Dormant gamers can be viewed as recovering alcoholics. They don't spend money on booze anymore, but the urge is still there (from what I've heard anyways). For dormant gamers, like me, who have tasted the addiction of video games, but for some reason or another have gotten out of the habit, the money is often there, but there hasn't been a good reason to get us back into gaming.
The Wii has very effectively captured my attention, and I really think there are a lot of people out there like me, young professionals with some disposable income and a renewed interest in gaming.
So you are true. We don't contribute nearly as much money, percentagewise, NOW. But the market is there ready to be tapped... Just give us a quality and original product instead of a lot of the same old stuff.
yea. that's the story I thought of too. hah. and I thought back in school we donated money to send "mice" to college... guess the rats are much better pupils.
heh. nice story. I especially love those short short stories... asimov edited a few collections... usually each one encapsulating a neat sci-fi concept, much like this one did.
but still... pretty crazy what scientists can do. I won't say EVIL EVIL! or YAY PROGRESS! I mean, we are human. we will dabble. these things will be invented. just hope like so many other inventions, the good outweighs the bad.
If you made it to college, you were not left behind, and further attempts at monitoring citizens should be.
although college seems to be the norm today, it's still not as simple as high school to get through. if you made it to college, you still have to be responsible enough to get through it without partying too much and learning to study and take responsibility for your actions.
maybe I'm slightly off-topic, but geez, why can't people just let the rest of the people take care of themselves? why do we always need agencies 'helping' us when we don't ask for it? elementary and high school is ok... but once a person is of age to go to college, even if there ARE a lot of immature college students out there, they should be expected to begin to learn to take care of themselves.... bleh. I'm only 25 and I feel so old saying these things...
What is Tv, but entertainment? what does the internet give us? what about video games? going to the movies? it's all entertainment. In my case, the internet version of entertainment consumes the majority of my time. It's far more convenient for my personal tastes... and honestly, after a few weeks, Tv just doesn't seem so appealing. Hmm... perhaps my addiction to webcomics has slowed down my attention span enough that Tv shows simply move too fast for me anymore:)
You know what this means though. Tv will just find a way to bring it's 'goodness' to the internet in a way to make it unavoidable to ignore. I can't wait...:/
-John
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hahaha. Nothing like a good farce to put a rather wordy article in perspective:)
good points overall, but I think you misunderstood one point I was trying to make:) Also, they are damped, but I don't believe that the needle would 'jump around' like you describe
I didn't say that the speedometer would jump around. I said the opposite:) I should have mentioned the damping though, since that's what I was trying to illustrate. (thanks for reminding me) Since the Speedometer is damped, it's not a true measure of instantaneous speed while GPS can give you an instantaneous reading. Yea, I know the whole averaging thing will give you a wonerful average, but my point was about trying to figure out how to ensure your instantaneous speed is. Someone else, though, pointed out that the 'spying' units only issue a ticket at 10% above the limit, so at least they are sorta considering the real world.
too bad that speedometers aren't 100% exact. They simply display a sorta average of your speed. If it showed your exact speed while driving, the needle would jump around much quicker. (not quite as quick as the Tach, but it wouldn't be as smooth as it is now). This means that people who honestly believe they are going the speed limit may inadvertantly go a mile or two over (esp if they are accelerating quickly, then ease off right at the limit)
if you have GPS that can calculate speed, check it against your speedometer and you will see what I mean. (I didn't believe this either, till one of my friends used his GPS to prove it. Also, it would likely depend on how fine a resolution and how quickly your GPS refreshes... however, I am not a GPS expert by any means, esp since googling produces various opinions. some say that it's the error in the speedometer, some say it's intentional error in theGPS)
Monitoring people, in my opinion, seems a very untrusting way to do business. It automatically assumes that the observed need to be closely watched, creating a rather suspect environment. (I won't start screaming big brother, don't worry. You can argue this without invoking Orwell)
I don't know how the UK relys on speeding tickets as sources of income, but I am reminded of a story from florida. AAA near a florida town put up signs 6 miles outside the city that warned motorists of the 'speed trap' ahead in order to keep the speeding down. The local cops said that the signs were not allowed.
