If we back away from simply looking at gifted programs and look at the entire school experience, including English Language Learners (where English is a second language) or supplemental reading programs and even free and reduced price lunches, we find that all kids are getting their fair share of unbiased attention. Also, being in a gifted program is tough. Kids will shy away from the tough classes if they are concerned that it will negatively affect their GPA and possibly a scholarship. As a school board member, I just had a debate with middle and high school students about this very issue. GPA is king at college admissions and risking it just to say you were in a gifted class doesn't appeal to many students.
I am 53 and obese. Think Cartman from South Park large. I didn't get this way from drinking Coke and eating donuts. I got my excess weight from overeating and drinking lots of beer. I do enjoy a Coke now and then. While not a cure, it always helps a hangover. My point is, I don't care if Coke is good or bad for me because I only drink it once every couple of months when I feel like it. This obsession with demonizing anything that could possibly be bad for us is crazy. Do people abuse Coke, sure, just like I used to abuse beer. But that's their problem. Anyone who is dumb enough to not take a close look at what they put in their mouths deserves whatever comes their way, me included. By the way, I am eating healthy now, working out and I have all but stopped drinking beer. Leaving the beer alone was tough but I feel so much better.
Thank you for the ad hominem attack. Maybe you should re-read what I wrote. I asked the question because it needs to be asked. Yeah, the data is in the data center - all of ours is. Why don't we control it then? You see, you are so ready to make a dumbass excuse that you don't realize the importance of the question.
There is no question Vodafone, or at least the employee was wrong but I find Ms. O'Brien's reaction a little over the top. First, what sort of journalist doesn't keep her work and personal life separated, even with separate phones? Second, why didn't she protect her data (or remove it) prior to releasing the story. I would think she would have expected what happened. I would have. I think she is simply making the most out of the situation for her own gain.
Frequent hotel guest, I can say that my two top priorities are a toilet that will actually flush what I put in it and a shower where my ass doesn't touch the walls or curtain. I don't know who designs hotel rooms but in my experience, neither of those two items gets enough attention. I can deal with the vanity that is meant for a 7 year old but the other two things are just annoying. And forget high tech if I am going to a destination hotel like a resort. Just make it comfortable and quiet. I have no trouble using the phone for room service or asking for a plunger for the shitty toilet.
I can see many uses for this. Here in the midwest, where tornadoes are common, insurance companies often provide a business a discount if they physically harden their data centers. If one was to rebuild their infrastructure on one of these devices, and store it securely, I wonder if that would qualify?
Right, 60% larger gravity would be tough on a fat guy like me. Also, can someone please help me understand the orbit thing? In the article it appears that 186 orbits a brighter-sun closer to Mercury's orbit as opposed to Earth's. The Earth has liquid water in the summer and frozen water in the winter just with the polar shift. How can a planet orbiting closer to a brighter star have anything but steam in the atmosphere, if it even has water?
Asimov did have three laws, you are correct. I was looking at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council which has 5 rules. I guess I miffed the joke a bit but I hope it was still good for a chuckle.
Ah yes, the ability to trust. Tell that to my aging parents who live with me because social security is inadequate. Just another great promise of the government you feel I should trust implicitly. And certainly I should trust anyone who is looking for their next research grant and needs to prop up something as big as climate change too.
It's hard to trust anyone who's work is disseminated by the government or media today. Research and reports are spun mercilessly for the gain of whoever needs it. It may not be scientist's fault but when you hear something like "the sky is falling" and then hear it refuted over and over, one starts to take things with a grain of salt. Take, for example, Global Cooling back in the 1970's. That was refuted with Global Warming in the 2000's and now it's simply Global Climate Change which seems to be a catch-all. I don't deny GCC but I certainly want to see the data. What's the old adage that Regan grabbed from the Russian's; "Trust but Verify" I think was it.
"...how initial concern over an asteroid strike wasn't sustained long enough to establish consistent funding..."
