Seriously. I bicycle a lot, and cyclists experience all kinds of aggression from people in cars -- flipping the bird, shouting, throwing things. First it scares the crap out of you, but once fear subsides, you want to get even. If you had a camera on your bike helmet, well, your memory would be admissible as evidence. As this technology gets cheaper, I have to think that ordinary citizens may choose to protect themselves in this way.
What if it shrinks in the laundry -- would it require retuning? How then do you deal with armpit stains? Honestly, I don't see how these guys will get venture funding without a good answer to these basic questions.
and other techniques from brain-based learning have really helped me think about my teaching methods. (I am a high school math teacher). The NSA sponsors workshops here in the state of Maryland that focus on how the brain retains knowledge and practical ways to use that in the classroom. IMHO, every teacher should be aware of developments in this field and really think critically about what they want students to retain long-term. Ultimately, a job description for a teacher is someone who creates meaningful memories.
This has served on rare occasion as a slow-acting form of assassination, and it was successfully practiced by both sides during the Cold War. The victim accepts a packet of sugar-laden chickle and, over time, succombs to an infected abscyss caused by advanced tooth decay. It was used when other methods such as the poison-dart umbrella were too heavy-handed or obvious.
Ha, ha, agreed, totally. In my household, when either of us begins a rant, the other is entitled to just roll their eyes and say, "Steroids-in-Milk Rant," or "Dog-Owners-Who-Don't-Bag-their-Dog's-Shit Rant," and we move on to something else.
considering their job is to manually count every single person in the country, instead of using the lazy man's tool, inferential statistics. You'd think they'd be a little more detail-oriented....
The cover art was often an essential part of the listening experience for isolated teenagers. If I had a dollar for all the hours I spent memorizing song lyrics and pondering whether David Bowie was really gay/bi or was just wearing a dress...
The teacher of said dirt-walking class will have to be rated as "highly qualified," i.e., possess at least a bachelors degree and pass a state test demonstrating knowledge of the subject.
No, but he later suggested that the unusually high ratio of distance to time in his mandible sample could be explained by the beer and Jack Daniels shots he had the night before.
Drinking too much water can cause death. It's called hyponatremia, and it occurs more often than you might expect. Imagine a situation where you're afraid of dehydration -- say, running a marathon -- so you try extra hard to stay hydrated. If you drink too much too quickly, your electrolyte balance can be thrown off and your brain stops working properly. It's potentially even more dangerous than dehydration because death comes within a few hours without medical attention.
Well, he IS known for his ability to leap over a chair in a single bound. Seriously, I am not making this up. He used to do it to impress people -- chicks mostly, I would imagine. Anyone else aware of this fact? Maybe from Robert X. Cringely's PBS special years back, I just don't recall.
In other parts of the country, when new suburbs go into once-rural areas with smelly, noisy operations like farms, kennels, etc, the new residents just get the zoning changed, or the land's assessed value gets raised so the old owners can't afford the taxes, and they're forced to sell and move on. You might give that a try.
Their jobs are all being outsourced to India anyway.
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So, if we implement this, we'd receive fewer coins in change. So? We'd still just take them home and dump them into the Spare Change Jar, where they'd lie cloistered until the next poker night. What problem did we solve?
The 80-20 rule comes from a study done by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80 percent of the wealth was controlled by 20 percent of the population.
Keep in mind that Sturgeon's Law says that 95 percent of everything is crap. So that 80 percent isn't really as big and impressive as it might appear at first glance:)
My wife's family is a six-hour car trip away, and my wife and I have taken to books on tape to make it more endurable. We recently listened to "Six Easy Pieces", a collection of lectures by Richard Feynman when he taught the intro physics class at Cal Tech for one year only (I think it was 1961). They're a great summary by a great mind if you've had physics, and a great intro if you haven't.
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Seriously. I bicycle a lot, and cyclists experience all kinds of aggression from people in cars -- flipping the bird, shouting, throwing things. First it scares the crap out of you, but once fear subsides, you want to get even. If you had a camera on your bike helmet, well, your memory would be admissible as evidence. As this technology gets cheaper, I have to think that ordinary citizens may choose to protect themselves in this way.
