An addendum: many of these 'old' techniques are knowable. You can understand most of brewing science. You can learn and master welding. How many people can master the intricacies of a modern, fuel-injected automobile?
I used to laugh at people who complained about fuel-injected motorcycles with ABS. I've got one, but I've spent the past two evenings scouring eBay looking for parts to get my carburetted, 20 year old monster running as well.
(There's also the fact that when the big EMPs start going off, the guy who can make beer ain't gonna be kicked out of the village. That's also why I'm going to try malting my own grain in the future.;)
I won't fault you on that expanded argument:) But the large chain of 'ifs' demonstrates how risky a move this is by Nintendo. My lack of a current console is largely down to the fact that about half the games I'm interested on are GC, half PS2. The fact that I can play PS1 games on a PS2 was what had me looking at them yesterday.
In any event, if it's to be a two horse race, I hope that it's Nintendo vs. Sony.
Bad logic. The people who already have an Xbox or PS2, but don't have a GC will not buy a $100+ machine just to save $10. Unless they are severely retarded. For the handful of people (myself) who don't have a current generation console, it may be an issue.
Actually, I would call your sig 'factually unsubstantiated'. And I can readily concede that you would refer to the Pentagon's official report in the same manner.
Having read a little bit on the matter, it seems the truth is somewhere in the middle. Lynch wasn't in as grave danger as the official reports suggest. However, it's about 99.99% certain that the US Army troops weren't firing blanks when raiding the hospital.
Agreed. I'd add two other 'spheres' with near perfect code implementations: health care (particularly diagnostic and monitoring equipment) and automobiles (ignition and fuel management systems).
I suspect the grandparent has a rather narrow view of both 'IT' and the world.
He was the only one with a project that would pay him $17 million dollars (more, actually. It was only because he was tossed that he is 'only' making $17 million). For that kind of money, you will step and fetch when I say so.
In addition, they asked/required him to do the scan on a Sunday, which, it was explicitly stated, was not a shooting day for the other movie. He didn't feel like it. Fuck him.
Oral agreements are almost totally unenforceable; they'll provide him with essentially no protection in a lawsuit.
Only if assholes like your daddy ignore hundreds of years of common law. See, for the rest of us 'mere citizens', a man's word is his bond. For lawyers, it's just bullshit.
No, he was dropping painkillers for his 'back pain' and trying to decide how to whine for more money. If someone is paying you $17 million, you do the fucking body scan.
Fortunately, the AMA is supposedly developing an open source EMR system. (Or is it AAFP? Yeah, it's AAFP) Whether this sort of data will also be open is anyone's guess at this point (also whether or not the eventual license will be cleared by OSI).
No kidding. The reason I'm giggling with excitement is that in a couple of months, the ~$100 video cards are going to be really sweet.
But I'll still be getting Deus Ex 2 on release day.
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SciFi is trying to get away from 'space vessel' shows. One of the reasons they dropped Farscape. The current management doesn't like space vessel shows. They prefer quality fare like 'Tremors: The Series'. And John Edwards.
Either a troll, or a moron. A 50 lb bag of rice costs about $10, and goes a long way. If someone chooses to eat fast food instead of the rice, that's their problem, not mine.
1. Inculcation of desirable physical traits like strength, coordination and grace
Perhaps. But given the amateurish level of coaching and training, wouldn't these best be served by tossing a ball in the backyard with dad, or playing pickup games?
2. Honing of talent, and intellectual, ethical, and aesthetic self-improvement
Unfortunately, no. Well, not necessarily. First is the problem with amateuristic training. Second is the idea that 'everyone is a winner'. If everyone wins, there's no competition. There's nothing to strive for.
3. Entertainment
That doesn't place it at or above TV or a billion other things. Also, my child's entertainment doesn't really matter to me in the grand scheme of things.
I'm completely willing to believe I'm badly out of the loop, but aren't those things kids do because they enjoy them?
Your willingness to admit you may not know puts you ahead of many parents (likely myself included:) The kids may start in activities through some desire, but not always. And continuing is often upon orders by the parent. There's something to be said for teaching kids to follow through, but there's also serious danger of burnout for these kids. I've seen lots of peers who got burnt out and just couldn't perform in college and RL. My wife was a teacher, and kids who didn't get a break just looked/seemed miserable when the parents weren't around.
