is good evidence for a true lack of motivation), I suspect it has a lot to do with some real bad day-to-day experiences. There is a lot of death and dieing (civilian and military, ally and enemy) and I suspect it gets difficult to hold on to a greater sense of purpose as to why they (US and Allied soldiers) are there in the first place. I suspect that, more than anything, could compromise a person's motivation to a *much* greater extent than any sort of creature comfort.
thx much for posting the correction! I didn't read TFA, just the discussion/comments until you posted this. Glad I did. It's my home town and my cousin is representing the student:-).
I just evaluated a JW for a kidney transplant, and the issue of blood loss/blood transfusion over the course of surgery came up. They themselves were unclear as to what is and isn't acceptable as it related to the specific procedure the patient was being evaluated for (Kidney Transplant). Certainly something they will need to speak with the transplant team and their church's leadership, but the link was helpful for me nonetheless.
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Well,
I can't speak for the parent poster, as maybe he didn't see this list. I did. And I still feel the same as the parent poster (and what many other posters have pointed out). Instead of showing a flashy video with a remarkably high "gee whiz" factor for the PHB's of the world, why not show some actual real world applications? Why not show how this thing is currently being used by some of these fortune 50 companies? At the least, present a case study or two that demonstrates the advantages of this system over a 2D environment in a much more precise manner.
For my money, there is no question it's a cool video, and certainly engenders a "I wish I had one" kind of feeling. Even though I don't have the vaguest idea what I would do with it :-). I also agree with the previous poster who pointed out that, in the late 90's, venture capitalists would have piled on to the technology simply because of the high "gee whiz" factor. PHB's fall for it time and time again and this interface certainly has it.
just my .02,
jeff
If you ever have a chance to look through one of these:
http://www.coronadofilters.com/
definitely do so. They are extremely expensive telescopes, so unless you're *really* into amateur astronomy and include solar observations as part of your hobby, then they are prohibitively expensive. With that said, these are the first set of telescopes I've looked through where the image at the eyepiece actually matches the pictures you see. In other words, the images at the eyepiece are very close to some of the photos you see linked in the slashdot article.
Typically, folks look through a telescope and say "jesse, that's not what it looks like in pictures" and are dissappointed. The same is not true of these Coranado scopes. Check local astronomy clubs or larger stargazing events. Coronado often has a booth setup with a number of their products.
I definitely don't work for the company, nor am I affiliated with them in any way. But if you're blown away by the photo's in the link, seeing it live through one of these scopes is even more amazing.
jeff
I know nothing about this phone,
http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/samsung-jitterbug-dial-sph/4505-6454_7-32115117.html
but see it recommended often for older folks and those with poor eyesight. A real barebones phone, with limited features, big keys, and decent battery life.
hth,
jeff
He didn't say it matches the experience. He said it matches the commitment and that's an important distinction. Having spent many years racing online, and having participated in a number of online racing leagues, I don't find his comment all that out of touch with the reality of that particular gaming community. There were folks in the leagues in which I raced that would practice 30-40 hours/week, which in my not so humble opinion bordered on the pathological. And that didn't count the seat time while we raced. Many of these guys raced in 3-5 competative races per week. There were applications developed that allowed you to cut out a particular section of track, and keep racing that section over and over again until you got your segment time down. Guys would break entire tracks down that way and keep working on individual segments until they got segment times down. I was an outlier, in that I *only* spent about 20 hours per week racing online. The guys who are good at it (and make no mistake, they are good) certainly spent as many hours on this as a full time job. So, yes, I believe that there is a sim racing community out there that approaches this with the same level of commitment as a real racer takes to a real racecar. I'm not saying it's a good thing, or a healthy thing, but in my experience it's certainly a true phenomena.
later,
jeff
Head over to the Lumenlab forums, where they have a forum dedicated to DIY HD Antenna's. You do have to register to access the actual pinned post (now at 58 pages) that will cover just about everything you wanted to know about DIY antenna's, including many designs. I built one for about $5.00 (US) out of wood, wire coathangers, and tinfoil, live about 15 miles from the HD towers in my area, and reception on most channels is perfect. My antenna is mounted in an attic, with no direct visual line of site to the towers (blocked by 2 story houses, trees, power lines, etc...).
hth,
jeff
I think you've seen one too many episodes of "Law and Order."
jeff
I believe we just saw this. A search on this site for the single word "disease" shows this link 3rd:
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/09/1424247
No google foo required to find this dupe.
