"the transformation of living that we're just beginning to see from the deciphering of the genome? " What the? The human genome project is a cool way to spend a humongous pile of cash. And it'll help things along. But don't buy the hype train being spewed out to justify spending all that money and time. There's no revolution coming down the pipeline due to the HGP.
Murphy's? MURPHY'S? My friend, please reconsider. Guinness is second to no stout. Although, I'd rather drink a nice Pin Tail from Bridgeport in Portland.
Yeah, right. Here's a old nerdy science joke: We have a mathematician, physicist and an engineer. A fire erupts in the house.
The physicist walking in to the room, sees the fire, does some calculations, gets a bucket of water and dumps it on the fire. With the last drop of water the fire goes out.
The engineer walking in to the room, looks at the fire, grabs the biggest possible bucket, fills it full of water and dumps it on the fire, soaking the entire room, ruining furniture and electronics.
The mathematician looks at the fire, looks at the bucket, looks back at the fire, scribbles down some thoughts, rubs his chin and slowly nods "It's possible."
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This is idiotic. Anyone who wants to compare Rowling to Tolstoy, Bernhardt, Hardy or any serious fiction is missing the point. It's a book for a certain age group. An age group that is just being introduced to larger books where they have to follow a story for a longer time. Most kids aren't reading War and Peace in 7th and 8th grade or The Lord of the Rings in 4th and 5th. Calling Harry Potter "high art" doesn't make sense, but neither does comparing it to American Idol or Celine Dion. I do happen to think it will become something like The Hobbit, C.S. Lewis' Narnia series, Susan Cooper or other comparable fiction (notice Beverly Cleary isn't on that list). There's no need to apologize for a book that sold 80 copies a second on BN.com. Cheers you old curmudgeon. Gideon
You should definitely read 4 and 5 then. It seems like she's keeping up with the kids who originally started reading them. The first 3 are much simpler and romper roomish. i.e. Nothing too terrible ever happens, everything is reversible. In the 4th and 5th the story gets more serious. The spectrum of the book broadens and the themes become much more heavy. IMHO they are easily as good as anything C.S. Lewis wrote. They remind me of a younger version of the Susan Cooper The Dark is Rising series (great books for anyone who enjoys Harry Potter, less silliness more heavy duty).
Where in the name of tech nowhere do you work? You only know 2 people who own PDAs?
But even that doesn't matter. Are you suggesting that the PDA market doesn't exist because you only know 2 people who own one? How do you know it's not a common problem? Only rich people? Are you absolutely high? I'm sure only rich people have cell phones as well? And PDA's? Hell, I haven't seen homeless people with laptops, only rich people must have them. Jesus dude, sit back and think for a little bit before you post.
Traditional classroom: Instructor works through some problems during class, talks about theory, etc. Assigns homework. You turn it in. Little to no conversation with your fellow students on these assignments, as it's considered to be cheating.
I'm not sure what college you went to but this wasn't the case at either of the 2 colleges I attended (CWRU and a tiny liberal arts school in the middle of nowhere).
DO NOT BUY THE VIDEOGAME! I checked it out at E3 last week. It's terrible. Some of the worst animations I've ever seen. Holy crap is it bad. Another Shiny special. 47 million dollars worth of crap.
As you mentioned earlier, the number one problem with self-taught folks is not knowing what they don't know. Most of the self-taught folks that I've worked with seem to be somewhat insecure because they don't have a degree which makes them unable to admit when they are wrong. Additionally, having a theoretical understanding helps.
Cool, plumbers make good money and have job security. As a famous plumber once said: "I'm not a cog, I'm an independent contractor." All I can say is: hell yeah.
I can't believe you got mod points for that bunch of bullshit. Journalistic detachment? What a load. Jesus. Much of the world is more honest than our national press corps. To call them detached is laughable. Fox news, while repugnant, is arguably the only honest news channel in the US. They at least admit they're right wing.
Additionally, if you knew anything about journalism beyond this drivel you would understand that McManus' in no way failed. If you read the New Yorker, or The NYT Magazine, or Harper's, or any other longer form magazine you'll see pieces where the author understands that they are a participant as well as observer.
As an American (not that I am particularly happy with this country right now), I have always believed that anyone can become president, a CEO, whatever they want.
You must be living in a different America then I. Anyone can become president? Unless you're black, or asian, or latino, or poor. CEO? I like your style, but your not paying attention if you believe that crap.
