Maybe someone with more expertise can clarify this or tell me I'm missing the point...
Since ethanol is usually made from plants which have to be cultivated by equipment that burns oil -- combines, tankers, pumps, etc -- my understanding is that the production of ethanol is actually wasteful of fossil fuels. I've read (but haven't been able to corroborate) that the energy required to produce a gallon of ethanol is actually more than the energy produced by a gallon of ethanol.
So, is it really cleaner when you look at the big picture? Is it more efficient?
There's also the cost. Corn-based ethanol is inexpensive because of the huge subsidies the US government gives corn growers. There have been some primetime specials lately connecting the dots between lobbyists, corn production, and the ever growing waistlines of Americans. The small blurb in the article regarding economic potential for farmers is a huge understatement considering these subsidies.
In honor of the anniversary of the Beatles invasion of North America, if I said "I was playing my Apple the other day" prior to the 80s you probably would have thought I was playing a Beatles recording.
You are quite correct. My message had more than a few errors but I tend to write quite informally in this forum.
Again I've got to ask why should we be willing to alter curricula based on a few articles that we've read over the past few days? And, how significant was this event?
Think about how this situation plays out year after year with everyone wanting their version or what they think is important inserted into your children's lessons. Unfortunately for a history text the ends do justify the means. Even if the Russians were ahead of their time the results of the mission are what determine historical value.
It's interesting stuff and I'm glad I know it. Slashdot can be valuable. But I don't think the schools or system deserves to be lashed for omitting this detail in the past or future.
Which author's/publisher's version do you accept as gospel? The one that says slavery? The one that says state's rights? They both have some truth in them.
I was taught in the public schools that Lincoln was trying to preserve the union. Abolishing slavery in the states in rebellion was a carefully considered wartime economic and political move that Jefferson Davis himself considered. Yes, it was hugely symbolic, but that doesn't mean it was *only* symbolic. The preservation of the union was the main thing as at that time in history England and France both had reasons for wanting us divided, weakened, and were really hoping for a divided union for obvious reasons.
I was also taught by my teachers that I would never learn everything in a few hours a day. That the teachers had enough time to cover only very monumental events and that it was the responsibility of ME AND MY PARENTS to make sure that I took the basic tools they gave us in school and go out in the world and read, question, and learn. And, to attempt to synthesize the various slanted historical perspectives before coming to my own conclusions.
Russian rovers! Bah! What monumental historical event should this displace in a curricula that can only cover a finite amount of material?
Stop blaming the system for everything they didn't teach you.
Thank a teacher that you've the wit to get in a flame war here on slashdot!
http://www.techtv.com/ has a bunch of gift lists (by dollar range, category, etc) they put together for this past holiday season. Use the search capability on that site and you'll find tons of ideas.
Note that these lists aren't focused on really, really, geeky stuff like wall calendars in octal. But since you don't give us much info about this person tech-wise I hesitate to recommend something that might miss your geek's likes by a mile or be incompatible.
Techtv's stuff will have a lot of gadgets such as mp3 players, cameras, audio/video components etc to go along with computer peripherals and games. And, the good thing for the non-geek shopper is that they'll see products that they can find in local stores as opposed to really exotic geek stuff that can only be had online. Less likely to make a mistake and if your gift victim... er recipient needs to make an exchange it's usually a better situation than buying online.
Absolutely. This is an RIAA end-run cause they can't force ISPs to fork over personal info.
And, do you think the registrars will resist? Heck no, Verisign will gladly sell you an add-on privacy service tomorrow for the price of a hamburger today. Verisign's marketing people must be very happy right about now. $5 per domain looks pretty good to them on their balance sheet right about now.
I keep a yahoo mail that's checked in my whois but I'll never be putting my street address or phone number in there. Yes! I am rfc-ignoring-it. The people who love rfc-ignorant can't send me mail but I sleep OK at night.
Do the people in this thread waving the RFCs and WHOIS in our faces think that today's net is what the creators envisioned? Do you think SMTP would be the way it is today if they had thought about abuse and privacy issues? If they do they can/dev/null me and return to their ivory tower.
Two things that do impact the math are taxes and the appreciation.
