Why do I keep seeing people complaining that they didn't learn any on the job skills in university? Computer Science is not just programming. If you want to learn to just program, teach yourself or go to ITT tech (a vocational school) for a programming certificate.
I think binge drinking is just a characteristic of that age range. That said, I think binge drinking + class > binge drinking + flipping burgers. I get the feeling that in 10 years the former group will have a higher percentage of people that are positive contributors to society (and yes, anyone who doesn't go to university is clearly flipping burgers;)).
During 1933 Szilárd fled to London to escape Nazi persecution, where he read an article in The Times summarizing a speech given by Ernest Rutherford which rejected the possibility of using atomic energy for practical purposes:
We might in these processes obtain very much more energy than the proton supplied, but on the average we could not expect to obtain energy in this way. It was a very poor and inefficient way of producing energy, and anyone who looked for a source of power in the transformation of the atoms was talking moonshine. But the subject was scientifically interesting because it gave insight into the atoms[1]
Although nuclear fission had not yet been discovered, Szilárd was reportedly so annoyed at this dismissal that he conceived of the idea of the nuclear chain reaction while walking to work at St Bartholomew's Hospital waiting for traffic lights to change on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury,"[2] The following year he filed for a patent on the concept.
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Just because we haven't thought of a way to efficiently harness solar/wind doesn't mean it can't be done.
I get your points - I was just noting that if these kids wanted to make that decision and take the financial plunge that accompanies it, that they could, in theory, do it.
It's sometimes possible to get a lot of your course work done at nights at a "respectable" four year school. I found that as I got into the higher level courses though, they were only offered at one time (usually in the early morning or middle afternoon). Thankfully at the time I had a job that allowed me to leave in the middle of the day if I had to make it to class.
I think the online schools are more stigmatized. I know that an MBA from U of Phoenix is generally snickered at.;)
Some kids take loans out to not work during university. If they *really* wanted to break into the fields you are referring to, couldn't they they just live on loans for another year or two while they acquire the initial experience?
Interesting how they seem to be emphasizing that the toy was too realistic looking instead of the fact that a loaded gun was left within reach of a THREE YEAR OLD. It doesn't matter whether the child would or would not have been able to tell the difference between a toy and a real gun. At that age, do you really think that knowledge would have stopped her from picking it up and playing with it? From the three year olds I have observed, I would say No. This will be ridiculous if the parents try to turn this into a lawsuit against Nintendo or the manufacturer of the controller.
It will certainly make it easier to identify WOW players in the wild as they will all inevitably wear these proudly attached to their keychains. Still, since the majority of this cohort rarely venture out into "the place with no ceiling," perhaps it will only have a limited relevance as a wow-marker in daily life.
Quantity of neocortex is what is thought to give humans their "characteristic traits" (complex hand/eye movements, creativity, language etc...). While humans clearly don't have the largest brain, their neocortex/rest_of_brain ratio is much higher than other animals. It would have made more sense for the article to say that these creatures had relatively more neocortex than Homo sapiens; however, I'm not sure how they would have come to that conclusion.
Seems like a question of risk vs reward to me...
I doubt anyone is going to risk serious loss of function or death for the chance of being able to change the channel with their thoughts. Do we really need this?
Now if this were something like an reborn 80s style math-co-processor for the brain, it might be something I would consider. The brain is optimized for symbolic reasoning, not pure number crunching. If I could do complex computations simply by thinking of them and having them routed to/from such a device... now, THAT is something I'd find intriguing.
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Why do I keep seeing people complaining that they didn't learn any on the job skills in university? Computer Science is not just programming. If you want to learn to just program, teach yourself or go to ITT tech (a vocational school) for a programming certificate.
Can you just edit this to be the final two sentences? That is a decent idea but no one cares to read your overly emotional, stereotype-fueled rage.
What do you expect when you have to cheer for the Wolverines? (Go Buckeyes :))
Why is this news?
