Or, maybe we just need to put some thought into writing and grading papers. God forbid we have to do some work to generate new ideas.:-)
What if the paper's intent is not to generate new ideas, but to prove in an essay that you learned something?
My philosophy professor uses turnitin.com. After getting a low score for NOT using enough quotes to back up my statements in my first weekly paper, I went from 7% "plagiarism" to 20% "plagiarism" by using quotes, according to turnitin. I actually got better grades on the more recent papers.
5.25" floppies were only used until '82? I was using them well into 1992...
Yeah, for a period of time, before and after the year 1990, Having both floppy drives meant you had a "Multi Media" system. Not to be confused with the multimedia CD-ROM/sound card packaged available around that time.
I don't think by definition it is. The process restores the plastic color by removing (or reversing) the yellowing process. When dark hair gets "sun bleached", you don't attack the hair with a bleaching process again to restore the dark color.
For the plastic, they are reversing the effects of the bromine "free radicals", created from UV exposure, that move to the surface of the plastic in search for oxygen to bond to. The bromine content, and it's location in the ABS plastic, is what's creating the yellowing.
The chemical process replaces the oxygenated bromine (bromide?) with hydrogen. You now have bromine bonded with hydrogen. This has both a stronger bond than with oxygen, and changes the chemical properties (it's not yellow anymore). The original plastic color remains.
Replace "Bible" with "source code" and I could easily imagine someone trying one of my ancient programs in the year 2900..... by which point the original disks would have long been erased.
I hope they use MLX to aid in typing them in, mistake free.
The programmable microprocessors of today (PIC, Amtel, etc.) are not far removed from the concept of the open architecture of the C64.
If remaking the Commodore BASIC for scripting is wrong by majority opinion, maybe the remake could be used as a programming language to compile code for the above microprocessors. Just rewrite the memory map.
It would allow older programmers (like me) to work on/with modern devices in a more familiar environment.
it's full of POKE x,y statements (and sometimes the program is just a hex loader with bunch of READ...DATAs). So I'm really not so sure of the value of this experiment.
It made indirect entry of machine language a component of BASIC and help keep that idea, as a viable option, in the minds of programmers. Other basics had PEEK and POKE to do that, too, but it tended to be an afterthought for programmers on those platforms.
As a frugal programmer (couldn't afford good assembler software), I hand coded lots of machine language into DATA statements, conveniently entered via BASIC.
I had no idea that I would end up loving Leonardo DiCaprio as much as I do now when I saw him in Titanic. But after seeing movies like Catch Me if You Can and The Aviator, you'll understand how simply being a good actor can negate these kinds of labels.
His role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" blew me away after I found out he wasn't really like that in real life..... Damn good acting....
The best thing you can do to improve your chances of not getting in an accident in winter is spend a few hours playing in a snow-covered parking lot. Put your car into skids by yanking on the e-brake while turning, and practice recovering from them. Practice stopping. Practice swerving around imaginary obstacles.
And it's quite fun, too.....
Just be aware of the lamp posts all over the parking lot. (trust me, these aren't imaginary obstacles)
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Or, maybe we just need to put some thought into writing and grading papers. God forbid we have to do some work to generate new ideas. :-)
What if the paper's intent is not to generate new ideas, but to prove in an essay that you learned something?
My philosophy professor uses turnitin.com. After getting a low score for NOT using enough quotes to back up my statements in my first weekly paper, I went from 7% "plagiarism" to 20% "plagiarism" by using quotes, according to turnitin. I actually got better grades on the more recent papers.
but it turns out that Brits and Yanks wipe their arses in different ways.
Looks like a new Slashdot poll will be in the works.
I pick, "Cow-bidet Neal"
I tried the VIC-20, 64, 128 and Plus-4
None of them show the pictures....
Yet, no real definition of "better" or "more intelligent" is ever given. At some point, an end goal must be defined.
Please don't confuse me... I don't need this....
I'm currently trying to write a philosophy paper in which I'm supposed to "Define Wisdom".
5.25" floppies were only used until '82? I was using them well into 1992...
Yeah, for a period of time, before and after the year 1990, Having both floppy drives meant you had a "Multi Media" system. Not to be confused with the multimedia CD-ROM/sound card packaged available around that time.
It IS bleaching, dipwit. Simple chemistry.
I don't think by definition it is. The process restores the plastic color by removing (or reversing) the yellowing process. When dark hair gets "sun bleached", you don't attack the hair with a bleaching process again to restore the dark color.
For the plastic, they are reversing the effects of the bromine "free radicals", created from UV exposure, that move to the surface of the plastic in search for oxygen to bond to. The bromine content, and it's location in the ABS plastic, is what's creating the yellowing.
