My son was diagnosed with it in Kindergarten and at age 11 he is finally coming around to being able to not embarrass himself too much in social situations, though he still has a lot of work to do in dealing with social norms, like dealing with things that make him upset...however like others have said above I consider it an advantage to him since his cognitive abilities in most everything are 2-3 grade levels above normal due to the way he views and processes information, especially stuff that is nothing but facts or manipulations thereof (e.g. math)
On a total side note, watching him grow up and how he deals with things, I definitely had Asperger's growing up, based in recollection I would guess about halfway through high school I finally got somewhat comfortable with social things but wasn't fully comfortable (that is still debatable) until my mid-20s.
The TCO is fairly high since Linux Admins tend to command a much higher salary, generally don't crossover as much (I know plenty of Windows guys that do all around IT and fewer Linux guys that know Windows....far-fewer)
Really? I've found it the complete opposite in my 12+ years of being a sysadmin...the people who started off from a linux background are generally good at being jacks of all trades, but the ones who started off from a Windows background aren't quite as well rounded. While I primarily do linux/unix work, my resume is also heavy into Windows stuff, so much that I went to a job interview once where the CIO/linux architect and his windows guru grilled me up and down on the stuff listed on my resume and at the end the Windows guy commented that I could probably do his job better than he could...then the CIO mentioned that they didn't really have an opening, they just wanted to interview this guy who had an "obviously bullshit resume" and were surprised that it wasn't BS...still didn't get me a job offer though (small company).
The contractor currently working for me now is a massive exception, I was originally leery about his linux skill set since he came from a strong Windows environment with very little linux before coming to work for us, but his troubleshooting skills are godly impressive and there hasn't been anything he hasn't been able to figure out yet.
YES! I got decent mid-range BluRay player for the family at Christmas and that is exactly my experience. Have put exactly 3 BluRay discs into it, 1 wouldn't even play the movie after sitting through that whole mess of preview stuff (yet the DVD that came in the box was playing in less than 30 seconds), and the other 2 while looking very nice (Rio was AWESOME in video and audio quality) took about 10 minutes to even get the movie playing due to all of the various screen loads.
I just use the BR player now to watch DVDs, listen to CDs, and stream Netflix.
These are not private emails, these are the emails from her official account from when she was Governor...if she was stupid enough to conduct personal correspondence using that account, well sucks to be her...
On a trip in Korea I remember seeing a new hotel being built in between another pair of 10 story buildings...the artists rendition posted in front of the site showed it sitting in an open green field with no other buildings around it...in reality, 2/3rds of the building wasn't visible at all from the street.
Or as the local radio station pointed out this morning...just go to someone's mailbox, pull out all of their outgoing mail and use their codes on your letters.
Not to mention that for all the time he spent subjectively in the computer world, hardly any time passed in the real world. He was never noticed missing.
Yes, they wore suits complete with power supplies to provide all of the lighting. Apparently as expensive as they were to design and make work, it was cheaper than trying to go back in w/ special effects to deal with all of the issues of fake lighting...since the actors really were glowing, the lighting effects were accurate (reflections, shadows, etc).
With a loop sling and 10 minutes to make those shots. I was never able to make expert (wasn't good @ off-hand and the 2nd magazine of rapid fire), but I could still do 10/10 at the 500 and have time to spare.
Slightly different in a high-stress combat situation w/ no ear plugs, a full combat load of gear, trying to pay attention to your team leader's orders, etc. Even on the "move-and-shoot" target ranges, with all the running around and non-optimal firing positions you weren't hitting things consistently at those ranges.
That has nothing to do with whether the US has an official language...various groups have been trying for years to have a law passed (or an amendment to the Constitution) that makes English the official language of the US. Obviously they have not been successful to date. I doubt they ever will, since politicians would never pass it as it would hurt their image in the minds of non-English speaking constituents, not to mention all the idiots who would cry racism at such a move.
