"Making college free" - you mean using tax dollars to pay the tuition for... everyone? As it stands, probably 50% of the people who show up for class at university should have settled for trade school. Instead, they will spend 5-6 years getting a philosophy or art degree and then working as an assistant manager at Borders. I don't want to subsidize this any more than I already have to (interest deferred school loans).
Are we currently able to make "mini" nuclear reactors? If not, what are the problems hindering their miniaturization?
If miniature reactors existed, would it be possible to protect the wearer from the ionizing radiation produced during normal operation? Would it be dangerous to carry around one of them in a war zone?
post1: "live your life, and stop worrying so much about micromanaging your public image."
post2: "you are your image. take ownership of it and manage it"
Thank you for this glut of conflicting, meaningless and poorly-punctuated drivel. Your black and white statement indicating that if an employer fires you over compromising pictures, then you shouldn't be working for that employer in the first place are ridiculous. Sometimes people have to deal with their employers whims in order to earn money to provide for their families and themselves. If that means micromanaging your online persona, so be it.
"Call me Ishmael. Some years-never mind how long precisely-having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. AND YOU CAN TOO WITH INSANELY LOW CRUISE RATES FROM TRAVELOCITY.COM!!!"
Yes. I used to play Everquest and it was awesome because there was a real sense of risk vs reward (corpse runs in Po(A or S... was it Air or Sky... can't remember) come to mind). Also, as I played an enchanter, I felt there was actually an element of skill involved (a bad enchanter vs a good enchanter could ruin/make a group; same concept applied to clerics etc... - I realize playing a warrior was boring). Nowadays, with WOW, MMORPGS are ridiculously easy and most strategies are "learned" by looking up videos on YouTube. People don't want to play the game to figure out problems; they just want shiny epic items. I don't find that challenging and thus I don't find it fun.
The principle of "survival of the fittest" applies to a species that fills a particular niche. Apples, sharks and humans all fill different niches (they don't compete directly with one another), thus you're really comparing apples to oran... sharks.;)
Please tell me they aren't teaching The Da Vinci Code in schools... It exists solely for college-age pseudointellectuals to put in the "Books" section of their Facebook page along with "Life of Pi" - and that's the way it should be.
Why is everything posted by wikileaks seen as fact? Even if they modified a few entries or slipped a few new ones in, would anybody notice? If the US gov't then said "These things aren't true." - would anybody believe them? By just assuming everything wikileaks releases is incontrovertible truth, you're giving them license to fabricate whatever "reality" they choose.
I agree that Zuckerburg should not be considered a genius on the same level as (to use two examples provided earlier) Newton or Darwin. His (Zuckerburg's) "invention" functions primarily as an outlet for time that may have otherwise been spent productively. It does not contribute significantly to humanity; whereas, the inventions of the other two mentioned do.
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"Making college free" - you mean using tax dollars to pay the tuition for... everyone? As it stands, probably 50% of the people who show up for class at university should have settled for trade school. Instead, they will spend 5-6 years getting a philosophy or art degree and then working as an assistant manager at Borders. I don't want to subsidize this any more than I already have to (interest deferred school loans).
Seriously, this same topic... AGAIN?
and nothing of value was lost?
Are we currently able to make "mini" nuclear reactors? If not, what are the problems hindering their miniaturization?
If miniature reactors existed, would it be possible to protect the wearer from the ionizing radiation produced during normal operation? Would it be dangerous to carry around one of them in a war zone?
FYI: Freemasonry isn't a religion.
Until this has been shown to work in-vivo, I wouldn't get your hopes up.
So if Wave was/is the Google Facebook, what is Google Buzz? Is that their attempt at Twitter?
Doing pushups is physical exercise.
Doing math is mental exercise; it teaches problem solving.
post1: "live your life, and stop worrying so much about micromanaging your public image."
post2: "you are your image. take ownership of it and manage it"
Thank you for this glut of conflicting, meaningless and poorly-punctuated drivel. Your black and white statement indicating that if an employer fires you over compromising pictures, then you shouldn't be working for that employer in the first place are ridiculous. Sometimes people have to deal with their employers whims in order to earn money to provide for their families and themselves. If that means micromanaging your online persona, so be it.
"Call me Ishmael. Some years-never mind how long precisely-having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. AND YOU CAN TOO WITH INSANELY LOW CRUISE RATES FROM TRAVELOCITY.COM!!!"
Travel in games doesn't make the game more challenging, it just makes it more time consuming.
WOW isn't challenging, the least it can do is make it quick and easy to accomplish trivial things.
Yes. I used to play Everquest and it was awesome because there was a real sense of risk vs reward (corpse runs in Po(A or S... was it Air or Sky... can't remember) come to mind). Also, as I played an enchanter, I felt there was actually an element of skill involved (a bad enchanter vs a good enchanter could ruin/make a group; same concept applied to clerics etc... - I realize playing a warrior was boring). Nowadays, with WOW, MMORPGS are ridiculously easy and most strategies are "learned" by looking up videos on YouTube. People don't want to play the game to figure out problems; they just want shiny epic items. I don't find that challenging and thus I don't find it fun.
The principle of "survival of the fittest" applies to a species that fills a particular niche. Apples, sharks and humans all fill different niches (they don't compete directly with one another), thus you're really comparing apples to oran... sharks. ;)
Oh shit, it drew a square!
At least it will make it easier to change the textbooks depending on whether we're currently at war with Eurasia or Eastasia.
TFL;DR
Summary, please?
From TFA:
"Two years from now means October 2012."
Gee, thanks.
Please tell me they aren't teaching The Da Vinci Code in schools... It exists solely for college-age pseudointellectuals to put in the "Books" section of their Facebook page along with "Life of Pi" - and that's the way it should be.
Why is everything posted by wikileaks seen as fact? Even if they modified a few entries or slipped a few new ones in, would anybody notice? If the US gov't then said "These things aren't true." - would anybody believe them? By just assuming everything wikileaks releases is incontrovertible truth, you're giving them license to fabricate whatever "reality" they choose.
From TFA:
From: Steveb
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2010
To: Microsoft – All Employees
Subject: Ray Ozzie Transition
Huh?
And you, sir, are NOT a "genious" (at spelling).
The problem with DOTA and HON (I'm not sure about LOL) is that the player base is a bunch of assholes.
I agree that Zuckerburg should not be considered a genius on the same level as (to use two examples provided earlier) Newton or Darwin. His (Zuckerburg's) "invention" functions primarily as an outlet for time that may have otherwise been spent productively. It does not contribute significantly to humanity; whereas, the inventions of the other two mentioned do.
Actually, the leading world wide killer is malnutrition.
Biased summary