Growing up there was nothing but farms and cows to look forward to. I had no resources to study on my own other than the family encyclopedia set, which I took to school and read for the "Accelerated Reading" program in 3rd grade. The internet wasn't around back then to surf Wikipedia. I could hardly ask my teachers questions, as I was correcting them during lectures. Take any child prodigy, put them in an island, and deprive them of reading material and resources to experiment with, and they will all become bored. Learning requires study. Study requires books. Books cost money. We had none. So ya. I was lazy. I admit that, but take any prodigy and put them in the situation I was and the results are going to be similar. Even Edison had his chemistry set to experiment with, all I had was a 100-piece Erector set.
Like I said, I've come to terms with it. I have no desire to be a world famous genius. I study for pleasure now and enjoy my job.
Here's another anecdote for you. I was what many considered to be a child prodigy and genius. My parents living in a small farming community there was nowhere for me to go and nothing for me to do. My parents intentionally avoided teaching me to read before starting pre-school because they didn't want me to be "different" from the other kids. I didn't know anybody who could get me into prestigious colleges and programs at an early age, although I could have understood it. Instead I was put in public schools and learned to despise everyone there. I became cynical, anti-social, and lazy.There was no reason to try when there wasn't anything on the next level. Now here I am a decade later, widely accepted by almost all my friends, coworkers, and supervisors to be one of the most intelligent persons they have ever met, but I have nothing to show for it. I graduated from the local community college at 17, but because I was lazy my grades sucked and I couldn't transfer anywhere. I have over 200 credits from that school now, but few 4-year schools will look at me. Not that I could afford those that do. As a single white male with two AA degrees, I'm not eligible for any financial aid. tl;dr version. I was a prodigy ruined by forcing me into public schools. I've gotten past it and am quite happy with my life now, but for this kid I say let him run as far and as fast as he can so what happened to me doesn't happen to him.
Why does it suck? If the argument is that everyone else is doing such a great job where we are failing, then the obvious solution is for you to go over there and not try to make me turn in to them.
You realize that the hedge fund that hedge fund managers manage is comprised of John Does retirement fund, and that the manager only profits when he makes a profit for the John Does, right?
There is a clause that allows companies to register their own trademark domain for a steep discount if they don't intend to use it for adult content. A couple hundred bucks to a mega corp isn't a shakedown.
If HP couldn't sell themat 400 bucks a piece, why would ebay? Their attraction is their cheapness and expendability. Hard to gouge potential customers when they only want one on a whim.
Wasn't there a clause inserted when the xxx domain started that allows companies and entities to register their own.com or.org domain as a.xxx for cheap if they don't intend to use it as an adult site and only to block others from using it? I have a hard time believing that charging a few benjamins to a celebrity that makes millions is a racket.
Yes I have. I have quite a bit of experience in SD and combat, and I'm not talking about on an xbox. Obviously I'm not talking about a coma patient or other completely paralyzed individual, but even a slobbering drunk can be dangerous even if they aren't fully mobile.
The only stuff that could grow would either have to be intentionally transported from 3km below the ocean surface or spontaneously follow the same evolutionary path that took millions of years down there. Doubtful.
You have never taken any sefl-defense courses have you? Everyone is capable of being lethal, either through size, strength, speed, or sheer luck. Going hands on is very dangerous even with an incapacitated target. Perhaps more so because they don't respond predictably to pain or fear. It only takes half a second to kill someone if you are with in arms reach.
The video next shows the knife coming near the officer, hitting the side of a train and ricocheting to the platform, where it came to rest.
The officer then fired his gun, the video indicates.
Rainey said three shell casings were recovered on the station platform and indicate that the officer fired three shots.
He said the preliminary indication is that Hill was struck by all three shots, but he cautioned that the investigations have not been completed and there has not yet been an official determination of how many shots were fired and how many times Hill was hit.
The knife that Hill allegedly threw at the officers was 8 inches long, including a 4-inch blade, Rainey said.
A second knife of the same size was also found on the platform and investigators believe Hill was armed with that knife as well, Rainey said. He showed photographs of both knives to reporters.
Not really. It works by killing the host cell. In an established infection where the majority of the cells present are infected, it would just kill the organ/organism. Much like chemotherapy, there is a fine line between curing a problem and the damage the cure causes.
