19 year old kid would likely live to 60. Problem was reaching 19 due to early childhood deaths (under age 10). Typical of misunderstanding of how life expectancy works.
They learn that Heather has two mommies, that Islam is a religion of peace, hurt feelings run the world, and how to throw all of that into a inspirational powerpoint presentation.
Modern School is nothing more than a giant social engineering program that is failing our kids.
We tend to get the governance we (as a whole) desire. If you want to change the system, stop voting for either of the two parties. Only when third parties can win elections will we see real change.
I don't bother denying Evolution. I just say that it is an opinion (it is) and not scientific Fact. If it were a "fact", then it would not be called Theory. Evolution describes what people think they see. They point to micro evolution as evidence of macro evolution. These are the same people who classify two kinds of Salmon as two separate species because one swims upstream in the winter, the other in the spring. That was until they tagged the salmon and found that there was bleed over, some winter run salmon ran upstream in the spring, and visa versa.
The application of "Evolution" to everything biological is problematic for me, because it predisposes people to believing it affects things not related to it at all. And such beliefs (as in the Salmon) are common among "lay persons", because of what they were taught in 4th grade. Now, if they can't keep evolution out of where it doesn't belong, then it shouldn't be taught at all.
We'd be better off teaching Ohm's law in 4th grade, since much more of our lives are wrapped around, and affected by things tied to it. That is something I was never taught until College. I use it all the time now.
What is funny, is that people really believe that evolution is a sole indicator of intelligence. As if in the course of one's life, that evolution is such a profound influence that if you cannot or do not believe in it, you cannot ever be a productive member of society.
I mean, take a look through this thread so far and by far the greatest number of posts are making fun of people who don't believe in Evolution. However when was the last time, in your life, that Evolution was a critical question that had to be answered correctly? Evolution arguments are nothing short of a pissing match over one of the least consequential pieces of "Science" there is.
I'd much rather kids learn proper math and reading and age appropriate applied chemistry, biology and other sciences, than all about evolution OR Creationism and other distractions in the classroom. And people wonder why We suck at science. To teach evolution in fourth grade is stupid, it is nothing short of indoctrination and doesn't teach anything about real science and curiosity
But it is a cheap and easy way to poke fun at whole groups of people, which isn't science at all.
Yes. And the exec that is making the calls is going to get out with a nice golden parachute and get all his Microsoft Stock Options back, while the people who own Nokia Stock are getting screwed.
Actually, the date format used by most seems silly. Best Date format is yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss It doesn't need fixing for anything. You need to shorten it, you can cut off end bits as needed and it still is readable. You can take out all the punctuation that makes it readable and it is just as valid. You can strip bits easily. You can sort it.
I didn't infer anything. I'm just pointing out that your "unjustly" comment seems... a bit out of place, especially when comparing Iraq/Bush43 and Libya/Obama. If Bush's war in Iraq is "unjust", then why haven't you called Obama's war in Libya "Criminal" ?
Look, I'm not a big fan of perpetual wars. And we just got ourselves into another one. You may not realize it yet.
You mean the "unexpected" illnesses caused by eating McD's everyday, like heart disease and diabetes? Or smoking two packs a day for twenty years and getting lung cancer? You mean like drinking yourself silly till you need a liver?
And how, exactly, do you "fairly" decide who gets a the one kidney that is available?
The problem is, life isn't fair. And you can't make it any more fair with your mandates towards "fairness". Fairness that is really your sense of fairness, and not mine.
Unjustly, you mean by getting the consent and approval from congress, verses Obama, we're going to send planes to bomb a sovereign country without any provocation what-so-ever?
You may not like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that is fine. The war in Lybia is pure and simply a "war for oil", more so than Iraq ever was, but you seem to like it because the bombs have (D) on them and not (R).
The parent post is right. In FF4, links don't activate properly here on Slashdot. I don't know enough to figure it out, but it is only FF4 and Slashdot that I've seen this problem.
Wildcard Certs are very handy. They aren't "generic" as you say, they are a specific kind of cert. We use them all the time, for nothing other than to get logins out of plain text on servers that don't really need to be "secure", so that people sitting in Starbucks can be safer from wifi session hacking when using those servers.
Wildcard Certs serve their purposes, and just because you don't know what those are, doesn't mean they are "stupid". It means you are the stupid one.
