That article has 43 paragraphs. Almost every sentence is in its own paragraph. What happened to putting related sentences together? Examples:
At Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, one in 10 new students are not qualified to take the mandatory writing courses required for graduation.
That 10 per cent must take so-called "foundational" writing courses first.
Simon Fraser is reviewing its entrance requirements for English language.
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Then he's reduced to teaching basic grammar to them himself.
He says this has been going on now for the 20 years he's taught college and university in B.C. and Ontario-only the mistakes have changed.
He too blames poor - or no - grammar instruction in lower schools.
Also, I already see a grammatical error:
"one in 10 new students are not qualified" ("one" is singular)
Additionally, he's comparing a consumable resource with equipment. A proper comparison would be between sunlight/wind and oil, or oil refinery equipment and solar panels/wind turbines.
Might we one day be able to use our cell phone cameras to pick out the best piece of meat on display at the market?
How will this help once everyone has it? Let's assume 1 in 4 are "good". If all the meat was bought, then 1 in 4 people would get good pieces. After everyone has this technology in their phones... 1 in 4 people will get good pieces. I fail to see any net benefit.
I'm a vegetarian (don't trust meat industry, as opposed to being against eating it), but you make me almost want to buy a slab of meat and try your procedure. Maybe if I'm ever preparing for someone else...
Also, they couldn't put it into neutral because it had a push-button shifter as well.
How is a push-button shifter any different than an automatic with a stick shift? In both cases, it's just switches; there's no mechanical linkage (stick-shift automatics do have a mechanical linkage to the parking brake, I believe, not to be confused with the hand brake which has a separate lever farther towards the back of the car).
Nuclear reactors are old school since Steorn had their live working demo of Orbo, an overunity engine just this weekend.
Oh man, we had this stuff when I was a kid. "Canned heat" they called it. Looked like purple Jell-O, but was flammable. I didn't know it had overunity properties, though.
I can't figure out whether you're agreeing with me (code for clarity, in language that allows most clarity, then optimize small sections as necessary) or disagreeing, or saying that nobody actually does it like this.
What you really need to do is just program the entire web page in Assembler and then your going to have speed and performance that can't get any faster.
For a given amount of time, in almost all cases you can deliver a faster end program by writing in C and possibly optimizing some parts in asm, rather than writing everything in asm.
Pay for crippled copy of media, and accept that you won't be able to play it on all your devices.
Pay for crippled copy of media, then have to seek out uncrippled one on P2P network in order to play it on all your devices, and be considered a pirate anyway.
Get uncrippled copy from P2P that will play on everything.
Shouldn't we be waiting until, oh I don't know, the device actually is released and we can see how this whole thing plays out?
NO NO NO! TOO LONG! You're suggesting we wait days, maybe weeks to find out. You may have infinite patience, but I have to decide now whether I'm going to buy one, and what model I will buy, and whether I will develop software for it, and whether Apple will have a future 100 years from now, an... wow, just found a new opinion story on the iPad, gotta go.
So if there's a crime going on in front of me, and I don't report it, but I do report that the guy next to me didn't report it, am I still committing a crime?
Right, so you read the questions through while following no instructions. That means you do not follow instruction 5, start the test from the beginning, and perform tasks 2 to 4, as you have not performed the action of instruction 5. Acting upon instruction 5 negates instruction 1, as you are no longer reading but have started acting upon the instructions.
You, sir, are brilliant! I look back at the time our science class did this, and am seeing my actions in a different light.
Even though I believe you're being overly pedantic, you do have a point. However, as far as percentages are concerned, a 200% increase implies something is 3x the original amount.
For example let us denote a base amount of 1 or x.
A 40% increase would imply a transition from 1 to 1.4 or 1.4x.
A 100% increase would imply a transition from 1 to 2 or 2x
A 200% increase would imply transition from 1 to 3 or 3x.
I have no disagreement with the above. Basically these have two parts, the multiplier and the optional "add" operation. If you put "more than", "increase", or "greater", you're enabling the "add" operation.
The thing that really drives me nuts are these kinds of redundancies:
Presumably this doesn't require a stylus, though the article is very light on detail (other than that this is a disruptive game-changing 3D technology that will allow revolutionary improvements to phones).
I'm using them in the form of an equation, Tegra2 = 2 x AppleA4 in performance.
