"If someone is redeemable, then hopefully they themselves or their family with interdict and get them out before they get killed or kill someone."
Did you mean to say "will intervene"? because as it stands that sentence made no sense at all. I'm not trying to be a grammar or spelling nazi, I just honestly am not sure where you were going with that.
Aside from that, I can only partially agree with what you are saying. There certainly are BAD people, but it's not necessarily the crack-smuggling kids on the street that are the worst. What about the white -collar criminals that are stealing from the people and causing much of the poor conditions these kids live in? I'm all for shooting them; what about you?
I'm no fan of Ayn Rand, but I think that was a little harsh. Ayn Rand wasn't the very source of evil upon the earth, as Ann Coulter has taken upon herself to be. You didn't see Ayn arguing that women should be denied the right to vote, ex-soldiers should be "fragged", and whatever insane babble comes out of that terrible woman's mouth or pen.
I'm not so sure the path out of poverty that you suggest works anymore. Yes it did work for the US, Europe, etc, but the problem now is that we've become so efficient at outsourcing work that as soon as China's living wages start to rise, we'll drop them for the Phillipines, Zimbabwe, or wherever else we can get work the cheapest. I suppose you could say this will cause the whole world to rise, but I have a feeling its going to take a LONG time for that to make a difference.
Sure, if your payment for rent goes toward 1 bed in a room with 99 other people, where you aren't allowed any visitors. What's that? That isn't the case? Then it's not the same, now is it. Go sleep at the homeless shelter in your area and you'll pay nothing for rent, and STILL have better living conditions than they do. Try again.
I hate to nitpic, but I have to object to your statement that, "If ever piece of software written was tested in every concievable scenario we wouldnt have any bugs, when that day comes I'll be a happy coder." That would be true if they all got fixed, but having worked in the business for a little while I can say that most companies know of hundreds, perhaps thousands of small bugs in their code, but they just don't know the manpower or motivation to get them all fixed.
While I mainly agree with you on this topic, I do have to say that The Gimp is made fun of all the time here on Slashdot. Almost every time The Gimp is mentioned in an article there is an inevitable comparison between it and Photoshop in the comments, and someone always brings up how ineffective the name is. Not to mention that to Pulp Fiction fans like me it brings up images of a strange man stored in a basement with a black mask over his face. . . not the most pleasant of imagery.
This actually is not the right way to think about it from an economic stand point. You are right that the project should be continued, but it has nothing to do with the 150 thousand already spent. That can, and should, be ignored completely. What is important here is that you can make $70000 by only spending $20000, which any good business man would never turn down. Its an expected profit of $50000. At any given point in the project you should be able to ask yourself, "Will I be making more at the end of this project than I still have to spend to finish it?" If the answer is ever no, the project should be canceled immediately; at least if your goal is maximizing expected value.
Because introvert and extrovert are polar opposites; however people generally don't reside on one end or the other but in the middle. So I'm going to coin a new term, "middlevert", that describes this phenomenon, and say that 66% of people would be better described as that than introvert or extrovert.
I don't mean to be rude... but clearly you don't understand what a royal flush is in poker. A Royal flush is the highest of the straight flushes, meaning it is a straight and a flush. Or in other words, the cards rankings are in order, and are all of the same suit. In your example, all 4 players would have a straight, but only one of them could have a flush, and therefore a royal flush.
I completely agree with the point you are making, but I'd like to finally get out my hatred for the saying "You can't have your cake and eat it too." Seriously, who would want cake if they can't eat it? It's not exactly home decoration material. So again, I've got nothing against your point or you in general, I just can't stand that saying.
. . . Especially the ones working all summer to barely pay their tuition as it is. I mean... who needs food when you have an iPod? Good call Duke! At least schools with mandatory laptop programs can claim they are for school... I don't really know what Duke was thinking. Probably just wanted to gain the image of the most "hip" university or something like that... but it just comes off to me as stupid.
