You paying for special tutoring because the teachers in your school district are unable to follow an educational plan is a far cry from schools hiring individual babysitters to follow around the mentally retarded. I would be in the school and fighting with the teachers, principal and superintendant if I had a child with reasonable needs that were not being met in order to mitigate a learning disability. It is when I see schools paying tens (or even hundreds) of thousands of dollars on a level of care for individual students that I start to wonder how that money might be better spent.
The worst part is, at least in my neck of the woods, they provide ridiculous amounts of support to the "special-needs" children, but have absolutely nothing in place for "gifted" or above-average kids. I thought maybe things had improved since I went through school, but some recent localevents have proven me sadly mistaken.
Don't get me wrong, I feel for the special-needs kids who require the extra attention, but the burden they pose on the educational system cannot be overlooked.
Oh, and I may be in a minority here as well, but back in high school, my school spent more money on our athletic teams (uniforms, coaches, facilities, etc.) than they spent on any kind of specialized education materials or programs. When it comes to education, they want all kids to be "equal" so that no one's self esteem is hurt, but god forbid they apply that same criteria to their precious sports teams.
576i is PAL (720x576) as used in most of Europe. Still have to clue as to why GP would think that 1080i was 576 lines though.
Probably because old standard definition signals (480i) were actually made up of 525 lines to allow a CRT to reset itself to begin the scan of the next 2 frames.
Well yes, but 540 of those lines are stale. Why do we bother with interlaced formats nowadays? Progressive's nicer/more sensible/easier for us to work with in the cutting room!
Because bigger numbers sell consumer electronics to affluent but clueless suburbanites? Ooooh! 1080i! 1080 is bigger than 720, so it must be better! With older HDTVs, the only "progressive" number they would have had to advertise with would be "480", which doesn't sound sexy at all.
On a CRT set, this may be the case. AFAIK, all fixed-pixel displays must internally convert a signal progressively before displaying it. Thus, a 1080i signal (1 frame of 540 lines sent 60 times per second) is internally interlaced to generate 30 frames of 1080 lines. Native progressive signals (480p, 720p, 1080p) provide the full number of lines 60 times per second, thus providing more natural-looking motion. This is why (IMHO) sports look better in 720p than in 1080i, despite the additional lines of resolution available in 1080i (which are essentially thrown out on any non-1080P capable TV, since they typically only have ~768 lines of resolution).
Someone with little or no industry knowledge would probably welcome a marketing strategy that provides a clear distinction between the casual games that they are interested in and the dirth of bestselling (traditional gaming) titles that line store shelves.
Not to be a vocabulary or spelling nazi, but I think you spelled the word wrong, and I don't think it means what you think it does:
The placebo effect is simply the instance where 1 occurs and substance X is credited even though substance X had no effect on the condition.
Yes, but the placebo effect has been shown to have a statistically significant effect on the treatment outcome. Thus, your statement that "substance X had no effect on the condition" is misleading. Patients who receive neither the real treatment nor the placebo do not show the same rate of improvement as patients receiving a placebo.
Yes, but is it indelible? I might want to wash that penguin-shaped ink blotch out of my shirt as some point, and I'd hate to learn that it's permanent...
I'm sorry, but I have to take exception to this... I attended an average university to receive my B.S. in Computer Science, but while working there managed to score a paid co-op at a large technology corporation; they were impressed with my work, and hired me full-time upon graduation. I am not saying this to toot my own horn, but it is hardly a "shit job at Walmart"; I'm sure many other Slashdotters can give you similar stories. If you were trying to troll, then Bravo! You succeeded in pissing me off.
If you weren't trying to troll, then you're just a dumbass, in which case I will take advice from Dogbert, and say "Meh".
This really reminds of the interactive Ruby shell, "irb", especially with every statement being considered an expression, and having the result of the expression displayed after you type it.
They aren't allowed to put spaceships in D&D based games because well because I said so and thats that!
