Indeed, I think to become truly "world-class" at anything, you must be blessed with a natural ability.
The ones that end up as the greatest of the greatest (Joe Satriani, Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, Batman) are the ones that spend the requisite hours (10,000? 15,000? doesn't matter) and already have the predisposition to be great in that field.
I play tennis for fun. If I spent 12,000 hours practicing, would I be as good as Federer? No. Not even close. How about 20,000 hours? Still, probably not. That's because Federer is in the class of individuals that (I believe) found their natural, personal, skill meant for them. Then worked for years.
I've always wondered what would happen to people like that if they never practiced the skill meant for them? Surely, they wouldn't be world class. I wonder how many people are floating around as "merely average" because they don't know that they could be the best of the best at something?
I agree. This is exactly how my family works. I'm an 18 year old high school student (So I'm sure half of you will write off anything I say after the previous sentence), and my parents would never dream about doing half the things most of you do! And they're extreme right-wing Christians!
I have no set curfew. I am allowed to smoke. (I don't, however) I would not get in trouble if my parents found out I had a few drinks or a glass of wine somewhere. (I have like... maybe twice before) I have a part-time job (30 hours a week outside of school). My parents didn't make me get a job. I wanted to. My parents have no say over any of my money. I even opted to skip the "high-school" checking and savings accounts and go for a "college" one (I've been taking roughly 9 college credit hours every year since freshman year) so my parents couldn't even check the balance of my accounts.
They didn't care.
My parents never ask me if I have homework, though I do it all anyway, and am ranked in the top 2% of my class. My parents don't even make me tell them where I'm going/where I am. They trust me. Have I made a few bad decisions? Yes, but very few. And most have been borderline grey decisions.
My parents taught me right and wrong at a young age. (Most importantly, to me) They taught me how to be courteous. And then, they realize that they could try all the things you guys obviously pull on your children (God help them), but they know that I'd either fight it, hate them, or simply break every rule they give me at the first chance. Indeed, I have very few "rules". People want to break rules. Now, that really is Psychology 101 (I've taken it. Thanks).
They've given me guidelines, guidance, support, and love. I remember seeing a few posts up that it's better to let your children get a few broken bones than to overprotect them. I've had my share of broken bones. I wouldn't trade them for anything. Why deprive your kids of the opportunity of wearing a cast (:
You all (I know) will disregard this. It's fine. But just know... it works the other way. I'm a very mature adult (now that Uncle Sam says I'm one, I guess) and my parents never lojacked my car. Maybe because it's "my" car, and I think I'd pay to have theirs lojacked if they did it to me. Either way, if you think the only way to protect your kids from harm and still let them function well as adults/college students is to track their every move... You are wrong. Wrong. Please, give your kids some trust. They want to do the right thing if you'd let them have the opportunity. Really.
I can't understand why the parent was modded down. Grandparent was modded up heavily for attacking the parent's religion, and you (more or less) silence the parent when he tries to defend himself?
I think, logically, that left turns would generally be longer than right turns. Though right turns would probably be sharper. I wonder if it makes any difference? Plus, don't front tires travel further over normal use, because of turning and such? Or is that just for bicycles?
I hope "around here" isn't in the US, because I'm pretty sure theaters are not legally able to block cell phones in theaters.
One of my professors wanted to block them in his classroom, and got in quite a bit of trouble when they found a jammer in the ceiling.
That's not as hard as it sounds (not to belittle your lady friend). In order for it to be solved, the sides that are meant to be adjacent (green and red, for example) simply must be adjacent. The sides that must be opposite (green and blue, again for example) also must be opposite. That's because there is no block with green and blue on it, so they must be on opposite ends of the cube, or they'd be unsolvable.
I'm more or less an amateur in solving cubes (I can solve one from any position in 2-3 minutes), but I could tell you in 3-4 seconds whether or not a cube can be solved.
He's right. I can't cite any sources (in true Slashdot fashion!) but I remember reading in some tech journal that even if you completely formatted a flash drive into 0's and wrote all 1's onto it afterwards every hour, on the hour, it would still take a little over two years to wear it out.
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Less than 1/50th of the population. Not too terribly significant, really. There are 50 states.
Pretty sure he *could* have just laughed it off.
Indeed, I think to become truly "world-class" at anything, you must be blessed with a natural ability.
The ones that end up as the greatest of the greatest (Joe Satriani, Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, Batman) are the ones that spend the requisite hours (10,000? 15,000? doesn't matter) and already have the predisposition to be great in that field.
