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  1. Re:Nice to have scientific proof ... on Allowing the Mind To Wander Aids Creative Problem Solving · · Score: 1

    Since I'll be leaving work soon and won't look for a response until tomorrow.

    In my post I said "kids" ie, children. People who are under 13 years of age I would consider kids.

    Yes, if you give an adolescent or above Ritalin for the purpose of focusing on school work in a school setting it will most probably work for that use, same as caffeine. It will also though give them a "high" off of it which is quite distracting that ADD people do not get. A child with that "high" will bounce off the walls, not study. The only reason an adolescent or above isn't bouncing off the walls on the medication is self discipline which children lack.

  2. Re:Just Torrent on Mega-Uploads: The Cloud's Unspoken Hurdle · · Score: 1

    I do know at least how things work on /.

    Natalie_Portman_and_hot_grits.torrent

  3. Re:No wrongful death? on Rutger's Student Dharun Ravi Sentenced To 30-Day Jail Time · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here is a more complete listing of it's legality in different countries.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_legislation

    In the US it used to be illegal in many states, but not so much anymore.

  4. Re:tapes have to be written and read on Mega-Uploads: The Cloud's Unspoken Hurdle · · Score: 1

    That only depends on how many tape drives you utilize at once. If you are shipping 200lbs of tape, and using dozens of tape drives then you should have much better bandwidth than if you tried to send it over the internet.

  5. Re:Just Torrent on Mega-Uploads: The Cloud's Unspoken Hurdle · · Score: 1

    You might get one hell of a download rate from torrents, but you don't get a better upload rate.

  6. Re:Nice to have scientific proof ... on Allowing the Mind To Wander Aids Creative Problem Solving · · Score: 1

    Age group and setting?

  7. Re:In Your Face Dad! on Allowing the Mind To Wander Aids Creative Problem Solving · · Score: 1

    I finally got diagnosed at 29 after having a DWI and going to out patient rehab. The rehab people told me I should get checked out since drugs and alcohol were not the extent of my problems.

    I recently found out my mom wanted me to see a psychiatrist when I was in high school, but my step-dad (who was literally on crack) didn't think I needed it.

  8. Re:Does anyone really believe these peitions work? on White House Petition For Open Access To Research · · Score: 2

    Pffft, their results show that they don't even give an illusion of working.

  9. Re:Nice to have scientific proof ... on Allowing the Mind To Wander Aids Creative Problem Solving · · Score: 1

    Are you one of those idiots who think that somehow we are turning kids into mindless zombies because they are prescribed an amphetamine?

    If an amphetamine is allowing them the ability to sit still and study then they had a serious issue.

    If you give an amphetamine to a kid who does not have a serious issue they are not going to be sitting still and studying.

  10. Re:Creativity on Allowing the Mind To Wander Aids Creative Problem Solving · · Score: 1

    The equivalent of "Drunk for a penny Dead drunk for twopence" is not a solution to the Meth issue.

    There is no solution except at the level of the individual.

  11. Re:So I shouldn't take my ADD meds? on Allowing the Mind To Wander Aids Creative Problem Solving · · Score: 1

    It can be beneficial to go without every once in a while, but usually best to do it on a day you don't have to work.

  12. Re:What a fucking loser! on Maryland Teen Wins World's Largest Science Fair · · Score: 2

    He just won an international level science competition, he is going to have job and scholarship offers coming out his ass.

    If he had done this privately and tried to monetize it the business school graduates would have fucked him over.

  13. Re:Yes yes yes! on Allowing the Mind To Wander Aids Creative Problem Solving · · Score: 1

    That and Spot the Shill

  14. Re:Not seeing this on a large UK website on Google Chrome Becomes World's No. 1 Browser · · Score: 1

    Considering the rather large percentage of Safari users I have to question whether the content of the website in question might be the reason for the different figures.

  15. Re:It says they priced the IPO PERFECTLY... on Facebook Shares Retreat Below IPO Price · · Score: 1

    It is often not so much whom the advertisement is presented to, but how. That has been Googles primary success, they don't shove their advertising down your throat.

    Punch the Monkey was an advertisers wet-dream, but nobody else liked it.

  16. Re:Ahmadinejad? on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Monitor Traffic? · · Score: 1

    What I inferred from the summary was that this guy has relatives in his house who are being scammed on the internet and needed some proof to help educate them.

  17. Damnit! on Facebook Privacy Suit Seeks $15 Billion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I won't get my $15 coupon off a Facebook branded hoodie as part of a settlement.

    I guess I should have created a Facebook account.

  18. Re:They remember the Dot-Com Bubble on Facebook IPO Stumbles Out of the Gate · · Score: 1

    No, I have to say it is a good argument.

    Amazon's competition was a good indicator that it had room to expand. There was a market.

    It doesn't indicate success, but it's a good indicator of failure.

    Look at Facebook's competition. Whose piece of the pie are they going to take?

  19. Pop goes the brady? on Supervolcano Drilling Plan Gets Go-Ahead · · Score: 1

    So the area has an issue with bradyseism, wouldn't that be a sign that perhaps they may accidentally pierce a magma chamber?

  20. Re:They remember the Dot-Com Bubble on Facebook IPO Stumbles Out of the Gate · · Score: 1

    Related to the above question... personally, I 100% agree with you. Then again, I would have agreed with you if you had said in 2006 that the post-iPod Apple had nowhere left "up" to go. So don't listen to me for your investment advice.

    Apple, like Amazon found new markets to go into, new services and products to sell.

    What would be Facebooks next new thing? For growth they will have to expand out of the social media market.

    And then as it expanded it brought itself into conflict with every established mega-retailer from Wal-Mart to Safeway (if you have Amazon Fresh in your area, which is awesome). I would in fact argue that Amazon was a much riskier bet than Facebook, which is at least the existing established leader in a category.

    The fact that Amazon had competition meant that they had markets they could expand into. Every competitor was an opportunity to gain market share.

    Who is Facebook's competition? Who's lunch are they going to eat?

  21. Re:GRRR Amazon :/ on Book Review: Elementary Information Security · · Score: 2

    Amazing, a book review on /. that someone will actually purchase.

    Most of the time these book reviews, even when it's a glowing review, no one is interested in the book.

    btw, since it is NSA certified, that might be part of why you can't get it.

  22. Re:They remember the Dot-Com Bubble on Facebook IPO Stumbles Out of the Gate · · Score: 1

    There was always growth potential with Amazon. There was a huge market for them to take, industries to crush.

    Where is the growth potential for Facebook? As far as I can tell, they are most probably at their peak, or it was two days ago, from here on out it is all downhill.

  23. Re:Was only a matter of time on Diesel-Like Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy By 50% · · Score: 1

    2 things people with DI engines can do to reduce or prevent caked or clogged valves is an oil catch can and or methanol injection.

    The oil catch can removes oil vapors from the vacuum line so they don't deposit on the valves.

    The methanol injection helps wash off the deposits, but it also helps with emissions in other ways as well as better mileage and horsepower.

  24. Re:Any engine technicians around to translate? on Diesel-Like Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy By 50% · · Score: 1

    My GDI engine has serious soot issues even with 2 catalytic converters. Won't that issue get worse with this technology?

  25. Re:Well let me be the first to say... on Diesel-Like Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy By 50% · · Score: 1

    There are some horribly designed on ramps, one that would make sense for me to take on my way home I avoid like the plague. The ramp is around two and half car lengths, it is uphill, and just past the apex of a turn that is just after a downhill section. If you are taking that ramp with a slow car be prepared to be hit.