Based on what I learned at uni, in the UK, if you actually know any physics or chemistry, you can be arrested for "having information likely to be of use to a terrorist".
My two most useful O Levels were woodwork and Latin.
Woodwork enabled me to make things, even if I have not made anything more complicated than an IKEA flatpack in years,
Latin because I can guess what the signs mean in most Eurpoean and African countries.
My son has learned perfectly good IT skills at the "University of Google". althought the fact that his grandmother was a programmer on IBM mainframes in the 1960's probably did no harm.
I taught him plumbing myself, and my brother taught him
chicken plucking.
Whatever you think..taxes should not be used for behavioral manipulations.
Actually, most democratic people think taxes are the best way to "steer the ship of state" in the direction the voters wish it to go.
Of course some people believe it is the job of the state to wreck itself on the rocks "if God wills it", while others believe that the government should actually row the ship of state.
While you presumably believe in "the right to arm bears" and have school room massacres so the gun manufacturers can get rich, some people dont agree with you.
No - insurance PRETENDS to fill this role, and then uses the large pool of cash it gains access to to cruelly exploit the weak.
I am not opposed to insurance as a concept - but it will only work with strong state regulation to contain its excesses.
Obviously I do not live in America, where exploiting the weak is considered a virtuous act and to be applauded, especially if it makes you rich. Most bizarely, this belief seems to be as strong in the exploited as in everyone else..
Here in Europe, most people know (often from the experience of close family) that, while they, personally, may be strong now, they could easily be weak tomorrow. Those that don't believe this were given too free a rein lately - and now we are in a mess.
OTOH, if it comes with one app that enables the user's village to sell a week's production for $35 more than they would have done without, its party time for the whole village!
Like most Americans, you have no grasp of European culture whatever. We see you lot, especially Chuck Norris, as some kind of primative wild beast. We expect grown-ups, and in most cases, children also, to resolve problems without resort to violence.
WW1 may have been a bit like that in some places, but WWII was not. Not sure about "alpha males" but the "smart guys" were generally not posted to the front. but had managerial roles that made them too important to be put in risky places. The people who went to the front line were not those who could not get out of the draft like in Vietnam, but those who, once drafted, were of no special skill or training waranting them being used in a specialised role.
This is hardly new - I think you will find it dates back to at least before the 1980's. The "Open API" model was used by both the Apple ][ and the original IBM PC - and it made them very successful. I am pretty sure it was not new at the time, but others may be able to confirm that.
If 3D doenst give you a headache, cahnces are you are failry young and have not had an occupation where you move physically in space. For people who ride horses, or fly planes, and to some extent even truck drivers, major stress results from 3S. This is a consequence of the difference between focussing on the screen (needed to resolve the picture) and focusing on the logical position of the subject matter. An experienced brain knows this difference "represents a life threatening error" and has the horrors.
That is why 3D failed in the 1950's, 1980's and will fail this time - it is just completely incompatible with a good human interface!
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Maybe not, But they are the things that to motivate kids to go there!
Based on what I learned at uni, in the UK, if you actually know any physics or chemistry, you can be arrested for "having information likely to be of use to a terrorist".
Or you could just use LibreOffice and avoid the learning curve.
You aer ignoring the emissions produced while making the battery!
Or youn could teach them how it wasn't: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006QMT7FA
It can also put a lot of good mechanics out of work.
Woodwork enabled me to make things, even if I have not made anything more complicated than an IKEA flatpack in years,
Latin because I can guess what the signs mean in most Eurpoean and African countries.
My son has learned perfectly good IT skills at the "University of Google". althought the fact that his grandmother was a programmer on IBM mainframes in the 1960's probably did no harm.
I taught him plumbing myself, and my brother taught him chicken plucking.
Frank Zappa was right: Schools prevent learning!
Forget the principles, if you want a politician with two first names: vote for Ron Jeremy
Actually, most democratic people think taxes are the best way to "steer the ship of state" in the direction the voters wish it to go.
Of course some people believe it is the job of the state to wreck itself on the rocks "if God wills it", while others believe that the government should actually row the ship of state.
While you presumably believe in "the right to arm bears" and have school room massacres so the gun manufacturers can get rich, some people dont agree with you.
I am not opposed to insurance as a concept - but it will only work with strong state regulation to contain its excesses.
Obviously I do not live in America, where exploiting the weak is considered a virtuous act and to be applauded, especially if it makes you rich. Most bizarely, this belief seems to be as strong in the exploited as in everyone else..
Here in Europe, most people know (often from the experience of close family) that, while they, personally, may be strong now, they could easily be weak tomorrow. Those that don't believe this were given too free a rein lately - and now we are in a mess.
I would vote for this!
Rats? Why do you think I let my cat use the keyboard - it is not just to accept EULA's, you know!
Just dont espect to get an honest answer.
You might have noticed bankruptsies are running at a high level at the moment.
Now get off my lawn
Thenew law is a menace - where you only require the light for a short period, infrequently, incandescent is the right answer!
Some of you need to get out more!
I still remember running Unix on a 2MHz VAX. I believe it supported 64 users theoretically, and about 20 in practice. (No GUI, of course).
Thats fixed it for you!
WW1 may have been a bit like that in some places, but WWII was not. Not sure about "alpha males" but the "smart guys" were generally not posted to the front. but had managerial roles that made them too important to be put in risky places. The people who went to the front line were not those who could not get out of the draft like in Vietnam, but those who, once drafted, were of no special skill or training waranting them being used in a specialised role.
I wouldn't worry - in WWII 35,000 round were fired for each person killed!
This is hardly new - I think you will find it dates back to at least before the 1980's. The "Open API" model was used by both the Apple ][ and the original IBM PC - and it made them very successful. I am pretty sure it was not new at the time, but others may be able to confirm that.
CGI makes my brain hurt even if not 3D! That is why I stopped going to the movies (well, that and my dietician banning popcorn!)
That is why 3D failed in the 1950's, 1980's and will fail this time - it is just completely incompatible with a good human interface!
Featuring Chuck Norris?