I agree on all points but that of oil. Fracking depends on high oil prices, otherwise it isn't economically viable (don't expect the price of gas or oil to come down). As well, those fracked wells show much faster production declines than traditional oil wells, on an individual basis they decline pretty fast. Environmental concerns are also pretty big, may as well be mining rare earths...
For more info regarding fracking and the "more oil than Saudi Arabia" propaganda (at best that's what it is, at worst it is completely uninformed...), this article goes over the basics: http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9753
The Oil Drum has many other more detailed articles as well.
And I really like it. Problems really help in terms of practical learning (as opposed to foundational learning, which I consider reading to be) and retention, at least for me.
I also use previous Top Code competition problems to hone my algorithm skills, but I don't compete.
Just FYI, the Estate Tax was put back in place in 2011 and the rate is currently 40% for assets over $5 million in value.
Seems reasonably fair to me, $5 million isn't too high, it protects farmers and small business owners from having to liquidate in the event of a death.
I second the business side. Learning that and coming up with a novel idea or two can quickly get you in with the VP level. Be polite to your boss, but business knowledge gets you ahead. Learn the processes, especially those that bring money into your company. Sales concepts get noticed, even if they aren't IT related.
Be creative.
For what it's worth I went to school for and was an actuary for a couple of years. Then I transitioned into IT, which I had a background in. And I work in insurance, my background puts me ahead but I know the business as well. And I learn the parts of the business that I do not know.
Second that. I push Winform solutions for most in-house corporate solutions. Much richer control libraries, local storage for reference data, etc. TCP is quick as well (as I said, internal only solutions).
Better performance, better functionality, what's not to like?
Under no circumstance should a company's internal administration system be web based, unless it was purchased from an external vendor.
Of course management wants everything to be a website...
I read the article but it didn’t address this. Gene expression takes energy. Large dinosaurs spent a lot of energy on both creating and maintaining their size. We have to assume they had a lot of food available.
While the larger brain increased cognitive capabilities of the guppies, did it also reduce the fitness of the specimens?
Would the children of Nepalese sherpas, if raised in lower altitudes, have the same lung capacity of their brethren? It’s a question of gene expression.
Humans killed off all of the large animals such as mastodons and the original bison (bison are an interesting story, just watched a show about it). Humans represented a huge negative pressure on them, and they are no more.
Gene expression is probably controlled by environmental factors. I find this stuff fascinating.
Didn't you know the new version is just propoganda put out out by Latin America so that we focus more on the North Koreans? Note that the North Koreans are close to Russia!!!
The original is a great movie, to be watched on July 4th. RIP, Patrick Swayze. Except for that dirty dancing stuff.
Same situation here. I know I think faster than most people. I was hyperactive as a kid, switched to an all natural diet (back in the 70's when "food" was composed of chemicals) which worked wonders (behavior wise). But I never lost thought speed. What happens in my mind is like a severe thunderstorm, all the time. Many times I wish the storm would back off, more on that below.
Am I more intelligent because of this? Possibly. I was in the gifted programs as school, top 3% in high school GPA, and received awards in college, many years ago. I've also read a lot about a lot of things, I have become almost purely rational. I got to read Darwin's On the Origin of Species while on a trip to the Galapagos (I also read What Evolution Is by Mayr, better than Darwin..., and Steppenwolf by Hesse).
I fail at small talk, but am quiet adept socially, disparaging myself when pointing out other people's mistakes. Best constructive criticism tool I've yet to see.
When does the storm calm? When I'm camping by myself. I spend over 30 nights in a tent in any given year. I write, play guitar, play computer games (I have fantastic self-designed power technology I bring camping, I'm not backpacking of course). But I actually mostly shoot my pellet guns and watch sunsets. Camping is my reset button, the storm clears and I have clear skies in my mind. I'm able to ponder nature or nothing, at a reasonable rate.
I commonly pause to respond during conversation. I'm looking several moves ahead. It has served me well.
Actually we do allow "I was fucked up your honor" for drunk drivers, especially football players.
Back in 1998, Leonard Little of the St. Louis Rams killed a mother of two who was crossing a street in downtown St. Louis late at night (on her way to work). It was his birthday, and he was quite drunk (.19 BAC).
He got a 90 day sentence with work release so he could practice with the team. He also had some probation and public service time (which I bet was served through football sponsored stuff).
He didn't miss a game and, unfortunately, he continued to play for the Rams for several years. I hate to say it, but I wish mental problems upon him as that would represent some justice in a situation where there was none.
The jazz people have been analyzed, when improvising. Pure creation.