jeff
Everything in your post is informative, up to the statement that "paranoia can and does *frequenttly* cause murders..." I work in mental health, and have had experience with the circumstances you describe. However, there are 1000's of more paranoid folks who don't go on to commit homicide/suicide than those who do. Just a quick google turned up this:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/318/7193/1225
which estimates roughly 8% of homicide perpetrators having contact with the mental health profession, but that certainly doesn't equate to them all being paranoid, or even having a true psychiatric diagnosis.
http://www.psychlaws.org/BriefingPapers/BP11.htm
puts the a conservative estimate around 9%-15%, but again this is all mental illness, not just mental illnesses that involve paranoid ideation which is certainly less,And finally here:
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/355/20/2064
cites a study showing an approximately 5% prevalence rate of schizophrenia amongst persons convicted of homicide. Now I understand this is orders of magnitude higher than the general population, and there is certainly an increased risk of self-inflected injury or homicide as compared to folks who don't have a history of schizophrenia. But the fact still remains that the overwhelming majority of folks with a psychiatric illness, including paranoid schizophrenia are not at risk for perpetrating violence against themselves or others.
Not necessarily disagreeing with your post, per se. Just pointing out the other side of the equation as there is a common misconception that those with mental illness are a risk to themselves and others.
thx,
jeff
Unnecessary is a matter of opinion I suppose,
and I agree that some of the apps I'm loading (WinFlip, a better battery monitor, and a couple extra's) certainly wouldn't be high on other persons list of necessary apps. But they work fine for me. And as I pointed out, persons with a stipped down NLite installs are getting much quicker boot times. Of courese, NLited installs come with headaches of their own.
My setup is not poorly configured. I've done all the optimization I can, given the apps I choose to run. The only thing I haven't done is setup a RAM drive, but I'm not sure that would really effect boot time per se. And I don't feel like dealing with the loss of info associated with the use of a RAM drive. I certainly can live with a 1 minute boot time. It pretty much beats anything else I have or use on a daily basis.
To the other poster, my antivirus and antispam are freebeeies off the web, so you are right. My XP home was around $89.00. Certainly not triple the cost. And worth the cost and added boot time given some of the apps I *need* to run given my job and responsibilities.
jeff
Well,
the most important app i needed was SPSS, which i use extensively for work and courses I teach. I checked into Wine, but SPSS is not yet supported under Wine, in any reasonable way. I guess I could have done some sort of dual boot thing, but there was really no reason to go through the hassle. XP works fine as it is. I also do enough document sharing with MSOffice, that the occasional problems i encounter with OpenOffice (which I do use on the laptop I'm currently typing this from), just gets to be a pain at times.
later,
jeff
Actually,
I don't use that particular app or the new drivers. I use the native resolutions that are supported by the ASUS drivers and the ASUS resolution switching app. If i understand your comment, then I agree. Based on the posts I've read, there are certainly folks that, despite this app and the new drivers, found the screen really unusuable at higher resolutions and went back to the original drivers. But, there are also folks who are raving about it as if it's the next best thing to sliced bread. I merely pointed out that the laptop has the ability to display screen resolutions beyond what ASUS is bundling, and if people are so inclined, they can do that.
It seems as if the primary reason to do this is gaming. I can't begin to imagine gaming on this thing, but people are installing World of Warcraft and a number of first person shooters. Evidently, some of these programs refuse to install when they detect the native resolution of the ASUS. By using this homebrewed app, they are able to install and play the games they want, and evidently get some satisfaction, despite the small screen and small keyboard.
hth,
jeff
I purchased the ASUS EEE 4G from newegg about 6 weeks ago. There are several models to choose from, and some idiosyncracies from one model to the next. The 4G has an accessible door on the underside which allows the user to upgrade the RAM module (stock 512MB). In addition to the 4G, I purchased
- an 8Gb SDHC card
- 1 GB RAM module
- XP Home (OEM)
- DVD/CD burner
- Small Laptop Bag
- 4GB USB stick
- 1 set of samsung portable speakers (from WOOT!)
So i'm in for around $700.00 when all was said and done.
What I like:
- Ultra portable and lightweight.
- Very good battery life (around 2.5-3 hours under heavy load). This can be increased by switching off the built in webcam, switching off the wireless internet (assuming you're not browsing), reducing screen brightness, and reducing fan speed
- Ability to overclock. Someone hacked up an app that allows the user to control cpu and fan speed
- Change screen resolutions. Someone hacked up an app allowing the user to select a number of non-native screen resolutions to improve readability and desktop realestate.
