It can't be a pathogen - there's no way that it would kill such a large amount of birds at exactly the same time. Instead it would have acted over hours/days following a normal distribution, and the area of dead birds would be far greater and not fairly evenly spread over a narrow area.
While my medical degree makes me an expert in humans, not birds, it's reasonable to assume that this bird population is suffering due to 1) the bird overpopulation mentioned by local residents in the news reports and 2) the colder than normal weather. I cannot speculate as to the cause other than ruling out silly things (pathogens, aliens, etc), but I think the birds were on the limit of survival, and some localized event happened that pushed a small group in a certain area a little too hard, causing them to die suddenly.
Personally I think this would call into question the value of "state wide exams" in the first place.
I've been to schools where you're taught to pass the exam, and schools where you're taught the subject. Believe me there is a difference both in the quality of the course, the degree of retention of the subject matter, and the ability to apply it as well.
Yes, fear of math and statistics is exactly what will make us smarter.
I beg to differ - understanding math and statistics is what would make us smarter. I'll leave the room now and you can argue with my doctorate.
I wish people like you would think...or at least read the article.
Statically anomalies are red flagged for further investigation.
Ah, so even though I came to the same conclusion as the article without reading the article, this somehow makes me a "non" thinker? OK, I can live with that. But what does that make you?
Tell me about it.While I don't consider myself to be a "neo nazi" it certainly puts things in a new light when you actually sit down and think about history a little instead of repeating back what you're told like a parrot. Germany suffered the same fate as France did under Napoleon. While yes, they pursued an aggressive policy of expansion into the East until attacked by the West, they can hardly be called out for it by a country that at the time was occupying 1/4 of the Earth's land surface and all of its seas. Napoleon never declared war on anyone. And WW2 was started by Britain - on the excuse of Poland being invaded, nothing more. Certainly Britain wasn't obligated to honor the treaty with Poland - just like they failed to honor the guarantees to Czechoslovakia. Britain wanted war for its own interests (certainly not to save that absolute angel Stalin and his communist hordes), but broke the Empire in the process.
I just think it's funny how that new Muslim island colony is working out now, though.
The "dumbing-down" of America continues. Because it's much easier to turn the wrath of the "system" against anyone who stands out rather than actually following the steps involved to prove a person's guilt. Publicly flogging an innocent person is just as effective a deterrent as flogging a guilty one. It does, however, speak volumes about how those entrusted with authority view their powers.
While statistics may be absolutely certain about what the odds are over the long term of getting any particular number on the roulette wheel, it absolutely cannot predict the next spin. Using "statistical analysis" to "catch someone" is absolute, utter bullshit and any faculty using this should be run through a statistics course and then fired. It proves nothing. Get up off of your fat arses and do your damned job. You can tell in under 5 minutes which students have studied and which haven't, just by talking to them, and this information is far more valuable than any statistical snake oil.
Contributions to society? Not helpful to profitability.
I'm not an economist and all I know is what I learned in the standard macro/microeconomics college level courses, so it's not really my place to answer this.
But I believe the whole idea is that 1) new ideas are "worth more" to people than the re-invention of the wheel and 2) people who individually manage their scarce resources will only spend money on things that they perceive have value. As an aggregate, this tends to favor selection (and thus ease of profitability) for items that people actually want (which I call beneficial to society), versus things that people don't want (which I call not beneficial to society). Of course the underlying assumption is that people are qualified to decide for themselves how to live although apparently this is not the case.
Where all of this gets distorted is in the monopoly/oligopoly situation, where you get the item the manufacturer wants to sell you or nothing at all, or in the government obligation situation where you have to get the item despite the fact that you don't want or need it at all, or in the situation of addictive drugs (cocaine, caffeine, etc) where people start spending money on them to avoid the withdrawal symptoms even when the actual pleasure gained from the drugs no longer exists.
I'm not really a capitalist, but economic theory makes sense. However like most theories it really has very little to do with the world we actually live in. And I agree that this world is very far from Nirvana or any other fictional plane of bliss.
Dunno, but I'm sure those redundant, pointless jobs will be added under someone's "and he created X jobs in 2011..." political campaign slogans. After all jobs with no purpose outside the job itself is the whole point of government, unlike economic efficiency where the jobs actually have to contribute something society deems as worthwhile.
Now to find jobs that completely undo what little these new jobs do, hmmm maybe on the environmental side of things...