But it never seems to happen. I live in the Provo, Utah area (yes, near the dreaded SCO) and supposedly they are going to build a fiber network throughout the entire area... but as far as I can see its all talk. This seems to be the same to me... talk about putting in these fast networks, but without any real plans to do it. They need to ask theirselves some serious questions BEFORE making these announcements, such as "Does anyone more than Joe PornDownloader have any desire to pay extra for such a fast connection?" If the answer to that was really yes, which I don't believe it is, I imagine they would be in a much bigger hurry to get this sort of thing built.
On a side note, I still don't have a gmail account and would really like to get one. If anyone would like to help me out with that, email me at psyonick@yahoo.removeme.com (and don't forget to remove the removeme). Thanks.
I quickly checked over the comments so far, and I am utterly amazed that no one mentioned Pueblo. I have played the MUD Abandoned Codex for years, and I have had great success using Pueblo. It supports TinTin, and has many cool features. I suggest you all check it out, and keep up the MUD'ing!
Maybe a quick rewording of the problem that changes nothing will show you all the truth. Imagine for a moment that you have picked one door, and that Monty then gives you a choice of having both the other doors as your choice, or the door you initially picked. You would definitely switch right? 2/3 instead 1/3. That is precisely the same thing the other problem states, except that in my version he already opened one of the two for you. You definitely should switch, to take advantage of the 2/3 probability.
Obviously this system is not perfect, but as a teenager who has a good deal of cash but no credit card, and doesn't like to go to his parents to buy stuff online, I think I would definitely use this if I thought it was safe. I am security-minded, but the main reason I would use this is convenience, not privacy. However, rather than buying music and games online, like the article suggested, I would probably use it to buy real merchandise (band shirts, etc)
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Amen to that. You get what you work for people. If I had mod points, I would mod this post up.
At my high school, they leave the business lab open at lunch, and a bunch of friends and I always go in and get a good half hour of quake3, that is always fun. Not exactly school sanctioned, but at school anyway. Also, at the local college, they have a game night about once a month on a Friday Night. Pay $6 and play any game all night. They are really nice computers as well, P4 1.6Ghz with Geforce2 GTS. Its well worth it.
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"If someone is redeemable, then hopefully they themselves or their family with interdict and get them out before they get killed or kill someone." Did you mean to say "will intervene"? because as it stands that sentence made no sense at all. I'm not trying to be a grammar or spelling nazi, I just honestly am not sure where you were going with that. Aside from that, I can only partially agree with what you are saying. There certainly are BAD people, but it's not necessarily the crack-smuggling kids on the street that are the worst. What about the white -collar criminals that are stealing from the people and causing much of the poor conditions these kids live in? I'm all for shooting them; what about you?
I'm no fan of Ayn Rand, but I think that was a little harsh. Ayn Rand wasn't the very source of evil upon the earth, as Ann Coulter has taken upon herself to be. You didn't see Ayn arguing that women should be denied the right to vote, ex-soldiers should be "fragged", and whatever insane babble comes out of that terrible woman's mouth or pen.
I'm not so sure the path out of poverty that you suggest works anymore. Yes it did work for the US, Europe, etc, but the problem now is that we've become so efficient at outsourcing work that as soon as China's living wages start to rise, we'll drop them for the Phillipines, Zimbabwe, or wherever else we can get work the cheapest. I suppose you could say this will cause the whole world to rise, but I have a feeling its going to take a LONG time for that to make a difference.
Sure, if your payment for rent goes toward 1 bed in a room with 99 other people, where you aren't allowed any visitors. What's that? That isn't the case? Then it's not the same, now is it. Go sleep at the homeless shelter in your area and you'll pay nothing for rent, and STILL have better living conditions than they do. Try again.
Right... since G.W.B. DIDN'T have a DUI, DIDN'T admit to living an "irresponsible lifestyle" til he was 40, and DIDN'T essentially admit to using marijuana and possibly cocaine. That's why he got "hired" for the most important job position in the country. Thanks for reminding me how logical and consistent our country is.
I hate to nitpic, but I have to object to your statement that, "If ever piece of software written was tested in every concievable scenario we wouldnt have any bugs, when that day comes I'll be a happy coder." That would be true if they all got fixed, but having worked in the business for a little while I can say that most companies know of hundreds, perhaps thousands of small bugs in their code, but they just don't know the manpower or motivation to get them all fixed.
