I think the AC was basing his knowledge of "Truth" vs. "Fact" from Indiana Jones, where Indy says "Archaeology is the study of fact, not truth. If you want truth, go down the hall to Philosophy 101."
It's not the interactivity, it's the lack of wide, strenuous movements. Considering how rapidly children develop and grow until about 4 years of age, they should be as active as possible to develop and strengthen. Plus if they sit around a good chunk of the day, when it's time for bed, they're still going to have a shit-ton of energy to burn off, and you're going to have a bitch of a time putting them to sleep.
From the number of people recommending iPads, I'd say you're clearly fucked in the head, as it's Jobs who has cornered the retard market. Couldn't let anything like "intelligence" or "reality" get in the way of hatin' on MS... sorry, "M$," though could you?
I had the same problem with my kids. I contributed to the OLPC and got my daughter one. She loved dragging it around and danced in front of the webcam.
He was trying to help the dad out. Just because it's not the kind of help he wanted doesn't mean it's not the kind of help he needs. If you're expressing a kid's age in months still, they sure as fuck shouldn't be on the computer.
It's kinda sad that this is rated 1 Offtopic currently. I think it's one of the better suggestions. The questioner doesn't seem to be asking even for a way to spend time with the kid doing geek stuff, but instead just a way to keep them entertained and off daddy's expensive equipment. If that's truly all the questioner wants, track down an NES and throw the kid in front of that. If you actually wanna do the kid some good, then get the kid moving. My dad tried his best, but he worked stupidly long and irregular hours, and mom didn't bother. If they'd had more success then maybe my ankles wouldn't be so fucked up that I'm nearly crippled after an 8 hour shift of just walking and standing (and I'm only 27).
for me it would be mostly about the "without a plane around me" part,
I hope you enjoy a bird to the face crushing your skull, then. Travelling at any sort of speed for long distance travel means any sort of collision would be fatal without that plane around you, and you aren't very aerodynamic, so you won't be turning well.
Stupid people would be stupid on any OS. There is no reason in the world to suspect that if Windows disappeared that virus/malware creators would shrug and go "Oh well, we're fucked, guess we find real jobs," or that stupid people would suddenly go "Gee, that document my friend sent me is asking to install a program, that doesn't seem right." As long as you insist on "It's a Windows problem" rather than "It's a user education problem" the battle will never be won.
I suggest you do a search for "cumulative radiation." Just that search alone gets you a lot of hits about issues with excessive radiation exposure over a period of time. Tack on poisoning and the picture gets a lot darker.
If he's an unwavering supporter of the Constitution, then very little would change, as the behaviour would simply shift from Federal to State levels, and he's see absolutely nothing wrong with that, since the Fed isn't supposed to interfere in State governance.
Then again, I'm Canadian, so I don't have the best of insight to how exactly certain behavioural alterations would change the overall power structure of the US. For all I know, a strict adherence to the Constitution would result in a top-down shift in accountability, causing governments to realize that they, in fact, need to pay attention to voters, not lobby groups, etc.
Your study only samples people 18-24, and also concludes that 50% can't find friggin' New York State on a map. That study doesn't exactly help your cause as much as you'd like to purport, especially when the detailed findings say:
However, it is concerning that one in ten of those with up to a high school education cannot identify the U.S., and one in five cannot find the Pacific Ocean.
That Norman Rockwell grass is probably Kentucky Bluegrass, I always hear that touted as the ultimate lawn grass if you want that kind of look.
I like your native grasses idea. Usually native plants deal best not only with local weather conditions, but local pests, too. Personally though, I'm just going to keep living in places without lawns. I'm lucky to have that option, though.
Er, unless you're burying it *deep,* you'd still need heating and cooling. And since you're talking about grasses, I'm assuming you're not talking about burying it that deep. Maybe about six feet under?
Most people waste inordinate amounts of water, which takes resources to purify both before and after it's used, since any that isn't absorbed goes to run-off to the sewers, which needs to be treated in most areas. Then you get pesticide use, herbicide use, chemical fertilizers, gas-powered lawnmowers, etc. How the hell can you possibly think a conventional lawn is good for the environment? A properly cared-for garden? Kick-ass. Your average suburban lawn? Fucks up the environment.