Rather than expose the full texts to the public (and themselves to copyright infringement)
But wait, I thought you were breaking the law just by scanning the books and creating unauthorized copies. Or is there a different law for corporations like Google?
Nah it's self correcting. When the cars stop moving, people start dying (after all, many of those vehicles are transporting things essential to the sustenance of our overcrowded cities), there's less need for freight and more resources to go around again.
That companies will decline or fail in the future is not an argument against infrastructure expansion.
No, but the fact that around 70% of tweets are completely ignored should be telling them something about how effective their infrastructure investment is going to be.
Well if you want to split hairs, Internet Service Provider can mean anyone who provides any kind of service on the internet. Including small businesses, large enterprises, non profits and governments. So there. Now do you see why the lawyers will always win?:P
The only thing gleened from this is that he likes to be in the middle of controversy.
Thats not a good thing,
How is this different from Madonna going on stage in a bra, or Lady Gaga wearing, well, whatever the fuck crap she wears? Apparently it only bothers you when it clashes with your brainwashing.
Perhaps because it knows that there won't be any backlash. After all, a new season of is starting, the season is about to begin, and there's a hell of a lot more "democrat! republican! liberal! neocon! teabagger!" name calling to be done. The sheep are happy. Their savings are being inflated away right under their noses. The prices of their homes have stopped plummeting for now (although the same can't be said about actual value, since the dollar is worth much less). And there's always the fear of unemployment to keep them busy.
Nope, no backlash at all. Now get back to work before your house gets taken away.
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It can't be a pathogen - there's no way that it would kill such a large amount of birds at exactly the same time. Instead it would have acted over hours/days following a normal distribution, and the area of dead birds would be far greater and not fairly evenly spread over a narrow area.
While my medical degree makes me an expert in humans, not birds, it's reasonable to assume that this bird population is suffering due to 1) the bird overpopulation mentioned by local residents in the news reports and 2) the colder than normal weather. I cannot speculate as to the cause other than ruling out silly things (pathogens, aliens, etc), but I think the birds were on the limit of survival, and some localized event happened that pushed a small group in a certain area a little too hard, causing them to die suddenly.
So does Intelsat have to give the insurance money back now? Or does it take more than a year to process this kind of claim anyway?
Personally I think this would call into question the value of "state wide exams" in the first place.
I've been to schools where you're taught to pass the exam, and schools where you're taught the subject. Believe me there is a difference both in the quality of the course, the degree of retention of the subject matter, and the ability to apply it as well.
Yes, fear of math and statistics is exactly what will make us smarter.
I beg to differ - understanding math and statistics is what would make us smarter. I'll leave the room now and you can argue with my doctorate.
I wish people like you would think...or at least read the article.
Statically anomalies are red flagged for further investigation.
Ah, so even though I came to the same conclusion as the article without reading the article, this somehow makes me a "non" thinker? OK, I can live with that. But what does that make you?
Tell me about it.While I don't consider myself to be a "neo nazi" it certainly puts things in a new light when you actually sit down and think about history a little instead of repeating back what you're told like a parrot. Germany suffered the same fate as France did under Napoleon. While yes, they pursued an aggressive policy of expansion into the East until attacked by the West, they can hardly be called out for it by a country that at the time was occupying 1/4 of the Earth's land surface and all of its seas. Napoleon never declared war on anyone. And WW2 was started by Britain - on the excuse of Poland being invaded, nothing more. Certainly Britain wasn't obligated to honor the treaty with Poland - just like they failed to honor the guarantees to Czechoslovakia. Britain wanted war for its own interests (certainly not to save that absolute angel Stalin and his communist hordes), but broke the Empire in the process.
I just think it's funny how that new Muslim island colony is working out now, though.
Excuse me while I laugh at your continued belief in a democratic system that was subverted a long, long time ago by : Money.
Yeah, uh, "voting" is going to fix things. Here's a song for ya: "Meet the new boss, Same as the old boss". Oh and to the RIAA - bite me.
The "dumbing-down" of America continues. Because it's much easier to turn the wrath of the "system" against anyone who stands out rather than actually following the steps involved to prove a person's guilt. Publicly flogging an innocent person is just as effective a deterrent as flogging a guilty one. It does, however, speak volumes about how those entrusted with authority view their powers.
