Even Mark Twain made this mistake once: 'The "advice" is concerning deportment on reaching the Gate which St. Peter is supposed to guard: Upon arrival do not speak to St. Peter until spoken to.... Don't try to kodak him. Hell is full of people who have made that mistake.' (Emphasis mine). Kodak was used as a verb often back then, as they basically had a camera monopoly. Nowadays, we can understand the reference, but it still seems weird.
Historically Japanese took Chinese characters (Kanji) for its writing system, as it had none of its own. It wasn't a perfect fit, as the languages were different. Chinese characters are pictoral/conceptual, not phonetic. The Japanese characters that were adapted were based mostly on meaning, so reading a character in Japanese would sound different than the same character in Chinese, but some were based on similar sounds too. This was all done more than a thousand years ago, so some associations no longer make sense. Katakana and Hiragana were independently developed phonetic alphabets that were essentially derived from "shorthand" for the various Kanji. One could theoretically use only one of the phonetic alphabets, but there are relatively few distinct sounds in Japanese (5 vowels, for one) that there are lots and lots of homophones. It is actually easier for reading comprehension to use the Kanji to distinguish between these items.
Newspapers were subsidized by the Federal government until about 1840 or so, due to the founder's desire to make sure there were plenty of options for people to be well informed. Link here.
Who has standing to sue the schools for non-compliance with standards? The parent could, I suppose, but then if they were that concerned with nutrition, they should be able to better provide for their children. Why do other groups have any right to sue in this process?
Four reasons: 1) A sci-fi movie is standalone, doesn't require the attention span that a tv series does. 2) Movies can be seen on your schedule. For ratings to count, you need to watch TV at the time the network wants you to. 3) For tv, sci-fi expense does not produce the ratings increase (if any) that would justify its use. There are only so many people watching TV at a certain time of day. If a less expensive (non sci-fi) show draws "enough" ratings, it is a better "investment" than the more expensive show. 4) The movie industry's customer is you, the television industry's customer is the advertisers. There are different motivations for what product to produce.
I haven't lived there in a while, but when I was there, most of the money for education came from federal taxes, then from local property taxes. State property taxes paid for about 7% of the education budget. Not sure about emergency rooms, but my guess is probably again federal taxes. Public parks (like parks in the city) have no immediate fees, though local taxes generally take care of that, though state parks require payment to enter. Also, the state has only about a million people, so they are not as overwhelmed as some places with emergency room care, etc. (Again, it has been a while since I've been there, YMMV). New Hampshire also has an interesting approach to the state legislature. Legislators make $100 a year, plus gas.
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Even Mark Twain made this mistake once: 'The "advice" is concerning deportment on reaching the Gate which St. Peter is supposed to guard: Upon arrival do not speak to St. Peter until spoken to. ... Don't try to kodak him. Hell is full of people who have made that mistake.' (Emphasis mine). Kodak was used as a verb often back then, as they basically had a camera monopoly. Nowadays, we can understand the reference, but it still seems weird.
I'm in QA and we do the same thing.
Historically Japanese took Chinese characters (Kanji) for its writing system, as it had none of its own. It wasn't a perfect fit, as the languages were different. Chinese characters are pictoral/conceptual, not phonetic. The Japanese characters that were adapted were based mostly on meaning, so reading a character in Japanese would sound different than the same character in Chinese, but some were based on similar sounds too. This was all done more than a thousand years ago, so some associations no longer make sense. Katakana and Hiragana were independently developed phonetic alphabets that were essentially derived from "shorthand" for the various Kanji. One could theoretically use only one of the phonetic alphabets, but there are relatively few distinct sounds in Japanese (5 vowels, for one) that there are lots and lots of homophones. It is actually easier for reading comprehension to use the Kanji to distinguish between these items.
Newspapers were subsidized by the Federal government until about 1840 or so, due to the founder's desire to make sure there were plenty of options for people to be well informed.
Link here.
have the privilege of turning the telescreens off.
Utility poles clearly need countermeasures. Hellfire missiles and such. That'll teach 'em to mess with a poor defenseless pole.
Who has standing to sue the schools for non-compliance with standards? The parent could, I suppose, but then if they were that concerned with nutrition, they should be able to better provide for their children. Why do other groups have any right to sue in this process?
To aptly apply the mispronounced "jigawatt" paradigm: <Doc Brown>1.31 settabytes? Great Scott!</DocBrown>
The web is NOT the internet. (Though sadly it essentially has become so, nowadays.)
Joe Camel isn't the happy meal, Joe Camel is Ronald McDonald, Grimace, and Mayor McCheese. And the playgrounds on the facility.
Good catch. Slashdot pruned my < character though as it was not escaped. I don't think the code that appears would compile. :-)
If someone asked me to (in Java say) print the numbers from 1 to 10, I would probably do something like
for (int i=1;i=10;i++) {
System.out.println(i);
}
So would most other people. Would this flag me as a cheater?
"if I dunked my cat in liquid helium, it would probably begin to superconduct."
Icanhazsooperkundukter?
(sorry)
Four reasons:
1) A sci-fi movie is standalone, doesn't require the attention span that a tv series does.
2) Movies can be seen on your schedule. For ratings to count, you need to watch TV at the time the network wants you to.
3) For tv, sci-fi expense does not produce the ratings increase (if any) that would justify its use. There are only so many people watching TV at a certain time of day. If a less expensive (non sci-fi) show draws "enough" ratings, it is a better "investment" than the more expensive show.
4) The movie industry's customer is you, the television industry's customer is the advertisers. There are different motivations for what product to produce.
I graduated high school at 18 with no math, and I turned out fine. Next year, when I turn 16, I'll be able to drive, finally.
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3.AARRRR!!!
I'd hit that.
All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landings there.
This year, even.
XML is like violence. If it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't using it enough.
Feeling feeling = Feeling.getFeeling(Feeling.LAUGHTER);
feeling.express();
No I not!
Arsenic life forms = Super rats (resistant to rat poison). Oh boy!
I haven't lived there in a while, but when I was there, most of the money for education came from federal taxes, then from local property taxes. State property taxes paid for about 7% of the education budget. Not sure about emergency rooms, but my guess is probably again federal taxes. Public parks (like parks in the city) have no immediate fees, though local taxes generally take care of that, though state parks require payment to enter. Also, the state has only about a million people, so they are not as overwhelmed as some places with emergency room care, etc. (Again, it has been a while since I've been there, YMMV). New Hampshire also has an interesting approach to the state legislature. Legislators make $100 a year, plus gas.
You're vi? Nice to meet you, vi, I'm emacs.
Stupid question, but do they use Euros in European Monopoly?