"Schools contribute for the simple reason that people walk into kindergarten going "duh" and they come out with the ability to read, write, and do basic math (or go onto college)"
I knew the schools in the US were behind, but I didn't know it was this bad! We can hardly get this kind of results from high school graduates, much less kids completing kindergarten!
Blah blah, and they said giving students calculators to use in 6th - 8th grade would hurt our math skills.
They were just jealous they had to do their work by hand. And I got great math insights... see I have this theory that there are really some big or as I like to call them "fat 2" out there, where 2 + 2 ~= 5
If I had not had my calculator all them years, where would I have gotten great insights like that!
High or above average IQ is not a measure of "fitness" in the Darwinian model of evolution. An NBA star with 15+ children is more fit than a Nobel prize winning physicist with just one or two children.
A guy is sitting in a coffee shop. The waitress thinks he is cute and asks him out. The guy tells the waitress, "I am a gynecologist, you sure you still want to go out?". She says, "Sure, what is wrong with that?". He replies, "Well, let me put it this way, do you want to see another cup of coffee when you get home?".
Did you hear the implied, "Show me the money!" in the article?
What is more profitable for the DOJ, going after drug crimes/criminals and confiscating cash and cars or going after copyright violators, and giving any revenue generated to the RIAA?
The next batch of proposed laws will have to cut the DOJ in on a slice of the action. Maybe let them resell the confiscated servers or take the money found on/near the "criminals".
The "smart kid" will be asking probing questions and challenging the teacher to provide more information. The experience is shared by the whole class, or at least the portion paying attention. Teachers learn from the experience as well.
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Reasons not to download it: ...you can't get the Google Toolbar for it.
Surely this should have been in the "Reasons to download it" it section!
The part about needing multiple personalities reminded me of doublethink from 1984.
oh, car analogy, maybe he is a genius, or maybe he just likes to blow his own horn.
... but did you learn to click "Post Anonymously" next time?
Duck-->Quack-->SMACK!
can't say you didn't warn him!
"Schools contribute for the simple reason that people walk into kindergarten going "duh" and they come out with the ability to read, write, and do basic math (or go onto college)"
I knew the schools in the US were behind, but I didn't know it was this bad!
We can hardly get this kind of results from high school graduates, much less kids completing kindergarten!
That is how Frankenstein's monster got his head, it was bolted on later as an afterthought. And man was it an ugly hack!
... just run this executable to verify my identity and we are all set!
.... what was that?
AAAARRRRRGGGH!!!!! Zerg!
KABOOM!!!!!
Damn it, always lose my Science vessel when I need it the most.
Probably not, just a lucky bastard who wasn't in class or at work at the time.
... That is Chuck Norris!
And if Chuck Norris is behind you, it is too late, cause he is paging you with a roundhouse kick to the head!
I see that some of the other sharks/moderators have already bit you in the ass.
"memes can only go so far"...
Next you will say we should give up on Natalie in hot grits! Heresy!
... network neutrality, then we will know if we got screwed or not.
... that steak was so good I wouldn't mind meeting the cow, um er well too late I guess.
About 5-10 years from now
Me: Give me a '08 Fb795 ribeye please medium rare...
Waiter: An excellent choice, good vintage there.
Hey, we got the Fantastic Four, least according to the movie, because the shields DIDN'T work.
Sorry for the movie spoiler.
And how much foil do you have to wear on your head to kiss these friends?
Blah blah, and they said giving students calculators to use in 6th - 8th grade would hurt our math skills.
They were just jealous they had to do their work by hand. And I got great math insights... see I have this theory that there are really some big or as I like to call them "fat 2" out there, where 2 + 2 ~= 5
If I had not had my calculator all them years, where would I have gotten great insights like that!
High or above average IQ is not a measure of "fitness" in the Darwinian model of evolution.
An NBA star with 15+ children is more fit than a Nobel prize winning physicist with just one or two children.
Get off my lawn, whippersnapper!
I remember a similar situation, roughly paraphrased: "On my honour as a English gentleman, Napolean Bonaparte is dead."
Age old question, "Do the ends justify the means?".
Your in luck, there is in fact a World of Warcow level hidden in Diablo 2.
I got a wonderful 10 base HUB a phone vendor placed in my network. I keep it to scare other techies.
Was it Chandler bad or Ross bad?
A guy is sitting in a coffee shop. The waitress thinks he is cute and asks him out. The guy tells the waitress, "I am a gynecologist, you sure you still want to go out?". She says, "Sure, what is wrong with that?". He replies, "Well, let me put it this way, do you want to see another cup of coffee when you get home?".
Did you hear the implied, "Show me the money!" in the article?
What is more profitable for the DOJ, going after drug crimes/criminals and confiscating cash and cars or going after copyright violators, and giving any revenue generated to the RIAA?
The next batch of proposed laws will have to cut the DOJ in on a slice of the action. Maybe let them resell the confiscated servers or take the money found on/near the "criminals".
The "smart kid" will be asking probing questions and challenging the teacher to provide more information. The experience is shared by the whole class, or at least the portion paying attention. Teachers learn from the experience as well.