I found Intro to Probability (or whatever it was called) to be significantly more challenging than the calculus for science majors classes. I didn't think that probability was a requirement for MDs. In what capacity were you observing MDs attempting to grasp conditional probability?
Are you really that thick that you can't see that I was, in fact, precisely reminding the OP that their comments are not in light with slashdot's normal political groupthink?
Groupthink is very helpful in preventing one from committing Crimethought.
Certainly, if laws "currently on the books" were enforced (both "to the letter" and "in the spirit of"), we would have a better chance of preventing attacks such as this.
Those of us who are currently taking edX classes are beta testers and we are paying the beta price of $0.00 to learn from world class educators. I'm sure the STAFF there would appreciate any constructive criticism you can provide.
Myself, I'm a poor beta tester. I spend too much time being in awe of what edX is providing for free to provide much constructive criticism.
You should look up the definition of a "bigot" because you seem just as intolerant of their opinions as they are of yours.
Amen to that!
Btw: For a News for Nerds website there seems to be a lot of left-wing platitudes posted here (and often highly rated by mods). Don't nerds tend to value logic over emotion and thus tend to political neutrality or libertarianism? That has certainly been my anecdotal experience and I think I've crossed paths with a variety of nerds.
If a child is smart then the child's parents are probably smart too.
You can write your own app to teach your child and your child can help you write it. That's what I did for my son (not that I implying that I'm smart). He was happy to "help" write the app, he is fairly happy to use it, and it's been a great help for him: he's been learning math in spite of the nonsense that's being taught at school.
Oh yeah, Ft. Dix 1980: it hurt and getting blasts in both deltoids at one time but it was faster than sitting for a needle injection. As for being treated like cattle: ah the cattle cars... they hurt too...
Who even knows how to use the word "shall" correctly? Since, "... shall not be infringed." has been misunderstood for decades (shall and infringe in the same phrase - whew!) it follows that, ".. shall not be violated" becomes misunderstood as well.
Maybe what we need is a way to define laws in current and common language on a periodic basis.
Mir Scientists Study Effects of Weightlessness
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KOROLYOV, RUSSIA--U.S. and Russian scientists are increasingly excited about the Mir space station project, which promises to reveal more than has ever been known about the scientific relationship between weightlessness and mortal terror.
"By stranding our scientists on a dilapidated space station with faulty wiring, loose hardware, and malfunctioning air systems," NASA head Daniel Goldin said, "we have created extremely favorable conditions for learning about spaceborne panic."
The two Russians and one American on board the station are reportedly terrified beyond lucidity.
Among the groundbreaking experiments conducted on board Mir: a June 25 collision with a cargo craft that depressurized the Spektr module; last week's emergency power shortage, caused by a disconnected cable; and the periodic release of "dry ice" steam that simulates a shipboard fire. All have been deemed a huge success by agency heads.
"They are in a constant state of what aerospace scientists term 'mind-shattering terror,' frightened for their very lives," Russian mission director Vladimir Solovyov said. "And we have not even used the hull-mounted Alien puppet that taps on the window yet."
"We have also taken huge leaps in our understanding of the patterns created when one wets his pants in the weightlessness of space," Solovyov said. "The urine spreads out in an expanding sphere, something we did not expect."
Taking a break from his busy schedule, astronaut Michael Foale told ABC News reporters: "Where's my mommy?"
"Please tell me the access code to the Soyuz capsule," Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Lazutkin said. "I would like to return to the chaotic government and widespread hunger of my homeland."
Scientists expect to gain even more useful data during an experiment at 3 a.m. tomorrow. As the astronauts sleep, whirling red siren lights will flood the cabin while an ear-splitting klaxon alarm jolts them awake.
Detailed scientific data will then be collected on such variables as open weeping, uncontrollable spontaneous defecation and unusual hair loss.
Don't do it! Unless you're independently wealthy. Most biologist make microbucks - assuming they're working in their field. If I had a dollar (well maybe a thousand dollars), for every B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. in biology I've met whose now trying to get into IT just to make a living, I'd be rich.
Note to self: ask all biology majors I meet to give me $1k.
NYT? Darn. What's my "Member ID"? Let's see... Is it asdfasdfasdfasdf? No. Maybe it's 12341234123421? No. Well, it could be qwerqwerwqer? Nope. Not that either. Ok. Let me try asdfasdfasdfdasfasd. No dice. I give up.
In Bostonics, which is still spoken in certain Cambridge enclaves, Ars Digita is pronounced in exactly the same way as arse digiter would be if people there would say arse digiter.
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Many who read this are experiencing defacto "... forced sterilisation ...".
I found Intro to Probability (or whatever it was called) to be significantly more challenging than the calculus for science majors classes. I didn't think that probability was a requirement for MDs. In what capacity were you observing MDs attempting to grasp conditional probability?
Of course, everyone makes mistakes and the original paper was not published in a peer reviewed journal. It's (junk?) food-for-thought.
On a related note, why is it always assumed that economic growth is always good?
Excellent groupthink but remember: groupthink too much in earnest is evidence of crimethought.
Here in Massachusetts he may be freed due to governmental incompetence.
