Security does the same where I work. Call them first get trained medical personnel there faster and then they direct 911 since the place is so damn huge the ambulance could have serious issues finding the person who needs help.
How about "Call in-house medical staff, then call 911, or have a person near you call 911 simultaneously"?
I know, I know. It sounds really inefficient and stupid to get a transport squad moving in case of need.
I thought mobile bandwidth was limited due to equipment (physical and logical) limitations. I've always been encouraged, in mobile company literature, to reduce wireless usage as much as possible. Keep the bandwidth available for others. But it's okay for Apple customers to use that bandwidth to the n'th degree?
So... this is who we're supposed to keep the bandwidth available for? I think I just opened a can of worms, but please don't attack the 'opener'.
Amen to Khyber's response to this parent.. I smell collusion.
We're in the early days, but you'll see us in a systematic way think about how we can apply machine learning to all these areas.'
Your talking, not working, why? And you think the H1B zombies can handle something that has never happened before? Wait! I'm going to micro wave some pop corn so that listening to you will be better entertainment.
<snark>Oh, come on now... Talking about the obvious is the only way to remind people to keep investing in you instead of just sitting on their existing investments.</snark>
I thought that this has already been accomplished by other companies since the, like, oh, 50s? Data gathering/mining.
But I know, it doesn't have the "G" logo of the month attached to it. Just like data storage in data centers now has the name "Cloud". Guess Google deserves the copyright, trademarks, etc. to increase the revenue for increasing their revenue.
It's interesting you say that. Saving computer resources in a simulation environment... The only counter I have is that there are (at least to us) countermeasures for "discovering the secret" in many different systems. Theoretically and most probably (IMSHO) you would be destroyed or cease to exist once you realize the truth behind the system. No point in punishing; just remove the potential problem (you, in this case). Since I'm reading what you typed, the system is not designed to do that -or- it's meant to be discovered eventually.
Side note: I ponder the thought frequently that a form of Humans in the past designed a simulation system (Matrix is what started my thoughts, but that's not the focus of this). I wonder if the system was designed as a basic educational system that leads to reality. In other words, once we have figured 'it' out (the Universe and all factors down to subatomic particles and atomic behavior), we can be introduced to the real "Universe" or reality, which is either a HUGE boring disappointment, or a much more complex system that we shouldn't even begin thinking about until we have made it to this point (your comment, basically). We seem to repeat the same mistakes over and over (even on a somewhat equal time difference), so perhaps "we" made a system to act as a firewall to linear thought and analysis of discoveries, so that we can only proceed to the next step once we've really figured out what it is that we repetitively fail to.
That's a whole different discussion and I want to stay on-topic. I said what I meant.
*Gets destroyed by the reality simulator for feeding into the discovery pathway*
Do you know where exactly they did the surgery around the left hippocampus? It may be relevant for the panic attacks. The amydala is right nearby, and it responds to threatening stimuli (or invents them when overactive). It may be that some level of GABA input to the amygdala on that side was affected, so the area is overactive.
If you continue to have seizures when you don't take the medication, there is one other thing you can try that is drug free, and it is called the ketogenic diet. They rarely use if for epilepsy that responds to drugs like dilantin, they only use it for what is called intractable epilepsy (drug unresponsive). But it does work. The problem is that you need to almost eliminate all carbohydrates (sugars and starches). You also need to keep protein to a relatively low level, and concentrate on eating lots of oils and fats (so two eggs plus bacon would be a typical breakfast on a ketogenic diet).
As far as the panic attacks keeping you up once you wake up, Valium of any type (benzodiazepines) will definitely help as you have seen. That is because it boosts the action of GABA, the main inhibitory transmitter in the brain. But benzodiazepines get addictive over time if you use them every night. You might still want to try melatonin. It is a "sleep hormone" but it is not the main thing that makes you go do sleep at night. It does help make you a bit drowsy though, so if you took it when you wake up in the middle of the night, it might help get you back to sleep. Also, because serotonin and melatonin are related (both synthesized from tryptophan) and help with sleep, taking the amino acid tryptophan might also help you sleep because it would boost both serotonin and melatonin. So instead of taking melatonin when you wake up in the middle of the night, try taking a tryptophan capsule before you go to bed. It might help, but it might not depending on your biochemistry. It is the old thing about getting very sleepy after a big turkey dinner, because turkey has lots of tryptophan.
I'm sorry I just now got to this!
No, I'm uncertain. They refused to release any imagery to me (legal CYA move?) and I have only gotten information from my parents about what they heard from the surgeon's medical assistant about what really happened. They didn't give specifics about the locations.
