Wow, someone smarter/more anal than me should do a full count of all the grammatical errors in that summary. I count at least 5, that's gotta be a record.
Well said! The world will be a very different place once 3D printing technology matures. Assuming, of course, that the current manufacturing industry doesn't realize the threat this will eventually pose and tries to stifle it...
Also unless there's a page in the book that I don't remember where Frodo pulls catches a ride on his spaceship and shoots some orcs up with his laser cannons, I don't think I'd classify it as a Sci-Fi either.
Regardless, the number of unique FB accounts is still going to be ridiculously higher than the number of people using RSS readers. And even if it weren't, that "500 million" still makes it look like there are more FB accounts; businesses aren't going to care if some of them might be duplicates.
Article says it all- there are 500 million people on FB. I don't have any hard numbers but I'd be money that that's way, waayyy more than the number of people who know what an RSS feed is, much less actually have a reader set up that they use regularly. Businesses care about getting seen by lots of people.
Gotcha. I could kind of see how they'd work in Galadriel and Sauruman but I was really confused as to what Elijah Wood was doing in there. Making a little more sense now.
I'm pretty sure Frodo shouldn't even be born yet, but I guess it's not too much of a stretch that they could run into Legolas while in Mirkwood. The others are starting to get ridiculous though. I heard they're expanding on what Gandalf was doing while he was off away from the others (something to do with trying to keep Sauron from coming back?).
They fixed the article now so that it references thermonuclear bombs and has the correct dates. The original article specifically said atomic bombs, and even if they meant thermonuclear, the dates were still wrong.
That could possibly be what he meant, except even then that's still incorrect. As pointed out above by another reply to my post, The Doomsday Clock was pushed to 23:57 when the Soviets tested their first atomic bomb in 1949, and was not changed again until four years later (1953), when the Soviets and US both tested thermonuclear weapons. The article claimed that it was changed the following year (1950).
Regardless, the editor of the article has since admitted the mistake and corrected it (see the comments in TFA).
In 1949, the Soviets tested their first atomic bomb, and they pushed the clock to 23:57. A year later, the US did the same – so the clock ticked on to 23:58.
Uh, I thought the US tested their first atomic bomb in 1945?
I wonder if the whole "accurate for the last 7 of 8 Super Bowls" stat is also incorrect because of that. Were all 8 of those predictions made from the start of the season, or just before the Super Bowl?
I'd be thrilled to put in a full day's work and pay some dues. As it is, I can't even get an interview, much less a chance to prove myself. Hence the little store I've started below.
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Technically, pressing snooze on the built-in alarm clock qualifies as "using an app", but luckily its not connected to facebook.
Yet.
Wow, someone smarter/more anal than me should do a full count of all the grammatical errors in that summary. I count at least 5, that's gotta be a record.
Well said! The world will be a very different place once 3D printing technology matures. Assuming, of course, that the current manufacturing industry doesn't realize the threat this will eventually pose and tries to stifle it...
That is just super cool. This is the kind of stuff that gets me excited about the future.
Also unless there's a page in the book that I don't remember where Frodo pulls catches a ride on his spaceship and shoots some orcs up with his laser cannons, I don't think I'd classify it as a Sci-Fi either.
Regardless, the number of unique FB accounts is still going to be ridiculously higher than the number of people using RSS readers. And even if it weren't, that "500 million" still makes it look like there are more FB accounts; businesses aren't going to care if some of them might be duplicates.
Article says it all- there are 500 million people on FB. I don't have any hard numbers but I'd be money that that's way, waayyy more than the number of people who know what an RSS feed is, much less actually have a reader set up that they use regularly. Businesses care about getting seen by lots of people.
Only people with career plans in high school take Algebra II - of course it's a predictor of success.
That's it! We'll make career plans a high school requirement!
You are conveniently leaving out his other autobiography - I Am Spock.
PizzaAnalogyGuy, did you forget to log in?
Gotcha. I could kind of see how they'd work in Galadriel and Sauruman but I was really confused as to what Elijah Wood was doing in there. Making a little more sense now.
I'm pretty sure Frodo shouldn't even be born yet, but I guess it's not too much of a stretch that they could run into Legolas while in Mirkwood. The others are starting to get ridiculous though. I heard they're expanding on what Gandalf was doing while he was off away from the others (something to do with trying to keep Sauron from coming back?).
Yessir.
And apparently it's got Frodo, Legolas, Galadriel, and Sauruman in it...
Guess they consider the risk of colliding with a civilian aircraft more threatening than Gadhafi's anti-aircraft systems...
They fixed the article now so that it references thermonuclear bombs and has the correct dates. The original article specifically said atomic bombs, and even if they meant thermonuclear, the dates were still wrong.
That could possibly be what he meant, except even then that's still incorrect. As pointed out above by another reply to my post, The Doomsday Clock was pushed to 23:57 when the Soviets tested their first atomic bomb in 1949, and was not changed again until four years later (1953), when the Soviets and US both tested thermonuclear weapons. The article claimed that it was changed the following year (1950).
Regardless, the editor of the article has since admitted the mistake and corrected it (see the comments in TFA).
In 1949, the Soviets tested their first atomic bomb, and they pushed the clock to 23:57. A year later, the US did the same – so the clock ticked on to 23:58.
Uh, I thought the US tested their first atomic bomb in 1945?
Aye, anyone who says the Bible is against drinking alcohol is an idiot. The whole "water into wine" thing and all that.
I wonder if the whole "accurate for the last 7 of 8 Super Bowls" stat is also incorrect because of that. Were all 8 of those predictions made from the start of the season, or just before the Super Bowl?
Wired reported EA's prediction in September, they were proven right yesterday. Not sure where the trust factor comes in here.
See also this other reliable source
The school appears to be real, actually - www.lispa.co.uk
I'd be thrilled to put in a full day's work and pay some dues. As it is, I can't even get an interview, much less a chance to prove myself. Hence the little store I've started below.
What a jerk. Never did like that guy.