You don't know much about how NIMBY works, do you? People don't give a shit about the reality. They don't want anything to do with trash in their neighbourhood. They don't want the trucks being around to drop it off, they don't want a sorting area around for it to sit, and they don't want the facilities around to burn it. It doesn't matter how it actually works, people hear "trash" and they think "dirty," so they don't want it around their property. Thus, GP was completely and totally right, regardless of how useful or clean burning trash properly is.
Bollocksing up a common phrase by randomly switching in words is not "flavouring the language." It's "clouding the issue." Use the right phrase, with the right words, or don't use the phrase. You're not avant garde, you're not clever. You're uneducated. If you're ESL, that's one thing, but then you don't claim you're enjoying flavour in your language. Pretty sure you're just a tool.
Depends on how you're looking at it. Since we're talking about a physical object, a..."hat"... as it were... it would need to be dyed. That would require black dye, which is a colour, then, it being the means to colour an object. White would require bleach, or a similar substance to strip colour from the hat, so that it reflects ALL colours. Since you can't negate a property by having more of it, white is simply all colours. If it's all colours, it's still a colour.
Just because he addressed it doesn't actually make it legal though. I hope there's some kind of follow-up on this story saying what, if any, repercussions there are.
At the University Press I worked at, we helped publish an Advanced level Ukrainian language textbook that simply didn't exist for use before she spent 5 years writing it. Book sells for about $60, and it's an actual hardcover textbook, not a photocopy, and it's built for at least 2 years of advanced-level study. I'd say that also qualifies as maintaining ethics.
It's cute that you think that, but it's really not true. The average bookstore gets a 40% discount off the cover price. If you want to be pissed at anyone taking more than their fair share, look at bookstores.
Actually, I've got unlimited transactions with my account. Never carry cash on me at all, thanks to it. And yeah, it'd be nice if the US started working with it that way. Unfortunately, thanks to the credit card companies in the US being the ones to issue debit cards, I really doubt it'll happen in some nicely compatible way with Canada's system.
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I think the AC was basing his knowledge of "Truth" vs. "Fact" from Indiana Jones, where Indy says "Archaeology is the study of fact, not truth. If you want truth, go down the hall to Philosophy 101."
It's not the interactivity, it's the lack of wide, strenuous movements. Considering how rapidly children develop and grow until about 4 years of age, they should be as active as possible to develop and strengthen. Plus if they sit around a good chunk of the day, when it's time for bed, they're still going to have a shit-ton of energy to burn off, and you're going to have a bitch of a time putting them to sleep.
From the number of people recommending iPads, I'd say you're clearly fucked in the head, as it's Jobs who has cornered the retard market. Couldn't let anything like "intelligence" or "reality" get in the way of hatin' on MS... sorry, "M$," though could you?
I had the same problem with my kids. I contributed to the OLPC and got my daughter one. She loved dragging it around and danced in front of the webcam.
I know HER future career.
He was trying to help the dad out. Just because it's not the kind of help he wanted doesn't mean it's not the kind of help he needs. If you're expressing a kid's age in months still, they sure as fuck shouldn't be on the computer.
It's kinda sad that this is rated 1 Offtopic currently. I think it's one of the better suggestions. The questioner doesn't seem to be asking even for a way to spend time with the kid doing geek stuff, but instead just a way to keep them entertained and off daddy's expensive equipment. If that's truly all the questioner wants, track down an NES and throw the kid in front of that. If you actually wanna do the kid some good, then get the kid moving. My dad tried his best, but he worked stupidly long and irregular hours, and mom didn't bother. If they'd had more success then maybe my ankles wouldn't be so fucked up that I'm nearly crippled after an 8 hour shift of just walking and standing (and I'm only 27).
I believe you mean rockets, sir?
Exactly, except that none of your examples are infeasible or useless, and only currently impractical.
for me it would be mostly about the "without a plane around me" part,
I hope you enjoy a bird to the face crushing your skull, then. Travelling at any sort of speed for long distance travel means any sort of collision would be fatal without that plane around you, and you aren't very aerodynamic, so you won't be turning well.
Just because it's true doesn't mean it's not flamebait, too.