Their reason? Revenues due to speeders were going down. In short, people were slowing down. You would think the cops would have been happy, right? No, they were upset because they claimed that they received 40% of the town budget and 105% of the police budget through fines. So, basically, they publically stated that they wanted people to speed. yea, yea, I know that's obvious, but I never dreamed in a million years that they would actually admit it. And what baffled me further was that hardly anyone cared! Their attitude was, "Of course that's why they don't want the signs there" instead of "isn't it outrageous that the cops actually admitted that!!"
My point of relating this story is, if the UK is simply doing this to generate new revenue, it's a very very shady deal. I think it reeks of greed and a dash of corruption, the privacy issues set aside. Also, what about those times when you *have* to speed? perhaps a car comes barralling down the road behind you and you need a quick burst of speed to avoid a collision? What about passing (overtaking). yea, I know you aren't supposed to go over the speed limit when you do that, but if you don't, passing is rather tough. I myself don't pass much, but when I do, I try to limit myself to 5mph over the speed limit.
Perhaps I should read the article a bit closer next time. I thought they were re-releasing the DVD's, not re-releasing in the theaters. But my gripes still remain.
-John
so when will it be safe to actually buy it? I was going to hold out for the final-super-duper-all-the-bells-and-whistles-mind- blowingly-awesome-final edition with all 3 movies with their respective bonus features.
however, my old roommate, a huge PJ fan,(his pet name for peter jackson), told me that PJ doesn't drag out releasing the special editions and that I wouldn't have to worry about this.
looks like my roommate was wrong. I feel like that guy in the progressive auto insurance commercial talking with a plumber as his house fills with water and worried that he might pay too much. I don't want to buy the movies twice, and I want the best version I can get. Is that so hard to ask for? Just release it ALL at once.... please?
I don't think the 'after' picture is accurate at all. I live in columbus where we were *not* affected by the outage. however, the after picture clearly shows that columbus was 'dark'. We were just fine. Most of our power comes from the Ohio River IIRC. Sure, the picture is 'neat' to see parts of NY state and other areas under darkness via satellite, but I am treating it more as an 'artist's rendering', not a legitimate photo. I would expect more from NOAA.
This isn't directly related to what you said.
but what happens if the fraternal twins that merge to become a single chimera twin are male and female? is this a possible explaination for hermaphrodites?
Again, as I said elsewhere in another reply to this article. I am not a biologist, please be kind if this question has an obvious, or easily googlable, answer.:)
Interesting phenomena in itself, but I wonder if there are people who would (or already) exploit this sort of pseudo-anonymitity. Does anyone know how far this dual-DNA goes? can individual hairs have differing DNA? or will the blood have different DNA than the hair or skin? (I am not a biologist, so please be kind regarding these questions)
I get accused of this all the time. People think that because I am raising my voice, or asking hypothetical, and usually contradictory, questions, I am directly attacking them. They get mad at me because I appear to be going hostile on them, when the reality is that I am just getting caught up in, what is becoming, a very interesting conversation.
Even with my brother, who probably knows me better than anyone else in the world, thinks that I am out to make him look dumb when we talk/argue about things.
The worst is when I am hanging out with a group of friends and some strange comment comes to my mind and my 'internal thought-to-speech filter' fails and I end up making some remark that *I* think is interesting, but the rest of the group thinks is rather dumb. Either they think that I am trying to show off or else they think I am just mentally *out there*, not realizing that if they would give the remark a bit more thought, it would make perfect sense in the context. I used to try to explain this, but the effort it takes makes it unworthwhile. especially when people think you are floundering for an excuse, not trying to make an intelligent explanation.
also, it didn't help that I would tend to become a bit annoyed and emotional, which sure seemed funny as hell to them.
oh well. i would say that I would score pretty solidly in the "introverted" crowd, but deep down I feel very extroverted. When I am in a large group of people that I feel comfortable with, it's refreshing, invigorating, and a lot of fun. then again, some days I just need to be by myself to read or write or whatever.
