As an example to support your argument, think of the software that runs modern slot machines. Just enough (small) rewards along the way to keep you interested, so that you spend as long as possible entertained and feeding the machine money (the long term loss is some pre-programmed percentage of the money you sat down at the slot machine with).
The article cites increasing SAT and other scores as evidence that the children they are smarter. I guess the authors don't realize that SAT scores are based on the percentile ranking of your raw score compared with the many thousands of other test-takers. See PDF table from college board. Perhaps if the author had been one of the superfluous mathematics grads he would realize that changing SAT scores reveal nothing about the aptitude of the students writing them, given constant difficulty of the tests year-to-year (which is entirely debatable, but another debate entirely).
I once made the mistake of sending my boss a.docx file, which illicited an angry email in response. I can only imagine what would happen if I sent him a.odf along with an explanation that he must download and install OO in order to view my file. I guess I'll have to sneak on his computer and install it myself when he is sleeping; he probably wouldnt even notice the difference.
Microsoft has some pretty smart people working there. On my way to work this morning, I saw a guy with a Microsoft backpack emblazoned with "Microsoft MVP - Most Valuable Professional." He must have been the one who hatched this scheme.
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So are we now going to get goverment subsidised canadian porn?
Funny you should mention it, and I can't believe nobody has brought up the story of Northern Peaks:
Quote:"CRTC approves Canadian porn channel"
As an example to support your argument, think of the software that runs modern slot machines. Just enough (small) rewards along the way to keep you interested, so that you spend as long as possible entertained and feeding the machine money (the long term loss is some pre-programmed percentage of the money you sat down at the slot machine with).
The article cites increasing SAT and other scores as evidence that the children they are smarter. I guess the authors don't realize that SAT scores are based on the percentile ranking of your raw score compared with the many thousands of other test-takers. See PDF table from college board. Perhaps if the author had been one of the superfluous mathematics grads he would realize that changing SAT scores reveal nothing about the aptitude of the students writing them, given constant difficulty of the tests year-to-year (which is entirely debatable, but another debate entirely).
...inexplicable rise in the number of home-made Nigerian helicopters and Sputniks crowding the airspace.
In Soviet Russia... Sputnik builds YOU!
I once made the mistake of sending my boss a .docx file, which illicited an angry email in response. I can only imagine what would happen if I sent him a .odf along with an explanation that he must download and install OO in order to view my file. I guess I'll have to sneak on his computer and install it myself when he is sleeping; he probably wouldnt even notice the difference.