i wonder if any people have taken the touring test and how they did. it wouldn't surprise me and i think it would be ammusing if some people's results came back that they didn't have a human level of cognitative reasoning.
actually i was refering to many of the courses, not the actual working environment(i am not an accountant, but an engineer). but i was merely trying to point out that i felt obtaining a good gpa in accounting did not require a significant amount of effort. although, obtaining a perfect gpa is much much harder, in any major.
and i think you only re-inforce my statement about work experience being more important than classroom grades. your statements about many people "washing out" only goes to show that perhaps the classes are not representative of the actual work or work environment.
i wouldn't exactly call accounting too terribly difficult. i slept through most of my business orientated classes. i even carried several friends who took the classes with me. but i think the key in your above statement is that you had an internship. i failed to intern or co-op and struggled for nine months to find a job. experience in your field of study, however limited it is, is very important. in my experience, it is more important than grades. of course good grades do help.
i always did the old check the person sitting next to you before class if there was any homework. i didn't always get A's, but B+'s were ok with me and my folks.
of course that worked until i got to college. then i just stopped doing homework(not worth my precious time). i didn't always get A's, but C's were ok with me. i still ended up getting a good job in engineering.
actually, it would have been economically viable if not for that little natural phenomenon known as a sonic-boom. the sonic-boom prevented over land flights and severely limited what destinations the concorde could service. that is why you won't see a supersonic plane anytime soon. airlines can't afford to by planes just for one or two routes. they need planes that can fly any number of different routes.
one thing to look out for is hypersonic flight. planes(or any similar craft) that flies at those speeds(mach 5+) would travel in areas with much thinner atmosphere, therefore eliminating most of the sonic boom problem. this would allow for very high speed air travel over land, making it much more economically viable for airlines.
I agree with you also. but the problem lies in who gets to say how much is enough suffering or when the quality of life is too low.
me, i have a general distrust for modern medicine. it may be able to help people, but it is also bringing on its own problems such as superbugs. but that is for a different topic i guess.
If these countries were full of white christians we wouldnt be bombing/invading them)
yes, but maybe they wouldn't be ignorant/illiterate hateful people either. and maybe those in power wouldn't misuse religious text to get said illiterate peoples to do their bidding(ie. suicide bombings).
In all honesty though I don't think it matters who lives in the middle east. America tends to take the attitude of don't mess with us, but you better let us mess with you. We "exploit" lesser nations for their cheap labor and natural materials, then expect the people of these countries to love us. I don't think terrorism is the answer, but it is not hard to imagine that some weak minded individuals will think terrorism is the only option.
He is 100% correct in his assessment that nuclear power is our only currently viable option to explore the rest of the solar system.
Unfortunately, people are so freaked out about anything with the word "nuclear" or "reaction" attached to it the only way they would ever put a dime in it is if it was called "The Wonder Drive" or "Warp Drive". The really sad part about that is nuclear powered rockets really wouldn't be that dangerous. The most dangerous part about them would be getting the fuel off planet, which is not as dangerous as it sounds.
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The space station's real value lies in its Ability to do research in areas such as zero-g manufacturing and stuff like that. Every time nasa sends a shuttle up it is pack with lots of little 7-day experiments. Well, thats all fine and good, but some things can't be explored that way. We need the space station so that more corporate and scientific research can be done. The space station will allow research to go on for monthes or years, and larger experiments can be done cheaper than on the shuttles.
Lots of people argue that NASA doesn't produce anything. This can't be farther from the truth, anyone know where Nike got the rubber for their sneakers? NASA. Well they certainly didn't think of it themselves. NASA does a fairly good job with what little money they receive. Those highly publicized failures with the mars probes stem from the fact that NASA is forced to work with such a constrained budget. Everyone thinks, 'hey, lets just send in robotic probes. They are cheaper than sending humans.' Yes, they are cheaper, but they certainly are not cheap. If you want NASA to send up a bunch of little probes, then they still have to find room for it by cutting other areas in the budget.
Do we need NASA? hell yeah. do we need the space staion? HELL YES. Why? Cause everyone benifits from it. Corporate america gets access to good research data, we get better pharmacueticals and the such, and maybe a few more kids get inspired to reach for something bigger than themselves.
this is a disgusting use of science. I honestly feel it furthers science relatively little to do this. personally i think the good doctor who put the microscope in the rats head should have put a microscope on his own ego-laden head. I don't want sound too preachy, but what right does the researchers involved have to do this to even the lowly rat.
i am disgusted to be in the same genus as the people who worked on this project.
i was merely trying to be humorous. unfortunately, my comment does not read that way. i understand that accelerometors can be very sensitive.
just want to add that i have taken vibrations classes where we used very sensitive accelerometers that cost around $30. this does not seem(imho) to be a lot to pay for a piece of equipement that can see through walls. but maybe $30 is a lot in comparison to the rest of the equipement used for the wall radar.
i think an accelerometer would be too easy. they need a second device that uses precise lasers to detect the motion of the first machine. then they need to put very precise accelerometers on the laser so as to ensure it isn't moving either. then they need to ask everyone on the other side of the wall to wear accelerometers, that way they can ensure they are not moving.
i love it when i go to read comments for some additional input on the artical i just read, and all i read are geeks fueding. it just makes my day. thanks for all the laughs.
has anyone noticed that this might make implimenting a visual system for robots easier. heck, maybe in a few years i will have that robot maid who can take care of all my needs.:-)
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i wonder if any people have taken the touring test and how they did. it wouldn't surprise me and i think it would be ammusing if some people's results came back that they didn't have a human level of cognitative reasoning.
