When I got my first computer, I realized that I needed to learn to type. I put my fingers on the home keys and made myself use all of them approximately where they should go. After a while, I was typing 35-45 wpm with minimal errors. Good enough to get through the 106,000 word novel referenced in my sig. It helps to be able to type about as fast as you can compose coherent prose.
There is no evidence that paying more will produce better teachers.
This is pretty nearly right. Of the many education systems worldwide, the finest is widely reputed (by many comparative reviews) to be that of Finland.
Finland is a very homogenous society, too. Not much in the way of ghettos or Ozarks.
Plus, in Finland, university education is free. Graduates don't have to go into high-paying careers just to pay off their loans.
because there really are people posting here, and that you meet in real life, who think of orwell as some sort of religious prophet about the coming armageddeon. that every sign and signal and portent of news from real life is merely evidence of the coming state of big brother and 1984 as reality. the same as any other idiotic apocalyptic cult
Depends on how you define a meme. I have never met anyone who thought 1984 was an actual and incarnate equivalent to the Book of Revelation. I suppose there are such people, but I don't think they are the majority. And it is the majority who define a meme, unless you have a different understanding of the word.
1984, orwell, big brother: it would all make sense if the state had a monopoly on technological advance. it doesn't. as such, 1984, orwell, big brother: failed, dead meme, useless way of thinking about your world.
Thanks. Here I was thinking that 1984 was a commentary on the human condition. I completely missed the point that unless all the conditions and technology were exactly the same, my world and Orwell's world had zero in common.
I guess I can discrd all the insights into human behaviours in the Iliad and the Odyssey because people don't carry swords anymore.
Hollywood actors, screenwriters and directors all have strong unions. And when they strike (as the writers did in 2007), they are not easily replaced. If Joss Whedon walks off the set you can't just grab some random schmuck off the street to replace him.
Game developers are creative people too. They have just as much leverage as the showbiz creatives in New York and LA do. All they need to do to stop being treated like crap is to exercise it.
As I recall, when the writers struck, they were supported by agents, actors, politicians, and many other unions. This gave the other side incentive to negotiate.
Who would go out on a financial limb to support striking game creators?
In a hypothetical case if a policeman sees you standing over a dead body with a bloody knife in your hands screaming "I'm glad I killed the bastard", then breaks down the window and arrests you. If it turns out the policeman had no legal reason to be there, they will not only have to let you go free, but they will have to pay for the broken window, and pay for a new shirt that was damaged by the glass.
No legal reason to be where? (I am not a lawyer, nor do I watch any of the current legal/cop shows, as I feel that after LA Law and Homicide that there are just no more story lines to be told.) If a policeman saw you commit a crime through the window, I can't believe there is any jurisdiction that would not allow them to enter your house to apprehend you right than moment.
If you mean what were they doing on your lawn, then maybe you have a chance. If they had a reasonable suspicion that something was wrong and came onto your property to investigate, they are in the clear. If the cop was dating your ex-wife and was just hanging around trying to bully you, maybe not.
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$1100 for a wrist decoration in India? It made me think of the scene in one of the Aubrey-Maturin novels where Steven gives an Indian girl some silver bracelets and gets her killed.
Somewhere in the literary continuum, Dan Brown was roused from his fitful sleep and his dreams of multicolored zebra-striped kittens by a frantic phone call from his agent.
This type of anecdotal philosophy is useless. It is the equivalent of asking a 100 year old man what the secret to his long life was. The answer is never, "Well, I just happened to be a couple of sigma away from the mean in the normal distribution of human longevity". It is always like "get up early every morning, smoke a cigar every night, drink a pint of whiskey every day, etc."
For every anecdote there is an equal and opposite anecdote. It's like a law or something. What about the tale of Bruce and the Spider, where the King of Scotland is inspired by a spider after losing to the Brits six times to go out and try again? According to Jimmy Wales, the King should have packed it in after one or two.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Don't throw good money after bad. etc.
