Oh by the way I do not intend to imply that parents are at fault if their child has symptoms like ADHD. I was simply implying a possible solution - Actively help the child develop those good qualities.
Aside from saying that it hurts those who DO have it, to have this mass diagnosis on dubious grounds. Sometimes it has it's advantages. If you care about what you are doing, you can get so focused that you do a really good job. On the other hand, you can also be so focused you fail to see you are smashing the big picture.
I remember one time I was at a meeting and someone pointed out in front of everyone that I had a lace shoe on one foot and a buckle shoe on the other. Without missing a beat I looked down and said "Funny, I got a pair at home just like them!"
Thing is about ADHD, is it's often characterized by lack of ability to concentrate on mundane things and lack of emotional control. Children are not born with these facilities already developed. What if a lot of these kids simply never learned these because they were never encouraged to do so. By "Encouraged" I don't mean threats of punishments but finding ways of gaining your child's interest in something, and helping them to see the value of self control. Trying to teach these things via punishment can be like herding cats. They will flee at the first sign of trouble. Children are like that too.
I know my parents were not the teaching type. There was screaming and abusive speech and cruelty. No wonder children of such parents never learn self control when their parents never bothered to do so?
You MIGHT have ADHD if...
Living for the moment, not being there when it arrives.
By the time you get there, you forget why you went!
You find it easier to program a computer than work with a copier.
If you need a bumper sticker that says "Been there, done that, forgot why".
Put more errors where? Into the bellydancer?.... Oh I see, yep, into the code. Still it would surely make testing more stimulating and even add some passion into it... er too!
I just have to imagine that if i don't test I'll end up being homeless.
Hell, sharks with lasers is nothing compared to that!
Never test your own software. You automatically test in such a way as to make it work, you are so used to doing it a certain way you have no idea how another will try it out. Watch someone who doesn't know how to use the software and you'll find all kinds of issues.
Totally agree. What makes it worse is that now you are forced to log in for some of the most inane things. If I had to have a unique password for everything I would have to remember some 200 passwords or put them into a database protected by one.
The problem isn't malware, and bots, its the people who write them.
I especially find statements in a EULA that say it's illegal to do this or that. Since when have the commercial segment of society became the legislative branch of the government? Companies can't make laws, law makers make laws.
I rarely read through a Eula, They are ridiculous e-Tomes that look like they were run through some crazy software that just takes every word in a sentence and spits out bloated sentences with every possible synonym for every word in the sentences. Mind-Numbing and the worst sleeping pills I ever read.
I've never done DUI, but in this day and age where potential employers look up the background of people on the internet, such a thing could wreck a person's chance of getting a job.
Youths do foolish things. It's inevitable. How many of us have not made some big mistakes? How many of us would want to have to pay for them for the rest of our lives? Not many I bet.
Since my shoe soles wear out in a certain pattern in response to my way of walking they must be evolving?
Since certain things on computers and in nature seem to just "Work" in ways not designed by man, it's proof of evolution and not creation?... Balderdash!
Where are all the prototype woodpecker fossils?
This reminds me of years ago when I had this system where I had like four big huge hard drives connected to my computer, that were too big to fit inside, so I left the cover off. A system only a geek could love.
Well, there was this huge three foot iguana I had inherited that I made a roost for it by the computer. That was a mistake! It was calm much of the time but would suddenly and without any apparent reason would dart off like a rabbit to hide inside what qualified as the nearest hole which much to my chagrin ended up being the empty drive bays. So suddenly there's this huge monster frantically ripping a hole through the back of the computer ripping wires and chips like some crazed reverse alien being trying to get in instead of out!
So I guess this might qualify as the most unique but impractical use of empty hard drive bays.
When the idea of software patents came out I shuddered when I thought of a bunch of computer illiterate lawyers and bigwigs deciding if they should grant a patent for common things like looping, incrementing and the like.
Course this seems silly to me now but the objection I had to the idea of intellectual property precludes the fact that others can think too and sometimes there IS only one best way to do a thing.
Can you imagine if the person who thought up the first hammer, or wheel or tire could patent those? We'd be paying maybe $100 for a hammer instead of maybe $15. If this happens in software it would staunch creativity by turning it into a crime. Not to mention that patent research is last I heard, horribly expensive and not conclusive.
There are exceptions like if someone makes a knock off, of a complex program that does seem wrong, but to some degree, it can also be like patenting common language constructs. Then instead of freedom of speech it would be fee-dom of speech and the bible would have said "In the abundance of words there does not fail to be a patent violation.":D
hehe thanks for the comment, The guy I did it to had poor eyesight and his normal background file was named mystery.bmp so I named the new one nnystery.bmp and so it took him that much longer to figure it out.:D
It would be a funny prank to just take some photo software and download a picture of a jail broken iPhone display and use that to make it just look like it was jailbroken.
Sort of like this guy who was goofing off at work and messed up the program we were all working on. He had five copies of the code up and running and we could not figure out which was the most recent. So before the boss hit reset I suggested a prank I copied his screen and made it the background then shut it all down and rebooted.
