> Does this "finding" hold when you are talking about, say, a monastery?
Nope, never been in one. What I've observed in certain environments (college, some work environments) is that given the protection of a system that takes fast and decisive action against any kind of physical response but no or very little action, or a lack of even understanding how to handle emotional abuse, the "jocks" who tended to dominate in grade and high school tend to be confused, (although some adapt) and the abuse tends to come from little stringy people who were most likely dominated in their younger lives and now see the current opportunity as their turn to dish out some.
But just human teens? Nope. I've been in work situations amongst supposedly mature adults who apparently never learned to move past the "lord of the flies" attitude, or just don't care. Has anyone reading this ever thought "if only I could get him to hit me, it'd solve the problem because he'd be fired"? Has anyone also thought "I need to put my hands behind my back if he does resort to pummeling me, because the slightest indication that I was defending myself and I'll get fired too"?
I think the main issue is that it requires that someone care, as opposed to simply being assigned to manage the child, and to actually get to know the child, as opposed to following a procedure for the "type" the child is supposed to be. I think I'm just paraphrasing what you said.
Oh, chances were he knew. To some people, social networks are like a video game. You're safely ensconced behind your monitor where nobody can break your nose for being a jerk. It leads to different behavior.
I am in the USA, but daughter is in a very different type of school. For instance, there's no dress code, no rule against hugging, and it's the first school that hasn't pushed us to put the kid on Ritalin. So yes, very different from the usual public schools here.
One of the interesting things about living in a culture (or microculture) where physical response is absolutely forbidden, (say, certain college campuses) is that the inhabitants tend to be really rude and emotionally abusive. Because they know they can get away with it.
It looks like that may be meant partly in jest, but it's actually brilliant.
I was having a conversation just tonight at dinner with my daughter that relates somewhat. One of her classmates is struggling with an almost complete lack of empathy, but hasn't yet become a full blown sociopath, although on the verge of adulthood. When he does something that hurts others, he often doesn't mean it, he truly doesn't understand (in her opinion) the hurt he's caused. (Geeks often share this affliction to a lesser degree.) Her solution, when he hurts someone, is to hurt him back. Hurt his feelings if that's called for, or hurt him physically if it's appropriate. Then she talks to him about it, drawing out how he felt about the experience, and drawing parallels with the damage he caused. I'm not a psychologist, dunno if this could possibly do any good, but she insists that he hesitates now before committing an action, and you can see him thinking through possible consequences. I'm really not sure what conclusions to draw from this. I think in the case of the article outright over-the-top intent to cause emotional harm should be met with some action, but I'm not sure simply confining him in a cage for a given amount of time does any good. That might be a different conversation, though.
> Is this feature really going to solve any problems, given that the typical reason for reinstalling Windows is that third-party apps or malware broke it in some way.
Really? I've been using Winders since 3.1, and often it just stops working. It may be a driver or a corrupted DLL; it's often difficult to tell. But reinstalling and then installing the exact same apps, cures the problem.
So, I think there's an official reason -- that it must have been an app or something else that the user installed -- which is a standard level 1 helpdesk thing to say -- and then there's the real reason. Windows craps out. It just happens.
So yeah, I'd be very interested in a version of Winders where I could reinstall the OS without having to reinstall Photoshop and Lightroom and Office and the VMWare Infrastructure Client and a dozen other apps, and remember where I put all the license keys. I mean, I'm gonna reinstall all that stuff anyway when I reinstall the OS. It'd be nice were it already there.
Great. Heavy-handed messages about tolerance and stiff actingin HD. I can't wait for international diplomacy to be debated in endless detail with every loose thread visible on overused costumes. Count me in! The only thing that would make my life complete would be if Star Trek: Insurrection was finally released on Blu-ray. Followed by a 4K release in a couple years so I could have something to look forward to.
Just kidding. I have the re-release of TOS, which has some nostalgia value and several hot chicks wearing very little, but the shows from the Berman era, with a few exceptions, (Best of Both Worlds, In a Mirror Darkly, More Tribbles) were dishwater dull. Even when they had a good idea, often the execution made you wish you were doing something else. Even, you know, interacting with people. It's like the studio had a Department of Boredom required to oversee each episode. In case the fans got too excited, and I dunno, started cosplay in the streets. Personally I think it was all a plot to keep geeks on the couch wearing cheeto powder covered captain's uniform in XXXL and not out conquering the world.
Of course not. They'll wait until you re-buy all the episodes in Blu-ray, and *then* re-release them in 4K. Haven't you figured out the business model yet?
> Go to L.A.. The It's not uncommon for their to be bumper to bumper traffic traveling at 70+ MPH.
I've driven there, yes, and I've been in that kind of traffic.