We went last summer and in one of the Animal Kingdom locations they had a Pocahontas character come out for picture time...Pocahontas was rather endowed and kept coming close to having a wardrobe malfunction, but she caught it every time...for once i didn't mind waiting in the long line for the photos...
when those were first mentioned my entire shop (a unix team at that) was excited, then we didn't hear anything new for awhile, then I saw the prices...immediate mood killer.
#3 and #6...At least here in Virginia, we have this annual joke of a requirement called the car inspection, where supposedly every year they go over your car and make sure it is road-worthy. In actuality, it creates guaranteed income for the all the mechanic shops who care more about charging you to replace wipers and cracked light housing than fixing real problems. I had a car that got hit for 3 of the running lights being out, yet they didn't say a word about all oil leaking from the pressure sensor (I would go through a quart a day at least). My current car passed w/ a broken engine mount, a broken linkage to the sway arm as well as the sway arm itself being bent. But I they tried to tell me the brake pads needed to be replaced until I pointed out I had replaced the pads myself the day before.
Compared to what I learned on a trip to Germany: annual inspections are not a joke and will cost you a lot of money if you don't regularly maintain your car.
The problem with that is now there are cars out there where the shift lever has no physical connection to the drive train and instead just tells the computer to put the car into whatever gear you selected w/ the lever.
Just IMHO, I think it would make a lot more sense if they had simply used an attractive girl wearing a t-shirt/jeans or a sweater or something in a regular candid shot - maybe even doing the typical "myspace I'm taking a picture of myself" pose.
Based on who friended 'her' and the kind of information 'she' was able to obtain, I'd say the choice of photo worked pretty damn well.
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Am I the only one who though of the Lexx after reading this?
My son was diagnosed with it in Kindergarten and at age 11 he is finally coming around to being able to not embarrass himself too much in social situations, though he still has a lot of work to do in dealing with social norms, like dealing with things that make him upset...however like others have said above I consider it an advantage to him since his cognitive abilities in most everything are 2-3 grade levels above normal due to the way he views and processes information, especially stuff that is nothing but facts or manipulations thereof (e.g. math)
On a total side note, watching him grow up and how he deals with things, I definitely had Asperger's growing up, based in recollection I would guess about halfway through high school I finally got somewhat comfortable with social things but wasn't fully comfortable (that is still debatable) until my mid-20s.
Would love to see some slow-mo pics of this, but I think we need more than 5000fps to see it:
http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/
Bingo...they are forbidden to using cloud services from competitors...I'm sure once IBM joins the cloud service provider party, that will be allowed.
The TCO is fairly high since Linux Admins tend to command a much higher salary, generally don't crossover as much (I know plenty of Windows guys that do all around IT and fewer Linux guys that know Windows....far-fewer)
Really? I've found it the complete opposite in my 12+ years of being a sysadmin...the people who started off from a linux background are generally good at being jacks of all trades, but the ones who started off from a Windows background aren't quite as well rounded. While I primarily do linux/unix work, my resume is also heavy into Windows stuff, so much that I went to a job interview once where the CIO/linux architect and his windows guru grilled me up and down on the stuff listed on my resume and at the end the Windows guy commented that I could probably do his job better than he could...then the CIO mentioned that they didn't really have an opening, they just wanted to interview this guy who had an "obviously bullshit resume" and were surprised that it wasn't BS...still didn't get me a job offer though (small company).
The contractor currently working for me now is a massive exception, I was originally leery about his linux skill set since he came from a strong Windows environment with very little linux before coming to work for us, but his troubleshooting skills are godly impressive and there hasn't been anything he hasn't been able to figure out yet.
YES! I got decent mid-range BluRay player for the family at Christmas and that is exactly my experience. Have put exactly 3 BluRay discs into it, 1 wouldn't even play the movie after sitting through that whole mess of preview stuff (yet the DVD that came in the box was playing in less than 30 seconds), and the other 2 while looking very nice (Rio was AWESOME in video and audio quality) took about 10 minutes to even get the movie playing due to all of the various screen loads.
