I am not going to say that no one is ever misdiagnosed but I think that economic models used here are not always the best predictors for medical issues and that studies like this have been used for years to try to cut funding for special education in public schools. It is honestly not that hard to tell the difference between an immature or young kid and one that has ADHD if you have some expertise with ADHD and I suspect if proper diagnoses was allowed by HMOs and PPOs there would be little problem. Having pretty bad dyslexia meant that I went to private school for kids with learning disabilities that did not effect ID (e.g. dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADD and ADHD) and I have got to tell you that the idea that the ADHD and ADD kids don't have an issue other than just being immature is insulting, a gross misunderstanding of the problem, and something kids with learning disabilities have had to fight with for years.

1)Road has to be designed to support extra weight and have track system built in. 2)All overhead items, bridges, signs, lighting, etc have to be redesigned to allowed for something twice as tall as most buses. 3) No left or right turns can be done from the road or to the road without a traffic signal, so it can't be used on a highway but needs roads with few cross streets or the stop lights will bring traffic to a complete halt. It has more problems than a elevated train system, while using all the resources of a surface light rail system. They have taken the worst of both and put them together into one of the worst public transport system ideas I have ever seen.

I have always said that being an engineer (Programmer) is less about what you know and more about knowing how to look it up. I have been a system engineer for going on 20 years now and I still look up 90% of the stuff I do. I could muddle through many of the tasks but why would you do that when I can look it up, get it done faster and have a higher chance of success? I think you really hit the nail on the head with this testing people in isolation thing. It doesn't tell you anything about how well they work in groups, how quickly they can get through reference material (I would suggest that looking it up is my sharpest skill), thus not really telling you anything about problem solving in the real world. Testing doesn't show you anything, the worst engineers I have ever worked with had a list of certs as long as my arm. The best ones didn't have a cert or degree or anything.

It's a food scientist writing a blog about the food science work they do. As long as it was marked as paid content space I don't know what the big deal is. Hell even if it was not, it's just a blog page from a legitimate scientist doing legitimate work that millions of people enjoy every day. Would it been a problem if this scientist had written this blog and not paid for the space? Honestly people need to get over themselves, they might not like Pepsi but he is still doing science.

I have said for a long time that console manufactures are to short sighted with the hardware they develop and release. Sony and Microsoft have hardware platforms that are capable of so much more with very simple editions to the software and/or hardware that would allow them to replace many functions people use 3rd party hardware for today. A PlayStation or Xbox with a couple of TV tuner card slots, wired/wireless keyboard, mice and joysticks, a very large HDD and the ability to run apps from a 'open' market place would allow for people to get one machine that replaces the family desktop, DVR, cable box, and be a gaming machine. Add a DVI port and you can just as easily put it on your desk for office work like a standard PC (MS could offer Office Suite on theirs) making it more capable that many low end desktops for about the same price. I feel like Sony and MS really have missed the market they could take with these things. Sure it's not Activision's goal exactly, but if MS and Sony had really pushed their hardware platforms they might have taken the market share from PC manufactures for most home sales, leaving the two of them the dominate platforms. Allowing TIVO and the cable companies to keep the DVR, and desktop manufactures to be the domain of the keyboard, mouse and productivity apps really leaves them as nothing more than a expensive toy for gamers, where having it all would be a cheap alternative for people that want a DVR and cheap low end home PC, getting the gaming platform would be a bonus but it will lead to more game sales.

The survey was mostly Mac only users. Is that because mostly only Mac lovers are buying the ipad or something else? In the end the only meaningful result from this survey is that Apple has fanboys that just repeat talking points back into the phone when answering surveys. This is not to say that the ipad is a good or bad product, just that the survey is worthless.

seems to me most people buy laptops because they think that's what they need. Then they just sit on their desk all day every day. People also don't seem to get (As this bit shows) that you don't have to put your desktop on your desk. I have one in my bedroom as a media center machine but also do all kinds of work on it while laying in bed (Monitor arms are great). The machine cost me far less than a laptop and I can fix it if it breaks.

My question is what percentage of gun murders (As she puts it) are committed with a legal firearm used by the registered owner?

US Sues Oracle Over Alleged Overcharging? Allegedly? Really? Have you seen the price for their software? They always overcharge, nothing they sell is worth the money. Over charge is the sticker price. I realize the govt is upset because they where charged more than the sticker price, but they should have turned their nose up when they saw the sticker.