A rapper, even if the result is terrible, is doing the same thing, except with words.
I do electronic music production. It's mostly configuration to be honest. But when you find the right sound and the right notes, there is a heavenly moment that is wonderful (atheist speaking here).
What they are actually examining is Flow, as described by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (http://www.amazon.com/Flow-The-Psychology-Optimal-Experience/dp/0061339202/), I haven't read TFA but I wouldn't be surprised to see him mentioned. Disappointed if they didn't...
Evolution is one of the basic, but higher level, tenants of science (biology, chemistry, and physics define the parameters upon which evolution executes).
The study of viruses alone shows clear proof of evolution.
Does the man understand the point of a full dose of antibiotics? Or does he just have the numbers memorized?
A doctor without knowing evolution is true is a with doctor at best. Snake oil salesman at least.
Sounds like a good reason to not affiliate with any party. I didn't get any calls during the election season. I did have to put up with the terrible ads on TV, but that's what a DVR is for.
Hmm. All of the major cloud vendors support pretty much every platform. I happen to have an MSDN Ultimate subscription through work and we're investigating Azure as a result (1,500 hours per month of computer time for free for each Ultimate account).
I will admit that I code in C# so the platform integrates well. It only took me two days to learn the platform basics and setup a computational system with queues and a dedicated cache (one WebRole, one CacheRole, multiple WorkerRoles to process work units).
I'm working on the job unit system now, pretty complicated algorithm, although the design lends itself to distributed analysis.
Anyway, the major vendors support all of the major platforms. Choose one based on trust and performance (and integration if you please).
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I agree on all points but that of oil. Fracking depends on high oil prices, otherwise it isn't economically viable (don't expect the price of gas or oil to come down). As well, those fracked wells show much faster production declines than traditional oil wells, on an individual basis they decline pretty fast. Environmental concerns are also pretty big, may as well be mining rare earths...
For more info regarding fracking and the "more oil than Saudi Arabia" propaganda (at best that's what it is, at worst it is completely uninformed...), this article goes over the basics:
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9753
The Oil Drum has many other more detailed articles as well.
And I really like it. Problems really help in terms of practical learning (as opposed to foundational learning, which I consider reading to be) and retention, at least for me.
I also use previous Top Code competition problems to hone my algorithm skills, but I don't compete.
"At a glance" seems awfully superficial, taken at face value.
Just FYI, the Estate Tax was put back in place in 2011 and the rate is currently 40% for assets over $5 million in value.
Seems reasonably fair to me, $5 million isn't too high, it protects farmers and small business owners from having to liquidate in the event of a death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estate_tax_in_the_United_States
I second the business side. Learning that and coming up with a novel idea or two can quickly get you in with the VP level. Be polite to your boss, but business knowledge gets you ahead. Learn the processes, especially those that bring money into your company. Sales concepts get noticed, even if they aren't IT related.
Be creative.
For what it's worth I went to school for and was an actuary for a couple of years. Then I transitioned into IT, which I had a background in. And I work in insurance, my background puts me ahead but I know the business as well. And I learn the parts of the business that I do not know.
Learn the business. Be creative.
Second that. I push Winform solutions for most in-house corporate solutions. Much richer control libraries, local storage for reference data, etc. TCP is quick as well (as I said, internal only solutions).
Better performance, better functionality, what's not to like?
Under no circumstance should a company's internal administration system be web based, unless it was purchased from an external vendor.
Of course management wants everything to be a website...
The fine would be in the billions no doubt.
I read the article but it didn’t address this. Gene expression takes energy. Large dinosaurs spent a lot of energy on both creating and maintaining their size. We have to assume they had a lot of food available.
While the larger brain increased cognitive capabilities of the guppies, did it also reduce the fitness of the specimens?
Would the children of Nepalese sherpas, if raised in lower altitudes, have the same lung capacity of their brethren? It’s a question of gene expression.
Humans killed off all of the large animals such as mastodons and the original bison (bison are an interesting story, just watched a show about it). Humans represented a huge negative pressure on them, and they are no more.
Gene expression is probably controlled by environmental factors. I find this stuff fascinating.
Bad programmers will cost you more time than they save.
And money.
And then they will just leave the stinking results behind and get a different job.
This is way too common for "senior" people with good marketing skills.
Didn't you know the new version is just propoganda put out out by Latin America so that we focus more on the North Koreans? Note that the North Koreans are close to Russia!!!
The original is a great movie, to be watched on July 4th. RIP, Patrick Swayze. Except for that dirty dancing stuff.
