I have been wanting to take a RWD car/truck and drop a turbo diesel in it. Take the trans apart and put a custom 400V or so alternator in the bellhousing...
The most detrimental things to cement roads? Frozen ground that thaws and tips those concrete sections so that they don't line up.
A) Cement is a powder that is used to make concete so I'm guessing that you meant to say "The most detrimental things to concrete roads"
B) Yes, the freezing and thawing of the ground can be hard on concrete road sections. But you forgot concrete's number one enemy: road salt. You must be a Southerner. Everyone from the snowy parts of the US knows that road salt (in addition to eating your car) will harm concrete. I believe there are some "safer" salt formulations out there but I don't spread anything salt-related on my driveway or sidewalk. If the driveway or sidewalk is icy, then kitty litter (the pre-used kind) or sand works for traction without eating into the concrete. I sealed my garage floor shortly after my home was built and my garage floor is still perfect (no pits or pock-marks). Neighbors who didn't seal their garage floors have little pits and pock-marks from the saltly slush dripping off their vehicles in the winter. Also, the "approach" part of my driveway is starting to show these pits and holes because there is no way for me to keep the city snowplow from pushing snow (laced with road salt) onto the end of my driveway (where the driveway meets the street).
In other words you don't sleep until your done. You'll be supplied with the appropriate medication to cope". That's EXACTLY where we're headed based on this article.
Trust me, Provigil is so g-damn expensive that there is NO WAY your employer will pay for it unless it's medically necessary. I'm surprised my insurance covers Provigil.
Secondly, it would not keep you awake and coherent for 36 hours. You might be able to stay awake for 36 hours but you would not be as lucid as your employer desired. It is not a Get Out of Jail Free card. It only delays the inevitable (good, deep sleep). Can I stay awake for 36 hours? Maybe. Do you want me working on your network infrastructure after I've stayed awake that long with the help of drugs? Definitely not.
Speaking as a scientist who used to study sleep and sleep disorders, I have to say this is troubling. Sleep has evolved for a purpose and a number of studies have shown that sleep is necessary or crucial to consolidate long term memories, stabilize mood and more.
Dr. Jones, I agree with everything you said in your post. I especially like the detailed description of the various stages of sleep. I take Provigil every day to suppress the daytime sleepiness from Restless Leg Syndrome. While the drug provides a short-term reprieve from feeling drowsy, it is not a "get out of jail free card". Eventually (four to six hours), the drug wears off and the tired feeling comes back hard. I don't know what would happen if I took one every six hours and attempted to stay up around-the-clock. I would imagine that by the 24th hour, I'd be totally useless at work and a danger on the highway.
As you stated in your post, sleep (which is not really well understood) is definitely vital to our well-being. People who mess with their sleep schedules by taking drugs or messing with their schedules are playing with fire. I go to sleep at the same time every night and try to get eight hours of sleep.
The brand name is "Provigil". One thing that no one has mentioned so far is that it is as expensive as hell. I'm glad my insurance covers it.
When I first started Provigil (as a way to deal with the daytime sleepiness caused by RLS), it was like hitting the nitrous oxide button in a dragster. I could feel that shit kick-in and I felt like I never had to sleep again and I could do anything. My mind went a million miles an hour. My mood also improved considerably. One of the things that I had be to be wary of is taking Provigil with coffee. The caffeine and Provigil mixed together like gas and fire and it was too much stimulation. So I had to take the Provigil with water or decaf soda.
Now that I've been on it for a few months, it doesn't hit quite as hard. I can take it with soda and I don't feel overstimulated.
Does it work well for daytime sleepiness? Yes. Could I take a pill every six hours and never have to sleep again? No. It only depresses the need for sleep, it does not eliminate it. It's like not paying your cable bill for two months. You may feel like you have some extra cash for one month but then when that second bill comes, now your cable bill is twice as big as when you pay it on time.
Provigil lasts for about six hours before the tiredness returns hard and I crash.
There are some interesting side effects like the fact that it is a very appetite suppressant. If I take a pill at 4:00pm, I can stay at my desk at work and continue working until 8:00pm or 9:00pm without craving the meal that I am missing.
Will this pill eliminate the need for sleep? Hardly. It just helps the people who have sleep disorders (like me) to deal with the daytime drowsiness. I saw one post that said "I'd hate to see the code produced by the guy mentioned in the article when he goes for days without sleep." That is a very accurate assessment of the situation. Yes, you can suppress the brain's need for sleep for a while but your "accuracy" is going to suffer. If you are doing manual labor, that's not an issue. If you are debugging code, then you definitely have a problem.
Provigil is not the magic drug that it sounds like in the story. I take it every day and I still go to bed at 10pm and try to sleep until 6:00am the next morning.
