It afflicts normal-looking people who function well in other facets of their lives.
At the moment, the Stanford team is working on the first steps necessary to make the robot they are building function well in an American household.
"We really want and need Bitcoin to function well, in terms of its security and scale and safety," he told me.
Page is a composer, a producer and an arranger as well as a guitarist, but Beck fails to function well in these roles.
It encourages co-ordination, balance, upper and lower body strength, and – perhaps most crucially of all – the ability to function well in a team.
"The remarkable thing about Tibetans is that they can function well in high altitudes without having to produce so much haemoglobin," said Prof Nielsen.
One of the few Heat players able to function well in a free-lance environment is Mashburn, who is averaging 23 points a game in the series.
But Mr. Danforth said Mr. Cheney would make "a terrific choice" because he has the credentials and temperament to function well in the White House.
Congressional committees, while supporting the Pentagon's development of hybrid-electric power for vehicles like the robots the Army wants, have asked for periodic progress reports, citing worries that they might not function well in extreme cold.
But the lack of a large number of ground troops -- even supposing that they could function well in Afghanistan's rugged terrain and negotiate the shifting loyalties of its warlords -- limits Washington's options.
Our education system needs to get better at offering alternative work approaches and strategies, and our employers must be encouraged to support good workers who may not function well in a standard environment".
