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Certainly possible. I am interpreting the rather blatant and clumsy attempts to hide her actions as some form of a cry for help. Kind of like how a person who is intent on suicide will start handing out gifts to friends and may even tell people of their plan to commit the act. etc. However, this...

I did read that. As I just indicated she did not claim she did not know what she was doing was wrong. Rather, she indicated her judgement was clouded by her medical condition. I'm not sure it's for sale. You may very well be correct that she is simply trying to garner sympathy. Then again, she...

We didn't miss it as It is the crux of the discussion here. She indicated her ability to understand the implications and severity of her actions was clouded by her medical condition. She actually never claimed she didn't know it was wrong. It brings it into a bit of a grey area of being...

I may have read a book or two, but that doesn't mean I don't have real world experience. I have my time rolling in the mud as well. I have no doubt, but I am indicating that this is a smaller percentage of the population. The person in question was indicating that her PTSD was a factor in her...

The factors are relevant and will be taken into consideration within her trial. One factor will be whether or not her medical state was a factor in her actions. Dominantly within any given population, those who have a secure job, and are educated are significantly less likely to engage in...

This line of thinking conveniently ignores a number of potential factors. Such as, is this a radical change in behavior for this person? Given the position, rank, education of the woman the odds are more likely she hasn't engaged in this kind of activity in the past. So simply applying a broad...

I ask those here to consider there is a possibility of truth in what she is saying. It is probable that if in treatment for PTSD then there is normally medication involved in the healing process. Medications that do effect the brain and can be extremely powerful. The side effect of many of these...

Mercy. Did lightening bolts shoot out of his biceps every time he went up? ;)  Curious to know about how tall the fellow was (arm reach). I'm around the same weight, but also have a reach of just under 1 meter (about 3.3'). It's on the difficult side for myself from the get go...never could get...

Arm length? It's a mass/arm length ratio physics thing. Measured in work (Joules): W = m * g * d m = mass (kg) , g = 9.81 m/s^2, d = distance to achieve pull up (meters) It's all directly proportional too. The lower your mass, the less work required. The longer your arms, the more work...

I see no reason to update the really good advice given here ;) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFT8hLjHtuE

This is a throwback from the testing systems that schools use, not the purpose and point to learning historical context. You are correct in that our system molds its historical view points to its needs to a degree. However, there are nearly infinite points in history that you can read about, so...

I always loved it when they got annoyed when I asked them to get something or traded something in that was worn out...isn't that the job in a nutshell? ;) Honestly, you just might have encountered someone just having a bad day...or a bad life overall. It happens.

I believe the proper term for this person would be 'Douche Bag' ;)

Space missions that have tried to fund via media have a 100% failure rate. These were missions of significantly less cost and difficulty than going to Mars that have never gotten off the ground. This is what Mars One is trying to do, and the is run by Bas Landorp. That is likely going to end up...

Despite Space-X being successful thus far. I don't really think Elon is really serious about going to Mars despite what he says. One of the current tactics of a CEO in this type of corporation is to dangle a carrot in front of the cart. People will work themselves to death to make this dream...

To an extent, I like the idea. There are a lot of positive things going on that tend to get overshadowed by the negative. Going on camera while still serving to talk about this is not an easy thing for a soldier to do at all. I can't say I would out of fear of a loss of privacy and the...

Here is a Mars Analog site run by NASA and the University of Hawaii. www.hi-seas.org I suspect that Mars One may do a reality show on this site for training once farther along in the selection process. Despite this, I'm personally not a fan of Mars One and their approach, and I don't...

Perhaps berating isn't a good approach for either situation?

Very interesting thread Nemo888, and congrats on your recovery progress. Good to see! I read that OSI injuries can be considered to be physical brain injury caused by the overload of stress and chemicals present in a hyperactive Amygdala for long duration.  Basically, some people treated with...

Good one! I generally never let the scammers off the hook by letting them know I am f-ing with them. Never had anything so brazen as someone trying to get remote access like that. For telemarketing calls, I discovered that many of these call centers (likely based in India) do not give the...