Tax savings are usually over-stated by the "throwing money away" people but are significant. It's worth going through the exercise with real numbers when evaluating rent vs. buy.
Appreciation in an area like SoCal outstrips just about anything else you can do with the money without significantly more risk.
And, if it's history education we're after... Sauvy, a French demographer, is generally credited with the term. He wanted to convey how Third World countries are exploited by the first and second. It was an analogy dating to the French Revolution when the first two estates (clergy and nobility) exploited the third (the commoners).
Interesting to note re: SCO the dumb moment is the quote. I can agree with that. Using terrorism or war related analogies just doesn't fly. Ask Kellen "I'm a soldier" Winslow Jr.
But, how many replies to this article will rave about SCO being dumb and that they should be rated higher? Probably too many due to a little myopia. What does SCO care if they piss of linux advocates? It's not like they have to worry about the opinions of most techies. They can't lose market share they didn't have. And what do they care if people are driven away from Linux to truly other systems if they succeed in forcing companies to pony up licensing fees? If they win they make money they wouldn't have. If they lose they die but they've survived longer than if they'd never tried.
Their moves may be detestable to/.'rs but aren't necessarily dumb. They've been on life-support for awhile and if you were a good CEO you'd probably take a stab at IBM's deep pockets too. Their moves appear to have already extended their life.
A corporation's chief mission is to survive. That comes long before societal and ethical concerns.
I was in the exact same position. A community college will be much cheaper, will have real teachers who teach, etc. Perfect for covering trig, advanced algebra, and first year calculus if you get that far. When you get about halfway through the first year of calculus you can reevaluate what you've learned, and where you want to go with math. Besides, up to this point you're doing a lot of rote memorization and a cc prof with a master's is just as good as anyone else.
I got to this point as a 32 year old engineering major when the country began to "turn swords into ploughshares." I switched to a CIS degree (BS business) and haven't regretted its fence-straddling properties a bit.
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I was thinking something along the lines of:
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My Open Letter To Beyonce
Maybe someone with more expertise can clarify this or tell me I'm missing the point...
Since ethanol is usually made from plants which have to be cultivated by equipment that burns oil -- combines, tankers, pumps, etc -- my understanding is that the production of ethanol is actually wasteful of fossil fuels. I've read (but haven't been able to corroborate) that the energy required to produce a gallon of ethanol is actually more than the energy produced by a gallon of ethanol.
So, is it really cleaner when you look at the big picture? Is it more efficient?
There's also the cost. Corn-based ethanol is inexpensive because of the huge subsidies the US government gives corn growers. There have been some primetime specials lately connecting the dots between lobbyists, corn production, and the ever growing waistlines of Americans. The small blurb in the article regarding economic potential for farmers is a huge understatement considering these subsidies.
Is this just cool a Good Thing?
In honor of the anniversary of the Beatles invasion of North America, if I said "I was playing my Apple the other day" prior to the 80s you probably would have thought I was playing a Beatles recording.
Ooooh, I'm dating myself now.
"Mommy what's an LP?"
You are quite correct. My message had more than a few errors but I tend to write quite informally in this forum.
Again I've got to ask why should we be willing to alter curricula based on a few articles that we've read over the past few days? And, how significant was this event?
Think about how this situation plays out year after year with everyone wanting their version or what they think is important inserted into your children's lessons. Unfortunately for a history text the ends do justify the means. Even if the Russians were ahead of their time the results of the mission are what determine historical value.
It's interesting stuff and I'm glad I know it. Slashdot can be valuable. But I don't think the schools or system deserves to be lashed for omitting this detail in the past or future.
Go read who's real history?
Which author's/publisher's version do you accept as gospel? The one that says slavery? The one that says state's rights? They both have some truth in them.
I was taught in the public schools that Lincoln was trying to preserve the union. Abolishing slavery in the states in rebellion was a carefully considered wartime economic and political move that Jefferson Davis himself considered. Yes, it was hugely symbolic, but that doesn't mean it was *only* symbolic. The preservation of the union was the main thing as at that time in history England and France both had reasons for wanting us divided, weakened, and were really hoping for a divided union for obvious reasons.