The guy spent 20 minutes trying to figure out why his apps were all running but non-responsive, why he tried to drag "My Computer" and ended up with two and why it kept booting up with five copies of all these programs already running.
So how come the young folks aren't learning these ancient languages? Ps: Pascal isn't that old.
I know all those languages except algol, and I tell you those are a hell of a lot easier to learn than the mishmash of Web programming stuff that's in use now.
Ps, if you need someone to do your legacy code, contact me in the url below.
True, and for the group to be stuck in the stone ages with IE6 is... fascinating.
And at the same time they have produced all this advanced weaponry and satellites to watch others. Shows where the priorities are at.
I think I should explain a bit here. I get what you say and I understand where you are coming from. I agree, if a person hates his job he should find another job without being "Bashed" for it but here is where I'm coming from...
I had a brother, he had the face everyone would hire. He would get a job and keep it for a couple of weeks and then just not show up because he wanted to go fishing. He did this over and over and over. Finally he got such a rep he had to move away to get another job - This is what my parents said. So he moved from town to town doing the same thing for years before he finally settled down.
I looked at that and said I would never be such a quitter.
So now it's my turn. We have an uncommon last name - People would recognize it a mile away and guess what? I could not get a job! I finally had to move away to a town where nobody knew me and go through the most hellish poverty you can imagine. Finally I get a job, I hold it for 2 years. Then I get another and I hold it for nine years. I loved that job but the company was taken over and shut down. Now I'm out of work and it really hurts to be told not to even apply because I don't have a current W2 job. They don't even know me, they are judging me on things I had little or no control over. So now that you know something about me, maybe you might see things from my side of the issue a bit instead of rattling off snap judgements about how I feel and do things.
That's ridiculous! Of course I'm not saying that. All I'm saying is that it strikes me as wrong thinking to just throw out of consideration those who are unemployed due to no fault of their own.
I wish I had their job. I would not complain. This is what happens when you make wrong choices when hiring. So many say "If you don't have a job, don't bother to apply" or make choices that have similar effects. So I say to them "Do you really want to hire only those disloyal or dissatisfied with their current job?"
And the results? They end up hiring wambulance riders!
I could not do this to a person - remove their lungs. Sorry the law do not kill is written too deeply on the heart.
It's a terribly sad situation, and sometimes sadly there are no easy answers. The conscience can be a terrible task master, and is not to be trifled with.
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Oh by the way I do not intend to imply that parents are at fault if their child has symptoms like ADHD. I was simply implying a possible solution - Actively help the child develop those good qualities.
Aside from saying that it hurts those who DO have it, to have this mass diagnosis on dubious grounds. Sometimes it has it's advantages. If you care about what you are doing, you can get so focused that you do a really good job. On the other hand, you can also be so focused you fail to see you are smashing the big picture. I remember one time I was at a meeting and someone pointed out in front of everyone that I had a lace shoe on one foot and a buckle shoe on the other. Without missing a beat I looked down and said "Funny, I got a pair at home just like them!" Thing is about ADHD, is it's often characterized by lack of ability to concentrate on mundane things and lack of emotional control. Children are not born with these facilities already developed. What if a lot of these kids simply never learned these because they were never encouraged to do so. By "Encouraged" I don't mean threats of punishments but finding ways of gaining your child's interest in something, and helping them to see the value of self control. Trying to teach these things via punishment can be like herding cats. They will flee at the first sign of trouble. Children are like that too. I know my parents were not the teaching type. There was screaming and abusive speech and cruelty. No wonder children of such parents never learn self control when their parents never bothered to do so? You MIGHT have ADHD if ...
Living for the moment, not being there when it arrives.
By the time you get there, you forget why you went!
You find it easier to program a computer than work with a copier.
If you need a bumper sticker that says "Been there, done that, forgot why".
Put more errors where? Into the bellydancer? .... Oh I see, yep, into the code. Still it would surely make testing more stimulating and even add some passion into it ... er too!
You could also try writing a try catch clause that when you get an error it plays a random video of some cute chick belly dancing. :D
I just have to imagine that if i don't test I'll end up being homeless. Hell, sharks with lasers is nothing compared to that! Never test your own software. You automatically test in such a way as to make it work, you are so used to doing it a certain way you have no idea how another will try it out. Watch someone who doesn't know how to use the software and you'll find all kinds of issues.
Totally agree. What makes it worse is that now you are forced to log in for some of the most inane things. If I had to have a unique password for everything I would have to remember some 200 passwords or put them into a database protected by one. The problem isn't malware, and bots, its the people who write them.
I especially find statements in a EULA that say it's illegal to do this or that. Since when have the commercial segment of society became the legislative branch of the government? Companies can't make laws, law makers make laws. I rarely read through a Eula, They are ridiculous e-Tomes that look like they were run through some crazy software that just takes every word in a sentence and spits out bloated sentences with every possible synonym for every word in the sentences. Mind-Numbing and the worst sleeping pills I ever read.
Hmmm, it looks like DUI is the LEAST crime listed. Those other crimes are horrid. I take my comment back at least for those.