Actually it's a direct quote from the book the servant by James Hunter.
I suppose if taken verbatim, it makes absolutely no sense. Anyone would agree that rolling dice would make one expect different results. The quote obviously isn't talking about this specific example.
The direct relation is for people who continue their same bad habits or unclear thinking and wondering why the hell things aren't changing. For example. If a woman continues to get into abusive situations with her boyfriends. Or a workaholic keeps working late, thinking it will help his family, when in the end by continuing this habit he effectively makes the situation worse.
Most people that I know who hear this quote either immediately nod and say they know how true it can be, or else they shrug it off as sounding too silly.
and I agree that in some other cases, believing that doing the same thing will always get the same result can be insane too. but then again, if i believe that skydiving will cause me to fall to the ground at terminal velocity each time I do it, am I insane? Just because there is a converse statement or some cases it's not 100% true, that doesn't mean it's idiotic does it?
in other words, sometimes people need to lighten up a bit:)
-John
p.s. I do like your version of that quote. I might have to use it sometime.
A more likely answer is that the guide is aimed toward a slightly different audience. While penny-arcade might possibly be the funniest comic I have ever had the honor of reading, it's a much different species than say, superman or batman.
I don't think the article is talking about those web comics that many of us here have grown to love (and sometimes depend on).
I agree.
Especially these days. You can almost compare it to the music industry. Imagine a guide on how to migrate from producing music the "old-fashioned" way (i.e. using a greedy record label etc)to self-publishing via the web.
This is aimed for the "professionals" or at least those who already have published in print.
These days its more common for the average person to try to use web comics as a way to get their stories out. Some even manage to sell printed compilations of their work to their fanbase. I have found a few web resources here and here
The problems are the same that face the self-producing musician... it's tough to generate a good fanbase.
-John
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Hint--when you have ADHD, "trying harder" makes it worse; this has been documented with SPECT measures of blood flow through the brain.
I don't doubt it. The problem isn't in trying, it's in how you try. Plenty of people here have documented how they have overcome ADHD or at least learned how to manage it... some without drugs.
you can argue that they just didn't have it as severe as others... but that's pointless since we can never know for sure. Bottom line, those whose lives are such that their severe ADHD casues daily problems do indeed need medication to help them. They have no other tools at their disposals. Either their families are not there to support them, or their friends cannot help, or they simply aren't mature enough (mature in the sense that they have lived enough of life to sort things out for themselves), or they simply have grown habituated to the point where they deep down believe they are helpless without outside help. Note, I am not talking about the ones who cannot function day to day.
read my words carefully, I am not trying to criticize anyone or say that ADHD doesn't exist. I would be ignorant to do that. What I am saying is that medication is simply another outlet of aid for people with ADHD symptoms. As shown here and documented in studies, some people get better on their own. Now, I admit, there is a chance that every single last person who has done this simply had a less severe form of it... But if I were a gambling man (which I can be), I would say that at least some of these people who recovered had some more serious forms of ADHD. (again, not the severest... that's a seperate case that I have no business speaking about).
point is, if one or two or a dozen people with ADHD can recover with little or no medication, then theoretically, it should be possible for others with the same (ok, it will never be the same... let's say equivalent) symptoms to possibly recover (and you can substitute recover with 'learning to cope' or 'to manage in a better way' etc).
