I doubt he's solely relying on the first amendment issues. These things are usually formulated such that if they don't buy your primary argument, you give them many others to fall back on, e.g. "This is a violation of freedom of speech, but even if it's not, it's a violation of the commerce clause, but even if it's not, it's arbitrary and capricious," etc.
People are *really* a lot better drivers when they can bring a realistic understanding of traction, inertia, kinetic energy and so forth to the driver's seat.
Ah yes. Just the other day I was berating a fellow driver for failing to account for the reduced normal force immediately after clearing the apex of a hump in the road. "Your calculations were WAY off!!!" I shouted. I know he was secretly embarrassed by his mathematical impotence, even though he tried to play it off by acting confused.
To be honest, there is no reason whatsoever we can't have taught kids basic differential equations by the time they hit 8th grade.
We tried that -- it was called New Math. The problem is that students came away with great conceptual understanding, but few practical skills. They knew "Subtraction means I'll have fewer items," but they couldn't solve 83917.532 - 27838.93925. (An oversimplification, but not by much).
I do however agree that calculus should be split up (and renamed as a consequence/benefit) and taught in conjunction with the relevant algebraic and geometric tools. As a side effect, more students might find mathematics more compelling when they realize the breadth of problems that can be solved mathematically.
On a related note, we really need a class specifically about managing personal finances.
Cerebral malaria is the worst. Always going on about "I say, I do believe I shall induce splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, ischemia, hypoglycemia, and hemoglobinuria with renal failure." It's like dude, speak English.
Thanks, but at least provide a full list of things you shouldn't do with goatse:
Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to goatse.
Caution: Goatse may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
Goatse contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
Do not use goatse on concrete.
Discontinue use of Happy Fun Ball if any of the following occurs:
itching
vertigo
dizziness
tingling in extremities
loss of balance or coordination
slurred speech
temporary blindness
profuse sweating
heart palpitations
If goatse begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
Goatse may stick to certain types of skin.
When not in use, goatse should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of goatse, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company, Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability.
Ingredients of goatse include an unknown glowing substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.
Goatse has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is also being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.
I don't doubt either the quantity or quality of drugs and alcohol ingested by Mr. Osbourne, however I don't see anything particularly remarkable in having "survived." Most drug and alcohol related deaths are typically either overdoses, or injuries incurred as an effect of intoxication rather than the toxicity of the substances themselves. Of all the drugs mentioned, only alcohol has been shown to reliably cause cumulative organ and tissue damage, although even then, I'm sure there are alcoholics the world over either meeting or exceeding Mr. Osbourne's levels of consumption (especially considering he's been clean for what, nearly a decade?).
Of course, merely being alive isn't the gold standard for measuring health, and from that perspective, I don't think it indicates anything particularly super-human about either him or his genetics. Further, we have no idea what his liver actually looks like, for example, or how much longer he'll live compared to the average life expectancy for wealthy white males.
I think the best thing about having his DNA sequenced is that adds to the repository, which is what will help DNA research progress. Right now it seems to be looking at people with certain characteristics, and then trying to match them to a given gene. With a large volume of sequenced individuals, we could instead look for certain anomalies or irregularities in the data, and then see what characteristics those people have in common. I think it would provide a greater level of objectivity, by reducing false positives (which are either self-reported or observed) for a given trait. Instead of saying "these people are overweight, let's see what gene they have in common," you could say, "these people all have this gene in common, oh look, they're all overweight except for the set who train like Olympians who we never would have thought to test."
I think targeting celebrities is a good start, but only because they're egotistical enough to believe that their DNA somehow makes them special, and hence willing to pay for the research.
That's why I taught my kid to use his right hand despite a proclivity for left-handedness. I figure worst case, he can switch later and be somewhat ambidextrous.
Yeah, that's a pretty ridiculous scenario. I'd be more interested to see an AI distinguish between a plastic bag blowing around and a truck tire that just went airborne.
The researchers calculated that the average Australian employee spends less than two-and-a-half days per week actually doing their job. I suspect the issue is more "Foster's overload" than "information overload."
Hah. Nobody in Australia drinks Fosters. You can't even find it in stores.
I don't see the problem anyway -- two and a half days is 60 hours!
Sure, the same way 4 wheels and 2 headlights sounds like a car, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a pair of motorcycles. Pretty much every social construct turns out to be some ideal corrupted by human nature, bu that doesn't make them all the same in any meaningful way.
I think what you ought to protest here is the fact that you pay taxes, not the fact that you aren't given a vote.
And you're free to hold that opinion, just like people who disagree are free to pursue the vote. But remember that the last time some residents of the colonies tried to stop paying taxes based on legal status, it resulted in violent rezoning.
If you're legally part of my company, then I don't see anything wrong with having a vote (provided I'm one of those kind of companies to begin with.. you know the kind, the commie companies where employees actually have ownership).
You can argue that they're not permanent members of the community, but who among us really are? Aside from the fact that we're all mortal, citizens who voted on something in the past are just as free to move as anyone else (and possibly more likely to?).
The fact that you *do* see a problem with allowing people to have a say in the government that has jurisdiction is sort of ridiculous TBH.
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Now all we need are miniature humans (preferably grown in Liverpool) and we'll be set.
I doubt he's solely relying on the first amendment issues. These things are usually formulated such that if they don't buy your primary argument, you give them many others to fall back on, e.g. "This is a violation of freedom of speech, but even if it's not, it's a violation of the commerce clause, but even if it's not, it's arbitrary and capricious," etc.
