Yes, actually, it is. A meteorologist is someone who studies weather. It is an observational science. Weather is NOT climate, as it does not involve anything like the same principles of physics, chemistry, or biology, It is a fundamentally different scale.
then:
Me: Climatologists ARE meteorologists jackass. Take a look at Penn State's curriculum and classes if you doubt me.
You: Yes, of course they are. I did not deny that they weren't.
I went to Penn State. It is the best Meteorological school in the country and probably the world. A woman I dated in that curriculum was waist deep in fluid dynamics I seem to remember.
Climatologists ARE meteorologists jackass. Take a look at Penn State's curriculum and classes if you doubt me.
Grey is a meteorologist. It's not like he is a damned psychologist. Climate research is absolutely important in his work, and his view on their findings is likely better informed than say... Al Gore, a politician.
It is a little better. The people who are twirly eyed over the Wii do so based on eight characters: R e l i a b l e. The people who are twirly eyed over the PS3 are complete masochists that likely enjoy putting their own testicles in a vice.
I can't remember a better launch. There are a lot of systems, a killer ap, a diverse set of titles... The only thing missing is the ad campaign, but looking at their current DS push, Nintendo's ad agency is much more savvy than they were at the start of the GameCube's life. They are spending money advertising games that were released last year. It was not so long ago that Nintendo would barely spend money for upcoming games.
A good start does not guarantee future success, but it sure as hell can't hurt.
The launch for the DS was supposed to be 2 Mil worldwide (Japan + NA) by the end of 2004, but Nintendo revised the totals in December (they dropped a bunch of money to get a 3rd factory online) and actually shipped 2.5-2.8 million. I'd expect that the 4 million number is again a conservative estimate. I wouldn't be surprised if 5-6 Million actually reach shelves by the end of 2006.
You can't afford one (I'm sorry, I truly am, I wish everyone could have an iPod), that does suck. But to literally "whine" about it seems, well, childish. Just let it go man. The iPods are great for what they do. They really are. They are small, have good battery life, the NANO's and Shuffles do not use hard drives, connect seamlessly to the best music purchasing site on the planet, and is easy enough for my Grandma to use. Done.
No. My response is to the rabid evangelism. Most people would be perfectly happy with a SanDisk if they didn't worry about showing it to my friends. I could afford a iPod, but why bother. There is nothing it has that I want over mine. In fact, my DAP comes with a voice mic standard, and as a comedian that has come in handy more than once.
Your grandma is a retard if she cant use a SanDisk. Sorry.
But can it play music from the iTunes Music Store?
Who the fuck cares? I never have used it, and I never will.
But can it interface with a car stereo, and have the car's controls work? An iPod can, but every other DAP can't because automakers are standardizing on the iPod's dock connector and control protocol.
Can I afford a car that has this?... no. My standard $10 Portable CD player to tape deck adapter works fine though.
But does it include an easy way to find the song you want to play? Can it synchronize its playlists with your desktop jukebox program? Can it use "smart" playlists?
With 512 MB of flash memory, I put my own playlists together, and it is pretty elementary to thumb through. Before you talk about how much more space an iPod has, remember these three things:
1) I do not have close to 30 GB of music. 2) I may have 2GB of music I want to access more than occasionally. I don't keep 20 GB of dead weight on my DAP. 3) 8 hours of music is plenty long enough for anything I do.
Let me ask you a few questions:
1) Does your iPod use standard USB/mini-USB connections on the DAP itself, or do you have to pay for some propriatary connection?
2) Can you replace your battery?
3) Can you use regular alkalines if you get stuck without your AC adapter to recharge?
4) Did you pay more than $50?
I wasn't going to buy a DAP until they got under $50, and I will not buy a DAP with a hard drive. iPods are ridiculous. They are simply status symbols, and their price far outpaces their utility.
My DAP plays... music. Accessories include: nearly any pair of headphones, any speakers that can plug into a 1/8" jack, a standard mini-USB to USB cable. Cost $50. My DAP is better than any iPod. Interface includes such complex buttons as Play/Pause and Vol Up. Hurray SanDisk!
SAT is not supposed to require Trigonometry. I feel it is helpful, but you don't really need it. The key to the math is to know the tricks. It is easiest to get practice tests and see the tricks for yourself. Most mistakes I see (from people who know the math) result from not reading the questions carefully enough and not knowing what to do with a given figure.
