There is, to a certain degree, a culture of wanting children to do well. Saving for their child's education and working with them on school work probably contributes to success. Of course not everyone does well, but at least many motivated people get their chance.
I think you can learn some language from Pimsleur, but not enough to really get by, even for tourists. It's certainly better than nothing however. I used it to learn French, and there are many things that are not covered. Michel Thomas' course covers the grammar points very well, although his accent is not quite right. A course called "The Rhythm of French" is very good for teaching native English speakers to hear and make the sounds that exist in French but not in English.
Although this is most boring, I usually ask telemarketers to "Please place me on your do not call list". I realize that it doesn't always work, but the number of telemarketing calls we receive at home has been drastically reduced.
Right now I'm looking for something to do with the office fax machine. Fax spamming dirtbags have been abusing the thing - I suppose I could implement some kind of computer based system, but I think that something that optionally blocks "private caller" but not "unknown number" would help. The capability to block specific numbers or blocks of numbers would also be helpful.
Component level repair can be done on tons of stuff. What is especially helpful is that other people who have repaired things are often willing to share the information on specific repairs on the Internet. When one of our employee's dryer croaked, I was able to do a component level repair on the board that controlled the machine. Nothing really terrible had happened to the logic on the board, all that had happened was that the poorly designed power supply regulation system had failed.
After reading the many tales of dead dryers and poor service on that thread, it makes me think it's worth taking a look at most problems before calling someone.
Some problems can be solved easily too. I had a problem where our dishwasher wouldn't drain properly. As it turned out, the soap tablets we had been using needed hotter water to dissolve properly and it had gummed up the drainage valve. By cranking up the water temperature and running it a bit I managed to clear the issue up without having to remove the dishwasher.
It's worth checking on the internet before attempting to repair things. I suppose it's also worth checking before you buy the thing in the first place.
When I hear the sound of a vacuum cleaner running, and I can't access the internet, can I conclude that the noise causes the internet to go dead? They may be correlated, but the sound of the vacuum may not be causing the network to be dead. Someone unplugging something to free up a plug for the vacuum might be the cause perhaps, but thats not it, it was working until
just after the noise started. Ahh, that banging noise - the router is in the other room, and the person with the open linksys router has pulled the power line out when getting out of bed to knock on the wall!
Let us imagine, for a moment, that cable TV had programs which increased awareness of autism, and the parents watched said shows. Is it possible that increased awareness of autism by parents could lead to an increased diagnosis rate? There could be other factors at work besides cable TV directly causing autism.
It would be interesting to see the correlation between autism and the parents ability to match the Teletubbies to their correct colors:p
Looks like you're not the only one - This person has also blocked their bot.
What happens if you put your essay on-line somewhere because you wanted others to read it, and the bot grabbed it? Would you then be considered to be plagarizing by turnitin?
I thought that dieresis were used to indicate where syllable seperation was done. The plural of "zee" (sea) would be "zeeën". Also, there is the ÿ char (as in van Dÿk) but I think would more commonly be typed out as "van Dijk" Molenaar would be broken up as Mo (long vowel, since it's an open syllable) le (long e, since it too is an open syllable) and naar (long a, since the a character is doubled). I think some imported words retain their dieresis though.
So I am agreeing with the parent post.
I like the idea of VIM being able to undo to any particular point in the history. This seems like a good additional feature, and I'm sure I'll get the latest version now. I tend to use very few features that are not in the earliest versions of vi since I am old and set in my ways.
Yeah, it's probably a combination of factors that make it tough to sell stuff at high prices.
If a large percentage of the population is tapped out, either because of rising rates on their credit cards, an ARM reset, having to spend a fortune on gasoline, or all of the above, they won't be able to buy items from eBay. Also, if they are tapped out, they may start to **sell** items, thus driving the prices down.
I've sold some stuff on eBay, and usually it goes pretty well, although sometimes there are non paying bidder problems. I haven't had problems with purchases, most sellers are pretty good. Have seperate buyer and seller accounts is a good idea, also, fund with a credit card when buying.