Are you really that thick that you can't see that I was, in fact, precisely reminding the OP that their comments are not in light with slashdot's normal political groupthink?
Groupthink is very helpful in preventing one from committing Crimethought.
Certainly, if laws "currently on the books" were enforced (both "to the letter" and "in the spirit of"), we would have a better chance of preventing attacks such as this.
Copley Square in Boston is a "hop skip and a jump" from MIT.
Those of us who are currently taking edX classes are beta testers and we are paying the beta price of $0.00 to learn from world class educators. I'm sure the STAFF there would appreciate any constructive criticism you can provide.
Myself, I'm a poor beta tester. I spend too much time being in awe of what edX is providing for free to provide much constructive criticism.
If it moves, tax it.
If it keeps moving, regulate it.
If it stops moving, subsidize it.
Please give specific examples to demonstrate reactionary bias in Fox News' reporting.
You should look up the definition of a "bigot" because you seem just as intolerant of their opinions as they are of yours.
Amen to that!
Btw: For a News for Nerds website there seems to be a lot of left-wing platitudes posted here (and often highly rated by mods). Don't nerds tend to value logic over emotion and thus tend to political neutrality or libertarianism? That has certainly been my anecdotal experience and I think I've crossed paths with a variety of nerds.
No one is going to dress up as a cardinal and sneak into the Sistine Chapel.
Challenge accepted!
You'll also need to learn how to navigate the intellectual atmosphere of the Catholic hierarchy.
If a child is smart then the child's parents are probably smart too.
You can write your own app to teach your child and your child can help you write it. That's what I did for my son (not that I implying that I'm smart). He was happy to "help" write the app, he is fairly happy to use it, and it's been a great help for him: he's been learning math in spite of the nonsense that's being taught at school.
Oh yeah, Ft. Dix 1980: it hurt and getting blasts in both deltoids at one time but it was faster than sitting for a needle injection. As for being treated like cattle: ah the cattle cars ... they hurt too ...
[The difference between Iraq and Vietnam conflicts]"is that Bush had a plan to get out of Vietnam."
Great quote! Is this original?
Who even knows how to use the word "shall" correctly? Since, "... shall not be infringed." has been misunderstood for decades (shall and infringe in the same phrase - whew!) it follows that, ".. shall not be violated" becomes misunderstood as well.
Maybe what we need is a way to define laws in current and common language on a periodic basis.
KOROLYOV, RUSSIA--U.S. and Russian scientists are increasingly excited about the Mir space station project, which promises to reveal more than has ever been known about the scientific relationship between weightlessness and mortal terror.
"By stranding our scientists on a dilapidated space station with faulty wiring, loose hardware, and malfunctioning air systems," NASA head Daniel Goldin said, "we have created extremely favorable conditions for learning about spaceborne panic."
The two Russians and one American on board the station are reportedly terrified beyond lucidity.
Among the groundbreaking experiments conducted on board Mir: a June 25 collision with a cargo craft that depressurized the Spektr module; last week's emergency power shortage, caused by a disconnected cable; and the periodic release of "dry ice" steam that simulates a shipboard fire. All have been deemed a huge success by agency heads.
"They are in a constant state of what aerospace scientists term 'mind-shattering terror,' frightened for their very lives," Russian mission director Vladimir Solovyov said. "And we have not even used the hull-mounted Alien puppet that taps on the window yet."
"We have also taken huge leaps in our understanding of the patterns created when one wets his pants in the weightlessness of space," Solovyov said. "The urine spreads out in an expanding sphere, something we did not expect."
Taking a break from his busy schedule, astronaut Michael Foale told ABC News reporters: "Where's my mommy?"
"Please tell me the access code to the Soyuz capsule," Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Lazutkin said. "I would like to return to the chaotic government and widespread hunger of my homeland."
Scientists expect to gain even more useful data during an experiment at 3 a.m. tomorrow. As the astronauts sleep, whirling red siren lights will flood the cabin while an ear-splitting klaxon alarm jolts them awake.
Detailed scientific data will then be collected on such variables as open weeping, uncontrollable spontaneous defecation and unusual hair loss.
So, are ten bad programmers as good as one good programmer?
Don't do it! Unless you're independently wealthy. Most biologist make microbucks - assuming they're working in their field. If I had a dollar (well maybe a thousand dollars), for every B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. in biology I've met whose now trying to get into IT just to make a living, I'd be rich.
Note to self: ask all biology majors I meet to give me $1k.
I often see references to people not having ability. I am wondering how to qualify this state.
For the sake of simplicity, let's assume that no real ability is a colloquialism: What specifically does no real ability imply?
NYT? Darn. What's my "Member ID"? Let's see ... Is it asdfasdfasdfasdf? No. Maybe it's 12341234123421? No. Well, it could be qwerqwerwqer? Nope. Not that either. Ok. Let me try asdfasdfasdfdasfasd. No dice. I give up.
Ar fheabhas! (excellent!)
An Eireannach thu?
In Bostonics, which is still spoken in certain Cambridge enclaves, Ars Digita is pronounced in exactly the same way as arse digiter would be if people there would say arse digiter.