And yet most posts which carry the disclaimer of 'English is not my native language' are well thought out, passed through a spellcheck and are easily understandable. It's the native speakers who don't take the time to use a spellcheck, and don't put any effort into their writing at all.
Yours is a great example. There's no way I would have guessed you were not a native English speaker.
I think it's because the scale was so screwed up. If you got 1 B mark in any of yor courses, to bring your average up to an 8, you would have to get an A in 2 courses
Yes, this is how averages work!
I doubt it was supposed to be 'easy' since there's money on the line. If everyone was supposed to get the scholarship, then it ceases being a scholarship and instead becomes a welfare system.
I'm sure there are a number of people here who would easily have met the 8/10 requirement.
Yes but just because 1 in 5 people have an STD doesn't mean you have a 1 in 5 chance of a person you have sex with having an STD. I will be much higher, because the people who have sex have STDs.
Or put another way, if only 50 million people in the US have sex, and all of them have an STD, then your chance of getting an STD are 100%.
Many airlines offers passengers who pay for a "first class" ticket improved service for extra money. This extra service for those willing to pay more. In addition to covering the costs of providing the extra service, this revenue helps the airlines lower fares for the other passengers, so its existance helps them as well.
Yeah, that's why Ryan air and other low cost airlines have large first class sections to subsidize their economy section. Companies price according to the Laffer curve. You're delusional if you think a company will take profits from one part of a company to reduce prices in another part for the benefit of the customer.
I'm surprised (and slightly disappointed) the most sophisticated e-crime only netted $9 million.
Dr. Evil: "Here's the plan. We get the warhead, and we hold the world ransomed for.....Nine MILLION DOLLARS!!" No.2: "Ahem...Well, don't you think we should maybe ask for *more* than Nine million dollars? Nine million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days. Virtucon alone makes over nine billion dollars a year!" Dr. Evil: "Really?" No.2: "Mm-hmm." Dr. Evil: "That's a number. Okay then. We hold the world ransom for.....One hundred..BILLION DOLLARS!!"
Your post above isn't even related to the post you replied to, it's just a generic 'Wikileaks sucks" post. We get it: you don't like Wikileaks' actions here.
It depends on what you think DKP is used for. If it's a 'reward' for services to the guild, then a system which favours seniority makes sense, and this model most closely matches the workplace environment.
I personally don't think this is the purpose of DKP, and favour a system which distributes it to best help the raid. In this system, future contribution is the important thing, not previous. Whilst time in the guild is possibly a good indicator of someone sticking around, it isn't the only one, and it certainly isn't the best determinant of a player's future performance.
'Flavour' items (mounts, mostly) better fit the model of rewards, and so these are prioritized to senior players.
Interesting. There is also a 'forecast' line on the wind power chart. What time frame is that forecast from? In the space of a few hours they had a period when forecast was 350MW and generation was 700MW, and then a second period when the forecast was 510MW and the generation was 250MW.
The wind power could be diverted to the aluminum potlines and other big users
Except that if you stop supplying power to aluminium potlines the aluminium in the potline solidifies and your potline is now a very expensive paperweight.
GP phrased it poorly, or doesn't quite understand how tidal generation works. It's more akin to placing underwater wind turbines. You don't see pilots complaining that they can't fly over a mountain because there are wind turbines on it.
The irony is that I bought the original diablo 2 second hand. I've since spent >$1500 on my fiance's and my WoW account.
We were really looking forward to diablo 3 and were avid fans of diablo 2 offline play. Unfortunately I doubt they will be able to resist screwing up offline play in the neverending quest to crack down on pirates, and don't expect to buy diablo 3.
And then there's mitochondria, which look a lot more like foreign microbes within our own cells than just a structure built by our cell, complete with their own DNA.
You know, George Lucas really ruined the whole series for me when he explained them.
I totally agree with you. I had a similar rant typed in about expensive yachts and skyscrapers, but I've posted such here before and it doesn't generally go anywhere productive.
With regards to the third party insurance issue I thank you for correcting me. I was writing on the assumption of an American audience and it's not too surprising I got it wrong.
In my country of residence we can't be sued into bankruptcy, due to a government department that pays for injuries arising from accidents. We are still liable for actual damages, but million dollar lawsuits for pain and suffering don't happen. As a result my yearly premium on a V6 sedan is 127 dollars.
PS - My father is in fact an actuary. Your expected return on most policies is 50 - 70 cents on the dollar.
You mean the bit where it says: "this system can be made as reliable as a conventional base-load power plant by adding a small amount of peak-load plant".
That's exactly what I said. Furthermore:
"This back-up does not have to have the same capacity as the group of wind farms... one fifth to one third of the wind capacity"
Even the numbers are the same, my example uses about a quarter.
Reading further in your link. "If and when advanced batteries become less expensive, PV electricity would become base-load"
Really? That's great news. Perhaps you should tell these people: www.hartlandwindfarm.com so that they don't have to build 500MW of thermal plant to backup their 2000MW wind farm.
I thought it was obvious that my statement was referring to the amount of energy produced from wind farms. This isn't the same as 'total amount of wind blowing in the world'. Perhaps I need to explain that in future.
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And yet most posts which carry the disclaimer of 'English is not my native language' are well thought out, passed through a spellcheck and are easily understandable. It's the native speakers who don't take the time to use a spellcheck, and don't put any effort into their writing at all.
Yours is a great example. There's no way I would have guessed you were not a native English speaker.
I think it's because the scale was so screwed up. If you got 1 B mark in any of yor courses, to bring your average up to an 8, you would have to get an A in 2 courses
Yes, this is how averages work!