> And yes, if there is a one car gap, the moment you got slightly faster then the lane next to you, some assholes moves in.
Said asshole often tries to move into a gap smaller than their actual car, intimidating you into slowing down and letting them in. Last time I was there, LA drivers were starting to imitate the Boston Defense, which is to move up closer to the car in front of them while simultaneously blowing their horn, to say "you're not getting in here".
It's a jungle out there. I wish it could be all rainbows and unicorns, and traffic patterns would stick to computer simulations, and individuals could make a difference, but it's not realistic. That engineer talk show host in California.... on KGO... Bill Waterson? I don't think I have the name right. He explained at length that if everyone maintained a reasonable distance in front of them, you wouldn't get the accordion in-and-out effect and traffic would move faster on the average. And you know what? I believe him. But the key word there is "everyone".
I have to add a side note: I could double the disk space in my workstation or switch my laptop to SSD for the price of a Win7 upgrade, and those things definitely take priority.
> I'm fairly certain the Windows 7 sets an internal flag while performing shutdown/restart/hibernate-style operations with the purpose being to prevent other power-saving states from being applied. I know it does this while installing updates. I think even Vista may do this, though I'm too lazy to fact-check...and besides, it's Vista..*ugh*
The question I have to ask myself; are these features worth the $160 it'd take to upgrade? Probably not. So XP it is. Besides, XP works fine as a program loader.
However, my daughter's (newer) laptop has Win 7 Pro installed, so it's worth a try to see if they fixed this.
I had the same experience as a contractor during dot com boom. I was easily making six figures so decided my LLC (which only had one employee -- me) didn't need insurance, would just pay cash. I was continually surprised about how cheap medical, dermitalogical, and dental services were if you pay cash. Easily 1/3 the price as you said. The whole medical insurance thing appears to be corrupt. And I'm *sure* it's going to be squeaky clean when the government takes it over...
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> Does this "finding" hold when you are talking about, say, a monastery?
Nope, never been in one. What I've observed in certain environments (college, some work environments) is that given the protection of a system that takes fast and decisive action against any kind of physical response but no or very little action, or a lack of even understanding how to handle emotional abuse, the "jocks" who tended to dominate in grade and high school tend to be confused, (although some adapt) and the abuse tends to come from little stringy people who were most likely dominated in their younger lives and now see the current opportunity as their turn to dish out some.
But just human teens? Nope. I've been in work situations amongst supposedly mature adults who apparently never learned to move past the "lord of the flies" attitude, or just don't care. Has anyone reading this ever thought "if only I could get him to hit me, it'd solve the problem because he'd be fired"? Has anyone also thought "I need to put my hands behind my back if he does resort to pummeling me, because the slightest indication that I was defending myself and I'll get fired too"?
I agree.
I think the main issue is that it requires that someone care, as opposed to simply being assigned to manage the child, and to actually get to know the child, as opposed to following a procedure for the "type" the child is supposed to be. I think I'm just paraphrasing what you said.
Agreed.
Oh, chances were he knew. To some people, social networks are like a video game. You're safely ensconced behind your monitor where nobody can break your nose for being a jerk. It leads to different behavior.
I am in the USA, but daughter is in a very different type of school. For instance, there's no dress code, no rule against hugging, and it's the first school that hasn't pushed us to put the kid on Ritalin. So yes, very different from the usual public schools here.
> Are you sure it's not just that he knows now that his actions might lead to negative consequences from your daughter?
It's possible. But isn't that an analog for the feedback we get from society?
One of the interesting things about living in a culture (or microculture) where physical response is absolutely forbidden, (say, certain college campuses) is that the inhabitants tend to be really rude and emotionally abusive. Because they know they can get away with it.
It looks like that may be meant partly in jest, but it's actually brilliant.
I was having a conversation just tonight at dinner with my daughter that relates somewhat. One of her classmates is struggling with an almost complete lack of empathy, but hasn't yet become a full blown sociopath, although on the verge of adulthood. When he does something that hurts others, he often doesn't mean it, he truly doesn't understand (in her opinion) the hurt he's caused. (Geeks often share this affliction to a lesser degree.) Her solution, when he hurts someone, is to hurt him back. Hurt his feelings if that's called for, or hurt him physically if it's appropriate. Then she talks to him about it, drawing out how he felt about the experience, and drawing parallels with the damage he caused. I'm not a psychologist, dunno if this could possibly do any good, but she insists that he hesitates now before committing an action, and you can see him thinking through possible consequences. I'm really not sure what conclusions to draw from this. I think in the case of the article outright over-the-top intent to cause emotional harm should be met with some action, but I'm not sure simply confining him in a cage for a given amount of time does any good. That might be a different conversation, though.
