The point of having the smart children in the same classes as the regular children is peer interaction. Just a couple of very talented students can raise the level of achievement for the entire class. There is a point for having honors and AP classes in high school. But every class and subject does not have to be separated. I did not require honors typing or even honors computer literature to get the basics.
Back in my college days I kept running into these rather large numbers... I like to call them "fat twos" so that for all practical purposes 2 + 2 ~= 5
My math instructors didn't really appreciate this. They got even more upset when I asked them how big or to quantify the size of a point on a graph. The old paradox that given a distance which you repeatedly travel half the distance, you will never cross the entire distance, but just get infinitely closer. But when I travel a distance, once the size of my "point", being the size of my foot (US Mens 12), I tend to reach my destination. But maybe my point, and my foot, is just "Extra big".
My wife 1.0 beta (way past the alpha years) recently spawned a child process. She takes some resources, but so far the experience has been well worthwhile.
Hmm, maybe I can try again to get her to cook/code me some grilled cheese. I know she has the algorithm and the resources, but she never seems to run that code.
The link above shows several Wowee flying toys, yes they have flying fairies too. The dragonfly got me cause it was flying with flapping wings. They do not come with cameras, but they claim to hover and fly for longer times than the one in the article.
I was on my first flight on an airplane and was excited and a bit nervous. I decide to read the book my wife gave me at the last minute for some reading material. The first line was, "I was going down fast..." regarding a crashing plane. My wife claims she had no idea of course. After the fact, I can appreciate the irony at least.
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The point of having the smart children in the same classes as the regular children is peer interaction. Just a couple of very talented students can raise the level of achievement for the entire class. There is a point for having honors and AP classes in high school. But every class and subject does not have to be separated. I did not require honors typing or even honors computer literature to get the basics.
Back in my college days I kept running into these rather large numbers... I like to call them "fat twos" so that for all practical purposes 2 + 2 ~= 5
My math instructors didn't really appreciate this. They got even more upset when I asked them how big or to quantify the size of a point on a graph. The old paradox that given a distance which you repeatedly travel half the distance, you will never cross the entire distance, but just get infinitely closer. But when I travel a distance, once the size of my "point", being the size of my foot (US Mens 12), I tend to reach my destination. But maybe my point, and my foot, is just "Extra big".
I believe you meant, "polishing a turd".
The correct lipstick references are "lipstick on a pig" and/or "lipstick on a pitbull".
Sure you can buy the most powerful handgun, .50 Auto Express. But don't expect it to be more powerful than even a moderate caliber rifle.
...unfortunately, he gave up on the first two!
Dude, you so need to get a Second Life!
Don't forget the hungry lions...
Would make a good movie theme for Tom Cruise actually!
You sure the petition isn't being run by Edvige themselves to help sign up demonstrators?
http://xkcd.com/250/
Just say not to flashturbation! It won't make you go blind, just make you wish you were.
If only Slashdot posts were like Privacy Agreements! Then I could edit them, at my discretion, on a later date.
Sure, but in a couple years or maybe a decade, we would see one of them being the new Democratic party nominee for President of the United States...
Forget Saturday, I want the rights to Monday...
as a defense mechanism!!
That just how college students make grilled cheese, when they don't have skillet and hot plate handy...
Not like they ever use those iron things on their clothes anyway.
Careful who you call a whipper-snapper, someone with a really low UID will pop out an any moment and teach you how the cow eats the cabbage!
the parent really meant to say, "Do you feel lucky punk!"
My wife 1.0 beta (way past the alpha years) recently spawned a child process. She takes some resources, but so far the experience has been well worthwhile.
Hmm, maybe I can try again to get her to cook/code me some grilled cheese. I know she has the algorithm and the resources, but she never seems to run that code.
All hail our cheese eating robotic overlords!
If I could write me a script that can make me a grilled cheese sandwich and I would very happy.
Don't Mase me bro!
Are we at war with Eurasia today?
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=wowwee%20flytech&search-type=best&tag=coffeeresearch102885-20&index=blended&link_code=qs
The link above shows several Wowee flying toys, yes they have flying fairies too. The dragonfly got me cause it was flying with flapping wings. They do not come with cameras, but they claim to hover and fly for longer times than the one in the article.
Slashdot sorts out unsavory individuals by modding their wicked humor up! +1 Funny
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"a bloody good bollocking for wandering off. Apparently I never wandered again."
I'd say I wouldn't run off again if my parents "whacked me in the nuts" when I did it the first time! Or does that have a different meaning elsewhere?
I was on my first flight on an airplane and was excited and a bit nervous. I decide to read the book my wife gave me at the last minute for some reading material. The first line was, "I was going down fast..." regarding a crashing plane. My wife claims she had no idea of course. After the fact, I can appreciate the irony at least.
I have been trying to pretend it was Friday all day!