If I refused to patronize everything related to something I somewhat disagree with, I'd be living naked in a cardboard box down by the river. No one is a being of pure principle.
I'll probably go watch the movie. Not because I agree with Mr. Card. I don't. But because I don't care what he thinks. The effective value of his opinions is pretty much tied to how many Congressmen he owns -- which is zero. I'll go watch it because I watch a movie now and then, and I liked the book, and I'm not really impressed by any other movies out right now.
I also strongly support the right of individuals to decide what they do and do not want to support with their money.
It doesn't need to be obvious to the kids, that's simply how they're being taught (and there's nothing wrong with that).
Uhh... It would seem that the vast majority of voices in this thread would beg to differ. In a world where a middle-class kid of average intellect cannot read, write, spell, punctuate, add, subtract, multiply, and understand fractions after 13 years in public schools -- there is something seriously fucking wrong with how they're being taught.
Whether an adult who hasn't been taught a specific method, with key phrases ("the whole", "the hidden part", "the part you know"), finds a question difficult to understand, is irrelevant. What I was commenting on is that they don't appear to be following a coherent model, the test isn't properly testing comprehension of the concept.
So... it doesn't matter what method we use to teach the kiddos, or if it even works, so long as it's consistently bad? Please tell me I didn't just read that.
Do you work in education? You must work in education. No one else could say that with a straight face.
One more thing: know how someone can drive a car without knowing how a transmission works, or what a piston is, or the Otto cycle? A 5-year-old doesn't need "comprehension of the concept", and he doesn't need word problems written by an Indian call center. He needs to know that 2 + 2 = 4. I thank the gods I escaped public school before they fucked that up. (Yes, I was taught the old-fashioned way, and no, I had no problems learning algebra, geometry, and calculus. Basics first, then the abstract.)
It's obvious that subtraction is being taught as "the full (whole) amount" minus "the part you know" equals "the hidden (missing) part" (or at least one way of thinking about subtraction problems can be thought of that way).
That might be obvious to you, as an adult. We're talking about little skulls full of mush here, though.
6th-grade reading comprehension as a prerequisite to1st-grade math isn't a sound teaching strategy.
5-year-olds don't need to understand the concept. They need to understand that 6 minus 5 equals 1, whether it's 6 pennies or 6 oreos or 6 Boeings. Believe me, a child gets the concept of "take-away" without the circumlocution.
There's a reason we don't teach calculus to first graders. They aren't ready for abstraction yet. They need to know that two plus two is four, and we can very easily impress this by counting on fingers. We build from there. When we need bigger numbers than we can count on our fingers & toes, Little Johnny, here's how we do it, etc.
Teaching basic math to a baby is not fucking rocket science, and should be kept away from these dumbshit "professional educators" whose agenda is to increase their incomes regardless of the damage it causes.
It's not about the 2145Z sunsets but the 0930Z sunrises that DST is meant to compensate for. Since you note sunlight is so critical, you should realize the benefits of making sure those hours of daylight (when available) are during waking hours.
I'm guessing you have trouble with the old correlation vs. causation, too.
Hours of daylight are regulated by Earth's axis tilt as it orbits the Sun. Not by your clocks.
Thus, if we standardized on one time, you would set your alarm clock earlier in the summer in order to arise earlier in the day. In other words, EXACTLY the same thing you do now, except without the inconvenience of changing clocks twice a year.
It is mind-boggling to me that people can't figure this out! But sadly, yes, they are that daft.
Could we start school or work earlier in the summer, later in the winter? No! Everyone must change their clocks so we can pretend everything stays the same time!
I don't even care what time zone we settle on, or whether it's standard or DST... just pick one and stick to it. Put the whole planet on UTC for all I care.
You cannot argue a case reasonably or logically so you just get all angry.
I used to argue it reasonably and logically all the time. I'm quite good at it. I have piles of empirical data and mountains of historical analysis. But people like you are immune to logic and reason. Every issue of every gun magazine has at least one article with that logic and reason, but you won't read them because those facts don't fit your opinions. I have years of experience trying to make lefties see reason. I've given up. It's impossible.
I want the government to regulation society for the greater good, just like they have done since civilisation began.
I'd agree with you... but show me a government that does that. Therein lies the problem.
Yet almost developed countries, despite their differing cultures, have tighter gun controls and agree that this does more good than harm.
That would depend on who you ask. Governments and bureaucrats universally favor gun control, as it results in a more easily subdued populace. And people from countries that get the USA to fight their wars for them. And news media who depend on mutual cooperation with government -- which is all of them.
You'd get a different story from the 'man on the street' or the country folk in a lot of places, but that never gets reported.
Yes, it was hyperbole, and it was stupid. Almost no one favors legalizing murder.
But a ban on a weapon whose designed function is to kill or incapacitate lots of people at range quickly might save lives, if the weapon is detected before its used.
And this is the same old tired argument all gun-fearing twits repeat endlessly. It equates to fearing plastic baggies because they can be used to hold cocaine or suffocate infants. Won't someone PLEEEEASE think of the CHILDREN!!!