> or is this punishment simply too harsh for someone who perhaps didn't realize how seriously his actions would be taken by the authorities?"
Well, he does NOW.
It needs to be ported to other platforms and renamed "this app is banned on the iphone".
> Is this feature really going to solve any problems, given that the typical reason for reinstalling Windows is that third-party apps or malware broke it in some way.
Really? I've been using Winders since 3.1, and often it just stops working. It may be a driver or a corrupted DLL; it's often difficult to tell. But reinstalling and then installing the exact same apps, cures the problem.
So, I think there's an official reason -- that it must have been an app or something else that the user installed -- which is a standard level 1 helpdesk thing to say -- and then there's the real reason. Windows craps out. It just happens.
So yeah, I'd be very interested in a version of Winders where I could reinstall the OS without having to reinstall Photoshop and Lightroom and Office and the VMWare Infrastructure Client and a dozen other apps, and remember where I put all the license keys. I mean, I'm gonna reinstall all that stuff anyway when I reinstall the OS. It'd be nice were it already there.
Assuming it hasn't already been done.
Is it *another* WMC or is it precisely WMC, with a few tweaks, renamed?
> [...] and the option to refresh a PC with a clean install of the OS with apps and setting left intact.
If this actually works and is practical, it might be reason to upgrade.
Instead of flogging songs to death that were written five decades ago, why don't they WRITE SOME NEW SONGS?
Great. Heavy-handed messages about tolerance and stiff acting in HD. I can't wait for international diplomacy to be debated in endless detail with every loose thread visible on overused costumes. Count me in! The only thing that would make my life complete would be if Star Trek: Insurrection was finally released on Blu-ray. Followed by a 4K release in a couple years so I could have something to look forward to.
Just kidding. I have the re-release of TOS, which has some nostalgia value and several hot chicks wearing very little, but the shows from the Berman era, with a few exceptions, (Best of Both Worlds, In a Mirror Darkly, More Tribbles) were dishwater dull. Even when they had a good idea, often the execution made you wish you were doing something else. Even, you know, interacting with people. It's like the studio had a Department of Boredom required to oversee each episode. In case the fans got too excited, and I dunno, started cosplay in the streets. Personally I think it was all a plot to keep geeks on the couch wearing cheeto powder covered captain's uniform in XXXL and not out conquering the world.
I don't think higher definition is going to help.
Of course not. They'll wait until you re-buy all the episodes in Blu-ray, and *then* re-release them in 4K. Haven't you figured out the business model yet?
It ends when you want it to.
In other words, business as usual...
> Go to L.A.. The It's not uncommon for their to be bumper to bumper traffic traveling at 70+ MPH.
I've driven there, yes, and I've been in that kind of traffic.
> And yes, if there is a one car gap, the moment you got slightly faster then the lane next to you, some assholes moves in.
Said asshole often tries to move into a gap smaller than their actual car, intimidating you into slowing down and letting them in. Last time I was there, LA drivers were starting to imitate the Boston Defense, which is to move up closer to the car in front of them while simultaneously blowing their horn, to say "you're not getting in here".
It's a jungle out there. I wish it could be all rainbows and unicorns, and traffic patterns would stick to computer simulations, and individuals could make a difference, but it's not realistic. That engineer talk show host in California.... on KGO... Bill Waterson? I don't think I have the name right. He explained at length that if everyone maintained a reasonable distance in front of them, you wouldn't get the accordion in-and-out effect and traffic would move faster on the average. And you know what? I believe him. But the key word there is "everyone".
I have to add a side note: I could double the disk space in my workstation or switch my laptop to SSD for the price of a Win7 upgrade, and those things definitely take priority.
> You're still using Windows XP? :-)
Well, yeah. So are a lot of people...
> I'm fairly certain the Windows 7 sets an internal flag while performing shutdown/restart/hibernate-style operations with the purpose being to prevent other power-saving states from being applied. I know it does this while installing updates. I think even Vista may do this, though I'm too lazy to fact-check...and besides, it's Vista..*ugh*
The question I have to ask myself; are these features worth the $160 it'd take to upgrade? Probably not. So XP it is. Besides, XP works fine as a program loader.
However, my daughter's (newer) laptop has Win 7 Pro installed, so it's worth a try to see if they fixed this.
Oh, that's brilliant! Heathkit, are you listening?
I had the same experience as a contractor during dot com boom. I was easily making six figures so decided my LLC (which only had one employee -- me) didn't need insurance, would just pay cash. I was continually surprised about how cheap medical, dermitalogical, and dental services were if you pay cash. Easily 1/3 the price as you said. The whole medical insurance thing appears to be corrupt. And I'm *sure* it's going to be squeaky clean when the government takes it over...
Thank you Barack, we already know your opinion.