I just use the BR player now to watch DVDs, listen to CDs, and stream Netflix.
Totally turned off by BR.
These are not private emails, these are the emails from her official account from when she was Governor...if she was stupid enough to conduct personal correspondence using that account, well sucks to be her...
On a trip in Korea I remember seeing a new hotel being built in between another pair of 10 story buildings...the artists rendition posted in front of the site showed it sitting in an open green field with no other buildings around it...in reality, 2/3rds of the building wasn't visible at all from the street.
Or as the local radio station pointed out this morning...just go to someone's mailbox, pull out all of their outgoing mail and use their codes on your letters.
Here is one idea: http://www.cringely.com/2011/02/attack-of-the-minis
You are forgiven, my child :)
Not to mention that for all the time he spent subjectively in the computer world, hardly any time passed in the real world. He was never noticed missing.
Yes, they wore suits complete with power supplies to provide all of the lighting. Apparently as expensive as they were to design and make work, it was cheaper than trying to go back in w/ special effects to deal with all of the issues of fake lighting...since the actors really were glowing, the lighting effects were accurate (reflections, shadows, etc).
wait, how did you know my pw?
Weren't they on the Russian version of American Idol?
With a loop sling and 10 minutes to make those shots. I was never able to make expert (wasn't good @ off-hand and the 2nd magazine of rapid fire), but I could still do 10/10 at the 500 and have time to spare.
Slightly different in a high-stress combat situation w/ no ear plugs, a full combat load of gear, trying to pay attention to your team leader's orders, etc. Even on the "move-and-shoot" target ranges, with all the running around and non-optimal firing positions you weren't hitting things consistently at those ranges.
Is there any adequate explanation for trusting democracy to opaque code?
My corporate overlords told me their machines were so good that they don't need paper trails, am I not supposed to believe them?
That has nothing to do with whether the US has an official language...various groups have been trying for years to have a law passed (or an amendment to the Constitution) that makes English the official language of the US. Obviously they have not been successful to date. I doubt they ever will, since politicians would never pass it as it would hurt their image in the minds of non-English speaking constituents, not to mention all the idiots who would cry racism at such a move.
Unless you're in the house 13 meters down the street from the real target :)
Damn, I want her. Too bad she probably doesn't want me :(
We went last summer and in one of the Animal Kingdom locations they had a Pocahontas character come out for picture time...Pocahontas was rather endowed and kept coming close to having a wardrobe malfunction, but she caught it every time...for once i didn't mind waiting in the long line for the photos...
when those were first mentioned my entire shop (a unix team at that) was excited, then we didn't hear anything new for awhile, then I saw the prices...immediate mood killer.
#3 and #6...At least here in Virginia, we have this annual joke of a requirement called the car inspection, where supposedly every year they go over your car and make sure it is road-worthy. In actuality, it creates guaranteed income for the all the mechanic shops who care more about charging you to replace wipers and cracked light housing than fixing real problems. I had a car that got hit for 3 of the running lights being out, yet they didn't say a word about all oil leaking from the pressure sensor (I would go through a quart a day at least). My current car passed w/ a broken engine mount, a broken linkage to the sway arm as well as the sway arm itself being bent. But I they tried to tell me the brake pads needed to be replaced until I pointed out I had replaced the pads myself the day before.
Compared to what I learned on a trip to Germany: annual inspections are not a joke and will cost you a lot of money if you don't regularly maintain your car.
The problem with that is now there are cars out there where the shift lever has no physical connection to the drive train and instead just tells the computer to put the car into whatever gear you selected w/ the lever.
Just IMHO, I think it would make a lot more sense if they had simply used an attractive girl wearing a t-shirt/jeans or a sweater or something in a regular candid shot - maybe even doing the typical "myspace I'm taking a picture of myself" pose.
Based on who friended 'her' and the kind of information 'she' was able to obtain, I'd say the choice of photo worked pretty damn well.