I think I first read The Count of Monte Cristo in middle school. Still one of my all-time favorites. If you like gripping plot-driven historical fiction, I can't recommend Dorothy Dunnett enough. The Lymond Chronicles are the best books I've ever read.
Brett Ratner is one of the biggest problems in Hollywood, not Rotten Tomatoes. Here's his directorial resume (I count one decent movie):
2014/I Hercules
2011 Tower Heist
2007 Rush Hour 3
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
2004 After the Sunset
2002 Red Dragon
2001 Rush Hour 2
2000 The Family Man
1998 Rush Hour
1997 Money Talks
Zotero is what you want. Integrates smoothly into a research workflow. Great for managing research materials of all kinds. Powerful search and tagging features. Adding sources is quick and easy and it works hand in glove with lots of research databases. Also interoperates with Word or OpenOffice to manage citations and biblographies.
Actually, you can't delete a Facebook account, only deactivate it. After reading the PC World article a couple days ago, I tried to delete mine, and was told that I could log back in any time and it would be ready and waiting for me. Something tells me they don't stop mining data from other sites just because you've deactivated the account, when they're not even willing to delete your favorite brand of toilet paper from your profile. I wiped every bit of information about me by hand, aside from my wall posts, which were simply too numerous.
Ironically, the "original" Babel Fish was supposed to have caused more and bloodier wars than any other discovery in galactic history because it increased understanding between planets.
I went to high school in Northern Virginia and knew a LOT of people to went to Tech. Believe me, if it wasn't already populated with self-important prepsters, it is now.
No one seems to be focusing on the question of how this affects the perceived value of the degrees in question. The utility of a Bachelor's Degree has changed dramatically in the past few decades. Having a high school diploma and a good interview used to be enough for lots of jobs; now you have to have a Bachelor's just to get your foot in the door. The Master's Degree is the new Bachelor's Degree. If tiered pricing goes into effect on a broad scale, liberal arts degrees will be further devalued relative to engineering or business degrees in the eyes of potential employers. Companies will start turning their noses up at anything they don't perceive as being a "serious" Bachelor's Degree. If creative outlets continue to be marginalized in the United States at this rate, all our children are going to wind up as money-grubbing, gray-suited corporate drones.
You say that as though the NRA supports the 2nd Amendment for the actual reason it was drafted, which is to hold over the government's head the idea that it could be overthrown by an oppressed, but well-armed citizenry. I've never once heard an NRA talking-head mention this fact, so I find their whole platform suspect. Anyway, if we really want to hold true to the spirit of the 2nd Amendment, everyone should have the right to own ICBMs, and I don't see that happening real soon.
Say what you will about how Michael Moore presents his material, but he stands up for what he believes in and he gets things done. If absolutely nothing else, Bowling For Columbine was a great achievement because, through it, he was able to stop Kmart from selling handgun ammo. Granted, Kmart's in trouble and Wal-Mart would have been a much greater achievement, but it was an actual, tangible result. With that act, more than anything else, he earned my respect.
Without the hyphen between "radiation" and "eating", the title means the exact opposite of its intent.
Socrates would be disappointed
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sophism [sof-iz-uhm] -noun
a specious argument for displaying ingenuity in reasoning or for deceiving someone, e.g. beginning with a conclusion and finding reasons to justify it, regardless of where the evidence points.
Nothing tops a good, old-fashioned platformer, and I think SMW2 was the best. Great graphics, innovative gameplay, challenging, but not ridiculously so. It even plays well on emulators, if you want to save yourself the trouble of finding an SNES to play it on.
A few other suggestions: Bushido Blade (PSX), Super Smash Brothers (N64), Katamari Damacy (PS2), Goldeneye 007 (N64), Ico (PS2), Mega Man X2 (SNES). That's just to name a few off the top of my head.
I read about this theory as a consequence of string theory a number of years ago in Dr. Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe. It's been a while since I've read it, but the idea is basically that once the universe reaches the size of the Planck length during contraction (Big Crunch), any decrease in size is indistinguishable from an increase in size. The same is, thusly, also true of any expansion (Big Bang). The universe, therefore, could as easily be said to be diminutive as enormous. There's simply no difference. Sounds goofy, I know, but Greene is very convincing.
Should we be pleased or worried that ideas from the twisted mind of Douglas Adams are coming true? He predicted something akin to this in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Philosophically, I can't help but be annoyed at this for any of a number of reasons. Music is music is music. Different people will ascribe different values to different music, not because of any intrinsic value, but because of its value to them. The record labels don't think this way and, in a practical sense, they don't need to. The more they hype something, the greater its perceived value in the eyes of the sheep-like consumer. All that aside, however, this may save me money. The simple fact is that 90% of the music being produced and 99.9% of the music getting heavily marketed nowadays is pure, unadulterated crap. Tiered pricing will lower the price of older material (Classic Rock, Jazz, Classical, etc.) as well as the less popular modern music (Indie Rock, Post Rock, Jam Bands). Quite frankly, that's most of the stuff that's worth listening to. So, as much as the shift irks me, I've got to admit that I'll probably benefit from it. I'm not sure which I'd rather. What is the general consensus on this issue?
If I'm not mistaken, tritium is, pound for pound, the most expensive material on the planet. I wasn't able to find the figures, but I would imagine that the amount of tritium needed to power a battery would cost a pretty penny.
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Definitely on my short list. Engaging, clever, and an excellent philosophical examination of science and the human experience.
I think I first read The Count of Monte Cristo in middle school. Still one of my all-time favorites. If you like gripping plot-driven historical fiction, I can't recommend Dorothy Dunnett enough. The Lymond Chronicles are the best books I've ever read.