Diet maintenance with me is nearly impossible. I don't mean that literally; just typing from experience. There's a lot of things I just can't deal with, and shopping is one of them. I have to pick a great day of the week and hit the store first thing in the morning so there are nearly no other annoying customers. I would need a dietary instruction manual (not just advice or guide) that specifically says "Eat x on day y at z AM, a at b PM, c at d PM, with the exact amounts at e, f, and g. Next do h, i, j... etc etc etc". I just can't hear general instructions and make correct decisions from them. Now, granted, I can make decisions that are adult-life-healthy in general and not a risk to my safety or money. I'm just saying I can't do something that someone else suggests unless I can observe or have it mapped out piece by piece. I'll screw it up and then wonder why "doing what I was told to do ended up not working". Yes, I'm a lost cause, for the most part. Gee, wonder why I'm single.:/
Your advice on melatonin scared me because I had past bad experiences with it. I would get ultra-anxious (even though I was expecting calm and sleepiness) and feel like I was having a panic attack. Ultimately, I wouldn't get to sleep for about 5 hours. That was before lorazepam, though. May as well give it a try again. Advice on tryptophan also noted; will give that a whirl (no head pun intended).
...People are okay with their employer snooping on their Internet traffic at work. Would they be okay if information gathered during that snooping were a factor in their next performance review?
I agree with you 100%. That's one of the issues that people are silly enough to bend and believe when they see it on the required federal and state law posters at work: "It's illegal for an employer to..."
Yeah. But they do it anyway. They just don't SHARE they they're doing it. That means they're not, right? Psh.
Hitler also got to power because most people were "fine with it."
..and they were fine with it because they were falling into a bad economic depression, and were in the "anything that can possibly save us from this poor life is fine" mood. See: topic. If there were no other option; literally NO other option fed to peoples' minds to "find them thare turr'ists" other than having full access to ALL Internet traffic, let's say, I wager most (never 100%) all would bend and approve.
Addendum I: No, even having full access to ALL information won't help the gub'mint find them; they're hiding by LYING and STRIKING. Addendum II: There are other ways of communicating other than the Internet. It's just easier and faster.
Thanks for responding and not being an ass! You're awesome! Don't read any more below if you're not bored or interested in a case..
Unfortunately, I developed epilepsy due to scarred brain tissue near the hippocampus (left) at around 20 years of age and it really blew up into full generalized whammos around 22 or so. Had brain surgery; haven't had a single seizure since. Panic attacks started developing out of absolutely nowhere (meaning conscious thought was completely calm and nothing changed) at about 29 (surgery in '08 when I was 28). My sleep was degraded to about 4 broken hours on average per night; would wake up with panic attacks thinking I was going to have a seizure, heart attack, and die before I knew what a freaking panic attack was. I had to jump through hoops and I don't recall all of the names of the meds that were tried, but one was the equivalent of valium; my body took it like a sugar pill. Something else was the same (clonazepam?). Doc tried lorazepam and voila! Panic attacks went bye-bye. I've been nudged from.5mg to 2mg over the course of a couple of years and that's where I'm still at. Sleep issues were also corrected. I'm back to 5-6 hours per night. Lorazepam can help me get to sleep, but it doesn't knock me out or encourage me to sleep.
The point of delivering this was to inform you of my condition, but also to add the fact that my 5-6 hour average was present since ~= 16 years of age. That's where an alarm can wake me (body doesn't want to sleep until about 5-6 hours before alarm wake time), but I can also not even bother to set an alarm if I so choose because I know if I go to bed at 0030 local time, I'll wake at 0515-0630. Like clock work (pardon pun). If I go to bed early, I'll wake early, but no more than an hour earlier than average. If I go to bed late, I'll wake at the usual time, but right at the end of the average span.
Don't blame the physical condition! (general statement, not directed at you). I've always (sans childhood and adolescent years) been at the same average at different health states, different physical environments (US States, literally), different dietary patterns, and different medication combinations. The only thing that interrupted my sleep was severe panic attacks, and the only thing that corrected those was lorazepam. Basically the amount I take is enough to knock any non-medicated person out and probably keep them asleep for a long time (2mg x4/day). All it does for my is take me back to what I remember as "normal" before the whole panic attack thing kicked in. Only side effect is poor short-long term memory conversion, but I was already bad before it, so it's a wash. Lucky one. Fun fact: my recollection of proper nouns and general nouns takes a LONG time, but other word types aren't affected. I've noticed nothing else different since brain surgery, sans lack of seizures.
Finals: I consume zero alcohol due to potential interference with anti-seizure meds, though I have had no issues when trying it. There is no other Human in the same bed as me (single; probably will be for life). I am hypersensitive to all sensory input types. Yay, Asperger's, so the diagnosis at the age of 14 says.
