You are for sustained and guaranteed pollution and health affects if you stick with coal. Solar power is not even possible for the power we need right now. Wind doesn't really work either. So, you either let coal plants continue to burn or you go with nuclear until solar panels become cheap and effective enough. Not to mention the benefits of nuclear power for space travel. At least a nuclear disaster is just a matter of probability and the risks can be minimized if you don't have dirt bags running the plant.
Irrelevant. You can make the same argument about coal power, and coal is actually WORSE than nuclear in both radiation output and toxic byproducts that need disposal. I don't see any anti-nuclear idiot bitching about coal.
If you get yourself an Xbox 360 you can watch netflix and ESPN ala carte I think. I am not sure if its everything normal ESPN has but its worth a shot. I don't watch anything but baseball but I only tend to go to the games themselves rather than watch it on TV.
Yes. This problem is mainly due to the difference between engineering and science. It seems like CS hasn't figured out yet if they want to be engineers or scientists. Personally, I think they need to split into Software Engineering and Computer Science with computer science being more like mathematics, and software engineering being more like traditional forms of engineering. Scientists get a different skill set usually devoted more to abstract concepts and don't get the hands on training a typical engineer does. This being the case, your probably better off getting a Computer Engineering or EE degree. Mathematics sort of has this problem too but most people don't expect a mathematician to be a full fledged engineer.
I hate Cable. The worst part about it is the endless commercials you have to watch and pay them for the privileged. Once I switched to netflix surprisingly most of the shows I want to watch are on their anyway, or they have been added over time.
On Comcast I had worse DL and upload speeds over AT&T. I also had less reliable service. AT&T was more expensive, but I really hate Comcast after the shit they pulled. If your network is out its your fault, and if its slow its still your fault, even though you know its peak usage time and they obviously oversold bandwidth in your area.
The participation is minimal because everyone who has a decent idea or principals gets washed out by idiots. Something is wrong with a country that cares more about Osama Bin Laden or abortion funding over the national debt, or the fact our rights in the Bill of Rights are being violated on daily basis by A) The RIAA lawsuits (cruel and unusual), B) The TSA (freedom from unreasonable searches) and... etc. You get the idea. Our country is full of morons and smarter people that are greedy assholes and that is why we are quickly falling compared to Europe, Japan and China. Once they stop relying on us economically the system will rebalance itself and they will flourish.
Yes. I agree with you. My first year of college was a joke save for the math classes. It got better when I figured out I could petition to have other options satisfy my requirements. That way I got to pick some interesting subjects I actually didn't know anything about like scientific anthropology, Japanese history, etc. Also, on a similar note, Chinese people get to come here on government funding and out compete Americans for research assistantships since they are cheaper. They also get to come here to study on government funding where we actually have to pay it all back for a good part of our careers. People wonder why we have lower number of engineers and such. If anything, this will be why China take our #1 superpower spot.
Uhh. Lack of regulation leads to Robber barons and financial bubbles. If the government regulated business better we wouldn't have had a recession. Im not saying corporation should be taxed, but its human nature to fuck other people over for their own benefit. Government exists to prevent people from screwing eachother (i.e. prevent people from murdering and stealing, and make one safe from outside invaders). Goverment is supposed to set the rules to make things more fair, make them safe, and level the playing field, and enforce them so that people dont take advantage of their wealth or their influence to fuck everyone else out of a job or a home.
I am not sure what you mean precisely, but if I am interpreting it right, you think that schools don't teach computer skills. Are we talking about English majors or Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics? Those fields have a basic requirement to learn how to use computers well otherwise you won't succeed. You can't even be a pure mathematician these days without already having tenure or knowing about second year computer science curriculum.
If companies would actually pay people reasonably and not pay their CEO's 300 times the average workers salary, not to mention the other board members salaries, they would get more loyal and hard working people. Also, if they actually gave some people a chance that maybe don't have the experience but have the education they may end up with excellent employees. Why is it my generation has the most unemployed educated people? This is true even in STEM fields. Did education really change that much? I don't think so. Every previous generation bitches and complains about the ones that come after it, but it was the generation before them that was doing the exact same thing and talking about how since they didn't learn Latin or how to program punch cards the younger (now older) generation are useless or something.
