"Remember when you were 6 and could recite whole episodes of cartoons that you had only seen two or three times? That's not happening again what do you base that on, and a personal anecdote, I am well into middle age and just started learning music and I can memorize sheet music and songs as well as I cold memorize anything when I was six. Personal anecdote being what it is i.e. not data.
": lack of smarts, or the wrong studying techniques / studying environment. nope. Smart only indicates how long. Sometimes not even that. A good study/teaching technique is the difference. I know a lot of not so bright people who graduated from MIT / Cal Tech and our engineers and scientists.
"Also, just copying diagrams and other drawings straight out of textbooks can help. It's a cheap trick, but it works. There are lots of these "cheap tricks"" that doesn't teach you anything but how to mimic what's in the book. It would explain why so many people I run into or interview can clearly describe concepts, but can't apply them to anything.
"Did you go to college and if so did you study math and other technical subjects or did you study fussy things like English?" I have no idea what that means. Fussy things?
No, he just lapped up the credit from an economic war older then he was. Just like he took credit for the wall coming down, after the wall started coming down. Worst. President. Ever.
Yep, and the pubs know it and they have been positioning themselves to use the logical response against Obama. That's why we suddenly heard some senators pining for he cold war. All the pubs have is manufactured damned if he does damned if he doesn't scenarios as opposed to actual fact based complaints.
Yes, Russia has made EU their bitch, ad it will remain that way until the EU decides to suck it up and deal real sanctions; which will someone how be Obama's fault, according to the pubs.
kilo = 1000. From before computer existed. You may not have realized it, but 1000x1024 produces a completely different number then 1024x1024. I know, shocking. So to say a kilo is 1024 in the computer industry is inaccurate and misleading. What we need was a name for 1024, which we now have.
Are you seriously saying we should re-define the metric system?
a kilobyte means 1000 bytes. A kibi means 1024 bytes. Since binary is powers of 2., anyone who actually understand computers understand why kibi byte is more accurate and proper for the industry.
"...used the correct definition of kilobytes and megabytes" No, it wan't correct, they where wrong Since it was how you used it when you learned it., you are emotional unable to come to terms with the accurate version.
And the name kibi is the result of decades of confusion, and concern that is old then the PC.
No, no, you keep assuming the manufactures are correct, because hell, why use logic and science when companies are always correct?
So the experts need to STFU so a non expert like yourself can feel good about their childhood? You are the one who needs to STFU.
"Pluto was a planet for both the common and technical definitions for quite some time." What definition? Pluto was call a planet when anything going around the sun was a planet; which was fine/. Now that we have learned a lot more it turns out that was a poor way to determine what a planet is.
Now there are specific requirement as to what a planet is, if it turns out the Pluto meets those requirements then t will be a planet.
" and technical use" except it didn't. It was a useless term.
Kilo equaled a thousand before there where computers. the Computer industry incorrectly co=opted the name, and that was fixed in 1998. kibibytes only makes an accurate definition. I'm sorry you are too stupid to understand logical changes, and corrected definitions based on new data. Really, nothing should change form how you learned it the first time, right?
Time to play: Name that logical fallacy! Would that be: argument form authority? Ding ding ding, we have a winner.
Why do you think just becasue they are a priest they know what the Bible means? I went to catholic school, and I constantly pointed out error in priest beliefs. Hell, most of them don't even know their own theology, much less it's history. A previous pope talked about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
Yes, it was faster, and is expending faster then the speed of light as I type this. Wait, it gets even better: There are galaxies moving away fro us faster the SoL, and we will never see them.
we'll see. If it's SoL, then that means space remain bent even after the object causing the bend is gone; which has some interesting implication. If i's instant, the that also has some very interesting implications.
Both will change certain aspect of how we understand physics.
That's completely false. You, and people of your ilk, are simple minded folks who are barely smart enough to be called human.
Russia is not the biggest GO political threat facing the US. It's absurd to think so. Trying to shoe horn this issue into the is well, stupid. It's not even ignorant, it is stupid. It s twisting what is happening into a political 'right/wrong' argument tat doesn't apply.
It's more FUD from the pubs. If lies, misinformation and out of context quotes is all the pubs can ever muster up against Obama, then he is doing a pretty good job.
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Probably not as well as you think.
Do they come untied when you don't want them to? If so, you fail.
"Remember when you were 6 and could recite whole episodes of cartoons that you had only seen two or three times? That's not happening again
what do you base that on, and a personal anecdote, I am well into middle age and just started learning music and I can memorize sheet music and songs as well as I cold memorize anything when I was six.
Personal anecdote being what it is i.e. not data.
": lack of smarts, or the wrong studying techniques / studying environment.
nope. Smart only indicates how long. Sometimes not even that. A good study/teaching technique is the difference.
I know a lot of not so bright people who graduated from MIT / Cal Tech and our engineers and scientists.
"Also, just copying diagrams and other drawings straight out of textbooks can help. It's a cheap trick, but it works. There are lots of these "cheap tricks""
that doesn't teach you anything but how to mimic what's in the book.
