Maslow's hierarchy of psychosocial needs

[labelwench]

As an experienced programmer, I can say that the errors implied in computers are logical errors in contrast to calculational or computational errors. If logical error does appear usually the course of action is to recode the entire program to change the logical flow and not to change the calculational flow. FYI, a computer program is just a set of sequential instructions with embedded conditions (if-then-else) and iterations (do-while condition is true).

Thank you for that helpful explanation, Antonio. From observing the amount of defective software on the market, and the number of on-line fixes required to intervene in these programs, I have become distrustful of technology. Twice, the hardware on two different computers has failed, and they have needed to be sent out for repair, one under extended warranty, at no additional cost to myself, and the other unit under manufacturer's warranty, at my own expense for shipping out only. Repairs and return costs borne by manufacturer.

The number of hours spent in analyzing problems, to determine if I am at fault, or the software, or the hardware, just has me in stitches sometimes.

We have a brain.

We do not use it nearly as much as we could, and perhaps should.

Every now and then I contemplate just turning this idiot box off for an interval, although it has not offended me in recent days, lol.......

I will give notice if I embark on such an experiment so that none will assume that I have come to an untimely end.

[racecar]

Excellent post, Racecar.

With babies (and with foals), all we need to supply is a safe and nurturing environment.

While we should not impose our own framework on the young, in the earliest stages, it may be helpful to shelter them from the confusion of paradox (where and when possible) until they have sufficient analytical background to make their own choices. It is said that negative traits and conduct are far easier to learn than positive actions, and twice as hard to dispel, once habituated.

Nature has already endowed all young with the toolbox for assimilating data. If form and function are lacking, of course we may choose to intervene, when the purpose is to preserve life until it can resume normal function.

When, where, and how much to intervene then becomes the topic of discussion and leads one on to the trail of ethics.......tricky terrain, is ethics.....

Can't likely escape or avoid all negatives....

"Negative info more strongly influences peoples evaluations than comparably extreme positive info."

"Constructivism does posit a cognitave structure behind message selection. People make distinctions by applying cognitative constructs to what is perceived. As differentiation becomes increasingly complex, more differences can be seen and more sophisticated messages can be construed."

"Communication involves multiple, substantively distinct processes; they may be redundant, complementary or contradictory; and processes may mediate or modulate other processes."

On ethics...

A sweet tuxedo girl you see,
Queen of swell society,
Fond of fun as fun can be,
When it's on the strict Q.T.

mum......

[AntonioLao]

Incidently, I have noticed that 9 months old Bean Bag is beginning to attract tomcats from the neighborhood by her own 'calling songs.'

[labelwench]

Incidently, I have noticed that 9 months old Bean Bag is beginning to attract tomcats from the neighborhood by her own 'calling songs.'

Were I you, Antonio, I would be looking up the gestation period for the domestic feline, lol.....which is somewhere in the neighborhood of two months, similar to dogs, which are 61-63 days as an average.

Cats are interesting in where they decide to give birth. Friends of mine found a new litter in the middle of a lovely goose-down duvet. A cat with good taste, obviously.....

[AntonioLao]

litter in the middle of a lovely goose-down duvet

For Bean Bag she just have to settle for musty torn 2 by 4 carpets, which can be found around the other 4 empty rooms of this rundown house I am living in, which failed to pass homeowner insurance inspection just a few weeks ago.

[labelwench]

For Bean Bag she just have to settle for musty torn 2 by 4 carpets, which can be found around the other 4 empty rooms of this rundown house I am living in, which failed to pass homeowner insurance inspection just a few weeks ago.

Somehow, I don't think that Beanbag is going to be judgmental where your living circumstances are concerned, Antonio. Home is where the heart is, and from your past mention of attempts to address her dietary needs, despite having limited means yourself on occasion, there must be depths to your character that she finds comforting.

Interesting to me, that many of the mature gentlemen I know, chose a feline as companion. My logic suggests that cats are preferred to some other companion animals, as they are relatively not needy, and their independent nature and low maintenance appeals to these gentlemen, far more than do the same traits in the human female....

[AntonioLao]

Words pass around quickly among the animal community of our immediate neighborhood, last night two stray female puppies (1 yr old and 3 yr old) came in the house and started to feel at home.

[labelwench]

Words pass around quickly among the animal community of our immediate neighborhood, last night two stray female puppies (1 yr old and 3 yr old) came in the house and started to feel at home.

LOL, females do like to be comfortable, or at least the ones that I know. What was Beanbag's opinion on the matter? In many households, dogs and cats get along marvelously, although if Beanbag does end up courting, she will soon enough define the territory of her future nursery and begin to defend it. Your living arrangements have the potential to get interesting in the near future, Antonio. Keep me posted on developments...

How do these companions figure into your hierarchy of psychosocial needs? As one who observes the behavior and social order among animals, I might suggest that by their association with you, they are tending to certain of their own psychosocial needs. Animals are far more sophisticated than we give them credit for.

[AntonioLao]

Bean Bag was nowhere to be found, she could be hiding in one of the empty rooms, she appeared the very next day when the city pound came to the house and the two mutts were taken away after they were fed macaroni and cheese that I got from the food bank. They are tagged and probably return to the owner(s). The pound promised not to put them to sleep.

[labelwench]

Bean Bag was nowhere to be found, she could be hiding in one of the empty rooms, she appeared the very next day when the city pound came to the house and the two mutts were taken away after they were fed macaroni and cheese that I got from the food bank. They are tagged and probably return to the owner(s). The pound promised not to put them to sleep.

You are very considerate to share with the stray dogs the food from your own pantry. Dogs have fairly adaptive digestive systems (unlike horses) and while a steady diet of processed grains would not serve them well, certainly a meal to fill the gap would be welcome to them.

We had a loose dog in the yard yesterday, terrorizing the two cats who were on the deck catching their morning fresh air. The owner was calling the dog and had quite the time recapturing it. I shall have to post a sign on the back of the property to advise that no dogs are allowed on these premises off-leash. A loose dog may startle a young foal into bolting or falling, and the mare will do harm to the dog if it comes too near. She was raised in the open fields of Alberta and is well schooled in how to do the 'coyote stomp.' While I would not be liable for the injury to the dog, as my horse has the right to defend herself and her foal (once it is born), still, I would feel badly for any animal that got injured due to negligence on the part of the owner.