I was pulling a low C in calculus until I had that moment.. the one where I visualised the volume of a circle of a certain radius, rotated around another radius, forming the inside of a torus. At that moment I realised Calculus was easy and I had been making hard work of it by trying to memorise every rule or theorem without understanding their applications. Pulled that grade up into an A and sailed merrily along the seas of math thereafter.
I certainly can appreciate how observing something animated in three dimensions can be of use (though even 2 dimensions would suffice for most subjects.) Well done them.
Now of someone can figure out how to get kids to succeed in taking tests on computers (which isn't as simple or effective as it sounds.)
It used to mean all the wealth of aristocracy and none of the privilege. So then there has not been much change by that metric.
If you mean they were considered middle income and paid like other white collar workers. Then we can be pretty sure this is the result of the regulations they have protecting them.
40 years ago I went to public schools with children of Dow Chemical CEOs.
It's very important we decimate the last industry the US has that's still mostly functional, profitable, and productive
You mean Protect companies like Microsoft, who have profited in the hundreds of billions of dollars, but taken a completely lax (and reckless) attitude toward software security - going so far as to recommend the George W. Bush administration brand (and try) people who expose their security holes as terrorists?
I'll be no apologist for billionaires who like to give their largess away, but didn't expend enough of it keeping their crappy software secure for the last 15 years.
Both IE and Chrome are browsers from companies who have a vested interest in changing the Internet. Microsoft tried to make a browser that was tied into the OS and would cause sites to break for everyone else, and who knows what Google's going to twist the browser into by the time they're done. I like that Firefox is just a good, solid product without ulterior motives.
In regards to Microsoft, I don't think they have any idea what they'd do with it if they did control the internet. Their vision seems to be one of trying to beat everyone for goals that are ultimately a waste of money.
I don't use AdScript, but I use Adblock+ on Chrome v. 15.0.874.51 and not having any problems whatsoever with it.
The trick does seem to be, however, how to find the object the ad is being driven in through. Sometimes I use it for things other than ads, like those stupid notifications which keep popping up on eBay and Farcebook - you made a change or want to badger me about something, kiss off!
And??? Microsoft has even bigger market share, and IE has been consistently losing ground.
Have you ever pondered the possibility that the reason Firefox is slipping is because the project itself has become an unresponsive beast who is now pissing off even its core supporters in the IT industry with its absurd release schedules?
I didn't like the way the newer Firefox browser was behaving. I found changes were not for the better. People offered work-arounds, but it's not the same as Keep It Simple Stupid for making a winning browser.
Chrome isn't too bad, it's got it's idiotic side, too, usually the fault of Google ("Hey, let's make a sweeping change and default everyone to opted-in!", like that ill-conceived wallpaper episode.) I do like the ability to examine objects, but wish my ability to filter crap was better.
is ICE CREAM!!!!! Instant relief because of the cold, and more than enough fat to fully neutralize the capsaicin...
Unless you are lactose intolerant or allergic to dairy, as I am.
No matter. I'm a fire eater - I have a bag of Habanero Pistachios next to my keyboard at the moment. Over time I've built up a tolerance for casaicin and often make food which scare my friends.
I did grow habaneros once, and found as important as fertilizer, the heat and humidity of the weather, plus direct Sun exposure had significant influence on the heat of my peppers.
Which tells us that no one cares about the past anyway, unless it concerns you or your family.
MPAA and RIAA do. Bear in mind their original storage options mean a lot of film and audio tape disintegrated and somethings are lost to time. Now I bet they store everything digitally, on separately managed servers in various geographic locations. Because how can they sue you if you have the only copy and they claim it's illegal?
Storing them, no problem. Space is always getting cheaper. Retrieving and viewing, now there's the rub. For local storage, a MFM HD from 20 years ago, labeled with 'Grandads Pics', would take considerable effort to read into a current PC. MFM to RLL to IDE to SATA to X to Y to Z is the maintenance I was speaking of. Whereas a photo album is instantly viewable.
Put the stuff in the cloud, and let AmaGoogle figure out and handle the ongoing format and interface changes. (Until they change their TOS, and all your pics are belong to them.)
Yeah, the transition from one dominant media to another, in a relatively short time span, too, is a bit of an issue. Probably best to have someone store them for you on the cloud, unless you can afford redundant storage farms spread to separate regions (so if the earthquake gets one, the other is still humming along, hopefully unless the tornado gets it) Sounds like a business opportunity, alright.
