Oh and I wouldn't give up my ADD for just about anything. It is a gift not a disability. Kind of like being called an outcast for having a higher IQ or being tall, or anything else that makes you different in a way people can't understand.
very country look on life eh, you must be one of them there city folk. Country born and bred here, roll in the dirt, practically get killed growing up with the stuff we pulled. Home cooked meals, never ate out, hell we had one Mcdonalds in town but we never ate there. Worked on a farm all through high school and middle school. Hell my elementary school was an old district building, 12 kids in my class and we were one of the big ones, my teacher for 3,4,5th grade had been teaching since she was 15, she was 80 or so when I was taught. I have less sick leave used, more problem solving skills, and a better outlook on life than most of my generation I am around;) But still have ADD;)
As a gamer I loved and hated the game all at once, amazingly fun, amazingly frustrating. I don't even know how close to the end I was with the jet skiis.
YES, I learned that with the use of stimulants like coffee (sugar free of course). I would be able to study longer, but I would get sleepy. However, if I am going to a conference where a lot is going on all at once, I am better suited to understand my surroudings if I avoid the stimulants. I am really really good in a case where I am helping a friend of mine out, 60 girls with pink tu-tus running around getting photographs I am able to listen to the photographer, the organizer, the studio owner all at the same time as entering in data for each girl running around. This is because of my ADD not in spite of it. ADD is a very useful ability when you get a hold of it. Problem is, we work so differently from the average person that in the majority situation we are considered rambunctious, random, and disorderly. The opposite is true, we are just bored by the current way things are done, understimulated, under stressed.
Yes the overmedication of america is a problem. I am married to a soon to be pharmacist with an intense background in biology. A bigger problem is the over use of antibiotics and spineless doctors.
I also was a camp counselor in another life and saw firsthand healthy energetic kids get slapped upside the head with their daily dose of ridalin.
However, the cases of autism related disorders and ADD/ADHD are rising due to unknown causes. Teachers, god bless em for trying, cannot teach 10 different methods at a time so it is better in a proper case to treat a student until they can cope and get an education.
just because your kids are well behaved doesn't mean that it is because teaching, more of that is because of genetics, friends, and parenting, in that order.
And yes I am a fan of eastern medicine. But I like the combination of the two as I cannot make a trip to an acupuncturist every time I get a back ache.
People are different, some people need to balance chemicals, some like me have to work on changing our attitude and gain a LOT of patience because the rest of you are so uninteresting and slow.
Palm, while once a great device is just another example of a corporation who should have been unstoppable, makes a crapload of stupid mistakes, doesn't learn from them, then keeps hoping that their lack of innovation will drive them forward. iPod, iPhone, RIM, and the slew of windows devices should never have had a chance if Palm would have been at least a little adventurous.
Having ADD myself, there is a big difference between a rambunctious kid and one with ADD. Let me explain it to you in a simple way, imagine everyone you know speaking at a quarter the speed they do and see how much of what they say you absorb...some kids need it until they can learn to cope with it themselves. I still am dependent on caffine to help and never had ridalin but my life would have been much much better if I would have been able to control things earlier...
Im starting to wonder if Summer Glau is cursed. We will see with the next series she is in that is absolutely fantastic and get's canceled. Third time is the charm right?
I think the article mentioned the middle rails being reserved for non-stop travel. Also for me the trip is more than about the money, but adding 2-3 hours of time to my day (30 minute trip vs 2 hour trip) really sounds appealing. Of course what do I know, I live 5 minutes from where I work, 7 if I bike...
I liked the movie too, My dad introduced me to the TOS when I was younger. However, I really liked the provocative nature of Star Trek. This movie as my wife put it was a lot more 'sexy' than other movies/episodes. But I thought it was provocative as well, eg what happens to someone when their past is altered, kind of a dark city theme. But they did open a large door for sequels and spin offs as many new things now are available.
Unless of course you work in a private school...no license required there. But that being said, a MS or PHD doesnt give you some innate ability to pass on knowledge. We all have seen enough evidence of that in undergrad...
well there used to be a paragraph in there regarding the ssl attacks as of recent, however I was just referencing MITM, I assumed you would look it up. Here is a better article.
Well i was gonna say rain HAVOC by slamming a building with interference...by the time they found the interference source millions of dollars of damage would be done...
The problem with wireless in my opinon isnt the security, that can always be improved, it is the noisy nature of the medium...
Ya I know;) Even when you ask for something they are just doing a best guess. Getting exactly what you asked for is akin to solving for Zeta in a Taylor series. But yes, I love google for it's simplicity, I don't need another yahoo.com throwing random data to generate revenu...
not all the junk that Google (or anyone else) thinks that I want.
Ummm pardon me for asking but isn't that what a search engine does? Gets you what you they think you want? If someone developed a tool that gave me exactly what I wanted regardless of my syntax...sign me up and where do I buy stock?
