My top-academic-stream class also managed to win our touch rugby competition. Certainly not a bad achievement for a bunch of geeks, and a very fond memory. We also had the player who went on to play halfback and captain our senior rugby team.
We had our fair share of typical nerd nerds, but we also had a lot of very well rounded over-achievers.
You're allowed to use your horn for one reason: to make other drivers aware of you.
This law would suggest that while talking on a cellphone drivers aren't aware of their surroundings wouldn't it? So, get on that horn until he notices you and stops talking on the cellphone.
As an added bonus you will annoy the kid texting on his phone next to you, the twenty something eating food loudly and the middle aged couple talking through the movie.
Honestly? I don't know the difference between WWW and the internet. I could guess, and I'd probably get close to correct, but how does it affect my every day browsing? I sure know what traffic shaping is though.
Europeans live so close to work/friends/family that they do live in a bubble.
My (European) gf considers the 20 minute drive to my parents "a very long trip". She used to live a literal stone's throw from her work. It saves on petrol costs for sure.
Knowledge is needed at most jobs, education in all honesty is not. I think its time for society to realize this.
I think you have that the wrong way 'round. Knowledge isn't needed - like you said, it's available at the click of a 'google search'. Education is what you need to be able to do something useful with the knowledge you've just found.
I can't remember the characteristic funtion of the normal distribution, but I can look it up on wikipedia and use the education I have to do something useful with it.
But maybe we're just expressing the same thought with different words.
My boss tried to 'free' upgrade our recently purcahsed Vista machines to Windows 7.
I say 'tried' because we were required to have (amongst more reasonable bits of paper work such as invoices) packing slips for our deliveries. We can probably get all the required documents, but they sure make their paying customers work for it.
He seemed to accept this as being necessary to stopping piracy until I pointed out that I could easily find a windows 7 torrent and install it if I wanted to. Prevention measures harm paying customers, that all.
It's highly dependent on how you define transmission losses though isn't it? Do you count losses associated with charging batteries? That's a form of energy transmission. What about the transformers in electronics' power supplies?
However the practice of putting apostrophes between acronyms and the following 's' is so prevalent that it almost does belong there. If enough people are wrong for long enough, they're right,
Even my health club has one (which I, of course, ignore. They put up those signs to placate the whiners that want to control their environment all the way out to the horizon - IOW, they want to be king - but don't enforce it.)
Was this rule in place when you signed up? If so, you're being an asshole and pissing off everyone else who joined the health club under the pretence of a cellphone free environment.
As a cyclist, I have first hand experience of how much pedestrians rely on sound to detect cars. I wear a very bright yellow jacket. There's no way people could miss me if they looked in my direction before crossing the road, but they don't.
I just expect everyone to walk out onto the road in front of me, and I'm hardly ever disappointed.
It would be similar for electric cars except they travel faster and they aren't as effective at dodging pedestrians.
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My top-academic-stream class also managed to win our touch rugby competition. Certainly not a bad achievement for a bunch of geeks, and a very fond memory. We also had the player who went on to play halfback and captain our senior rugby team.
We had our fair share of typical nerd nerds, but we also had a lot of very well rounded over-achievers.
Clearly you should drive on the left side of the road since then you will be further away from deer coming from the right.
You're allowed to use your horn for one reason: to make other drivers aware of you.
This law would suggest that while talking on a cellphone drivers aren't aware of their surroundings wouldn't it? So, get on that horn until he notices you and stops talking on the cellphone.
Just show up to the movie 10-15 minutes late.
As an added bonus you will annoy the kid texting on his phone next to you, the twenty something eating food loudly and the middle aged couple talking through the movie.
Honestly? I don't know the difference between WWW and the internet. I could guess, and I'd probably get close to correct, but how does it affect my every day browsing? I sure know what traffic shaping is though.
Europeans live so close to work/friends/family that they do live in a bubble.
My (European) gf considers the 20 minute drive to my parents "a very long trip". She used to live a literal stone's throw from her work. It saves on petrol costs for sure.
I'm used to it, I play from New Zealand.
Since 'funny' mods don't give karma, the person who modded you insightful was probably just restoring your karma after the flamebait mod.
Knowledge is needed at most jobs, education in all honesty is not. I think its time for society to realize this.
I think you have that the wrong way 'round. Knowledge isn't needed - like you said, it's available at the click of a 'google search'. Education is what you need to be able to do something useful with the knowledge you've just found.
I can't remember the characteristic funtion of the normal distribution, but I can look it up on wikipedia and use the education I have to do something useful with it.
But maybe we're just expressing the same thought with different words.
Mammals formed in the Tertiary period, about 65 million years ago.
Your statement is inconsistent with the earth only being 6000 (was it 12000?) years old. Enjoy your time in hell.
We need to protect our markets too. We are the only nation that fails to protect its domestic markets
Woah, get off your high horse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_policy_of_the_United_States
My boss tried to 'free' upgrade our recently purcahsed Vista machines to Windows 7.
I say 'tried' because we were required to have (amongst more reasonable bits of paper work such as invoices) packing slips for our deliveries. We can probably get all the required documents, but they sure make their paying customers work for it.
He seemed to accept this as being necessary to stopping piracy until I pointed out that I could easily find a windows 7 torrent and install it if I wanted to. Prevention measures harm paying customers, that all.
No, they don't have no cap plans in Australia.
Yeah it sucks that English doesn't have a future tense. Hopefully one day it will though. I'll be really happy when that happens.
Yes, I did actually RTFA after I posted that and it explicitly states that the DMCA doesnt' cover this situation.
That's what I get for posting before RTFAing but at least I'm fitting in right?
From my slashdot-learned knowledge of the DMCA this seems to be exactly what the DMCA is designed to prevent.
In New Zealand it's about 5% on the national grid. I imagine it's similar again for local networks. Step down losses are 1-2% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer#Energy_losses.
It's highly dependent on how you define transmission losses though isn't it? Do you count losses associated with charging batteries? That's a form of energy transmission. What about the transformers in electronics' power supplies?
1/3 doesn't actually feel that far off.
Economics to the rescue? If it's profitable to harvest algae then maybe those places you mentioned will be cleaned up.
However the practice of putting apostrophes between acronyms and the following 's' is so prevalent that it almost does belong there. If enough people are wrong for long enough, they're right,
Even my health club has one (which I, of course, ignore. They put up those signs to placate the whiners that want to control their environment all the way out to the horizon - IOW, they want to be king - but don't enforce it.)
Was this rule in place when you signed up? If so, you're being an asshole and pissing off everyone else who joined the health club under the pretence of a cellphone free environment.
forum posts describing how to disable this feature
What the passenger has to do is hold the console by the windscreen, then quickly run to the back of the vehicle while inputting the destination.
Yes but everyone knows Australia is in the future.
It's only just happening now for real.
As a cyclist, I have first hand experience of how much pedestrians rely on sound to detect cars. I wear a very bright yellow jacket. There's no way people could miss me if they looked in my direction before crossing the road, but they don't.
I just expect everyone to walk out onto the road in front of me, and I'm hardly ever disappointed.
It would be similar for electric cars except they travel faster and they aren't as effective at dodging pedestrians.
It sounds like a reasonable suggestion to me.
I thought igNobel prizes were for genuinely useless research. This research is very useful for highlighting some of the problems with fMRI research.
That's probably because the maoris actually invented trench warfare while fighting off the british.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/about-doc/news/media-releases/2008/early-maori-military-engineering-skills-to-be-honoured-by-new-zealand-professional-engineers/