What if it shrinks in the laundry -- would it require retuning? How then do you deal with armpit stains? Honestly, I don't see how these guys will get venture funding without a good answer to these basic questions.
and other techniques from brain-based learning have really helped me think about my teaching methods. (I am a high school math teacher). The NSA sponsors workshops here in the state of Maryland that focus on how the brain retains knowledge and practical ways to use that in the classroom. IMHO, every teacher should be aware of developments in this field and really think critically about what they want students to retain long-term. Ultimately, a job description for a teacher is someone who creates meaningful memories.
This has served on rare occasion as a slow-acting form of assassination, and it was successfully practiced by both sides during the Cold War. The victim accepts a packet of sugar-laden chickle and, over time, succombs to an infected abscyss caused by advanced tooth decay. It was used when other methods such as the poison-dart umbrella were too heavy-handed or obvious.
Ha, ha, agreed, totally. In my household, when either of us begins a rant, the other is entitled to just roll their eyes and say, "Steroids-in-Milk Rant," or "Dog-Owners-Who-Don't-Bag-their-Dog's-Shit Rant," and we move on to something else.
That's no flight attendant. It's a space station. Turn the ship around.
considering their job is to manually count every single person in the country, instead of using the lazy man's tool, inferential statistics. You'd think they'd be a little more detail-oriented....
The cover art was often an essential part of the listening experience for isolated teenagers. If I had a dollar for all the hours I spent memorizing song lyrics and pondering whether David Bowie was really gay/bi or was just wearing a dress...
Were they able to crack the Israeli's mini-bar?
The teacher of said dirt-walking class will have to be rated as "highly qualified," i.e., possess at least a bachelors degree and pass a state test demonstrating knowledge of the subject.
A team has taken an engine from a concrete mixer and a gearbox from a Citroen 2CV and devised the robotic "wanger"
And then Lister and Rimmer attached it to Kryten and showed him how to enjoy the delights of the space brothel.
No, but he later suggested that the unusually high ratio of distance to time in his mandible sample could be explained by the beer and Jack Daniels shots he had the night before.
I had heard that the Naval Academy was a grind...
Autism, prosthetics, eyeglasses, vibrating computers? I think my cubemate must be reading this article, because he just went into cardiac arrest.
Drinking too much water can cause death. It's called hyponatremia, and it occurs more often than you might expect. Imagine a situation where you're afraid of dehydration -- say, running a marathon -- so you try extra hard to stay hydrated. If you drink too much too quickly, your electrolyte balance can be thrown off and your brain stops working properly. It's potentially even more dangerous than dehydration because death comes within a few hours without medical attention.
Well, he IS known for his ability to leap over a chair in a single bound. Seriously, I am not making this up. He used to do it to impress people -- chicks mostly, I would imagine. Anyone else aware of this fact? Maybe from Robert X. Cringely's PBS special years back, I just don't recall.
I'm thinking there must be a Popeye joke to be made here, you know, with the spinach and all, but I got nothing.
I'll estimate that in about an hour there will be 347 replies posted, about 10 of which will be +5 insightful and, oh, maybe 13 +5 funny.
In other parts of the country, when new suburbs go into once-rural areas with smelly, noisy operations like farms, kennels, etc, the new residents just get the zoning changed, or the land's assessed value gets raised so the old owners can't afford the taxes, and they're forced to sell and move on. You might give that a try.
90 pound models wearing sheer clothing and silver head gear, helmets, and carrying large backpacks isn't exactly what I think works.
I bet it works as a movie treatment.
Their jobs are all being outsourced to India anyway.
So, if we implement this, we'd receive fewer coins in change. So? We'd still just take them home and dump them into the Spare Change Jar, where they'd lie cloistered until the next poker night. What problem did we solve?
"I'm telling you the hatch just blew!"
The 80-20 rule comes from a study done by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80 percent of the wealth was controlled by 20 percent of the population.
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Keep in mind that Sturgeon's Law says that 95 percent of everything is crap. So that 80 percent isn't really as big and impressive as it might appear at first glance
My wife's family is a six-hour car trip away, and my wife and I have taken to books on tape to make it more endurable. We recently listened to "Six Easy Pieces", a collection of lectures by Richard Feynman when he taught the intro physics class at Cal Tech for one year only (I think it was 1961). They're a great summary by a great mind if you've had physics, and a great intro if you haven't.