For the MDs in the crowd: I have had two sleep studies and both clearly showed that I have RLS or Periodic Limb Movement Disorder. I don't have sleep apnea. I move too much at night to get decent sleep. For now, the Provigil helps with the drowsiness I feel during the day. I have tried the anti-Parkinsons drugs like Requip and Mirapex. They didn't work. Have also tried Neurontin and a few "non-drug" solutions like taking magnesium supplements. I have had my ferritin levels tested and my iron is right where it's supposed to be. Any suggestions on successfully treating RLS are welcome.
If it's artificially interfering with a normal function of life and it's not involved in preventing a life threatening disease, it's just a bad idea.
What if I didn't take my Provigil in the afternoon (I take it to deal with RLS), I fell asleep behind the wheel while on the freeway, crossed the median and ran into your mom's vehicle head-on (ending her life)? Would you consider that a "life threatening" disease?
You mean... they've come up with a cure for this Restless Leg Syndrome I've had for 3 years???
Provigil is not a cure for RLS. It helps manage the negative effects of having RLS. Even if you aren't getting good sleep at night (because of the RLS), you can feel a little more alert the next day by leaning on the Provigil. But even Provigil wears off after four to six hours. And then you crash.
where soldiers were given medication and treatment during Vietnam so that they'd never sleep
I take the drug mentioned in the story (brand name is Provigil) to treat Restless Leg Syndrome. It helps me feel more alert during the day for the times when my RLS is keeping me from getting good sleep at night. When I first started taking Provigil, I did a little searching with Google and found a reference that said the military is testing Provigil on pilots who have to stay away for days at a time during very long flights. So yes, the military is doing something very similar to that episode of the X-Files.
"restless leg syndrome" a combination of built up stress and lack of physical exercise...
Nice try. Restless Leg Syndrome is not a combination of built-up stress and lack of physical exercise. Until you become more familiar with that disorder, you would be better-off sitting quietly and reading the posts from the sleep docs....
if you designed a filesystem based on a linked list system and had a HD technology that could write more than 50Tb then you would never need to delete anything.
How many years have you been using meth? Are you worried about its negative effects on your brain?
Uh, everyone knows WEP is not secure. That's why there is WPA, which is not crackable as far as I know.
You didn't explicitly say which authentication method you are using with WPA. If you're talking about WPA with Pre-shared key, there is a chance of WPA being hacked:
Of course, in the US that has come to mean any age from birth to 17 years, 364 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds
If a person were to turn 18 during a leap year and their birthday is after February 29th, wouldn't that person be 17 years, 365 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds old just before they turn 18?
What I don't get is why people get fired for surfing porn.
1. Male employee surfs porn at his desk.
2. Female employee walks by male's desk, looks over his shoulder, sees porn on screen.
3. Female employee doesn't care to be exposed to "that" while she is at work, cries "harassment!" and hires lawyer.
4. Lawyer sucks a ton of money from the female's employer.
5. Employer says "Geez, that was really expensive for us. What can we do to keep that from happening to us again in the future?"
6. Employer implements strict Network Acceptable Use Policy.
but I would not be surprised if they no longer existed at the library due to "National Security".
Unless you work for the Guvmint, I would not be surprised if you no longer existed due to "National Security". Your name is in the records at the library for having checked-out each of those documents. Please write when you get to Guantanamo Bay and let us know how the weather is in Cuba.;^)
...(in fact I know there was, because I got 'hit' with it).
The only bad thing about Welchia (aside from it installing patches on your system without your permission) was that it did not throttle its traffic when it came to looking for new machines to patch. It flooded or swamped network segments as it probed new machines to work on. If Welchia had been a little more subtle with its scanning, Welchia's presence would have been less of an issue.
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I have been wanting to take a RWD car/truck and drop a turbo diesel in it. Take the trans apart and put a custom 400V or so alternator in the bellhousing...
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I suspect that the engineers at LeTourneau could help you work-out some of those electric-drive details. It looks like they are quite good at moving heavy machines with electric motors.
http://www.letourneau-inc.com/html/equipment/mini
The most detrimental things to cement roads? Frozen ground that thaws and tips those concrete sections so that they don't line up.
A) Cement is a powder that is used to make concete so I'm guessing that you meant to say "The most detrimental things to concrete roads"
B) Yes, the freezing and thawing of the ground can be hard on concrete road sections. But you forgot concrete's number one enemy: road salt. You must be a Southerner. Everyone from the snowy parts of the US knows that road salt (in addition to eating your car) will harm concrete. I believe there are some "safer" salt formulations out there but I don't spread anything salt-related on my driveway or sidewalk. If the driveway or sidewalk is icy, then kitty litter (the pre-used kind) or sand works for traction without eating into the concrete. I sealed my garage floor shortly after my home was built and my garage floor is still perfect (no pits or pock-marks). Neighbors who didn't seal their garage floors have little pits and pock-marks from the saltly slush dripping off their vehicles in the winter. Also, the "approach" part of my driveway is starting to show these pits and holes because there is no way for me to keep the city snowplow from pushing snow (laced with road salt) onto the end of my driveway (where the driveway meets the street).