The simple response to this is "no way! you don't know what it's like! you have no control!" and to that I answer. I agree. As I said above, some people have other factors in their lives that can help them cope. Some people *can* do it for whatever reason. This doesn't mean ALL people can do it... Not all people understand complex math or music or art... etc. Some people due to genetics or environment or whatever can learn to deal with this. That single fact seems to suggest that IT CAN BE TREATED NON-MEDICINALLY. That is, unless every single case of someone with ADHD recovering is only because they didn't have it severe enough. If every recovered case of ADHD is simply a matter of how non-severe it was, then my arguement doesn't hold water. However, if any percentage of the 'recovered' had moderate to severe, that suggests that medicine isn't always needed, and perhaps (perhaps) it's possible to deal with it differently. Sit down and really think about it. Yes, it's a chemical imbalance... but is it caused by something else? or is something random the cause? People get so much less sleep these days. We put our bodies through quite a bit of crappy treatment... Many spend too much time at jobs they don't particularly like. Our world seems to be going to HFIL in a hadbasket every other week... it's no wonder so many people have anxiety. Sure, I think medication is a great thing, but to me, especially after reading some of the personal success stories here, I feel that trying as best you can (in the right way) to help yourself without turning to medication, the long term satisfaction is much greater. (again, some people NEED the medication, and they should get it, but for people like me who would likely be diagnosed with some sort of mental disorder , be it anxiety or ocd or adhd or whatever, medication would likely be automatically prescribed with some medication even though I know that if I worked at it, I could beat this. You might argue that I simply d
I almost did, but stopped myself. on a certain level, those guys kinda freaked me out. always working and building those plexiglass structures that the fraggles would chow down on... and I always wondered why they (fraggles) ate plastic.
this is spiraling offtopic so:
I hope the extra scenes in TTT have some more of Pippen and Merry. I remember them being much more visible and useful in the books than the movies so far. So far they have only been plot fodder.
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Holy Blithering, the audio for the above story!
But ironically, the communications glitch doesn't seem to manifest in this recording... hmmm...
Dormant gamers can be viewed as recovering alcoholics. They don't spend money on booze anymore, but the urge is still there (from what I've heard anyways). For dormant gamers, like me, who have tasted the addiction of video games, but for some reason or another have gotten out of the habit, the money is often there, but there hasn't been a good reason to get us back into gaming.
The Wii has very effectively captured my attention, and I really think there are a lot of people out there like me, young professionals with some disposable income and a renewed interest in gaming.
So you are true. We don't contribute nearly as much money, percentagewise, NOW. But the market is there ready to be tapped... Just give us a quality and original product instead of a lot of the same old stuff.
hehe. exactly!
We'll call it the "Marvin" model. :)
yea. that's the story I thought of too. hah. and I thought back in school we donated money to send "mice" to college... guess the rats are much better pupils.
-John
heh. nice story. I especially love those short short stories... asimov edited a few collections... usually each one encapsulating a neat sci-fi concept, much like this one did.
-John
and yes... I know I know, there's a ton of other inventions where the bad far outweighs the good. but... I still prefer a little ying to my yang.
-John
but still... pretty crazy what scientists can do. I won't say EVIL EVIL! or YAY PROGRESS! I mean, we are human. we will dabble. these things will be invented. just hope like so many other inventions, the good outweighs the bad.
:)
besides. 1mm of rat muscle? man. how puny
-John
If you made it to college, you were not left behind, and further attempts at monitoring citizens should be.
although college seems to be the norm today, it's still not as simple as high school to get through. if you made it to college, you still have to be responsible enough to get through it without partying too much and learning to study and take responsibility for your actions.
maybe I'm slightly off-topic, but geez, why can't people just let the rest of the people take care of themselves? why do we always need agencies 'helping' us when we don't ask for it? elementary and high school is ok... but once a person is of age to go to college, even if there ARE a lot of immature college students out there, they should be expected to begin to learn to take care of themselves.... bleh. I'm only 25 and I feel so old saying these things...
What is Tv, but entertainment? what does the internet give us? what about video games? going to the movies? it's all entertainment. In my case, the internet version of entertainment consumes the majority of my time. It's far more convenient for my personal tastes... and honestly, after a few weeks, Tv just doesn't seem so appealing. Hmm... perhaps my addiction to webcomics has slowed down my attention span enough that Tv shows simply move too fast for me anymore :)
:/
You know what this means though. Tv will just find a way to bring it's 'goodness' to the internet in a way to make it unavoidable to ignore. I can't wait...
