...aside from the big push by the drug companies is that they allow family doctors to diagnose ADHD and prescribe the meds at all. The docs, parents, and teachers get handed a checklist and if the kid (or adult) meets a certain number of criteria on the checklist then they're told meds are the answer. Some doctors who work for the big PPOs and HMOs are expected to see 6 or more patients an hour so they are taught to rely on the checklists to give them answers. Sometimes it comes down to the fact that a few parents and teachers have lost the ability to set and hold limits with their kids. Sometimes a kid is just being a brat.
I'm simplifying so I'm hoping someone can expand on my idea more, but ADHD is serious and needs to be diagnosed by a psychiatrist. Attention problems and hyperactivity can be symptoms of things other than ADHD too.
Mike Myers, playing the sarcastic angry Scottish charachter Stuart Mackenzie from "So I Married an Axe Murderer".
"The queen. The vatican. The Getty's. The Rothschilds. AND Colonel Sanders before he went heads up! Oh, I hated the Colonel with his wee BEADY eyes! and that smug look on his face, 'Oh! You're gonna buy my chicken, OHHH. Aye Laddie - and look at the Wii Nintendo with it's Wii game disc. And look at the kid playin it - That kid's head's like Sputnik. Spherical but quite pointy in parts. Oh, that was a harsh one, wasn't it? He'll be cryin himself to sleep tonite on his huge pilla'."
"Now go and kiss your mother before I kick your teeth in!"
...but the carriers won't sell it because they all want the content piece of the revenue stream. They're convinced that they can get you to buy into a plan that has you downloading songs from their service, while they charge you airtime for browsing and downloading, on top of the price per song.
"What will be the disposition of the DNA of the innocent?"
Wait, let me guess. Same as the disposition of the photographs and fingerprints of the innocent?
I don't get it. How is the potential for abuse any higher just because the sample is DNA? To me, the benefits of being able to solve a years old case based on DNA samples outweighs the risks of abuse within the system. Lets give the cops the tools they need to put the crooks away. Just make sure there are no loopholes in the law that would allow the government, as well as insurance companies and the like to access and use the results to discriminate against people.
... of my old Atari Lynx. I have one of the originals, and the best I could get for battery life was 90 minutes on 6 AA's. Later, they released an extended battery pack that plugged into the AC adapter port and held 6 D batteries. Imagine carrying a handheld the size of a Lynx, and a battery pack that weighed more than the biggest Mag-Lite and you get the idea.
At this point this may be too far down the thread to get modded anywhere, but for you soundtrack fans out there, the music by Michael Giacchino is beyond stellar. Think of the great 60's spy thrillers. I was amazed.
"If they can't seem to patch their OS fast enough, what makes them think they can keep their AV software up to date?"
They won't. They'll probably just put thier brand on someone else's. At most they'll write their own engine and cut a deal to buy someone elses signature files (see: MacAfee), but I highly doubt they're doing this from scratch.
Don't be so quick to devalue this achievement. They've increased its production of thermal energy, yet managed to cut the overall acoustic energy produced by the cooling system and the machine overall in half.
Who cares what the scale is.
"With weird ass customs such as this, Denven had BETTER allow left turns on red!"
Try driving in New Orleans sometime. You can't turn left _at any intersection_, not even if you want to. You have to drive straight through the intersection to the next left turn lane. To make things more interesting, the pedestrians are all boozed up and carrying big open containers of alcohol, legally of course.
Now that's fun!
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...aside from the big push by the drug companies is that they allow family doctors to diagnose ADHD and prescribe the meds at all. The docs, parents, and teachers get handed a checklist and if the kid (or adult) meets a certain number of criteria on the checklist then they're told meds are the answer. Some doctors who work for the big PPOs and HMOs are expected to see 6 or more patients an hour so they are taught to rely on the checklists to give them answers. Sometimes it comes down to the fact that a few parents and teachers have lost the ability to set and hold limits with their kids. Sometimes a kid is just being a brat. I'm simplifying so I'm hoping someone can expand on my idea more, but ADHD is serious and needs to be diagnosed by a psychiatrist. Attention problems and hyperactivity can be symptoms of things other than ADHD too.
Once again the TI 99/4a gets left out. Anybody want a Jello Pudding Pop?
......"set out to do what no musician has ever tried — to make the world's ugliest piece of music"...... Already done... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(You're)_Having_My_Baby
Mike Myers, playing the sarcastic angry Scottish charachter Stuart Mackenzie from "So I Married an Axe Murderer".
"The queen. The vatican. The Getty's. The Rothschilds. AND Colonel Sanders before he went heads up! Oh, I hated the Colonel with his wee BEADY eyes! and that smug look on his face, 'Oh! You're gonna buy my chicken, OHHH. Aye Laddie - and look at the Wii Nintendo with it's Wii game disc. And look at the kid playin it - That kid's head's like Sputnik. Spherical but quite pointy in parts. Oh, that was a harsh one, wasn't it? He'll be cryin himself to sleep tonite on his huge pilla'."
"Now go and kiss your mother before I kick your teeth in!"
...but the carriers won't sell it because they all want the content piece of the revenue stream. They're convinced that they can get you to buy into a plan that has you downloading songs from their service, while they charge you airtime for browsing and downloading, on top of the price per song.
No thanks.
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For the majority: Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer
In dissent: O'Connor, Rehnquist, Scalia, and Thomas
"What will be the disposition of the DNA of the innocent?"
Wait, let me guess. Same as the disposition of the photographs and fingerprints of the innocent?
I don't get it. How is the potential for abuse any higher just because the sample is DNA? To me, the benefits of being able to solve a years old case based on DNA samples outweighs the risks of abuse within the system. Lets give the cops the tools they need to put the crooks away. Just make sure there are no loopholes in the law that would allow the government, as well as insurance companies and the like to access and use the results to discriminate against people.
In that case, would "Yo Mama", constitute prior art?
....till someone uses one of these as a cat toy...
... of my old Atari Lynx. I have one of the originals, and the best I could get for battery life was 90 minutes on 6 AA's. Later, they released an extended battery pack that plugged into the AC adapter port and held 6 D batteries. Imagine carrying a handheld the size of a Lynx, and a battery pack that weighed more than the biggest Mag-Lite and you get the idea.
Hopefully Sony wont make that mistake.
At this point this may be too far down the thread to get modded anywhere, but for you soundtrack fans out there, the music by Michael Giacchino is beyond stellar. Think of the great 60's spy thrillers. I was amazed.
"If they can't seem to patch their OS fast enough, what makes them think they can keep their AV software up to date?"
They won't. They'll probably just put thier brand on someone else's. At most they'll write their own engine and cut a deal to buy someone elses signature files (see: MacAfee), but I highly doubt they're doing this from scratch.
Don't be so quick to devalue this achievement. They've increased its production of thermal energy, yet managed to cut the overall acoustic energy produced by the cooling system and the machine overall in half. Who cares what the scale is.
...Microsoft announced that Clippy had broken the before unheard of 2,000 fps barrier.
"With weird ass customs such as this, Denven had BETTER allow left turns on red!" Try driving in New Orleans sometime. You can't turn left _at any intersection_, not even if you want to. You have to drive straight through the intersection to the next left turn lane. To make things more interesting, the pedestrians are all boozed up and carrying big open containers of alcohol, legally of course. Now that's fun!
Ever hear of a man named Ralph Nader, who started it all by going afer the Corvair?
To what effect is the Indian education making changes to keep up with the demand for trained IT people?