As far as the housing bubble collapsing, certain markets in Florida and Arizona are showing substantial builds in inventory, and a reduction in price. People that took part in "refi madness" which are probably recourse loans will be in big trouble. Maybe they will unload their posessions on ebay before the house is repo'd.
Yes. It may make sense to rent under some circumstances. If you have to move frequently for work, or if there is a housing bubble where you live, purchasing a home may not be a good choice.
An interesting study would be to correlate brain changes with FICO scores. Fiscal responsibility and brain development might be related.
I see in other threads that some people equate "mature" with "not having fun". I believe that it is possible to behave in a mature fashion, but still enjoy life to the fullest. It makes sense to live life as fully as possible, since life is pretty short in the big scheme of things.
And speaking of maturity and responsibility, I better get back to work rather than burning time posting to slashdot.
EMACS = Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping
Fortunately newer computers can run it easily now. I suspect most people that have worked as unix admins know vi, mostly because it was already on the computer.
I think that Betty Edwards in one of her books on drawing shows that beginning artists often place the eyes too high up on the head - rather than about halfway, the eyes are placed closer to the top. The image on the shroud shows this error too.
I bet that if you had a church, having such a relic would bring in the pilgrims and visitors. You could charge money so they could see it. After it was determined that it was fake, you could still sell it as genuine on ebay.
Lasers can be made at various frequencies, so that might be tricky. You can purchase goggles that block out certain laser frequencies, but I suspect it might be difficult to read certain indicators on instruments if the goggles were meant to block out green light.
The transmission efficiency of most laser goggles isn't very good.
Something that may be junk to use may be perfectly usable (or parts of it may be usable) to someone else, so that's a good point. I know I loathe tossing things that are functional, so ebay provides a way to sell things other people might use. Larger houshold items are too heavy to ship without charging an excessive shipping fee, so they get donated to shelters or service organizations.
I suspect it is possible to make some money through ebay, but your chances of making money would be improved by shipping from the continental US. You would be able to ship to a large ebay bidder population cheaply and without brokerage costs associated with shipping across the border.
Selling stuff on Ebay is too much like work, you would have to have some very successful auctions and a lot of stuff to sell in order to make a decent living at it.
The strict conditions under which holograms are made greatly limits what you can generate images of. It isn't hard to make holograms, but to make bright, interesting holograms is more of an effort. If you only have a continuous source (such as a laser diode) the hologram has to be made in darkroom conditions, and vibration and temperature changes must be kept to a minimum. Exposures are quite long too - with the process I use, small plates are exposed around 10-15 seconds.
Holographic Optical Elements and interferometry are some useful things that can be done, however a 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch reflection hologram holds limited fascination for most people, regardless of what you have recorded there. Some people are amazed when they see holograms, others couldn't care less.
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Yes, often individuals who are quite knowledgable also know what they **don't** know. Years ago when I worked at a computer company we had a simple screening test to try and reduce the time spent on truly hopeless candidates. It seems as though that a lot of people take courses, but don't learn enough to be useful from their classes. For electronics knowledge, a simple test was to have them remove an integrated circuit package from a double sided board - a bunch of tools that may or may not be useful for that task were provided. Individuals that passed the test and could also get the IC out were typically interviewed.
Yeah, even though they don't say much, toddlers understand a lot more than they can say. My wife and I read to the kids since they were very small. Board books are good since they're reasonably gnaw resistant (although probably at 18 months that's not nearly so much a problem). Our kids love to be read to. The 19 month old will grab a book and bring it to me, and I'll read it to him.
I believe that babies and toddlers learn most from interaction because of the feedback. They get feedback right away from what they do when they try and communicate with mommy or daddy. Identification of "mama" or "papa" or "nose" seems to happen quickly. Other words are fraught with ambiguity - for a while #1 son used "up" for wanting to be picked up, and wanting to be put down.