- Boot up time. Mine boots XP in around 60 secs, which includes about 10 background apps (antispyware, antivirus, overclock app, screen res app, virtual desktop app, battery monitor etc...). Some people have reported an NLITE'd install of XP booting in under 30 secs.
What I don't like:
- the keyboard is small and awkward. Touchtyping is damn near impossible. Better to use some variant of 4 finger touch typing
- the stock linux install. I've used linux extensively in the past, but just don't use it enough on the desktop to achieve a high degree of familiarity. I used it for the first week, then just decided to switch to XP.
- I would imagine this thing is the opposite of "ruggedized." It feels perfectly fine, but I would hate to drop it from more than a foot. I would imagine it would be in pieces. It doesn't exactly feel sturdy.
- The need to buy a bunch of extra stuff to really make it shine. Right out of the box it's useful, but with the added purchases above, it really becomes a very decent travel laptop replacement. But those added purchases essentially doubled the price of the stock ASUS. I did enough research to know that very few folks are really using a stock machine only.
- The stock speakers are just too soft to overcome any ambient noise.
- Getting XP installed without an external CDROM can be a real challenge.
Going to this website (http://forum.eeeuser.com/) will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about what people are doing with these things, and how to do it.
hth,
jeff
If you head over to the EEE user forums (google it), you'll find that someone has already worked up an application that allows the user to select from a wide variety of screen resolutions. The issue is the native size of the screen (which i believe is widescreen cause it's the same one used in portable DVD players). If you go with certain screen resolutions, the fonts become unreadable as they become squished or stretched. However, this application that was developed allows users to select a screen resolution that is the proper ratio to the actual screen size. So the readability is much improved, and you get more desktop realestate.
I should mention this is for an XP install on the EEE only. I have no idea if someone has worked up a similar app for the stock linux install.
hth,
jeff
Yep,
I work with a high level spinal cord patient with locked-in syndrome. Without going into great detail, the use of technology (any current existing technology) is not an option. We use a letter board. After even one day, it's not nearly as cumbersome as it's about to sound:
1 A B C D E
2 F G H I J
3 K L M N O
4 P Q R S T
5 U V W X Y Z
And it goes like this:
Person: How are you today? First line, Second line (Patient looks up or blinks)
Person: "F" "G" "H" "I" (patient looks up or blinks) [First letter is "I"]
Person: First line, Second line (Patient looks up or blinks)
Person: "F" (patient looks up or blinks) [Second letter is "F"]
Person: First line, (Patient looks up or blinks)
Person: "A" "B" "C" "D" "E" (patient looks up or blinks) [Third letter is "E"]
Person: I FEEL?
Patient: Looks up
Person: Person: First line, Second line (Patient looks up or blinks)
Person: First line, Second line (Patient looks up or blinks)
Person: "F" (patient looks up or blinks) [Second letter is "F"]
Person: I FEEL FINE?
Patient: Looks up
You get the idea. Especially when the person is responding to a question, you can begin to fill in the complete words even after just a couple of the first letters. Like I say, in the beginning it will *seem* cumbersome, but once you're proficient, you can move through a conversation pretty easily. I prefer "looking up" instead of blinking, as you limit the false positives. If you have a letter wrong, the person then blinks hard to let you know you have a wrong letter.
You do have to move word to word, and periodically check in with the person to make sure you and they haven't missed any letters. For example:
Person: Ok, so far I have, "I FEEL FNE"
obviously, FNE is not gonna spell anything, so you check in and backtrack to figure out where it went wrong. Assuming your grandmother has her mental faculties, she'll learn this in far less time than a piece of technology.
With that said, if she has complete use of her hands and can see and use a keyboard, then why not just bring a laptop in. This has the advantage of everyone being able to understand what she's saying. My case is assuming that she cannot use her hands or cannot easily see a screen/keyboard to type. Also, hospitals can be funny about what kinds of electronic devices they allow in rooms, especially is she is currently on a vent.
Good luck. hth,
jeff
The parent poster is not saying that we should *assume* all iraqi combatants are untrustworty. Rather, combatants on both sides are *capable* of being untrustworthy.
.02.
