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Comment Re:better diagnosis reduced the number of cases (Score 1) 373

by seroph on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @03:31PM (#28099507) Attached to: Company Claims EEG Scans Can Help Identify ADHD

Sorry about the punctuation. The case studies that have been conducted in the last 10 years. Various brain imaging techniques were used have found that legitimate cases of ADHD are accompanied by distinctly different frontal lobe synapse firing patterns. Most studies focused on MRI scans for diagnosis.

Comment better diagnosis reduced the number of cases (Score 4, Interesting) 373

by seroph on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @01:38PM (#28097663) Attached to: Company Claims EEG Scans Can Help Identify ADHD

There have been countless studies that indicate that ADHD is a neurological disorder the problem is when no physical tests are used in diagnosis people can more easily get labeled as having it when it is in fact a product of the education system.

On another note some cases of ADHD do not go away after adolescence and can impact work performance and social interactions. Also, the more popular illness for students currently is autism since it is not as easily identifiable as actual ADHD.

Appeals Court Stays RIAA Subpoena Vs. Students 266

Posted by kdawson on Friday April 24, 2009 @11:08AM from the long-time-coming dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The procedures used by the RIAA the past 5 years in suing 'John Does' without their knowing about it have never been subjected to scrutiny by an appeals court, since most of the 'John Does' never learn about the 'ex parte' proceeding until it's too late to do anything about it. That is about to change. In Arista Records v. Does 1-16, a case targeting students at the Albany Campus of the State University of New York, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has decided to put things on hold while it takes a careful look at what transpired in the lower court. The way it came to this is that a few 'John Does' filed a broad-based challenge to a number of the RIAA's procedures, citing the defendant's constitutional rights, the insufficiency of the complaint, the lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendants, improper misjoinder of the defendants, and the RIAA's illegal procurement of its 'evidence' through the use of an unlicensed investigator, MediaSentry. The lower court judges gave short shrift to 'John Doe #3,' but he promptly filed an appeal, and asked for a stay of the subpoena and lower court proceedings during the pendency of the appeal. The RIAA opposed the motion, arguing that John Doe's appeal had no chance of success. The Appeals Court disagreed and granted the motion, freezing the subpoena and putting the entire case on hold until the appeal is finally determined. As one commentator said, 'this news has been a long time coming, but is welcomed.'"

Comment It was about the features (Score 2, Informative) 172

by seroph on Monday February 23, 2009 @12:50PM (#26958643) Attached to: Vista Capable Lawsuit Loses Class-Action Status

The case was dismissed because the low end laptops were "Vista Capable" but there was also a "Premium Ready" sticker on other models. It was a case of read the fine print.

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51I4KF20090219

Comment Re:can we request the torture vids? (Score 1) 400

by seroph on Thursday January 22, 2009 @02:14PM (#26562657) Attached to: Obama Edicts Boost FOIA and .gov Websites

I do not agree with that it has been proven that people under orders from an authority will act against their better nature look at the Milgram experiment as an example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

Submission + - Your Wii is now a Commodore 64 too (videogamesblogger.com) 1

Submitted by

Wowzer

on Thursday February 21, 2008 @01:28PM

Wowzer writes: "Games from the Commodore 64 home computer will soon appear on the Wii Virtual Console in Europe, with other territories no doubt to follow in 2008. Games will each be priced at 500 Wii Points. The first games set to appear are: International Karate and Uridium. From the article, a quote by Bala Keilman, CEO of Commodore Gaming: "The massive impact the Commodore 64 had on video-gaming is still evident today with many gamers remembering the computer and its games with great fondness. By working with Nintendo of Europe, we are ensuring that future generations of gamers can play some of the best and most popular titles that kick-started the computer games revolution and so keep the C64 legacy in gamers hearts.""

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