Wellbutrin is what works best for my wife. She has ADHD and Depression. Some of the previous drug combos did crazy things to her, Wellbutrin actually manages to treat most things, without changing her personality or anything, it just makes it easier for her to do the things she wants to do.
As for managing pain without drugs, I have chronic back pain and I'm a Martial Artist, I live with pain every day that would make most people lay down and cry. I don't take medication for it most of the time because the pain encourages me to be careful and to seek actual treatment for things. When I cover the pain up I tend to forget that I'm hurt or that my back isn't at 100% and start doing things that aggravate the injury. Also, in order to stop my back pain I can't just take some tylenol or excedrin or something, they don't do anything. I can eat a bottle of extra strength tylenol and still be in crippling pain. So all of my pain meds are prescription (Loratab) and make me loopy as hell. Pain tells you something isn't working correctly and needs to be fixed. People should pay more attention to that instead of popping some pills and going about their business.
Heh, sounds like my environment at home. I'm usually playing an MMORPG, listening to music, reading websites, reading a book, watching TV and carrying on a conversation at the same time. Although, am I the only person around here who has figured out the Hyperfocusing part of ADHD? I get easily distracted by shiny objects, toys etc... But I can also read through an 800 page novel nonstop, tech manuals, anything, and I retain about 75% of what I read that way on the first run through. If I read it again I usually get 95% or better retention. It's to the point where I can't reread books I read 5 years ago because looking at the first page I automatically remember everything that happened in the book. This also happens with some games, I'll completely hyperfocus on the game to the point where everything around me fades to nothing and if I get interrupted I get REALLY pissed. And I don't mean it has to be Quake or Final Fantasy, or any immersive type of game. I was playing some version of Arkanoid (Breakout) which consists of moving a paddle back and forth to bounce a ball up and break bricks and completely zoned into it. But I'll also suddenly go through a period where I'll be entertained by ANYTHING for 30 seconds and then be bored with it. Tying knots in string, throwing a wad of paper around, jumping rope, spinning around in my chair... My whole information filtering process will break down while I amuse myself with inane silliness for half an hour. ADHD is weird.
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Anyone taking your advice will wreck their metabolism and probably end up in the hospital. Yes, people eat too much, but more importantly they eat CRAP. I agree about the excersise though. Everyone would benefit from excersising themselves to exhaustion at least 3 times per week. I also agree about the sleep. A lot of people I know who have complained about exhaustion start off their complaint with "I get 10 hours of sleep every night and I'm still tired!", that's their problem. I tell them to get 6 hours of sleep instead. Most of them feel great when they do that. The one exception that rule is illness or injury. I always recommend getting a few hours extra sleep if you are injured or sick.
Who trains the new people? If the entire department just walks you've got a whole shitload of untrained employees coming in who know nothing about the old setup or systems. It will take them months to get up to speed.
I was going to post a suggestion to buy a cheap VGA to composite video cable, however after a half hour search of google, belkin's website, the Blackbox website, and asking around the only converters I could find were at minimum 75$. Most of them are boxes that come with remotes and all kinds of features. I was unable to find a cheap converter cable for some reas.... So maybe you should have gotten a video card with TV out or something....
If you can't see how this project could be legal then maybe you should be dropping the dime on Google since they are doing essentially the same thing only on a much wider scale.
Kintanon
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Speaking of interesting dogs, yesterday I saw a dog which looked like a Great dane in the face and build, but had the same color pattern as a Dalmation but a little splotchier. Black and white splotches all over it. Was the freakiest looking dog I've ever seen....
I've seen hand scanner/printers that you can run over something and it will spit a copy out the other end. Load it with white label tape, walk around and find a cheap item. Scan it. Make 100 copies of the same bar code. Stick it to all of the items you want to buy, use the Self Checkout line at your local supermarket.>:)
I'd leave potatos in and switch to drinking water. That will do you more good. Also, if you are excersising and gaining weight check to see if you are putting on muscle or fat. If it's muscle, and you don't want to gain weight, switch to aerobic workouts.