Give it a fucking rest. 99.999% of firearms usage in this country is purely for sport. That's hundreds of millions of guns and billions of rounds of ammunition. By your "logic", this country should be a perpetual bloodbath, or extinct.
You're suggesting that we remove the constitutional rights of some 100 million Americans because a few abuse that right. It's a bullshit notion, it's always been bullshit, and it will always be bullshit. Check your emotions and try using your head for something more than a hat rack.
And no, I will not be gentle and reasonable on this subject. I will not be nice to people who don't believe in human liberty. You want the government to take away my rights? You can just go play a nice game of hide & go fuck yourself.
Pilot's licenses are tiered, and all share the same airspace (except class A). We accept that greater levels of skill, training, and experience allow a pilot to go bigger and faster.
This should be a no-brainer, but the primary obstacle is political correctness.
Moving at those kinds of speeds, people don't have time to accurately judge merging time, lane changes, etc.
Some people are better at this than others. Plus, I'll suggest that this guy was probably not distracted by fiddling with his cell phone while doing 100+, whereas he probably blew by a lot of slower idiots who were.
If you can't afford that, then you have bigger problems--and in any event, if you couldn't afford it the government would pay for it.
Government doesn't pay for anything, dumbass. We do. I'm not sure why someone who makes a quarter million annually can't understand this simple concept.
Good luck finding a job without a FB account. Virtually every employer will ask for the ID.
I would tell them two things: One, I don't have one, and never will. And two, even if I did, it wouldn't be any of your fuckin' business anyway.
Then I'd point out that I'm more likely to be a productive employee because I won't be wasting half my work day on it like the brain-dead zombies down the hall.
If you don't like some bullshit policy, don't knuckle under to it.
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or loss to an asshoel corporation that should die anyway?
Meh. I hope Windows is around for a long time. I make good money fixing it. Besides, if everyone ran Linux, I wouldn't get to feel smug about it.
If I refused to patronize everything related to something I somewhat disagree with, I'd be living naked in a cardboard box down by the river. No one is a being of pure principle.
I'll probably go watch the movie. Not because I agree with Mr. Card. I don't. But because I don't care what he thinks. The effective value of his opinions is pretty much tied to how many Congressmen he owns -- which is zero. I'll go watch it because I watch a movie now and then, and I liked the book, and I'm not really impressed by any other movies out right now.
I also strongly support the right of individuals to decide what they do and do not want to support with their money.
Including when it comes to taxes?
Well it was, until we found out that the author of this scifi piece was a raging asshole.
Is that true of everyone you might disagree with on some political stance?
Will they be building the first Martian call center?
It doesn't need to be obvious to the kids, that's simply how they're being taught (and there's nothing wrong with that).
Uhh... It would seem that the vast majority of voices in this thread would beg to differ. In a world where a middle-class kid of average intellect cannot read, write, spell, punctuate, add, subtract, multiply, and understand fractions after 13 years in public schools -- there is something seriously fucking wrong with how they're being taught.
Whether an adult who hasn't been taught a specific method, with key phrases ("the whole", "the hidden part", "the part you know"), finds a question difficult to understand, is irrelevant. What I was commenting on is that they don't appear to be following a coherent model, the test isn't properly testing comprehension of the concept.
So... it doesn't matter what method we use to teach the kiddos, or if it even works, so long as it's consistently bad? Please tell me I didn't just read that.
Do you work in education? You must work in education. No one else could say that with a straight face.
One more thing: know how someone can drive a car without knowing how a transmission works, or what a piston is, or the Otto cycle? A 5-year-old doesn't need "comprehension of the concept", and he doesn't need word problems written by an Indian call center. He needs to know that 2 + 2 = 4. I thank the gods I escaped public school before they fucked that up. (Yes, I was taught the old-fashioned way, and no, I had no problems learning algebra, geometry, and calculus. Basics first, then the abstract.)
That... is awesome!
The professional teaching industry makes money on continuously re-inventing the wheel.
It's bad enough to reinvent the wheel; it's particularly shameful when you reinvent it wrong!
It's obvious that subtraction is being taught as "the full (whole) amount" minus "the part you know" equals "the hidden (missing) part" (or at least one way of thinking about subtraction problems can be thought of that way).
That might be obvious to you, as an adult. We're talking about little skulls full of mush here, though.
6th-grade reading comprehension as a prerequisite to1st-grade math isn't a sound teaching strategy.
5-year-olds don't need to understand the concept. They need to understand that 6 minus 5 equals 1, whether it's 6 pennies or 6 oreos or 6 Boeings. Believe me, a child gets the concept of "take-away" without the circumlocution.
There's a reason we don't teach calculus to first graders. They aren't ready for abstraction yet. They need to know that two plus two is four, and we can very easily impress this by counting on fingers. We build from there. When we need bigger numbers than we can count on our fingers & toes, Little Johnny, here's how we do it, etc.
