Get a dog - I got a dog because I wanted one, but was amazed at how much more active I was simply caring for the dog - minimum of 3 walks a day, plus playtime.
Take up an active hobby - make sure it is something you enjoy and will stick with. I took up inline skating and just love it. I do it for fun, and the exercise I get is a bonus.
I had heard something like this before... just found it. Here's a group that has a virtual air guitar that works by wearing gloves. They limit you to 4 chords so you can't play anything "wrong." There is also a separate solo mode.
from grandparent post: From my limited experience on Match, I think the most important thing women were looking for was income range. I initially had that on my profile and got swamped with replies, after hiding that bit they slowed way down.
As a woman I can make a reciprocol evaluation: From my experience, the most important thing men were looking for was looks. I initially had a photo up and got swamped with replies, after removing the photo they slowed way down.
It also depends on which service you deal with. By far, my best luck was with niche sites.
I've had luck with niche sites as well as general sites with lots of members.
I was actually surprised at the quality of guys I met. I was leery about online dating at first, but decided to try it. I've met in person maybe 20 guys from various dating sites, and all of them were nice people. I did have to wade through the ones looking only for sex at first, but I soon figured out how to avoid them - once I put a note in my profile, they quit bothering me.
I have found that the best strategy is to exhange a few emails and/or chat a bit to see if there is interest, and if there is, not to wait too long before meeting in person. The meeting tells you a lot (is there physical chemistry?) and can avoid lots of wasted email exchanges if there's nothting there (which seems usually to be the case).
Between the cost, the frustration of usually never getting a message back...
On the dating sites I've been on, women definitely have the advantage here. I have never had to pay for an account, because I get enough interesting guys contacting me. I try to reply to every guy, including when it's negative. I think a lot of people don't delete their accounts after they're done and that could cause a lot of non-replies. It can be a pain though if you find someone, delete your account, then break-up and have to re-enter all your info into a new account. Some dating sites have an option where you can keep your account but just turn off your profile, which is nice.
That surprises me too since I wouldn't want to date someone too far away, but when I was using an online dating service, there were indeed a bunch of guys who contacted me from 2+ hours away. One of them said that distance didn't bother him if it was true love.
Maybe people who don't care about distance feel like they've already exhausted the dating pool in their town and that's why they're on the internet and willing to go far away. I think there are also people who would be willing to move to the town of their partner if it came to that. In my experience though it's just too difficult to get to know someone from a distance, and there is no substitute to meeting in person.
I would disagree with this point made in the paper "Among online dating members, "marital status" and "wants children" are the two most influential characteristics to match."
That shocked me too at first. But after a second thought it makes sense, at least for people who are serious, and not just looking for entertainment. I've used online dating systems before, and I would not even consider a guy with "married" or "married but living apart" marital status. Other attributes though I'd be more willing to compromise on, e.g., I prefer a non-smoker, but a light smoker might be okay.
Um, why don't you look at the web site? The Christian Science Monitor is basically a normal newpaper with only one religious article in each issue. It was founded in 1908 and is published by the First Christ of Christ, Scientist as a public service thing. Check out their FAQ
I use flikr too and the thing I like is the easy integration with various blogs (specifically I use blogger.com, but it works with others). It's easy to create a blog entry from a photo posted to flikr - very convenient.
When I first read that title, I thought Only 10?? Seems like Netscape has been around longer than that. The Internet has become so integrated into our lives that it seems like it's always been there.
But if I think hard... yeah, 10 years ago would be when I was in college, I guess I do remember the time before Netscape. We were using Mosaic back then, and before that everything was text-based.
A couple points: You can't have faith-based belief AND a theory. A theory is an explanation based on facts (tests, observations) while faith is complete belief in something without question with NO EVIDENCE. So you either believe this conspiracy of yours or you entertain it as a theory based on pure speculation (which makes for a lousy theory).
Then in the post I'm replying to you quote the m-w diefinition (which I also looked up) and claim your definition is accepted and correct:
Faith:
b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof
But actually there is a different between "NO EVIDENCE" and "no proof". No proof means there can be evidence, just not enough for proof. There is a lot of evidence for the existence of God (the Bible being the major piece of evidence). There is however, not enough evidence, or the evidence is not good enough, for a proof, so faith takes you the rest of the way.