Actually, there was an old module (City of the Gods maybe?) I think it was part of the Dave Arneson's Blackmoor campaign... it had high technology disguised as "ancient artifacts".
I too work for IBM, and fall somewhere in the middle between you two as far as experience. IBM has been quite good to me, but I have seen friends and colleagues get screwed.
I will say that the pay, benefits and "fringe" benefits (i.e., working from home, flexible hours, lots of sick + vacation time) are far better than anything else I could find in my area.
I'm willing to put up with some of the internal bureacracy for that stuff, but I know others who aren't.
I'll leave you with an anecdote, take it as you will: A friend with whom I work was seriously injured a few years ago. It took him over a year to recover, with many broken bones and internal injuries, along with head trauma. IBM continued to pay him his full salary the entire time, and when he was better, found a job for him even though the area in which he worked had been reassigned (not laid off, but the group had dissolved).
People seem to forget that companies, even companies as large as IBM, are still made up of people; real human beings who are capable of compassion. In this instance, the way he was treated was standard IBM policy, which I thought was marvelous.
I don't think any company is "evil", just like no company is really "good". I have always disliked the tendency here on Slashdot to assign labels such as these to companies; even worse are the Slashbots who assume that all employees who work for a given employer are "evil".
You, sir, are a complete and utter troll. And you have successfully goaded me into responding. Bravo! If you don't live in the US, and it appears from your odd syntax and broken English that you do not, please refrain from making disparaging remarks about those of us who choose to criticize some of the corporate bullshit we are subjected to, day-in and day-out.
I ordered the 1.6 GHz iMac last week and was pissed that it hadn't shipped yet. Now on the Apple site it says "Replaced with new product"... and I am getting the 1.8 GHz machine for a total of $200 less than what I was going to pay for the 1.6 (and now I get Bluetooth!)
We have ATMs where I work, and they dispense any denomination of money, down to $1 bills. I suspect it's so we monkeys who live out of vending machines don't die of starvation on the weekends, when the cafeteria is closed.
Well... the article says that this is the first time Linux was used both in the front and back-ends for the animation on "Spirit"... it doesn't say that only Linux was used... that's what the big deal is with this new film.
Bah, I wouldn't let one of those wanna-be designers within 200 yards of my home. Well, unless it was Genevieve... and I still wouldn't let her do any interior designing.
My wife watches this show relentlessly, and it drives me absolutely insane. I've been tempted to put a parental lock on TLC, and then pretend that it's broken or something...
Did anyone else notice the voice speaking these lines over and over during the council of Elrond when Frodo is making his decision to carry the ring? I thought that was a GREAT little detail...
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You paying for special tutoring because the teachers in your school district are unable to follow an educational plan is a far cry from schools hiring individual babysitters to follow around the mentally retarded. I would be in the school and fighting with the teachers, principal and superintendant if I had a child with reasonable needs that were not being met in order to mitigate a learning disability. It is when I see schools paying tens (or even hundreds) of thousands of dollars on a level of care for individual students that I start to wonder how that money might be better spent.
The worst part is, at least in my neck of the woods, they provide ridiculous amounts of support to the "special-needs" children, but have absolutely nothing in place for "gifted" or above-average kids. I thought maybe things had improved since I went through school, but some recent localevents have proven me sadly mistaken.
Don't get me wrong, I feel for the special-needs kids who require the extra attention, but the burden they pose on the educational system cannot be overlooked.
Oh, and I may be in a minority here as well, but back in high school, my school spent more money on our athletic teams (uniforms, coaches, facilities, etc.) than they spent on any kind of specialized education materials or programs. When it comes to education, they want all kids to be "equal" so that no one's self esteem is hurt, but god forbid they apply that same criteria to their precious sports teams.
On a CRT set, this may be the case. AFAIK, all fixed-pixel displays must internally convert a signal progressively before displaying it. Thus, a 1080i signal (1 frame of 540 lines sent 60 times per second) is internally interlaced to generate 30 frames of 1080 lines. Native progressive signals (480p, 720p, 1080p) provide the full number of lines 60 times per second, thus providing more natural-looking motion. This is why (IMHO) sports look better in 720p than in 1080i, despite the additional lines of resolution available in 1080i (which are essentially thrown out on any non-1080P capable TV, since they typically only have ~768 lines of resolution).
