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  1. Re:Disruption != peaceably assembling on In MN, Massive Police Raids On Suspected Protestors · · Score: 1

    And people following the speed limit on highways are pulled over for *following the speed limit*.
    Disruption of everyday traffic is part of peaceful protest. Pulling you from your car and beating you senseless (er police?) is not. Not that I envy the police in such situations.

  2. Re:This is not how you stop riots... on In MN, Massive Police Raids On Suspected Protestors · · Score: 1

    Clearly you need perspective. I suggest you visit any one of the hotspots in the world to see how bad it *can* get when left to fester/suppressed.

    People dont get out of bed to "break windows and throw bottles" unless they have something upsetting them.

  3. Re:Wrong on all counts on Mayor Orders Mandatory Evacuation of New Orleans · · Score: 1

    Funnily enough, when someone uses the phrase "funnily enough" more than once I tend to doubt the veracity of their following statements....

  4. Re:And they say ... on Home Science Under Attack In Massachusetts · · Score: 1

    Beat them with a rock. then ask their opinion.

  5. Re:America used to be #1 on Home Science Under Attack In Massachusetts · · Score: 1

    we should take all the warning labels off :)

  6. Re:Just a thought... on IBM Exec Bemoans Lack of Industry-Specific Linux Apps · · Score: 1

    > You cannot change human behavior

    speak for yourself. don't need to change the course of a river to harness it :P and somtimes that harnessing is what changes the course of the river re: mississipi/armycorp

  7. Re:here we go again on Viruses Infected By Viruses · · Score: 1

    check out genetic algorithms + neural networks; much fun (evolving a population of neural networks). there's a better approach to molecular design from classic organic chemistry. basically an algorithmic approach to selecting a series of chemical reactions to achieve end-goal molecule x. only time I would try proteomics is if I was trying to rip off a natural protein (or designer analogue). ah I'm not in the field btw, just a hobby(ies) ;) there is easier ways to harvest proteins btw re: plant biology/cuttings. lookup tomaco plant ;)

  8. Re:Software Viri too? on Viruses Infected By Viruses · · Score: 1

    monies.

  9. Re:reproduction on Viruses Infected By Viruses · · Score: 1

    .... life feeds on life ;) nobody here is pushing immortality so at some point you're going to succumb -- so why would you be afraid?

  10. Re:here we go again on Viruses Infected By Viruses · · Score: 1

    ...proteomics? functionalproteindesign/proteinengineering?
    genetic-algorithms? converging search through a noisy space?

  11. Re:kolidge on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    >> The question becomes how much guidence (enforced or otherwise) should be given to students to encourage developing non-core skills.

    I thought I posited a standard already :) /me grinning :P

  12. Re:JARJAR on A Photo That Can Steal Your Online Credentials? · · Score: 1

    lord this is prolly just a rar/zip[ file renamed to .gif with the magic cookie in it - u're browser a views an uncompressed (compressed) file (a gif) and runs a browser viewer

  13. Re:You're a Troll If You Disagree With the Crowd on NYT Explores the World of Internet Trolls · · Score: 2

    I'll bite - what do you have against Turing? I take it his ai-test? and whats ur problem with quantum computing?

  14. Re:Fix it at home on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    One word. frogger.

  15. Re:Fix it at home on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    You had *rain*? :)

  16. Re:Fix it at home on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    Little-house on the prairie schoolhouse or homeschooling. Want an education, move closer to a school. if you can't figure at least *that much* out maybe u're not cut out for school to begin with :P Next you'll have me build a highway towards a brick wall.

  17. Re:kolidge on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    accounting & economics is necessary, and if you're designing anything that has liability or contracts, a specific course in liability & contracts (UCC) is highly recommended (at least enough to recognize when you should call a lawyer & peruse a contract and understand its gotchya's).

    project management is kind of iffy - sounds like a bullshit course; something like that I could picture more along the lines of a series of case studies/seminars on engineering disasters + speakers who are currently in the engineering profession (and engaged in projects of different sizes).

    I took law/economics, didn't take accounting (but I've read several books on it + written some systems), and skipped project management (not a course over here). I do read regularly and on a broad variety of topics, and try not to repeat a mistake twice or roll on too risky a proposition (versus reward).

    If I had to (put a gun to my head) choose 2 out of the 4 courses, accounting & economics would be the essentials (anyone with non-trivial responsibilities) I'ld make mandatory. For econ I'ld make an engineering version of the course -- much more dense than standard econ micro/macro.

    Usually for thorny law stuff (which is most cases), you need a lawyer or enough time to fully digest the laws (and the UCC contract essentials are very quick/easy) and project management (if you are following a career path of increasing responsibility) you tend to make your mistakes early and learn from them.

    All in all, I'm probably biased :P I've found each of those subjects necessary to master ;)
    Perhaps, for you, that's not the case :P

  18. Re:kolidge on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    so a mandatory 2 month course you don't object to? :)
    just kidding.
    maybe.

  19. Re:Fix it at home on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    no comprendo que dicelo; sabe mi secreto! no puedo comprender inglez!

  20. Re:Fix it at home on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    build a school? little-house-on-the-prairie style?

  21. Re:Impossible. on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    >The whole point of the literary or thematic analysis that you did was to find themes which you noticed.

    I'ld agree with you if a group of 26 students weren't forced to overanalyze a fictional work e.g. good literature moves you in new directions.

    However, where I come from, thematic analysis is best used on history not fiction :P one of the reasons why I like the term zeitgeist so much :)

  22. Re:3 things to fix education on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    demand both.
    throw'em in the wild. with nothing but a candybar and whoever survives, graduates. I even got an island picked out ;)

  23. Re:first: override the teacher's unions on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    wootwoot I just made the same exact point; all the fun tests were the ones that had new problems on I'ld never seen.

  24. Re:Science classes on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    chemistry = organic + inorganic with a solid semester on biochemistry

    biology = biochemistry + molecular biology + genetic & morphological classification systems.

  25. Re:Science classes on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    WOOTWOOT!

    WOOTWOOT!

    actually I like when you learn all 3 of them at once, in great detail, starting when you are 12. I see no reason to wait.