They're located in Vancouver, BC... I wonder if the Olympics caused a huge sales increase? Some of The Weak Shop's items might have made it easier on the fans. For example, the Wallet Walker sold by that shop could have been used as a cowbell walker, and the attached lipstick holder could be used to carry a lip moisturizer.
My doodles were random shapes, cubes, swirls, dots, hash patterns with alternating dark and light squares... really, they were completely nonsensical other than sometimes containing shading patterns that might have indicated certain parts might be two-dimensional representations of 3D objects with a light source coming from an arbitrary direction.
The doodles mostly began with circular shapes with straighter-lined patterns filling the blank spots between the lines. They usually looked pretty stupid until I added enough extra detail and smoothed the rough edges enough to make them look more intelligently-constructed.
It was abstract line art, mostly in blue or black ink, and not related to the classes' topics in any way except that focusing on the instructors' words was easier for me while doodling, which related the doodles to the lectures only in my mind and memories.
computers and internet change the way to do things. Don't fight the change, embrace it !
The learning environment may be changing, but I got a LOT more out of upper-level classes that had fewer students and more interaction between the students and the professor.
[digression] How can the changing learning environment (re: computers and internet) be embraced in a way that will enhance interactivity among students and increase the students' retention of the professors' instruction? Hmm... I think I'll call my friend, a professor at a university in a neighboring state, and ask him his opinion....[/digression]
That sounds like an excellent way to reinforce the instructor's words, thereby enhancing learning and increasing retention and ability to relate the learned items with other concepts learned. Some would do better with it than others, but I think that, with practice (hehe, reinforcement again [practice makes perfect?]), it would benefit everyone/who has the time/ or/the alertness/ to do it. Congratulations!
Abstract doodling helped me to remember my college classes a LOT better. When I'd go back and look at the doodles, I could remember what the professor was talking about and what my thoughts were while I was drawing whatever part of the doodle I would be later looking at. I took very few textual notes because I remembered the "doodled" lectures better for a few months afterward, which was long enough to get me through the final exams for that semester. My memory was and is pretty awful for most things, though, thanks to a TBI (traumatic brain injury).
I think it's just that long-forgotten laws still have validity despite the enormous amounts of evidence showing that these laws aren't really relevant or important any longer.
Mirrors or other light/energy-reflecting devices, rotating around the sun in orbits that do not conflict with the sunlight sent to the rest of the Solar System, focusing sunlight at the Earth, each containing the ability to reposition itself or its transmitting antennae/whatever based upon the Earth's varying orbital velocity and position relative to the orbiting device.
Earth satellites storing and sending down light pollution stored during the night.
Lasers focusing sunlight on the moon at various receivers based on Earth.
Reflectors on Mars sending energy to Earth via orbiting relay satellites.
...and how big is it compressed,.7z format, Ultra compression level, LZMA, 64MB dictionary size, 273 word size, 256 MB solid block size (or else just solid)?
A 1797.97 MB (1.7558 GB, 1885312250 bytes) collection of 120 dirs and 356 files compresses to 22.51 MB (0.022 GB, 23605057 bytes)....
If you're going to download all uncompressed data, that's your choice. At that same ratio of compression, it'd be 0.0115630405 GB compressed, which is 11.84 MB, or 12124.73 KB.... very doable.
However, sometimes a university professor is trying to teach a different writing concept and a few misspelled words are unimportant compared to the usage guidelines being taught. Misspelled words should be identified, but only in the worst cases should they reduce the score of the paper if the intent of the assignment is something other than accurate spelling.
A class or assignment about writing resumes and cover letters, of course, should emphasize correct spelling and appropriately deduct points for errors.
This quote from a press release released yesterday helps to explain one of the reasons why it's appropriately titled "Phoenix"... It rose from the ashes of a previous project!:
Phoenix uses hardware from a spacecraft built for a 2001 launch that was canceled in response to the loss of a similar Mars spacecraft during a 1999 landing attempt. Researchers who proposed the Phoenix mission in 2002 saw the unused spacecraft as a resource for pursuing a new science opportunity. A few months earlier, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter discovered that plentiful water ice lies just beneath the surface throughout much of high-latitude Mars. NASA chose the Phoenix proposal over 24 other proposals to become the first endeavor in the Mars Scout program of competitively selected missions. That press release is here with the main press release page here.
Indeed. TFA says this, which may help explain why it's a better system:
. The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediment requires all vessels over 400 tonnes to eventually fit systems to treat ballast water. [...]
"It will probably work very well for it to be installed on very large ships themselves, but when you are talking about smaller vessels it may be more cost effective to have some sort of barge system based in the ports.
"It can just pull up to the ship, take and treat the ballast water while the ships are waiting to berth at the dock." . . How it works, also from TFA:
. "The basic idea is that you take the ballast water and pump it through a microwave cavity."
He added that the system would follow the same principle as a household microwave oven.
"The power level is much higher and a different frequency, but it creates a very high intensity electric field in the centre of the cavity that oscillates rapidly.
"The water molecules are going to start spinning around very fast and they are going to create a lot of friction that generates heat," Dr Boldor explained.
"But it generates heat in the whole volume at the same time, unlike if you try to use another heating mechanism where you have to take the heat from somewhere else and conduct it through the liquid."
This means that the researchers have a high degree of confidence that the system is treating all of the water to remove the unwanted organisms.
"It is extremely fast and very efficient at transferring the energy from the microwaves into heat," he told BBC News.
Time is supposed to be constant, how can it remain constant if it changes twice a year? If it's really sensible for people to start work an hour earlier, why can't they simply start at 8 instead of 9, rather than taking such a drastic measure as changing the definition of time? It is constant. The only thing that changes with DST is the number of hours relative to UTC.