How something is said to babies and toddlers makes a world of difference. If you are a toddler and are busy toddler things around the house, and mommy comes up and says "niet doen" and takes the remote away, it's pretty clear what that means.
The TV is a wonderful teacher - ours is a bit flakey and can be made to work by giving it a whack on the side. This is the responsibility of #2 son, who dutifully smacks the TV when it acts up. Welcome to the real world.
I don't know if there's much value to most parenting magazines. I wish they had really helpful articles such as "How to unclog the toilet easily after toys have been flushed". As far as I can tell, parenting is very much an empirical process. Certainly there's lots to learn being a parent, especially about dinosaurs and trains.
My kids aren't precocious or mature, and I'm by no means the perfect parent, but I love 'em anyway.
The methods metioned in "babywise" have been linked to dehydration and failure to thrive. New parents would be advised to examine current research to determine if this method of parenting is right for them.
We took a somewhat different attitude, and picked ours up when they cried, and fed 'em when they seemed hungry. This worked for us, but of course the temperment of babies varies greatly, and your milage may vary.
I agree that swaddling works well.
The jar baby food works well for being out, but you can also just use the blender to mash up whatever you're cooking for the kid. They like bland stuff initially, but later they will eat more strongly flavored stuff.
Adding code that can deliberately delete files to software could result in serious liability issues. How does the programmer verify that his code is without defect? Also, if files get deleted, and his software has this capability, how is he protected against lawsuits? I would be hesitant to use software that had a bomb installed in it.
Certainly cycling has some advantages. I suspect that cycling 8 hours a day would be a problem for an untrained person, especially if their bottom was used to an office chair instead of a bicycle seat! For shorter distances with no cargo I can hoof it, but for somewhat longer distances cycling is a much better activity.
There are also issues with securing the bike if you want to stop for any period of time.
If you don't want to subject your body to the impact of running, cycling is better, but be sure to make sure the bicycle is adjusted properly, and if you use clipless pedals make sure they have sufficient float.
The "silly pants" are actually a good thing, as well as the "silly jersey", and the ever important "silly gloves with the leather palms" if you ride a bike like I do:)
Perhaps boomers purchase less music now, since they have a lot of what they want on CD already, and spend money on other things. In a time of economic uncertainty, music purchases would certainly be less.
I personally haven't bought a new CD in quite some time, even though I have a fair amount of disposable income. I don't find many new offerings that appeal to me enough to go to the store and spend my money to get the CD.
I find that interesting that they did this in the face of broad based tanking in the market yesterday. Also, it's interesting that there was a big spike on volume this morning. I wonder if that was short covering, or there's more shenanigans going on.
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There is, to a certain degree, a culture of wanting children to do well. Saving for their child's education and working with them on school work probably contributes to success. Of course not everyone does well, but at least many motivated people get their chance.
I think you can learn some language from Pimsleur, but not enough to really get by, even for tourists. It's certainly better than nothing however. I used it to learn French, and there are many things that are not covered. Michel Thomas' course covers the grammar points very well, although his accent is not quite right. A course called "The Rhythm of French" is very good for teaching native English speakers to hear and make the sounds that exist in French but not in English.
Although this is most boring, I usually ask telemarketers to "Please place me on your do not call list". I realize that it doesn't always work, but the number of telemarketing calls we receive at home has been drastically reduced. Right now I'm looking for something to do with the office fax machine. Fax spamming dirtbags have been abusing the thing - I suppose I could implement some kind of computer based system, but I think that something that optionally blocks "private caller" but not "unknown number" would help. The capability to block specific numbers or blocks of numbers would also be helpful.