Why the FUCK would want to give up potatos? Potatos are GREAT! Ohh... I bet your one of those Sedentary people that can't eat carbohydrates because you never excersise... That's your weight problem in a nutshell right there. And it will help with your sleep issues too, despite the caffeine. Spend 1 hour, just one TINY hour doing jump rope, jumping jacks, stationary biking, lots of things you can quickly and easily in your own home that will help you get in better shape. Go to lifelineusa.com and buy the Power Pushup and just leave it in your chair, Whenever you take a break from coding to think grab the handles and bust out 10-15 reps with whatever resistence level you are comfortable with. Excersise is more important for health than dieting (though eatting the right kinds of food, regardless of quantity is equally important) if you really want to improve your health and state of mind there is no substitute for excersise.
WOah! He may not be a hypocrite. Depends on whether you think gambling is immoral (Which I don't). So perhaps you think he's a hypocrite because you have some bizarre hangup about gambling, I don't even know the guy but if Gambling is his big vice I don't see a problem since it A. Harms no one but yourself, and B. Is fun.
Actually she's in California. You can't use deadly force except in direct defense of your life against an armed opponent. Legally she is supposed to run away if at all possible.
funny story about that, A friend of mine lived about a mile north of the Canada/US border, about half a mile south of the border was a pizza place. The next nearest pizza place was about 6 miles away, but was in Canada with him. He would constantly have to dial the country and area code to order from the closer pizza place, and would occasionally get people answering the phones who flipped out when he told them he was ordering from canada because they were new.
Unable to keep up with the speed of the lecture? I can easily type as fast as I can talk once I get on a roll. I don't see how a professor could outrun your typing speed if you were just dumping the words and leaving the error correction for later. the few times I did take notes with a computer I always got far more mileage out of them since they were legible and organized, unlike my normal handwriting.
Hrmm... I wonder if the AUP could be interpreted to forbid online gambling? Does that count as an "enterprise"? I'm playing for fun as well as money, but people would be downloading on P2P for their enjoyment and just coincidentally getting paid for part of it... I dunno. Could be a fuzzy issue.
No argument there. The wrong judge on the wrong day and you could owe every penny you own, your first born son, and a lifetime of servitute to the RIAA/MPAA whoever.
Actually, he's talking about signing into another persons hand. You hold the persons hand and make the signs on their palm. They "read" the signs by feel and respons the same way, or with conventional sign language. Sine the signs are being done covered by the recipients hands they can't be intercepted. It makes a handy (pun intended) stealth communication tool since it looks like the two people are just standing their holding hands.
There are actually 9 positions each joystick can occupy. Neutral, up, down, left, right, upleft, upright, downleft, downright. So Neutral on one side + upleft on the other would be a combo. Giving you not 64, but 80 possible usable combos. For those of you checking my math, Neutral + Neutral is NOT a valid combo for anything because then when your KBD was at rest it would be spewing some character or command.
I will admit that contract issues could enter into it. But those are CIVIL concerns. You can not go to jail for breach of contract as far as I am aware.
If they wish to provide EULAs that's fine too, but the fact is that the strength of EULAs hasn't been upheld in court either.
The real question we should ask is, "Can I agree to a contract that I do not know the terms of?" Because BEFORE purchasing a DVD I've yet to see any notice of terms beyond the region restriction which mentions only geographical locations, not operating systems. So the only contract terms I've been able to find on a DVD have nothing to do with whether I can watch it on Linux or not. Though they do seem to restrict my ability to fly to Japan with my copy of X-men. The vague implication by the MPAA that something we are doing is wrong isn't enough to make it illegal, and at this point they can't even make a real case for a contract breach because the contract has undefined terms.
Also, in order to VIEW the *terms* which you mention that you say are ON the DVD one must, according to the MPAA, break the law if you are attempting to watch the DVD on Linux using deCSS.
Now, before you get all riled up, think about this. Two people can enter an agreement. I can write a book, and say that I will only sell it to people who will read it only while standing up, facing due north. We can codify that, put it into a contract, and if we both sign it under the right circumstances its binding. You and I have both agreed to exchange money for an object and a right.