Kids need some down time. Look at the week for a school age kid. 30 hours of school per week. Ten hours of homework (and from what I hear, that's incredibly generous. Many places give much more homework.) 5-10 hours of after school activities or daycare, which often features structured activities. Throw in some games and/or recitals on the weekend, and you're getting close to a 60 hour week. That's strenuous on adults. How does that affect an eight year old?
I'm also not sure that all of these activities are any less detrimental to the imagination of young children than television. With so much time spent focused, where is the time to day dream?
But it seems that it's adults who are wailing and gnashing their teeth over kids schedules, not the kids. Or at least, far less frequently the kids. Maybe I'm way off base, but I can't help wondering if it's just that there's a lot of adults who are jealous of what kids get to do, and have a bad case of Sour Grapes.
It's interesting. IMO, the people who are running themselves ragged to have their kids do piano, soccer, ballet, etc, etc, etc. are the ones with sour grapes. They view their own childhoods as 'wasted', and vow not to let their children waste time. The question is, was their childhood 'wasted' because of lack of activities, or something else? I would argue the something else.
In a perfect world, I can see where some of the activities parents force (often, see above;) can result in positive results. In practice, I'm not sure it works that way.
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An addendum: many of these 'old' techniques are knowable. You can understand most of brewing science. You can learn and master welding. How many people can master the intricacies of a modern, fuel-injected automobile?
I used to laugh at people who complained about fuel-injected motorcycles with ABS. I've got one, but I've spent the past two evenings scouring eBay looking for parts to get my carburetted, 20 year old monster running as well.
(There's also the fact that when the big EMPs start going off, the guy who can make beer ain't gonna be kicked out of the village. That's also why I'm going to try malting my own grain in the future.;)
Only if the honey is properly prepared.
I won't fault you on that expanded argument:) But the large chain of 'ifs' demonstrates how risky a move this is by Nintendo. My lack of a current console is largely down to the fact that about half the games I'm interested on are GC, half PS2. The fact that I can play PS1 games on a PS2 was what had me looking at them yesterday.
In any event, if it's to be a two horse race, I hope that it's Nintendo vs. Sony.
Bad logic. The people who already have an Xbox or PS2, but don't have a GC will not buy a $100+ machine just to save $10. Unless they are severely retarded. For the handful of people (myself) who don't have a current generation console, it may be an issue.
Actually, I would call your sig 'factually unsubstantiated'. And I can readily concede that you would refer to the Pentagon's official report in the same manner.
Having read a little bit on the matter, it seems the truth is somewhere in the middle. Lynch wasn't in as grave danger as the official reports suggest. However, it's about 99.99% certain that the US Army troops weren't firing blanks when raiding the hospital.
But I thought 'Native' Americans did not believe in property ownership. How can you steal something that isn't owned by another?
African Americans were not counted as 3/5ths of a person; slaves were counted as 3/5ths of a person.
The child who posted the grandparent comment is merely trying to justify being a cheap prick.
Sorry, 'native American'. The people who fed your sorry assed people when you were starving to death in New England:)
(Yeah, that's about as thin a slice of my genetic makeup as a dozen others. I'm a true American mutt)
Agreed. I'd add two other 'spheres' with near perfect code implementations: health care (particularly diagnostic and monitoring equipment) and automobiles (ignition and fuel management systems).
I suspect the grandparent has a rather narrow view of both 'IT' and the world.
He was the only one with a project that would pay him $17 million dollars (more, actually. It was only because he was tossed that he is 'only' making $17 million). For that kind of money, you will step and fetch when I say so.
In addition, they asked/required him to do the scan on a Sunday, which, it was explicitly stated, was not a shooting day for the other movie. He didn't feel like it. Fuck him.
Oral agreements are almost totally unenforceable; they'll provide him with essentially no protection in a lawsuit.
Only if assholes like your daddy ignore hundreds of years of common law. See, for the rest of us 'mere citizens', a man's word is his bond. For lawyers, it's just bullshit.
