Deaths by badly stored and prepared food are also small percentage wise. Should we do nothing for about food standards?
Losses by extortion are small compared to other losses. Shall we just let extortionists do their thing?
And think of those poor vandals. If we put them in jail, they'll just get mad and vandalize more. Let's do nothing about that too.
Maybe this is silly, but...
I don't know if the Hollywood writer for the TV series Person of Interest consulted a mathematician about this, but in one episode, it was claimed that in the digits of Pi every possible finite sequence appears somewhere in it, including the ASCII codes for the complete works of Shakespeare and the main character's name.
Can that be true? I could imagine it containing everything but a given sequence, like the works of Shakespear, since you could still have it non-repeating. For example, if you excised every occurrence of 1337 in it, you would have a different number of course, but it would still be a non-repeating one, wouldn't it? Is it in a special class of non-repeating decimals?
Crusades were 800 years ago, and instigated by Muslims killing pilgrims. The jews killed by errant knights, probably in the hundreds, were done in disobedience to the bishop's contrary orders. Doctors have killed more people than that.
The "inquestion" resulted in a thousand odd deaths over a several decades - actually in higher numbers by secular judges than church judges. More people than that have died due to cell phones on the road. [http://www.strangenotions.com/spanish-inquisition/]
Maybe 3000 died in the Irish catholic war. Hamburgers have killed more.
"Christianity is responsible for MORE murders then every other religon combined."
Really!? Pulled a statement out of your ass, eh? What "religons" are you combining? Stalin's? Hitler's?
Critical thinking is certainly needed. Whether students are taught critical thinking in the universities is very questionable. In all too many universities, "Critical thinking" usually means "be exposed to my (the professor's) view of my opposition." That's not critical thinking. In critical thinking you are exposed to the best exponents of an alternative view and decide based on your own best analysis, not some academic's pet theories.
One could even argue that universities teach the OPPOSITE of critical thinking.
The reason most of us can't afford it is that colleges are given tuition grants regardless of what they charge. There is no incentive for them to lower costs. In fact, there is an incentive to ask for the moon.
Ah, the old moral equivalence. "I know somebody in group X that also did Y just like Z. Therefore X is no different from Z."
Such examples are pretty strained.
As long as you can check your app for credentials, you can still choose a doctor for things like surgery and a nurse practictioner for more routine procedures, or a chiropractor or acupuncturist for other conditions.
That DOES sound great. And you're right, over-regulation would deny us that. But that won't stop some people for wanting to eliminate competition.
Sure, everyone uses profanity. Most have enough sense to reserve the worst of it for private remarks. But I find the use of it in journals representing noble endeavors to be tasteless.
The world is full enough of big egos who like to flaunt their coarseness in the name of frankness. Besides frankness, there is a corner of their enlarged self-esteem that is saying, "Look at me. Look at me. Look at me."
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I didn't realize the NSA was involved with the Rover code. Goes to show you that back doors are everywhere, even on Mars.
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And eggs are good for you, no wait, they're bad for you. No wait again, they're OK.
1.3 billion, not million
Isn't a billion a million million? 1000000000000 Pounds ought to do better than that.
I'll settle for moving to a state where the taxes are less.
Losses by extortion are small compared to other losses. Shall we just let extortionists do their thing?
And think of those poor vandals. If we put them in jail, they'll just get mad and vandalize more. Let's do nothing about that too.
Maybe this is silly, but ...
I don't know if the Hollywood writer for the TV series Person of Interest consulted a mathematician about this, but in one episode, it was claimed that in the digits of Pi every possible finite sequence appears somewhere in it, including the ASCII codes for the complete works of Shakespeare and the main character's name.
Can that be true? I could imagine it containing everything but a given sequence, like the works of Shakespear, since you could still have it non-repeating. For example, if you excised every occurrence of 1337 in it, you would have a different number of course, but it would still be a non-repeating one, wouldn't it? Is it in a special class of non-repeating decimals?
Yeah, right.
Crusades were 800 years ago, and instigated by Muslims killing pilgrims. The jews killed by errant knights, probably in the hundreds, were done in disobedience to the bishop's contrary orders. Doctors have killed more people than that.
The "inquestion" resulted in a thousand odd deaths over a several decades - actually in higher numbers by secular judges than church judges. More people than that have died due to cell phones on the road. [http://www.strangenotions.com/spanish-inquisition/]
Maybe 3000 died in the Irish catholic war. Hamburgers have killed more.
"Christianity is responsible for MORE murders then every other religon combined."
Really!? Pulled a statement out of your ass, eh? What "religons" are you combining? Stalin's? Hitler's?
Not to worry. I "liked" a picture of my property in Iraq that I just took and nothing hap$^#^&$&%^
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Of course this isn't Microsoft's fault, it's Apple's!
Great opportunity to say, "Apple Sux!" I was wondering how I could work that in for an article like this. While I'm at it, Emacs > vi.
They're keeping interest low and printing money to prop up stocks. It may make things look OK for a while, but it will be followed by a big crash.
Yes. It also says, "Look, black markets arise when the government by Fiat circumvents the market valuations of goods and services."
Damn kids. [spit]
Critical thinking is certainly needed. Whether students are taught critical thinking in the universities is very questionable. In all too many universities, "Critical thinking" usually means "be exposed to my (the professor's) view of my opposition." That's not critical thinking. In critical thinking you are exposed to the best exponents of an alternative view and decide based on your own best analysis, not some academic's pet theories. One could even argue that universities teach the OPPOSITE of critical thinking.
OP: "We should focus on ALL kids doing better, not closing the gap by pulling the smart kids down."
Your response: "Fuck the poor huh?"
Maybe schools should teach reading comprehension instead of programming.
The reason most of us can't afford it is that colleges are given tuition grants regardless of what they charge. There is no incentive for them to lower costs. In fact, there is an incentive to ask for the moon.
The lawyers will get zillions, each user $10.
I decided to read TFA. (Yes, heresy, I know.)
I wonder how much this will actually benefit Africa as a whole. It looks to benefit just South Africa.
"There's easily enough capital in the US to buy out the debt."
Wow. Do you realize what that buy out would do?
We can serve as batteries in a hive.
Ah, the old moral equivalence. "I know somebody in group X that also did Y just like Z. Therefore X is no different from Z." Such examples are pretty strained.
As long as you can check your app for credentials, you can still choose a doctor for things like surgery and a nurse practictioner for more routine procedures, or a chiropractor or acupuncturist for other conditions. That DOES sound great. And you're right, over-regulation would deny us that. But that won't stop some people for wanting to eliminate competition.
Sure, everyone uses profanity. Most have enough sense to reserve the worst of it for private remarks. But I find the use of it in journals representing noble endeavors to be tasteless. The world is full enough of big egos who like to flaunt their coarseness in the name of frankness. Besides frankness, there is a corner of their enlarged self-esteem that is saying, "Look at me. Look at me. Look at me."
I am same thing wishing. Their English not good.