The real question is WHY school boards across the country still use the output of this moonbat-manipulated process to choose books?
My understanding is that they don't. But Texas is a huge purchaser of textbooks and the standards they set influence what the publishers are willing to print. They publish books in order to placate Texas and the rest of the country are stuck with them.
...dismissing the stories as just 'dumbass Texans,' but what I didn't realize is that Texas schoolbooks set the standard for the rest of the country.
I knew this and am not even American. Every piece of coverage I've seen on this issue has explained how wide reaching the ramifications are. How can anyone have missed it?
I suffered from confusion because as a million is the square of a thousand, then surely a billion should be the square of a million, and a trillion the square of a billion etc etc.
A trillion is not the square of a billion in either system. It is either a thousand billion (10^3 × 10^9) or a million billion (10^6 × 10^12).
Hardly. The Wii followed two generations of poor Nintendo sales. They were looking to re-establish themselves in the home console market, rather than relying on their bruised reputation.
Time? For me, the demo downloaded at a paltry 25kB/sec. In spite of it being a larger file, it would probably have been quicker to torrent the full game.
I call your anecdote and raise one poll. More than 80% of Mac owners polled own more than one - of course the sample is rather small and not necessarily representative, but it does weaken the GP's uncited claim.
Maybe there is a Nigerian scammer out there that is just as stupid as the people sending the money.
Dear Prince Nbumbu,
I am willing to assist you in transferring the sum of $20m in return for 10%, and will forward the $400,000 advance to you in the coming week. In order to progress this transaction I first need you to wire me $100,000 in processing fees. Further details to follow.
I am interested in filming her life story. I'll gladly pay $1m dollars for the rights. First she needs to send a $100,000 clearing fee and I'll deal with it from there.
Naming is actually a really big business and is usually a pretty painful process.
As observed by Stephen Fry:
When a market research team was asked to come up with a new name for the merger between a university and a college, at Bradford, it took them three months to come up with, University of Bradford, The University of Bradford and Bradford University. Their fee was 20,000 pounds.
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Given the site's proximity to Middlesbrough, I'm sure there will be plenty of local expertise in air filtration.
The real question is WHY school boards across the country still use the output of this moonbat-manipulated process to choose books?
My understanding is that they don't. But Texas is a huge purchaser of textbooks and the standards they set influence what the publishers are willing to print. They publish books in order to placate Texas and the rest of the country are stuck with them.
...dismissing the stories as just 'dumbass Texans,' but what I didn't realize is that Texas schoolbooks set the standard for the rest of the country.
I knew this and am not even American. Every piece of coverage I've seen on this issue has explained how wide reaching the ramifications are. How can anyone have missed it?
I suffered from confusion because as a million is the square of a thousand, then surely a billion should be the square of a million, and a trillion the square of a billion etc etc.
A trillion is not the square of a billion in either system. It is either a thousand billion (10^3 × 10^9) or a million billion (10^6 × 10^12).
I would say "Whoosh!", but were it not for the preview button my missing-the-point comment would be where yours is now.
Hardly. The Wii followed two generations of poor Nintendo sales. They were looking to re-establish themselves in the home console market, rather than relying on their bruised reputation.
You take that back! If reading /. is actually a worthwhile use of my time, that takes the fun right out of it.
So, anything more than personal anecdotes on your side?
That would be a fair comment if you hadn't countered with nothing more than your own personal anecdote.
Remember the rule that 19 out of 20 computer users are pathetically systems-illiterate.
Be that as it may, de.wikipedia.org is still very easy to find.
Time? For me, the demo downloaded at a paltry 25kB/sec. In spite of it being a larger file, it would probably have been quicker to torrent the full game.
No matter how much you perfume the turd, it will still be a turd.
Ahh, so that's the politically correct equivalent of 'lipstick on a pig'.
The company highest on the list of all search engines checked is probably the company you want.
Wikipedia?
If the steps are sequential...
They're not - they are three discrete levels of severity.
The term 'three-step' used in the article is a little misleading.
According to Wikipedia, roughly 78% of the entire Russian population lives in European Russia.
Hint: 40% is worse than guessing.
No - from TFA:
The index, launched last month, rates each vulnerability using a three-step system.
Random guesses would be expected to yield 33% success.
My anecdote cancels your anecdote?
I call your anecdote and raise one poll. More than 80% of Mac owners polled own more than one - of course the sample is rather small and not necessarily representative, but it does weaken the GP's uncited claim.
I wonder just how long this platform embracing will last though?
I believe embracing is the first part of a three-step process. Not sure how the other two will pan out in this regard.
Maybe there is a Nigerian scammer out there that is just as stupid as the people sending the money.
Dear Prince Nbumbu,
I am willing to assist you in transferring the sum of $20m in return for 10%, and will forward the $400,000 advance to you in the coming week. In order to progress this transaction I first need you to wire me $100,000 in processing fees. Further details to follow.
I am interested in filming her life story. I'll gladly pay $1m dollars for the rights. First she needs to send a $100,000 clearing fee and I'll deal with it from there.
The dog didn't hesitate to eat the food. I was really surprised. I heard of dogs eating vegetarian, but I thought that it was just anecdote.
I used to be vegetarian, and whenever I cooked my dog would get the surplus - her favourite was spaghetti Bolognese made with Quorn.
I expect it would be hard to find a 5:4 anything screen. The most common screen aspect ratios are 4:3 and 16:9.
While that is true for televisions, flat panel computer monitors are more likely to be 5:4 or 16:10. For example, a large selection of 5:4 screens.
It's is "it is".
Bravo to whoever modded this 'Redundant'.
Naming is actually a really big business and is usually a pretty painful process.
As observed by Stephen Fry:
When a market research team was asked to come up with a new name for the merger between a university and a college, at Bradford, it took them three months to come up with, University of Bradford, The University of Bradford and Bradford University. Their fee was 20,000 pounds.
Ever tried expressing a liking for two supposedly opposing products in a room full of geeks, or here? I have, it ain't pretty.
I'm sure it's not as bad as all that. Incidentally, I happen to be equally fond of both emacs and vi. (Ducks)
Yep, before you know it we'll be overrun by superintelligent ants or fish-men or mole people or giant lobsters.
Well, I for one...
...am not quite certain which of those I should welcome.