Same situation here. I know I think faster than most people. I was hyperactive as a kid, switched to an all natural diet (back in the 70's when "food" was composed of chemicals) which worked wonders (behavior wise). But I never lost thought speed. What happens in my mind is like a severe thunderstorm, all the time. Many times I wish the storm would back off, more on that below.
Am I more intelligent because of this? Possibly. I was in the gifted programs as school, top 3% in high school GPA, and received awards in college, many years ago. I've also read a lot about a lot of things, I have become almost purely rational. I got to read Darwin's On the Origin of Species while on a trip to the Galapagos (I also read What Evolution Is by Mayr, better than Darwin..., and Steppenwolf by Hesse).
I fail at small talk, but am quiet adept socially, disparaging myself when pointing out other people's mistakes. Best constructive criticism tool I've yet to see.
When does the storm calm? When I'm camping by myself. I spend over 30 nights in a tent in any given year. I write, play guitar, play computer games (I have fantastic self-designed power technology I bring camping, I'm not backpacking of course). But I actually mostly shoot my pellet guns and watch sunsets. Camping is my reset button, the storm clears and I have clear skies in my mind. I'm able to ponder nature or nothing, at a reasonable rate.
I commonly pause to respond during conversation. I'm looking several moves ahead. It has served me well.
Keep thinking fast, but not too fast.
Here you go, should work for a week.
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887324478304578171623040640006-lMyQjAxMTAyMDEwMzExNDMyWj.html?mod=wsj_valettop_email
More people + less resources = less poverty
Fail.
Debt will certainly cause decline in the West. It's happening now, and poverty is increasing considerably.
Countries running account surpluses will be the largest economies over time.
Actually we do allow "I was fucked up your honor" for drunk drivers, especially football players.
Back in 1998, Leonard Little of the St. Louis Rams killed a mother of two who was crossing a street in downtown St. Louis late at night (on her way to work). It was his birthday, and he was quite drunk (.19 BAC).
He got a 90 day sentence with work release so he could practice with the team. He also had some probation and public service time (which I bet was served through football sponsored stuff).
He didn't miss a game and, unfortunately, he continued to play for the Rams for several years. I hate to say it, but I wish mental problems upon him as that would represent some justice in a situation where there was none.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Little
Seems they have found a lot of new Humble Bundle supporters, and all in one day.
Because someone submitted it and it got enough recognition to make it to the front page.
And I thank the submitter and those who supported it, I will be making my purchase shortly.
The jazz people have been analyzed, when improvising. Pure creation.
A rapper, even if the result is terrible, is doing the same thing, except with words.
I do electronic music production. It's mostly configuration to be honest. But when you find the right sound and the right notes, there is a heavenly moment that is wonderful (atheist speaking here).
What they are actually examining is Flow, as described by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (http://www.amazon.com/Flow-The-Psychology-Optimal-Experience/dp/0061339202/), I haven't read TFA but I wouldn't be surprised to see him mentioned. Disappointed if they didn't...
Actually, for conventional oil, the peak was 2006:
http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/iea-chart-says-conventional-oil-production-peaked-in-2006.html
This is what Iran is doing now, but not by choice...
Witch doctor...
Evolution is one of the basic, but higher level, tenants of science (biology, chemistry, and physics define the parameters upon which evolution executes).
The study of viruses alone shows clear proof of evolution.
Does the man understand the point of a full dose of antibiotics? Or does he just have the numbers memorized?
A doctor without knowing evolution is true is a with doctor at best. Snake oil salesman at least.
Sounds like a good reason to not affiliate with any party. I didn't get any calls during the election season. I did have to put up with the terrible ads on TV, but that's what a DVR is for.
Hmm. All of the major cloud vendors support pretty much every platform. I happen to have an MSDN Ultimate subscription through work and we're investigating Azure as a result (1,500 hours per month of computer time for free for each Ultimate account).
I will admit that I code in C# so the platform integrates well. It only took me two days to learn the platform basics and setup a computational system with queues and a dedicated cache (one WebRole, one CacheRole, multiple WorkerRoles to process work units).
I'm working on the job unit system now, pretty complicated algorithm, although the design lends itself to distributed analysis.
Anyway, the major vendors support all of the major platforms. Choose one based on trust and performance (and integration if you please).
The 15 year old daughter (aka babysitter) of a friend of mine uses Twitter a lot more than Facebook, after ending a long addiction to Farmville.
I prefer "Republicrat". I use it all of the time to piss people off on the Wall Street Journal forums. They can't defend it.