-John
hahaha. Nothing like a good farce to put a rather wordy article in perspective :)
-John
good points overall, but I think you misunderstood one point I was trying to make :)
:) I should have mentioned the damping though, since that's what I was trying to illustrate. (thanks for reminding me) Since the Speedometer is damped, it's not a true measure of instantaneous speed while GPS can give you an instantaneous reading. Yea, I know the whole averaging thing will give you a wonerful average, but my point was about trying to figure out how to ensure your instantaneous speed is. Someone else, though, pointed out that the 'spying' units only issue a ticket at 10% above the limit, so at least they are sorta considering the real world.
Also, they are damped, but I don't believe that the needle would 'jump around' like you describe
I didn't say that the speedometer would jump around. I said the opposite
-John
too bad that speedometers aren't 100% exact. They simply display a sorta average of your speed. If it showed your exact speed while driving, the needle would jump around much quicker. (not quite as quick as the Tach, but it wouldn't be as smooth as it is now). This means that people who honestly believe they are going the speed limit may inadvertantly go a mile or two over (esp if they are accelerating quickly, then ease off right at the limit)
if you have GPS that can calculate speed, check it against your speedometer and you will see what I mean. (I didn't believe this either, till one of my friends used his GPS to prove it. Also, it would likely depend on how fine a resolution and how quickly your GPS refreshes... however, I am not a GPS expert by any means, esp since googling produces various opinions. some say that it's the error in the speedometer, some say it's intentional error in the GPS)
Monitoring people, in my opinion, seems a very untrusting way to do business. It automatically assumes that the observed need to be closely watched, creating a rather suspect environment. (I won't start screaming big brother, don't worry. You can argue this without invoking Orwell)
I don't know how the UK relys on speeding tickets as sources of income, but I am reminded of a story from florida. AAA near a florida town put up signs 6 miles outside the city that warned motorists of the 'speed trap' ahead in order to keep the speeding down. The local cops said that the signs were not allowed. Their reason? Revenues due to speeders were going down. In short, people were slowing down. You would think the cops would have been happy, right? No, they were upset because they claimed that they received 40% of the town budget and 105% of the police budget through fines. So, basically, they publically stated that they wanted people to speed. yea, yea, I know that's obvious, but I never dreamed in a million years that they would actually admit it. And what baffled me further was that hardly anyone cared! Their attitude was, "Of course that's why they don't want the signs there" instead of "isn't it outrageous that the cops actually admitted that!!"
My point of relating this story is, if the UK is simply doing this to generate new revenue, it's a very very shady deal. I think it reeks of greed and a dash of corruption, the privacy issues set aside. Also, what about those times when you *have* to speed? perhaps a car comes barralling down the road behind you and you need a quick burst of speed to avoid a collision? What about passing (overtaking). yea, I know you aren't supposed to go over the speed limit when you do that, but if you don't, passing is rather tough. I myself don't pass much, but when I do, I try to limit myself to 5mph over the speed limit.
-John
Perhaps I should read the article a bit closer next time. I thought they were re-releasing the DVD's, not re-releasing in the theaters. But my gripes still remain. -John
so when will it be safe to actually buy it? I was going to hold out for the final-super-duper-all-the-bells-and-whistles-mind- blowingly-awesome-final edition with all 3 movies with their respective bonus features.
however, my old roommate, a huge PJ fan,(his pet name for peter jackson), told me that PJ doesn't drag out releasing the special editions and that I wouldn't have to worry about this.
looks like my roommate was wrong. I feel like that guy in the progressive auto insurance commercial talking with a plumber as his house fills with water and worried that he might pay too much. I don't want to buy the movies twice, and I want the best version I can get. Is that so hard to ask for? Just release it ALL at once.... please?