Just because something can be explained by science, doesn't mean that God didn't do it. God created science. I suspect that everything can be explained by science/nature, whether we happen to know the explanation today or not, but that certainly doesn't mean that God didn't have a hand in things.
There's an underwater hotel in Key Largo with wedding packages. You have to scuba dive to get down to the hotel. The notary public dives down to perform the service. I've been wanting to stay at the hotel just for the experience, it sounds fun. It could probably get a little claustrophobic though.
Maybe Hollywood wants to put out their own edited version that people have to buy from them, rather than letting people use a gismo from a third party which in effect allows one to have both an edited and non-edited version of the movie.
Scientists observed matter disappearing into an event horizon. Since anything with an event horizon is by definition a black hole, this is direct evidence of a black hole!
I don't usually post, but I have to respond to this. Where are people getting the idea that Christians think sex is bad??? That is not the case at all. Sex is a wonderful gift from God, something special to be enjoyed between two people who love each other and are devoted to each other. Making love is what sex is all about (or should be). The "bad" part is when sex is portrayed as an act people engage in merely to satisfy a physical desire with no regard to who their sexual partner is. Anyway, I just wanted to voice my opinion. I am not speaking for all Christians, just myself.
There have been a lot of posts saying that Alec didn't like Star Wars, his talents were wasted in Star Wars, he doesn't want to be remembered as Obi-Wan, etc. Why then did he do Star Wars? I don't know anything about his career, was he not as good back then? Did he do it just to make some money? I'm curious.
I've seen a lot of ideas for projects for AP and more advanced students, and certainly those projects are probably more interesting than simple ones. What I would also like to hear though are some ideas for projects for kids who are just starting out. I want to make it fun/interesting for them from the beginning, not just after they are more advanced. I know this article is already off the main page, but I hope to get some comments. Any ideas are appreciated!
The opposite (being too short) could also be a problem. My mom is 5' and my dad is 6'2" and they always have trouble finding cars that fit them both.
Another interesting size-and-cars story I heard on the radio this morning involved a rather large woman who bought a car and the seatbelt was not long enough to go around her. A cop pulled her over and gave her a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt. She took it to court and explained that the seatbelt didn't fit. She felt that if she can fit in the car, the seatbelt should fit around her.
As far as fuel-efficient cars go, it's not really a common thing yet and until it does become commonplace, they won't fit everyone. The first models will be made for the average person and later models will be made to fit everyone.
Sure there are authentication issues, but is it any worse than the current system? A few years ago I remember reading about an election in Louisiana I think it was where the supporters of one of the candidates drove around rounding up people off the street on voting day. They took them to the election booths and got them to vote for the candidate they were supprting. I don't rememeber the details of how they made it work, but the current system is certainly not perfect.
The way I read the article, costs are still going down, the issue is that we are at a demand plateau. We are at the point where it can cost as little at thousands of dollars a pound to launch into space, but demand has not been going up, perhaps because the cost decrease is not sufficient. The prediction however is that demand will go up again when we get down to somewhere around six hundred dollars a pound. Then we'll start to see higher demand as the cost continues to drop.
Randomly sampling people as they walk by is no better than randomly searching peoples houses.
It is not the same thing. Everyone who walked by the device would be sampled, not a random sampling. The article states:
...it can sample molecules around every passenger in an airport without singling out individuals according to race or other characteristics. The system makes it practical to inspect everyone, he says, instead of selecting only a random number of travelers
There are already metal detectors that people have to walk through at airports and courthouses. Are those illegal? No. This new device would provide an even better security aid without singling out random people for extended searches. It is a small violation of privacy that is necessary for the safety of everyone.
Seriously though, I agree with the quick buzz comment. It's scary that it is really not that hard to learn and can cause serious damage. Kinda like guns... you just pull the trigger.
There are some good gui designs out there, so why change them? Actually, the main point I want to make is not that, but that people are used to guis the way they are now. Look at the computer keyboard. It is one of the earliest devices for interacting with a computer. (Actually in use before computers, with typewriters.) Almost all keyboards are still QWERTY despite the fact that there is a better design. It's the same way with many guis. People are used to using software in certain ways, and changing a gui, even if it's intending to make users more productive, could really make them less productive initially.
That point aside, there is still new gui work going on all over. I am a gui programmer, writing a NEW gui as we speak. The limits of computers have not been reached and there are always new applications, new software coming out. We don't keep re-writing a file manager. And of course, these new application need guis.
