That really would be great. We could also just have them print a few pages of money to go in the back of each book!
No, really, my university ("of California") has or had a (student-staffed) service that put together spiral-bound "readers" for teachers.
Problem is, they've been in copyright lawsuits with publishers about it.
What makes you think publishers are going to want to give up their per-copy profits? No matter how big a market California is, they're not going to see 'one license per school' as better than 'one book per student.'
Also, can I resell it? Dog-ear it? Highlight it? Make notes in the margin? Reference it years later? (Yes, I do.) Take it to the beach? Prop up my lopsided dorm desk with it?
Because their audience is fluent.
No sense in explaining every piece of anatomy in layman's terms when you're talking to paleontologists who already have specific words for them.
...Unless you meant the sentence you quoted, which isn't really sophistry. What do you want? "Disagreement" instead of "dissension?"
Did anyone else read "restricts the sale of 'sexually explicit' material to people under the age of 18" as meaning that only minors would be able to buy porn?
OK so that's supposed to say "Sierpinski" with an acute accent over the "n."
Apparently that character doesn't parse in the thread as it does in the "Post Comment" field. That's what I get for ignoring the "Preview" button.
I imagine Anonymous Coward above me had the same problem.
That's a valid point, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's more applicable to the kind of people needed for Cyber Command than to your average grunt recruit.
However, I wouldn't sell to short his comments about other motivating factors, idealistic though they may be.
Do you suppose most military volunteers join because it's the best-paying job they can get? There are more factors at play in military recruitment - probably more than for any other job. People join because of a sense of duty, a desire to be part of something bigger, to pay for college, as a sentence for crimes, because their Dad did, to "see the world," to give back to their country, because the Armed Forces have fantastic advertising, etc. ad nauseum.
I don't find it hard to imagine that some geeks are influenced by the above but don't join the military because they want to be geeks, not grunts. If that is so, then Cyber Command would seem to be an attractive job for them.
TSA does not and will not confiscate laptops or other electronic devices at our checkpoints.... We will not ask for any password, access to any files or take the laptop from you for longer than it takes to determine if it contains a threat.
Should anyone at a TSA checkpoint attempt to confiscate your laptop or gain your passwords or other information, please ask to see a supervisor or screening manager immediately.
My problem is I'm *not* in control. I have LoJack for Laptops on my computer, but if I enable it (in BIOS), I can never disable it (and vice versa). This is (understandably) to keep thieves from disabling it, but I don't want them tracking me all the time, and the permanence prevents me from testing it out.
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Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) gas engines have been discussed, designed, and tested for a long time. Direct injection HCCI is not a new idea either.
It is great that there's more progress being made, but let's not pretend Delphi invented the idea.
I'd love to figure out a way to visualize the paths to the universal attractor that is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy.
We know.
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The guy who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ got hit twice during filming.
Also, lightning rods on tall buildings can get hit hundreds of times annually.
That really would be great. We could also just have them print a few pages of money to go in the back of each book!
No, really, my university ("of California") has or had a (student-staffed) service that put together spiral-bound "readers" for teachers. Problem is, they've been in copyright lawsuits with publishers about it.
What makes you think publishers are going to want to give up their per-copy profits? No matter how big a market California is, they're not going to see 'one license per school' as better than 'one book per student.'
Also, can I resell it? Dog-ear it? Highlight it? Make notes in the margin? Reference it years later? (Yes, I do.) Take it to the beach? Prop up my lopsided dorm desk with it?
It's a brown dwarf, I believe...
Because their audience is fluent.
No sense in explaining every piece of anatomy in layman's terms when you're talking to paleontologists who already have specific words for them.
...Unless you meant the sentence you quoted, which isn't really sophistry. What do you want? "Disagreement" instead of "dissension?"
In southern states, it's marketed as the "Nucular Sub."
Are "10% of colleges" and "10% of college admissions officers polled" necessarily the same thing?
No.
I can't find any more information about how the study was done.
Only that it's illegal. As is any other emotion while drinking beer under age 21.
Want to be scared? Go look up the military's "total control" training strategy.
Did anyone else read "restricts the sale of 'sexually explicit' material to people under the age of 18" as meaning that only minors would be able to buy porn?
OK so that's supposed to say "Sierpinski" with an acute accent over the "n." Apparently that character doesn't parse in the thread as it does in the "Post Comment" field. That's what I get for ignoring the "Preview" button. I imagine Anonymous Coward above me had the same problem.
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That's a valid point, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's more applicable to the kind of people needed for Cyber Command than to your average grunt recruit.
However, I wouldn't sell to short his comments about other motivating factors, idealistic though they may be.
Do you suppose most military volunteers join because it's the best-paying job they can get? There are more factors at play in military recruitment - probably more than for any other job. People join because of a sense of duty, a desire to be part of something bigger, to pay for college, as a sentence for crimes, because their Dad did, to "see the world," to give back to their country, because the Armed Forces have fantastic advertising, etc. ad nauseum.
I don't find it hard to imagine that some geeks are influenced by the above but don't join the military because they want to be geeks, not grunts. If that is so, then Cyber Command would seem to be an attractive job for them.
Dang - you're right. Never mind.
My problem is I'm *not* in control. I have LoJack for Laptops on my computer, but if I enable it (in BIOS), I can never disable it (and vice versa). This is (understandably) to keep thieves from disabling it, but I don't want them tracking me all the time, and the permanence prevents me from testing it out.