The chemical process replaces the oxygenated bromine (bromide?) with hydrogen. You now have bromine bonded with hydrogen. This has both a stronger bond than with oxygen, and changes the chemical properties (it's not yellow anymore). The original plastic color remains.
Except in the northern parts of Vermont and Maine, where the drinking age is "go to Quebec".
Only with a passport. Can't get back in the US without one now. They'll log your returns to the US and probably question why.
I'm thinking I should start making cases in my garage out of plywood and selling them for $100 each.
I got tired of cutting myself on the card slot openings on those metal cases. I'd rather try splinters for a while.
Indeed. Plus its nice having a president who doesn't embarrass you when publicly speaking.
You mean he doesn't pronounce it, nu-"cu"-ler?
Does this mean I must now carry a trailing banner with my Piper Cub in Flight Simulator?
Replace "Bible" with "source code" and I could easily imagine someone trying one of my ancient programs in the year 2900..... by which point the original disks would have long been erased.
I hope they use MLX to aid in typing them in, mistake free.
find me a single company that has shipped 1 billion units of a non-consumable product. Maybe Hanes with their underwear?
Believe me, I eat a lot of spicy foods. My Hanes last about as long as a consumable.....
Are they sure it's not 101010 solutions? That would be "42" in binary.....
The programmable microprocessors of today (PIC, Amtel, etc.) are not far removed from the concept of the open architecture of the C64.
If remaking the Commodore BASIC for scripting is wrong by majority opinion, maybe the remake could be used as a programming language to compile code for the above microprocessors. Just rewrite the memory map.
It would allow older programmers (like me) to work on/with modern devices in a more familiar environment.
it's full of POKE x,y statements (and sometimes the program is just a hex loader with bunch of READ...DATAs). So I'm really not so sure of the value of this experiment.
It made indirect entry of machine language a component of BASIC and help keep that idea, as a viable option, in the minds of programmers. Other basics had PEEK and POKE to do that, too, but it tended to be an afterthought for programmers on those platforms. As a frugal programmer (couldn't afford good assembler software), I hand coded lots of machine language into DATA statements, conveniently entered via BASIC.
300-baud modem and no disk drive, just casse tte. Still, INFOCOM h
10 ?"YOU FORGOT ABOUT
THE 1540 DRIVE"
20 GOTO10
Run, read, remember
You young whippersnapper....
I became proficient in Commodore BASIC with my VIC-20. We HAD to PEEK and POKE everything and tighten our belts when saving RAM.
We also had to remap entire character sets to get hi-res graphics.
The C64 made hi-res graphics easier to manage than that, even requiring continued use of PEEK and POKE.
There was no support for user-defined functions
There was for mathematical functions via the DEF FN command
What do I do with the box of these that a frustrated Radio Shack manager gave me?
I went in asking for one and he told me I can't have one unless I take his entire inventory of them. I ended up with dozens of them.
On a side note, I then went to the bank and asked for a dollar, but they didn't give me a boxful of them... no fair...
I'm so embarrassed. My face is all #FF0000.....
You make me #00FF00 with envy that I can't come up with something that witty.
It just keeps me feelin' the #0000FF(s)
At first, I was too afraid to post this. Someone told me I was #FFFF00.
#FF8800 you glad I posted anyway?
I remember the "lines" I waited in to get my Sharp Zaurus
Hopefully the "Googlephone" will be more popular as an open source version of a common device form factor.
I had no idea that I would end up loving Leonardo DiCaprio as much as I do now when I saw him in Titanic. But after seeing movies like Catch Me if You Can and The Aviator, you'll understand how simply being a good actor can negate these kinds of labels.
His role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" blew me away after I found out he wasn't really like that in real life..... Damn good acting....
makes me wonder if someone ever measured the speed of a pinched out zit
What mass, and how many G's does it take for the discharge to break the mirror?
(Score:-1, Disgusting!!!)
The best thing you can do to improve your chances of not getting in an accident in winter is spend a few hours playing in a snow-covered parking lot. Put your car into skids by yanking on the e-brake while turning, and practice recovering from them. Practice stopping. Practice swerving around imaginary obstacles.
And it's quite fun, too.....
Just be aware of the lamp posts all over the parking lot. (trust me, these aren't imaginary obstacles)
We are talking, at 2 AWG, just over 1/4" (6.5mm)* conductor diameter. Per wire. Not the lightest, most flexible, or most convenient size around...
But the guy at Best Buy told me that Monster Cables are the only way to go.....
They have a sale on all their 3' gold plated varieties for only $197.22 (with the purchase of selected model printers)