"at least at normal service temperatures." -40(F, presumably) isn't normal,
-40F = -40C so the "(F, presumably)" isn't really necessary.
First... what's RLS?
g le+Search 8 &srcid=-2
Google is your friend:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rls&btnG=Goo
http://www.rls.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=17
In other words you don't sleep until your done. You'll be supplied with the appropriate medication to cope". That's EXACTLY where we're headed based on this article.
Trust me, Provigil is so g-damn expensive that there is NO WAY your employer will pay for it unless it's medically necessary. I'm surprised my insurance covers Provigil.
Secondly, it would not keep you awake and coherent for 36 hours. You might be able to stay awake for 36 hours but you would not be as lucid as your employer desired. It is not a Get Out of Jail Free card. It only delays the inevitable (good, deep sleep). Can I stay awake for 36 hours? Maybe. Do you want me working on your network infrastructure after I've stayed awake that long with the help of drugs? Definitely not.
Speaking as a scientist who used to study sleep and sleep disorders, I have to say this is troubling. Sleep has evolved for a purpose and a number of studies have shown that sleep is necessary or crucial to consolidate long term memories, stabilize mood and more.
Dr. Jones, I agree with everything you said in your post. I especially like the detailed description of the various stages of sleep. I take Provigil every day to suppress the daytime sleepiness from Restless Leg Syndrome. While the drug provides a short-term reprieve from feeling drowsy, it is not a "get out of jail free card". Eventually (four to six hours), the drug wears off and the tired feeling comes back hard. I don't know what would happen if I took one every six hours and attempted to stay up around-the-clock. I would imagine that by the 24th hour, I'd be totally useless at work and a danger on the highway.
As you stated in your post, sleep (which is not really well understood) is definitely vital to our well-being. People who mess with their sleep schedules by taking drugs or messing with their schedules are playing with fire. I go to sleep at the same time every night and try to get eight hours of sleep.
Is RLS related to morning wood?
I fail to see any humor in your comment.
The brand name is "Provigil". One thing that no one has mentioned so far is that it is as expensive as hell. I'm glad my insurance covers it.
When I first started Provigil (as a way to deal with the daytime sleepiness caused by RLS), it was like hitting the nitrous oxide button in a dragster. I could feel that shit kick-in and I felt like I never had to sleep again and I could do anything. My mind went a million miles an hour. My mood also improved considerably. One of the things that I had be to be wary of is taking Provigil with coffee. The caffeine and Provigil mixed together like gas and fire and it was too much stimulation. So I had to take the Provigil with water or decaf soda.
Now that I've been on it for a few months, it doesn't hit quite as hard. I can take it with soda and I don't feel overstimulated.
Does it work well for daytime sleepiness? Yes. Could I take a pill every six hours and never have to sleep again? No. It only depresses the need for sleep, it does not eliminate it. It's like not paying your cable bill for two months. You may feel like you have some extra cash for one month but then when that second bill comes, now your cable bill is twice as big as when you pay it on time.
Provigil lasts for about six hours before the tiredness returns hard and I crash.
There are some interesting side effects like the fact that it is a very appetite suppressant. If I take a pill at 4:00pm, I can stay at my desk at work and continue working until 8:00pm or 9:00pm without craving the meal that I am missing.
Will this pill eliminate the need for sleep? Hardly. It just helps the people who have sleep disorders (like me) to deal with the daytime drowsiness. I saw one post that said "I'd hate to see the code produced by the guy mentioned in the article when he goes for days without sleep." That is a very accurate assessment of the situation. Yes, you can suppress the brain's need for sleep for a while but your "accuracy" is going to suffer. If you are doing manual labor, that's not an issue. If you are debugging code, then you definitely have a problem.
Provigil is not the magic drug that it sounds like in the story. I take it every day and I still go to bed at 10pm and try to sleep until 6:00am the next morning.
For the MDs in the crowd: I have had two sleep studies and both clearly showed that I have RLS or Periodic Limb Movement Disorder. I don't have sleep apnea. I move too much at night to get decent sleep. For now, the Provigil helps with the drowsiness I feel during the day. I have tried the anti-Parkinsons drugs like Requip and Mirapex. They didn't work. Have also tried Neurontin and a few "non-drug" solutions like taking magnesium supplements. I have had my ferritin levels tested and my iron is right where it's supposed to be. Any suggestions on successfully treating RLS are welcome.
