Yeah, the guy definitely has a leftist axe to grind. "Failure of group decision-making" my ass. The man has definitely never held down a Real Job like the rest of us do (think Office Space here). Biological organisms simply grow to the limit of their resources and then die off. Ever seen a petri dish?
I've thought about this for decades. If "they" just incorporated real facts into entertainment, people would learn fantastically well. Imagine a Star Trek that teaches real physics! Even ghetto kids can learn, look at all the raps they have down pat because they listened so many times. But entertainment decision-makers will never OK such things, because they would no longer be in control. Plus, the snobbery of "we're not running a documentary" will never go.
It's nice that tyrant monopolists like Bill Gates can buy their way to respectability, just like Carnegie and Rockefeller and all the other Robber Barons of the 19th century.
Yeah, the Japanese value their children so much, they keep them in school until 9pm every night. These are called 'cram schools' for a reason. High stress situations and memorization are the order of the day. You wouldn't believe their English homework. It's so thick I couldn't even tell what they were asking, it's all obscure parts of grammar that English-speaking people never use. One of my students, a boy with the unlikely name of "Go" (five) would fall asleep and miss his lesson frequently. Our lesson night was the only night of the week he didn't have to go to cram school, and sometimes I just felt bad knowing I was keeping him up.
Can anyone tell me why Texas Hold'em is so popular? You only get two cards, and the rest is random chance! So many times on the Travel Channel I see someone win because they make a pair of queens to beat the other's ace-high. That's not skill!
That's one of the things that pisses me off about Vegas, how gamblers expect everyone to do things the gambler way, instead of the smart way. Screw tradition.
Poker, technical? Nah, it's social. Reading body language and understanding people is crucial. Most poker champions aren't mathematicians, they're extremely sharp people who don't miss anything. Ask them how they do it, and they'll just say, "I can tell what people have in their hands."
Nerds shouldn't go to Vegas and gamble, because gambling is by definition a losing proposition. You might as well just set fire to a stack of $20 bills. Poker is slightly different, since there's no house to play against, but still, nerds are uncomfortable in dreary, smoky poker rooms. Plus, the other poker players tend to be real hicks and rubes, not the kind of folks that the slashdot crowd would be at ease with.
It's a guesstimate. You can't say how you arrive at a guesstimate, otherwise it wouldn't be a guesstimate. I mean, come on, what are the exact criteria for arriving at a "how confident are you" figure? There aren't any.
Recording to videotape at EP speed is going to give you eye-blurring low quality. About the only thing it works for is simple, clear TV like the Simpsons or King of the Hill. One of the attractions of the tivo is its crystal quality.
Typical educational level of Bush-bashers. He's not out of office until January 2005. And the extra time can be well-used, just ask Clinton and all the convicted felons who are walking around free today, due to the fact that he ordered them released from prison on his last day in office.
If I'm going to read old, exceptionally cheesy comics, I prefer ones that have fruit pies. Fruit pies that the heroes will throw to you if you've been hoarding food or stealing national monuments. Fruit pies that are not only filled with delicious real fruit filling, but filled with the sweet taste of poetic justice.
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But that's the best part of being a security admin! At least the ones I've worked with. That and making sure nobody can get any work done.
It's funny. Laugh.
It's not funny. Violates the cardinal principle of comics.
Yeah, the guy definitely has a leftist axe to grind. "Failure of group decision-making" my ass. The man has definitely never held down a Real Job like the rest of us do (think Office Space here). Biological organisms simply grow to the limit of their resources and then die off. Ever seen a petri dish?
Take a look at the test scores for inner-city schools. It's very sad, but an unfortunate fact of life.
such a show would still be lifetimes better than the 'latex forehead alien of the week' crap that The Next Generation used.
I've thought about this for decades. If "they" just incorporated real facts into entertainment, people would learn fantastically well. Imagine a Star Trek that teaches real physics! Even ghetto kids can learn, look at all the raps they have down pat because they listened so many times. But entertainment decision-makers will never OK such things, because they would no longer be in control. Plus, the snobbery of "we're not running a documentary" will never go.
It's nice that tyrant monopolists like Bill Gates can buy their way to respectability, just like Carnegie and Rockefeller and all the other Robber Barons of the 19th century.
Yeah, the Japanese value their children so much, they keep them in school until 9pm every night. These are called 'cram schools' for a reason. High stress situations and memorization are the order of the day. You wouldn't believe their English homework. It's so thick I couldn't even tell what they were asking, it's all obscure parts of grammar that English-speaking people never use. One of my students, a boy with the unlikely name of "Go" (five) would fall asleep and miss his lesson frequently. Our lesson night was the only night of the week he didn't have to go to cram school, and sometimes I just felt bad knowing I was keeping him up.
Can anyone tell me why Texas Hold'em is so popular? You only get two cards, and the rest is random chance! So many times on the Travel Channel I see someone win because they make a pair of queens to beat the other's ace-high. That's not skill!
That's one of the things that pisses me off about Vegas, how gamblers expect everyone to do things the gambler way, instead of the smart way. Screw tradition.
I used to know someone who had a picture of the Fremont Street Experience displaying a Windows bluescreen.
Nerds shouldn't go to Vegas and gamble, because gambling is by definition a losing proposition. You might as well just set fire to a stack of $20 bills. Poker is slightly different, since there's no house to play against, but still, nerds are uncomfortable in dreary, smoky poker rooms. Plus, the other poker players tend to be real hicks and rubes, not the kind of folks that the slashdot crowd would be at ease with.
Bureaucracies never make sense. If they did, they'd have to close down.
It's a guesstimate. You can't say how you arrive at a guesstimate, otherwise it wouldn't be a guesstimate. I mean, come on, what are the exact criteria for arriving at a "how confident are you" figure? There aren't any.
I do, and it has to do with pots, kettles, and the color black.
Great. By changing the number of pages in a comic from 32 to 300, ten times as many trees can die for each issue! Perfect!
Gosh, another unfunny comic that provides a white man with a release valve for his lefitst politics. Never seen THAT before in an indy comic.
This comic falls neatly within the "crap" part of "99% of everything is crap".
Don't be such a misandrist.
Sure, that capability's always been availible. I use it myself. But the tivo takes it to the next level because it can run unattended.
Recording to videotape at EP speed is going to give you eye-blurring low quality. About the only thing it works for is simple, clear TV like the Simpsons or King of the Hill. One of the attractions of the tivo is its crystal quality.
Last I heard, the North Koreans and Iranians were also increasing their budgets on developing new tactical nuclear weapons.
Typical educational level of Bush-bashers. He's not out of office until January 2005. And the extra time can be well-used, just ask Clinton and all the convicted felons who are walking around free today, due to the fact that he ordered them released from prison on his last day in office.
If I'm going to read old, exceptionally cheesy comics, I prefer ones that have fruit pies. Fruit pies that the heroes will throw to you if you've been hoarding food or stealing national monuments. Fruit pies that are not only filled with delicious real fruit filling, but filled with the sweet taste of poetic justice.