Not to be a vocabulary or spelling nazi, but I think you spelled the word wrong, and I don't think it means what you think it does:
Dearth A scarce supply; a lackAre they also getting their anal sacs cleaned?
Part of my job involves Notes development, and you will never see me defending it; it's the part of my job that makes me hate it.
Long live Zork!
Yes, but unless the rate of dishonesty was higher amongst iPod owners, they still steal music less, at least according to the survey.
Have you looked at Liquid?
Yes, but is it indelible? I might want to wash that penguin-shaped ink blotch out of my shirt as some point, and I'd hate to learn that it's permanent...
I'm sorry, but I have to take exception to this... I attended an average university to receive my B.S. in Computer Science, but while working there managed to score a paid co-op at a large technology corporation; they were impressed with my work, and hired me full-time upon graduation. I am not saying this to toot my own horn, but it is hardly a "shit job at Walmart"; I'm sure many other Slashdotters can give you similar stories. If you were trying to troll, then Bravo! You succeeded in pissing me off.
If you weren't trying to troll, then you're just a dumbass, in which case I will take advice from Dogbert, and say "Meh".
This really reminds of the interactive Ruby shell, "irb", especially with every statement being considered an expression, and having the result of the expression displayed after you type it.
I too work for IBM, and fall somewhere in the middle between you two as far as experience. IBM has been quite good to me, but I have seen friends and colleagues get screwed.
I will say that the pay, benefits and "fringe" benefits (i.e., working from home, flexible hours, lots of sick + vacation time) are far better than anything else I could find in my area.
I'm willing to put up with some of the internal bureacracy for that stuff, but I know others who aren't.
I'll leave you with an anecdote, take it as you will: A friend with whom I work was seriously injured a few years ago. It took him over a year to recover, with many broken bones and internal injuries, along with head trauma. IBM continued to pay him his full salary the entire time, and when he was better, found a job for him even though the area in which he worked had been reassigned (not laid off, but the group had dissolved).
People seem to forget that companies, even companies as large as IBM, are still made up of people; real human beings who are capable of compassion. In this instance, the way he was treated was standard IBM policy, which I thought was marvelous.
I don't think any company is "evil", just like no company is really "good". I have always disliked the tendency here on Slashdot to assign labels such as these to companies; even worse are the Slashbots who assume that all employees who work for a given employer are "evil".
You, sir, are a complete and utter troll. And you have successfully goaded me into responding. Bravo! If you don't live in the US, and it appears from your odd syntax and broken English that you do not, please refrain from making disparaging remarks about those of us who choose to criticize some of the corporate bullshit we are subjected to, day-in and day-out.
Have a coke and a smile, and STFU.
I ordered the 1.6 GHz iMac last week and was pissed that it hadn't shipped yet. Now on the Apple site it says "Replaced with new product"... and I am getting the 1.8 GHz machine for a total of $200 less than what I was going to pay for the 1.6 (and now I get Bluetooth!)
We have ATMs where I work, and they dispense any denomination of money, down to $1 bills. I suspect it's so we monkeys who live out of vending machines don't die of starvation on the weekends, when the cafeteria is closed.
What about Leonard Nemoy's hobbit song about Bilbo Baggins? I saw the music video of that about a year ago and almost wet myself I laughed so hard.
Well... the article says that this is the first time Linux was used both in the front and back-ends for the animation on "Spirit"... it doesn't say that only Linux was used... that's what the big deal is with this new film.
Bah, I wouldn't let one of those wanna-be designers within 200 yards of my home. Well, unless it was Genevieve... and I still wouldn't let her do any interior designing.
My wife watches this show relentlessly, and it drives me absolutely insane. I've been tempted to put a parental lock on TLC, and then pretend that it's broken or something...