Yup. Polls like this should also include few questions to gauge the understanding of the voter on the subject.
I would like to see a poll of how much do people think we can improve the car engine efficiency in next decade or two.
Imagine how much better books could be if they listed the emotion you were supposed to be feeling at the end of every line...
Score:4 Insightful !!!... Is what sense is it insightful. This is a kind of spoon feeding. Emotions are not something that one can feel but just reading. Its one of those things that you have to experience it yourself. No amount of reading will help you with that. And the video is way better that the book.
The Americans people are just frustrated at the failure of their school system. So they have come up w/ such an ingenious plan to get back to the system.
while I am from a country where they primarily use SI system, I have no problem adapting to the mks/cgs/imperial units. The first lesson that one learns in any science class is to make sure that your units are consistent. If companies like Boeing/DHS are losing money, its not because they used inconsistent system of units, its because people are too lazy to check their units.
It does take some time to appreciate the magnitude in different units, but it keeps your gray cells working.
If people are so crazy about the metric system, why not change the definition of minute, hrs,... so now you have 1 min = 100 sec, 1 hr = 100 min, 1 day = 10 hrs... guess no one will like it after all even 24 hrs are not enough to make up a day...
On the second thought why don't we just change mks to read miles kg and second... will keep everyone happy...
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Yup. Polls like this should also include few questions to gauge the understanding of the voter on the subject. I would like to see a poll of how much do people think we can improve the car engine efficiency in next decade or two.
Ever heard of regular expressions?
Anyone used yahoo briefcase before. Not the functionality of online sync but it has been around for almost a decade. Talk about failing to innovate...
http://www2.colum.edu/course_descriptions/52-2725J.html
Imagine how much better books could be if they listed the emotion you were supposed to be feeling at the end of every line...
Score:4 Insightful !!! ... Is what sense is it insightful. This is a kind of spoon feeding. Emotions are not something that one can feel but just reading. Its one of those things that you have to experience it yourself. No amount of reading will help you with that. And the video is way better that the book.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Wikipedia_is_not_ so_great
The Americans people are just frustrated at the failure of their school system. So they have come up w/ such an ingenious plan to get back to the system.
while I am from a country where they primarily use SI system, I have no problem adapting to the mks/cgs/imperial units. The first lesson that one learns in any science class is to make sure that your units are consistent. If companies like Boeing/DHS are losing money, its not because they used inconsistent system of units, its because people are too lazy to check their units.
... ... guess no one will like it after all even 24 hrs are not enough to make up a day ...
... will keep everyone happy ...
It does take some time to appreciate the magnitude in different units, but it keeps your gray cells working.
If people are so crazy about the metric system, why not change the definition of minute, hrs,
so now you have 1 min = 100 sec, 1 hr = 100 min, 1 day = 10 hrs
On the second thought why don't we just change mks to read miles kg and second