"Lean over and help them find that!" Your assuming that every kid will have their own personal coach which can look over every bit of their code and give them tips which wasn't the case for me. Even though part of my programming experience came from formal classes, the professor could only devote so much time to each individual. When learning C++ I spent 95% of my time debugging rather than learning core programming concepts. The experience was like chewing on sandpaper because it was so tedious. When I switched to python I found that I was spending a significantly smaller amount of time debugging and more time learning about core programming concepts.
In my opinion, making whitespace matter is actually a good thing for a beginner programming language. It was much easier for me to learn to make programs based on whitespace which is more visually pleasant and understandable than with C++ where you could accidentally tab a line over making the code work visually, but still wrong in terms of syntax. Beginner programmers automatically turn to that visual cue and the people who maintain python realize that.
Actually, the report said that the policy was, in fact, meant to take the workload off of the technicians by making the doctors really consider whether a blood test was essential. In those respects, I think that the administrators had a really good idea, albeit a tedious and frustrating one. I know that I would be thinking twice about every blood test I ordered if I had to write "please" on every goddamn one. If there is anything I hate, it's being forced to show my appreciation, whether or not it's deserved.
um... i don't want to jump to conclusions, but saying that overpopulation is a disease is like saying i am a disease. yes, part of the problem is overpopulation, but "treating the symptoms of the disease" can only mean somehow lessening the population. maybe if you stated what your solution really was, people wouldn't jump to conclusions thinking that you want to kill off the surplus population.
I think it's less to do with creating a good image of Toyota and more to do with getting people thinking about Toyota. Just look at the hype this stupid prank has created. If some guy out there is thinking of buying a car but hasn't the first clue of what he should get, he will probably see this story in the news and the next thing you know he will be thinking "Toyota" the rest of the day and might actually get one.
so basically, were just using the classic Wile E. Coyote physics where you can take an object and make it travel anywhere as long as you have a cannon and a LOT of gunpowder
you completely missed my point, obviously you don't like wall-e or the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. and just because you don't like them you think they should be excluded completely from the education system. its that type of backward thinking that makes the US higher education system the shit hole that it is now. "agree with me and ill give you an A!"
as i was taught, all fiction was rooted with the immature reader in mind to make an escape but not for that sole purpose. entertainment in a lot of ways does a lot to inform and get people to think. it certainly gets people to actually care anyway. why do you think the movie industry makes movies that have meaning or a message behind them? wall-e is a good example of an entertaining film, yet it teaches us the consequences of having everything handed to us and what could happen. entertaining sci-fi yet informative and thought provoking.
beetles really creep me out, let me know when i can get a brain chip thingy for my dog so he will stop taking a shit on the grass and instead dump his load in the sandbox like hes supposed to
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"Lean over and help them find that!" Your assuming that every kid will have their own personal coach which can look over every bit of their code and give them tips which wasn't the case for me. Even though part of my programming experience came from formal classes, the professor could only devote so much time to each individual. When learning C++ I spent 95% of my time debugging rather than learning core programming concepts. The experience was like chewing on sandpaper because it was so tedious. When I switched to python I found that I was spending a significantly smaller amount of time debugging and more time learning about core programming concepts.
In my opinion, making whitespace matter is actually a good thing for a beginner programming language. It was much easier for me to learn to make programs based on whitespace which is more visually pleasant and understandable than with C++ where you could accidentally tab a line over making the code work visually, but still wrong in terms of syntax. Beginner programmers automatically turn to that visual cue and the people who maintain python realize that.
Actually, the report said that the policy was, in fact, meant to take the workload off of the technicians by making the doctors really consider whether a blood test was essential. In those respects, I think that the administrators had a really good idea, albeit a tedious and frustrating one. I know that I would be thinking twice about every blood test I ordered if I had to write "please" on every goddamn one. If there is anything I hate, it's being forced to show my appreciation, whether or not it's deserved.
So wait, are you saying that if I decide to become liberal and atheist, I will spontaneously acquire a higher IQ?
Wait, is there a reason for using a "meat stick" over an iPhone stylus, or do these people just like the potty humor that comes with it?
Would anyone have an equation for the fat to speed ratio?
I stand by Dr. Manhattan on this one.
farting livestock!
um... i don't want to jump to conclusions, but saying that overpopulation is a disease is like saying i am a disease. yes, part of the problem is overpopulation, but "treating the symptoms of the disease" can only mean somehow lessening the population. maybe if you stated what your solution really was, people wouldn't jump to conclusions thinking that you want to kill off the surplus population.
Could this be the beginnings of a death ray? The next super-weapon?
i am no expert in the field, but i have seen my dogs lick each others balls while sniffing them. does that count as oral sex?
i believe that is called rule 34: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rule+34 anything from pokemans to obama
his sin was wrath for smashing open a box. After being rickrolled about a thousand times, mine would have been murder.
leeches never lie!
not much to talk about considering that Sony blocked out backwards compatibility for their PS3
I think it's less to do with creating a good image of Toyota and more to do with getting people thinking about Toyota. Just look at the hype this stupid prank has created. If some guy out there is thinking of buying a car but hasn't the first clue of what he should get, he will probably see this story in the news and the next thing you know he will be thinking "Toyota" the rest of the day and might actually get one.
spider: yoink! ant: hey, wtf!?!
so basically, were just using the classic Wile E. Coyote physics where you can take an object and make it travel anywhere as long as you have a cannon and a LOT of gunpowder
you completely missed my point, obviously you don't like wall-e or the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. and just because you don't like them you think they should be excluded completely from the education system. its that type of backward thinking that makes the US higher education system the shit hole that it is now. "agree with me and ill give you an A!"
as i was taught, all fiction was rooted with the immature reader in mind to make an escape but not for that sole purpose. entertainment in a lot of ways does a lot to inform and get people to think. it certainly gets people to actually care anyway. why do you think the movie industry makes movies that have meaning or a message behind them? wall-e is a good example of an entertaining film, yet it teaches us the consequences of having everything handed to us and what could happen. entertaining sci-fi yet informative and thought provoking.
to capitalism! and the irony that although in its necessity, there is born some of our deepest frustrations.
pretty soon apple will have a monopoly on apple logos and everyone that wants one will have to pay royalties to them
beetles really creep me out, let me know when i can get a brain chip thingy for my dog so he will stop taking a shit on the grass and instead dump his load in the sandbox like hes supposed to
i tried to make that funny btw. i might have failed
touche