Heh, apparently that's what I get for reading only the first half of the article.
Quoted later on:
Iain Scouller, general manager of the Grapevine Legoland Discovery Center, said Walsh's skill with the Lego blocks impressed him and the other judges, but it was his positive interaction with the children who came to see the competition that gave him the winning edge.
"The master builder has to be able to interact with the children in a friendly and approachable manner," Scouller said.
I have to imagine that a large part of his success in the event was due to his appeal to the spectating children, which is a huge part of what Legos is.
FTFA:
He gave credit to the children spectators at the event, who offered suggestions on what pieces to add to make the designs more interesting.
Also, to those who scoff at the salary: If he's doing something he enjoys, and can afford to live on that, then so what?
Actually, I had a recent incident where my package was stolen. I spoke to UPS (whose fault it really was for leaving the package on the porch in a not-so-great neighborhood), and they blew me off and told me to talk to Amazon. I was aggravated because it was their fault, but when I contacted Amazon, they were polite, helpful, and sent me a duplicate of my order via Next Day Air. There was absolutely zero hassle dealing with Amazon.
Does it matter if something inobservable exists? If you posit the existence of something that can't be observed, how do you verify that hypothesis? What are the applications for a theory that doesn't suggest effects we can detect and verify?
Does it matter if time exists? After all, we cannot observe it, we can only observe its effects.
I think we can say, with almost certainty, that time does exist.
As much as I'd love to see a truly decentralized internetwork (p2p DNS and routing) idealogically, such a notion cannot replace the Internet as we have it today. In order to get anywhere reliably, you have to trust someone. You cannot have trust without an accountable authority. It's possible that you can get a modicum of trust via trusting a server that the people you trust have trusted (that was a mouthful), but in the end it will aggregate to a select few authorities at the root of it all. And then we have the same or similar issues to now.
I honestly cannot see how a true p2p domain name system can work and still be usable by someone who "just wants to surf the 'net".
Perhaps all we really need is a 'democratic' system - a select few members of the root DNS (geographically and politically separated of course) and a lookup system that queries each and selects the majority response as the correct response. At the very least, the domain name system should not be solely in the hands of one government.
Sex, intoxication, texting, and social networking are all -social- activities for students. So it makes sense that a social student would engage in social activities, does it not?
Sex, drugs, alcohol, texting, and social networking are all -social- activities (for most teens). It makes sense that the most social amongst teens would be the ones to engage in social activities.
If this is what commercial space has to start off with in order to make money and build incentive for orbital flight, then I'm all for it. Though, I must agree with the dissatisfaction with the ambiguous usage of the term 'space' in spaceship and spaceflight.
IANAL either, but it strikes me as odd that any lawyer can purport to represent me in some legal affair without some consent from me. Pursuing legal actions on my behalf without my issuing of power of attorney is, in fact, illegal. I have to sign over power of attorney to my accountant to have him interact with the IRS on my behalf. How is this any different?
Because 'you' are not being represented in the sense you're thinking. The class is being represented, and you just happen to fit into that class. The 'class' in this case is abstract; it's not defined until after the suit is made.
You are always given the right to opt-out of a class-action suit.
Actually, it'll probably just mean that the President can order all ISPs to stop routing. This cuts off pretty much every end-user.
It makes me want to find a cheaper method of spreading infrastructure and create a TRUE, decentralized Internet.
"A majority of the American population is willing to grant the President the authority to cut short their Internet access to protect both U.S. assets and citizens, suggesting that the public is taking cyber warfare very seriously," said Patricia Titus, VP and CISO, Unisys. "Our survey shows that the American public recognizes the danger of a cyber attack and wants the federal government to take an active role in extending the nation's cyber defense. It will be up to officials in all branches of the federal government to respond to this call to action in a way that is measured and well planned."
I suspect selective polling, ambiguous questions, and/or selective interpretation of the results.
I really wish they'd post the surveys' actual results, scope of participants, etc. for these kinds of things.
The fundamental problem is people actually paying attention to TV political ads. What we need is voting reform in the form of massive civics and logic education. Teach people to cast a vote based on their own research & conclusions and not an error laden, buzzword filled TV ad that plays on people's emotions.
Well, that requires effort. And humanity as a whole seems to prefer decisions being made for them as long as they have the illusion of choice.
Allow me to introduce the bastard offspring, Minecraft. It's highly addicting, and (in single-player) quite challenging. The game's still in Alpha, but boy is it exciting. Adding a 3D environment and positional sound makes for a game that keeps you on edge. With the updates on the way, it'll be even more dangerous without being tedious.
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Iain Scouller, general manager of the Grapevine Legoland Discovery Center, said Walsh's skill with the Lego blocks impressed him and the other judges, but it was his positive interaction with the children who came to see the competition that gave him the winning edge. "The master builder has to be able to interact with the children in a friendly and approachable manner," Scouller said.