The idea is basically that,despite all evidence to the contrary, stone age people actually lived longer than we do now and the reason is their diet. So if you "eat like a caveman" you'll be way healthier.
There is a 90% correlation with hipsters liking something and it also being silly shit. It may not be causal. But it is a really really strong indicator.
Does that sound like shit to you? To eat healthier?
I'm not on the side of either poster, but I have to mention that it would be somewhat wise to think about the true health of the "Paleo diet" in terms of what the Human body is capable of handling and wants to handle. What was considered healthy back then, or was there even a consideration of health? What's provided now is different in bacterial, viral, chemical, and other content than what was available from a "fresh kill". If I recall what I've learned from my childhood days until now, Humans from about the 1910's back lived much shorter lives in general averages and specifically. Disease was rampant; water wasn't what we consider 'clean'. Hell, even when 'clean' water became available, they delivered it through lead ducts and pipes. We learn from mistakes but can't 'undo' them.
I digress. The point is that you seem to be attacking someone who was making both a joke about the excessive use of "diet sales" for easy money, because people are undecided about what a truly healthy diet is and this crap happens all the time - NEW DIET TYPE. Sell, sell, sell! You can play on that with so many variables, and people do. Example: Fat is bad, but the Atkin's diet is good because you get more cholesterol, but others say cholesterol is bad and kills. So, let's come up with two different types of cholesterol and play on both. The results are pretty much the same: the people live, eat to maintain life, and die. Sales and marketing can play on what the cause of death was and $$ can be made for a safer alternative.
That or it's just difficult to recognize what a "snarky" comment or "joke" is AND play along, instead of taking one's own route to disprove the jocular "facts" in the joke of the other to gain intelligence points. Please note the double-quotes around the word "fact". Joke. Funny. Ha-ha.
This is not science, this is anecdotal. Neuroscience has shown recently that the brain moves waste products, excess transmitters and toxic products out during sleep via the paravascular glymphatic system. Just because people can get away without lots of sleep, especially when younger, does not mean that there are not long term health consequences...
Your scientific knowledge is good, so I have a question for you that no one else can answer: Why, since after my teen years (and no excessive stress, not eating too late, no late caffeine etc etc etc), do I get 5-6 hours of sleep before my body wakes on its own and won't let me fall asleep again? It will if I wake up after a couple of hours to go to the bathroom or something like that, but not after 5 (6 max).
I I sleep more than 7 hours, I wake up with a headache and feel very anxious / out of sorts. If I sleep more than 8, I an sort of like a zombie all day long; I'm conscious and alert, but just can't focus on anything, and am kind of an ass socially.
they won't be on airlines...Unless you have a disconnected, completely stupid terrorist
We had the shoe bomber, the underwear bomber, the UK liquid bombers, all after everything got locked down after 9/11.
They are obsessed with airplanes. If they had any sort of body count quota and intelligence, they would clearly try other targets.Even just arriving at the airport, you'd think they would realize, "Hey if I drive a car through this line I can kill more people than with this stupid little bomb in my underwear," but they don't!
It's almost as if their end goal is to make air travel inconvenient.
Inconvenience must be the reason. I don't think they knew the allocation of resources would be as unbalanced as it is. Heck, if they did, there are so many other things they could have targeted at the same time as the airlines to start the next police state situation.
This is why I am surprised that the terrorists threatening Socchi haven't struck at Moscow (the one other target I can think of that would grab as meany headlines) or something yet.
All that security had to come from somewhere, right?
Good point. And their lack of activity shows they don't have the power to overcome the controls in place; they only have the power to scare people.
There are agencies who cover the scare tactics and information that comes in; the people don't have to. Our recovery worked and we are focusing on alternative attack methods. That's awesome!
We aren't worrying about someone hijacking a plane to attack the games. That threat has been taken care of.
I see, so the terrorists successfully using planes, and not protecting aviation, would lead them to what, precisely? Declare victory and go back to bothering the locals? Hold news conferences showing their superiority and stating there's no need to use planes again? What exactly do you propose to do when a hole is found in security? State unequivocally that this was an isolated incident and the American people can feel confident that their government is not worried?
What are you sounding defensive for? I agreed with you.
My addition was that planes were used; protection went in place after planes were used. It's in place. Use it. Quit expanding on it. Use your intelligence, money, and time to find out what else the bastards can use and set up watch-and-stop points. Be creative (like they would). Protect those assets.