If it's artificially interfering with a normal function of life and it's not involved in preventing a life threatening disease, it's just a bad idea.
What if I didn't take my Provigil in the afternoon (I take it to deal with RLS), I fell asleep behind the wheel while on the freeway, crossed the median and ran into your mom's vehicle head-on (ending her life)? Would you consider that a "life threatening" disease?
Just asking.
-Scott
You mean... they've come up with a cure for this Restless Leg Syndrome I've had for 3 years???
Provigil is not a cure for RLS. It helps manage the negative effects of having RLS. Even if you aren't getting good sleep at night (because of the RLS), you can feel a little more alert the next day by leaning on the Provigil. But even Provigil wears off after four to six hours. And then you crash.
I take Provigil every day to help deal with RLS.
-Scott
where soldiers were given medication and treatment during Vietnam so that they'd never sleep
I take the drug mentioned in the story (brand name is Provigil) to treat Restless Leg Syndrome. It helps me feel more alert during the day for the times when my RLS is keeping me from getting good sleep at night. When I first started taking Provigil, I did a little searching with Google and found a reference that said the military is testing Provigil on pilots who have to stay away for days at a time during very long flights. So yes, the military is doing something very similar to that episode of the X-Files.
-Scott <== Suffers from RLS
"restless leg syndrome" a combination of built up stress and lack of physical exercise...
Nice try. Restless Leg Syndrome is not a combination of built-up stress and lack of physical exercise. Until you become more familiar with that disorder, you would be better-off sitting quietly and reading the posts from the sleep docs....
-Scott <==Suffers from RLS
Now, if only there could be a device for men to get multiple orgasms.
Something like this, perhaps?
"Some men on cabergoline are able to have numerous multiple orgasms in rapid succession."
http://www.cabergoline.org/
I was talking about HIPPA protected data.
That's twice now. How is it that you've heard of the term but don't know how to spell it? Do you consult for a healthcare organization?
may have had HIPPA protected data on them.
Is that anything like HIPAA?
http://www.hipaa.org/
if you designed a filesystem based on a linked list system and had a HD technology that could write more than 50Tb then you would never need to delete anything.
How many years have you been using meth? Are you worried about its negative effects on your brain?
Uh, everyone knows WEP is not secure. That's why there is WPA, which is not crackable as far as I know.
You didn't explicitly say which authentication method you are using with WPA. If you're talking about WPA with Pre-shared key, there is a chance of WPA being hacked:
http://wifinetnews.com/archives/002453.html
If you use an EAP (instead of PSK) with WPA, then WPA is a little less breakable.
Of course, in the US that has come to mean any age from birth to 17 years, 364 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds
If a person were to turn 18 during a leap year and their birthday is after February 29th, wouldn't that person be 17 years, 365 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds old just before they turn 18?
What I don't get is why people get fired for surfing porn.
1. Male employee surfs porn at his desk.
2. Female employee walks by male's desk, looks over his shoulder, sees porn on screen.
3. Female employee doesn't care to be exposed to "that" while she is at work, cries "harassment!" and hires lawyer.
4. Lawyer sucks a ton of money from the female's employer.
5. Employer says "Geez, that was really expensive for us. What can we do to keep that from happening to us again in the future?"
6. Employer implements strict Network Acceptable Use Policy.
That is why people get fired for surfing porn.
but I would not be surprised if they no longer existed at the library due to "National Security".
;^)
Unless you work for the Guvmint, I would not be surprised if you no longer existed due to "National Security". Your name is in the records at the library for having checked-out each of those documents. Please write when you get to Guantanamo Bay and let us know how the weather is in Cuba.
DIAF?
Die
In
A
Fire
...condemned to spend its entire existence watching boring video...
Obligatory Onion reference:
Mars Rover Beginning To Hate Mars
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54360
or even dedicated support staff.
Could the generators' owner save money by using apathetic, halfhearted or indifferent employees instead?
I think that in the blaster days there was a copycat worm that downloaded the microsoft anti-blaster patch and installed it...
. jsp?docid=2003-081815-2308-99
...(in fact I know there was, because I got 'hit' with it).
That would be Welchia:
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup
The only bad thing about Welchia (aside from it installing patches on your system without your permission) was that it did not throttle its traffic when it came to looking for new machines to patch. It flooded or swamped network segments as it probed new machines to work on. If Welchia had been a little more subtle with its scanning, Welchia's presence would have been less of an issue.
due to HIPA(spelling=?) privacy rules
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Majel Barrett was also Nurse Chapel in TOS (as if you didn't know).
She was quite pretty, then.
Dude, "then" was before I was born...