The important point in your statement is the word CONTRACT. You see, I never signed any contract, nor entered into any agreement with anyone when I purchased my DVD. I gave 20$ to the guy behind the register, he put the DVD in a bag, and I left with it. I didn't sign any agreement saying I wouldn't watch the DVD on linux, or smash it with a hammer, or anything. So unless I'm actually performing an already illegal act (Like sharpening the edge of the CD/DVD and stabbing people with it, or making copies and selling them) then there's nothing that can stop me from doing what I want with the DVD. There is not a legal prohibition against watching DVDs on linux. There is not a law that says I am performing an illegal act. So, since there was no contract, I've violated no contract law, and since it's not illegal to watch a DVD on Linux (I promise you, it's not. I've checked with quite a few lawyers and judges), I'm not doing anything illegal. No copyright infringement is taking place as I'm not copying the work nor am I purchasing an illegal copy of the work. No breach of contract as I never entered into any contract, no legal issue at all. The only POSSIBLE legal issue is the DMCA issue. And I'm pretty sure it doesn't actually apply to home viewing of a video in this fashion though that hasn't been established by the courts yet.
The "saying" was created by westerners, but the root of it is in the ambiguos translation of the word "Interesting" from Chinese to English. You get something that comes close to meaning "Filled with disastrous events".
Perfect example of this is in some of the Shadowbane comments from that story the other day. The Mac version while working is horribly optimized. You really need twice the machine equivelant of the PC version for equivelant performance. But in theory that will be fixed with patches over the next few months.
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Wellbutrin is what works best for my wife. She has ADHD and Depression. Some of the previous drug combos did crazy things to her, Wellbutrin actually manages to treat most things, without changing her personality or anything, it just makes it easier for her to do the things she wants to do.
As for managing pain without drugs, I have chronic back pain and I'm a Martial Artist, I live with pain every day that would make most people lay down and cry. I don't take medication for it most of the time because the pain encourages me to be careful and to seek actual treatment for things. When I cover the pain up I tend to forget that I'm hurt or that my back isn't at 100% and start doing things that aggravate the injury. Also, in order to stop my back pain I can't just take some tylenol or excedrin or something, they don't do anything. I can eat a bottle of extra strength tylenol and still be in crippling pain. So all of my pain meds are prescription (Loratab) and make me loopy as hell. Pain tells you something isn't working correctly and needs to be fixed. People should pay more attention to that instead of popping some pills and going about their business.
Kintanon
Heh, sounds like my environment at home. I'm usually playing an MMORPG, listening to music, reading websites, reading a book, watching TV and carrying on a conversation at the same time.
Although, am I the only person around here who has figured out the Hyperfocusing part of ADHD? I get easily distracted by shiny objects, toys etc... But I can also read through an 800 page novel nonstop, tech manuals, anything, and I retain about 75% of what I read that way on the first run through. If I read it again I usually get 95% or better retention.
It's to the point where I can't reread books I read 5 years ago because looking at the first page I automatically remember everything that happened in the book.
This also happens with some games, I'll completely hyperfocus on the game to the point where everything around me fades to nothing and if I get interrupted I get REALLY pissed.
And I don't mean it has to be Quake or Final Fantasy, or any immersive type of game. I was playing some version of Arkanoid (Breakout) which consists of moving a paddle back and forth to bounce a ball up and break bricks and completely zoned into it.
But I'll also suddenly go through a period where I'll be entertained by ANYTHING for 30 seconds and then be bored with it. Tying knots in string, throwing a wad of paper around, jumping rope, spinning around in my chair... My whole information filtering process will break down while I amuse myself with inane silliness for half an hour.
ADHD is weird.
Kintanon
Anyone taking your advice will wreck their metabolism and probably end up in the hospital.
Yes, people eat too much, but more importantly they eat CRAP.
I agree about the excersise though. Everyone would benefit from excersising themselves to exhaustion at least 3 times per week.