Example: I'm a known wealthy Fortune-100 business owner. My home is broken into by a very smart group of robbers who had inside information (they've been to my home directly or indirectly before). They broke in through the basement service access door and found a way in to my house through the HVAC system. When this happens, I don't holler to the public that I have an emergency because people found a way to get into my house and steal money (and detail it); I stay quiet. I also don't focus only on the security of the method they used to break in. I take care of the weaknesses that allowed them to get access and I'm DONE WITH THAT. That's it. No more focusing on that. I move my focus to OTHER methods people can use to get access and start to take care of those. For instance, I take care of there not being glass-break sensors on my alarm system and also place motion sensors in the areas I'm most concerned about in the home (plus the pathways use to get TO those areas). I also take care of the lack of lighting on the rear of my house. I talk to my neighbors and inform them I was broken in to (but tell them it was no big deal), and ask them to watch over the parts of my house they can now see with these new lights. I'll throw in a free mowing of their lawn or an annual monetary gift for their good neighbor status. IF people somehow find out that there was access to my home using the methods and pathways that were exploited, I don't focus my attention on that pathway and keep on adding new features to it as well as stupid ones that make me look completely paranoid. The actual problem has been dealt with; I don't need to look like Mr. Power by focusing on all of the security additions on this one little maintenance door and announcing a new thing I fear can be used to break the security. I simply state that the problem has been taken care of and maybe even thank the ones who broke in for pointing the weakness out. If anyone wants to come after me to prove they can "do better than those guys" or "use the same method that worked for them", they will get caught.
And yes, the government stating that things are under control is how it's done. Otherwise, there would be civil unrest and riots constantly. What you do is tell people that there was a hole found in a system, the issue has been addressed, please go back to your normal lives and don't live in fear.
Your text looks like you don't have an idea and you feel helpless. If you stop butting heads with people and try to work toward a solution, you'd be surprised how much more can be accomplished in a shorter time frame. If you want to keep arguing to make me feel helpless or ignorant, keep replying. It will get you nowhere because I have control of my emotions and knowledge. We all should.
I agree with you 100%. But keep in mind, (especially male) Americans are raised to believe that they are always the "best" and will always be the "winner", no matter what. There is no such thing as "losing" a fight. It's impossible for most males to admit they are "wrong". They can only go as far as to say they were not given all of the information necessary to make the correct decision, and even then that is a bit of a stretch because they must know everything at all times. Which is one of the stupidest things I started to believe when I was being raised as an American.
A better idea would have been to not react violently, but to make a public statement that we appreciate the work the terrorists have done to point out the weaknesses in our system (that have been corrected as of the time of [that] statement).
It would lure out the testosterone-angry ones and make them easy to find and catch. The others wouldn't know how to proceed because they haven't heard such a statement before. But what do I know? I'm just an idiot that thinks instead of operating with my balls' chemicals.
Wait, if we didn't attack back, the terrorists would have cut off oil supply to the world, right? Because the rest of the world would just accept that instead of destroying them on a 10,000,000 to 1 basis, right? Psh. I've said enough.
Nothing the TSA does has anything to do with security.
We know that, the story was old years ago. The real question I don't see asked often enough and answered even less is: What does it have to do with? Why do they do this bullshit, and why does it get more transparent? Why have we reached the part where even regular people begin to understand the TSA is full of it?
Is it just stupidity? Really? While you shouldn't always look for malice, there's also a point where stupidity ceases to be the most likely explanation.
They're creating jobs, right? So it's a good thing..... right??
The simple fact that a discussion like this comes up proves that the terrorists have already won, big time. The hundreds of billions of dollars that the world spends on "preventing" terrorist attacks is much more than the terrorists could have hoped for. They damage the economy, not by destroying buildings or killing people, but by making us spend an obscene amount of money in useless "anti-terrorist" measures.
We should stop all this. We should just hop on a plane and fly. Fuck the terrorists.
You're right; and because the biggest terrorist attack in this country involved planes, all future attacks have to involve planes, right? TSA has a stupid fear quelling operation that makes them look really dumb, not one that protects. And you're right with your first statement. They FEEL they have won, which only strengthens their feelings of superiority.
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"...of their spending" makes it very true. Without.... Eh. :)
Security does the same where I work. Call them first get trained medical personnel there faster and then they direct 911 since the place is so damn huge the ambulance could have serious issues finding the person who needs help.
How about "Call in-house medical staff, then call 911, or have a person near you call 911 simultaneously"?
I know, I know. It sounds really inefficient and stupid to get a transport squad moving in case of need.
I thought mobile bandwidth was limited due to equipment (physical and logical) limitations. I've always been encouraged, in mobile company literature, to reduce wireless usage as much as possible. Keep the bandwidth available for others. But it's okay for Apple customers to use that bandwidth to the n'th degree?