You should also talk to someone about the potential problems when selling your house with the home office. I've heard of folks having some issues due to differences between selling business property and a home.
Of course now that it has been thoroughly proven that relaxing the gun laws so a small fraction of the population is carrying concealed at any given time REDUCES both crime and violence, and this fact is beginning to penetrate the general awareness, such a program is counter-productive.
WTF? Thoroughly proven? Fact? I think you're using those terms in the same way that Congress shitheads try to base laws on "Sound Science." Which they wouldn't recognize if it bit them on the ass. This is by no means even remotely proven or proved or whatever.
It's not a great comparison since GSM covers the entire spectrum of protocols used to support mobile operation (interoperation of HLRs, VLRs, MSCs, blah, blah, blah). AND, EIA/TIA-41 sucks butt compared to GSM (yes that's technical terminology).
That bit of pedanticism aside the portion of GSM which is the same as IS-95 and CDMA 2k is definitely inferior to CDMA.
Uhhh, I know SIP, H.323, SS7, EIA/TIA 41, IS-136 and IS-95 + plus a shit load of other telecom related acronyms (and I've actually worked with the protocols). Finding a job was a pain in the ass and finally I ended up working on PS2 games. I'd rather be doing telecom but it's a job and I get paid. Hopefully, I'll see fat royalties as well. If anyone out there (especially in Europe) wants a US citizen with mucho experience in telecom (including on site CO troubleshooting) and video games send me a note.
Its wasn't just larger, it actually had nations that contributed something. We have 37 useless nations. Thanks Eritrea, and you to Bulgaria. Oh yeah can't forget Georgia, hell we should have Chechnya as well. Maybe Mongolia will join and really give an air of authority to this whole thing.
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"the transformation of living that we're just beginning to see from the deciphering of the genome? "
What the? The human genome project is a cool way to spend a humongous pile of cash. And it'll help things along. But don't buy the hype train being spewed out to justify spending all that money and time. There's no revolution coming down the pipeline due to the HGP.
And German union work rules are less stringent (and cheaper) than the UAW. I think not my friend.
Right, I also have a lovely bridge you might be interested in purchasing.
Ummm no, sorry, you're wrong. The governemnt isn't funding homeland security. Actually they're underfunding homeland security. This pathetic administration only funds items that are politically expedient. For example: they wanted to slash the air marshall program due to budget considerations. Here's the meat of it. The threat comes just as the federal government has started to trim the nation's new airport security agency, by cutting the number of security screeners and other resources. Just one day before the memo was distributed, an official with the undercover Federal Air Marshal Service canceled what are considered some of the most vulnerable flight missions because they required marshals to spend nights in hotels, as well as cut training for Washington-area agents next month. The official cited "monetary considerations," according to an e-mail obtained by The Washington Post. The real talent being? Tom Ridge? I'm not sure who you're talking about.
Here's an older story on underfunding homeland security
Murphy's? MURPHY'S? My friend, please reconsider. Guinness is second to no stout. Although, I'd rather drink a nice Pin Tail from Bridgeport in Portland.
Yeah, right. Here's a old nerdy science joke:
We have a mathematician, physicist and an engineer. A fire erupts in the house.
The physicist walking in to the room, sees the fire, does some calculations, gets a bucket of water and dumps it on the fire. With the last drop of water the fire goes out.
The engineer walking in to the room, looks at the fire, grabs the biggest possible bucket, fills it full of water and dumps it on the fire, soaking the entire room, ruining furniture and electronics.
The mathematician looks at the fire, looks at the bucket, looks back at the fire, scribbles down some thoughts, rubs his chin and slowly nods "It's possible."
Yeah, he probably doesn't know shit
This is idiotic. Anyone who wants to compare Rowling to Tolstoy, Bernhardt, Hardy or any serious fiction is missing the point. It's a book for a certain age group. An age group that is just being introduced to larger books where they have to follow a story for a longer time. Most kids aren't reading War and Peace in 7th and 8th grade or The Lord of the Rings in 4th and 5th. Calling Harry Potter "high art" doesn't make sense, but neither does comparing it to American Idol or Celine Dion. I do happen to think it will become something like The Hobbit, C.S. Lewis' Narnia series, Susan Cooper or other comparable fiction (notice Beverly Cleary isn't on that list). There's no need to apologize for a book that sold 80 copies a second on BN.com. Cheers you old curmudgeon.