The rich and sunny planet Ursa Minor Beta has the quite peculiar property that most of its surface consists of subtropic coastline. Even more peculiar, on this world it's always Saturday afternoon, just right before the beach bars close. Light City, the only city on Ursa Minor Beta, which can only be reached by plane, is the very place where the editorial offices of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reside. A further anomaly in Light City is that the Lalamatine district, just behind the beach, is the only place on the planet not to enjoy a perpetual Saturday afternoon. Instead it is always early evening, with cooling breezes - this is where the nightclubs are located.
Son of a bitch. Take a while off from the site (been busy at work for the last month or so) and Malda retires ?@?!?!? WTF and HTF did I miss that? oh, and yeah, interesting topic too.
Buying treasury bonds doesn't count as saving? Should they just stuff the Social Security surplus under the world's largest mattress?
George W. Bush proposed floating Social Security on Wall Street - when the 9/11/ attacks occurred a flaw in the plan became evident - as the stock market followed the twin towers down people would have been skint. Through most of the succeeding years the DJ Industrials failed to recover very strongly, then plummeted again in mid-2008 (while Obama was not president) and anyone who had recovered from 2001 would have been pounded again.
As for T Bills, the Social Security Fund has nothing more than an I.O.U. sitting there, no interest to be paid, for around 3 trillion, last time I looked. Present recipients are being paid by present contributors.
Yes it is. Move to Canada or Europe if you're so in love with socialism programs.
Examples of Socialism in the United States:
- Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and National Guard - notice how these are funded by the collective wealth of the nation?
- Interstate Highways - There was a time when privately held roads criss-crossed America, they were called Turnpikes, you paid for passage on them. Such a system today would utterly squeeze the life out of interstate commerce, let alone throttle your travel plans.
- Police and Fire - well, where you don't have a handy group of vigilantes or volunteers. Recruited, trained, equipped by the state and abiding by (and enforcing) state codes. How'd you like to get a parking ticket from PubSafteyCo or get Fire Company No. 539, Inc., to come put your house fire fire out?
I'm certain somewhere there are people salivating at the prospect of every entity being run by private hands (and influenced by stock prices, because, you know, Wall Street really does care about you!) That would be a pure capitalist system. It would also be Hell.
"Government isn't mandating that you buy [a yacht] -- just that you have it."
So now Obama is trying to make me buy a yacht? Bloody hell, how far will this guy go before people wake up. I'm going to write up an email and send it to all my friends. Our president is clearly in the pocket of "Big-Yacht".
It was the result of compromise with the GOP, which calls it a suitable employment program - the only problem is the Yachts will be coming from China, not US factories, so it fails again.
The people don't understand the ObamaCare plan - not entirely sure I do either, as it's a bit of a Frankenstein plan, rather than best plan which we couldn't get, not because of "Socialism", but because the major Healthcare companies have the GOP (and some Dems) so buttoned up in their pockets that the best plan of all could never get passed (the plan which cuts them largely out of the loop.)
Imagine if you will, there was no Social Security in the United States and any administration trying to get that system through today, with the way big business interests have so many politicians on a gilt leash. It'd be horrible and the only people really benefiting (besides lawyers, who seem to find a way to prosper from anything) would be businesses, not the people it was meant to serve.
A basic national healthcare system is in the interests of the people, but they've been so baffled with BS they don't know what they're getting they've completely confused in the debate, often siding against their own best interests and subscribing to slogans like 'It's socialism and it's bad' - right, sure you got there by a car, on a highway, built with federal legislation and funding, but who's speaking up for tearing them all up and turning all the major highways back over to private hands and turnpikes, eh?
There's a good solution, but it takes a strong leader to make it happen.
I'm afraid people will finally wake up when healthcare is only affordable to the 1% and some plague is sweeping the country.
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I was pulling a low C in calculus until I had that moment .. the one where I visualised the volume of a circle of a certain radius, rotated around another radius, forming the inside of a torus. At that moment I realised Calculus was easy and I had been making hard work of it by trying to memorise every rule or theorem without understanding their applications. Pulled that grade up into an A and sailed merrily along the seas of math thereafter.
I certainly can appreciate how observing something animated in three dimensions can be of use (though even 2 dimensions would suffice for most subjects.) Well done them.
Now of someone can figure out how to get kids to succeed in taking tests on computers (which isn't as simple or effective as it sounds.)
Define middle class.
It used to mean all the wealth of aristocracy and none of the privilege. So then there has not been much change by that metric.
If you mean they were considered middle income and paid like other white collar workers. Then we can be pretty sure this is the result of the regulations they have protecting them.