Try becoming a mathematician without access to professors of mathematics. Academic education is VERY IMPORTANT. Its not everything, but without it you would probably just run around in circles doing random things that make no sense unless you are a born genius. Being born a genius doesn't make you better than anyone else, and it shouldn't make you have special treatment, its just a deal of the cards. Everyone else can learn, adapt, and still perform adequately if they are given a chance and have the motivation.
Too bad human beings do not have the level of foresight, let alone managers that get to party and drink beer all through college because their classes are so easy. That is why my generation has the most unemployed educated people for the last 80 years or so (maybe more). It sucks being racked up with student loans, then every job you want gets taken by someone that has experience, this leaving you unemployed and unable to even start you life.
First off, as a mathematician in training, the notation is wrong. You need some sort of indication of the base of the numbers. Otherwise its not a well-defined problem. Furthermore, there are no other properties defined for the larger numbers. You could just arbitrarily say "Oh, 5=pi*Gamma(7)" and still not be wrong because the notation doesn't even make any sense at all. Its akin to talking gibberish. Whoever designed that test is an idiot and doesn't understand math at all.
This sort of thing actually makes me mad. Its not like most reasonable newly graduated people can't learn things over a few months. Companies just have too many people to choose from these days and so the worker ends up getting screwed. You go through college, rack up a bunch of debts, and then can't even get employed because someone older than you actually had a job for the last 10 years and has the same credentials as you, plus experience.
Depends on your principals. A) Preferring to pay more to lower your energy usage or B) Not willing to pay a company your dollar for doing things more than worthy of anti-trust investigations and/or anti-trust lawsuits on a regular basis. Over a year 140 dollars is nothing even for someone in poverty (which I am with less than 15000 a year). Its also a small pittance of a fraction of the KWh being used by unclean energy. Most the unclean energy you use is from the products you consume including gas, plastics and food. There has to be something you dropped money on worth more than 140 dollars this year that was actually more useless than giving your 140 to the electric company over choosing AMD. Mine would probably be beer.
You'll also be paying your dollar to a company that routinely did things worthy of anti-trust lawsuits, effectively screwed Nvidia, and routinely cannot perform worth a shit in their own graphics technology.
I think every generation had someone like you. They think the world is about to collapse. I don't doubt there will be problems but there is always a certainty of that. Human beings are fucking jokes. As much as I hate to admit it, I am also a joke. We care about stupid shit and fight over things that should be free, and we subjugate our fellow man for literally no good reason. I suppose thats why we still exist but all the same, its a shitty way to exist. Im sure we will triumph over this bullshit you mentioned, but some other bullshit will get in the way in the future.
Man. People like you are why I love / . , seriously. You actually recognize what motivates humans and I can tell you are reasonable from what you said. Sorry if I seem over the top, I am drunk, but all the same. Cheers.
You misunderstand me. I have no problem with people. For example, gay sex is something I do not want to do, but Its not something I can find a problem with morally. Morals are a joke anyway. I just feel, personally, that I prefer close relationships with a person I can trust rather than a looser relationship where we just hang out. Hanging out is cool and dandy, but I never consider them a friend till we decide to hang out a few more times and get involved in eachother's life. My best friends are people I get along with on more than one occasion. We talk on the phone just to talk some times. Ive met numerous people who do this on shorter terms and I do not know them today.
What I mean is that extroverts come around and call you a "friend" just because they hang out with you every once in awhile. A friend is someone you have known for years, who you can trust, and spent quite a bit of time with (even if it was in the past and not so much anymore) to an introvert.
I own two dogs and I am an introvert. Furthermore, I do get exhausted by meetings but when you leave me alone I get more work done than say, someone who spends all their time getting coffee with people or at the water cooler.
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Well, perhaps you are right. Environmentalists just bitch and offer no alternative solutions.
