I see you've been brainwashed well. Let me put it straight to you - there are two Koreas. One that is run by US puppets (and is in fact has been occupied by the US) and is basically an American and Japanese electronics sweatshop. And there is the other - a democratic, peoples republic run by the people for the people. Guess which one is what.
This is not going to be a popular opinion on a USA centric website, but as a Russian I sincerely congratulate Iran on their significant achievement. We have almost completed the Busher nuclear power plant for them and I have many friends among Iranian students studying over here, I hope they return home and help to continue the scientific advancement of the Islamic Republic. Iran, not the fucking backwards Saudi Arabia is a true leader and hope of the Muslim world. Keep it up, guys!
Dear Americans, stop reinventing the wheel and throwing money at the problem you don't understand. In fact it is a solved problem, there is a solution implemented by countries much much poorer than the US with excellent results. I guarantee that I can achieve excellent results at any US school with no additional funds in my area of expertise (math). Provided:
1) I can use my own curriculum. 2) I can fail anyone and as many students as I want 3) I can eject any student I deem disruptive from the classroom. 4) If a I see that a student has potential but his home environment is not conductive to his education (video-games, TV, bad parents) I can force him to stay at school after regular classes to ensure he studies and does his homework.
I too though about the lack of a solid CS course. Here at NSU we have started offering an experimental CS course to one group of third year students. But the more I think about it the more I doubt it's necessity. After all if you look at standard US textbooks (like Rosen's) CS the way is taught is a collection of watered down topics from other branches of math. Why do we need CS if during the first semester alone we study Higher Algebra, Number Theory, Theory of Algorithms, Mathematical Logic - all part of a CS course.
High oil prices helped but it was not the most important factor. The budget was planned based on the much lower price, for instance USD 50 per barrel when it was already above 100. The rest was put away into a stabilization fund. Think of it - did high oil price help Nigeria? Nope, it only made the poor even poorer and further enriched a small elite. That what would have happened if the oil boom took place during the Yeltsin/Oligarch era. Putin did a lot of smart things for the economy in the background but the way Russia is reported in the West they were overshadowed by his perceived authoritarian tendencies.
Dear friend, my name is Obugandu Tzelopi and I represent the Nigerian Ministry of Oil and Gas Development. We very much like your plan and would like to invest USD 100000 (one hundred million american dollars) into your firm. Please let me know how I can contact you to discuss the details of the deal.
What exactly is "global" lack of food? Did you mean that enough food was available elsewhere and if only we could ship it to those poor Africans they'd be OK? I hope you realize that global is meaningless in this context,this is just like saying that there is no "global" fresh water crisis because there is a shitload of fresh water just sitting there in Antarctica.
The reason people here like Putin so much is because despite taking away political freedoms people during the 8 years of his rule have started to be able to afford things that Americans take for grunted. Private car ownership has skyrocketed, pretty much everyone owns a big screen tv and the usual set of home electronics and so on. People started to trust the economy and the banking system enough to take large loans to buy new apartments. It's a sad commentary on the human nature but it seems like we (like everybody else I suppose, including Americans) value the consumerist lifestyle over freedom.
This is a genuine attitude even among educated hard-working people. When someone starts to criticize Putins regime they are quickly accused by their peers of supporting "liberasts" (a combination of liberal and pederast (homosexual) Russians are extremely homophobic and and Yeltsin and his teams of liberal economists are hated somewhat less than Hitler) and is suggested to shut-up and get back to working and earning money.
Your post for some reason made me think about the myth of the noble savage. I'm sorry but there was no time in history when workers and bosses worked together towards a common goal in perfect harmony.
Look at the bell curve, there are tens of millions of people in America who have IQ around 80. These people need jobs too you know and unfortunately "dead end wall mart jobs" are the only jobs they can do. Not everyone can be an engineer or even a manager.
There is a saying in Russian (dunno about an English equivalent). It goes - "To get frostbitten just to piss of the grandma" (who forces the boy to wear a hat hr doesn't like). You're just punishing yourself.