How many free sex societies have prospered in human history? I can't think of any. There have been several that tried, but none that lasted long. IMO it is because the mindset that puts such high value on instant gratification of any sort is not the type to instill other societal virtues as, patience, self-control, and charity. It is just about me, right now. Even today you can look at communities where promiscuity is the norm and see the contrast in quality of life compared to a "regular" community.
And we also expect those who make them to live on rainbows and unicorn farts, right? Your argument doesn't even work. If you get the prescription, you get the whole antibiotic course at once. Not finishing it has nothing to do with you paying for it. Unless it is a freaking long course of anti-biotics (which is most likely if you already have a resistant strain somehow), then not finishing has everything to do with you deciding not to finish the bottles you already paid for that are in your cupboard. If you didn't pay to begin with, you never took them so the bacteria you carry couldn't become resistant to it anyhow.
Reading Comprehension fail. There was already a highway running through the property. Eminent domain was used to purchase land to widen it. That's a big difference. He lost a few lanes worth of usable land from the border (and was paid for it), but that's hardly the same thing as punching a new hole down the center.
He was mad at Florida DOT because he didn’t get enough money when they purchased the right-of-way to widen the highway that cut through his property.
Not to mention there is a difference between a shield 100 feet from a source and 3 miles. Just like a shadow, the affected area is a matter of size and distance. A piece of paper miles miles from a source isn't going to have much of shadow.
Incorrect. It doesn't reduce the signal quality for anyone downwave from the transmitter. It only reduces signal quality for those in the direct path of travel in a line intersecting the transmitter and this power harvesting antenna. It can only interact with waves that travel directly through it already. It doesn't alter the path of travel of nearby waves to suck them in. In this it is just like any other receiving device, meaning it wouldn't effect signal quality any more than having an equal number of radios/TVs.
Considering the height of radio/TV towers, the direct path of travel is mostly going to be into the ground anyway. The energy this would pick up would be wasted anyway.
Well put, but considering the dimensions and distances involved, it would be more like a needle sticking upright in the water shielding the lily pad than a log. The area shielding by the interference would be insignificant and only if it was in direct LOS.
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Growing up there was nothing but farms and cows to look forward to. I had no resources to study on my own other than the family encyclopedia set, which I took to school and read for the "Accelerated Reading" program in 3rd grade. The internet wasn't around back then to surf Wikipedia. I could hardly ask my teachers questions, as I was correcting them during lectures. Take any child prodigy, put them in an island, and deprive them of reading material and resources to experiment with, and they will all become bored.
Learning requires study. Study requires books. Books cost money. We had none.
So ya. I was lazy. I admit that, but take any prodigy and put them in the situation I was and the results are going to be similar. Even Edison had his chemistry set to experiment with, all I had was a 100-piece Erector set.
Like I said, I've come to terms with it. I have no desire to be a world famous genius. I study for pleasure now and enjoy my job.
Here's another anecdote for you. I was what many considered to be a child prodigy and genius. My parents living in a small farming community there was nowhere for me to go and nothing for me to do. My parents intentionally avoided teaching me to read before starting pre-school because they didn't want me to be "different" from the other kids. I didn't know anybody who could get me into prestigious colleges and programs at an early age, although I could have understood it. Instead I was put in public schools and learned to despise everyone there. I became cynical, anti-social, and lazy.There was no reason to try when there wasn't anything on the next level.
Now here I am a decade later, widely accepted by almost all my friends, coworkers, and supervisors to be one of the most intelligent persons they have ever met, but I have nothing to show for it. I graduated from the local community college at 17, but because I was lazy my grades sucked and I couldn't transfer anywhere. I have over 200 credits from that school now, but few 4-year schools will look at me. Not that I could afford those that do. As a single white male with two AA degrees, I'm not eligible for any financial aid.
tl;dr version. I was a prodigy ruined by forcing me into public schools. I've gotten past it and am quite happy with my life now, but for this kid I say let him run as far and as fast as he can so what happened to me doesn't happen to him.
Why does it suck? If the argument is that everyone else is doing such a great job where we are failing, then the obvious solution is for you to go over there and not try to make me turn in to them.
Yes it is. Move to Canada or Europe if you're so in love with socialism programs.
while your mom is close to free, the IRS won't let her take cash
You should see what his mom will do with a box of Twinkies.
There... fixed it for ya.
You realize that the hedge fund that hedge fund managers manage is comprised of John Does retirement fund, and that the manager only profits when he makes a profit for the John Does, right?