You are for sustained and guaranteed pollution and health affects if you stick with coal. Solar power is not even possible for the power we need right now. Wind doesn't really work either. So, you either let coal plants continue to burn or you go with nuclear until solar panels become cheap and effective enough. Not to mention the benefits of nuclear power for space travel. At least a nuclear disaster is just a matter of probability and the risks can be minimized if you don't have dirt bags running the plant.
Irrelevant. You can make the same argument about coal power, and coal is actually WORSE than nuclear in both radiation output and toxic byproducts that need disposal. I don't see any anti-nuclear idiot bitching about coal.
If you get yourself an Xbox 360 you can watch netflix and ESPN ala carte I think. I am not sure if its everything normal ESPN has but its worth a shot. I don't watch anything but baseball but I only tend to go to the games themselves rather than watch it on TV.
Yes. This problem is mainly due to the difference between engineering and science. It seems like CS hasn't figured out yet if they want to be engineers or scientists. Personally, I think they need to split into Software Engineering and Computer Science with computer science being more like mathematics, and software engineering being more like traditional forms of engineering. Scientists get a different skill set usually devoted more to abstract concepts and don't get the hands on training a typical engineer does. This being the case, your probably better off getting a Computer Engineering or EE degree. Mathematics sort of has this problem too but most people don't expect a mathematician to be a full fledged engineer.
I hate Cable. The worst part about it is the endless commercials you have to watch and pay them for the privileged. Once I switched to netflix surprisingly most of the shows I want to watch are on their anyway, or they have been added over time.
On Comcast I had worse DL and upload speeds over AT&T. I also had less reliable service. AT&T was more expensive, but I really hate Comcast after the shit they pulled. If your network is out its your fault, and if its slow its still your fault, even though you know its peak usage time and they obviously oversold bandwidth in your area.
The participation is minimal because everyone who has a decent idea or principals gets washed out by idiots. Something is wrong with a country that cares more about Osama Bin Laden or abortion funding over the national debt, or the fact our rights in the Bill of Rights are being violated on daily basis by A) The RIAA lawsuits (cruel and unusual), B) The TSA (freedom from unreasonable searches) and... etc. You get the idea. Our country is full of morons and smarter people that are greedy assholes and that is why we are quickly falling compared to Europe, Japan and China. Once they stop relying on us economically the system will rebalance itself and they will flourish.
Yes. I agree with you. My first year of college was a joke save for the math classes. It got better when I figured out I could petition to have other options satisfy my requirements. That way I got to pick some interesting subjects I actually didn't know anything about like scientific anthropology, Japanese history, etc. Also, on a similar note, Chinese people get to come here on government funding and out compete Americans for research assistantships since they are cheaper. They also get to come here to study on government funding where we actually have to pay it all back for a good part of our careers. People wonder why we have lower number of engineers and such. If anything, this will be why China take our #1 superpower spot.
Uhh. Lack of regulation leads to Robber barons and financial bubbles. If the government regulated business better we wouldn't have had a recession. Im not saying corporation should be taxed, but its human nature to fuck other people over for their own benefit. Government exists to prevent people from screwing eachother (i.e. prevent people from murdering and stealing, and make one safe from outside invaders). Goverment is supposed to set the rules to make things more fair, make them safe, and level the playing field, and enforce them so that people dont take advantage of their wealth or their influence to fuck everyone else out of a job or a home.
I am not sure what you mean precisely, but if I am interpreting it right, you think that schools don't teach computer skills. Are we talking about English majors or Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics? Those fields have a basic requirement to learn how to use computers well otherwise you won't succeed. You can't even be a pure mathematician these days without already having tenure or knowing about second year computer science curriculum.
If companies would actually pay people reasonably and not pay their CEO's 300 times the average workers salary, not to mention the other board members salaries, they would get more loyal and hard working people. Also, if they actually gave some people a chance that maybe don't have the experience but have the education they may end up with excellent employees. Why is it my generation has the most unemployed educated people? This is true even in STEM fields. Did education really change that much? I don't think so. Every previous generation bitches and complains about the ones that come after it, but it was the generation before them that was doing the exact same thing and talking about how since they didn't learn Latin or how to program punch cards the younger (now older) generation are useless or something.
