During the 1995 to 2002 period, 844 workers were killed while working at a road construction site. During this same period there were 9325 deaths in the construction industry. The 844 worker deaths in road construction represent 9% of all deaths in construction.
I agree that speeding in work zones is a problem, but I'm still going to play devil's advocate here. Road construction fatalities account for 9% of construction fatalities, but what percentage of the construction industry is road-based? If it's 30%, then I'd say we're doing pretty well.
As to the argument that half of those deaths are caused by being struck by vehicles, well that's the main hazard that comes with road construction, which doesn't suffer from confined space hazards, has a pretty low toppling equipment hazard, and a very low hammer-dropped-on-your-head-from-43-stories hazard. Yes, convincing people to be careful and slow down in work zones will prevent some of that 9% fatality rate, but convincing workers to understand the concepts of center-of-gravity, confined spaces, and hard-hats will prevent some of that other 91%. I see no reason to focus so heavily on that 5% caused by vehicles in road construction.
why the continuous necessity to subvert the system?
Because subverting the electronic system is an interesting engineering challenge. Tackling the cause of the system involves politics and sociology, and those aren't any fun.
. . . but it looks like he might be telling the truth. The video doesn't let us see how long it was up or how he opened the picture, but when he closes the browser, you can clearly see Firefox's download window open. It certainly looks like he had opened the photo as an email attachment.
Plus, he's using Firefox. Are you guys really going to pick on him after realizing that?
I've got an Asus 1201N, with a 12" screen, Nvidia ION dedicated graphics card, 2 GB of DDR2, and a 1.6 GHz N330 dual-core Atom. It got 4 hours of operating time straight out of the box, and when I upgraded it to 3 GB and a 64 GB SSD in February, the battery life went up to 4.5 hours. So now I have something that weighs 1/3 of my Dell Latitude and is 1/4 the size and has twice the battery life. It doesn't have quite the same power, but it's good enough for what I need it for - my Latitude hasn't left its (dedicated) laptop bag since I got the Eee, which fits perfectly into the top pouch of my bookbag.
It might not fit your definition of a netbook, but it sure fits mine.
As far as I can see, the best way to change this stuff is civil disobedience - breaking the law, asserting rights to use all human knowledge as a human right, and accusing the law of denying the rights to freedom of. . . knowledge and communication. ..
So what you're saying is that Nixon was standing up for our P2P rights with Watergate. He truly was a pioneer!
I understand the unwillingness to hold back data/findings because of politics, but even a rookie PR guy will warn you about the dangers of publishing a single report that purportedly negates all previous recommendations.
Actually, we scientists (well, not me, as I'm comparatively new to the field) determined this forty years ago. It's not our fault NPR is more behind on the news than Orrin Hatch. Next thing they'll be doing is telling us that Dewey didn't beat Truman.
I think the point was that it is centralized and easy to access. You don't have to hit multiple torrent sites, hope enough seeders are on, worry about campus firewalls, log on to warez sites, or trade USB keys like mentioned above. . . you just sit down, connect to the server, and start browsing.
"Dear ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you today with the intent to prove that Comcast, Inc. is the only company available in our area with the capability to provide this VCR-scheduling service, and moreover, is required by federal law to provide this service as a purchasable product to the public."
. . . which is jolted and horrible and not done professionally so I've never worried about time, but whenever I build anything, or undertake any project whatsoever, what I do is estimate the time to the best of my ability, and then triple it. That usually gets me right on target.;-)
And then theres the thing that with your written notes you're more likely to actually read them again. Write them on computer and you just shove them to some obscure location and never read them again.
I'd have to say I'm the opposite. I find myself reading my typed notes more often because I can read them. Of course, I do have the handwriting of an epileptic chimpanzee. With hooks for hands.
Isn't the O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News network? Why is his show the only removed from the network averages? Where is MSNBC? And why is the Daily Show ranked above major newspaper websites when the newspaper website average percentage is higher? That study is so loaded it needs a diaper.
. ..but nothing I would spend more than one class session on. It is a chemistry course, after all, and these are tools to use, not programs they are going to be reverse-engineering. And despite what most of the people here seem to think, not everyone is a computer wizard, and some intelligent students have an honest-to-God difficulty in learning how to do something as simple as performing a linear regression in Excel, and the sooner they learn what the software is capable of, the sooner they'll start exploring, instead of just panicking.
Some non-specific software that I've had to become proficient in during my nearing-a-decade-of-schooling:
Excel (I agree it's not the most powerful choice, but it is the software package that nearly every student has available to them, and that makes it very valuable to them when writing reports at home, at the library, etc.)
Powerpoint (both for verbal and poster presentations)
ChemDraw
Spartan
Graphical Analysis
SciFinder
Other software I have used on occasion, and fumbled my way through:
IsisDraw
ChemSketch
ProLogger
SPSS
As far as conceptual teaching tools, in addition to some of the things posted above, I have found the Analytical Sciences Digital Library to be of use. Partial disclosure - since I first started using it a few years ago, I have helped write two articles.
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. . . would a post discussing good hygiene neglect to mention deodorant.
During the 1995 to 2002 period, 844 workers were killed while working at a road construction site. During this same period there were 9325 deaths in the construction industry. The 844 worker deaths in road construction represent 9% of all deaths in construction.
I agree that speeding in work zones is a problem, but I'm still going to play devil's advocate here. Road construction fatalities account for 9% of construction fatalities, but what percentage of the construction industry is road-based? If it's 30%, then I'd say we're doing pretty well.
