U.S. politics is dominated by the idea that your candidate has to look good and have a quick wit. It's a bogus premise that factors in minimally in how to run a government. I don't want my politicians to be scientific experts but rather to have a general knowledge strong enough to know which experts are valuable and which ones are trying to hoodwink them. I also think that there's something to be said about flip-flopping. Why is this bad? Shouldn't someone be thoughtful in their beliefs and open to the idea of change within themselves? Yet it's ugly and comparable to someone switching allegiance to a sports team. It's one thing to have strong convictions and to stick to your principles, but it's another when those principles are reviled. This is why politics are so divided. It's shunned to change your views. What's the point of having a political debate if no one is allowed to change their mind? And this is paramount to having a strong science presence in politics. Science changes all the time.
You'd think that people with ocean-side real estate would want something like this. Either that or we can just burn some more coal or oil and their houses can underwater instead. Would they still be land owners?
Like this already isn't happening with The Office. It seems as if that show is out to promote Staples, not only as a brand, but to give the image that it's a well run company too.
My experience has been that it is best to have individual coding assignments. I was in a group coding project at college and one of my partners was so bad that I flat out told my professor that if he was in the work force any manager would have fired him by now. I am a huge advocate of individual work and not group projects. I hate to have to bust my butt even harder because someone slacks off, then the slacker is rewarded with a good grade. CS courses should instead focus on an individual's ability to grasp and implement coding priciples. Whereas you can save group projects for more abstract software engineering courses that focus mainly on the analysis an designing stages of large computer programs.
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U.S. politics is dominated by the idea that your candidate has to look good and have a quick wit. It's a bogus premise that factors in minimally in how to run a government. I don't want my politicians to be scientific experts but rather to have a general knowledge strong enough to know which experts are valuable and which ones are trying to hoodwink them. I also think that there's something to be said about flip-flopping. Why is this bad? Shouldn't someone be thoughtful in their beliefs and open to the idea of change within themselves? Yet it's ugly and comparable to someone switching allegiance to a sports team. It's one thing to have strong convictions and to stick to your principles, but it's another when those principles are reviled. This is why politics are so divided. It's shunned to change your views. What's the point of having a political debate if no one is allowed to change their mind? And this is paramount to having a strong science presence in politics. Science changes all the time.
You'd think that people with ocean-side real estate would want something like this. Either that or we can just burn some more coal or oil and their houses can underwater instead. Would they still be land owners?
Like this already isn't happening with The Office. It seems as if that show is out to promote Staples, not only as a brand, but to give the image that it's a well run company too.
So does this mean that we're more likely to see drivebys at Microsoft. Gates better lay low yo.
My experience has been that it is best to have individual coding assignments. I was in a group coding project at college and one of my partners was so bad that I flat out told my professor that if he was in the work force any manager would have fired him by now. I am a huge advocate of individual work and not group projects. I hate to have to bust my butt even harder because someone slacks off, then the slacker is rewarded with a good grade. CS courses should instead focus on an individual's ability to grasp and implement coding priciples. Whereas you can save group projects for more abstract software engineering courses that focus mainly on the analysis an designing stages of large computer programs.
> With email, I get to exercise ALL of my 10 fingers.
That is unless you use windows, then you're just using the three finger salute.