If you're saying that the correct way to read that is "Tegra2 is 2x more [powerful] than AppleA4", then how would you read the following?
Tegra2 = 1 x AppleA4
Surely not "Tegra2 is 1x more [powerful] than AppleA4", as that claims it's one time more powerful than the AppleA4. Or taken further,
Tegra2 = 0.5 x AppleA4
"Tegra2 is 0.5x more [powerful] than AppleA4" would imply that it was faster, even though it's half the speed!
If I said that Tegra 2 was 200% more powerful than the A4, I would clearly be in the wrong because as you said a 200% increase implies a 3x increase.
A 200% increase implies a 2x increase, not a 3x increase. 2x means "2 times [the base, in this case the AppleA4's performance]", the same thing 200% means in this case. Why would its meaning change depending on whether you used "2x" or "200%"? In either case, once you add the word "increase" this means "in addition to what's already there".
Take a look at Common errors in forming arithmetic comparisons (two-page PDF). From the second page, Seven common errors:
Confusing 'times as much' with 'times more than'. If B is three times as much as A, then B is two times more than A - not three times more than A. The essential feature is the difference is between 'as much as' and 'more than.' 'As much as' indicates a ratio; 'more than' indicates a difference. 'More than' means 'added onto the base'. This essential difference is ignored by those who say that 'times' is dominant so that 'three times as much' is really the same as 'three times more than.'
The point here is that she doesn't want to bother with memory, and with the iPad, she doesn't have to. Why the hell should the user have to manage something he doesn't want to and that the computer can manage well enough for him? Oh, but you and I, a different kind of user, want to manage these things. Well, we use a different kind of machine/OS then, rather than make everyone use the same kind of OS that's only suited for us.
Highly doubt the Tegra 2 is on par with the A4, unless the A4 has a dual-core Cortex A9... Info suggests the A4 is only a single core Cortex A9 which would make the Tegra2 at least 2x more powerful. Not to mention Nvidia vs ARM based graphics core.
If the Tegra 2 = dual-core Cortex A9, then a Tegra 2 is 2x as powerful as a single-core Cortex A9, or 1x (100%) more powerful than a single-core Cortex A9. If you say it's 2x more powerful, then you're saying it's 3x as powerful.
Any realistic encryption format will include verification information (a checksum at the very least) so the decrypter knows that it was successful. Otherwise it wouldn't even be able to tell you that you mistyped your password.
I got fed up with all the security issues with online Visa transactions. Now I use PayPal for everything, and I'm fully protected. Lessee, I've made around... hmmm, frozen, what does that mean? Well, I'm having some problems with my account at the moment, but I've made a lot of transactions.
Yes, the journalist is letting his personal issues get in the way of his work. To me one of the worst things a person can do is try to block another from healing. Damaged people don't do anyone good.
The entire universe CAN be computed. You'd need a computer the size of the universe, with the same laws and state. In fact, our universe exactly fits the requirements, and is computing what will happen right now.
The main goal of ACTA is to combat the large counterfeiting and piracy activities which present big risks for public safety and health. The agreement is not meant to intrude in the private sphere of individual citizens. The consequences of counterfeiting and piracy touch everyone and are daily hazards. Counterfeiting and piracy do not only infringe on intellectual property rights and cause enormous economic losses. They present a direct threat to consumer and patient health and safety. ACTA intendes to attack this problem and is only one of various initiatives on the part of Switzerland to fight counterfeiting and piracy.
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That article has 43 paragraphs. Almost every sentence is in its own paragraph. What happened to putting related sentences together? Examples:
Also, I already see a grammatical error:
"one in 10 new students are not qualified" ("one" is singular)
Additionally, he's comparing a consumable resource with equipment. A proper comparison would be between sunlight/wind and oil, or oil refinery equipment and solar panels/wind turbines.
How will this help once everyone has it? Let's assume 1 in 4 are "good". If all the meat was bought, then 1 in 4 people would get good pieces. After everyone has this technology in their phones... 1 in 4 people will get good pieces. I fail to see any net benefit.
I'm a vegetarian (don't trust meat industry, as opposed to being against eating it), but you make me almost want to buy a slab of meat and try your procedure. Maybe if I'm ever preparing for someone else...
