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Comment Re:I'm not autistic (Score 1) 289

Not everyone follows the rules, including teachers.

Probably the weirdest conversation I had with a group of 20-something elementary teachers was them telling me how they watch the co-worker I share an office with cycle to work every morning as he passes by because he is so hot in bicycle shorts.

Comment Re:We live in a medicated world... (Score 2) 289

There were four boys in my youngest sons class in elementary school on some type of ADD or ADHD medication out of about twenty five boys. I only know this because I spoke with their parents and they told me about it I have no idea what the actual percentage for the class was, I probably only ever met ten of them. He also had a couple friends a grade ahead of him that were on ADD medication.

When I was a kid it was almost unheard of for an elementary kid to be medicated like this. Now it's common place and their parents and teachers are popping Prozac and Wellbutrin like M&Ms.

Comment Re:I'm not autistic (Score 4, Insightful) 289

I'm sure that if I were a child today I would be diagnosed with all kinds of disorders ADD, ADHD, ASD, OCD, etc... Today kids are diagnosed with those type disorders at the drop of a hat and often times by school teachers and school counselors based on one or two incidents that happen in a.the classroom. I have five sons and every last one of them had a teacher like that. They all grew up to be normal and healthy.

Comment Re:Projectors are super simple to position (Score 2) 330

Last summer my brother brought over a projector he had from when he was in college it cost around $900 at the time and is comparable to todays $200-$300 projectors. We set up a screen using a unused drop cloth in the back yard against the garage. We had BBQ and watched a few movies the family thought it was great even the neighbor came out and was talking about being reminded of the movies in the park when he was kid only this looked a lot better. I've been considering building a theater in my basement kind of a man cave with a nice hd projector ever since.

Comment Re:Nobody but myself. (Score 1) 178

I'm with you no one but myself.

As far as data 20 years from now, much of the data I keep aside from music and family photos will not be relevant in 20 years. Warranty information, order confirmations, receipts, and shipping information for products I've purchased is usually only needed until the warranty expires in 1-3 years. How long does software last 1-2 years or less before a new major revision makes it entirely obsolete and you are unable to upgrade with out purchasing a new copy. if you purchased it on cd/dvd there's not much point, if it's open source then it's likely to be available with the latest patches somewhere on the internet. I don't keep financial or banking records in digital format but even then 7-10 years. The size of drives keep going up.

Comment Re:so? (Score 2) 157

My brother has partnership with an indie label they provide advertising magazine and radio, a radio campaign [plays that are counted for charting], digital sales [50/50 split], help them find sponsors and get interviews with magazines and on the radio [some booking not included]. The band handles all artistic aspects, composition, production, recording, booking, tour, video production, physical media, merchandising, associated cost. The band holds copyright of all their music and art work, they only give the distribution rights to the label under certain terms.

Some of the bands with the indie label were previously signed to big labels and have horror stories.

Comment Re:"Energy Balance" an overly simplistic view (Score 1) 958

As formerly one of the people who can eat anything and stay skinny I will explain how this happens.

First when I was in high school I worked on a farm in the summer, played football, basketball, and ran track during the school year. It was very hard manual work and when the summer was over I was still very active not only did I loose weight I also became very muscular.

After High School I went on to College full time and worked a full time job that required me to be on me feet most of the time. I was active enough that I didn't worry about loosing my muscular build or gaining weight and never hit the gym.

After college I started into a much easier job but by that time I was also married and had kids. My sons and I would shoot hoops, play baseball, and a bunch of other fun activities.

Now that my sons are grown up and I have a easy office job that requires almost no physical effort I find that I need to watch what I eat and make sure I get out and be active as I have gained about 15lbs and and my six pack is now a four pack.

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