I also agree about the sleep. A lot of people I know who have complained about exhaustion start off their complaint with "I get 10 hours of sleep every night and I'm still tired!", that's their problem. I tell them to get 6 hours of sleep instead. Most of them feel great when they do that.
The one exception that rule is illness or injury. I always recommend getting a few hours extra sleep if you are injured or sick.
Kintanon
Who trains the new people? If the entire department just walks you've got a whole shitload of untrained employees coming in who know nothing about the old setup or systems. It will take them months to get up to speed.
Kintanon
I was going to post a suggestion to buy a cheap VGA to composite video cable, however after a half hour search of google, belkin's website, the Blackbox website, and asking around the only converters I could find were at minimum 75$. Most of them are boxes that come with remotes and all kinds of features. I was unable to find a cheap converter cable for some reas....
So maybe you should have gotten a video card with TV out or something....
Kintanon
SWEET! Now my computer can match my 1984 Honda Civic Hatchback! YEAH!
Kintanon
If you can't see how this project could be legal then maybe you should be dropping the dime on Google since they are doing essentially the same thing only on a much wider scale.
Kintanon
Speaking of interesting dogs, yesterday I saw a dog which looked like a Great dane in the face and build, but had the same color pattern as a Dalmation but a little splotchier. Black and white splotches all over it. Was the freakiest looking dog I've ever seen....
Kintanon
I've seen hand scanner/printers that you can run over something and it will spit a copy out the other end. Load it with white label tape, walk around and find a cheap item. Scan it. Make 100 copies of the same bar code. Stick it to all of the items you want to buy, use the Self Checkout line at your local supermarket.>:)
Kintanon
Damnit! I read the top part and started looking for your auction link to go bid!
Don't DO that!
Kintanon
I'd leave potatos in and switch to drinking water. That will do you more good.
Also, if you are excersising and gaining weight check to see if you are putting on muscle or fat. If it's muscle, and you don't want to gain weight, switch to aerobic workouts.
Kintanon
Why the FUCK would want to give up potatos? Potatos are GREAT! Ohh... I bet your one of those Sedentary people that can't eat carbohydrates because you never excersise...
That's your weight problem in a nutshell right there. And it will help with your sleep issues too, despite the caffeine. Spend 1 hour, just one TINY hour doing jump rope, jumping jacks, stationary biking, lots of things you can quickly and easily in your own home that will help you get in better shape. Go to lifelineusa.com and buy the Power Pushup and just leave it in your chair, Whenever you take a break from coding to think grab the handles and bust out 10-15 reps with whatever resistence level you are comfortable with.
Excersise is more important for health than dieting (though eatting the right kinds of food, regardless of quantity is equally important) if you really want to improve your health and state of mind there is no substitute for excersise.
Kintanon
WOah! He may not be a hypocrite. Depends on whether you think gambling is immoral (Which I don't). So perhaps you think he's a hypocrite because you have some bizarre hangup about gambling, I don't even know the guy but if Gambling is his big vice I don't see a problem since it A. Harms no one but yourself, and B. Is fun.
Kintanon
Actually she's in California. You can't use deadly force except in direct defense of your life against an armed opponent. Legally she is supposed to run away if at all possible.
Kintanon
Yes, but the average intelligence of the MENSA meeting is MUCH closer to functionally retarded than is the population of South Florida.
Kintanon
Yes, I do think MENSA members are useless wankers.
funny story about that,
A friend of mine lived about a mile north of the Canada/US border, about half a mile south of the border was a pizza place. The next nearest pizza place was about 6 miles away, but was in Canada with him. He would constantly have to dial the country and area code to order from the closer pizza place, and would occasionally get people answering the phones who flipped out when he told them he was ordering from canada because they were new.
Kintanon
Unable to keep up with the speed of the lecture? I can easily type as fast as I can talk once I get on a roll. I don't see how a professor could outrun your typing speed if you were just dumping the words and leaving the error correction for later. the few times I did take notes with a computer I always got far more mileage out of them since they were legible and organized, unlike my normal handwriting.
