So the whole thing goes like this: "YOu stole 8 million bucks; go to your room for 8 years!".
I would take the shot. I mean, I wouldn't be able to make 1 mil/year even if I willingly let burly illiterate dudes pound my ass every night for money.
Nowadays it's no longer corrupted; rather "influenced" by small bribes given to poor people and generally a lack of choice; people have to choose the lesser evil, there's no good whatsoever they would be able to choose.
Problem is that most "revolutions" use the mass of people available in the country to serve the interests of a few who will take the power and become themselves encroached to power and so on.
I bet that if you ask the average lybian or egyptian why exactly would they want the regime to change... they wouldn't be able to properly answer. They will say "Down Mubarak!" or "Democracy!", but details? No. They just want something to change and their visions on what the exact changes will be are very blurred.
Yeah, go ahead and compare speed of culture getting into politically locked countries (took years to spread) with this. No offense, but your comparison... could have been better.
Nowadays, information about what's happening should reach the world in minutes. When it doesn't, something's afwully wrong there. I don't care if the data (records, videos and so on) becomes available after 3 years. I want to know NOW.
It's a superficial comparison.
Ceausescu was replaced by a fairly organized albeit shadowed group of people who used the power of the masses to their own interest. As a direct result, 21+ years later, some of them still rule over Romania.
(diacritics won't work, they are replaced by... nothing. Nice job Slashdot!)
Damn it man, you just made me burst into laughter during an important albeit boring online meeting!
(I'm fairly sure I heard a voice whispering "Humiliation!" in the background during the awkward silence that followed)
I beg to differ.
"it's" is a contraction of "it is" all the time.
"its", however, means that the subject belongs to the referred object, so to speak.
Generally speaking, all languages are full of weird rules, exceptions and so on. This ain't an excuse, it's (NOT "its") a fact and we have to live with it, because all native languages are organic and have a varying degree of randomness. But if we can't be arsed to learn the mother language properly... well I just think it's kind of sad.
"of it's mobile operating system Android."
Please correct to: "of its mobile operating system Android."
...And before you call me "grammar nazi", please remember English is not my native language.
I just feel sad when a website EDITORS disregard the correctness of their mother tongue.
I think your statement, in a broader form, is something that I've been hearing for what, 5 years now?
I'm not saying it ain't true, but it kind of got old and honestly I have grown tired of hearing the same promise time and again. IMO the truth is somewhere in between. As in yes, we will see an increase in embedded devices running Linux or whatever under their hoods (and average users never cared what's under the hood as long as it satisfies their needs), but no, we will not see a decrease in generic desktop computing devices for so many reasons that are obvious enough. Truth be told, I don't feel like enumerating them time and again, but pick any of the following:
Storage, gaming, file synchronization, audio/video/image workstations, development...
As I was saying, I hear gloomy premonitions about the death of the PC and it seems like this death gets postponed by a year, every year:)
Actually, that's incorrect. If you teach a large number of students at once, it's expected that some of them will get bored because they are learning faster than the average. Also, your lecture (and style) should motivate students to pay attention. Taking their laptops away will have them switch to mobile phones. Taking those away will have them switch to drawing figures on their sheets, and so on.
My take is: You can't force students to pay attention. You can make your lecture more interesting to them, though. Standing in the way of progress is dumb. Adapting to stay ahead of disturbing factors (mobile devices, laptops, Internet, Farmville) is the right way.
Profs shouldn't care if they're getting enough attention in class. That's the student's responsibility. They should grade the students appropriately and flunk them if they don't meet the expectations during evaluations/exams.
I tend to get bored during trainings, because most of them are too slow-paced for my learning rhythm. So I check e-mails and even do a bit of work while the trainer whizzes in the background. It would seem stupid t punish me for that.
But educators' thinking patterns are so 80's...
Pretty much what the above poster said. And also TFA is misleading: Split-screen is not dying off, it slowly disappears because the demand for it dropped substantially. Internet availability and low ping delays helped out in killing split-screen.
Based on that website, I had played with the idea of getting in there myself for years. Lack of funds and lack of a motorcycle made the idea remain... an idea.
However, I would be more inclined to explore thar fairly vast territory by myself, not in a big safe can with 30 strangers and following a predefined path. It would be just like looking at 3D documentaries, sans the comfort.