I vote for deportation to Australia.
People are *really* a lot better drivers when they can bring a realistic understanding of traction, inertia, kinetic energy and so forth to the driver's seat.
Ah yes. Just the other day I was berating a fellow driver for failing to account for the reduced normal force immediately after clearing the apex of a hump in the road. "Your calculations were WAY off!!!" I shouted. I know he was secretly embarrassed by his mathematical impotence, even though he tried to play it off by acting confused.
To be honest, there is no reason whatsoever we can't have taught kids basic differential equations by the time they hit 8th grade.
We tried that -- it was called New Math. The problem is that students came away with great conceptual understanding, but few practical skills. They knew "Subtraction means I'll have fewer items," but they couldn't solve 83917.532 - 27838.93925. (An oversimplification, but not by much).
I do however agree that calculus should be split up (and renamed as a consequence/benefit) and taught in conjunction with the relevant algebraic and geometric tools. As a side effect, more students might find mathematics more compelling when they realize the breadth of problems that can be solved mathematically.
On a related note, we really need a class specifically about managing personal finances.
there are laws about getting them to do useful work.
Only if it's someone else's child. Your own kids can do all the useful work you can threaten them into completing!
...'come hang out with us for a while and we'll see what happens,' which is a pretty exciting thing.
A deal with the devil? How exciting! What could possibly go wrong?
Cerebral malaria is the worst. Always going on about "I say, I do believe I shall induce splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, ischemia, hypoglycemia, and hemoglobinuria with renal failure." It's like dude, speak English.
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Bah, 54" is for people with normal dicks. Mine's extremely small, and 54" wouldn't even begin to compensate.
Thanks, but at least provide a full list of things you shouldn't do with goatse:
I don't doubt either the quantity or quality of drugs and alcohol ingested by Mr. Osbourne, however I don't see anything particularly remarkable in having "survived." Most drug and alcohol related deaths are typically either overdoses, or injuries incurred as an effect of intoxication rather than the toxicity of the substances themselves. Of all the drugs mentioned, only alcohol has been shown to reliably cause cumulative organ and tissue damage, although even then, I'm sure there are alcoholics the world over either meeting or exceeding Mr. Osbourne's levels of consumption (especially considering he's been clean for what, nearly a decade?).
Of course, merely being alive isn't the gold standard for measuring health, and from that perspective, I don't think it indicates anything particularly super-human about either him or his genetics. Further, we have no idea what his liver actually looks like, for example, or how much longer he'll live compared to the average life expectancy for wealthy white males.
I think the best thing about having his DNA sequenced is that adds to the repository, which is what will help DNA research progress. Right now it seems to be looking at people with certain characteristics, and then trying to match them to a given gene. With a large volume of sequenced individuals, we could instead look for certain anomalies or irregularities in the data, and then see what characteristics those people have in common. I think it would provide a greater level of objectivity, by reducing false positives (which are either self-reported or observed) for a given trait. Instead of saying "these people are overweight, let's see what gene they have in common," you could say, "these people all have this gene in common, oh look, they're all overweight except for the set who train like Olympians who we never would have thought to test."
I think targeting celebrities is a good start, but only because they're egotistical enough to believe that their DNA somehow makes them special, and hence willing to pay for the research.
WTF is an iPhone 4G, time traveler?
Did you just say... meow?
That's why I taught my kid to use his right hand despite a proclivity for left-handedness. I figure worst case, he can switch later and be somewhat ambidextrous.
Of course, we shouldn't treat students like royalty and indulge in $800 Aeron chairs
Quite right. We should instead produce identical chairs and price them somewhere at cost -- maybe $40 each.
I think you're getting your elementary school years confused with your swinging years.
Yeah, that's a pretty ridiculous scenario. I'd be more interested to see an AI distinguish between a plastic bag blowing around and a truck tire that just went airborne.
The researchers calculated that the average Australian employee spends less than two-and-a-half days per week actually doing their job.
I suspect the issue is more "Foster's overload" than "information overload."
Hah. Nobody in Australia drinks Fosters. You can't even find it in stores.
I don't see the problem anyway -- two and a half days is 60 hours!
You haven't noticed the bumpers I take it.
Sure, the same way 4 wheels and 2 headlights sounds like a car, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a pair of motorcycles. Pretty much every social construct turns out to be some ideal corrupted by human nature, bu that doesn't make them all the same in any meaningful way.
I think the open wheel design would bar it from being street legal in most states regardless.
Way to miss the tongue in cheek. I would've though the wink was a dead giveaway, but apparently I was wrong.
I think what you ought to protest here is the fact that you pay taxes, not the fact that you aren't given a vote.
And you're free to hold that opinion, just like people who disagree are free to pursue the vote. But remember that the last time some residents of the colonies tried to stop paying taxes based on legal status, it resulted in violent rezoning.
If you're legally part of my company, then I don't see anything wrong with having a vote (provided I'm one of those kind of companies to begin with.. you know the kind, the commie companies where employees actually have ownership).
You can argue that they're not permanent members of the community, but who among us really are? Aside from the fact that we're all mortal, citizens who voted on something in the past are just as free to move as anyone else (and possibly more likely to?).
The fact that you *do* see a problem with allowing people to have a say in the government that has jurisdiction is sort of ridiculous TBH.