Don't forget all those letters and marks all over all of the pages. I think they have some bearing on why it's not liked. But yeah, lots of pages; bad, definitely bad.
It can. Just not to everyone. I can't stand Faulkner but really like Steinbeck and some Hemingway.
A good place to get an idea on why 'the great books' are great is The Western Canon by Harold Bloom. Yeah, yeah, an old white guy going on and on about books mostly written by old white guys. Still, he explains pretty well and easily understood why he thinks they're important and what's interesting about them.
Yup, never liked Steinbeck (same books in HS) until I was stationed out in Monterey and a friend sent me Cannery Row. Having a humerous book to read that was based on where I was was kinda' cool. Am now a fan. 'Course, being older, I appreciate more and more where Steinbeck's coming from.
Not providing books that are relevant to a teen is like handing a bunch of vegetables and meat to a toddler. They won't know anything about it or what to do with it.
Yup, same here. I'm a desktop repair tech and trying to find KB downloads is so much easier through google. Bing just seems weird to me but I've never tried it for product/sales search.
As for apple, if they do spin up some kind of search engine and integrate it in to the iPhone OS, yeah, I could see that giving google a run for the money, as far as iPhone searches go. Doubt they'd impact things on the desktop, though.
I have multiple monitors at work (4x 23" with 16 virtual desktops for each) but at home, have transitioned my monitors from 3x 19" to 1x 24". I leave my work at the office and just don't spend as much time messing around with computers anymore. I used to be in to 3D animation and such in my off time but now, I'd rather spend time building furniture or working in the yard. For old and boring, yeah, a mobile display device will be ok. Am waiting to see if the next version will be able to stream movies from my AV server, rather than being sync'd and then play. Once that's available, I'll buy one.
There is a bit of optical psychology here as well. On a narrow 2 lane road, 40 miles/hour can seem a bit fast. On a 4 or 6 lane road, it seems slow. This is due to how things seem to move past slower, the further away they are from us. So yeah, having objects close to the road will make it seem we're going faster and folks won't feel the need to actually speed up. It's all about perception vs. reality.
I sucked at math (failed freshman Alg., got kicked out of comm. coll. for failing everything else as well) but once I was in the military and got interested in hot rodding cars, applied mathematics turned out to be easy. First it was calculating volumes, both static, and swept, then on to weight/power/acceleration. If they want to make math interesting, take the kids down to auto-shop (oops, they got rid of that as it isn't part of college prep).
My daughter's in third grade at a public elementary school here in New Mexico (not the highest ranked state for education). Starting this year she's had elementary algebra (solve for 'x' in arithmetic), geometry (point/line/plane, area and circumference), number line theory and graphing. For a kid who doesn't like math and who we have to really push to do homework, she's doing ok (3/4 mid-term grade).
I went to ES in the early 70's and don't think we got to this stuff until 6th grade.
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Until she sets the restraining order. Then it's just thinking of them.
Apple stole my girl and kicked my dog!
Yes. Yes it is.
It's 3968?!!!
Don't forget all those letters and marks all over all of the pages. I think they have some bearing on why it's not liked. But yeah, lots of pages; bad, definitely bad.
I don't like anything if it's popular. So there!
It can. Just not to everyone. I can't stand Faulkner but really like Steinbeck and some Hemingway.
A good place to get an idea on why 'the great books' are great is The Western Canon by Harold Bloom. Yeah, yeah, an old white guy going on and on about books mostly written by old white guys. Still, he explains pretty well and easily understood why he thinks they're important and what's interesting about them.
Yup, never liked Steinbeck (same books in HS) until I was stationed out in Monterey and a friend sent me Cannery Row. Having a humerous book to read that was based on where I was was kinda' cool. Am now a fan. 'Course, being older, I appreciate more and more where Steinbeck's coming from.
Not providing books that are relevant to a teen is like handing a bunch of vegetables and meat to a toddler. They won't know anything about it or what to do with it.
We just planted some, along with onions and corn.
Ah, Deathstalker II.
Yup, grade D schlub but still fun.
Yup, same here. I'm a desktop repair tech and trying to find KB downloads is so much easier through google. Bing just seems weird to me but I've never tried it for product/sales search.
As for apple, if they do spin up some kind of search engine and integrate it in to the iPhone OS, yeah, I could see that giving google a run for the money, as far as iPhone searches go. Doubt they'd impact things on the desktop, though.
I like that devil guy falling in to the black hole. He was pretty cool.
I have multiple monitors at work (4x 23" with 16 virtual desktops for each) but at home, have transitioned my monitors from 3x 19" to 1x 24". I leave my work at the office and just don't spend as much time messing around with computers anymore. I used to be in to 3D animation and such in my off time but now, I'd rather spend time building furniture or working in the yard. For old and boring, yeah, a mobile display device will be ok. Am waiting to see if the next version will be able to stream movies from my AV server, rather than being sync'd and then play. Once that's available, I'll buy one.
'Ees a Prince!
So's personal hygiene. What's your point?
Why do you want to know?
In New Mexico, people just pass on the right. Even if it's a 2 lane road.
There is a bit of optical psychology here as well. On a narrow 2 lane road, 40 miles/hour can seem a bit fast. On a 4 or 6 lane road, it seems slow. This is due to how things seem to move past slower, the further away they are from us. So yeah, having objects close to the road will make it seem we're going faster and folks won't feel the need to actually speed up. It's all about perception vs. reality.
Hmmm... hygiene lacking girls with unhealthy eating habits who like Lego Star Wars...
What was the question?
I sucked at math (failed freshman Alg., got kicked out of comm. coll. for failing everything else as well) but once I was in the military and got interested in hot rodding cars, applied mathematics turned out to be easy. First it was calculating volumes, both static, and swept, then on to weight/power/acceleration. If they want to make math interesting, take the kids down to auto-shop (oops, they got rid of that as it isn't part of college prep).
My daughter's in third grade at a public elementary school here in New Mexico (not the highest ranked state for education). Starting this year she's had elementary algebra (solve for 'x' in arithmetic), geometry (point/line/plane, area and circumference), number line theory and graphing. For a kid who doesn't like math and who we have to really push to do homework, she's doing ok (3/4 mid-term grade).
I went to ES in the early 70's and don't think we got to this stuff until 6th grade.
Weird!
I'd like to pay paper back prices for eBooks.
What's wrong with A Princess of Mars? I have it on my Newton, my Handspring Visor, my iPaq, my Blackberry and my iPhone.
So this is what happened to that statue of Venus?
I was once chased by ninjas but managed to elide the guy on point and the rest fell apart.