I was also taught by my teachers that I would never learn everything in a few hours a day. That the teachers had enough time to cover only very monumental events and that it was the responsibility of ME AND MY PARENTS to make sure that I took the basic tools they gave us in school and go out in the world and read, question, and learn. And, to attempt to synthesize the various slanted historical perspectives before coming to my own conclusions.
Russian rovers! Bah! What monumental historical event should this displace in a curricula that can only cover a finite amount of material?
Stop blaming the system for everything they didn't teach you.
Thank a teacher that you've the wit to get in a flame war here on slashdot!
http://www.techtv.com/ has a bunch of gift lists (by dollar range, category, etc) they put together for this past holiday season. Use the search capability on that site and you'll find tons of ideas.
Note that these lists aren't focused on really, really, geeky stuff like wall calendars in octal. But since you don't give us much info about this person tech-wise I hesitate to recommend something that might miss your geek's likes by a mile or be incompatible.
Techtv's stuff will have a lot of gadgets such as mp3 players, cameras, audio/video components etc to go along with computer peripherals and games. And, the good thing for the non-geek shopper is that they'll see products that they can find in local stores as opposed to really exotic geek stuff that can only be had online. Less likely to make a mistake and if your gift victim... er recipient needs to make an exchange it's usually a better situation than buying online.
Absolutely. This is an RIAA end-run cause they can't force ISPs to fork over personal info.
/dev/null me and return to their ivory tower.
And, do you think the registrars will resist? Heck no, Verisign will gladly sell you an add-on privacy service tomorrow for the price of a hamburger today. Verisign's marketing people must be very happy right about now. $5 per domain looks pretty good to them on their balance sheet right about now.
I keep a yahoo mail that's checked in my whois but I'll never be putting my street address or phone number in there. Yes! I am rfc-ignoring-it. The people who love rfc-ignorant can't send me mail but I sleep OK at night.
Do the people in this thread waving the RFCs and WHOIS in our faces think that today's net is what the creators envisioned? Do you think SMTP would be the way it is today if they had thought about abuse and privacy issues? If they do they can
Two things that do impact the math are taxes and the appreciation.
Tax savings are usually over-stated by the "throwing money away" people but are significant. It's worth going through the exercise with real numbers when evaluating rent vs. buy.
Appreciation in an area like SoCal outstrips just about anything else you can do with the money without significantly more risk.
You are correct sir.
And, if it's history education we're after... Sauvy, a French demographer, is generally credited with the term. He wanted to convey how Third World countries are exploited by the first and second. It was an analogy dating to the French Revolution when the first two estates (clergy and nobility) exploited the third (the commoners).
Interesting to note re: SCO the dumb moment is the quote. I can agree with that. Using terrorism or war related analogies just doesn't fly. Ask Kellen "I'm a soldier" Winslow Jr.
/.'rs but aren't necessarily dumb. They've been on life-support for awhile and if you were a good CEO you'd probably take a stab at IBM's deep pockets too. Their moves appear to have already extended their life.
But, how many replies to this article will rave about SCO being dumb and that they should be rated higher? Probably too many due to a little myopia. What does SCO care if they piss of linux advocates? It's not like they have to worry about the opinions of most techies. They can't lose market share they didn't have. And what do they care if people are driven away from Linux to truly other systems if they succeed in forcing companies to pony up licensing fees? If they win they make money they wouldn't have. If they lose they die but they've survived longer than if they'd never tried.
Their moves may be detestable to
A corporation's chief mission is to survive. That comes long before societal and ethical concerns.
2 hours ago AP posted a story saying it is not a hoax.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid
I was in the exact same position. A community college will be much cheaper, will have real teachers who teach, etc. Perfect for covering trig, advanced algebra, and first year calculus if you get that far. When you get about halfway through the first year of calculus you can reevaluate what you've learned, and where you want to go with math. Besides, up to this point you're doing a lot of rote memorization and a cc prof with a master's is just as good as anyone else.
I got to this point as a 32 year old engineering major when the country began to "turn swords into ploughshares." I switched to a CIS degree (BS business) and haven't regretted its fence-straddling properties a bit.