Without having read the article, I want to address the title question Are computers in classrooms bad for learning? I student taught in a high school for 10 weeks and have spent many other hours volunteering at high schools. My observations have been that if the students are sufficiently mature, computers in the classroom can be a great aid to learning. I won't go into how computers aid in learning, I'm sure most of us could list off a number of reasons.
I say that the students must be mature becaus if they are not, the computer is just one more thing to distract them from learning. I've seen kids web surfing, playing solitaire, etc. when they were supposed to be listening to the teacher. Other kids will disrupt class by making noises with the computer while the teacher is talking. I do not believe however that immature kids should never use computers in the classroom. It just needs to be well-planned and well-supervised. The students should not have access to the computers when they are not supposed to be using them. Having separate computer labs that students go to in order to do computer work can help somewhat.
Overall, I think computers are a great aid to learning, but their use needs to be well-planned, and the audience of students needs to be considered.
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Get a dog - I got a dog because I wanted one, but was amazed at how much more active I was simply caring for the dog - minimum of 3 walks a day, plus playtime.
Take up an active hobby - make sure it is something you enjoy and will stick with. I took up inline skating and just love it. I do it for fun, and the exercise I get is a bonus.
I had heard something like this before... just found it. Here's a group that has a virtual air guitar that works by wearing gloves. They limit you to 4 chords so you can't play anything "wrong." There is also a separate solo mode.
...who is attractive. No surprise there.
from grandparent post:
From my limited experience on Match, I think the most important thing women were looking for was income range. I initially had that on my profile and got swamped with replies, after hiding that bit they slowed way down.
As a woman I can make a reciprocol evaluation: From my experience, the most important thing men were looking for was looks. I initially had a photo up and got swamped with replies, after removing the photo they slowed way down.
It also depends on which service you deal with. By far, my best luck was with niche sites.
I've had luck with niche sites as well as general sites with lots of members.
I was actually surprised at the quality of guys I met. I was leery about online dating at first, but decided to try it. I've met in person maybe 20 guys from various dating sites, and all of them were nice people. I did have to wade through the ones looking only for sex at first, but I soon figured out how to avoid them - once I put a note in my profile, they quit bothering me.
I have found that the best strategy is to exhange a few emails and/or chat a bit to see if there is interest, and if there is, not to wait too long before meeting in person. The meeting tells you a lot (is there physical chemistry?) and can avoid lots of wasted email exchanges if there's nothting there (which seems usually to be the case).
Between the cost, the frustration of usually never getting a message back...
On the dating sites I've been on, women definitely have the advantage here. I have never had to pay for an account, because I get enough interesting guys contacting me. I try to reply to every guy, including when it's negative. I think a lot of people don't delete their accounts after they're done and that could cause a lot of non-replies. It can be a pain though if you find someone, delete your account, then break-up and have to re-enter all your info into a new account. Some dating sites have an option where you can keep your account but just turn off your profile, which is nice.
That surprises me too since I wouldn't want to date someone too far away, but when I was using an online dating service, there were indeed a bunch of guys who contacted me from 2+ hours away. One of them said that distance didn't bother him if it was true love.
Maybe people who don't care about distance feel like they've already exhausted the dating pool in their town and that's why they're on the internet and willing to go far away. I think there are also people who would be willing to move to the town of their partner if it came to that. In my experience though it's just too difficult to get to know someone from a distance, and there is no substitute to meeting in person.
I would disagree with this point made in the paper "Among online dating members, "marital status" and "wants children" are the two most influential characteristics to match."
That shocked me too at first. But after a second thought it makes sense, at least for people who are serious, and not just looking for entertainment. I've used online dating systems before, and I would not even consider a guy with "married" or "married but living apart" marital status. Other attributes though I'd be more willing to compromise on, e.g., I prefer a non-smoker, but a light smoker might be okay.
Um, why don't you look at the web site? The Christian Science Monitor is basically a normal newpaper with only one religious article in each issue. It was founded in 1908 and is published by the First Christ of Christ, Scientist as a public service thing. Check out their FAQ
I use flikr too and the thing I like is the easy integration with various blogs (specifically I use blogger.com, but it works with others). It's easy to create a blog entry from a photo posted to flikr - very convenient.
