I'm on the U.S. Do-Not-Call register, and I've received no sales calls since then. However, nonprofits, and anyone with whom you have a business relationship are exempt. But nobody is supposed to make business calls after 9PM on weekdays, or (I think) any time on Sundays. Just because telemarketers are blocked doesn't mean you won't hear from your lenders or local fire department selling you charity ball tickets.
If a politician can spend an entire term in office using perfect grammar, in a foreign language, then they just might have understanding and justification to complain about improperly written code. People can't wait for the perfect solution to waltz along for them to pick. What would prevent some programmer from saying a flaw doesn't exist in the software, but in the protocol upon which the software relies? All I see is careless reasoning by someone granted more power than their capacity to understand the problem. Such is politics, I suppose.
Your spouse is one of the authors? Cronyism!
That is the right buzzword for politics these days, isn't it?
Are you sure the the mission's android isn't instead an acronym for C ronyism I n N ews of D ubious I ntegrity
?
Kidding, kidding! Okay, 85% kidding. But aren't the "smart kids" they want to reach with this project the ones who will see right through an obvious plot to make learning fun? A whole lot of kids I know would rather "call B.S." than actually learn when faced with being "tricked" into learning. Why would they expect this project to just...work? What's the childhood psychology behind it? I'd like to believe it has a chance of success, but for now it only seems like it was done because of its cool-factor.
I'm a Massachusetts taxpayer, and I am quite pleased to see my tax dollars going to fund something which will be quite useful down the road. The cost is trivial compared to what was lost through the Big Dig cronyism. Priorities, people!
The Micro$oft pages have a "Was this information useful?" button at the bottom of the page.
I voted no. Then it asked me WHY the information wasn't useful, and I voted "Not what I am looking for" That sums up IE pretty nicely, no?:D
What I really am interested in knowing is how much DRM "technology" is active, and why beta-testers would inflict that on themselves.
You kick puppies, don't you?
Rather than telling everyone they're stupid and should die accordingly, perhaps (gasp!) just live with it and do your part to help or at least stay unaffected. *hug*
David Tammet (from Kent, UK) was recently on a Discovery Channel special titled "Brain Man" -- he's much like Kim Peek (who he meets during the documentary), but he can clearly articulate what is happening inside his head... "how" he sees numbers and patterns.
Speaking of puzzles, NPR had this year's crossword champion... if anyone wants to do 8 crosswords a day as their "training regimen" you might have a shot.
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I'm on the U.S. Do-Not-Call register, and I've received no sales calls since then. However, nonprofits, and anyone with whom you have a business relationship are exempt. But nobody is supposed to make business calls after 9PM on weekdays, or (I think) any time on Sundays. Just because telemarketers are blocked doesn't mean you won't hear from your lenders or local fire department selling you charity ball tickets.
You're the Owner of a Lonely Heart.
Split the coins into two groups of twenty-five. Put the coins on their edges. 0 coins in each pile are heads-up.
If a politician can spend an entire term in office using perfect grammar, in a foreign language, then they just might have understanding and justification to complain about improperly written code. People can't wait for the perfect solution to waltz along for them to pick. What would prevent some programmer from saying a flaw doesn't exist in the software, but in the protocol upon which the software relies? All I see is careless reasoning by someone granted more power than their capacity to understand the problem. Such is politics, I suppose.
Did anyone else read "Hamtaro" instead of "Nantero?"
I can see how hamsters would be good at nanotechnology. Rock on.
Your spouse is one of the authors? Cronyism!
That is the right buzzword for politics these days, isn't it?
Are you sure the the mission's android isn't instead an acronym for
C ronyism
I n
N ews of
D ubious
I ntegrity
?
Kidding, kidding! Okay, 85% kidding. But aren't the "smart kids" they want to reach with this project the ones who will see right through an obvious plot to make learning fun? A whole lot of kids I know would rather "call B.S." than actually learn when faced with being "tricked" into learning. Why would they expect this project to just...work? What's the childhood psychology behind it? I'd like to believe it has a chance of success, but for now it only seems like it was done because of its cool-factor.
does it run on Windows?
*ducks*
Praise god for this Intelligent Design! A great step in the evolution of beer mugs!
I'm a Massachusetts taxpayer, and I am quite pleased to see my tax dollars going to fund something which will be quite useful down the road. The cost is trivial compared to what was lost through the Big Dig cronyism. Priorities, people!
hur hur... mass destruction...
So many replies use the phrase "stealing bandwidth" in this case, yet when they use their neighbor's wireless router, they call it "fair game."
This scenario might certainly help people question and shape their own ethics when they see the inconsistency... at least I hope so.
Where's my +1 Wand of Funny when I need it?
Want a rod harder than diamond? German physicists have teamed up with Viagr...
The Micro$oft pages have a "Was this information useful?" button at the bottom of the page. :D
I voted no. Then it asked me WHY the information wasn't useful, and I voted "Not what I am looking for" That sums up IE pretty nicely, no?
What I really am interested in knowing is how much DRM "technology" is active, and why beta-testers would inflict that on themselves.
I find your sig...
...amusingly prophetic.
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. -- Goethe"
You kick puppies, don't you? Rather than telling everyone they're stupid and should die accordingly, perhaps (gasp!) just live with it and do your part to help or at least stay unaffected. *hug*
David Tammet (from Kent, UK) was recently on a Discovery Channel special titled "Brain Man" -- he's much like Kim Peek (who he meets during the documentary), but he can clearly articulate what is happening inside his head... "how" he sees numbers and patterns. Speaking of puzzles, NPR had this year's crossword champion... if anyone wants to do 8 crosswords a day as their "training regimen" you might have a shot.