- Beware the words "figure not drawn to scale." In many cases, you will want to draw your own, more accurate figure.
- Know basic math terms like: mean, median, mode, prime factor, prime number, midpoint, bisect, etc.
- I know the test gives them to you, but know the area of simple shapes and the special triangles (45-45-90, 30-60-90, 3-4-5, 5-12-13) by heart.
- Look for the special triangles. They will pop up when you don't expect them.
- Any side of a triangle must be greater than the difference of the other two sides and less than the sum of the other two sides. (Seems like common sense, but people cramp on this on under pressure.)
- Remember that finding xy or (x + y) does not necessarily require you to find x or y individually. Additionally, remember that (x + y)^2 has a 2xy term.
- If you get an answer you are sure is right but does not show up in the choices, look to see if there is a way to simplify it or combine terms.
- 1 is not a prime number.
- Grid-In questions have no penalty for guesses. Grid 0 if you don't know.
- The grid-in grid only handles 4 digits. A "." or "/" takes one of those spaces.
- Read carefully!
- Mark the test up!
This isn't exhaustive by any means, and I'm just writing these from the top of my head. Math is what I know best, and I have to catch a bus this morning, but I will post some tips for the rest in this thread if I have time.
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This shit must infuriate people with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
In my opinion, NWN was a broken snorefest. What experience I had with KOTOR wasn't much better. At least it was less broken. The Geek crowd is so desperate for certain franchises that they will elevate passable games to some sort of legend status. BioWare sells the sizzle. Blizzard sells the steak.
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Yes, actually, it is. A meteorologist is someone who studies weather. It is an observational science. Weather is NOT climate, as it does not involve anything like the same principles of physics, chemistry, or biology, It is a fundamentally different scale.
then:
Me: Climatologists ARE meteorologists jackass. Take a look at Penn State's curriculum and classes if you doubt me.
You: Yes, of course they are. I did not deny that they weren't.
I repeat: Jackass.
I went to Penn State. It is the best Meteorological school in the country and probably the world. A woman I dated in that curriculum was waist deep in fluid dynamics I seem to remember.
Climatologists ARE meteorologists jackass. Take a look at Penn State's curriculum and classes if you doubt me.
Grey is a meteorologist. It's not like he is a damned psychologist. Climate research is absolutely important in his work, and his view on their findings is likely better informed than say... Al Gore, a politician.
I have a DVD player. I have a stereo. I have a PC with good speakers. Why do I need a PS3 or a XBOX 360 for anything other than games?
Save all turn based or traditional RPG suggestions till last, because you will probably be able to play them no matter what.
It is a little better. The people who are twirly eyed over the Wii do so based on eight characters: R e l i a b l e. The people who are twirly eyed over the PS3 are complete masochists that likely enjoy putting their own testicles in a vice.
Yeah, but Belgum beers, Firefly, art, and that little place suck.
We're talking about the Wii here. Stay on topic.
Too bad we can't get 100,000 letters supporting science.
Aside from the rah-rah SETI nuts, the general public doesn't give a damn about radio astronomy.
I can't remember a better launch. There are a lot of systems, a killer ap, a diverse set of titles... The only thing missing is the ad campaign, but looking at their current DS push, Nintendo's ad agency is much more savvy than they were at the start of the GameCube's life. They are spending money advertising games that were released last year. It was not so long ago that Nintendo would barely spend money for upcoming games.
A good start does not guarantee future success, but it sure as hell can't hurt.
I think this will be their fatal flaw for next gen console rave.
I don't know. The PS3 has a very low ecstasy to glow stick ratio.
The launch for the DS was supposed to be 2 Mil worldwide (Japan + NA) by the end of 2004, but Nintendo revised the totals in December (they dropped a bunch of money to get a 3rd factory online) and actually shipped 2.5-2.8 million. I'd expect that the 4 million number is again a conservative estimate. I wouldn't be surprised if 5-6 Million actually reach shelves by the end of 2006.
You can't afford one (I'm sorry, I truly am, I wish everyone could have an iPod), that does suck. But to literally "whine" about it seems, well, childish. Just let it go man. The iPods are great for what they do. They really are. They are small, have good battery life, the NANO's and Shuffles do not use hard drives, connect seamlessly to the best music purchasing site on the planet, and is easy enough for my Grandma to use. Done.