So... this is who we're supposed to keep the bandwidth available for? I think I just opened a can of worms, but please don't attack the 'opener'.
Amen to Khyber's response to this parent.. I smell collusion.
- U.S. "Imaginary Dynamic Limitation Hater"
.... I don't know why you are so upset about something you have complete control over.
Nice little slip there. Complete? Really?
We're in the early days, but you'll see us in a systematic way think about how we can apply machine learning to all these areas.'
Your talking, not working, why? And you think the H1B zombies can handle something that has never happened before? Wait! I'm going to micro wave some pop corn so that listening to you will be better entertainment.
<snark>Oh, come on now... Talking about the obvious is the only way to remind people to keep investing in you instead of just sitting on their existing investments.</snark>
I thought that this has already been accomplished by other companies since the, like, oh, 50s? Data gathering/mining.
But I know, it doesn't have the "G" logo of the month attached to it. Just like data storage in data centers now has the name "Cloud". Guess Google deserves the copyright, trademarks, etc. to increase the revenue for increasing their revenue.
Wait....
Yeah, but there is nothing there to tell us wtf he's actually talking about.
Psst.. *taps you on the shoulder lightly*.. Invest.. Invest... Innnvveesssttt.
I wish I could say that my humor-intended statement was nothing but humor. :/
It's interesting you say that. Saving computer resources in a simulation environment... The only counter I have is that there are (at least to us) countermeasures for "discovering the secret" in many different systems. Theoretically and most probably (IMSHO) you would be destroyed or cease to exist once you realize the truth behind the system. No point in punishing; just remove the potential problem (you, in this case). Since I'm reading what you typed, the system is not designed to do that -or- it's meant to be discovered eventually.
Side note: I ponder the thought frequently that a form of Humans in the past designed a simulation system (Matrix is what started my thoughts, but that's not the focus of this). I wonder if the system was designed as a basic educational system that leads to reality. In other words, once we have figured 'it' out (the Universe and all factors down to subatomic particles and atomic behavior), we can be introduced to the real "Universe" or reality, which is either a HUGE boring disappointment, or a much more complex system that we shouldn't even begin thinking about until we have made it to this point (your comment, basically). We seem to repeat the same mistakes over and over (even on a somewhat equal time difference), so perhaps "we" made a system to act as a firewall to linear thought and analysis of discoveries, so that we can only proceed to the next step once we've really figured out what it is that we repetitively fail to.
That's a whole different discussion and I want to stay on-topic. I said what I meant.
*Gets destroyed by the reality simulator for feeding into the discovery pathway*
har.
Do you know where exactly they did the surgery around the left hippocampus? It may be relevant for the panic attacks. The amydala is right nearby, and it responds to threatening stimuli (or invents them when overactive). It may be that some level of GABA input to the amygdala on that side was affected, so the area is overactive.
If you continue to have seizures when you don't take the medication, there is one other thing you can try that is drug free, and it is called the ketogenic diet. They rarely use if for epilepsy that responds to drugs like dilantin, they only use it for what is called intractable epilepsy (drug unresponsive). But it does work. The problem is that you need to almost eliminate all carbohydrates (sugars and starches). You also need to keep protein to a relatively low level, and concentrate on eating lots of oils and fats (so two eggs plus bacon would be a typical breakfast on a ketogenic diet).
As far as the panic attacks keeping you up once you wake up, Valium of any type (benzodiazepines) will definitely help as you have seen. That is because it boosts the action of GABA, the main inhibitory transmitter in the brain. But benzodiazepines get addictive over time if you use them every night. You might still want to try melatonin. It is a "sleep hormone" but it is not the main thing that makes you go do sleep at night. It does help make you a bit drowsy though, so if you took it when you wake up in the middle of the night, it might help get you back to sleep. Also, because serotonin and melatonin are related (both synthesized from tryptophan) and help with sleep, taking the amino acid tryptophan might also help you sleep because it would boost both serotonin and melatonin. So instead of taking melatonin when you wake up in the middle of the night, try taking a tryptophan capsule before you go to bed. It might help, but it might not depending on your biochemistry. It is the old thing about getting very sleepy after a big turkey dinner, because turkey has lots of tryptophan.
I'm sorry I just now got to this!
No, I'm uncertain. They refused to release any imagery to me (legal CYA move?) and I have only gotten information from my parents about what they heard from the surgeon's medical assistant about what really happened. They didn't give specifics about the locations.