Contact by Carl Sagan
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Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter
Brett Ratner is one of the biggest problems in Hollywood, not Rotten Tomatoes. Here's his directorial resume (I count one decent movie):
2014/I Hercules
2011 Tower Heist
2007 Rush Hour 3
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
2004 After the Sunset
2002 Red Dragon
2001 Rush Hour 2
2000 The Family Man
1998 Rush Hour
1997 Money Talks
A District Court in Texas, eh? I wonder which one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
You're an idiot.
And let us not forget the role of Silverlight in tanking the Netflix experience. It's the direct cause of our recent cancellation.
Zotero is what you want. Integrates smoothly into a research workflow. Great for managing research materials of all kinds. Powerful search and tagging features. Adding sources is quick and easy and it works hand in glove with lots of research databases. Also interoperates with Word or OpenOffice to manage citations and biblographies.
www.zotero.org
Free-speech cuts both ways. Local government seems to have no problem supporting the Boy Scouts' policies.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/648019/posts
Actually, you can't delete a Facebook account, only deactivate it. After reading the PC World article a couple days ago, I tried to delete mine, and was told that I could log back in any time and it would be ready and waiting for me. Something tells me they don't stop mining data from other sites just because you've deactivated the account, when they're not even willing to delete your favorite brand of toilet paper from your profile. I wiped every bit of information about me by hand, aside from my wall posts, which were simply too numerous.
Ironically, the "original" Babel Fish was supposed to have caused more and bloodier wars than any other discovery in galactic history because it increased understanding between planets.
This may be new for Gibson, but Transperformance has been doing this for a while. Jimmy Page is a fan.
http://www.transperformance.com/
I went to high school in Northern Virginia and knew a LOT of people to went to Tech. Believe me, if it wasn't already populated with self-important prepsters, it is now.
No one seems to be focusing on the question of how this affects the perceived value of the degrees in question. The utility of a Bachelor's Degree has changed dramatically in the past few decades. Having a high school diploma and a good interview used to be enough for lots of jobs; now you have to have a Bachelor's just to get your foot in the door. The Master's Degree is the new Bachelor's Degree. If tiered pricing goes into effect on a broad scale, liberal arts degrees will be further devalued relative to engineering or business degrees in the eyes of potential employers. Companies will start turning their noses up at anything they don't perceive as being a "serious" Bachelor's Degree. If creative outlets continue to be marginalized in the United States at this rate, all our children are going to wind up as money-grubbing, gray-suited corporate drones.
You say that as though the NRA supports the 2nd Amendment for the actual reason it was drafted, which is to hold over the government's head the idea that it could be overthrown by an oppressed, but well-armed citizenry. I've never once heard an NRA talking-head mention this fact, so I find their whole platform suspect. Anyway, if we really want to hold true to the spirit of the 2nd Amendment, everyone should have the right to own ICBMs, and I don't see that happening real soon.
Say what you will about how Michael Moore presents his material, but he stands up for what he believes in and he gets things done. If absolutely nothing else, Bowling For Columbine was a great achievement because, through it, he was able to stop Kmart from selling handgun ammo. Granted, Kmart's in trouble and Wal-Mart would have been a much greater achievement, but it was an actual, tangible result. With that act, more than anything else, he earned my respect.
Without the hyphen between "radiation" and "eating", the title means the exact opposite of its intent.
sophism [sof-iz-uhm] -noun
a specious argument for displaying ingenuity in reasoning or for deceiving someone, e.g. beginning with a conclusion and finding reasons to justify it, regardless of where the evidence points.
Nothing tops a good, old-fashioned platformer, and I think SMW2 was the best. Great graphics, innovative gameplay, challenging, but not ridiculously so. It even plays well on emulators, if you want to save yourself the trouble of finding an SNES to play it on.
A few other suggestions: Bushido Blade (PSX), Super Smash Brothers (N64), Katamari Damacy (PS2), Goldeneye 007 (N64), Ico (PS2), Mega Man X2 (SNES). That's just to name a few off the top of my head.
I read about this theory as a consequence of string theory a number of years ago in Dr. Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe. It's been a while since I've read it, but the idea is basically that once the universe reaches the size of the Planck length during contraction (Big Crunch), any decrease in size is indistinguishable from an increase in size. The same is, thusly, also true of any expansion (Big Bang). The universe, therefore, could as easily be said to be diminutive as enormous. There's simply no difference. Sounds goofy, I know, but Greene is very convincing.
Should we be pleased or worried that ideas from the twisted mind of Douglas Adams are coming true? He predicted something akin to this in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Philosophically, I can't help but be annoyed at this for any of a number of reasons. Music is music is music. Different people will ascribe different values to different music, not because of any intrinsic value, but because of its value to them. The record labels don't think this way and, in a practical sense, they don't need to. The more they hype something, the greater its perceived value in the eyes of the sheep-like consumer. All that aside, however, this may save me money. The simple fact is that 90% of the music being produced and 99.9% of the music getting heavily marketed nowadays is pure, unadulterated crap. Tiered pricing will lower the price of older material (Classic Rock, Jazz, Classical, etc.) as well as the less popular modern music (Indie Rock, Post Rock, Jam Bands). Quite frankly, that's most of the stuff that's worth listening to. So, as much as the shift irks me, I've got to admit that I'll probably benefit from it. I'm not sure which I'd rather. What is the general consensus on this issue?
If I'm not mistaken, tritium is, pound for pound, the most expensive material on the planet. I wasn't able to find the figures, but I would imagine that the amount of tritium needed to power a battery would cost a pretty penny.
It's not a question of having plans in place. It's more an issue of what those plans are.
DS9 - Emmy winner best theme song
VOY - Emmy winner best theme song
Enterprise - Rod Stewart?!?!?!?