I think binge drinking is just a characteristic of that age range. That said, I think binge drinking + class > binge drinking + flipping burgers. I get the feeling that in 10 years the former group will have a higher percentage of people that are positive contributors to society (and yes, anyone who doesn't go to university is clearly flipping burgers ;)).
From wikipedia:
During 1933 Szilárd fled to London to escape Nazi persecution, where he read an article in The Times summarizing a speech given by Ernest Rutherford which rejected the possibility of using atomic energy for practical purposes:
We might in these processes obtain very much more energy than the proton supplied, but on the average we could not expect to obtain energy in this way. It was a very poor and inefficient way of producing energy, and anyone who looked for a source of power in the transformation of the atoms was talking moonshine. But the subject was scientifically interesting because it gave insight into the atoms[1]
Although nuclear fission had not yet been discovered, Szilárd was reportedly so annoyed at this dismissal that he conceived of the idea of the nuclear chain reaction while walking to work at St Bartholomew's Hospital waiting for traffic lights to change on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury,"[2] The following year he filed for a patent on the concept.
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Just because we haven't thought of a way to efficiently harness solar/wind doesn't mean it can't be done.
I bought a Lenovo laptop over a year ago and it had the Veriface software on it. Why is this just news now?
I'm glad to know there are so many people working on the future of tape.
I get your points - I was just noting that if these kids wanted to make that decision and take the financial plunge that accompanies it, that they could, in theory, do it.
It's sometimes possible to get a lot of your course work done at nights at a "respectable" four year school. I found that as I got into the higher level courses though, they were only offered at one time (usually in the early morning or middle afternoon). Thankfully at the time I had a job that allowed me to leave in the middle of the day if I had to make it to class. I think the online schools are more stigmatized. I know that an MBA from U of Phoenix is generally snickered at. ;)
Some kids take loans out to not work during university. If they *really* wanted to break into the fields you are referring to, couldn't they they just live on loans for another year or two while they acquire the initial experience?
It's more commonly known as 4chan... or, "the bottom of the internet."
So?
Interesting how they seem to be emphasizing that the toy was too realistic looking instead of the fact that a loaded gun was left within reach of a THREE YEAR OLD. It doesn't matter whether the child would or would not have been able to tell the difference between a toy and a real gun. At that age, do you really think that knowledge would have stopped her from picking it up and playing with it? From the three year olds I have observed, I would say No. This will be ridiculous if the parents try to turn this into a lawsuit against Nintendo or the manufacturer of the controller.
I like how all the "personalities" have actual names like "Wild Wendy" or "Mature Martha," yet the "Barely 18" one is just named "Young."
Creepy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4-rwk44qGI
It will certainly make it easier to identify WOW players in the wild as they will all inevitably wear these proudly attached to their keychains. Still, since the majority of this cohort rarely venture out into "the place with no ceiling," perhaps it will only have a limited relevance as a wow-marker in daily life.
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Freedom is spelled N-E-O-D-Y-N-I-U-M. And I'm sure the Americans have a duty to secure it!
Quantity of neocortex is what is thought to give humans their "characteristic traits" (complex hand/eye movements, creativity, language etc...). While humans clearly don't have the largest brain, their neocortex/rest_of_brain ratio is much higher than other animals. It would have made more sense for the article to say that these creatures had relatively more neocortex than Homo sapiens; however, I'm not sure how they would have come to that conclusion.
It shall be called "Rat Thing."
I wonder if it will spread through /.... ;)
http://balloon.media.mit.edu/tkhamilton
Seems like a question of risk vs reward to me... I doubt anyone is going to risk serious loss of function or death for the chance of being able to change the channel with their thoughts. Do we really need this? Now if this were something like an reborn 80s style math-co-processor for the brain, it might be something I would consider. The brain is optimized for symbolic reasoning, not pure number crunching. If I could do complex computations simply by thinking of them and having them routed to/from such a device... now, THAT is something I'd find intriguing.
As a doctor, I say thank you for putting that pedant in his place. :)
Or at least until somebody running BitComet puts a copy in their MyDocuments folder... :)