Nobody is asking you to, in fact, can you point me at a place where it is possible to donate to the Gates Foundation? No, you can't, because they don't accept external donations in general.
Were one to advocate for the devil one might point out that every purchase of a PC which has ever come preinstalled with Windows due to Microsoft's per-processor licenses was and is an involuntary donation to the Gates Foundation.
Asimov's degree was honorary, for fund raising. He never worked as a scientist or engineer, he wrote.
In the early 50's, Asimov was a biochemist on the faculty of the Boston University School of Medicine (which meant he was in the Department of Biochemistry), did research and taught biochemical graduate students, medical students, and dental students. In 1958 his writing income was way larger than his teaching salary, so BU let him stay on the faculty but write full time.
I actually think that this is a good measure at heart. Rather than jumping in on sensationalism, they are saying that basically "We just want to get justifiable evidence before committing any more resources"...
"Justifiable evidence" here being defined as any which supports their preexisting ideological conclusions.
I find it so ironic that a minority of powerful humans are far more likely to be a threat to us all than the machines, but I guess thats been the case throughout history, regardless of which era and level of technology we look at. Its not the tools and machines, its what an arrogant minority of people do with the tools, that will be, and has always been the core problem.
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When I got my first computer, I realized that I needed to learn to type. I put my fingers on the home keys and made myself use all of them approximately where they should go. After a while, I was typing 35-45 wpm with minimal errors. Good enough to get through the 106,000 word novel referenced in my sig. It helps to be able to type about as fast as you can compose coherent prose.
There is no evidence that paying more will produce better teachers.
This is pretty nearly right. Of the many education systems worldwide, the finest is widely reputed (by many comparative reviews) to be that of Finland.
Finland is a very homogenous society, too. Not much in the way of ghettos or Ozarks.
Plus, in Finland, university education is free. Graduates don't have to go into high-paying careers just to pay off their loans.
China.
Has anyone checked to see if Microsoft has trademarked the word "Cloud"?
because there really are people posting here, and that you meet in real life, who think of orwell as some sort of religious prophet about the coming armageddeon. that every sign and signal and portent of news from real life is merely evidence of the coming state of big brother and 1984 as reality. the same as any other idiotic apocalyptic cult
Depends on how you define a meme. I have never met anyone who thought 1984 was an actual and incarnate equivalent to the Book of Revelation. I suppose there are such people, but I don't think they are the majority. And it is the majority who define a meme, unless you have a different understanding of the word.
1984, orwell, big brother: it would all make sense if the state had a monopoly on technological advance. it doesn't. as such, 1984, orwell, big brother: failed, dead meme, useless way of thinking about your world.
Thanks. Here I was thinking that 1984 was a commentary on the human condition. I completely missed the point that unless all the conditions and technology were exactly the same, my world and Orwell's world had zero in common.
I guess I can discrd all the insights into human behaviours in the Iliad and the Odyssey because people don't carry swords anymore.
And my copy of Herodotus is right out.
Another unintended effect of Fox News, is left-wing 'bleeding-hearts' assuming all those right-wing 'patriots' are influenced by Fox News.
This made me wonder who is buried in Grant's Tomb.
Get a union.
Seriously!
Hollywood actors, screenwriters and directors all have strong unions. And when they strike (as the writers did in 2007), they are not easily replaced. If Joss Whedon walks off the set you can't just grab some random schmuck off the street to replace him.
Game developers are creative people too. They have just as much leverage as the showbiz creatives in New York and LA do. All they need to do to stop being treated like crap is to exercise it.
As I recall, when the writers struck, they were supported by agents, actors, politicians, and many other unions. This gave the other side incentive to negotiate.
Who would go out on a financial limb to support striking game creators?
In a hypothetical case if a policeman sees you standing over a dead body with a bloody knife in your hands screaming "I'm glad I killed the bastard", then breaks down the window and arrests you. If it turns out the policeman had no legal reason to be there, they will not only have to let you go free, but they will have to pay for the broken window, and pay for a new shirt that was damaged by the glass.