Diet maintenance with me is nearly impossible. I don't mean that literally; just typing from experience. There's a lot of things I just can't deal with, and shopping is one of them. I have to pick a great day of the week and hit the store first thing in the morning so there are nearly no other annoying customers. I would need a dietary instruction manual (not just advice or guide) that specifically says "Eat x on day y at z AM, a at b PM, c at d PM, with the exact amounts at e, f, and g. Next do h, i, j... etc etc etc". I just can't hear general instructions and make correct decisions from them. Now, granted, I can make decisions that are adult-life-healthy in general and not a risk to my safety or money. I'm just saying I can't do something that someone else suggests unless I can observe or have it mapped out piece by piece. I'll screw it up and then wonder why "doing what I was told to do ended up not working". Yes, I'm a lost cause, for the most part. Gee, wonder why I'm single. :/
Your advice on melatonin scared me because I had past bad experiences with it. I would get ultra-anxious (even though I was expecting calm and sleepiness) and feel like I was having a panic attack. Ultimately, I wouldn't get to sleep for about 5 hours. That was before lorazepam, though. May as well give it a try again. Advice on tryptophan also noted; will give that a whirl (no head pun intended).
Thanks for the kind response and advice!
...People are okay with their employer snooping on their Internet traffic at work. Would they be okay if information gathered during that snooping were a factor in their next performance review?
I agree with you 100%. That's one of the issues that people are silly enough to bend and believe when they see it on the required federal and state law posters at work: "It's illegal for an employer to..."
Yeah. But they do it anyway. They just don't SHARE they they're doing it. That means they're not, right? Psh.
Hitler also got to power because most people were "fine with it."
..and they were fine with it because they were falling into a bad economic depression, and were in the "anything that can possibly save us from this poor life is fine" mood. See: topic. If there were no other option; literally NO other option fed to peoples' minds to "find them thare turr'ists" other than having full access to ALL Internet traffic, let's say, I wager most (never 100%) all would bend and approve.
Addendum I: No, even having full access to ALL information won't help the gub'mint find them; they're hiding by LYING and STRIKING.
Addendum II: There are other ways of communicating other than the Internet. It's just easier and faster.
Thanks for responding and not being an ass! You're awesome! Don't read any more below if you're not bored or interested in a case..
Unfortunately, I developed epilepsy due to scarred brain tissue near the hippocampus (left) at around 20 years of age and it really blew up into full generalized whammos around 22 or so. Had brain surgery; haven't had a single seizure since. .5mg to 2mg over the course of a couple of years and that's where I'm still at. Sleep issues were also corrected. I'm back to 5-6 hours per night. Lorazepam can help me get to sleep, but it doesn't knock me out or encourage me to sleep.
Panic attacks started developing out of absolutely nowhere (meaning conscious thought was completely calm and nothing changed) at about 29 (surgery in '08 when I was 28). My sleep was degraded to about 4 broken hours on average per night; would wake up with panic attacks thinking I was going to have a seizure, heart attack, and die before I knew what a freaking panic attack was.
I had to jump through hoops and I don't recall all of the names of the meds that were tried, but one was the equivalent of valium; my body took it like a sugar pill. Something else was the same (clonazepam?). Doc tried lorazepam and voila! Panic attacks went bye-bye. I've been nudged from
The point of delivering this was to inform you of my condition, but also to add the fact that my 5-6 hour average was present since ~= 16 years of age. That's where an alarm can wake me (body doesn't want to sleep until about 5-6 hours before alarm wake time), but I can also not even bother to set an alarm if I so choose because I know if I go to bed at 0030 local time, I'll wake at 0515-0630. Like clock work (pardon pun). If I go to bed early, I'll wake early, but no more than an hour earlier than average. If I go to bed late, I'll wake at the usual time, but right at the end of the average span.
Don't blame the physical condition! (general statement, not directed at you). I've always (sans childhood and adolescent years) been at the same average at different health states, different physical environments (US States, literally), different dietary patterns, and different medication combinations. The only thing that interrupted my sleep was severe panic attacks, and the only thing that corrected those was lorazepam. Basically the amount I take is enough to knock any non-medicated person out and probably keep them asleep for a long time (2mg x4/day). All it does for my is take me back to what I remember as "normal" before the whole panic attack thing kicked in. Only side effect is poor short-long term memory conversion, but I was already bad before it, so it's a wash. Lucky one. Fun fact: my recollection of proper nouns and general nouns takes a LONG time, but other word types aren't affected. I've noticed nothing else different since brain surgery, sans lack of seizures.
Finals: I consume zero alcohol due to potential interference with anti-seizure meds, though I have had no issues when trying it. There is no other Human in the same bed as me (single; probably will be for life). I am hypersensitive to all sensory input types. Yay, Asperger's, so the diagnosis at the age of 14 says.
