You do know the upload feature just uploads a copy, without destroying the original, don't you? Your original self is still sitting at his computer in his mom's basement. You, on the other hand, are just an online backup. Sorry to break the bad news to you.
P.S. This really hot chick just walked in to deliver a "wave" to your original self. Unfortunately, she walked right back out again before he could take advantage of the situation.
Real men don't use condoms. Ever. Chuck Norris just rids himself of STDs with a roundhouse kick. And believe me, you don't wanna know what he does about unwanted pregnancies!
Not likely... you ever try putting a condom on an American burying beetle? I tried for hours, but eventually just gave up and let the little bugger have unprotected sex. Man, sometimes I can't even tell the male beetles from the female ones.
The point you appear to be missing is that people with ADHD have no problem with focusing long-term on things they enjoy doing. My daughter can play the same online game for hours, working with people twice her age to accomplish goals. In college, I spent 24 hours in a single stretch trying finish a programming project. As far as really long term, my daughter is on one of the Northwest's best Allstar Cheerleading teams, and has made more progress in tumbling over the past year than anyone else on the team. Also, unlike myself, my daughter is extremely outgoing, amiable, and popular.
On a related subject, Google "Williams Syndrome" sometime. It is regarded as a genetic defect, much like Down's Syndrome, and yet it results in kids that are extremely loving, gregarious, frequently have absolute pitch and exceptional musical ability - in short, if it weren't for the adverse health effects, I'd regard this as a beneficial mutation, not a "defect". (My interest in this comes from the fact that my daughter has all the mental symptoms of Williams, but none of the physical ones.)
Unfortunately, as a culture we try to punish anyone that doesn't fit a narrowly-defined mold -- that's what our education system is all about. Instead of embracing the advantages that counterbalance the disadvantages of not being "normal" (many idiot-savants have much higher skill than you do in specific areas), instead we shun people that are different, even lock them away in institutions. Diversity is a survival factor; forcing everybody to be the same is ultimately fatal for the survival of the species. What makes you think my daughter even cares about living up to the standard of your narrow definition of "success"? She's having fun and making friends -- and ultimately who you know is much more important to success than being able to write a novel.
There are billions of people that live their entire lives without ever having driven a car; there are millions right in New York City. I'm not sure inability to drive is as big a disadvantage as you think it is.
Now, my office desk has several toys on it, to give my hands something to do. That's one of the things that pissed me off about my daughter's last teacher. She complained that my daughter had ADHD, and thought the solution was to confiscate anything that my daughter could possibly play with -- her school supplies, eraser, even her personal jewelry. Of course, she also thought forcing my daughter to sit on a blue "X" on the floor when every other child had the option of sitting in a chair was a good idea too -- "We're humiliating her in front of all her peers for her own benefit!" And of course, they retaliated against me by slapping me with a restraining order for merely complaining that treating a student differently from all the other students because they have a disability is against the law! I hope you had more enlightened teachers...
Not necessarily. Some automatic transmissions won't let you shift when you are traveling at highway speeds, to prevent you from doing nasty things like accidentally shifting into reverse while on the freeway.
ADHD is not a myth; my daughter has it. What is a myth is the belief that it is in any way abnormal or a disadvantage. One of the ways the doctor described it was an inability to filter out sensory input. I've been that way my entire life; it's the reason I'm uncomfortable in crowds. But I tend to notice things that nobody else does, and I was the smartest kid in my school and National Merit Scholarship Finalist. I believe ADHD should be the norm; if you're walking through the jungle engrossed in conversation with a friend, being suddenly distracted by a glimpse of a jaguar in a tree is an evolutionary advantage; not a disadvantage. Perhaps it is the people that successfully ignore 95% of their environment that are flawed. My daughter is awake and aware and lives in the now 100% of the time. From a Buddhist perspective, she is much more enlightened than the adults that are criticizing her.
I don't mind them talking... it's seeing them in heavy traffic run into the SUV in front of them and then continue talking on their phone as if nothing happened, that makes me want to stop my car, get out, and beat the hell out of them. Yes, I've actually witnessed this; I've also witnessed people merging into my lane directly into me while talking on the phone, then getting upset when I blew my horn at them. But then, I've also witnessed somebody without a phone drift slowly out of his lane and into the side of a bus I was on that was literally right outside his open driver's side window... dude, how can you not notice something that noisy that is literally casting a shadow on your whole car! I can only explain that one by assuming copious amounts of drugs were involved.