Teaching basic math to a baby is not fucking rocket science, and should be kept away from these dumbshit "professional educators" whose agenda is to increase their incomes regardless of the damage it causes.
It's not about the 2145Z sunsets but the 0930Z sunrises that DST is meant to compensate for. Since you note sunlight is so critical, you should realize the benefits of making sure those hours of daylight (when available) are during waking hours.
I'm guessing you have trouble with the old correlation vs. causation, too.
Hours of daylight are regulated by Earth's axis tilt as it orbits the Sun. Not by your clocks.
Thus, if we standardized on one time, you would set your alarm clock earlier in the summer in order to arise earlier in the day. In other words, EXACTLY the same thing you do now, except without the inconvenience of changing clocks twice a year.
Time != measurement of time
Not sure why this is so hard.
It is mind-boggling to me that people can't figure this out! But sadly, yes, they are that daft.
Could we start school or work earlier in the summer, later in the winter? No! Everyone must change their clocks so we can pretend everything stays the same time!
I don't even care what time zone we settle on, or whether it's standard or DST... just pick one and stick to it. Put the whole planet on UTC for all I care.
You cannot argue a case reasonably or logically so you just get all angry.
I used to argue it reasonably and logically all the time. I'm quite good at it. I have piles of empirical data and mountains of historical analysis. But people like you are immune to logic and reason. Every issue of every gun magazine has at least one article with that logic and reason, but you won't read them because those facts don't fit your opinions. I have years of experience trying to make lefties see reason. I've given up. It's impossible.
I want the government to regulation society for the greater good, just like they have done since civilisation began.
I'd agree with you... but show me a government that does that. Therein lies the problem.
Yet almost developed countries, despite their differing cultures, have tighter gun controls and agree that this does more good than harm.
That would depend on who you ask. Governments and bureaucrats universally favor gun control, as it results in a more easily subdued populace. And people from countries that get the USA to fight their wars for them. And news media who depend on mutual cooperation with government -- which is all of them.
You'd get a different story from the 'man on the street' or the country folk in a lot of places, but that never gets reported.
When are non-Americans ever going to learn that we're not you, and you're not us? That we don't share a common history and culture?
You must be awfully disappointed with the frail humans around you that don't have a 0% error rate.
If you're one of them, stay out of my way! ;-)
then my Murder example may be hyperbole,
Yes, it was hyperbole, and it was stupid. Almost no one favors legalizing murder.
But a ban on a weapon whose designed function is to kill or incapacitate lots of people at range quickly might save lives, if the weapon is detected before its used.
And this is the same old tired argument all gun-fearing twits repeat endlessly. It equates to fearing plastic baggies because they can be used to hold cocaine or suffocate infants. Won't someone PLEEEEASE think of the CHILDREN!!!
Give it a fucking rest. 99.999% of firearms usage in this country is purely for sport. That's hundreds of millions of guns and billions of rounds of ammunition. By your "logic", this country should be a perpetual bloodbath, or extinct.
You're suggesting that we remove the constitutional rights of some 100 million Americans because a few abuse that right. It's a bullshit notion, it's always been bullshit, and it will always be bullshit. Check your emotions and try using your head for something more than a hat rack.
And no, I will not be gentle and reasonable on this subject. I will not be nice to people who don't believe in human liberty. You want the government to take away my rights? You can just go play a nice game of hide & go fuck yourself.
No.
Take your straw man and go home, moron.
Can I get an amen?!
Pilot's licenses are tiered, and all share the same airspace (except class A). We accept that greater levels of skill, training, and experience allow a pilot to go bigger and faster.
This should be a no-brainer, but the primary obstacle is political correctness.
Moving at those kinds of speeds, people don't have time to accurately judge merging time, lane changes, etc.
Some people are better at this than others. Plus, I'll suggest that this guy was probably not distracted by fiddling with his cell phone while doing 100+, whereas he probably blew by a lot of slower idiots who were.
The internet was not designed for pointing out the obvious... ...nevertheless, I must point out that you've completely missed the point. :)
I believe at least 3/5 of congress is on the take
Well, aren't you quite the optimist...!
a man removed an assault rifle from a bag at Los Angeles International Airport and opened fire.
Assault rifles are illegal in California; therefore this could never have happened!
If you can't afford that, then you have bigger problems--and in any event, if you couldn't afford it the government would pay for it.
Government doesn't pay for anything, dumbass. We do. I'm not sure why someone who makes a quarter million annually can't understand this simple concept.
Seems likely. Give this artificial blood enough years to become widely used, and they'll have to find something else to complain about.
Hopefully it will be something at least as useful.
Good luck finding a job without a FB account. Virtually every employer will ask for the ID.
I would tell them two things: One, I don't have one, and never will. And two, even if I did, it wouldn't be any of your fuckin' business anyway.
Then I'd point out that I'm more likely to be a productive employee because I won't be wasting half my work day on it like the brain-dead zombies down the hall.
If you don't like some bullshit policy, don't knuckle under to it.