It would explain why so many people I run into or interview can clearly describe concepts, but can't apply them to anything.
"Did you go to college and if so did you study math and other technical subjects or did you study fussy things like English?"
I have no idea what that means. Fussy things?
I hate it becasue it's poor and adds nothing to the industry.
If it's easy, then it should have almost no value no a resume.
asking stupid questions like that.
As an old programmer who has spent his life constantly learning, there aren't new tricks, just more learning.
No, he just lapped up the credit from an economic war older then he was.
Just like he took credit for the wall coming down, after the wall started coming down.
Worst. President. Ever.
you first.
"..so much like reddit.."
If you think reddit s 'soft', you don't really even understand it.
http://news.slashdot.org/story...
http://features.slashdot.org/s...
So we have had cooking on /. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
You think it's been spring for 'several weeks'. Seriously?
Yep, and the pubs know it and they have been positioning themselves to use the logical response against Obama.
That's why we suddenly heard some senators pining for he cold war.
All the pubs have is manufactured damned if he does damned if he doesn't scenarios as opposed to actual fact based complaints.
Yes, Russia has made EU their bitch, ad it will remain that way until the EU decides to suck it up and deal real sanctions; which will someone how be Obama's fault, according to the pubs.
I see. So what you are telling me is that you are a bully and don't like to think.
Well done.
"... and the only thing bullies understand is strength. "
Are you from 1950? Using strength against bullies makes them worse.
"Early warning systems prevent first strike. "
nope.
" The initiation of the strike would be on NORAD's screen within 45 seconds of the missiles launching."
not that quick.
"Considering flight time is about 45 minutes "
nope.
Wargames was a fun movie, but you need to stop thinking it was accurate in anyway.
kilo = 1000. From before computer existed. You may not have realized it, but 1000x1024 produces a completely different number then 1024x1024. I know, shocking.
So to say a kilo is 1024 in the computer industry is inaccurate and misleading.
What we need was a name for 1024, which we now have.
Are you seriously saying we should re-define the metric system?
He calls him self an Astrophysicist.
I lie how you need to make shit up, deride a man with excellent credentials, and make fun of planetariums.
You are a fucker, and it's people like you that's killing science in America.
You don't need to discover a planet to be an astronomer, and Tyson had NOTHING TO DO WIT THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A PLANET IS, understand?
Well, that's a complete lie.
Moron
a kilobyte means 1000 bytes. A kibi means 1024 bytes.
Since binary is powers of 2., anyone who actually understand computers understand why kibi byte is more accurate and proper for the industry.
"...used the correct definition of kilobytes and megabytes"
No, it wan't correct, they where wrong Since it was how you used it when you learned it., you are emotional unable to come to terms with the accurate version.
And the name kibi is the result of decades of confusion, and concern that is old then the PC.
No, no, you keep assuming the manufactures are correct, because hell, why use logic and science when companies are always correct?
So the experts need to STFU so a non expert like yourself can feel good about their childhood? You are the one who needs to STFU.
"Pluto was a planet for both the common and technical definitions for quite some time."
What definition? Pluto was call a planet when anything going around the sun was a planet; which was fine/. Now that we have learned a lot more it turns out that was a poor way to determine what a planet is.
Now there are specific requirement as to what a planet is, if it turns out the Pluto meets those requirements then t will be a planet.
" and technical use"
except it didn't. It was a useless term.
Kilo equaled a thousand before there where computers. the Computer industry incorrectly co=opted the name, and that was fixed in 1998.
kibibytes only makes an accurate definition.
I'm sorry you are too stupid to understand logical changes, and corrected definitions based on new data.
Really, nothing should change form how you learned it the first time, right?
Don't you just love nerd face?
Man does belief things he doesn't understand, spout meaningless statement to show everyone how ignorant he is: news at 11.
Time to play:
Name that logical fallacy!
Would that be: argument form authority?
Ding ding ding, we have a winner.
Why do you think just becasue they are a priest they know what the Bible means?
I went to catholic school, and I constantly pointed out error in priest beliefs. Hell, most of them don't even know their own theology, much less it's history.
A previous pope talked about this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
"....namely, an incorrect interpretation of their book.."
FIFY, FTW
Yes, it was faster, and is expending faster then the speed of light as I type this.
Wait, it gets even better:
There are galaxies moving away fro us faster the SoL, and we will never see them.
http://curious.astro.cornell.e...
we'll see. If it's SoL, then that means space remain bent even after the object causing the bend is gone; which has some interesting implication.
If i's instant, the that also has some very interesting implications.
Both will change certain aspect of how we understand physics.
Hey, I invented that!
That's completely false.
You, and people of your ilk, are simple minded folks who are barely smart enough to be called human.
Russia is not the biggest GO political threat facing the US. It's absurd to think so.
Trying to shoe horn this issue into the is well, stupid.
It's not even ignorant, it is stupid. It s twisting what is happening into a political 'right/wrong' argument tat doesn't apply.
It's more FUD from the pubs. If lies, misinformation and out of context quotes is all the pubs can ever muster up against Obama, then he is doing a pretty good job.