As to the argument that half of those deaths are caused by being struck by vehicles, well that's the main hazard that comes with road construction, which doesn't suffer from confined space hazards, has a pretty low toppling equipment hazard, and a very low hammer-dropped-on-your-head-from-43-stories hazard. Yes, convincing people to be careful and slow down in work zones will prevent some of that 9% fatality rate, but convincing workers to understand the concepts of center-of-gravity, confined spaces, and hard-hats will prevent some of that other 91%. I see no reason to focus so heavily on that 5% caused by vehicles in road construction.
why the continuous necessity to subvert the system?
Because subverting the electronic system is an interesting engineering challenge. Tackling the cause of the system involves politics and sociology, and those aren't any fun.
. . . but it looks like he might be telling the truth. The video doesn't let us see how long it was up or how he opened the picture, but when he closes the browser, you can clearly see Firefox's download window open. It certainly looks like he had opened the photo as an email attachment.
Plus, he's using Firefox. Are you guys really going to pick on him after realizing that?
I've got an Asus 1201N, with a 12" screen, Nvidia ION dedicated graphics card, 2 GB of DDR2, and a 1.6 GHz N330 dual-core Atom. It got 4 hours of operating time straight out of the box, and when I upgraded it to 3 GB and a 64 GB SSD in February, the battery life went up to 4.5 hours. So now I have something that weighs 1/3 of my Dell Latitude and is 1/4 the size and has twice the battery life. It doesn't have quite the same power, but it's good enough for what I need it for - my Latitude hasn't left its (dedicated) laptop bag since I got the Eee, which fits perfectly into the top pouch of my bookbag.
It might not fit your definition of a netbook, but it sure fits mine.
As far as I can see, the best way to change this stuff is civil disobedience - breaking the law, asserting rights to use all human knowledge as a human right, and accusing the law of denying the rights to freedom of. . . knowledge and communication. . .
So what you're saying is that Nixon was standing up for our P2P rights with Watergate. He truly was a pioneer!
. . .they really need to read the last 40 years of Science. I remember learning about this in elementary school in the eighties.
I understand the unwillingness to hold back data/findings because of politics, but even a rookie PR guy will warn you about the dangers of publishing a single report that purportedly negates all previous recommendations.
Actually, we scientists (well, not me, as I'm comparatively new to the field) determined this forty years ago. It's not our fault NPR is more behind on the news than Orrin Hatch. Next thing they'll be doing is telling us that Dewey didn't beat Truman.
Dammit. . . We need a control planet!
I think the point was that it is centralized and easy to access. You don't have to hit multiple torrent sites, hope enough seeders are on, worry about campus firewalls, log on to warez sites, or trade USB keys like mentioned above. . . you just sit down, connect to the server, and start browsing.
Unfortunately, your boss won't be able to register your argument because he's too busy sitting on his ass and brown-nosing his superiors.
Anti-trust. . . really?
"Dear ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you today with the intent to prove that Comcast, Inc. is the only company available in our area with the capability to provide this VCR-scheduling service, and moreover, is required by federal law to provide this service as a purchasable product to the public."
Who says kids need to be supervised? I was left without supervision as a young adult on lots of occasions. I still have all 10 fingers and toes.
I feel sorry for you. I still have all eleven fingers and toes, which all of us should, since this is Slashdot.
So you might appreciate what I named mine, over my roomie's protests: "DonkeyShow."
What you really want is tort reform.
Well, what I want is a mass-extinction of lawyers.
Yeah... but they have to make the turtleneck themselves.
Yeah, and who wants a crappy Chinese slave-labor sweater?
. . . three words too long?
. . . which is jolted and horrible and not done professionally so I've never worried about time, but whenever I build anything, or undertake any project whatsoever, what I do is estimate the time to the best of my ability, and then triple it. That usually gets me right on target. ;-)
And then theres the thing that with your written notes you're more likely to actually read them again. Write them on computer and you just shove them to some obscure location and never read them again.
I'd have to say I'm the opposite. I find myself reading my typed notes more often because I can read them. Of course, I do have the handwriting of an epileptic chimpanzee. With hooks for hands.
Isn't the O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News network? Why is his show the only removed from the network averages? Where is MSNBC? And why is the Daily Show ranked above major newspaper websites when the newspaper website average percentage is higher? That study is so loaded it needs a diaper.
Keep it simple, stupid.
This is a good rule to follow when it comes to designing
Fixed that for you.
(i haven't been anywhere to try at 85 mph yet, speed limits around here stop at 75).
And you call yourself a Texan. . .
. . .but nothing I would spend more than one class session on. It is a chemistry course, after all, and these are tools to use, not programs they are going to be reverse-engineering. And despite what most of the people here seem to think, not everyone is a computer wizard, and some intelligent students have an honest-to-God difficulty in learning how to do something as simple as performing a linear regression in Excel, and the sooner they learn what the software is capable of, the sooner they'll start exploring, instead of just panicking.
Some non-specific software that I've had to become proficient in during my nearing-a-decade-of-schooling:
Excel (I agree it's not the most powerful choice, but it is the software package that nearly every student has available to them, and that makes it very valuable to them when writing reports at home, at the library, etc.)
Powerpoint (both for verbal and poster presentations)
ChemDraw
Spartan
Graphical Analysis
SciFinder
Other software I have used on occasion, and fumbled my way through:
IsisDraw
ChemSketch
ProLogger
SPSS
As far as conceptual teaching tools, in addition to some of the things posted above, I have found the Analytical Sciences Digital Library to be of use. Partial disclosure - since I first started using it a few years ago, I have helped write two articles.
Wired goes to SHOT show. They should play to their strengths. Don't they have a hoplophile on staff?
Yeah, but they almost made up for that with this statement about the three-round taser:
It’s anybody’s guess whether armed civilians will abuse their ability to shock people repeatedly, the way that cops do.
Then there is also the issue that Yemen is having, 50% of their population is under the age of 18.
Sounds like my definition of hell.
Only if the other half is retired and still driving on the highway.