40 years ago I went to public schools with children of Dow Chemical CEOs.
It's very important we decimate the last industry the US has that's still mostly functional, profitable, and productive
You mean Protect companies like Microsoft, who have profited in the hundreds of billions of dollars, but taken a completely lax (and reckless) attitude toward software security - going so far as to recommend the George W. Bush administration brand (and try) people who expose their security holes as terrorists?
I'll be no apologist for billionaires who like to give their largess away, but didn't expend enough of it keeping their crappy software secure for the last 15 years.
A little higher res and we will be able to make out the blue string soup
It would have been great if on one of these planets we saw something moving around ... sure would be a kick in the ol' Space Program, then, eh?
The article has a "colourised" picture to highlight the features. I don't think the features are actually blue.........
You've ruined my vacation plans! I hope you are happy! >=(
has found new findings
As opposed to what? Finding old findings?
Old findings - it's a hole in the sky through which we see the light of Heaven.
... if they were little pools of liquid mercury!
It's cheese!
"Gromit, that's it! Cheese! We'll go somewhere where there's cheese!
Both IE and Chrome are browsers from companies who have a vested interest in changing the Internet. Microsoft tried to make a browser that was tied into the OS and would cause sites to break for everyone else, and who knows what Google's going to twist the browser into by the time they're done. I like that Firefox is just a good, solid product without ulterior motives.
In regards to Microsoft, I don't think they have any idea what they'd do with it if they did control the internet. Their vision seems to be one of trying to beat everyone for goals that are ultimately a waste of money.
I don't use AdScript, but I use Adblock+ on Chrome v. 15.0.874.51 and not having any problems whatsoever with it.
The trick does seem to be, however, how to find the object the ad is being driven in through. Sometimes I use it for things other than ads, like those stupid notifications which keep popping up on eBay and Farcebook - you made a change or want to badger me about something, kiss off!
And??? Microsoft has even bigger market share, and IE has been consistently losing ground.
Have you ever pondered the possibility that the reason Firefox is slipping is because the project itself has become an unresponsive beast who is now pissing off even its core supporters in the IT industry with its absurd release schedules?
I didn't like the way the newer Firefox browser was behaving. I found changes were not for the better. People offered work-arounds, but it's not the same as Keep It Simple Stupid for making a winning browser.
Chrome isn't too bad, it's got it's idiotic side, too, usually the fault of Google ("Hey, let's make a sweeping change and default everyone to opted-in!", like that ill-conceived wallpaper episode.) I do like the ability to examine objects, but wish my ability to filter crap was better.
is ICE CREAM!!!!! Instant relief because of the cold, and more than enough fat to fully neutralize the capsaicin...
Unless you are lactose intolerant or allergic to dairy, as I am.
No matter. I'm a fire eater - I have a bag of Habanero Pistachios next to my keyboard at the moment. Over time I've built up a tolerance for casaicin and often make food which scare my friends.
I did grow habaneros once, and found as important as fertilizer, the heat and humidity of the weather, plus direct Sun exposure had significant influence on the heat of my peppers.
Which tells us that no one cares about the past anyway, unless it concerns you or your family.
MPAA and RIAA do. Bear in mind their original storage options mean a lot of film and audio tape disintegrated and somethings are lost to time. Now I bet they store everything digitally, on separately managed servers in various geographic locations. Because how can they sue you if you have the only copy and they claim it's illegal?
Storing them, no problem. Space is always getting cheaper. Retrieving and viewing, now there's the rub. For local storage, a MFM HD from 20 years ago, labeled with 'Grandads Pics', would take considerable effort to read into a current PC. MFM to RLL to IDE to SATA to X to Y to Z is the maintenance I was speaking of. Whereas a photo album is instantly viewable.
Put the stuff in the cloud, and let AmaGoogle figure out and handle the ongoing format and interface changes. (Until they change their TOS, and all your pics are belong to them.)
Yeah, the transition from one dominant media to another, in a relatively short time span, too, is a bit of an issue. Probably best to have someone store them for you on the cloud, unless you can afford redundant storage farms spread to separate regions (so if the earthquake gets one, the other is still humming along, hopefully unless the tornado gets it) Sounds like a business opportunity, alright.
Every media I look at appears to suffer over time. My 10 year old burned DVDs are already exhibiting decay.
What's the life span on Flash RAM?
The ISS astronauts will try to go out for Chinese Food and find they have to take a number, a rather high one. Is PRC Joke! Laugh!
I'm hoping for something like Ursa Minor Beta ...
The rich and sunny planet Ursa Minor Beta has the quite peculiar property that most of its surface consists of subtropic coastline. Even more peculiar, on this world it's always Saturday afternoon, just right before the beach bars close. Light City, the only city on Ursa Minor Beta, which can only be reached by plane, is the very place where the editorial offices of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reside. A further anomaly in Light City is that the Lalamatine district, just behind the beach, is the only place on the planet not to enjoy a perpetual Saturday afternoon. Instead it is always early evening, with cooling breezes - this is where the nightclubs are located.
Son of a bitch.
Take a while off from the site (been busy at work for the last month or so) and Malda retires ?@?!?!?
WTF and HTF did I miss that?
oh, and yeah, interesting topic too.
He was modded down.
To clean my house while I'm away.
Odd, where's all my stuff and why is the bot sporting a tattoo and gold chains?
HP employees probably wanna make as much cash on the side as they can now, knowing their impending unemployment.
Maybe Meg will give them good feedback for their résumés.
A+++ worker, would hire again.
Weird Stuff and hamfests.
"Whatcha want for this 5 volt, 2,000 amp power supply?"
There are a few, like epinions, but I find them fairly annoying.
Perhaps something like Rotten Tomatoes for everything.
The Zebco Combination Flyrod & Waffle Iron has a 37% Fresh score
Buying treasury bonds doesn't count as saving? Should they just stuff the Social Security surplus under the world's largest mattress?
George W. Bush proposed floating Social Security on Wall Street - when the 9/11/ attacks occurred a flaw in the plan became evident - as the stock market followed the twin towers down people would have been skint. Through most of the succeeding years the DJ Industrials failed to recover very strongly, then plummeted again in mid-2008 (while Obama was not president) and anyone who had recovered from 2001 would have been pounded again.
As for T Bills, the Social Security Fund has nothing more than an I.O.U. sitting there, no interest to be paid, for around 3 trillion, last time I looked. Present recipients are being paid by present contributors.
Next they can get to work teaching them to predict the future by zapping them with laser beams.
This could lead to viral marketing, too.
I'll get me coat.
Yes it is. Move to Canada or Europe if you're so in love with socialism programs.
Examples of Socialism in the United States:
- Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and National Guard - notice how these are funded by the collective wealth of the nation?
- Interstate Highways - There was a time when privately held roads criss-crossed America, they were called Turnpikes, you paid for passage on them. Such a system today would utterly squeeze the life out of interstate commerce, let alone throttle your travel plans.
- Police and Fire - well, where you don't have a handy group of vigilantes or volunteers. Recruited, trained, equipped by the state and abiding by (and enforcing) state codes. How'd you like to get a parking ticket from PubSafteyCo or get Fire Company No. 539, Inc., to come put your house fire fire out?
I'm certain somewhere there are people salivating at the prospect of every entity being run by private hands (and influenced by stock prices, because, you know, Wall Street really does care about you!) That would be a pure capitalist system. It would also be Hell.
"Government isn't mandating that you buy [a yacht] -- just that you have it."
So now Obama is trying to make me buy a yacht? Bloody hell, how far will this guy go before people wake up. I'm going to write up an email and send it to all my friends. Our president is clearly in the pocket of "Big-Yacht".
It was the result of compromise with the GOP, which calls it a suitable employment program - the only problem is the Yachts will be coming from China, not US factories, so it fails again.
The people don't understand the ObamaCare plan - not entirely sure I do either, as it's a bit of a Frankenstein plan, rather than best plan which we couldn't get, not because of "Socialism", but because the major Healthcare companies have the GOP (and some Dems) so buttoned up in their pockets that the best plan of all could never get passed (the plan which cuts them largely out of the loop.)
Imagine if you will, there was no Social Security in the United States and any administration trying to get that system through today, with the way big business interests have so many politicians on a gilt leash. It'd be horrible and the only people really benefiting (besides lawyers, who seem to find a way to prosper from anything) would be businesses, not the people it was meant to serve.
A basic national healthcare system is in the interests of the people, but they've been so baffled with BS they don't know what they're getting they've completely confused in the debate, often siding against their own best interests and subscribing to slogans like 'It's socialism and it's bad' - right, sure you got there by a car, on a highway, built with federal legislation and funding, but who's speaking up for tearing them all up and turning all the major highways back over to private hands and turnpikes, eh?
There's a good solution, but it takes a strong leader to make it happen.
I'm afraid people will finally wake up when healthcare is only affordable to the 1% and some plague is sweeping the country.