Stupid people would be stupid on any OS. There is no reason in the world to suspect that if Windows disappeared that virus/malware creators would shrug and go "Oh well, we're fucked, guess we find real jobs," or that stupid people would suddenly go "Gee, that document my friend sent me is asking to install a program, that doesn't seem right." As long as you insist on "It's a Windows problem" rather than "It's a user education problem" the battle will never be won.
I suggest you do a search for "cumulative radiation." Just that search alone gets you a lot of hits about issues with excessive radiation exposure over a period of time. Tack on poisoning and the picture gets a lot darker.
If he's an unwavering supporter of the Constitution, then very little would change, as the behaviour would simply shift from Federal to State levels, and he's see absolutely nothing wrong with that, since the Fed isn't supposed to interfere in State governance.
Then again, I'm Canadian, so I don't have the best of insight to how exactly certain behavioural alterations would change the overall power structure of the US. For all I know, a strict adherence to the Constitution would result in a top-down shift in accountability, causing governments to realize that they, in fact, need to pay attention to voters, not lobby groups, etc.
Your study only samples people 18-24, and also concludes that 50% can't find friggin' New York State on a map. That study doesn't exactly help your cause as much as you'd like to purport, especially when the detailed findings say:
However, it is concerning that one in ten of those with up to a high school
education cannot identify the U.S., and one in five cannot find the Pacific Ocean.
Page 26.
That Norman Rockwell grass is probably Kentucky Bluegrass, I always hear that touted as the ultimate lawn grass if you want that kind of look.
I like your native grasses idea. Usually native plants deal best not only with local weather conditions, but local pests, too. Personally though, I'm just going to keep living in places without lawns. I'm lucky to have that option, though.
Er, unless you're burying it *deep,* you'd still need heating and cooling. And since you're talking about grasses, I'm assuming you're not talking about burying it that deep. Maybe about six feet under?
Most people waste inordinate amounts of water, which takes resources to purify both before and after it's used, since any that isn't absorbed goes to run-off to the sewers, which needs to be treated in most areas. Then you get pesticide use, herbicide use, chemical fertilizers, gas-powered lawnmowers, etc. How the hell can you possibly think a conventional lawn is good for the environment? A properly cared-for garden? Kick-ass. Your average suburban lawn? Fucks up the environment.
You don't know much about how NIMBY works, do you? People don't give a shit about the reality. They don't want anything to do with trash in their neighbourhood. They don't want the trucks being around to drop it off, they don't want a sorting area around for it to sit, and they don't want the facilities around to burn it. It doesn't matter how it actually works, people hear "trash" and they think "dirty," so they don't want it around their property. Thus, GP was completely and totally right, regardless of how useful or clean burning trash properly is.
Bollocksing up a common phrase by randomly switching in words is not "flavouring the language." It's "clouding the issue." Use the right phrase, with the right words, or don't use the phrase. You're not avant garde, you're not clever. You're uneducated. If you're ESL, that's one thing, but then you don't claim you're enjoying flavour in your language. Pretty sure you're just a tool.
Depends on how you're looking at it. Since we're talking about a physical object, a ..."hat"... as it were... it would need to be dyed. That would require black dye, which is a colour, then, it being the means to colour an object. White would require bleach, or a similar substance to strip colour from the hat, so that it reflects ALL colours. Since you can't negate a property by having more of it, white is simply all colours. If it's all colours, it's still a colour.
I believe you've just been out-pedanted.
Just because he addressed it doesn't actually make it legal though. I hope there's some kind of follow-up on this story saying what, if any, repercussions there are.
At the University Press I worked at, we helped publish an Advanced level Ukrainian language textbook that simply didn't exist for use before she spent 5 years writing it. Book sells for about $60, and it's an actual hardcover textbook, not a photocopy, and it's built for at least 2 years of advanced-level study. I'd say that also qualifies as maintaining ethics.
It's cute that you think that, but it's really not true. The average bookstore gets a 40% discount off the cover price. If you want to be pissed at anyone taking more than their fair share, look at bookstores.
Breach of contract, he'd get nailed and lose what he was getting and then some.
Actually, I've got unlimited transactions with my account. Never carry cash on me at all, thanks to it. And yeah, it'd be nice if the US started working with it that way. Unfortunately, thanks to the credit card companies in the US being the ones to issue debit cards, I really doubt it'll happen in some nicely compatible way with Canada's system.