While I mainly agree with you on this topic, I do have to say that The Gimp is made fun of all the time here on Slashdot. Almost every time The Gimp is mentioned in an article there is an inevitable comparison between it and Photoshop in the comments, and someone always brings up how ineffective the name is. Not to mention that to Pulp Fiction fans like me it brings up images of a strange man stored in a basement with a black mask over his face. . . not the most pleasant of imagery.
Sounds like some very economically sound alien invaders! You never know what kind of truths are hidden in those ink-pressed pages. Good find.
This actually is not the right way to think about it from an economic stand point. You are right that the project should be continued, but it has nothing to do with the 150 thousand already spent. That can, and should, be ignored completely. What is important here is that you can make $70000 by only spending $20000, which any good business man would never turn down. Its an expected profit of $50000. At any given point in the project you should be able to ask yourself, "Will I be making more at the end of this project than I still have to spend to finish it?" If the answer is ever no, the project should be canceled immediately; at least if your goal is maximizing expected value.
Because introvert and extrovert are polar opposites; however people generally don't reside on one end or the other but in the middle. So I'm going to coin a new term, "middlevert", that describes this phenomenon, and say that 66% of people would be better described as that than introvert or extrovert.
8 trillion = $8,000,000,000,000... 12 0's rather than 9. What you wrote was 8 billion. He was right when he said 20,000 of them.
I don't mean to be rude... but clearly you don't understand what a royal flush is in poker. A Royal flush is the highest of the straight flushes, meaning it is a straight and a flush. Or in other words, the cards rankings are in order, and are all of the same suit. In your example, all 4 players would have a straight, but only one of them could have a flush, and therefore a royal flush.
I completely agree with the point you are making, but I'd like to finally get out my hatred for the saying "You can't have your cake and eat it too." Seriously, who would want cake if they can't eat it? It's not exactly home decoration material. So again, I've got nothing against your point or you in general, I just can't stand that saying.
. . . Especially the ones working all summer to barely pay their tuition as it is. I mean... who needs food when you have an iPod? Good call Duke! At least schools with mandatory laptop programs can claim they are for school... I don't really know what Duke was thinking. Probably just wanted to gain the image of the most "hip" university or something like that... but it just comes off to me as stupid.
On a side note, I still don't have a gmail account and would really like to get one. If anyone would like to help me out with that, email me at psyonick@yahoo.removeme.com (and don't forget to remove the removeme). Thanks.
I did a quick check with old Maple 8, and it told me the answer is 1232.717832. So there ya go. Glad to be of service to ya buddy.
I quickly checked over the comments so far, and I am utterly amazed that no one mentioned Pueblo. I have played the MUD Abandoned Codex for years, and I have had great success using Pueblo. It supports TinTin, and has many cool features. I suggest you all check it out, and keep up the MUD'ing!
Maybe a quick rewording of the problem that changes nothing will show you all the truth. Imagine for a moment that you have picked one door, and that Monty then gives you a choice of having both the other doors as your choice, or the door you initially picked. You would definitely switch right? 2/3 instead 1/3. That is precisely the same thing the other problem states, except that in my version he already opened one of the two for you. You definitely should switch, to take advantage of the 2/3 probability.
Obviously this system is not perfect, but as a teenager who has a good deal of cash but no credit card, and doesn't like to go to his parents to buy stuff online, I think I would definitely use this if I thought it was safe. I am security-minded, but the main reason I would use this is convenience, not privacy. However, rather than buying music and games online, like the article suggested, I would probably use it to buy real merchandise (band shirts, etc)
Amen to that. You get what you work for people. If I had mod points, I would mod this post up.
At my high school, they leave the business lab open at lunch, and a bunch of friends and I always go in and get a good half hour of quake3, that is always fun. Not exactly school sanctioned, but at school anyway. Also, at the local college, they have a game night about once a month on a Friday Night. Pay $6 and play any game all night. They are really nice computers as well, P4 1.6Ghz with Geforce2 GTS. Its well worth it.
First post of Topic as well as my first post! Woohoo!!