A TSA worker is checking for the purpose to maintain ALL passengers' health in good order. That is, prevent them from getting killed by the oh-so-mighty terrorists people seem to fear so much.Be angry at TSA or fear bombs on the plane. Pick your poison. You can't really scoff at both.
Do you only go to the doctor when you're sick? You should also go to regular checks to ensure your health is good.
As for the benefits, maybe the lack of gory discoveries is a benefit after all.
As for your inquiry: http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/brandon_alexander.shtm
Of course, "It's on their website, doesn't mean shit" will fly right out of your lips. Oh well...
I would like to mod parent up. Sadly, I can't.
I am not from the US and I don't have that "don't touch me" mentality. Oh and yeah, I don't understand it either. What's the deal? I mean, ok, they're groping you. It's their job to do that, and ultimately they're doing it to enhance your chances to reach destination alive. At least in theory. Compare that to the following:
TSA employee versus gynecologist;
TSA employee gropes your junk or looks at your junk on a monitor; gynecologist feels your wife's pussy or stares deep into it; or both.
TSA employee does this because it's a job; gynecologist does that because it's a job.
Both categories have their weirdos (TSA employees masturbating on scanner images or gynecologists drugging women and raping them).
Both categories do what they do to help the general population.
Amazingly enough, people are all up in arms about TSA, but all would say gynecologists are OK.
Ain't it perplexing?
In the end, the TSA guy can only find a dick and a pair of balls dangling in my pants. Not like he ain't got any... Do you really think it's a pleasure for them to do it? Again, for some it might, just as well as for some travelers it might be titillating to be groped. Those categories cancel each other out, I'd say. So what's the deal?
I think people just are too bored and need something to stand for, or against in this case. And before you say "Well, let's see YOU stand there and be groped by a TSA dude", well, I wouldn't mind. he's doing what he's told to do. I'm probably more tolerant than others, but well, what can I do:)
Slashdot Mirror
Unsubscribe; stop;
Sounds just like those outsourced business sending you news feeds advertising their products.
I'm colorblind. Don't care :)
So the whole thing goes like this: "YOu stole 8 million bucks; go to your room for 8 years!".
I would take the shot. I mean, I wouldn't be able to make 1 mil/year even if I willingly let burly illiterate dudes pound my ass every night for money.
Nowadays it's no longer corrupted; rather "influenced" by small bribes given to poor people and generally a lack of choice; people have to choose the lesser evil, there's no good whatsoever they would be able to choose.
Problem is that most "revolutions" use the mass of people available in the country to serve the interests of a few who will take the power and become themselves encroached to power and so on.
I bet that if you ask the average lybian or egyptian why exactly would they want the regime to change... they wouldn't be able to properly answer. They will say "Down Mubarak!" or "Democracy!", but details? No. They just want something to change and their visions on what the exact changes will be are very blurred.
Yeah, go ahead and compare speed of culture getting into politically locked countries (took years to spread) with this. No offense, but your comparison... could have been better.
Nowadays, information about what's happening should reach the world in minutes. When it doesn't, something's afwully wrong there. I don't care if the data (records, videos and so on) becomes available after 3 years. I want to know NOW.
It's a superficial comparison.
Ceausescu was replaced by a fairly organized albeit shadowed group of people who used the power of the masses to their own interest. As a direct result, 21+ years later, some of them still rule over Romania.
(diacritics won't work, they are replaced by... nothing. Nice job Slashdot!)
Damn it man, you just made me burst into laughter during an important albeit boring online meeting!
(I'm fairly sure I heard a voice whispering "Humiliation!" in the background during the awkward silence that followed)
I would prefer to see a nice batch of 83990 lawsuits coming their way...
Ouch. True. The disadvantage of not having English as mother language is on me.
I beg to differ.
"it's" is a contraction of "it is" all the time.
"its", however, means that the subject belongs to the referred object, so to speak.
Generally speaking, all languages are full of weird rules, exceptions and so on. This ain't an excuse, it's (NOT "its") a fact and we have to live with it, because all native languages are organic and have a varying degree of randomness. But if we can't be arsed to learn the mother language properly... well I just think it's kind of sad.
"of it's mobile operating system Android."
...And before you call me "grammar nazi", please remember English is not my native language.
Please correct to: "of its mobile operating system Android."
I just feel sad when a website EDITORS disregard the correctness of their mother tongue.
Independence Day. Do I get the Internets?