Component level repair can be done on tons of stuff. What is especially helpful is that other people who have repaired things are often willing to share the information on specific repairs on the Internet. When one of our employee's dryer croaked, I was able to do a component level repair on the board that controlled the machine. Nothing really terrible had happened to the logic on the board, all that had happened was that the poorly designed power supply regulation system had failed. After reading the many tales of dead dryers and poor service on that thread, it makes me think it's worth taking a look at most problems before calling someone. Some problems can be solved easily too. I had a problem where our dishwasher wouldn't drain properly. As it turned out, the soap tablets we had been using needed hotter water to dissolve properly and it had gummed up the drainage valve. By cranking up the water temperature and running it a bit I managed to clear the issue up without having to remove the dishwasher. It's worth checking on the internet before attempting to repair things. I suppose it's also worth checking before you buy the thing in the first place.
I'd say with behavior like that, it's not really fingerprints they were leaving, it was more like truck tire marks on the lawn.
When I hear the sound of a vacuum cleaner running, and I can't access the internet, can I conclude that the noise causes the internet to go dead? They may be correlated, but the sound of the vacuum may not be causing the network to be dead. Someone unplugging something to free up a plug for the vacuum might be the cause perhaps, but thats not it, it was working until just after the noise started. Ahh, that banging noise - the router is in the other room, and the person with the open linksys router has pulled the power line out when getting out of bed to knock on the wall! Let us imagine, for a moment, that cable TV had programs which increased awareness of autism, and the parents watched said shows. Is it possible that increased awareness of autism by parents could lead to an increased diagnosis rate? There could be other factors at work besides cable TV directly causing autism. It would be interesting to see the correlation between autism and the parents ability to match the Teletubbies to their correct colors :p
What happens if you put your essay on-line somewhere because you wanted others to read it, and the bot grabbed it? Would you then be considered to be plagarizing by turnitin?
So I am agreeing with the parent post.
I like the idea of VIM being able to undo to any particular point in the history. This seems like a good additional feature, and I'm sure I'll get the latest version now. I tend to use very few features that are not in the earliest versions of vi since I am old and set in my ways.
I've sold some stuff on eBay, and usually it goes pretty well, although sometimes there are non paying bidder problems. I haven't had problems with purchases, most sellers are pretty good. Have seperate buyer and seller accounts is a good idea, also, fund with a credit card when buying.
As far as the housing bubble collapsing, certain markets in Florida and Arizona are showing substantial builds in inventory, and a reduction in price. People that took part in "refi madness" which are probably recourse loans will be in big trouble. Maybe they will unload their posessions on ebay before the house is repo'd.
An interesting study would be to correlate brain changes with FICO scores. Fiscal responsibility and brain development might be related.
I see in other threads that some people equate "mature" with "not having fun". I believe that it is possible to behave in a mature fashion, but still enjoy life to the fullest. It makes sense to live life as fully as possible, since life is pretty short in the big scheme of things.
And speaking of maturity and responsibility, I better get back to work rather than burning time posting to slashdot.
EMACS = Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping Fortunately newer computers can run it easily now. I suspect most people that have worked as unix admins know vi, mostly because it was already on the computer.
I bet that if you had a church, having such a relic would bring in the pilgrims and visitors. You could charge money so they could see it. After it was determined that it was fake, you could still sell it as genuine on ebay.
Lasers can be made at various frequencies, so that might be tricky. You can purchase goggles that block out certain laser frequencies, but I suspect it might be difficult to read certain indicators on instruments if the goggles were meant to block out green light. The transmission efficiency of most laser goggles isn't very good.
I suspect it is possible to make some money through ebay, but your chances of making money would be improved by shipping from the continental US. You would be able to ship to a large ebay bidder population cheaply and without brokerage costs associated with shipping across the border.
Selling stuff on Ebay is too much like work, you would have to have some very successful auctions and a lot of stuff to sell in order to make a decent living at it.
The strict conditions under which holograms are made greatly limits what you can generate images of. It isn't hard to make holograms, but to make bright, interesting holograms is more of an effort. If you only have a continuous source (such as a laser diode) the hologram has to be made in darkroom conditions, and vibration and temperature changes must be kept to a minimum. Exposures are quite long too - with the process I use, small plates are exposed around 10-15 seconds. Holographic Optical Elements and interferometry are some useful things that can be done, however a 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch reflection hologram holds limited fascination for most people, regardless of what you have recorded there. Some people are amazed when they see holograms, others couldn't care less.