What is a "TV" is going to cause issues. Many TVs, and most of the big screen ones have a microprocessor and running Linux. Are they "computers" or are they TV's? BluRay and DVD players now have Netflix and other services embedded into them, clearly indicating some microprocessor for decode and an OS to manage the HW. Are those "computers" too?
Please define what is a TV for us, and then let us rip your description to shreds.
This is why politicization of Net Neutrality is... bad, regardless of who is doing it, (R) or (D). And no, I don't trust the (D) on this any more than I trust the (R). Harry Reid has proven himself a technological idiot with his comment about GPS system recently, and if you think he can draft legislation regarding Net Neutrality that is workable, you're sadly delusional.
The problem is, it will take a benevolent dictator to run Net Neutrality, and I don't know any.
Most "rich" people don't pay "income" taxes. They pay Capital Gains taxes, and only on money they cash out, which are exempt from all sorts of other taxes. Removing the cap will do very little to increase donations to the SS fund or to the IRS.
Want to fix Social Security, start a plan to increase retirement age to 70.
I'm against a "means" test for social security, because it punishes people who are frugal and save, while rewarding those who are wasteful during their working years. I scrimp and save every dime I can, while others go on lavish vacations every year. And when I retire, I don't want to be punished because I didn't go on vacations every year. And I don't care if those who did, have to eat the proverbial dog food. Tough shit for them.
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Comparing just life expectancy for 20 year-olds, in 1850 a young man could expect to live to 60.1.
http://gcanyon.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/life-expectancy-in-the-1800s-not-as-bad-as-reported/
19 year old kid would likely live to 60. Problem was reaching 19 due to early childhood deaths (under age 10). Typical of misunderstanding of how life expectancy works.
They learn that Heather has two mommies, that Islam is a religion of peace, hurt feelings run the world, and how to throw all of that into a inspirational powerpoint presentation.
Modern School is nothing more than a giant social engineering program that is failing our kids.
Rupert Murdoch, George Soros. Whatever.
We tend to get the governance we (as a whole) desire. If you want to change the system, stop voting for either of the two parties. Only when third parties can win elections will we see real change.
I don't bother denying Evolution. I just say that it is an opinion (it is) and not scientific Fact. If it were a "fact", then it would not be called Theory. Evolution describes what people think they see. They point to micro evolution as evidence of macro evolution. These are the same people who classify two kinds of Salmon as two separate species because one swims upstream in the winter, the other in the spring. That was until they tagged the salmon and found that there was bleed over, some winter run salmon ran upstream in the spring, and visa versa.
The application of "Evolution" to everything biological is problematic for me, because it predisposes people to believing it affects things not related to it at all. And such beliefs (as in the Salmon) are common among "lay persons", because of what they were taught in 4th grade. Now, if they can't keep evolution out of where it doesn't belong, then it shouldn't be taught at all.
We'd be better off teaching Ohm's law in 4th grade, since much more of our lives are wrapped around, and affected by things tied to it. That is something I was never taught until College. I use it all the time now.
Or Music Theory.
Or Color theory (art)
or ...
What is funny, is that people really believe that evolution is a sole indicator of intelligence. As if in the course of one's life, that evolution is such a profound influence that if you cannot or do not believe in it, you cannot ever be a productive member of society.
I mean, take a look through this thread so far and by far the greatest number of posts are making fun of people who don't believe in Evolution. However when was the last time, in your life, that Evolution was a critical question that had to be answered correctly? Evolution arguments are nothing short of a pissing match over one of the least consequential pieces of "Science" there is.
I'd much rather kids learn proper math and reading and age appropriate applied chemistry, biology and other sciences, than all about evolution OR Creationism and other distractions in the classroom. And people wonder why We suck at science. To teach evolution in fourth grade is stupid, it is nothing short of indoctrination and doesn't teach anything about real science and curiosity
But it is a cheap and easy way to poke fun at whole groups of people, which isn't science at all.
Yes. And the exec that is making the calls is going to get out with a nice golden parachute and get all his Microsoft Stock Options back, while the people who own Nokia Stock are getting screwed.