No. My response is to the rabid evangelism. Most people would be perfectly happy with a SanDisk if they didn't worry about showing it to my friends. I could afford a iPod, but why bother. There is nothing it has that I want over mine. In fact, my DAP comes with a voice mic standard, and as a comedian that has come in handy more than once.
Your grandma is a retard if she cant use a SanDisk. Sorry.
But can it play music from the iTunes Music Store?
... no. My standard $10 Portable CD player to tape deck adapter works fine though.
Who the fuck cares? I never have used it, and I never will.
But can it interface with a car stereo, and have the car's controls work? An iPod can, but every other DAP can't because automakers are standardizing on the iPod's dock connector and control protocol.
Can I afford a car that has this?
But does it include an easy way to find the song you want to play? Can it synchronize its playlists with your desktop jukebox program? Can it use "smart" playlists?
With 512 MB of flash memory, I put my own playlists together, and it is pretty elementary to thumb through. Before you talk about how much more space an iPod has, remember these three things:
1) I do not have close to 30 GB of music.
2) I may have 2GB of music I want to access more than occasionally. I don't keep 20 GB of dead weight on my DAP.
3) 8 hours of music is plenty long enough for anything I do.
Let me ask you a few questions:
1) Does your iPod use standard USB/mini-USB connections on the DAP itself, or do you have to pay for some propriatary connection?
2) Can you replace your battery?
3) Can you use regular alkalines if you get stuck without your AC adapter to recharge?
4) Did you pay more than $50?
I wasn't going to buy a DAP until they got under $50, and I will not buy a DAP with a hard drive. iPods are ridiculous. They are simply status symbols, and their price far outpaces their utility.
My DAP plays... music. Accessories include: nearly any pair of headphones, any speakers that can plug into a 1/8" jack, a standard mini-USB to USB cable. Cost $50. My DAP is better than any iPod. Interface includes such complex buttons as Play/Pause and Vol Up. Hurray SanDisk!
Dude...
that is fucking GENIUS!
Mega Man and Street Fighter sequels.
Don't get me wrong. Capcom makes the occasional brilliant game, but they have been far more miss than hit over the last decade.
Seconded. Why is that modded funny?
It's OK. You can jump on my wagon. The -weasel suffix IS awesome. It's about time you people figured it out.
They claim people are suckered into close seconds for sentence completion. Well, I've tried it and I'm not. Those "other people" are just stupid.
You are an elitist tool.
Math
SAT is not supposed to require Trigonometry. I feel it is helpful, but you don't really need it. The key to the math is to know the tricks. It is easiest to get practice tests and see the tricks for yourself. Most mistakes I see (from people who know the math) result from not reading the questions carefully enough and not knowing what to do with a given figure.
- Beware the words "figure not drawn to scale." In many cases, you will want to draw your own, more accurate figure.
- Know basic math terms like: mean, median, mode, prime factor, prime number, midpoint, bisect, etc.
- I know the test gives them to you, but know the area of simple shapes and the special triangles (45-45-90, 30-60-90, 3-4-5, 5-12-13) by heart.
- Look for the special triangles. They will pop up when you don't expect them.
- Any side of a triangle must be greater than the difference of the other two sides and less than the sum of the other two sides. (Seems like common sense, but people cramp on this on under pressure.)
- Remember that finding xy or (x + y) does not necessarily require you to find x or y individually. Additionally, remember that (x + y)^2 has a 2xy term.
- If you get an answer you are sure is right but does not show up in the choices, look to see if there is a way to simplify it or combine terms.
- 1 is not a prime number.
- Grid-In questions have no penalty for guesses. Grid 0 if you don't know.
- The grid-in grid only handles 4 digits. A "." or "/" takes one of those spaces.
- Read carefully!
- Mark the test up!
This isn't exhaustive by any means, and I'm just writing these from the top of my head. Math is what I know best, and I have to catch a bus this morning, but I will post some tips for the rest in this thread if I have time.
This shit must infuriate people with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
I don't have any mod points, but know I would have given you -1 flamebait.
Of course they question the Wii. They always question the Wii. They are a broken record.
They also eat babies.
In my opinion, NWN was a broken snorefest. What experience I had with KOTOR wasn't much better. At least it was less broken. The Geek crowd is so desperate for certain franchises that they will elevate passable games to some sort of legend status. BioWare sells the sizzle. Blizzard sells the steak.