I would be much happier if we could sustain concern over our infrastructure like roads and bridges and forget about something that will probably never happen in our lifetimes or our great grand children's lifetimes.
Correct me if I am wrong but stealing thousands or millions of records through an accessible UI doesn't seem feasible to me. If the data itself had been encrypted, even if the thiefs had access to the storage directly, they would have been stealing encrypted files. Maybe encryption isn't the holy grail but I would sure feel better knowing my data wasn't readable after downloading. I mean make them work for it anyway.
It's not really a volcano. It's global warming making the earth hotter and melting the rocks. Nature couldn't possibly be destroying her own environment, could she?
This is what happens in a country that takes their citizens right to bear arms away. Higher taxes to better support government bloat is first, next it will be further intrusion into personal lives and jailing people without due process. At some point Australians will be slaves to their government and they won't even know it..... I know what you are thinking; that's all happening in the US too. At least here in the US we will be able to gather our guns and shut it down when we get tired of it.
Why is it, that after nearly 40 years in the workplace, I have never seen any of the things this article presupposes as reasons why women's numbers are lower in the engineering community? Call me blind if you will but I work with several engineers who are women and they seem to get along just fine. This is just annoying, feel-good, liberal crap. Women's numbers will never increase because most want a family at some point in their lives.
Certainly the blessed Democrats are not complicit in this at all. I mean they have rallied to get rid of the Patriot Act, right? Oh wait, no they haven't, not even our President who compromised on government snooping oversight and totally bailed on his campaign promise. I loathe people who want to just throw blame. Oh and you are a pussy and a douche bag for posting anonymously.
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If we back away from simply looking at gifted programs and look at the entire school experience, including English Language Learners (where English is a second language) or supplemental reading programs and even free and reduced price lunches, we find that all kids are getting their fair share of unbiased attention. Also, being in a gifted program is tough. Kids will shy away from the tough classes if they are concerned that it will negatively affect their GPA and possibly a scholarship. As a school board member, I just had a debate with middle and high school students about this very issue. GPA is king at college admissions and risking it just to say you were in a gifted class doesn't appeal to many students.
Smoke this and make sure you get the smoke deep down into your lungs. It's tobacco, it' one of the healthiest things for your body!
Fiber optic cable to all devices would nullify this sort of attack.
I am 53 and obese. Think Cartman from South Park large. I didn't get this way from drinking Coke and eating donuts. I got my excess weight from overeating and drinking lots of beer. I do enjoy a Coke now and then. While not a cure, it always helps a hangover. My point is, I don't care if Coke is good or bad for me because I only drink it once every couple of months when I feel like it. This obsession with demonizing anything that could possibly be bad for us is crazy. Do people abuse Coke, sure, just like I used to abuse beer. But that's their problem. Anyone who is dumb enough to not take a close look at what they put in their mouths deserves whatever comes their way, me included. By the way, I am eating healthy now, working out and I have all but stopped drinking beer. Leaving the beer alone was tough but I feel so much better.
She could choose another wireless company?
Thank you for the ad hominem attack. Maybe you should re-read what I wrote. I asked the question because it needs to be asked. Yeah, the data is in the data center - all of ours is. Why don't we control it then? You see, you are so ready to make a dumbass excuse that you don't realize the importance of the question.
There is no question Vodafone, or at least the employee was wrong but I find Ms. O'Brien's reaction a little over the top. First, what sort of journalist doesn't keep her work and personal life separated, even with separate phones? Second, why didn't she protect her data (or remove it) prior to releasing the story. I would think she would have expected what happened. I would have. I think she is simply making the most out of the situation for her own gain.
Frequent hotel guest, I can say that my two top priorities are a toilet that will actually flush what I put in it and a shower where my ass doesn't touch the walls or curtain. I don't know who designs hotel rooms but in my experience, neither of those two items gets enough attention. I can deal with the vanity that is meant for a 7 year old but the other two things are just annoying. And forget high tech if I am going to a destination hotel like a resort. Just make it comfortable and quiet. I have no trouble using the phone for room service or asking for a plunger for the shitty toilet.