I've never done DUI, but in this day and age where potential employers look up the background of people on the internet, such a thing could wreck a person's chance of getting a job. Youths do foolish things. It's inevitable. How many of us have not made some big mistakes? How many of us would want to have to pay for them for the rest of our lives? Not many I bet.
Not a troll asshole
Since my shoe soles wear out in a certain pattern in response to my way of walking they must be evolving? Since certain things on computers and in nature seem to just "Work" in ways not designed by man, it's proof of evolution and not creation? ... Balderdash!
Where are all the prototype woodpecker fossils?
In a monsanto world if you were hurt stealing from someone you could sue your victims. ... Wait!! Um we are in a monsanto world! Kill all the liars!!
This reminds me of years ago when I had this system where I had like four big huge hard drives connected to my computer, that were too big to fit inside, so I left the cover off. A system only a geek could love. Well, there was this huge three foot iguana I had inherited that I made a roost for it by the computer. That was a mistake! It was calm much of the time but would suddenly and without any apparent reason would dart off like a rabbit to hide inside what qualified as the nearest hole which much to my chagrin ended up being the empty drive bays. So suddenly there's this huge monster frantically ripping a hole through the back of the computer ripping wires and chips like some crazed reverse alien being trying to get in instead of out! So I guess this might qualify as the most unique but impractical use of empty hard drive bays.
When the idea of software patents came out I shuddered when I thought of a bunch of computer illiterate lawyers and bigwigs deciding if they should grant a patent for common things like looping, incrementing and the like. Course this seems silly to me now but the objection I had to the idea of intellectual property precludes the fact that others can think too and sometimes there IS only one best way to do a thing. Can you imagine if the person who thought up the first hammer, or wheel or tire could patent those? We'd be paying maybe $100 for a hammer instead of maybe $15. If this happens in software it would staunch creativity by turning it into a crime. Not to mention that patent research is last I heard, horribly expensive and not conclusive. There are exceptions like if someone makes a knock off, of a complex program that does seem wrong, but to some degree, it can also be like patenting common language constructs. Then instead of freedom of speech it would be fee-dom of speech and the bible would have said "In the abundance of words there does not fail to be a patent violation." :D
hehe thanks for the comment, The guy I did it to had poor eyesight and his normal background file was named mystery.bmp so I named the new one nnystery.bmp and so it took him that much longer to figure it out. :D
It would be a funny prank to just take some photo software and download a picture of a jail broken iPhone display and use that to make it just look like it was jailbroken. Sort of like this guy who was goofing off at work and messed up the program we were all working on. He had five copies of the code up and running and we could not figure out which was the most recent. So before the boss hit reset I suggested a prank I copied his screen and made it the background then shut it all down and rebooted. The guy spent 20 minutes trying to figure out why his apps were all running but non-responsive, why he tried to drag "My Computer" and ended up with two and why it kept booting up with five copies of all these programs already running.
Bacon Brights - see in the dark dog food.
So how come the young folks aren't learning these ancient languages? Ps: Pascal isn't that old. I know all those languages except algol, and I tell you those are a hell of a lot easier to learn than the mishmash of Web programming stuff that's in use now. Ps, if you need someone to do your legacy code, contact me in the url below.
Don't computers give confusing responses already? ;D
True, and for the group to be stuck in the stone ages with IE6 is ... fascinating.
And at the same time they have produced all this advanced weaponry and satellites to watch others. Shows where the priorities are at.
I think I should explain a bit here. I get what you say and I understand where you are coming from. I agree, if a person hates his job he should find another job without being "Bashed" for it but here is where I'm coming from ...
I had a brother, he had the face everyone would hire. He would get a job and keep it for a couple of weeks and then just not show up because he wanted to go fishing. He did this over and over and over. Finally he got such a rep he had to move away to get another job - This is what my parents said. So he moved from town to town doing the same thing for years before he finally settled down.
I looked at that and said I would never be such a quitter.
So now it's my turn. We have an uncommon last name - People would recognize it a mile away and guess what? I could not get a job! I finally had to move away to a town where nobody knew me and go through the most hellish poverty you can imagine. Finally I get a job, I hold it for 2 years. Then I get another and I hold it for nine years. I loved that job but the company was taken over and shut down. Now I'm out of work and it really hurts to be told not to even apply because I don't have a current W2 job. They don't even know me, they are judging me on things I had little or no control over. So now that you know something about me, maybe you might see things from my side of the issue a bit instead of rattling off snap judgements about how I feel and do things.
That's ridiculous! Of course I'm not saying that. All I'm saying is that it strikes me as wrong thinking to just throw out of consideration those who are unemployed due to no fault of their own.
I wish I had their job. I would not complain. This is what happens when you make wrong choices when hiring. So many say "If you don't have a job, don't bother to apply" or make choices that have similar effects. So I say to them "Do you really want to hire only those disloyal or dissatisfied with their current job?" And the results? They end up hiring wambulance riders!
Wow, I never thought being banned could be so rewarding! :D
I could not do this to a person - remove their lungs. Sorry the law do not kill is written too deeply on the heart. It's a terribly sad situation, and sometimes sadly there are no easy answers. The conscience can be a terrible task master, and is not to be trifled with.