But if I think hard... yeah, 10 years ago would be when I was in college, I guess I do remember the time before Netscape. We were using Mosaic back then, and before that everything was text-based.
Just because something can be explained by science, doesn't mean that God didn't do it. God created science. I suspect that everything can be explained by science/nature, whether we happen to know the explanation today or not, but that certainly doesn't mean that God didn't have a hand in things.
There's an underwater hotel in Key Largo with wedding packages. You have to scuba dive to get down to the hotel. The notary public dives down to perform the service. I've been wanting to stay at the hotel just for the experience, it sounds fun. It could probably get a little claustrophobic though.
Maybe Hollywood wants to put out their own edited version that people have to buy from them, rather than letting people use a gismo from a third party which in effect allows one to have both an edited and non-edited version of the movie.
Scientists observed matter disappearing into an event horizon. Since anything with an event horizon is by definition a black hole, this is direct evidence of a black hole!
I don't usually post, but I have to respond to this. Where are people getting the idea that Christians think sex is bad??? That is not the case at all. Sex is a wonderful gift from God, something special to be enjoyed between two people who love each other and are devoted to each other. Making love is what sex is all about (or should be). The "bad" part is when sex is portrayed as an act people engage in merely to satisfy a physical desire with no regard to who their sexual partner is. Anyway, I just wanted to voice my opinion. I am not speaking for all Christians, just myself.
There have been a lot of posts saying that Alec didn't like Star Wars, his talents were wasted in Star Wars, he doesn't want to be remembered as Obi-Wan, etc. Why then did he do Star Wars? I don't know anything about his career, was he not as good back then? Did he do it just to make some money? I'm curious.
I've seen a lot of ideas for projects for AP and more advanced students, and certainly those projects are probably more interesting than simple ones. What I would also like to hear though are some ideas for projects for kids who are just starting out. I want to make it fun/interesting for them from the beginning, not just after they are more advanced. I know this article is already off the main page, but I hope to get some comments. Any ideas are appreciated!
Another interesting size-and-cars story I heard on the radio this morning involved a rather large woman who bought a car and the seatbelt was not long enough to go around her. A cop pulled her over and gave her a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt. She took it to court and explained that the seatbelt didn't fit. She felt that if she can fit in the car, the seatbelt should fit around her.
As far as fuel-efficient cars go, it's not really a common thing yet and until it does become commonplace, they won't fit everyone. The first models will be made for the average person and later models will be made to fit everyone.
Sure there are authentication issues, but is it any worse than the current system? A few years ago I remember reading about an election in Louisiana I think it was where the supporters of one of the candidates drove around rounding up people off the street on voting day. They took them to the election booths and got them to vote for the candidate they were supprting. I don't rememeber the details of how they made it work, but the current system is certainly not perfect.
The way I read the article, costs are still going down, the issue is that we are at a demand plateau. We are at the point where it can cost as little at thousands of dollars a pound to launch into space, but demand has not been going up, perhaps because the cost decrease is not sufficient. The prediction however is that demand will go up again when we get down to somewhere around six hundred dollars a pound. Then we'll start to see higher demand as the cost continues to drop.
It is not the same thing. Everyone who walked by the device would be sampled, not a random sampling. The article states:
There are already metal detectors that people have to walk through at airports and courthouses. Are those illegal? No. This new device would provide an even better security aid without singling out random people for extended searches. It is a small violation of privacy that is necessary for the safety of everyone.
But girls don't like geeky guys!
Seriously though, I agree with the quick buzz comment. It's scary that it is really not that hard to learn and can cause serious damage. Kinda like guns... you just pull the trigger.
That point aside, there is still new gui work going on all over. I am a gui programmer, writing a NEW gui as we speak. The limits of computers have not been reached and there are always new applications, new software coming out. We don't keep re-writing a file manager. And of course, these new application need guis.
I say that the students must be mature becaus if they are not, the computer is just one more thing to distract them from learning. I've seen kids web surfing, playing solitaire, etc. when they were supposed to be listening to the teacher. Other kids will disrupt class by making noises with the computer while the teacher is talking. I do not believe however that immature kids should never use computers in the classroom. It just needs to be well-planned and well-supervised. The students should not have access to the computers when they are not supposed to be using them. Having separate computer labs that students go to in order to do computer work can help somewhat.
Overall, I think computers are a great aid to learning, but their use needs to be well-planned, and the audience of students needs to be considered.