To some extent, police investigations fail scientific rigor. They come up with a hypothesis and try their hardest to find evidence to support it, rather than coming up with a hypothesis and trying to disprove it.
The court system is meant to try and disprove it. In practise they are more interested in finding loopholes in law than proving or disproving facts.
Otherwise having him instructed in a martial art would be a great start. It will provide two benefits: discipline and focus, and the ability to deal with bullies who will hassle him because he stands out.
That is a brilliant idea. He might learn some social skills with it too.
You do not 'fit' a kid like that, but rather do your best to understand what his needs are, even if these are unconventional. In terms of learning, he will do well on his own, you just need to support him with the appropriate resources. What he will likely need help with is with developing healthy social interactions and integrating to society. It you focus just on his intellect, he will suffer later on.
Where were my 'appropriate resources'? All I got at school was to sit in a room full of retarded monkies, teachers who didn't teach, and threats of being suspended should I ever complain.
This world needs a radical rethink on education, it's just not working for anyone with above average IQ. This kid is just an extreme example.
Why would you design a school system for a 1-in-million kid?
Seems to me he is doing find on his own, though I am guessing some socialization with kids his age wouldn't be a bad thing.
Because the current school system is only fit for students of average or below intelligence. Any student smarter than average has to pretend to be dumb just to fit in.
Schools exist mostly to crush the youth into compliance with social norms, providing education is a secondary and far less important task.
So your argument is that given enough time you are going to start a war with every other country. Not just have a war but start a war with every single other country.
Unless you are there for months just get a cheap disposible prepaid one there. Multinationals have been known to bin company cell phones that have been taken to China out of paranoia that they have been altered in some way.
MS is still the only one of these big three to have a committed interest in long-term research
MS does research? For real? I thought all they did was buy startups and competitors, some of which had done research in the past, or are winding down R+D after the purchase.
Please don't confuse research grants from the bill gates charitable foundation with "MS does long term research".
MS do tons of very expensive research. Little to none of it ever makes it into their products though.
The thing is you are being racist therefore most people will disregard what you say as nonsense due to their social programming regardless of any possible truth in what you say. The problem is that the anti-racism programming disallows any discussion of difference between races.
The subject says it all. The people making these general statements are assuming dark skin == something measurable other than skin color. What does "race" mean? Are you assuming people with dark skin all have the same genetic makeup? Come from the same part of the world? Have the same culture? Have the same differences in intelligence? Sorry, that's pretty much the definition of racism.
Yes the subject appears to be intended to be offensive. However all I'm saying is that the anti-racist brainwashing that the western world has put itself though has blinded people to the obvious fact that not all people are equal and interchangeable. It's quite possible for a viewpoint to be totally wrong and its opposite to also be wrong. I never suggested that all people of any given skin color are identical to each other, clearly they are not.
The thing is you are being racist therefore most people will disregard what you say as nonsense due to their social programming regardless of any possible truth in what you say. The problem is that the anti-racism programming disallows any discussion of difference between races.
"Race" is only an important or meaningful distinction to racists. Most of the rest of us don't waste our time placing people into Nineteenth Century pigeonholes
Your statement demonstrates the problem, people have been told that the only difference between human races is skin color and any suggestion otherwise is deeply offensive. People have been told this so many times it has sunk in. Repetition does not establish, nor disprove, validity.
If you are assuming I'm trying to imply that one race is inherently 'better' than another I'm not. I'm just pointing out the the reverse argument that all races are absolutely identical that has been repeated throughout the entire western world for many years now isn't truthful.
Light skinned people are statistically more likely to get skin cancer given the same amount of sun exposure as dark skinned people, it's racist but it's a fact.
Dark skinned people are more likely to suffer from sickle cell. It's also racist but it's a fact.
The thing is you are being racist therefore most people will disregard what you say as nonsense due to their social programming regardless of any possible truth in what you say. The problem is that the anti-racism programming disallows any discussion of difference between races.
Slashdot Mirror
SIP.
It already works on fritz!box DSL modems, softphones, and some mobiles and I swear you get better voice quality at lower call costs than skype.
Embrace.. Extend.. Extinguish..
...over a decade before the term Cloud was even coined.
You mean back when it was called 'grid'?
To some extent, police investigations fail scientific rigor. They come up with a hypothesis and try their hardest to find evidence to support it, rather than coming up with a hypothesis and trying to disprove it.
The court system is meant to try and disprove it. In practise they are more interested in finding loopholes in law than proving or disproving facts.
Did your 'retarded' peers know how to spell the plural of monkey?
No. They only knew how to throw things, hit each other, and make a lot of noise.
Correct spelling doesn't imply intelligence. Incorrect spelling doesn't imply a lack of intelligence.
Otherwise having him instructed in a martial art would be a great start. It will provide two benefits: discipline and focus, and the ability to deal with bullies who will hassle him because he stands out.
That is a brilliant idea. He might learn some social skills with it too.
The school system is not designed for people at either end of the spectrum.
It's designed to push everyone into the dumb end of the spectrum. Dumb people are easier to manage by fear and intimidation.