Since Australia is a penal colony, isn't everyone doing life already anyway?
What do you have to do to get a booting?
Damn. I post within five minutes or so of the story going up, and I'm incredibly redundant:(
My wife joined in. She lived in Kent, OH. Plenty of dirty hippies to reach across that town.
Haaaannnndddssss Across A-mer-i-ca. I leave the kazaa links as an excercise for the reader.
For $17 million, I'll sign up for an eight-hour colonoscopy.
No, he was dropping painkillers for his 'back pain' and trying to decide how to whine for more money. If someone is paying you $17 million, you do the fucking body scan.
According to the article, he made ~$25 million for the first one (?!) and will make ~$17 million for the second one.
To which I say: STFU, take some Advil, and get your scrawny Vegan ass back to work.
Seriously, the guy sounds like a dick.
It would be nice if the editors read their own site, then maybe you'd get some good answers.
If they maintained their own servers.
If they're not already compiling an answer that isn't a flippant troll like this;)
The other benefit of different sized bills is for the blind. You can tell denominations by feel.
Fortunately, the AMA is supposedly developing an open source EMR system. (Or is it AAFP? Yeah, it's AAFP) Whether this sort of data will also be open is anyone's guess at this point (also whether or not the eventual license will be cleared by OSI).
No kidding. The reason I'm giggling with excitement is that in a couple of months, the ~$100 video cards are going to be really sweet.
But I'll still be getting Deus Ex 2 on release day.
SciFi is trying to get away from 'space vessel' shows. One of the reasons they dropped Farscape. The current management doesn't like space vessel shows. They prefer quality fare like 'Tremors: The Series'. And John Edwards.
Either a troll, or a moron. A 50 lb bag of rice costs about $10, and goes a long way. If someone chooses to eat fast food instead of the rice, that's their problem, not mine.
1. Inculcation of desirable physical traits like strength, coordination and grace
Perhaps. But given the amateurish level of coaching and training, wouldn't these best be served by tossing a ball in the backyard with dad, or playing pickup games?
2. Honing of talent, and intellectual, ethical, and aesthetic self-improvement
Unfortunately, no. Well, not necessarily. First is the problem with amateuristic training. Second is the idea that 'everyone is a winner'. If everyone wins, there's no competition. There's nothing to strive for.
3. Entertainment
That doesn't place it at or above TV or a billion other things. Also, my child's entertainment doesn't really matter to me in the grand scheme of things.
I'm completely willing to believe I'm badly out of the loop, but aren't those things kids do because they enjoy them?
Your willingness to admit you may not know puts you ahead of many parents (likely myself included:) The kids may start in activities through some desire, but not always. And continuing is often upon orders by the parent. There's something to be said for teaching kids to follow through, but there's also serious danger of burnout for these kids. I've seen lots of peers who got burnt out and just couldn't perform in college and RL. My wife was a teacher, and kids who didn't get a break just looked/seemed miserable when the parents weren't around.
Kids need some down time. Look at the week for a school age kid. 30 hours of school per week. Ten hours of homework (and from what I hear, that's incredibly generous. Many places give much more homework.) 5-10 hours of after school activities or daycare, which often features structured activities. Throw in some games and/or recitals on the weekend, and you're getting close to a 60 hour week. That's strenuous on adults. How does that affect an eight year old?
I'm also not sure that all of these activities are any less detrimental to the imagination of young children than television. With so much time spent focused, where is the time to day dream?
But it seems that it's adults who are wailing and gnashing their teeth over kids schedules, not the kids. Or at least, far less frequently the kids. Maybe I'm way off base, but I can't help wondering if it's just that there's a lot of adults who are jealous of what kids get to do, and have a bad case of Sour Grapes.
It's interesting. IMO, the people who are running themselves ragged to have their kids do piano, soccer, ballet, etc, etc, etc. are the ones with sour grapes. They view their own childhoods as 'wasted', and vow not to let their children waste time. The question is, was their childhood 'wasted' because of lack of activities, or something else? I would argue the something else.
In a perfect world, I can see where some of the activities parents force (often, see above;) can result in positive results. In practice, I'm not sure it works that way.