While statistics may be absolutely certain about what the odds are over the long term of getting any particular number on the roulette wheel, it absolutely cannot predict the next spin. Using "statistical analysis" to "catch someone" is absolute, utter bullshit and any faculty using this should be run through a statistics course and then fired. It proves nothing. Get up off of your fat arses and do your damned job. You can tell in under 5 minutes which students have studied and which haven't, just by talking to them, and this information is far more valuable than any statistical snake oil.
Contributions to society? Not helpful to profitability.
I'm not an economist and all I know is what I learned in the standard macro/microeconomics college level courses, so it's not really my place to answer this.
But I believe the whole idea is that 1) new ideas are "worth more" to people than the re-invention of the wheel and 2) people who individually manage their scarce resources will only spend money on things that they perceive have value. As an aggregate, this tends to favor selection (and thus ease of profitability) for items that people actually want (which I call beneficial to society), versus things that people don't want (which I call not beneficial to society). Of course the underlying assumption is that people are qualified to decide for themselves how to live although apparently this is not the case.
Where all of this gets distorted is in the monopoly/oligopoly situation, where you get the item the manufacturer wants to sell you or nothing at all, or in the government obligation situation where you have to get the item despite the fact that you don't want or need it at all, or in the situation of addictive drugs (cocaine, caffeine, etc) where people start spending money on them to avoid the withdrawal symptoms even when the actual pleasure gained from the drugs no longer exists.
I'm not really a capitalist, but economic theory makes sense. However like most theories it really has very little to do with the world we actually live in. And I agree that this world is very far from Nirvana or any other fictional plane of bliss.
Dunno, but I'm sure those redundant, pointless jobs will be added under someone's "and he created X jobs in 2011..." political campaign slogans. After all jobs with no purpose outside the job itself is the whole point of government, unlike economic efficiency where the jobs actually have to contribute something society deems as worthwhile.
Now to find jobs that completely undo what little these new jobs do, hmmm maybe on the environmental side of things...
That even pompous asses are right once in a while?
They're not designed to fly sideways. Can't say that American rockets fare any better in those circumstances.
Other than those two, and a few other mishaps,
So what you're saying is that if we exclude every event where things went wrong, the US has a perfect record?
Tell me something, do you work for the Federal Reserve?
Yeah sure blame the cover maker - but someone had to approve it.
Time to stop eating tomatoes, broccoli, and spinach
People taking coumadin shouldn't be eating too much broccoli and spinach anyway, you insensitive clod!
Step 1, get ISP's to block porn and have people "opt in"
Step 2, ISP's charge a fee for this "service"
Step 3, the government applies a "sin tax", so all people choosing to view porn have to pay the fee and the tax.
And yet the irresponsible government spending continues. It's far easier to find a new way to screw the people than to let the people screw in peace.
Rather than expose the full texts to the public (and themselves to copyright infringement)
But wait, I thought you were breaking the law just by scanning the books and creating unauthorized copies. Or is there a different law for corporations like Google?
Unfortunately everyone stopped caring about those controls in the late 1980's, and now a runaway chain reaction is underway.
This is Stanford. You can't expect them to be held up by trivial things like FACTS. The methodology sounds cool, so it passes peer review.
Nah it's self correcting. When the cars stop moving, people start dying (after all, many of those vehicles are transporting things essential to the sustenance of our overcrowded cities), there's less need for freight and more resources to go around again.
That companies will decline or fail in the future is not an argument against infrastructure expansion.
No, but the fact that around 70% of tweets are completely ignored should be telling them something about how effective their infrastructure investment is going to be.
But this data center is for twits.
Well if you want to split hairs, Internet Service Provider can mean anyone who provides any kind of service on the internet. Including small businesses, large enterprises, non profits and governments. So there. Now do you see why the lawyers will always win? :P
The only thing gleened from this is that he likes to be in the middle of controversy.
Thats not a good thing,
How is this different from Madonna going on stage in a bra, or Lady Gaga wearing, well, whatever the fuck crap she wears? Apparently it only bothers you when it clashes with your brainwashing.
Well I have the file, and so far no one has posted the password. Your point is moot since he has in fact been arrested.
Perhaps because it knows that there won't be any backlash. After all, a new season of is starting, the season is about to begin, and there's a hell of a lot more "democrat! republican! liberal! neocon! teabagger!" name calling to be done. The sheep are happy. Their savings are being inflated away right under their noses. The prices of their homes have stopped plummeting for now (although the same can't be said about actual value, since the dollar is worth much less). And there's always the fear of unemployment to keep them busy.
Nope, no backlash at all. Now get back to work before your house gets taken away.