actually i was refering to many of the courses, not the actual working environment(i am not an accountant, but an engineer). but i was merely trying to point out that i felt obtaining a good gpa in accounting did not require a significant amount of effort. although, obtaining a perfect gpa is much much harder, in any major.
and i think you only re-inforce my statement about work experience being more important than classroom grades. your statements about many people "washing out" only goes to show that perhaps the classes are not representative of the actual work or work environment.
i wouldn't exactly call accounting too terribly difficult. i slept through most of my business orientated classes. i even carried several friends who took the classes with me. but i think the key in your above statement is that you had an internship. i failed to intern or co-op and struggled for nine months to find a job. experience in your field of study, however limited it is, is very important. in my experience, it is more important than grades. of course good grades do help.
i always did the old check the person sitting next to you before class if there was any homework. i didn't always get A's, but B+'s were ok with me and my folks.
of course that worked until i got to college. then i just stopped doing homework(not worth my precious time). i didn't always get A's, but C's were ok with me. i still ended up getting a good job in engineering.
that was exactly what i was thinking.
actually, it would have been economically viable if not for that little natural phenomenon known as a sonic-boom. the sonic-boom prevented over land flights and severely limited what destinations the concorde could service. that is why you won't see a supersonic plane anytime soon. airlines can't afford to by planes just for one or two routes. they need planes that can fly any number of different routes.
one thing to look out for is hypersonic flight. planes(or any similar craft) that flies at those speeds(mach 5+) would travel in areas with much thinner atmosphere, therefore eliminating most of the sonic boom problem. this would allow for very high speed air travel over land, making it much more economically viable for airlines.
It will be just like libria. can i have my next dose of librium please. i am starting to feel some emotions and libral thoughts coming on.
I agree with you also.
but the problem lies in who gets to say how much is enough suffering or when the quality of life is too low.
me, i have a general distrust for modern medicine. it may be able to help people, but it is also bringing on its own problems such as superbugs. but that is for a different topic i guess.
bring on the euthenasia for me
I think the big deal is that it implies that he could alter photos to possibly change its content or context.
funnily enough, it seems to be a pre-emptive strike on photoshopping photographs.
If these countries were full of white christians we wouldnt be bombing/invading them)
yes, but maybe they wouldn't be ignorant/illiterate hateful people either. and maybe those in power wouldn't misuse religious text to get said illiterate peoples to do their bidding(ie. suicide bombings).
In all honesty though I don't think it matters who lives in the middle east. America tends to take the attitude of don't mess with us, but you better let us mess with you. We "exploit" lesser nations for their cheap labor and natural materials, then expect the people of these countries to love us.
I don't think terrorism is the answer, but it is not hard to imagine that some weak minded individuals will think terrorism is the only option.
He is 100% correct in his assessment that nuclear power is our only currently viable option to explore the rest of the solar system.
Unfortunately, people are so freaked out about anything with the word "nuclear" or "reaction" attached to it the only way they would ever put a dime in it is if it was called "The Wonder Drive" or "Warp Drive". The really sad part about that is nuclear powered rockets really wouldn't be that dangerous. The most dangerous part about them would be getting the fuel off planet, which is not as dangerous as it sounds.
The space station's real value lies in its Ability to do research in areas such as zero-g manufacturing and stuff like that. Every time nasa sends a shuttle up it is pack with lots of little 7-day experiments. Well, thats all fine and good, but some things can't be explored that way. We need the space station so that more corporate and scientific research can be done. The space station will allow research to go on for monthes or years, and larger experiments can be done cheaper than on the shuttles.
Lots of people argue that NASA doesn't produce anything. This can't be farther from the truth, anyone know where Nike got the rubber for their sneakers? NASA. Well they certainly didn't think of it themselves. NASA does a fairly good job with what little money they receive. Those highly publicized failures with the mars probes stem from the fact that NASA is forced to work with such a constrained budget. Everyone thinks, 'hey, lets just send in robotic probes. They are cheaper than sending humans.' Yes, they are cheaper, but they certainly are not cheap. If you want NASA to send up a bunch of little probes, then they still have to find room for it by cutting other areas in the budget.
Do we need NASA? hell yeah. do we need the space staion? HELL YES. Why? Cause everyone benifits from it. Corporate america gets access to good research data, we get better pharmacueticals and the such, and maybe a few more kids get inspired to reach for something bigger than themselves.
this is a disgusting use of science. I honestly feel it furthers science relatively little to do this. personally i think the good doctor who put the microscope in the rats head should have put a microscope on his own ego-laden head. I don't want sound too preachy, but what right does the researchers involved have to do this to even the lowly rat.
i am disgusted to be in the same genus as the people who worked on this project.
i was merely trying to be humorous. unfortunately, my comment does not read that way. i understand that accelerometors can be very sensitive. just want to add that i have taken vibrations classes where we used very sensitive accelerometers that cost around $30. this does not seem(imho) to be a lot to pay for a piece of equipement that can see through walls. but maybe $30 is a lot in comparison to the rest of the equipement used for the wall radar.
i think an accelerometer would be too easy. they need a second device that uses precise lasers to detect the motion of the first machine. then they need to put very precise accelerometers on the laser so as to ensure it isn't moving either. then they need to ask everyone on the other side of the wall to wear accelerometers, that way they can ensure they are not moving.
i am so sorry to hear the big bad sony has made a mistake. maybe psx2 wasn't all that and a bag of chips.
i love it when i go to read comments for some additional input on the artical i just read, and all i read are geeks fueding. it just makes my day. thanks for all the laughs.
i like the way you think.
has anyone noticed that this might make implimenting a visual system for robots easier. heck, maybe in a few years i will have that robot maid who can take care of all my needs.:-)