You do not 'fit' a kid like that, but rather do your best to understand what his needs are, even if these are unconventional. In terms of learning, he will do well on his own, you just need to support him with the appropriate resources. What he will likely need help with is with developing healthy social interactions and integrating to society. It you focus just on his intellect, he will suffer later on.
Where were my 'appropriate resources'? All I got at school was to sit in a room full of retarded monkies, teachers who didn't teach, and threats of being suspended should I ever complain.
This world needs a radical rethink on education, it's just not working for anyone with above average IQ. This kid is just an extreme example.
Why would you design a school system for a 1-in-million kid?
Seems to me he is doing find on his own, though I am guessing some socialization with kids his age wouldn't be a bad thing.
Because the current school system is only fit for students of average or below intelligence. Any student smarter than average has to pretend to be dumb just to fit in.
Schools exist mostly to crush the youth into compliance with social norms, providing education is a secondary and far less important task.
How do you fit him into the American school system?
You don't. You build a new school system around him.
Maybe that new school system will also be useful for those students that are too intelligent to fit into the current school system.
I'm not exactly fan of Apple, but Richard Stallman has no merits to basically say he's glad Steve Jobs is dead.
I'm all for a bit of Stallman bashing but he never said THAT or even anything close to THAT.
Does Being 'Loyal' Pay As a Developer?
No
So your argument is that given enough time you are going to start a war with every other country. Not just have a war but start a war with every single other country.
You have bigger problems than offshoring.
The dirty work IS the important stuff.
I've heard that the Dutch wear clogs
Some of them still do. Mostly farmers these days though.
the French eat snails
With garlic butter, yep.
the Iris are drunk all the time
Isn't that a part of your eye?
Swedish girls sleep with everyone
No idea.
the Japanese likes schoolgirls
No idea.
Americans are very fat.
What most of the world considers 'fat' americans consider normal. I've seen a lot of crazy fat Americans.
Unless you are there for months just get a cheap disposible prepaid one there. Multinationals have been known to bin company cell phones that have been taken to China out of paranoia that they have been altered in some way.
MS is still the only one of these big three to have a committed interest in long-term research
MS does research? For real? I thought all they did was buy startups and competitors, some of which had done research in the past, or are winding down R+D after the purchase.
Please don't confuse research grants from the bill gates charitable foundation with "MS does long term research".
MS do tons of very expensive research. Little to none of it ever makes it into their products though.
Great. So we hang around outside model airplane stores and wait for the FBI to sell us some C4.
I have 30 to 40 drives I need to destroy, I'm not sure they will want to give me that much C4.
high temperature destroys the magnetic field.
How hot? Because my oven doesn't have a nuclear fusion setting.
...a low-class, gutter, illiterate bastardization of American English...
Someone should have pointed out that American English is a low-class, gutter, illiterate bastardization of the British English it derived from.
As no-one has I'll have to do it.
No offense meant - the real point is that Languages change over time and it's common for social groups to alter language.
The thing is you are being racist therefore most people will disregard what you say as nonsense due to their social programming regardless of any possible truth in what you say. The problem is that the anti-racism programming disallows any discussion of difference between races.
The subject says it all. The people making these general statements are assuming dark skin == something measurable other than skin color. What does "race" mean? Are you assuming people with dark skin all have the same genetic makeup? Come from the same part of the world? Have the same culture? Have the same differences in intelligence? Sorry, that's pretty much the definition of racism.
Yes the subject appears to be intended to be offensive. However all I'm saying is that the anti-racist brainwashing that the western world has put itself though has blinded people to the obvious fact that not all people are equal and interchangeable. It's quite possible for a viewpoint to be totally wrong and its opposite to also be wrong. I never suggested that all people of any given skin color are identical to each other, clearly they are not.
The thing is you are being racist therefore most people will disregard what you say as nonsense due to their social programming regardless of any possible truth in what you say. The problem is that the anti-racism programming disallows any discussion of difference between races.
"Race" is only an important or meaningful distinction to racists. Most of the rest of us don't waste our time placing people into Nineteenth Century pigeonholes
Your statement demonstrates the problem, people have been told that the only difference between human races is skin color and any suggestion otherwise is deeply offensive. People have been told this so many times it has sunk in. Repetition does not establish, nor disprove, validity.
If you are assuming I'm trying to imply that one race is inherently 'better' than another I'm not. I'm just pointing out the the reverse argument that all races are absolutely identical that has been repeated throughout the entire western world for many years now isn't truthful.
Light skinned people are statistically more likely to get skin cancer given the same amount of sun exposure as dark skinned people, it's racist but it's a fact.
Dark skinned people are more likely to suffer from sickle cell. It's also racist but it's a fact.
It's not only my job but my duty to remind those in IT of how superior I am to them.
If you want a job in IT go ahead an throw your career away!
Career? Programming is a way one trip to burn out and depression. Administrating systems and networks is more varied and more interesting work.
The thing is you are being racist therefore most people will disregard what you say as nonsense due to their social programming regardless of any possible truth in what you say. The problem is that the anti-racism programming disallows any discussion of difference between races.
What about the government officials who set up the insecure website? Aren't they a threat to national security, too?
Government officials don't setup websites anymore. That was outsourced to India who charge about the same but garentee much lower quality.