That last point is very interesting. If 8 years under a black president has done nothing positive for the black community except to glorify the Black Lives Matter groups, what do they expect from a white woman who has only her own interests at heart?
First, I'm quoting this for those who peruse at a higher than 0 level.
Second, I love the poster's arguments and thought process. I have very similar thought processes, but am not voting for Trump for the same reason the AC is doing so. We are going to watch it all burn.
Let's be clear: I voted for Ron Paul in 2008, and Barrack Obama in 2012.
I'm voting for Trump in 2016 because: A) I think he is hilarious and don't want the comedy to stop & B) because I want to watch the Republican party burn to the ground after the way they treated Ron Paul in 2012.
If it were up to me: Hillary Clinton would nominate Ted Cruz as her VP and Donald Trump would Nominate Bernie Sanders and we could rebrand the Republican Party the "Antiestablishment Party" and the Republicrats would have a unity ticket called the "Establishment Party".
When liberals misconstrue my intentions as being "passions that have been inflamed by casual racism": they disarm themselves of their ability to counter my influence by fundamentally misunderstanding my motivations.
I don't support Trump because I hate muslims or black people... I'm on the #trumptrain because I want to see the world burn and I think Trump is crazy enough to light the match. Once you stop confusing my fatalist intent for ignorance, you'll be better equipped to dissuade me. I'm letting you in on the joke because it makes the inevitable punchline that much funnier if you saw the ground rushing up at you and were unable to stop it.
Until then, your trite assumption that my political preferences are born from ignorance or bigotry just further fans the flames of my conviction. It's a shame that Bernie is wasting his time on the Democrats. He would make a powerful ally.
Personally, I would switch the partnering around, since Trump did donate to Hillary and Bill. But that is a quibble among compatriots.
In conclusion, I vote for who I think will do best for the country. My record is across the board, not any party or platform.
When I wrote down numbers, I would make a mistake, such as reversing two. It's not dyslexia, but I have similar problems sometimes. I have to check my math three or four times if I write it down, versus none if I don't. Might not seem like a big deal, but I would rather get no wrong answers with my method than get wrong answers with hers. Especially since her reason for demanding the shown work was to figure out where the student made a mistake. My mistake would have been writing it down.
I tested it in trig class the following year. On a twenty problem test, I went through first and wrote the answers. Then I went back and wrote all the work down. Two of the problems had different answers between the two methods. One I forgot about a minus sign, and added when I should have subtracted (add a negative), which was about the only type of mistake I made doing the work in my head. On the other, I wrote something down wrong that I had right in my head. So either way I would have had one wrong answer on the test. Considering I got 100% on most of my homework and tests, doing it in my head was far more reliable.
But, yes, I could do the procedures for high school geometry in my head. I finally 'won' our fight when I recalled the hardest problem from one homework/quiz page and solved it showing all work. I did this is the time I was waiting for the other students to do the other work on the page, which was simply copying answers from their previous homework, and which I had just done as well.
As for actually memorizing a text book in general, yes I did, thought not for a class. I was in an group that participated in the Citizen Bee, in my sophomore or junior year. I memorized every question and chart in a ~200-page book. It wasn't a text book that had long descriptions on a subject, or example problems. It was just page after page of questions about American history, government, and culture. You could have asked me part of any of the questions, and I knew the whole question, the answer, the page it was on, and the questions above and below that one. I certainly did have a great memory. As long as I didn't write it down.
And that's why we're not moving to IPv6. The addresses go from : to 8787:24f8:b208::7:c2872f::::::bv2o87g2f8bqe:i72o87b24v2:4v8b. Or something like that.:^)
My geometry teacher tried to fail me for only writing the answers. But since I didn't use a calculator, she couldn't. She found out I could memorize the textbook if I wanted, so remembering the formulas and procedures was easy.
When I show people the difference between using Internet Explorer and either Firefox or Chrome, adblocking is one of the items I mention. I then go to a common webpage we visit a lot, the Internet Movie DataBase at www.imdb.com.
In IE, there is usually a full scene behind the content area, plus ads along the right side of the content area. Then I show them the same page with FF/Chrome adblocking, and there is a nice clean website.
Even people who are just online to share email and Facebook with their families/friends can see the difference in how this affects their online experience. They just have to be shown.
To the new slashdot owners, when you finally get around to supporting utf-8, how about lengthening the subject line to at least another dozen characters!
A few months ago, we played around with using the Ampersand character in the subject line. It gets expanded out to 5 or 6 characters in the internal buffer, but still is shown as "&" in the line. It was noticed because someone's post had the maximum length for the subject line, but an & in the middle made it too long in the buffer, so the end of the final word was truncated before being printed.
Sorry for the long delay, this week was busy. And I wasn't sure what your response to my forgetting to check that "anonymous" box would be.
