Not just parents, peer group. I'm sure plenty of/.ers are more than familiar with the general anti-intellectual sentiment found in many schools, especially among the 'cool kids' and young-ish age groups.
However hard one tries, it's difficult to remain motivated when having a wide vocabulary or advanced mathematical skills singles you out as 'weird'. A competitive academic environment, on the other hand, not only keeps motivation up but if anything pushes kids to spend extra time on their work, to help them 'win'.
In either case, though, a balance is needed. Overly pushy parents and excess competition seem to lead to social problems and feelings of inadequacy.
There's a reason all my best friends are of Asian descent, they're the only ones who seem to compete against me for grades everyone else just shrugs.
Asking for Ethnic background and Age are standard questions on any survey used to track demographic trends. It's not taken into account in the results as you'd know if you'd actually gone through the whole survey.
Piracy of Nintendo products amounts to 1/10 of 1%. A website may broadcast success in homebrew operations but how many hits to that web site result into actually copying titles and comprimises to hardware measures?
0, 10, 5?
1 in 1,000,000 individuals possess the knowledge to mod a nintendo DS. 1 in 200,000,000 can possibly comprimise a nintendo Wii.
I'm sorry there's no way those figure are even close, that would imply that worldwide there are only 30-35 people capable of modding a Wii
The difference is that 99.99% of neighbors can hear the loud music while 100% of neighbors cannot sense WIFI.
And in fact there is as yet no proof that anyone can sense WIFI and that this is not just a NOCEBO effect.
If I claim that your writing Slashdot entries gives me headaches you probably wouldn't pay much attention. Claims that WIFI gives me headaches merit about the same amount of respect and attention.
TFTFY. Until we get a double blind test where someone actually proves they can sense Wi-fi we should consider it completely Psychosomatic. Oh and I'm fairly sure more than 0.01% of the population are unable to hear the loud music due to hearing problems
Trying to Jailbreak the laptop to allow you to do things like disable the webcam was an offense punishable by expulsion. Oh, and just for good measure, students weren't allowed to use their own computers at school.
That may be so but a strip of duct tape over the lens works wonders
Slashdot Mirror
Whoosh?
Not just parents, peer group. I'm sure plenty of /.ers are more than familiar with the general anti-intellectual sentiment found in many schools, especially among the 'cool kids' and young-ish age groups.
However hard one tries, it's difficult to remain motivated when having a wide vocabulary or advanced mathematical skills singles you out as 'weird'. A competitive academic environment, on the other hand, not only keeps motivation up but if anything pushes kids to spend extra time on their work, to help them 'win'.
In either case, though, a balance is needed. Overly pushy parents and excess competition seem to lead to social problems and feelings of inadequacy.
There's a reason all my best friends are of Asian descent, they're the only ones who seem to compete against me for grades everyone else just shrugs.
Asking for Ethnic background and Age are standard questions on any survey used to track demographic trends. It's not taken into account in the results as you'd know if you'd actually gone through the whole survey.
It's a shit test, and measures nothing.
You could show a little more empathy for the people who made the test you insensitive piece of shit.
You could show a little more empathy for the grandparent who made that post you insensitive piece of shit.
You could show a little more empathy for the great-grandparent who made that post you insensitive piece of shit.
Glad to see Google are living up to their motto
Wow a textbook definition of a redundant comment, good enough to be take as a textbook example even.
Just don't insert a coin then you idiot?
Whooosh!
You must be new here...
CO+
It's not something any sane person would consider doing in the kitchen.
Because surely anyone trying to derive ricin for use in an amateur weapon is clearly in their right mind :p
Piracy of Nintendo products amounts to 1/10 of 1%. A website may broadcast success in homebrew operations but how many hits to that web site result into actually copying titles and comprimises to hardware measures?
0, 10, 5?
1 in 1,000,000 individuals possess the knowledge to mod a nintendo DS. 1 in 200,000,000 can possibly comprimise a nintendo Wii.
I'm sorry there's no way those figure are even close, that would imply that worldwide there are only 30-35 people capable of modding a Wii
I assume you mean canon.
The difference is that 99.99% of neighbors can hear the loud music while 100% of neighbors cannot sense WIFI.
And in fact there is as yet no proof that anyone can sense WIFI and that this is not just a NOCEBO effect.
If I claim that your writing Slashdot entries gives me headaches you probably wouldn't pay much attention. Claims that WIFI gives me headaches merit about the same amount of respect and attention.
TFTFY. Until we get a double blind test where someone actually proves they can sense Wi-fi we should consider it completely Psychosomatic. Oh and I'm fairly sure more than 0.01% of the population are unable to hear the loud music due to hearing problems
Not all of them, one of them was a Taxman, Matthew IIRC
What I don't get is why he doesn't invest in an American company, like Westinghouse, or B&W, or GE...
It's nothing personal it's just good financial sense nowadays.
I use Windows Antivirus 2009.
It is also Albert Einstein's 131st Birthday today, pity he's dead really.
I only watch porn for the plot and character development.
While I agree that "Digital Restrictions Management" is more accurate, it's not the "proper" term.
Whoosh!!!
Now, now this isn't the first troublesome thing to come out of Canada, let's not forget Bryan Adams
What are we Texans supposed to do?
I suggest proclaiming independence
Urban legend actually, it's generally accepted that the sources for that rumour are unreliable
Mao However...
Trying to Jailbreak the laptop to allow you to do things like disable the webcam was an offense punishable by expulsion. Oh, and just for good measure, students weren't allowed to use their own computers at school.
That may be so but a strip of duct tape over the lens works wonders
all your people were using the internet for was bad-mouthing your attempts to fight the righteous battle against the vile corruption from the West
Wait, Iranians don't use the internet for porn? ...That's weird.
Remember China's east of Iran.
This site is just a ploy to get me to turn off AdBlocker...
I think that's meant to read DSi, he just capitalised the i and not the DS part.