-John
I don't think the 'after' picture is accurate at all. I live in columbus where we were *not* affected by the outage. however, the after picture clearly shows that columbus was 'dark'. We were just fine. Most of our power comes from the Ohio River IIRC. Sure, the picture is 'neat' to see parts of NY state and other areas under darkness via satellite, but I am treating it more as an 'artist's rendering', not a legitimate photo. I would expect more from NOAA.
Anyone else notice the same thing?
-John
This isn't directly related to what you said. but what happens if the fraternal twins that merge to become a single chimera twin are male and female? is this a possible explaination for hermaphrodites?
:)
Again, as I said elsewhere in another reply to this article. I am not a biologist, please be kind if this question has an obvious, or easily googlable, answer.
-John
DNA typing for... crime investigation
Interesting phenomena in itself, but I wonder if there are people who would (or already) exploit this sort of pseudo-anonymitity. Does anyone know how far this dual-DNA goes? can individual hairs have differing DNA? or will the blood have different DNA than the hair or skin? (I am not a biologist, so please be kind regarding these questions)
-John
Bingo!
I get accused of this all the time. People think that because I am raising my voice, or asking hypothetical, and usually contradictory, questions, I am directly attacking them. They get mad at me because I appear to be going hostile on them, when the reality is that I am just getting caught up in, what is becoming, a very interesting conversation.
Even with my brother, who probably knows me better than anyone else in the world, thinks that I am out to make him look dumb when we talk/argue about things.
The worst is when I am hanging out with a group of friends and some strange comment comes to my mind and my 'internal thought-to-speech filter' fails and I end up making some remark that *I* think is interesting, but the rest of the group thinks is rather dumb. Either they think that I am trying to show off or else they think I am just mentally *out there*, not realizing that if they would give the remark a bit more thought, it would make perfect sense in the context. I used to try to explain this, but the effort it takes makes it unworthwhile. especially when people think you are floundering for an excuse, not trying to make an intelligent explanation.
also, it didn't help that I would tend to become a bit annoyed and emotional, which sure seemed funny as hell to them.
oh well. i would say that I would score pretty solidly in the "introverted" crowd, but deep down I feel very extroverted. When I am in a large group of people that I feel comfortable with, it's refreshing, invigorating, and a lot of fun. then again, some days I just need to be by myself to read or write or whatever.
hmm, i wonder if there is a mid-trovert category?
-John
Actually it's a direct quote from the book the servant by James Hunter.
:)
I suppose if taken verbatim, it makes absolutely no sense. Anyone would agree that rolling dice would make one expect different results. The quote obviously isn't talking about this specific example.
The direct relation is for people who continue their same bad habits or unclear thinking and wondering why the hell things aren't changing. For example. If a woman continues to get into abusive situations with her boyfriends. Or a workaholic keeps working late, thinking it will help his family, when in the end by continuing this habit he effectively makes the situation worse.
Most people that I know who hear this quote either immediately nod and say they know how true it can be, or else they shrug it off as sounding too silly.
and I agree that in some other cases, believing that doing the same thing will always get the same result can be insane too. but then again, if i believe that skydiving will cause me to fall to the ground at terminal velocity each time I do it, am I insane? Just because there is a converse statement or some cases it's not 100% true, that doesn't mean it's idiotic does it?
in other words, sometimes people need to lighten up a bit
-John
p.s. I do like your version of that quote. I might have to use it sometime.
Ouch.
A more likely answer is that the guide is aimed toward a slightly different audience. While penny-arcade might possibly be the funniest comic I have ever had the honor of reading, it's a much different species than say, superman or batman.
I don't think the article is talking about those web comics that many of us here have grown to love (and sometimes depend on).
-John
I agree. Especially these days. You can almost compare it to the music industry. Imagine a guide on how to migrate from producing music the "old-fashioned" way (i.e. using a greedy record label etc)to self-publishing via the web.