But I expected more than this.
"regurgitating other people's talking points without any personal experience whatsoever"
You think that just because I don't own a gun now, as an adult with other interests, I have no experience with them?
I was referring to my exact personal experience as a child. We had guns in the house - a 12-gauge shotgun, a small shotgun, and a muzzle loader. They were never under lock and key, but they were also not left laying on the coffee table. They were kept upstairs until they needed to be used. One of us kids would get whichever gun was asked for. The muzzleloader, which was an over-and-under style, was strictly to show family friends what is was and how it worked. I don't think dad even loaded a lead ball in it, just powder and wadding. And that sucker was LOUD!
The shotgun was used for actual killing, of dogs mostly. The ones that raided our chickens and rabbits. If we heard the squawking from the barn, dad said the line I remember most, "Get the the dog gun." (I actually thought that was what it was called, not a shotgun or 12-gauge.) One of us kids would run upstairs and get the dog gun while dad got the shells from his bedroom. Soon after, there would be dead dogs outside.
I used the small shotgun for hunting a few times, rabbits or squirrels, but never had the patience for it. Beside that, we had friends and family members come out for hunting in the fall. Again, the guns were not left out, but they were not locked up either.
So, when I said that there are many people who don't keep their guns locked up, yet still manage to raise a family with no deaths, I know what I am talking about. The fact that a few people who thought they taught their kids better than they actually did doesn't change the fact about the vast majority of gun owners. Even today, I know several people with guns, and not one of them has had an accidental shooting. So stop acting like it's an every day occurrence for every gun owner.
My first account was in the 460,000 range. I would like it back, but I don't think anyone else would want it. Like my current nickname, it wasn't serious enough for some people, and they thought I was a dumb newbie.
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You don't get nearly that much in the cup after you fill it with ice.
That last point is very interesting. If 8 years under a black president has done nothing positive for the black community except to glorify the Black Lives Matter groups, what do they expect from a white woman who has only her own interests at heart?
First, I'm quoting this for those who peruse at a higher than 0 level.
Second, I love the poster's arguments and thought process. I have very similar thought processes, but am not voting for Trump for the same reason the AC is doing so. We are going to watch it all burn.
Let's be clear: I voted for Ron Paul in 2008, and Barrack Obama in 2012.
I'm voting for Trump in 2016 because:
A) I think he is hilarious and don't want the comedy to stop
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B) because I want to watch the Republican party burn to the ground after the way they treated Ron Paul in 2012.
If it were up to me: Hillary Clinton would nominate Ted Cruz as her VP and Donald Trump would Nominate Bernie Sanders and we could rebrand the Republican Party the "Antiestablishment Party" and the Republicrats would have a unity ticket called the "Establishment Party".
When liberals misconstrue my intentions as being "passions that have been inflamed by casual racism": they disarm themselves of their ability to counter my influence by fundamentally misunderstanding my motivations.
I don't support Trump because I hate muslims or black people... I'm on the #trumptrain because I want to see the world burn and I think Trump is crazy enough to light the match. Once you stop confusing my fatalist intent for ignorance, you'll be better equipped to dissuade me. I'm letting you in on the joke because it makes the inevitable punchline that much funnier if you saw the ground rushing up at you and were unable to stop it.
Until then, your trite assumption that my political preferences are born from ignorance or bigotry just further fans the flames of my conviction. It's a shame that Bernie is wasting his time on the Democrats. He would make a powerful ally.
Personally, I would switch the partnering around, since Trump did donate to Hillary and Bill. But that is a quibble among compatriots.
In conclusion, I vote for who I think will do best for the country. My record is across the board, not any party or platform.
The one with the new employee that just has to have his computer at the other end of his desk.
Too bad for you. You probably don't believe people can memorize words like "Suffrutescent" for a spelling bee.
Go to the CSPAN website and search for "Citizen Bee". Watch some of the videos, like this one.
Our team had me and two upperclassmen. We spent three months studying the book before the regioinal competition. And, yes, I did have it memorized.
As for which school year I was in this, it was probably my sophomore year. It was three decades ago, so I can't swear to it.
Considering it was around 1987, I don't think that's a big difference at this point.
When I wrote down numbers, I would make a mistake, such as reversing two. It's not dyslexia, but I have similar problems sometimes. I have to check my math three or four times if I write it down, versus none if I don't. Might not seem like a big deal, but I would rather get no wrong answers with my method than get wrong answers with hers. Especially since her reason for demanding the shown work was to figure out where the student made a mistake. My mistake would have been writing it down.
I tested it in trig class the following year. On a twenty problem test, I went through first and wrote the answers. Then I went back and wrote all the work down. Two of the problems had different answers between the two methods. One I forgot about a minus sign, and added when I should have subtracted (add a negative), which was about the only type of mistake I made doing the work in my head. On the other, I wrote something down wrong that I had right in my head. So either way I would have had one wrong answer on the test. Considering I got 100% on most of my homework and tests, doing it in my head was far more reliable.