The idea is basically that,despite all evidence to the contrary, stone age people actually lived longer than we do now and the reason is their diet. So if you "eat like a caveman" you'll be way healthier.
Wait a second here... Is this a joke or not?
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There is a 90% correlation with hipsters liking something and it also being silly shit. It may not be causal. But it is a really really strong indicator.
Does me saying "10% ~= +1" ruin the humor?
"Wait a minute, this chemically identical thing was *processed*, lets get unhealthy guys"?
The second juice has an extra hydrogen atom in 15% of the combined carbohydrates' molecules. Extra hydrogen kills! I see a sales pitch here.
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Does that sound like shit to you? To eat healthier?
I'm not on the side of either poster, but I have to mention that it would be somewhat wise to think about the true health of the "Paleo diet" in terms of what the Human body is capable of handling and wants to handle. What was considered healthy back then, or was there even a consideration of health? What's provided now is different in bacterial, viral, chemical, and other content than what was available from a "fresh kill". If I recall what I've learned from my childhood days until now, Humans from about the 1910's back lived much shorter lives in general averages and specifically. Disease was rampant; water wasn't what we consider 'clean'. Hell, even when 'clean' water became available, they delivered it through lead ducts and pipes. We learn from mistakes but can't 'undo' them.
I digress. The point is that you seem to be attacking someone who was making both a joke about the excessive use of "diet sales" for easy money, because people are undecided about what a truly healthy diet is and this crap happens all the time - NEW DIET TYPE. Sell, sell, sell! You can play on that with so many variables, and people do. Example: Fat is bad, but the Atkin's diet is good because you get more cholesterol, but others say cholesterol is bad and kills. So, let's come up with two different types of cholesterol and play on both. The results are pretty much the same: the people live, eat to maintain life, and die. Sales and marketing can play on what the cause of death was and $$ can be made for a safer alternative.
That or it's just difficult to recognize what a "snarky" comment or "joke" is AND play along, instead of taking one's own route to disprove the jocular "facts" in the joke of the other to gain intelligence points. Please note the double-quotes around the word "fact". Joke. Funny. Ha-ha.
This is not science, this is anecdotal. Neuroscience has shown recently that the brain moves waste products, excess transmitters and toxic products out during sleep via the paravascular glymphatic system. Just because people can get away without lots of sleep, especially when younger, does not mean that there are not long term health consequences...
Your scientific knowledge is good, so I have a question for you that no one else can answer: Why, since after my teen years (and no excessive stress, not eating too late, no late caffeine etc etc etc), do I get 5-6 hours of sleep before my body wakes on its own and won't let me fall asleep again? It will if I wake up after a couple of hours to go to the bathroom or something like that, but not after 5 (6 max).
I I sleep more than 7 hours, I wake up with a headache and feel very anxious / out of sorts. If I sleep more than 8, I an sort of like a zombie all day long; I'm conscious and alert, but just can't focus on anything, and am kind of an ass socially.
they won't be on airlines...Unless you have a disconnected, completely stupid terrorist
We had the shoe bomber, the underwear bomber, the UK liquid bombers, all after everything got locked down after 9/11.
They are obsessed with airplanes. If they had any sort of body count quota and intelligence, they would clearly try other targets.Even just arriving at the airport, you'd think they would realize, "Hey if I drive a car through this line I can kill more people than with this stupid little bomb in my underwear," but they don't!
It's almost as if their end goal is to make air travel inconvenient.
Inconvenience must be the reason. I don't think they knew the allocation of resources would be as unbalanced as it is. Heck, if they did, there are so many other things they could have targeted at the same time as the airlines to start the next police state situation.
This is why I am surprised that the terrorists threatening Socchi haven't struck at Moscow (the one other target I can think of that would grab as meany headlines) or something yet.
All that security had to come from somewhere, right?
Good point. And their lack of activity shows they don't have the power to overcome the controls in place; they only have the power to scare people.
There are agencies who cover the scare tactics and information that comes in; the people don't have to. Our recovery worked and we are focusing on alternative attack methods. That's awesome!
We aren't worrying about someone hijacking a plane to attack the games. That threat has been taken care of.
I see, so the terrorists successfully using planes, and not protecting aviation, would lead them to what, precisely? Declare victory and go back to bothering the locals? Hold news conferences showing their superiority and stating there's no need to use planes again? What exactly do you propose to do when a hole is found in security? State unequivocally that this was an isolated incident and the American people can feel confident that their government is not worried?
What are you sounding defensive for? I agreed with you.