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You should definitely read 4 and 5 then. It seems like she's keeping up with the kids who originally started reading them. The first 3 are much simpler and romper roomish. i.e. Nothing too terrible ever happens, everything is reversible. In the 4th and 5th the story gets more serious. The spectrum of the book broadens and the themes become much more heavy. IMHO they are easily as good as anything C.S. Lewis wrote. They remind me of a younger version of the Susan Cooper The Dark is Rising series (great books for anyone who enjoys Harry Potter, less silliness more heavy duty).
If you're in the US: The nokia 3650 is $0 after rebates at Amazon right now. Before the rebates it's $399.
Where in the name of tech nowhere do you work? You only know 2 people who own PDAs?
But even that doesn't matter. Are you suggesting that the PDA market doesn't exist because you only know 2 people who own one? How do you know it's not a common problem? Only rich people? Are you absolutely high? I'm sure only rich people have cell phones as well? And PDA's? Hell, I haven't seen homeless people with laptops, only rich people must have them. Jesus dude, sit back and think for a little bit before you post.
Traditional classroom: Instructor works through some problems during class, talks about theory, etc. Assigns homework. You turn it in. Little to no conversation with your fellow students on these assignments, as it's considered to be cheating.
I'm not sure what college you went to but this wasn't the case at either of the 2 colleges I attended (CWRU and a tiny liberal arts school in the middle of nowhere).
Everyone who uses a IDS should be required to read: paper
DO NOT BUY THE VIDEOGAME! I checked it out at E3 last week. It's terrible. Some of the worst animations I've ever seen. Holy crap is it bad. Another Shiny special. 47 million dollars worth of crap.
As you mentioned earlier, the number one problem with self-taught folks is not knowing what they don't know. Most of the self-taught folks that I've worked with seem to be somewhat insecure because they don't have a degree which makes them unable to admit when they are wrong. Additionally, having a theoretical understanding helps.
Cool, plumbers make good money and have job security. As a famous plumber once said: "I'm not a cog, I'm an independent contractor." All I can say is: hell yeah.
I can't believe you got mod points for that bunch of bullshit. Journalistic detachment? What a load. Jesus. Much of the world is more honest than our national press corps. To call them detached is laughable. Fox news, while repugnant, is arguably the only honest news channel in the US. They at least admit they're right wing.
Additionally, if you knew anything about journalism beyond this drivel you would understand that McManus' in no way failed. If you read the New Yorker, or The NYT Magazine, or Harper's, or any other longer form magazine you'll see pieces where the author understands that they are a participant as well as observer.
Give them a couple of bad beats and you'll start getting some more respect.
You must be living in a different America then I. Anyone can become president? Unless you're black, or asian, or latino, or poor. CEO? I like your style, but your not paying attention if you believe that crap.
You should also talk to someone about the potential problems when selling your house with the home office. I've heard of folks having some issues due to differences between selling business property and a home.
WTF? Thoroughly proven? Fact? I think you're using those terms in the same way that Congress shitheads try to base laws on "Sound Science." Which they wouldn't recognize if it bit them on the ass. This is by no means even remotely proven or proved or whatever.
It's not a great comparison since GSM covers the entire spectrum of protocols used to support mobile operation (interoperation of HLRs, VLRs, MSCs, blah, blah, blah). AND, EIA/TIA-41 sucks butt compared to GSM (yes that's technical terminology).
That bit of pedanticism aside the portion of GSM which is the same as IS-95 and CDMA 2k is definitely inferior to CDMA.
No, he's being pragmatic.
Uhhh, I know SIP, H.323, SS7, EIA/TIA 41, IS-136 and IS-95 + plus a shit load of other telecom related acronyms (and I've actually worked with the protocols). Finding a job was a pain in the ass and finally I ended up working on PS2 games. I'd rather be doing telecom but it's a job and I get paid. Hopefully, I'll see fat royalties as well. If anyone out there (especially in Europe) wants a US citizen with mucho experience in telecom (including on site CO troubleshooting) and video games send me a note.
Its wasn't just larger, it actually had nations that contributed something. We have 37 useless nations. Thanks Eritrea, and you to Bulgaria. Oh yeah can't forget Georgia, hell we should have Chechnya as well. Maybe Mongolia will join and really give an air of authority to this whole thing.