Yes, often individuals who are quite knowledgable also know what they **don't** know. Years ago when I worked at a computer company we had a simple screening test to try and reduce the time spent on truly hopeless candidates. It seems as though that a lot of people take courses, but don't learn enough to be useful from their classes. For electronics knowledge, a simple test was to have them remove an integrated circuit package from a double sided board - a bunch of tools that may or may not be useful for that task were provided. Individuals that passed the test and could also get the IC out were typically interviewed.
Yeah, even though they don't say much, toddlers understand a lot more than they can say. My wife and I read to the kids since they were very small. Board books are good since they're reasonably gnaw resistant (although probably at 18 months that's not nearly so much a problem). Our kids love to be read to. The 19 month old will grab a book and bring it to me, and I'll read it to him.
I believe that babies and toddlers learn most from interaction because of the feedback. They get feedback right away from what they do when they try and communicate with mommy or daddy. Identification of "mama" or "papa" or "nose" seems to happen quickly. Other words are fraught with ambiguity - for a while #1 son used "up" for wanting to be picked up, and wanting to be put down. How something is said to babies and toddlers makes a world of difference. If you are a toddler and are busy toddler things around the house, and mommy comes up and says "niet doen" and takes the remote away, it's pretty clear what that means. The TV is a wonderful teacher - ours is a bit flakey and can be made to work by giving it a whack on the side. This is the responsibility of #2 son, who dutifully smacks the TV when it acts up. Welcome to the real world. I don't know if there's much value to most parenting magazines. I wish they had really helpful articles such as "How to unclog the toilet easily after toys have been flushed". As far as I can tell, parenting is very much an empirical process. Certainly there's lots to learn being a parent, especially about dinosaurs and trains. My kids aren't precocious or mature, and I'm by no means the perfect parent, but I love 'em anyway.
The methods metioned in "babywise" have been linked to dehydration and failure to thrive. New parents would be advised to examine current research to determine if this method of parenting is right for them. We took a somewhat different attitude, and picked ours up when they cried, and fed 'em when they seemed hungry. This worked for us, but of course the temperment of babies varies greatly, and your milage may vary. I agree that swaddling works well. The jar baby food works well for being out, but you can also just use the blender to mash up whatever you're cooking for the kid. They like bland stuff initially, but later they will eat more strongly flavored stuff.
Adding code that can deliberately delete files to software could result in serious liability issues. How does the programmer verify that his code is without defect? Also, if files get deleted, and his software has this capability, how is he protected against lawsuits? I would be hesitant to use software that had a bomb installed in it.
Certainly cycling has some advantages. I suspect that cycling 8 hours a day would be a problem for an untrained person, especially if their bottom was used to an office chair instead of a bicycle seat! For shorter distances with no cargo I can hoof it, but for somewhat longer distances cycling is a much better activity. There are also issues with securing the bike if you want to stop for any period of time. If you don't want to subject your body to the impact of running, cycling is better, but be sure to make sure the bicycle is adjusted properly, and if you use clipless pedals make sure they have sufficient float. The "silly pants" are actually a good thing, as well as the "silly jersey", and the ever important "silly gloves with the leather palms" if you ride a bike like I do :)
Perhaps boomers purchase less music now, since they have a lot of what they want on CD already, and spend money on other things. In a time of economic uncertainty, music purchases would certainly be less. I personally haven't bought a new CD in quite some time, even though I have a fair amount of disposable income. I don't find many new offerings that appeal to me enough to go to the store and spend my money to get the CD.
I find that interesting that they did this in the face of broad based tanking in the market yesterday. Also, it's interesting that there was a big spike on volume this morning. I wonder if that was short covering, or there's more shenanigans going on.
Instead of actually viewing porn or pirated materials, they'll simply be waiting for the files to show up instead!
What DNSBLs or filtering techniques do you currently use?