I've been saying it for a long time and I will say it again. Only massive, public televised EXECUTIONS will save America. Just go through the hick states, small towns and other usual suspect places grab people at random and ask simple questions, like "Where's Canada?", "Where's Mexico?", "Where's IRAQ?", "What's the second derivative of cos(x)?". Those who can't answer should be put to the nearest wall and shot on the spot execution style. After it's done then America can be rebuild w/o the useless baggage.
Was the ceremony paid by the tax payers (including non-religious people) or the money came out of his own pocket? If it was paid with public funds then he was illegally promoting religion.
I watched the ceremony on tv. Made me think how much religion is ingrained into America's society. First he says "so help me God", and then, now what really freaked me out is the "let us pray" during the inauguration dinner. Are you living in a Theocracy? Do you have separation of church and state, and if so - why this shit is allowed???
So most of the land in Australia is owned by the Queen of the fucking Britain??? When are you guys are going to have a revolution and throw away the monarchy??
I will continue buying dead tree books until acceptable e-paper tech arrives. When I'm reading I mark, I underline, I make notes. In 3-4 different colors and with my own set of symbols. I like WORKING with the book. Fucking online material is NOT suitable for deep comprehension, it's fine for people with an 2 line attentions span just looking for a recipe to apply w/o understanding what they are doing.
I tried running Ubuntu on a modern Samsung Q70 with an nvidia card. The previous version didnt support the screen brightness combo at all. Now the latest Ubuntu kinda supports it, meaning that the brightness bar comes up when you press the key combo, but then the whole keyboard LOCKS UP HARD and you still can't change the brightness. I know its "broken" ACPI, blah, blah. I installed Win7 beta, perfect support, speedy, nice interface improvements. I known I will try Ubuntu sometime again in the future, but for now it's partition had to go. Sad.
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I see you've been brainwashed well. Let me put it straight to you - there are two Koreas. One that is run by US puppets (and is in fact has been occupied by the US) and is basically an American and Japanese electronics sweatshop. And there is the other - a democratic, peoples republic run by the people for the people. Guess which one is what.
And don't forget Grenada'83.
This is not going to be a popular opinion on a USA centric website, but as a Russian I sincerely congratulate Iran on their significant achievement. We have almost completed the Busher nuclear power plant for them and I have many friends among Iranian students studying over here, I hope they return home and help to continue the scientific advancement of the Islamic Republic. Iran, not the fucking backwards Saudi Arabia is a true leader and hope of the Muslim world. Keep it up, guys!
Dear Americans, stop reinventing the wheel and throwing money at the problem you don't understand. In fact it is a solved problem, there is a solution implemented by countries much much poorer than the US with excellent results. I guarantee that I can achieve excellent results at any US school with no additional funds in my area of expertise (math). Provided:
1) I can use my own curriculum.
2) I can fail anyone and as many students as I want
3) I can eject any student I deem disruptive from the classroom.
4) If a I see that a student has potential but his home environment is not conductive to his education (video-games, TV, bad parents) I can force him to stay at school after regular classes to ensure he studies and does his homework.
In your opinion - should I first research Fishing or Animal Husbandry?
And the reason any of this cannot be offered by a private company?
I too though about the lack of a solid CS course. Here at NSU we have started offering an experimental CS course to one group of third year students. But the more I think about it the more I doubt it's necessity. After all if you look at standard US textbooks (like Rosen's) CS the way is taught is a collection of watered down topics from other branches of math. Why do we need CS if during the first semester alone we study Higher Algebra, Number Theory, Theory of Algorithms, Mathematical Logic - all part of a CS course.
High oil prices helped but it was not the most important factor. The budget was planned based on the much lower price, for instance USD 50 per barrel when it was already above 100. The rest was put away into a stabilization fund. Think of it - did high oil price help Nigeria? Nope, it only made the poor even poorer and further enriched a small elite. That what would have happened if the oil boom took place during the Yeltsin/Oligarch era. Putin did a lot of smart things for the economy in the background but the way Russia is reported in the West they were overshadowed by his perceived authoritarian tendencies.