There is a clause that allows companies to register their own trademark domain for a steep discount if they don't intend to use it for adult content. A couple hundred bucks to a mega corp isn't a shakedown.
If HP couldn't sell themat 400 bucks a piece, why would ebay? Their attraction is their cheapness and expendability. Hard to gouge potential customers when they only want one on a whim.
Ya, lifespans are so much shorter than they were 100 years ago....
Wasn't there a clause inserted when the xxx domain started that allows companies and entities to register their own .com or .org domain as a .xxx for cheap if they don't intend to use it as an adult site and only to block others from using it? I have a hard time believing that charging a few benjamins to a celebrity that makes millions is a racket.
It's okay. I'm secure. I don't use a Mac.
If you pay with credit, you can't really afford it.
Yes I have. I have quite a bit of experience in SD and combat, and I'm not talking about on an xbox. Obviously I'm not talking about a coma patient or other completely paralyzed individual, but even a slobbering drunk can be dangerous even if they aren't fully mobile.
The only stuff that could grow would either have to be intentionally transported from 3km below the ocean surface or spontaneously follow the same evolutionary path that took millions of years down there. Doubtful.
You have never taken any sefl-defense courses have you? Everyone is capable of being lethal, either through size, strength, speed, or sheer luck. Going hands on is very dangerous even with an incapacitated target. Perhaps more so because they don't respond predictably to pain or fear. It only takes half a second to kill someone if you are with in arms reach.
He had another knife that was photographed at the scene.
That's really sad. Cell phone and internet access are privileges, not rights.
The video next shows the knife coming near the officer, hitting the side of a train and ricocheting to the platform, where it came to rest. The officer then fired his gun, the video indicates. Rainey said three shell casings were recovered on the station platform and indicate that the officer fired three shots. He said the preliminary indication is that Hill was struck by all three shots, but he cautioned that the investigations have not been completed and there has not yet been an official determination of how many shots were fired and how many times Hill was hit. The knife that Hill allegedly threw at the officers was 8 inches long, including a 4-inch blade, Rainey said. A second knife of the same size was also found on the platform and investigators believe Hill was armed with that knife as well, Rainey said. He showed photographs of both knives to reporters.
Not really. It works by killing the host cell. In an established infection where the majority of the cells present are infected, it would just kill the organ/organism. Much like chemotherapy, there is a fine line between curing a problem and the damage the cure causes.
How many free sex societies have prospered in human history? I can't think of any. There have been several that tried, but none that lasted long.
IMO it is because the mindset that puts such high value on instant gratification of any sort is not the type to instill other societal virtues as, patience, self-control, and charity. It is just about me, right now.
Even today you can look at communities where promiscuity is the norm and see the contrast in quality of life compared to a "regular" community.
And we also expect those who make them to live on rainbows and unicorn farts, right?
Your argument doesn't even work. If you get the prescription, you get the whole antibiotic course at once. Not finishing it has nothing to do with you paying for it. Unless it is a freaking long course of anti-biotics (which is most likely if you already have a resistant strain somehow), then not finishing has everything to do with you deciding not to finish the bottles you already paid for that are in your cupboard. If you didn't pay to begin with, you never took them so the bacteria you carry couldn't become resistant to it anyhow.
There was already a highway running through the property. Eminent domain was used to purchase land to widen it. That's a big difference. He lost a few lanes worth of usable land from the border (and was paid for it), but that's hardly the same thing as punching a new hole down the center.
He was mad at Florida DOT because he didn’t get enough money when they purchased the right-of-way to widen the highway that cut through his property.
Not to mention there is a difference between a shield 100 feet from a source and 3 miles. Just like a shadow, the affected area is a matter of size and distance. A piece of paper miles miles from a source isn't going to have much of shadow.
Incorrect. It doesn't reduce the signal quality for anyone downwave from the transmitter. It only reduces signal quality for those in the direct path of travel in a line intersecting the transmitter and this power harvesting antenna. It can only interact with waves that travel directly through it already. It doesn't alter the path of travel of nearby waves to suck them in. In this it is just like any other receiving device, meaning it wouldn't effect signal quality any more than having an equal number of radios/TVs.
Considering the height of radio/TV towers, the direct path of travel is mostly going to be into the ground anyway. The energy this would pick up would be wasted anyway.
Well put, but considering the dimensions and distances involved, it would be more like a needle sticking upright in the water shielding the lily pad than a log. The area shielding by the interference would be insignificant and only if it was in direct LOS.