I can see many uses for this. Here in the midwest, where tornadoes are common, insurance companies often provide a business a discount if they physically harden their data centers. If one was to rebuild their infrastructure on one of these devices, and store it securely, I wonder if that would qualify?
Right, 60% larger gravity would be tough on a fat guy like me. Also, can someone please help me understand the orbit thing? In the article it appears that 186 orbits a brighter-sun closer to Mercury's orbit as opposed to Earth's. The Earth has liquid water in the summer and frozen water in the winter just with the polar shift. How can a planet orbiting closer to a brighter star have anything but steam in the atmosphere, if it even has water?
Asimov did have three laws, you are correct. I was looking at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council which has 5 rules. I guess I miffed the joke a bit but I hope it was still good for a chuckle.
I didn't say that.
Ah yes, the ability to trust. Tell that to my aging parents who live with me because social security is inadequate. Just another great promise of the government you feel I should trust implicitly. And certainly I should trust anyone who is looking for their next research grant and needs to prop up something as big as climate change too.
The manufacturer of the robot should be prosecuted if they didn't add the five laws to its programming.
It's hard to trust anyone who's work is disseminated by the government or media today. Research and reports are spun mercilessly for the gain of whoever needs it. It may not be scientist's fault but when you hear something like "the sky is falling" and then hear it refuted over and over, one starts to take things with a grain of salt. Take, for example, Global Cooling back in the 1970's. That was refuted with Global Warming in the 2000's and now it's simply Global Climate Change which seems to be a catch-all. I don't deny GCC but I certainly want to see the data. What's the old adage that Regan grabbed from the Russian's; "Trust but Verify" I think was it.
"...how initial concern over an asteroid strike wasn't sustained long enough to establish consistent funding..."
I would be much happier if we could sustain concern over our infrastructure like roads and bridges and forget about something that will probably never happen in our lifetimes or our great grand children's lifetimes.
Correct me if I am wrong but stealing thousands or millions of records through an accessible UI doesn't seem feasible to me. If the data itself had been encrypted, even if the thiefs had access to the storage directly, they would have been stealing encrypted files. Maybe encryption isn't the holy grail but I would sure feel better knowing my data wasn't readable after downloading. I mean make them work for it anyway.
Obama has promised again and again to safeguard our liberties. Now he has morphed into George Bush. What did I miss?
For all intents and purposes, who cares?
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/for_all_intensive_purposes
It's not really a volcano. It's global warming making the earth hotter and melting the rocks. Nature couldn't possibly be destroying her own environment, could she?
This is what happens in a country that takes their citizens right to bear arms away. Higher taxes to better support government bloat is first, next it will be further intrusion into personal lives and jailing people without due process. At some point Australians will be slaves to their government and they won't even know it.....
I know what you are thinking; that's all happening in the US too. At least here in the US we will be able to gather our guns and shut it down when we get tired of it.
I give out my DNA all the time. As long as I don't have to pay child support, I am not concerned.
Why is it, that after nearly 40 years in the workplace, I have never seen any of the things this article presupposes as reasons why women's numbers are lower in the engineering community? Call me blind if you will but I work with several engineers who are women and they seem to get along just fine.
This is just annoying, feel-good, liberal crap. Women's numbers will never increase because most want a family at some point in their lives.
Shoot, now there will be a CO2 shortage and my soda will be flat.
Certainly the blessed Democrats are not complicit in this at all. I mean they have rallied to get rid of the Patriot Act, right? Oh wait, no they haven't, not even our President who compromised on government snooping oversight and totally bailed on his campaign promise. I loathe people who want to just throw blame. Oh and you are a pussy and a douche bag for posting anonymously.