I doubt it was supposed to be 'easy' since there's money on the line. If everyone was supposed to get the scholarship, then it ceases being a scholarship and instead becomes a welfare system.
I'm sure there are a number of people here who would easily have met the 8/10 requirement.
Yes but just because 1 in 5 people have an STD doesn't mean you have a 1 in 5 chance of a person you have sex with having an STD. I will be much higher, because the people who have sex have STDs.
Or put another way, if only 50 million people in the US have sex, and all of them have an STD, then your chance of getting an STD are 100%.
1 in 3 doesn't seem implausible.
Many airlines offers passengers who pay for a "first class" ticket improved service for extra money. This extra service for those willing to pay more. In addition to covering the costs of providing the extra service, this revenue helps the airlines lower fares for the other passengers, so its existance helps them as well.
Yeah, that's why Ryan air and other low cost airlines have large first class sections to subsidize their economy section. Companies price according to the Laffer curve. You're delusional if you think a company will take profits from one part of a company to reduce prices in another part for the benefit of the customer.
I'm surprised (and slightly disappointed) the most sophisticated e-crime only netted $9 million.
Dr. Evil: "Here's the plan. We get the warhead, and we hold the world ransomed for.....Nine MILLION DOLLARS!!"
No.2: "Ahem...Well, don't you think we should maybe ask for *more* than Nine million dollars? Nine million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days. Virtucon alone makes over nine billion dollars a year!"
Dr. Evil: "Really?"
No.2: "Mm-hmm."
Dr. Evil: "That's a number. Okay then. We hold the world ransom for.....One hundred..BILLION DOLLARS!!"
Just be happy he didn't say "the TFA article".
Mugabe is "President" of Zimbabwe. DRC is the Democratic Republic of Congo.
They are not the same.
Are you replying to every single post?
Your post above isn't even related to the post you replied to, it's just a generic 'Wikileaks sucks" post. We get it: you don't like Wikileaks' actions here.
Post it once, let it be moderated. Stop spamming.
It depends on what you think DKP is used for. If it's a 'reward' for services to the guild, then a system which favours seniority makes sense, and this model most closely matches the workplace environment.
I personally don't think this is the purpose of DKP, and favour a system which distributes it to best help the raid. In this system, future contribution is the important thing, not previous. Whilst time in the guild is possibly a good indicator of someone sticking around, it isn't the only one, and it certainly isn't the best determinant of a player's future performance.
'Flavour' items (mounts, mostly) better fit the model of rewards, and so these are prioritized to senior players.
At least, that's how I do it.
Find a less shitty guild.
"We think it's unlikely there will be any stars bigger than the Eddington limit"
"Ok we found one significantly bigger than the Eddington limit. Now we really think it's unlikely we'll find stars bigger than this one, really."
I'm guessing you're not a maths major either.
Interesting. There is also a 'forecast' line on the wind power chart. What time frame is that forecast from? In the space of a few hours they had a period when forecast was 350MW and generation was 700MW, and then a second period when the forecast was 510MW and the generation was 250MW.
While you're at it. I want a pony.
The wind power could be diverted to the aluminum potlines and other big users
Except that if you stop supplying power to aluminium potlines the aluminium in the potline solidifies and your potline is now a very expensive paperweight.
Perhaps I missed the gist of your reply.
GP phrased it poorly, or doesn't quite understand how tidal generation works. It's more akin to placing underwater wind turbines. You don't see pilots complaining that they can't fly over a mountain because there are wind turbines on it.
The irony is that I bought the original diablo 2 second hand. I've since spent >$1500 on my fiance's and my WoW account.
We were really looking forward to diablo 3 and were avid fans of diablo 2 offline play. Unfortunately I doubt they will be able to resist screwing up offline play in the neverending quest to crack down on pirates, and don't expect to buy diablo 3.
Hence it's important to thank Mr Powers
Age is one factor. It primarily depends how much money you have which decides whether you'll be a net drain on the economy.
And then there's mitochondria, which look a lot more like foreign microbes within our own cells than just a structure built by our cell, complete with their own DNA.
You know, George Lucas really ruined the whole series for me when he explained them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca#Cloacal_respiration
Perhaps this is the origin of the phrase 'talking out your ass'
But if google/word autocorrects it, why does he need to learn it?
I totally agree with you. I had a similar rant typed in about expensive yachts and skyscrapers, but I've posted such here before and it doesn't generally go anywhere productive.
With regards to the third party insurance issue I thank you for correcting me. I was writing on the assumption of an American audience and it's not too surprising I got it wrong.
In my country of residence we can't be sued into bankruptcy, due to a government department that pays for injuries arising from accidents. We are still liable for actual damages, but million dollar lawsuits for pain and suffering don't happen. As a result my yearly premium on a V6 sedan is 127 dollars.
PS - My father is in fact an actuary. Your expected return on most policies is 50 - 70 cents on the dollar.
You mean the bit where it says: "this system can be made as reliable as a conventional base-load power plant by adding a small amount of peak-load plant".
That's exactly what I said. Furthermore:
"This back-up does not have to have the same capacity as the group of wind farms ... one fifth to one third of the wind capacity"
Even the numbers are the same, my example uses about a quarter.
Reading further in your link. "If and when advanced batteries become less expensive, PV electricity would become base-load"
Sounds like they agree with me.
Really? That's great news. Perhaps you should tell these people: www.hartlandwindfarm.com so that they don't have to build 500MW of thermal plant to backup their 2000MW wind farm.
I thought it was obvious that my statement was referring to the amount of energy produced from wind farms. This isn't the same as 'total amount of wind blowing in the world'. Perhaps I need to explain that in future.