He gave credit to the children spectators at the event, who offered suggestions on what pieces to add to make the designs more interesting.
Also, to those who scoff at the salary: If he's doing something he enjoys, and can afford to live on that, then so what?
Nothing he could produce would satisfy his septics
Huh... my septics never voiced any dissatisfaction with what I produce.
Actually, I had a recent incident where my package was stolen. I spoke to UPS (whose fault it really was for leaving the package on the porch in a not-so-great neighborhood), and they blew me off and told me to talk to Amazon. I was aggravated because it was their fault, but when I contacted Amazon, they were polite, helpful, and sent me a duplicate of my order via Next Day Air. There was absolutely zero hassle dealing with Amazon.
Though I do hope they went after UPS.
Does it matter if something inobservable exists? If you posit the existence of something that can't be observed, how do you verify that hypothesis? What are the applications for a theory that doesn't suggest effects we can detect and verify?
Does it matter if time exists? After all, we cannot observe it, we can only observe its effects. I think we can say, with almost certainty, that time does exist.
the act of overthrowing an entire government often leads to far more death and misery than was present under the existing system.
Not that I disagree with your point, but I must point out a fallacy: by this logic, you'd choose life as a slave instead of fighting for your freedom.
I think that's more like 'alloftheinternet.com' ;)
As much as I'd love to see a truly decentralized internetwork (p2p DNS and routing) idealogically, such a notion cannot replace the Internet as we have it today. In order to get anywhere reliably, you have to trust someone. You cannot have trust without an accountable authority. It's possible that you can get a modicum of trust via trusting a server that the people you trust have trusted (that was a mouthful), but in the end it will aggregate to a select few authorities at the root of it all. And then we have the same or similar issues to now.
I honestly cannot see how a true p2p domain name system can work and still be usable by someone who "just wants to surf the 'net".
Perhaps all we really need is a 'democratic' system - a select few members of the root DNS (geographically and politically separated of course) and a lookup system that queries each and selects the majority response as the correct response. At the very least, the domain name system should not be solely in the hands of one government.
How hard would it be to use a proxy
Until proxies become illegal...
Sex, intoxication, texting, and social networking are all -social- activities for students. So it makes sense that a social student would engage in social activities, does it not?
Sex, drugs, alcohol, texting, and social networking are all -social- activities (for most teens). It makes sense that the most social amongst teens would be the ones to engage in social activities.
If this is what commercial space has to start off with in order to make money and build incentive for orbital flight, then I'm all for it. Though, I must agree with the dissatisfaction with the ambiguous usage of the term 'space' in spaceship and spaceflight.
This needs to be modded insightful. There was nothing untrue typed.
Except for the "we need" part.
IANAL either, but it strikes me as odd that any lawyer can purport to represent me in some legal affair without some consent from me. Pursuing legal actions on my behalf without my issuing of power of attorney is, in fact, illegal. I have to sign over power of attorney to my accountant to have him interact with the IRS on my behalf. How is this any different?
Because 'you' are not being represented in the sense you're thinking. The class is being represented, and you just happen to fit into that class. The 'class' in this case is abstract; it's not defined until after the suit is made. You are always given the right to opt-out of a class-action suit.
Actually, it'll probably just mean that the President can order all ISPs to stop routing. This cuts off pretty much every end-user. It makes me want to find a cheaper method of spreading infrastructure and create a TRUE, decentralized Internet.
Well, all bad things come from the internet, right?; If you cut off the internet they all stop and it's Peace and Harmony(tm)!
"A majority of the American population is willing to grant the President the authority to cut short their Internet access to protect both U.S. assets and citizens, suggesting that the public is taking cyber warfare very seriously," said Patricia Titus, VP and CISO, Unisys. "Our survey shows that the American public recognizes the danger of a cyber attack and wants the federal government to take an active role in extending the nation's cyber defense. It will be up to officials in all branches of the federal government to respond to this call to action in a way that is measured and well planned."
I suspect selective polling, ambiguous questions, and/or selective interpretation of the results. I really wish they'd post the surveys' actual results, scope of participants, etc. for these kinds of things.
The fundamental problem is people actually paying attention to TV political ads. What we need is voting reform in the form of massive civics and logic education. Teach people to cast a vote based on their own research & conclusions and not an error laden, buzzword filled TV ad that plays on people's emotions.
Well, that requires effort. And humanity as a whole seems to prefer decisions being made for them as long as they have the illusion of choice.
Dwarf Fortress. http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
Allow me to introduce the bastard offspring, Minecraft. It's highly addicting, and (in single-player) quite challenging. The game's still in Alpha, but boy is it exciting. Adding a 3D environment and positional sound makes for a game that keeps you on edge. With the updates on the way, it'll be even more dangerous without being tedious.
I recall building my own Quake levels (I replicated the office where I worked)...
Careful, admitting this might earn you an unexpected gift.