In the UK we're mostly manual transmission drivers. I take then that you haven't had any problems with Toyotas suddenly accelerating out of control... a situation easily avoided by merely pushing down on the clutch pedal!
It's a caricature; a nostalgic harkening back to the simpler days acoustic modems, which actually could "type in" line noise while being cut off. It's similar to the bowling ball-shaped bomb icon, depictions of telephones with huge handsets and rotary dials, and use of colloquial phrases like "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey".
So people with ADHD are just as safe driving either while talking or not while talking on their cellphones? Couldn't this be interpreted as "they suck so badly at driving that talking on the phone can't possibly make them any worse"?
Turns out screening for suicide bombers at theater doors is also a pretty effective means of keeping customers from smuggling in their own refreshments! Here's a thought: eat and drink before and after going to the theater, and raise your middle finger every time you walk past the concession counter!
John Taylor Gatto was New York City Teacher of the year 3 years in a row. Soon after that, he quit teaching for good! That's what happens when you stand out in a culture of mediocrity -- it pisses everybody else off. In most private companies, if you produce exceptional results, people kiss your ass. In the public sector, you often get punished for it. It's not just schools -- I've heard similar complaints about working for the USPS and the military.
True dat. The "New Testament" was originally written as a comedy (Virgin birth?!? What a joke!). Then people started taking it WAY too seriously. Dudes, you need to have a better understanding of ancient Jewish humor! Come on... how could anybody not find "The Parable of the 10 virgins" absolutely hilarious? Really, that book was the "Life of Brian" of it's day!
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You do know the upload feature just uploads a copy, without destroying the original, don't you? Your original self is still sitting at his computer in his mom's basement. You, on the other hand, are just an online backup. Sorry to break the bad news to you.
P.S. This really hot chick just walked in to deliver a "wave" to your original self. Unfortunately, she walked right back out again before he could take advantage of the situation.
Here is a picture of the event.
The Reg has coverage of an even more important discovery at the LHC.
"The greatest trick the devil particle ever played was convincing people that it didn't exist..."
Real men don't use condoms. Ever. Chuck Norris just rids himself of STDs with a roundhouse kick. And believe me, you don't wanna know what he does about unwanted pregnancies!
Only if you're doing it to smuggle them across international borders. Recreational use is not specifically prohibited.
No way, man... I hate having to use tweezers to eat my popcorn!
Not likely... you ever try putting a condom on an American burying beetle? I tried for hours, but eventually just gave up and let the little bugger have unprotected sex. Man, sometimes I can't even tell the male beetles from the female ones.
I tried these; couldn't see the picture. Apparently you have to unroll them a lot farther than I do...
The point you appear to be missing is that people with ADHD have no problem with focusing long-term on things they enjoy doing. My daughter can play the same online game for hours, working with people twice her age to accomplish goals. In college, I spent 24 hours in a single stretch trying finish a programming project. As far as really long term, my daughter is on one of the Northwest's best Allstar Cheerleading teams, and has made more progress in tumbling over the past year than anyone else on the team. Also, unlike myself, my daughter is extremely outgoing, amiable, and popular.
On a related subject, Google "Williams Syndrome" sometime. It is regarded as a genetic defect, much like Down's Syndrome, and yet it results in kids that are extremely loving, gregarious, frequently have absolute pitch and exceptional musical ability - in short, if it weren't for the adverse health effects, I'd regard this as a beneficial mutation, not a "defect". (My interest in this comes from the fact that my daughter has all the mental symptoms of Williams, but none of the physical ones.)
Unfortunately, as a culture we try to punish anyone that doesn't fit a narrowly-defined mold -- that's what our education system is all about. Instead of embracing the advantages that counterbalance the disadvantages of not being "normal" (many idiot-savants have much higher skill than you do in specific areas), instead we shun people that are different, even lock them away in institutions. Diversity is a survival factor; forcing everybody to be the same is ultimately fatal for the survival of the species. What makes you think my daughter even cares about living up to the standard of your narrow definition of "success"? She's having fun and making friends -- and ultimately who you know is much more important to success than being able to write a novel.