Dear friend, my name is Obugandu Tzelopi and I represent the Nigerian Ministry of Oil and Gas Development. We very much like your plan and would like to invest USD 100000 (one hundred million american dollars) into your firm. Please let me know how I can contact you to discuss the details of the deal.
It's entropy, ever wonder why it's easier to break a piece of glass into hundreds of pieces than to put it all together again?
What exactly is "global" lack of food? Did you mean that enough food was available elsewhere and if only we could ship it to those poor Africans they'd be OK? I hope you realize that global is meaningless in this context,this is just like saying that there is no "global" fresh water crisis because there is a shitload of fresh water just sitting there in Antarctica.
Am I the only one who believes that GUIs are a dead end and only CLI gives you real power and flexibility?
The reason people here like Putin so much is because despite taking away political freedoms people during the 8 years of his rule have started to be able to afford things that Americans take for grunted. Private car ownership has skyrocketed, pretty much everyone owns a big screen tv and the usual set of home electronics and so on. People started to trust the economy and the banking system enough to take large loans to buy new apartments. It's a sad commentary on the human nature but it seems like we (like everybody else I suppose, including Americans) value the consumerist lifestyle over freedom. This is a genuine attitude even among educated hard-working people. When someone starts to criticize Putins regime they are quickly accused by their peers of supporting "liberasts" (a combination of liberal and pederast (homosexual) Russians are extremely homophobic and and Yeltsin and his teams of liberal economists are hated somewhat less than Hitler) and is suggested to shut-up and get back to working and earning money.
Your post for some reason made me think about the myth of the noble savage. I'm sorry but there was no time in history when workers and bosses worked together towards a common goal in perfect harmony.
Look at the bell curve, there are tens of millions of people in America who have IQ around 80. These people need jobs too you know and unfortunately "dead end wall mart jobs" are the only jobs they can do. Not everyone can be an engineer or even a manager.
Are those the same people who actually eat CATS and DOGS? I think those savages got what they deserved.
It all happened before and will happen again. Baltar just started the next cycle. In short, GOD made him do it.
There is a saying in Russian (dunno about an English equivalent). It goes - "To get frostbitten just to piss of the grandma" (who forces the boy to wear a hat hr doesn't like). You're just punishing yourself.
I've been saying it for a long time and I will say it again. Only massive, public televised EXECUTIONS will save America. Just go through the hick states, small towns and other usual suspect places grab people at random and ask simple questions, like "Where's Canada?", "Where's Mexico?", "Where's IRAQ?", "What's the second derivative of cos(x)?". Those who can't answer should be put to the nearest wall and shot on the spot execution style. After it's done then America can be rebuild w/o the useless baggage.
Was the ceremony paid by the tax payers (including non-religious people) or the money came out of his own pocket? If it was paid with public funds then he was illegally promoting religion.
I watched the ceremony on tv. Made me think how much religion is ingrained into America's society. First he says "so help me God", and then, now what really freaked me out is the "let us pray" during the inauguration dinner. Are you living in a Theocracy? Do you have separation of church and state, and if so - why this shit is allowed???
So most of the land in Australia is owned by the Queen of the fucking Britain??? When are you guys are going to have a revolution and throw away the monarchy??
I will continue buying dead tree books until acceptable e-paper tech arrives. When I'm reading I mark, I underline, I make notes. In 3-4 different colors and with my own set of symbols. I like WORKING with the book. Fucking online material is NOT suitable for deep comprehension, it's fine for people with an 2 line attentions span just looking for a recipe to apply w/o understanding what they are doing.
I tried running Ubuntu on a modern Samsung Q70 with an nvidia card. The previous version didnt support the screen brightness combo at all. Now the latest Ubuntu kinda supports it, meaning that the brightness bar comes up when you press the key combo, but then the whole keyboard LOCKS UP HARD and you still can't change the brightness. I know its "broken" ACPI, blah, blah. I installed Win7 beta, perfect support, speedy, nice interface improvements. I known I will try Ubuntu sometime again in the future, but for now it's partition had to go. Sad.
P1/75 was already obsolete 10 years ago. First motherfucking Athlons ame out in 99. Why are you complaining?