Whenever I read submissions like this, I wonder why they put a sentence like "genius in flunked out of...". Unless the area they were a genius in was the same one he/she failed at, it seems kind of flame-bait - trying to start an "school is useless - look at these outliers" discussion.
I don't think that's what it's trying to say at all. My reading is more like "look, even geniuses can have trouble in school."
Hugh Pickens wrote incorrect information in his lede sentence there. Tea is the second most widely consumed beverage in the world after plain water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea
It's a bit of a stretch, but science is part of news for nerds. . ..
I agree completely. But astrology isn't science, not even in the least. This should have been in the "idle" category.
As wizardforce mentioned below, Bad Astronomy covered this very well.
Article posts 'October 4 2010' as the publication date... Unless I pulled a Rip Van Winkle at my desk just now, we're looking at news FROM THE FUTURE!!!:)
It's in the October 4 issue, which is released a week or even two before October 4. Most magazines do this sort of thing with publication dates.
I believe the last SCOTUS decision found that cartoon porn was protected speech by a 6-3 margin.
Here's the relevant link:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-795.ZS.html
Another interesting question is why did the Virginia court disregard the SCOTUS decision that I link to above?
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They can cheat and solve the next bajillion moves.
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I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Whenever I read submissions like this, I wonder why they put a sentence like "genius in flunked out of ...". Unless the area they were a genius in was the same one he/she failed at, it seems kind of flame-bait - trying to start an "school is useless - look at these outliers" discussion.
I don't think that's what it's trying to say at all. My reading is more like "look, even geniuses can have trouble in school."
Hugh Pickens wrote incorrect information in his lede sentence there. Tea is the second most widely consumed beverage in the world after plain water. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea
Apple pretty much already manages Foxconn... All the processes are designed and supervised by Apple.
Uhm, no. A quick look at the Wikipedia article on Foxconn lists quite a few other major customers and competitors to Apple, such as Amazon and Samsung. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn#Major_customers
It's a bit of a stretch, but science is part of news for nerds. . . .
I agree completely. But astrology isn't science, not even in the least. This should have been in the "idle" category. As wizardforce mentioned below, Bad Astronomy covered this very well.
Article posts 'October 4 2010' as the publication date... Unless I pulled a Rip Van Winkle at my desk just now, we're looking at news FROM THE FUTURE!!! :)
It's in the October 4 issue, which is released a week or even two before October 4. Most magazines do this sort of thing with publication dates.
Big typos: it should read perchlorate, not percholate.
I believe the last SCOTUS decision found that cartoon porn was protected speech by a 6-3 margin. Here's the relevant link: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-795.ZS.html Another interesting question is why did the Virginia court disregard the SCOTUS decision that I link to above?