No legal reason to be where? (I am not a lawyer, nor do I watch any of the current legal/cop shows, as I feel that after LA Law and Homicide that there are just no more story lines to be told.) If a policeman saw you commit a crime through the window, I can't believe there is any jurisdiction that would not allow them to enter your house to apprehend you right than moment.
If you mean what were they doing on your lawn, then maybe you have a chance. If they had a reasonable suspicion that something was wrong and came onto your property to investigate, they are in the clear. If the cop was dating your ex-wife and was just hanging around trying to bully you, maybe not.
RT @FirstSarge: Anybody see where that last round came from?
via TweetDeck
RT @Grunt88: Second hut on the left.
via TweetDeck
RT @sexxysela: Hai gaize! Du U want 2 partay wit me???LOL!!11!!
via TweetDeck
RT @FirstSarge: Clear the line, ma'am, please? We're taking fire here.
via TweetDeck
The "mandatory spending" is only mandatory because of the !@&#(* spending bills that REQUIRE certain monies to be spent on certain things.
So...mandatory spending is only mandatory because it is mandated?
What differentiates between those ideas that it's okay to feel "entitled" to, versus those that lead to a "entitlement mentality"?
FOX News
and quit letting the government take over health care.
needs a kneejerk /kneejerk tag
$1100 for a wrist decoration in India? It made me think of the scene in one of the Aubrey-Maturin novels where Steven gives an Indian girl some silver bracelets and gets her killed.
Somewhere in the literary continuum, Dan Brown was roused from his fitful sleep and his dreams of multicolored zebra-striped kittens by a frantic phone call from his agent.
A secret URL is essentially a password
More like an unlisted phone number.
My face will assume a look of humor followed by a look of pity as his 70 year old hip dislocates when he tries to raise his foot above his belt.
Actually, he's Carlos Ray Norris
I may not be a martial artist, but at least I have a real American name.
Plus I can act.
And my face assumes different configurations based on the emotion I am feeling at the time.
This type of anecdotal philosophy is useless. It is the equivalent of asking a 100 year old man what the secret to his long life was. The answer is never, "Well, I just happened to be a couple of sigma away from the mean in the normal distribution of human longevity". It is always like "get up early every morning, smoke a cigar every night, drink a pint of whiskey every day, etc."
For every anecdote there is an equal and opposite anecdote. It's like a law or something. What about the tale of Bruce and the Spider, where the King of Scotland is inspired by a spider after losing to the Brits six times to go out and try again? According to Jimmy Wales, the King should have packed it in after one or two.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Don't throw good money after bad.
etc.
Nobody is asking you to, in fact, can you point me at a place where it is possible to donate to the Gates Foundation? No, you can't, because they don't accept external donations in general.
Were one to advocate for the devil one might point out that every purchase of a PC which has ever come preinstalled with Windows due to Microsoft's per-processor licenses was and is an involuntary donation to the Gates Foundation.
Asimov's degree was honorary, for fund raising. He never worked as a scientist or engineer, he wrote.
In the early 50's, Asimov was a biochemist on the faculty of the Boston University School of Medicine (which meant he was in the Department of Biochemistry), did research and taught biochemical graduate students, medical students, and dental students. In 1958 his writing income was way larger than his teaching salary, so BU let him stay on the faculty but write full time.
I actually think that this is a good measure at heart. Rather than jumping in on sensationalism, they are saying that basically "We just want to get justifiable evidence before committing any more resources"...
"Justifiable evidence" here being defined as any which supports their preexisting ideological conclusions.
how the fuck do you check for racism? it's not like they put out a sign saying they don't hire black people.
It was hidden underneath the larger sign that read: "No Irish Need Apply".
I find it so ironic that a minority of powerful humans are far more likely to be a threat to us all than the machines, but I guess thats been the case throughout history, regardless of which era and level of technology we look at. Its not the tools and machines, its what an arrogant minority of people do with the tools, that will be, and has always been the core problem.
'Twas ever thus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite