A new study finds that individuals with high working-memory capacity, which normally allows them to excel, crack under pressure and do worse on simple exams than when allowed to work with no constraints.
Isn't the ability to work under pressure a factor in how likley someone is to suceeed? Sure having a "high working-memory" probably helps, but being able to manage pressure situations is sometimes even more useful. I think this is another case of matching personalities and skills and methods to the right task. I wouldn't want an astrophysicist negotiating my group's budget any more than I would want a benefits person writing software.
Just because the government is bad at saving money, does not mean that the general populace will be any better
Probably so. But as it is now, I don't have a choice how to spend my money. The government takes it before I see it, and won't give it back for another 40 years or so. Fortunately they hold it in a value losing account (0 interest + positive inflation they do however, have the possibility of being woefully worse
Sure. But shouldn't how people spend their own money be up to them?
The rights guaranteed under the 2nd amendment are not your rights, they are the rights of a militia
Interesting. The first amendment is not a collective right, it's an individual right. The fourth amendment is not a collective right, it's an individual right. What makes you think the founding fathers intended the 2nd amendment to be a collective instead of an individual right? Finally, do you even know what the militia is?
How about the Alamo? Texans cite and use it as a rallying point so often that it's easy to forget that it was a huge military disaster.
Uh, they cite it as a rallying point because it was a defeat. Much like Sept 11th is cited as a rallying point because we were hit successfully. Texans with the Alamo and the US with 9/11 aren't rallying behind the events because they were positive, nay it's because they were negative that so much effort is put in to avenge those killed. This is not a difficult concept.
Now that the larger ones begin to feel threatened by a new technology they are converting the FCC into a protectionist organization for them at the expense of all.
Thus further demonstrating the foolishness of allowing the government to take more power to regulate things. Which part of the Constitution authorizes the creation of the FCC again?
Someone's making a lot of bucks off equipment and staff we pay for...even assuming costs for processing the data.
So? Assuming you are correct that some company is collecting, consolidating, and putting it in a single format so an end user can make use of it, this is a sigificant ammount of work. What's wrong with making money off of adding value to mostly raw resources? Lawyers make a lot of money off of reprocessing court judgements (which we pay for.) Shipping companies make a lot of money driving over roads we pay for.
I was on the phone with Dell tech support describing odd behavior on my display when it was sitting on my lap. The tech said "You shouldn't have your laptop on your lap." I got mad.
it's a felony to do so (or to possess one), in violation of the 1934 National Firearms Act
To clarify, it's illegal to violate the NFA, not to build or acquire a suppressor. See Form 1 (warning: PDF) from the BATF for building one, or Form 4 (again PDF) to purchase. Don't forget to send in your $200, and get the chielf law enforcement officer for your jurisdiction to sign off on you.
In most counties in California it is difficult or impossible to get a license to carry a concealead firearm (unless of course you're rich.) Illinois (where Chichago is located) does not issue permits for carry at all. I believe in Chicago specifically it is almost impossible to get a permit to own a handgun.
It is illegal to carry without a permit, so law abiding citizens can't do it, and of course criminals take firearms offenses very seriously. What's the point in putting these systems in where almost no one can possibly carry a firearm?
Which Geneva Convention? Is the US signatory to that part? The US didn't agree to all of them, and there are multiple Geneva Conventions over the years, not just one (for anyone that wasn't aware of this.)
CDs printing costs are in like the cents (30-70 cents) to make the CD ready for packaging.
They charged 15 dollars for most.
You're missing the point. The value (and thus the cost it can be sold at) of a CD is not in manufacturing it - would you pay 30-70 cents for a manufactured and packaged blank CD? The value comes from the content, that is the music from the artists' time, creative efforts, innovation, etc. So when you are paying $15 for a CD (or whatever) that was manufactured for 30-70cents (or 6cents as the case may be), you're paying upwards of $14 for the "value added" by the artist, producers, distributers, promoters, managers, kitchen sink, etc.
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Yet more reason for Strategic Missile Defense.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. - Edsger Dijkstra
I was on the phone with Dell tech support describing odd behavior on my display when it was sitting on my lap. The tech said "You shouldn't have your laptop on your lap." I got mad.
Doesn't water expand when it freezes?
In most counties in California it is difficult or impossible to get a license to carry a concealead firearm (unless of course you're rich.) Illinois (where Chichago is located) does not issue permits for carry at all. I believe in Chicago specifically it is almost impossible to get a permit to own a handgun.
It is illegal to carry without a permit, so law abiding citizens can't do it, and of course criminals take firearms offenses very seriously. What's the point in putting these systems in where almost no one can possibly carry a firearm?
Which Geneva Convention? Is the US signatory to that part? The US didn't agree to all of them, and there are multiple Geneva Conventions over the years, not just one (for anyone that wasn't aware of this.)