There are billions of people that live their entire lives without ever having driven a car; there are millions right in New York City. I'm not sure inability to drive is as big a disadvantage as you think it is.
Now, my office desk has several toys on it, to give my hands something to do. That's one of the things that pissed me off about my daughter's last teacher. She complained that my daughter had ADHD, and thought the solution was to confiscate anything that my daughter could possibly play with -- her school supplies, eraser, even her personal jewelry. Of course, she also thought forcing my daughter to sit on a blue "X" on the floor when every other child had the option of sitting in a chair was a good idea too -- "We're humiliating her in front of all her peers for her own benefit!" And of course, they retaliated against me by slapping me with a restraining order for merely complaining that treating a student differently from all the other students because they have a disability is against the law! I hope you had more enlightened teachers...
Not necessarily. Some automatic transmissions won't let you shift when you are traveling at highway speeds, to prevent you from doing nasty things like accidentally shifting into reverse while on the freeway.
ADHD is not a myth; my daughter has it. What is a myth is the belief that it is in any way abnormal or a disadvantage. One of the ways the doctor described it was an inability to filter out sensory input. I've been that way my entire life; it's the reason I'm uncomfortable in crowds. But I tend to notice things that nobody else does, and I was the smartest kid in my school and National Merit Scholarship Finalist. I believe ADHD should be the norm; if you're walking through the jungle engrossed in conversation with a friend, being suddenly distracted by a glimpse of a jaguar in a tree is an evolutionary advantage; not a disadvantage. Perhaps it is the people that successfully ignore 95% of their environment that are flawed. My daughter is awake and aware and lives in the now 100% of the time. From a Buddhist perspective, she is much more enlightened than the adults that are criticizing her.
I don't mind them talking... it's seeing them in heavy traffic run into the SUV in front of them and then continue talking on their phone as if nothing happened, that makes me want to stop my car, get out, and beat the hell out of them. Yes, I've actually witnessed this; I've also witnessed people merging into my lane directly into me while talking on the phone, then getting upset when I blew my horn at them. But then, I've also witnessed somebody without a phone drift slowly out of his lane and into the side of a bus I was on that was literally right outside his open driver's side window... dude, how can you not notice something that noisy that is literally casting a shadow on your whole car! I can only explain that one by assuming copious amounts of drugs were involved.
In the UK we're mostly manual transmission drivers. I take then that you haven't had any problems with Toyotas suddenly accelerating out of control... a situation easily avoided by merely pushing down on the clutch pedal!
Only if we make sure everyone gets cars and mobile phones long before they get a chance to breed.
It's a caricature; a nostalgic harkening back to the simpler days acoustic modems, which actually could "type in" line noise while being cut off. It's similar to the bowling ball-shaped bomb icon, depictions of telephones with huge handsets and rotary dials, and use of colloquial phrases like "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey".
So people with ADHD are just as safe driving either while talking or not while talking on their cellphones? Couldn't this be interpreted as "they suck so badly at driving that talking on the phone can't possibly make them any worse"?
The movie companies take most of the profits for showing the movies. Not if you download the movies from bittorent.
Turns out screening for suicide bombers at theater doors is also a pretty effective means of keeping customers from smuggling in their own refreshments! Here's a thought: eat and drink before and after going to the theater, and raise your middle finger every time you walk past the concession counter!
Yeah! 3-breasted women are HOT!
John Taylor Gatto was New York City Teacher of the year 3 years in a row. Soon after that, he quit teaching for good! That's what happens when you stand out in a culture of mediocrity -- it pisses everybody else off. In most private companies, if you produce exceptional results, people kiss your ass. In the public sector, you often get punished for it. It's not just schools -- I've heard similar complaints about working for the USPS and the military.
Only if your family has been living there since before the border moved south...
True dat. The "New Testament" was originally written as a comedy (Virgin birth?!? What a joke!). Then people started taking it WAY too seriously. Dudes, you need to have a better understanding of ancient Jewish humor! Come on... how could anybody not find "The Parable of the 10 virgins" absolutely hilarious? Really, that book was the "Life of Brian" of it's day!
How many 111 year olds are posting to slashdot? I was giving the benefit of the doubt when I assumed "year he was born" meant 1998 and not 1898!