My addition was that planes were used; protection went in place after planes were used. It's in place. Use it. Quit expanding on it. Use your intelligence, money, and time to find out what else the bastards can use and set up watch-and-stop points. Be creative (like they would). Protect those assets.
Example: I'm a known wealthy Fortune-100 business owner. My home is broken into by a very smart group of robbers who had inside information (they've been to my home directly or indirectly before). They broke in through the basement service access door and found a way in to my house through the HVAC system. When this happens, I don't holler to the public that I have an emergency because people found a way to get into my house and steal money (and detail it); I stay quiet. I also don't focus only on the security of the method they used to break in. I take care of the weaknesses that allowed them to get access and I'm DONE WITH THAT. That's it. No more focusing on that. I move my focus to OTHER methods people can use to get access and start to take care of those. For instance, I take care of there not being glass-break sensors on my alarm system and also place motion sensors in the areas I'm most concerned about in the home (plus the pathways use to get TO those areas). I also take care of the lack of lighting on the rear of my house. I talk to my neighbors and inform them I was broken in to (but tell them it was no big deal), and ask them to watch over the parts of my house they can now see with these new lights. I'll throw in a free mowing of their lawn or an annual monetary gift for their good neighbor status. IF people somehow find out that there was access to my home using the methods and pathways that were exploited, I don't focus my attention on that pathway and keep on adding new features to it as well as stupid ones that make me look completely paranoid. The actual problem has been dealt with; I don't need to look like Mr. Power by focusing on all of the security additions on this one little maintenance door and announcing a new thing I fear can be used to break the security. I simply state that the problem has been taken care of and maybe even thank the ones who broke in for pointing the weakness out. If anyone wants to come after me to prove they can "do better than those guys" or "use the same method that worked for them", they will get caught.
And yes, the government stating that things are under control is how it's done. Otherwise, there would be civil unrest and riots constantly. What you do is tell people that there was a hole found in a system, the issue has been addressed, please go back to your normal lives and don't live in fear.
Your text looks like you don't have an idea and you feel helpless. If you stop butting heads with people and try to work toward a solution, you'd be surprised how much more can be accomplished in a shorter time frame. If you want to keep arguing to make me feel helpless or ignorant, keep replying. It will get you nowhere because I have control of my emotions and knowledge. We all should.
- Kev
ie: America should just admit it lost.
I agree with you 100%. But keep in mind, (especially male) Americans are raised to believe that they are always the "best" and will always be the "winner", no matter what. There is no such thing as "losing" a fight. It's impossible for most males to admit they are "wrong". They can only go as far as to say they were not given all of the information necessary to make the correct decision, and even then that is a bit of a stretch because they must know everything at all times. Which is one of the stupidest things I started to believe when I was being raised as an American.
A better idea would have been to not react violently, but to make a public statement that we appreciate the work the terrorists have done to point out the weaknesses in our system (that have been corrected as of the time of [that] statement).
It would lure out the testosterone-angry ones and make them easy to find and catch. The others wouldn't know how to proceed because they haven't heard such a statement before. But what do I know? I'm just an idiot that thinks instead of operating with my balls' chemicals.
Wait, if we didn't attack back, the terrorists would have cut off oil supply to the world, right? Because the rest of the world would just accept that instead of destroying them on a 10,000,000 to 1 basis, right? Psh. I've said enough.
Everyone knows solar powered bombs are green and good for the environment.
Now you've given them the idea for post-meal bean-based explosive fart weapons. Stop feeding them ideas!
Nothing the TSA does has anything to do with security.
We know that, the story was old years ago. The real question I don't see asked often enough and answered even less is: What does it have to do with? Why do they do this bullshit, and why does it get more transparent? Why have we reached the part where even regular people begin to understand the TSA is full of it?
Is it just stupidity? Really? While you shouldn't always look for malice, there's also a point where stupidity ceases to be the most likely explanation.
They're creating jobs, right? So it's a good thing..... right??
*face-palm*
The simple fact that a discussion like this comes up proves that the terrorists have already won, big time. The hundreds of billions of dollars that the world spends on "preventing" terrorist attacks is much more than the terrorists could have hoped for. They damage the economy, not by destroying buildings or killing people, but by making us spend an obscene amount of money in useless "anti-terrorist" measures.
We should stop all this. We should just hop on a plane and fly. Fuck the terrorists.
You're right; and because the biggest terrorist attack in this country involved planes, all future attacks have to involve planes, right? TSA has a stupid fear quelling operation that makes them look really dumb, not one that protects. And you're right with your first statement. They FEEL they have won, which only strengthens their feelings of superiority.
What would the conspiracy theorists interpret it when they start confiscating tin foil?
My first thought is, "...an idea they didn't think of."