True. When someone's a dyed-in-the-wool statist and wants to denigrate free-market economics at every turn, as the GP obviously wanted to do, then it doesn't matter if you're Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or a politician or a hairdresser. There's not much you can say about the subject that won't be turned against you.
I don't know how true this is, but one of the blogs from MS during Metro's development talked about how the most long-term successful and usable UIs have all required learning the UI and have not been intuitive.
"Also, the iPhone is never going to be able to achieve any significant market share, and there are no American tanks in Baghdad."
The only solution other than prohibiting certain classes of calculators would be to re-design the curriculum such that math is no longer it's own class and is instead tought in other classes (physics, chemistry, accounting, etc) as a means to whatever ends the class is interested in.
I think that's worth exploring. The problem with the obsession over calculators on math tests is simple: if the student is going to forget the techniques ten minutes after the final exam, then what difference does it make if they 'cheated' by using a calculator or not? They will certainly use software in their real world careers.
IMHO, unless you are going to work at Math Works or Wolfram -- in which case you should be majoring in math and not engineering or chemistry or physics or whatever -- your time is better spent learning the math in an application-oriented context.
As I offered to another AC above, please feel free to email me at man-on-pink-corner@ultrafark.com with your PayPal address and a statement summarizing the amount of your Federal and/or state taxes that have been used to subsidize either Tesla or SpaceX over the past five years, or since either company began taking such subsidies, whichever came first. I'll reimburse you.
(Reply to me here so I'll know to check that email account, as I don't use it very often.)
Email me at man-on-pink-corner@ultrafark.com with your PayPal address and a statement summarizing the amount of your Federal and/or state taxes that have been used to subsidize either Tesla or SpaceX over the past five years, or since either company began taking such subsidies, whichever came first. I'll reimburse you.
(Reply to me here so I'll know to check that email account, as I don't use it very often.)
eBay has recently fucked their search engine up beyond all recognition. It was always dysfunctional (to put it politely) but now they've removed wildcards altogether. So if you searched on buck* magnet* or something similar, you might not have received the results you should have.
I can't imagine what eBay's CEO actually does for a living these days, much less their CTO. I guess those hookers and blow aren't going to consume themselves.
You're talking about Microsoft strategy that isn't in their best interest.
Nice of you to join us. Meet Steve Ballmer. Doing strategic things that "aren't in Microsoft's best interest" is WHAT STEVE DOES, every day, from 9 in the morning until 5 in the evening.
Unfortunately, reading the details reveals that this is explicitly disallowed by Microsoft. Although Microsoft allows an end user to obtain a developer license for the purposes of testing an app pre-certification, it explicitly disallows them from using a developer license to circumvent certification through the Windows Store, and claims that it will be monitoring for violations.
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True. When someone's a dyed-in-the-wool statist and wants to denigrate free-market economics at every turn, as the GP obviously wanted to do, then it doesn't matter if you're Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or a politician or a hairdresser. There's not much you can say about the subject that won't be turned against you.
I don't know how true this is, but one of the blogs from MS during Metro's development talked about how the most long-term successful and usable UIs have all required learning the UI and have not been intuitive.
"Also, the iPhone is never going to be able to achieve any significant market share, and there are no American tanks in Baghdad."
I suppose Apple also hires people to crowd into their retail stores until the fire marshal blows the whistle, too. Right?
If you're on a desktop just hit start and type what you want and you'll see what you're after right away
I liked this feature better when it was called "MS-DOS Prompt."
I thought it was two GameCubes, duct-taped together? Now I'm confused.
I love this argument. Googling "truck dog rutabagas" gets 1.28 million results.
The only solution other than prohibiting certain classes of calculators would be to re-design the curriculum such that math is no longer it's own class and is instead tought in other classes (physics, chemistry, accounting, etc) as a means to whatever ends the class is interested in.
I think that's worth exploring. The problem with the obsession over calculators on math tests is simple: if the student is going to forget the techniques ten minutes after the final exam, then what difference does it make if they 'cheated' by using a calculator or not? They will certainly use software in their real world careers.
IMHO, unless you are going to work at Math Works or Wolfram -- in which case you should be majoring in math and not engineering or chemistry or physics or whatever -- your time is better spent learning the math in an application-oriented context.
It's just too easy to cheat with technology to use much of it during testing.
And yet nobody seems to see the obvious truth that the problem is with the test, and not the technology.
Just ignore the haters, they are not worth your energy.
Bullshit. Civilization doesn't just happen. It has to be seized from the grasp of those who are trying to tear it apart. Ignoring them won't work.
And what happens as soon as people step off the Shinkansen in either of those cities? What's the passenger's next move?
Trains cannot run in a vacuum, so to speak. We don't have, and will never have, the necessary transit infrastructure to make them cost effective.
Basically, you can build and operate hundred-billion-dollar empty trains with your own money. Leave me out of it.
California's coast has population centers that are comparable to Japan's.
Yes, 300 miles apart.
It would be cheaper to buy everyone on the train a new Ferrari.
As I offered to another AC above, please feel free to email me at man-on-pink-corner@ultrafark.com with your PayPal address and a statement summarizing the amount of your Federal and/or state taxes that have been used to subsidize either Tesla or SpaceX over the past five years, or since either company began taking such subsidies, whichever came first. I'll reimburse you.
(Reply to me here so I'll know to check that email account, as I don't use it very often.)
The free market is a small and unimportant part of human nature, one that you have to shoot people to keep them from participating in.
Fixed it for you, no charge this time, drive through.
Email me at man-on-pink-corner@ultrafark.com with your PayPal address and a statement summarizing the amount of your Federal and/or state taxes that have been used to subsidize either Tesla or SpaceX over the past five years, or since either company began taking such subsidies, whichever came first. I'll reimburse you.
(Reply to me here so I'll know to check that email account, as I don't use it very often.)
eBay has recently fucked their search engine up beyond all recognition. It was always dysfunctional (to put it politely) but now they've removed wildcards altogether. So if you searched on buck* magnet* or something similar, you might not have received the results you should have.
I can't imagine what eBay's CEO actually does for a living these days, much less their CTO. I guess those hookers and blow aren't going to consume themselves.
Yes, let's use engineering to tackle social problems. That always works.
Look out your nearest window. What do you see? Does it look anything like Japan?
You've invented the triac preregulator, as seen in Carver amplifiers from the 1980s and probably earlier!
Given that- and the time it has been since the Roadster came out- then for my 65th birthday I'll be able to afford a 2nd hand Tesla.
So how's that Marxism thing working out for you?
Why is it when people talk about private industry as a "unit" to praise its efficiency, etc. they don't somehow include how most business fail,
Why is it that people like yourself don't understand that failure is a beneficial feature of a market economy, and not a bug?
At first I was skeptical so I took it to a mechanic, gave him the history, and he gave the car a thumbs up
Also, the barber says you need a haircut.
Abortion is very definitely murder; why didn't you address that?
Why should he? Your God never did. That's just some stuff you made up.
You're talking about Microsoft strategy that isn't in their best interest.
Nice of you to join us. Meet Steve Ballmer. Doing strategic things that "aren't in Microsoft's best interest" is WHAT STEVE DOES, every day, from 9 in the morning until 5 in the evening.
Know how I can tell you didn't read the article?
Try moving your lips this time.
Who get to decide that, you?
Apparently so, going by the comments in this thread.