Hey I didnt say it would be better than an OEM, and no, getting all your parts from newegg will cost quite a bit. Go for refurbs on tigerdirect. I think I saw some pretty good Dells on there just today for $170 or so. Hell I have seen brand new dells go for $190 with a P4 in em.
If you want to achieve the mythical Sub $200 PC you have to cut corners, used parts and whatnot. There are P4 CPUs and ASUS mobos to be had for pennies. You wont get 3 year old P4s at newegg (Which are overkill for any game I have ever heard of. Check Craigslist and Ebay. We arent going for quality here. Local auctions and garage sales often have PCs for $4-$50 that have a dead hard drive and are only a couple years old. Not to mention an easy $15 at your local university for an OS or free if you are a wine geek but not very many gamers are that OS proficient.
But even with that as you said, you can get a much better OEM PC from HP or dell for a little more. Personally I look at the sub $200 PC as a good challenge, not everyone is up for it but it can be done, you just have to shop carefully, hit up deals and rebates, and not be afraid to get your hands dirty.
I usually tell people $500 for a damn good rig without monitor. You shouldn't have to spend more than $1000 on a full out bragging rights gaming machine. Completely tricked out.
Yes it will, you just wont brag about it to your friends.
$30-HD
$20 Power Supply
$15 case
$40CPU/Mobo Combo
$20 2GB RAM
$50 Vid Card
$15 CD ROM.
Viola, sub $200 PC. Sure you wont get the bragging right's of a cutting edge Video card or the overkill of a quad core CPU. But you will play any game on the market today.
Finally, a post I can get on board with! Yes you are correct, the $200 PC is going to have 2 gen old parts, but if you know what you are looking for in PSUs and Vid Cards you can slash prices easily. Problem is, people like to brag about their systems, and if you are going to get into that game you need to spend $500+
Holy hell, where do you shop? Best Buy?
Vid Card: Nvidia 9500 $50 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130378
550W power supply $23 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817170010
And these are brand new parts, lucky for us we can hit e-bay or craigslist and get em used if necessary...The only real thing you have to worry about in a system is the graphics card. I dont think even crysis cares all that much about your mobo, psu, processor (within reason), and hard drive.
I would agree with what you posted but you have a system that is overkill. With the exception of the Video, almost all hardware right now is light years ahead of the Gaming crowd. But intel/amd marketing is really good so us whitebox individuals will keep upgrading. $200 was the low end. you dont NEED a DC for any game. you dont NEED a burner, state of the art mobo, power supply, Ram.
Dont get me wrong, I build for speed, and I am 100% with you on the whitebox vs brand pricing. But unless you need cutting edge, $200 will get you a gaming pc and $500 will get you a damn good one.
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Oh and I wouldn't give up my ADD for just about anything. It is a gift not a disability. Kind of like being called an outcast for having a higher IQ or being tall, or anything else that makes you different in a way people can't understand.
very country look on life eh, you must be one of them there city folk. Country born and bred here, roll in the dirt, practically get killed growing up with the stuff we pulled. Home cooked meals, never ate out, hell we had one Mcdonalds in town but we never ate there. Worked on a farm all through high school and middle school. Hell my elementary school was an old district building, 12 kids in my class and we were one of the big ones, my teacher for 3,4,5th grade had been teaching since she was 15, she was 80 or so when I was taught. I have less sick leave used, more problem solving skills, and a better outlook on life than most of my generation I am around ;) But still have ADD ;)
As a gamer I loved and hated the game all at once, amazingly fun, amazingly frustrating. I don't even know how close to the end I was with the jet skiis.
YES, I learned that with the use of stimulants like coffee (sugar free of course). I would be able to study longer, but I would get sleepy. However, if I am going to a conference where a lot is going on all at once, I am better suited to understand my surroudings if I avoid the stimulants. I am really really good in a case where I am helping a friend of mine out, 60 girls with pink tu-tus running around getting photographs I am able to listen to the photographer, the organizer, the studio owner all at the same time as entering in data for each girl running around. This is because of my ADD not in spite of it. ADD is a very useful ability when you get a hold of it. Problem is, we work so differently from the average person that in the majority situation we are considered rambunctious, random, and disorderly. The opposite is true, we are just bored by the current way things are done, understimulated, under stressed.
I also was a camp counselor in another life and saw firsthand healthy energetic kids get slapped upside the head with their daily dose of ridalin.
However, the cases of autism related disorders and ADD/ADHD are rising due to unknown causes. Teachers, god bless em for trying, cannot teach 10 different methods at a time so it is better in a proper case to treat a student until they can cope and get an education.
just because your kids are well behaved doesn't mean that it is because teaching, more of that is because of genetics, friends, and parenting, in that order.
And yes I am a fan of eastern medicine. But I like the combination of the two as I cannot make a trip to an acupuncturist every time I get a back ache.