This is aimed for the "professionals" or at least those who already have published in print.
These days its more common for the average person to try to use web comics as a way to get their stories out. Some even manage to sell printed compilations of their work to their fanbase. I have found a few web resources here and here
The problems are the same that face the self-producing musician... it's tough to generate a good fanbase.
-John
Hint--when you have ADHD, "trying harder" makes it worse; this has been documented with SPECT measures of blood flow through the brain.
I don't doubt it. The problem isn't in trying, it's in how you try. Plenty of people here have documented how they have overcome ADHD or at least learned how to manage it... some without drugs.
you can argue that they just didn't have it as severe as others... but that's pointless since we can never know for sure. Bottom line, those whose lives are such that their severe ADHD casues daily problems do indeed need medication to help them. They have no other tools at their disposals. Either their families are not there to support them, or their friends cannot help, or they simply aren't mature enough (mature in the sense that they have lived enough of life to sort things out for themselves), or they simply have grown habituated to the point where they deep down believe they are helpless without outside help. Note, I am not talking about the ones who cannot function day to day.
read my words carefully, I am not trying to criticize anyone or say that ADHD doesn't exist. I would be ignorant to do that. What I am saying is that medication is simply another outlet of aid for people with ADHD symptoms. As shown here and documented in studies, some people get better on their own. Now, I admit, there is a chance that every single last person who has done this simply had a less severe form of it... But if I were a gambling man (which I can be), I would say that at least some of these people who recovered had some more serious forms of ADHD. (again, not the severest... that's a seperate case that I have no business speaking about).
point is, if one or two or a dozen people with ADHD can recover with little or no medication, then theoretically, it should be possible for others with the same (ok, it will never be the same... let's say equivalent) symptoms to possibly recover (and you can substitute recover with 'learning to cope' or 'to manage in a better way' etc).
The simple response to this is "no way! you don't know what it's like! you have no control!" and to that I answer. I agree. As I said above, some people have other factors in their lives that can help them cope. Some people *can* do it for whatever reason. This doesn't mean ALL people can do it... Not all people understand complex math or music or art... etc. Some people due to genetics or environment or whatever can learn to deal with this. That single fact seems to suggest that IT CAN BE TREATED NON-MEDICINALLY. That is, unless every single case of someone with ADHD recovering is only because they didn't have it severe enough. If every recovered case of ADHD is simply a matter of how non-severe it was, then my arguement doesn't hold water. However, if any percentage of the 'recovered' had moderate to severe, that suggests that medicine isn't always needed, and perhaps (perhaps) it's possible to deal with it differently. Sit down and really think about it. Yes, it's a chemical imbalance... but is it caused by something else? or is something random the cause? People get so much less sleep these days. We put our bodies through quite a bit of crappy treatment... Many spend too much time at jobs they don't particularly like. Our world seems to be going to HFIL in a hadbasket every other week... it's no wonder so many people have anxiety. Sure, I think medication is a great thing, but to me, especially after reading some of the personal success stories here, I feel that trying as best you can (in the right way) to help yourself without turning to medication, the long term satisfaction is much greater. (again, some people NEED the medication, and they should get it, but for people like me who would likely be diagnosed with some sort of mental disorder , be it anxiety or ocd or adhd or whatever, medication would likely be automatically prescribed with some medication even though I know that if I worked at it, I could beat this. You might argue that I simply d
now take it a step further to those Doozers.
I almost did, but stopped myself. on a certain level, those guys kinda freaked me out. always working and building those plexiglass structures that the fraggles would chow down on... and I always wondered why they (fraggles) ate plastic.
this is spiraling offtopic so:
I hope the extra scenes in TTT have some more of Pippen and Merry. I remember them being much more visible and useful in the books than the movies so far. So far they have only been plot fodder.
-John
uncle travelling matt was gobo's uncle.
hmm. i am sure a quick internet search would answer the question, but that's like cheating when you are talking about fond youthful memories..
-John