How arrogant must one be to think they have the authority to censor Mark Twain? Albert Bigelow Paine tried by releasing a bastardized version of The Mysterious Stranger, but that was forgivable as Twain died writing that novella.
“If I’m distracting myself, I’m devaluing my education. It’s my problem.” Fact.
"I completely disagree. Having your laptop out not only distracts other students, but is disrespectful and discouraging to professors." Distracting, yes. Disrespectful, no doubt, but get used to it. It is no less distracting then when you are trying to write something at work and the sales team is pushing product on the other side of the cubicle.
I'm pretty unimpressed by this list. I can't speak to a lot of the old stuff, but Saturday Night Fever was awful and, despite popular belief and the flack I'll likely receive for saying this, Airplane is not funny.
To be fair, Empire Strikes Back and Malcolm X rule.
This is an interesting essay. Dr. Lewis does a great job of pointing at and philosophizing about the math education problem, but like the math teachers he assesses, he inevitably fails. He sheds light on the fact that math is misunderstood. He also explains how its teaching is flawed and which educational practices have led to this state.
However, he fails to provide a way to remedy the problem. I think, concerning the idea of math as a liberal arts subject, that most educated people understand the intellectual growth and logical benefits that come from studying math. He says, "Mathematics is not about answers, it's about processes," I think most people understand that as. And furthermore, I think that may be precisely why a lot people don't like math. By that definition it is inherently tedious.
'We are not letting a student's keyboarding skills get in the way of being able to judge their writing ability,'...but you are willing to disregards one's ability to spell when assessing their writing abilities.
I have an idea. Why don't we just have adults take test for the kids or ban testing all together, then when the time comes for the kids to grow up, we'll just sell them as slaves to the Chinese.
"Now Facebook is the bottle, and we're the genie. How small are we willing to make ourselves to fit inside?"
More aptly:
Now Facebook is the bottle, and we're the drunk, sucking every last drip out of bottle after bottle until we're majestically drunk and delusional enough to think this is happiness.
I am new to this whole work world thing. I write for the most part. My problem with cubicles is this: at times all my co-workers in the cubicles around are making sales calls, or discussing web dev stuff, or just hamming it up, and I find it extremely hard to concentrate. It may just be that I am new to the game, but it does get a bit frustrating.
China was arguably the most sophisticated culture in the world, socially and technologically, but that stopped with the advent of widespread use and legalization of opium. By then end of the Opium Wars, China was a nothing, set back hundreds of years from the developing world.
Some drugs should be legal. Many have no constructive use and are, to the contrary, quite detrimental to the functional society.
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Take the Star Wars angle and you'll always get front page on Slashdot.
How arrogant must one be to think they have the authority to censor Mark Twain? Albert Bigelow Paine tried by releasing a bastardized version of The Mysterious Stranger, but that was forgivable as Twain died writing that novella.
“If I’m distracting myself, I’m devaluing my education. It’s my problem.” Fact. "I completely disagree. Having your laptop out not only distracts other students, but is disrespectful and discouraging to professors." Distracting, yes. Disrespectful, no doubt, but get used to it. It is no less distracting then when you are trying to write something at work and the sales team is pushing product on the other side of the cubicle.
I'm pretty unimpressed by this list. I can't speak to a lot of the old stuff, but Saturday Night Fever was awful and, despite popular belief and the flack I'll likely receive for saying this, Airplane is not funny. To be fair, Empire Strikes Back and Malcolm X rule.
This is an interesting essay. Dr. Lewis does a great job of pointing at and philosophizing about the math education problem, but like the math teachers he assesses, he inevitably fails. He sheds light on the fact that math is misunderstood. He also explains how its teaching is flawed and which educational practices have led to this state. However, he fails to provide a way to remedy the problem. I think, concerning the idea of math as a liberal arts subject, that most educated people understand the intellectual growth and logical benefits that come from studying math. He says, "Mathematics is not about answers, it's about processes," I think most people understand that as. And furthermore, I think that may be precisely why a lot people don't like math. By that definition it is inherently tedious.
'We are not letting a student's keyboarding skills get in the way of being able to judge their writing ability,' ...but you are willing to disregards one's ability to spell when assessing their writing abilities.
I have an idea. Why don't we just have adults take test for the kids or ban testing all together, then when the time comes for the kids to grow up, we'll just sell them as slaves to the Chinese.
That didn't stop Linda Tripp.
The FCC is and always will be lame.
That may be a good thing. Making contact with China only to get a lecture on the difference between 'there,' and 'their' would be embarrassing ;)
Haha. These slashdotters are relentless with the grammar. I gotsed nailed yesterday for a small handful of mistakes which I will never make again.
Consider user's revised to users and disenfranchised revised to discouraged. I'll try to be less of an animal in the future.
"Now Facebook is the bottle, and we're the genie. How small are we willing to make ourselves to fit inside?" More aptly: Now Facebook is the bottle, and we're the drunk, sucking every last drip out of bottle after bottle until we're majestically drunk and delusional enough to think this is happiness.
I am new to this whole work world thing. I write for the most part. My problem with cubicles is this: at times all my co-workers in the cubicles around are making sales calls, or discussing web dev stuff, or just hamming it up, and I find it extremely hard to concentrate. It may just be that I am new to the game, but it does get a bit frustrating.
I was on the fence about the whole rape-charge thing until I read this article. That online dating profile is no doubt the profile of a rapist.
Sure, but it's awfully hard to do that from your mom's basement.
Zing!
China was arguably the most sophisticated culture in the world, socially and technologically, but that stopped with the advent of widespread use and legalization of opium. By then end of the Opium Wars, China was a nothing, set back hundreds of years from the developing world. Some drugs should be legal. Many have no constructive use and are, to the contrary, quite detrimental to the functional society.
The machine will win. Open and shut case. Though, Alex Trebek's lacerating wordplay might present some obstacles.
Isn't this the same as history sniffing?
I agree. Completely unelectable until someone surgically removes her larynx.