Kintanon
Hrmm... I wonder if the AUP could be interpreted to forbid online gambling? Does that count as an "enterprise"? I'm playing for fun as well as money, but people would be downloading on P2P for their enjoyment and just coincidentally getting paid for part of it...
I dunno. Could be a fuzzy issue.
Kintanon
No argument there. The wrong judge on the wrong day and you could owe every penny you own, your first born son, and a lifetime of servitute to the RIAA/MPAA whoever.
Kintanon
Actually, he's talking about signing into another persons hand. You hold the persons hand and make the signs on their palm. They "read" the signs by feel and respons the same way, or with conventional sign language.
Sine the signs are being done covered by the recipients hands they can't be intercepted. It makes a handy (pun intended) stealth communication tool since it looks like the two people are just standing their holding hands.
Kintanon
There are actually 9 positions each joystick can occupy. Neutral, up, down, left, right, upleft, upright, downleft, downright. So Neutral on one side + upleft on the other would be a combo.
Giving you not 64, but 80 possible usable combos.
For those of you checking my math, Neutral + Neutral is NOT a valid combo for anything because then when your KBD was at rest it would be spewing some character or command.
Kintanon
I will admit that contract issues could enter into it. But those are CIVIL concerns. You can not go to jail for breach of contract as far as I am aware.
If they wish to provide EULAs that's fine too, but the fact is that the strength of EULAs hasn't been upheld in court either.
The real question we should ask is, "Can I agree to a contract that I do not know the terms of?"
Because BEFORE purchasing a DVD I've yet to see any notice of terms beyond the region restriction which mentions only geographical locations, not operating systems. So the only contract terms I've been able to find on a DVD have nothing to do with whether I can watch it on Linux or not. Though they do seem to restrict my ability to fly to Japan with my copy of X-men.
The vague implication by the MPAA that something we are doing is wrong isn't enough to make it illegal, and at this point they can't even make a real case for a contract breach because the contract has undefined terms.
Also, in order to VIEW the *terms* which you mention that you say are ON the DVD one must, according to the MPAA, break the law if you are attempting to watch the DVD on Linux using deCSS.
Kintanon
Now, before you get all riled up, think about this. Two people can enter an agreement. I can write a book, and say that I will only sell it to people who will read it only while standing up, facing due north. We can codify that, put it into a contract, and if we both sign it under the right circumstances its binding. You and I have both agreed to exchange money for an object and a right.
The important point in your statement is the word CONTRACT. You see, I never signed any contract, nor entered into any agreement with anyone when I purchased my DVD. I gave 20$ to the guy behind the register, he put the DVD in a bag, and I left with it. I didn't sign any agreement saying I wouldn't watch the DVD on linux, or smash it with a hammer, or anything.
So unless I'm actually performing an already illegal act (Like sharpening the edge of the CD/DVD and stabbing people with it, or making copies and selling them) then there's nothing that can stop me from doing what I want with the DVD.
There is not a legal prohibition against watching DVDs on linux. There is not a law that says I am performing an illegal act. So, since there was no contract, I've violated no contract law, and since it's not illegal to watch a DVD on Linux (I promise you, it's not. I've checked with quite a few lawyers and judges), I'm not doing anything illegal.
No copyright infringement is taking place as I'm not copying the work nor am I purchasing an illegal copy of the work. No breach of contract as I never entered into any contract, no legal issue at all.
The only POSSIBLE legal issue is the DMCA issue. And I'm pretty sure it doesn't actually apply to home viewing of a video in this fashion though that hasn't been established by the courts yet.
Kintanon
The "saying" was created by westerners, but the root of it is in the ambiguos translation of the word "Interesting" from Chinese to English. You get something that comes close to meaning "Filled with disastrous events".
Kintanon
Perfect example of this is in some of the Shadowbane comments from that story the other day. The Mac version while working is horribly optimized. You really need twice the machine equivelant of the PC version for equivelant performance. But in theory that will be fixed with patches over the next few months.
Kintanon