Sir, you have my vote.
Actually, less swap means less HDD churning, so the power consumption might be the same even with addition of more RAM.
I think your statement, in a broader form, is something that I've been hearing for what, 5 years now?
:)
I'm not saying it ain't true, but it kind of got old and honestly I have grown tired of hearing the same promise time and again. IMO the truth is somewhere in between. As in yes, we will see an increase in embedded devices running Linux or whatever under their hoods (and average users never cared what's under the hood as long as it satisfies their needs), but no, we will not see a decrease in generic desktop computing devices for so many reasons that are obvious enough. Truth be told, I don't feel like enumerating them time and again, but pick any of the following:
Storage, gaming, file synchronization, audio/video/image workstations, development...
As I was saying, I hear gloomy premonitions about the death of the PC and it seems like this death gets postponed by a year, every year
Actually, that's incorrect. If you teach a large number of students at once, it's expected that some of them will get bored because they are learning faster than the average. Also, your lecture (and style) should motivate students to pay attention. Taking their laptops away will have them switch to mobile phones. Taking those away will have them switch to drawing figures on their sheets, and so on.
My take is: You can't force students to pay attention. You can make your lecture more interesting to them, though. Standing in the way of progress is dumb. Adapting to stay ahead of disturbing factors (mobile devices, laptops, Internet, Farmville) is the right way.
Profs shouldn't care if they're getting enough attention in class. That's the student's responsibility. They should grade the students appropriately and flunk them if they don't meet the expectations during evaluations/exams.
I tend to get bored during trainings, because most of them are too slow-paced for my learning rhythm. So I check e-mails and even do a bit of work while the trainer whizzes in the background. It would seem stupid t punish me for that.
But educators' thinking patterns are so 80's...
That's what happens when you post hot nerd articles on your website. Runners-up, beware!
Don't buy consoles then; don't buy half-completed knock-offs then. There's always a way out.
Pretty much what the above poster said. And also TFA is misleading: Split-screen is not dying off, it slowly disappears because the demand for it dropped substantially. Internet availability and low ping delays helped out in killing split-screen.
Based on that website, I had played with the idea of getting in there myself for years. Lack of funds and lack of a motorcycle made the idea remain... an idea.
However, I would be more inclined to explore thar fairly vast territory by myself, not in a big safe can with 30 strangers and following a predefined path. It would be just like looking at 3D documentaries, sans the comfort.
A TSA worker is checking for the purpose to maintain ALL passengers' health in good order. That is, prevent them from getting killed by the oh-so-mighty terrorists people seem to fear so much.Be angry at TSA or fear bombs on the plane. Pick your poison. You can't really scoff at both.
That's a dumb analogy. Surgery can get you killed. Groping can't. Grow up :)
Do you only go to the doctor when you're sick? You should also go to regular checks to ensure your health is good.
As for the benefits, maybe the lack of gory discoveries is a benefit after all.
As for your inquiry: http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/brandon_alexander.shtm
Of course, "It's on their website, doesn't mean shit" will fly right out of your lips. Oh well...
I would like to mod parent up. Sadly, I can't. :)
I am not from the US and I don't have that "don't touch me" mentality. Oh and yeah, I don't understand it either. What's the deal? I mean, ok, they're groping you. It's their job to do that, and ultimately they're doing it to enhance your chances to reach destination alive. At least in theory. Compare that to the following:
TSA employee versus gynecologist;
TSA employee gropes your junk or looks at your junk on a monitor; gynecologist feels your wife's pussy or stares deep into it; or both.
TSA employee does this because it's a job; gynecologist does that because it's a job.
Both categories have their weirdos (TSA employees masturbating on scanner images or gynecologists drugging women and raping them).
Both categories do what they do to help the general population.
Amazingly enough, people are all up in arms about TSA, but all would say gynecologists are OK.
Ain't it perplexing?
In the end, the TSA guy can only find a dick and a pair of balls dangling in my pants. Not like he ain't got any... Do you really think it's a pleasure for them to do it? Again, for some it might, just as well as for some travelers it might be titillating to be groped. Those categories cancel each other out, I'd say. So what's the deal?
I think people just are too bored and need something to stand for, or against in this case. And before you say "Well, let's see YOU stand there and be groped by a TSA dude", well, I wouldn't mind. he's doing what he's told to do. I'm probably more tolerant than others, but well, what can I do