Actually, the date format used by most seems silly. Best Date format is yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss It doesn't need fixing for anything. You need to shorten it, you can cut off end bits as needed and it still is readable. You can take out all the punctuation that makes it readable and it is just as valid. You can strip bits easily. You can sort it.
My $.02
I'm not so sure. I think Microsoft is running their playbook just fine. They even have one of their own at the top.
Nokia Exec: "We're Open and direct"
Slashdot BS filter: We're open, like Goatse. And direct, like flying chairs.
Goodbye Symbian, Goodbye QT, Goodbye Nokia. Everyone start migrating now, the borg are about to swallow it all.
how do you make a call when you're no where near any open WIFI ? How do people call you?
oh, you must live in mom's basement, because that is the only way that makes sense.
I didn't infer anything. I'm just pointing out that your "unjustly" comment seems ... a bit out of place, especially when comparing Iraq/Bush43 and Libya/Obama. If Bush's war in Iraq is "unjust", then why haven't you called Obama's war in Libya "Criminal" ?
Look, I'm not a big fan of perpetual wars. And we just got ourselves into another one. You may not realize it yet.
You mean the "unexpected" illnesses caused by eating McD's everyday, like heart disease and diabetes? Or smoking two packs a day for twenty years and getting lung cancer? You mean like drinking yourself silly till you need a liver?
And how, exactly, do you "fairly" decide who gets a the one kidney that is available?
The problem is, life isn't fair. And you can't make it any more fair with your mandates towards "fairness". Fairness that is really your sense of fairness, and not mine.
Unjustly, you mean by getting the consent and approval from congress, verses Obama, we're going to send planes to bomb a sovereign country without any provocation what-so-ever?
You may not like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that is fine. The war in Lybia is pure and simply a "war for oil", more so than Iraq ever was, but you seem to like it because the bombs have (D) on them and not (R).
At the current pace of extending copyright terms, copyrights themselves will have no meaning.
The parent post is right. In FF4, links don't activate properly here on Slashdot. I don't know enough to figure it out, but it is only FF4 and Slashdot that I've seen this problem.
Sorry to be snarky. :-/
I come off like the ass I am sometimes.
So, if I root my TV running Linux, and install additional applications, it ceases to be a TV?
You're stupid and stupid should be banned.
Wildcard Certs are very handy. They aren't "generic" as you say, they are a specific kind of cert. We use them all the time, for nothing other than to get logins out of plain text on servers that don't really need to be "secure", so that people sitting in Starbucks can be safer from wifi session hacking when using those servers.
Wildcard Certs serve their purposes, and just because you don't know what those are, doesn't mean they are "stupid". It means you are the stupid one.
THIS!
What is a "TV" is going to cause issues. Many TVs, and most of the big screen ones have a microprocessor and running Linux. Are they "computers" or are they TV's? BluRay and DVD players now have Netflix and other services embedded into them, clearly indicating some microprocessor for decode and an OS to manage the HW. Are those "computers" too?
Please define what is a TV for us, and then let us rip your description to shreds.
Lining the pockets of political contributors. Duh.
GE and Obama.
Oh wait, them be (D) so you simply ignore it. Don't be an ass, both sides are in up to their necks in crap, and both sides are spewing a ton of it.
This is why politicization of Net Neutrality is ... bad, regardless of who is doing it, (R) or (D). And no, I don't trust the (D) on this any more than I trust the (R). Harry Reid has proven himself a technological idiot with his comment about GPS system recently, and if you think he can draft legislation regarding Net Neutrality that is workable, you're sadly delusional.
The problem is, it will take a benevolent dictator to run Net Neutrality, and I don't know any.
Are you suggesting that Google's next OS is Android based Gaming system?
I'd actually buy one ... maybe ... if it didn't suck.
Most "rich" people don't pay "income" taxes. They pay Capital Gains taxes, and only on money they cash out, which are exempt from all sorts of other taxes. Removing the cap will do very little to increase donations to the SS fund or to the IRS.
Want to fix Social Security, start a plan to increase retirement age to 70.
I'm against a "means" test for social security, because it punishes people who are frugal and save, while rewarding those who are wasteful during their working years. I scrimp and save every dime I can, while others go on lavish vacations every year. And when I retire, I don't want to be punished because I didn't go on vacations every year. And I don't care if those who did, have to eat the proverbial dog food. Tough shit for them.