People are different, some people need to balance chemicals, some like me have to work on changing our attitude and gain a LOT of patience because the rest of you are so uninteresting and slow.
Palm, while once a great device is just another example of a corporation who should have been unstoppable, makes a crapload of stupid mistakes, doesn't learn from them, then keeps hoping that their lack of innovation will drive them forward. iPod, iPhone, RIM, and the slew of windows devices should never have had a chance if Palm would have been at least a little adventurous.
Having ADD myself, there is a big difference between a rambunctious kid and one with ADD. Let me explain it to you in a simple way, imagine everyone you know speaking at a quarter the speed they do and see how much of what they say you absorb...some kids need it until they can learn to cope with it themselves. I still am dependent on caffine to help and never had ridalin but my life would have been much much better if I would have been able to control things earlier...
Awesome game, wow, havent thought about that baby in years...never did beat it.
Nah I am predicting some smushy love story chick flick. I will enjoy watching millions of geeks cry out in horror...
To my Stillsuit...bring on the worms...
Im starting to wonder if Summer Glau is cursed. We will see with the next series she is in that is absolutely fantastic and get's canceled. Third time is the charm right?
I think the article mentioned the middle rails being reserved for non-stop travel. Also for me the trip is more than about the money, but adding 2-3 hours of time to my day (30 minute trip vs 2 hour trip) really sounds appealing. Of course what do I know, I live 5 minutes from where I work, 7 if I bike...
Mod parent down for being pissy.
I liked the movie too, My dad introduced me to the TOS when I was younger. However, I really liked the provocative nature of Star Trek. This movie as my wife put it was a lot more 'sexy' than other movies/episodes. But I thought it was provocative as well, eg what happens to someone when their past is altered, kind of a dark city theme. But they did open a large door for sequels and spin offs as many new things now are available.
Unless of course you work in a private school...no license required there. But that being said, a MS or PHD doesnt give you some innate ability to pass on knowledge. We all have seen enough evidence of that in undergrad...
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/910 or better http://securitytube.net/SSL-MITM-Attack-Over-Wireless-video.aspx SSL MITM attacks were recently (first quarter 2009 is when I found out) declared a simple attack.
Until you realize your VPN is using SSL which has recently become trivial to hack.
The problem with wireless in my opinon isnt the security, that can always be improved, it is the noisy nature of the medium...
Ya I know ;) Even when you ask for something they are just doing a best guess. Getting exactly what you asked for is akin to solving for Zeta in a Taylor series. But yes, I love google for it's simplicity, I don't need another yahoo.com throwing random data to generate revenu...
Ummm pardon me for asking but isn't that what a search engine does? Gets you what you they think you want? If someone developed a tool that gave me exactly what I wanted regardless of my syntax...sign me up and where do I buy stock?
If you want to achieve the mythical Sub $200 PC you have to cut corners, used parts and whatnot. There are P4 CPUs and ASUS mobos to be had for pennies. You wont get 3 year old P4s at newegg (Which are overkill for any game I have ever heard of. Check Craigslist and Ebay. We arent going for quality here. Local auctions and garage sales often have PCs for $4-$50 that have a dead hard drive and are only a couple years old. Not to mention an easy $15 at your local university for an OS or free if you are a wine geek but not very many gamers are that OS proficient.
But even with that as you said, you can get a much better OEM PC from HP or dell for a little more. Personally I look at the sub $200 PC as a good challenge, not everyone is up for it but it can be done, you just have to shop carefully, hit up deals and rebates, and not be afraid to get your hands dirty.
I usually tell people $500 for a damn good rig without monitor. You shouldn't have to spend more than $1000 on a full out bragging rights gaming machine. Completely tricked out.
Yes it will, you just wont brag about it to your friends. $30-HD $20 Power Supply $15 case $40CPU/Mobo Combo $20 2GB RAM $50 Vid Card $15 CD ROM. Viola, sub $200 PC. Sure you wont get the bragging right's of a cutting edge Video card or the overkill of a quad core CPU. But you will play any game on the market today.
Finally, a post I can get on board with! Yes you are correct, the $200 PC is going to have 2 gen old parts, but if you know what you are looking for in PSUs and Vid Cards you can slash prices easily. Problem is, people like to brag about their systems, and if you are going to get into that game you need to spend $500+
Holy hell, where do you shop? Best Buy? Vid Card: Nvidia 9500 $50 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130378 550W power supply $23 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817170010 And these are brand new parts, lucky for us we can hit e-bay or craigslist and get em used if necessary...The only real thing you have to worry about in a system is the graphics card. I dont think even crysis cares all that much about your mobo, psu, processor (within reason), and hard drive.
Dont get me wrong, I build for speed, and I am 100% with you on the whitebox vs brand pricing. But unless you need cutting edge, $200 will get you a gaming pc and $500 will get you a damn good one.