I play tennis for fun. If I spent 12,000 hours practicing, would I be as good as Federer? No. Not even close. How about 20,000 hours? Still, probably not. That's because Federer is in the class of individuals that (I believe) found their natural, personal, skill meant for them. Then worked for years.
I've always wondered what would happen to people like that if they never practiced the skill meant for them? Surely, they wouldn't be world class. I wonder how many people are floating around as "merely average" because they don't know that they could be the best of the best at something?
I agree. This is exactly how my family works. I'm an 18 year old high school student (So I'm sure half of you will write off anything I say after the previous sentence), and my parents would never dream about doing half the things most of you do! And they're extreme right-wing Christians!
I have no set curfew. I am allowed to smoke. (I don't, however) I would not get in trouble if my parents found out I had a few drinks or a glass of wine somewhere. (I have like... maybe twice before) I have a part-time job (30 hours a week outside of school). My parents didn't make me get a job. I wanted to. My parents have no say over any of my money. I even opted to skip the "high-school" checking and savings accounts and go for a "college" one (I've been taking roughly 9 college credit hours every year since freshman year) so my parents couldn't even check the balance of my accounts.
They didn't care.
My parents never ask me if I have homework, though I do it all anyway, and am ranked in the top 2% of my class. My parents don't even make me tell them where I'm going/where I am. They trust me. Have I made a few bad decisions? Yes, but very few. And most have been borderline grey decisions.
My parents taught me right and wrong at a young age. (Most importantly, to me) They taught me how to be courteous. And then, they realize that they could try all the things you guys obviously pull on your children (God help them), but they know that I'd either fight it, hate them, or simply break every rule they give me at the first chance. Indeed, I have very few "rules". People want to break rules. Now, that really is Psychology 101 (I've taken it. Thanks).
They've given me guidelines, guidance, support, and love. I remember seeing a few posts up that it's better to let your children get a few broken bones than to overprotect them. I've had my share of broken bones. I wouldn't trade them for anything. Why deprive your kids of the opportunity of wearing a cast (:
You all (I know) will disregard this. It's fine. But just know... it works the other way. I'm a very mature adult (now that Uncle Sam says I'm one, I guess) and my parents never lojacked my car. Maybe because it's "my" car, and I think I'd pay to have theirs lojacked if they did it to me. Either way, if you think the only way to protect your kids from harm and still let them function well as adults/college students is to track their every move... You are wrong. Wrong. Please, give your kids some trust. They want to do the right thing if you'd let them have the opportunity. Really.
No license, means no government assistance should you be stupid enough to have a 5 kids on a $8/hr job. ....
Poor kids. Don't know why you're punishing them for their parents' bad decisions.
Good one... Tell that to your kindapped and then murdered children when you are sitting their with your wife and crying over their grave, good job.
Is that really necessary? Who's really being the zealot here?
Way to go.
I think, logically, that left turns would generally be longer than right turns. Though right turns would probably be sharper. I wonder if it makes any difference? Plus, don't front tires travel further over normal use, because of turning and such? Or is that just for bicycles?
Well, he mainly just edits them. See?
Ok - a rip is one way, right?
Who told you this?
I hope "around here" isn't in the US, because I'm pretty sure theaters are not legally able to block cell phones in theaters. One of my professors wanted to block them in his classroom, and got in quite a bit of trouble when they found a jammer in the ceiling.
Most public internet terminals are still, sadly, Windows machines.
I'm more or less an amateur in solving cubes (I can solve one from any position in 2-3 minutes), but I could tell you in 3-4 seconds whether or not a cube can be solved.
I'm pretty sure it's common knowledge that the "You must be new here." meme doesn't actually apply to how long a user has been registered.
Also, remember that you're UID is not that far away from mine,
But, primarily, I think that "around" is just my southern twang coming out, lol.
The corporate edition (and all the .iso's floating around) don't require activation.
You must be new around here.
I think the typical Slashdot geek just prefers his RAM to go towards the applications he's running, not to keep his desktop on the screen.
I bet you're a lot of fun at parties.
Delivery errors would also come back, fwiw.
As you can see, the average end-user doesn't need near as much memory as you do.
He's right. I can't cite any sources (in true Slashdot fashion!) but I remember reading in some tech journal that even if you completely formatted a flash drive into 0's and wrote all 1's onto it afterwards every hour, on the hour, it would still take a little over two years to wear it out.
I'm sorry, but whatever flavor of Tux Racer or whatever is out there just doesn't do it for me.
You must be new around here bro, most of the guys here prefer their basements...
So does it run Linux?
It's indeed there, posted 14 hours ago as of this posting.