Try becoming a mathematician without access to professors of mathematics. Academic education is VERY IMPORTANT. Its not everything, but without it you would probably just run around in circles doing random things that make no sense unless you are a born genius. Being born a genius doesn't make you better than anyone else, and it shouldn't make you have special treatment, its just a deal of the cards. Everyone else can learn, adapt, and still perform adequately if they are given a chance and have the motivation.
Too bad human beings do not have the level of foresight, let alone managers that get to party and drink beer all through college because their classes are so easy. That is why my generation has the most unemployed educated people for the last 80 years or so (maybe more). It sucks being racked up with student loans, then every job you want gets taken by someone that has experience, this leaving you unemployed and unable to even start you life.
First off, as a mathematician in training, the notation is wrong. You need some sort of indication of the base of the numbers. Otherwise its not a well-defined problem. Furthermore, there are no other properties defined for the larger numbers. You could just arbitrarily say "Oh, 5=pi*Gamma(7)" and still not be wrong because the notation doesn't even make any sense at all. Its akin to talking gibberish. Whoever designed that test is an idiot and doesn't understand math at all.
You should watch some episodes of Party Down. In particular, the one with DRoooOOON!! WOOOOO!
This sort of thing actually makes me mad. Its not like most reasonable newly graduated people can't learn things over a few months. Companies just have too many people to choose from these days and so the worker ends up getting screwed. You go through college, rack up a bunch of debts, and then can't even get employed because someone older than you actually had a job for the last 10 years and has the same credentials as you, plus experience.
Depends on your principals. A) Preferring to pay more to lower your energy usage or B) Not willing to pay a company your dollar for doing things more than worthy of anti-trust investigations and/or anti-trust lawsuits on a regular basis. Over a year 140 dollars is nothing even for someone in poverty (which I am with less than 15000 a year). Its also a small pittance of a fraction of the KWh being used by unclean energy. Most the unclean energy you use is from the products you consume including gas, plastics and food. There has to be something you dropped money on worth more than 140 dollars this year that was actually more useless than giving your 140 to the electric company over choosing AMD. Mine would probably be beer.
You'll also be paying your dollar to a company that routinely did things worthy of anti-trust lawsuits, effectively screwed Nvidia, and routinely cannot perform worth a shit in their own graphics technology.
I think every generation had someone like you. They think the world is about to collapse. I don't doubt there will be problems but there is always a certainty of that. Human beings are fucking jokes. As much as I hate to admit it, I am also a joke. We care about stupid shit and fight over things that should be free, and we subjugate our fellow man for literally no good reason. I suppose thats why we still exist but all the same, its a shitty way to exist. Im sure we will triumph over this bullshit you mentioned, but some other bullshit will get in the way in the future.
Man. People like you are why I love / . , seriously. You actually recognize what motivates humans and I can tell you are reasonable from what you said. Sorry if I seem over the top, I am drunk, but all the same. Cheers.
Let the force be with you.
You misunderstand me. I have no problem with people. For example, gay sex is something I do not want to do, but Its not something I can find a problem with morally. Morals are a joke anyway. I just feel, personally, that I prefer close relationships with a person I can trust rather than a looser relationship where we just hang out. Hanging out is cool and dandy, but I never consider them a friend till we decide to hang out a few more times and get involved in eachother's life. My best friends are people I get along with on more than one occasion. We talk on the phone just to talk some times. Ive met numerous people who do this on shorter terms and I do not know them today.
What I mean is that extroverts come around and call you a "friend" just because they hang out with you every once in awhile. A friend is someone you have known for years, who you can trust, and spent quite a bit of time with (even if it was in the past and not so much anymore) to an introvert.
I own two dogs and I am an introvert. Furthermore, I do get exhausted by meetings but when you leave me alone I get more work done than say, someone who spends all their time getting coffee with people or at the water cooler.