However, despite the fact that people can behave in an unstrustworthy manner does not mean that we treat the entire collective of people as untrustworthy. As the parent poster pointed out, despite the actions of a few, they continue(d) to act as if they rest of the guard unit in question could be trusted. Now, was the parent poster frustrated? It certainly sounded that way. But his post was in a response to a generalization made earlier. He was merely pointing out that the original generalization is not how our (the US) ground forces are being instructed to act.
just my
jeff
Wow,
very interesting photos of your experience. Thx for posting the link.
take care,
jeff
Actually,
.02
per the WAIS-III manual sitting in front of me, the std. dev is 15, not 10. Therefore, 85-115 is +/- 1 s.d. from the mean of 100. But your point is still accurate that a an IQ of 185 is astoundingly high. Mental retardation is -2 s.d.'s below average, which puts that at an I.Q. of =70. You also need significant adaptive impairment in at least two domains (e.g. communication, self care, interpersonal skills, etc...)
just my
jeff
Just as an FYI,
"So Rosa Parks should have stayed in the back of the bus?"
Rosa Parks sat in front of the bus, which was her legal right to do even at that time. A caucasian person got on the bus, and typically an African American would get up from their seat and give it to the caucasian person. Rosa Parks remained in her seat. The bus driver demanded that she move to the back of the bus, something she refused to do. It was a law that passengers listen to the instructions of the bus driver and this was the law that she broke.
But you're right, it was a form of protest to right a societal wrong.
jeff
"Face-to-face time is only really needed these days for those who get some sort of warm, fuzzy reassurance from it."
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The problem is that a good number of folks, in fact I'd hazard a guess that most folks, get that "warm fuzzy reassurance from it." It's just part of the employment culture that the people in charge want to *see* people doing work. Getting assignment "X" from a telecommuter is just not the same as getting assignment "X" from the person you just saw walking the hallways. Even if there is no difference in assigment "X".
Plus, again I'd hazard a guess that many folks and many organizational cultures are blame cultures. As soon as any discussion begins to brew about downsizing, layoffs, buyouts, reassignments, etc..., do you think the people who are on site are going to step up and say "take me?" No. They'll start to undermine the folks who are already off site, in subtle or not so subtle ways. It's just part of human nature.
So, just in terms of career advancement, I really do believe on the whole, telecommunicating creates an artificial ceiling. I know folks who telecommute, in a variety of settings/roles, and in not one case has it really been helpful for their career. Their own mental health has benefited to be sure, but their occupational health has suffered.
just my
jeff
It seems to me,
this law prevents the *electronic* transfer of money into or out of online, offshore gambling websites. When creating an account, you typically charge a credit card whatever dollar amount you're willing to risk. Someone posted above that credit cards don't work. I can assure you some credit cards, from US issued banks, do. As far as getting money out, online gambling sites generally pay you via a bank drawn check (from an offshore bank), which is typically fed-ex's or delivered via Western Union. It's not an electronic transfer on the backend. I suspect this is one way to put the onus of reporting winnings on the person gambling. If I run a balance of $1000.00 for sports betting and ultimately cash out at the end of the NFL season with $3000.00 worth of winnings, that $3000.00 (less the vig) comes to me in the form of a check. It's up to me to cash/deposit the thing and report the winnings.
At least that's what i've been told.
jeff
I speak with returning vets on an almost daily basis,
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"While I have been against the Iraq war from the begining, I wonder how much truth there is to this. Are short stints and relatively comfortable surroundings really not motivating the troops to do their job?"
While the conditions may be more tolerable than, say a WWI trench, I don't think US soldiers consider their conditions "comfortable" by any stretch of the word. The word "comfortable" may come up in casual conversation, but would not be a word most would use to describe their conditions.
And as far as motivation goes, assuming there is evidence for a lack of motivation (and I don't know that there is good evidence for a true lack of motivation), I suspect it has a lot to do with some real bad day-to-day experiences. There is a lot of death and dieing (civilian and military, ally and enemy) and I suspect it gets difficult to hold on to a greater sense of purpose as to why they (US and Allied soldiers) are there in the first place. I suspect that, more than anything, could compromise a person's motivation to a *much* greater extent than any sort of creature comfort.
just my
jeff
Cool,
:-).
thx much for posting the correction! I didn't read TFA, just the discussion/comments until you posted this. Glad I did. It's my home town and my cousin is representing the student
thx much,
jeff
LOL,
:-)
I forgot about "not unattractive"
take care,
jeff
If something is "not unsurprising" doesn't that mean it was surprising? Like it was suprising that the details of the settlement were so vague?
I don't know. I'm just asking. Irregardless, I could care less...
Thx for the link,
I just evaluated a JW for a kidney transplant, and the issue of blood loss/blood transfusion over the course of surgery came up. They themselves were unclear as to what is and isn't acceptable as it related to the specific procedure the patient was being evaluated for (Kidney Transplant). Certainly something they will need to speak with the transplant team and their church's leadership, but the link was helpful for me nonetheless.
take care,
jeff