But, yes, I could do the procedures for high school geometry in my head. I finally 'won' our fight when I recalled the hardest problem from one homework/quiz page and solved it showing all work. I did this is the time I was waiting for the other students to do the other work on the page, which was simply copying answers from their previous homework, and which I had just done as well.
As for actually memorizing a text book in general, yes I did, thought not for a class. I was in an group that participated in the Citizen Bee, in my sophomore or junior year. I memorized every question and chart in a ~200-page book. It wasn't a text book that had long descriptions on a subject, or example problems. It was just page after page of questions about American history, government, and culture. You could have asked me part of any of the questions, and I knew the whole question, the answer, the page it was on, and the questions above and below that one. I certainly did have a great memory. As long as I didn't write it down.
And that's why we're not moving to IPv6. The addresses go from : to 8787:24f8:b208::7:c2872f::::::bv2o87g2f8bqe:i72o87b24v2:4v8b. Or something like that. :^)
My geometry teacher tried to fail me for only writing the answers. But since I didn't use a calculator, she couldn't. She found out I could memorize the textbook if I wanted, so remembering the formulas and procedures was easy.
Ba-dum ching.
Do you all actually read the comments before commenting 100th time about a typo? Obviously not, what the hell am i asking.
You misspelled "axetually".
The right to be secure in your person and papers is certainly Constitutionally protected.
The waistband, usually.
When I show people the difference between using Internet Explorer and either Firefox or Chrome, adblocking is one of the items I mention. I then go to a common webpage we visit a lot, the Internet Movie DataBase at www.imdb.com.
In IE, there is usually a full scene behind the content area, plus ads along the right side of the content area. Then I show them the same page with FF/Chrome adblocking, and there is a nice clean website.
Even people who are just online to share email and Facebook with their families/friends can see the difference in how this affects their online experience. They just have to be shown.
Good shooting there. He gave you plenty of targets, and you hit each one square in the center.
Someone mod this one up +4.
Found it: http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
From almost one year ago.
To the new slashdot owners, when you finally get around to supporting utf-8, how about lengthening the subject line to at least another dozen characters!
A few months ago, we played around with using the Ampersand character in the subject line. It gets expanded out to 5 or 6 characters in the internal buffer, but still is shown as "&" in the line. It was noticed because someone's post had the maximum length for the subject line, but an & in the middle made it too long in the buffer, so the end of the final word was truncated before being printed.
Can you get that if your connection is in Croatia?
Nevermind that. I want to hear more about the "google jelly" from the AC. I can do without facebook jelly, though, it just sounds distasteful.
Oh, I see. I just thought it was a really clueless AC. :^)
I think it means using a towel to dry something. Such as their skin.
Sorry for the long delay, this week was busy. And I wasn't sure what your response to my forgetting to check that "anonymous" box would be.
But I expected more than this.
"regurgitating other people's talking points without any personal experience whatsoever"
You think that just because I don't own a gun now, as an adult with other interests, I have no experience with them?
I was referring to my exact personal experience as a child. We had guns in the house - a 12-gauge shotgun, a small shotgun, and a muzzle loader. They were never under lock and key, but they were also not left laying on the coffee table. They were kept upstairs until they needed to be used. One of us kids would get whichever gun was asked for. The muzzleloader, which was an over-and-under style, was strictly to show family friends what is was and how it worked. I don't think dad even loaded a lead ball in it, just powder and wadding. And that sucker was LOUD!
The shotgun was used for actual killing, of dogs mostly. The ones that raided our chickens and rabbits. If we heard the squawking from the barn, dad said the line I remember most, "Get the the dog gun." (I actually thought that was what it was called, not a shotgun or 12-gauge.) One of us kids would run upstairs and get the dog gun while dad got the shells from his bedroom. Soon after, there would be dead dogs outside.
I used the small shotgun for hunting a few times, rabbits or squirrels, but never had the patience for it. Beside that, we had friends and family members come out for hunting in the fall. Again, the guns were not left out, but they were not locked up either.
So, when I said that there are many people who don't keep their guns locked up, yet still manage to raise a family with no deaths, I know what I am talking about. The fact that a few people who thought they taught their kids better than they actually did doesn't change the fact about the vast majority of gun owners. Even today, I know several people with guns, and not one of them has had an accidental shooting. So stop acting like it's an every day occurrence for every gun owner.
Was it .... Rumpelstiltskin?
Hey, same here. My daughter Logan hates me for it.
My first account was in the 460,000 range. I would like it back, but I don't think anyone else would want it. Like my current nickname, it wasn't serious enough for some people, and they thought I was a dumb newbie.