How is a push-button shifter any different than an automatic with a stick shift? In both cases, it's just switches; there's no mechanical linkage (stick-shift automatics do have a mechanical linkage to the parking brake, I believe, not to be confused with the hand brake which has a separate lever farther towards the back of the car).
Oh man, we had this stuff when I was a kid. "Canned heat" they called it. Looked like purple Jell-O, but was flammable. I didn't know it had overunity properties, though.
I can't figure out whether you're agreeing with me (code for clarity, in language that allows most clarity, then optimize small sections as necessary) or disagreeing, or saying that nobody actually does it like this.
For a given amount of time, in almost all cases you can deliver a faster end program by writing in C and possibly optimizing some parts in asm, rather than writing everything in asm.
Software is for lazy developers. I develop my webapps in hardware with Verilog and I even wrote my own httpd to improve performance.
They just need grow suspicious of IE harboring WMDs. Then the lack of evidence wouldn't be a problem at all.
Agreed. It basically comes down to these choices:
NO NO NO! TOO LONG! You're suggesting we wait days, maybe weeks to find out. You may have infinite patience, but I have to decide now whether I'm going to buy one, and what model I will buy, and whether I will develop software for it, and whether Apple will have a future 100 years from now, an... wow, just found a new opinion story on the iPad, gotta go.
So if there's a crime going on in front of me, and I don't report it, but I do report that the guy next to me didn't report it, am I still committing a crime?
You, sir, are brilliant! I look back at the time our science class did this, and am seeing my actions in a different light.
I have no disagreement with the above. Basically these have two parts, the multiplier and the optional "add" operation. If you put "more than", "increase", or "greater", you're enabling the "add" operation.
The thing that really drives me nuts are these kinds of redundancies:
larger/smaller size
warmer/colder temperature
faster/slower speed
longer/shorter length
cheap/expensive price
older/younger age
steeper slope
vertical height
horizontal width
unlikely chance
farther distance
Not to mention ATM machine, PIN number, etc.
Presumably this doesn't require a stylus, though the article is very light on detail (other than that this is a disruptive game-changing 3D technology that will allow revolutionary improvements to phones).
If you're saying that the correct way to read that is "Tegra2 is 2x more [powerful] than AppleA4", then how would you read the following?
Tegra2 = 1 x AppleA4
Surely not "Tegra2 is 1x more [powerful] than AppleA4", as that claims it's one time more powerful than the AppleA4. Or taken further,
Tegra2 = 0.5 x AppleA4
"Tegra2 is 0.5x more [powerful] than AppleA4" would imply that it was faster, even though it's half the speed!
A 200% increase implies a 2x increase, not a 3x increase. 2x means "2 times [the base, in this case the AppleA4's performance]", the same thing 200% means in this case. Why would its meaning change depending on whether you used "2x" or "200%"? In either case, once you add the word "increase" this means "in addition to what's already there". Take a look at Common errors in forming arithmetic comparisons (two-page PDF). From the second page, Seven common errors:
The point here is that she doesn't want to bother with memory, and with the iPad, she doesn't have to. Why the hell should the user have to manage something he doesn't want to and that the computer can manage well enough for him? Oh, but you and I, a different kind of user, want to manage these things. Well, we use a different kind of machine/OS then, rather than make everyone use the same kind of OS that's only suited for us.
If the Tegra 2 = dual-core Cortex A9, then a Tegra 2 is 2x as powerful as a single-core Cortex A9, or 1x (100%) more powerful than a single-core Cortex A9. If you say it's 2x more powerful, then you're saying it's 3x as powerful.
Obligatory Penny Arcade comic.
Any realistic encryption format will include verification information (a checksum at the very least) so the decrypter knows that it was successful. Otherwise it wouldn't even be able to tell you that you mistyped your password.
I got fed up with all the security issues with online Visa transactions. Now I use PayPal for everything, and I'm fully protected. Lessee, I've made around... hmmm, frozen, what does that mean? Well, I'm having some problems with my account at the moment, but I've made a lot of transactions.
Yes, the journalist is letting his personal issues get in the way of his work. To me one of the worst things a person can do is try to block another from healing. Damaged people don't do anyone good.
The entire universe CAN be computed. You'd need a computer the size of the universe, with the same laws and state. In fact, our universe exactly fits the requirements, and is computing what will happen right now.
Wow, just wow.