I live in the one state with the sense to ignore it, Arizona Not quite--Hawaii ignores it as well... and not all of AZ (geographically, not politically) ignores it.
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I like the idea of a 3D display that can be viewed by one-eyed people, eh?
...and watch the video. One girl who was interviewed liked the idea of knowing how much she can "safely" drink.
Gold is a soft metal, but I don't think it's that soft unless it's quite hot...
They're located in Vancouver, BC... I wonder if the Olympics caused a huge sales increase? Some of The Weak Shop's items might have made it easier on the fans. For example, the Wallet Walker sold by that shop could have been used as a cowbell walker, and the attached lipstick holder could be used to carry a lip moisturizer.
My doodles were random shapes, cubes, swirls, dots, hash patterns with alternating dark and light squares... really, they were completely nonsensical other than sometimes containing shading patterns that might have indicated certain parts might be two-dimensional representations of 3D objects with a light source coming from an arbitrary direction.
The doodles mostly began with circular shapes with straighter-lined patterns filling the blank spots between the lines. They usually looked pretty stupid until I added enough extra detail and smoothed the rough edges enough to make them look more intelligently-constructed.
It was abstract line art, mostly in blue or black ink, and not related to the classes' topics in any way except that focusing on the instructors' words was easier for me while doodling, which related the doodles to the lectures only in my mind and memories.
@grammarnazism proponent:
Maybe you should just say, "æfect."
computers and internet change the way to do things. Don't fight the change, embrace it !
The learning environment may be changing, but I got a LOT more out of upper-level classes that had fewer students and more interaction between the students and the professor. [digression] How can the changing learning environment (re: computers and internet) be embraced in a way that will enhance interactivity among students and increase the students' retention of the professors' instruction? Hmm... I think I'll call my friend, a professor at a university in a neighboring state, and ask him his opinion....[/digression]
That sounds like an excellent way to reinforce the instructor's words, thereby enhancing learning and increasing retention and ability to relate the learned items with other concepts learned. Some would do better with it than others, but I think that, with practice (hehe, reinforcement again [practice makes perfect?]), it would benefit everyone /who has the time/ or /the alertness/ to do it. Congratulations!
Abstract doodling helped me to remember my college classes a LOT better. When I'd go back and look at the doodles, I could remember what the professor was talking about and what my thoughts were while I was drawing whatever part of the doodle I would be later looking at. I took very few textual notes because I remembered the "doodled" lectures better for a few months afterward, which was long enough to get me through the final exams for that semester. My memory was and is pretty awful for most things, though, thanks to a TBI (traumatic brain injury).
I think it's just that long-forgotten laws still have validity despite the enormous amounts of evidence showing that these laws aren't really relevant or important any longer.
Interstellar hydrogen is still a gas... ;)
That was exactly my initial thought, and when I told myself, "START thinking, brain of mine..."
Excitement at funeral viewings, at least.
A few ideas:
Mirrors or other light/energy-reflecting devices, rotating around the sun in orbits that do not conflict with the sunlight sent to the rest of the Solar System, focusing sunlight at the Earth, each containing the ability to reposition itself or its transmitting antennae/whatever based upon the Earth's varying orbital velocity and position relative to the orbiting device.
Earth satellites storing and sending down light pollution stored during the night.
Lasers focusing sunlight on the moon at various receivers based on Earth.
Reflectors on Mars sending energy to Earth via orbiting relay satellites.
et cetera...
Just what I want... underwear that doesn't absorb any potential leakage, allowing it to leak out onto my pants or the floor.
That's why they use bright, flashing lights at the same time. :-)
...and how big is it compressed, .7z format, Ultra compression level, LZMA, 64MB dictionary size, 273 word size, 256 MB solid block size (or else just solid)?
A 1797.97 MB (1.7558 GB, 1885312250 bytes) collection of 120 dirs and 356 files compresses to 22.51 MB (0.022 GB, 23605057 bytes)....
If you're going to download all uncompressed data, that's your choice. At that same ratio of compression, it'd be 0.0115630405 GB compressed, which is 11.84 MB, or 12124.73 KB.... very doable.
I agree with you.
However, sometimes a university professor is trying to teach a different writing concept and a few misspelled words are unimportant compared to the usage guidelines being taught. Misspelled words should be identified, but only in the worst cases should they reduce the score of the paper if the intent of the assignment is something other than accurate spelling.
A class or assignment about writing resumes and cover letters, of course, should emphasize correct spelling and appropriately deduct points for errors.
"It will probably work very well for it to be installed on very large ships themselves, but when you are talking about smaller vessels it may be more cost effective to have some sort of barge system based in the ports.
"It can just pull up to the ship, take and treat the ballast water while the ships are waiting to berth at the dock." .
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How it works, also from TFA: . "The basic idea is that you take the ballast water and pump it through a microwave cavity."
He added that the system would follow the same principle as a household microwave oven.
"The power level is much higher and a different frequency, but it creates a very high intensity electric field in the centre of the cavity that oscillates rapidly.
"The water molecules are going to start spinning around very fast and they are going to create a lot of friction that generates heat," Dr Boldor explained.
"But it generates heat in the whole volume at the same time, unlike if you try to use another heating mechanism where you have to take the heat from somewhere else and conduct it through the liquid."
This means that the researchers have a high degree of confidence that the system is treating all of the water to remove the unwanted organisms.
"It is extremely fast and very efficient at transferring the energy from the microwaves into heat," he told BBC News.
The excellent game M.U.L.E. from the '80s was all I could think of as I was reading the article summary.... thanks for the memories!
If it's really sensible for people to start work an hour earlier, why can't they simply start at 8 instead of 9, rather than taking such a drastic measure as changing the definition of time? It is constant. The only thing that changes with DST is the number of hours relative to UTC.