What's really scary is that we're willing to risk a whole generation of students with an experimental method of teaching. It's hard to get that back once it's lost.
We should teach the basics (reading, writing, and math) first. Then, maybe, just maybe, introduce technology a little bit at a time.
Speech that everybody agrees with doesn't need defending. The test of whether we have free speech or not is the tolerance of speech you don't agree with. The answer to hate speech has always been more free speech. Drown them out.
Whether it's "accurate and true" makes no difference. Who determines if it is or not? You? Me? The government? Exactly who? See, there's the flaw in your idea.
You must be one of those 15 - 30 year old know-it-alls who has no real education. Read any books lately?
Boss: How did like that bottle of whiskey I gave you for Christmas? Employee: It was just right. Boss: Just right? Is that all? Employee: Yep, if it had been any worse, I couldn't have drunk it and if it had been any better, you wouldn't have given it to me.
Would someone explain exactly why I would want or need this? I just don't see the need and I certainly don't want another google app taking up space I could use for something really useful.
There are biological differences between males and females, not that the average slashdotter would notice or appreciate. Men and women complement each other and become one when they're together, even better when they're a perfect match. Understand your strengths and weaknesses, and those of your partner. Cooperate and live happier.
Crap like: -20 zip codes with the most expensive houses -Top 25 defensive backs in the past 25 years -Private school tuition: A sampling of costs at 20 more Alabama schools
Before the weekend they will usually have some crap like "Ten things to do in Birmingham this weekend", and they're constantly having lists of the top BBQ joints, 10 best players ever at ______ school, top 15 most expensive restaurants in ______ county, etc, etc, etc, ad nauseam.
These lists are usually presented as slideshows requiring you to click through the list, and that's the whole point - MORE clicks.
It's not news. It's not even fake news. It's utter crap and a way for them to make a few bucks.
I'm not an engineer, but I still want faster internet service. I get an average 66 Mbps/down and 5 Mbps/up from Charter (Spectrum).
When I asked them about getting faster upload speed, they said that was enough for normal internet use because very little data goes up and most comes down. I told them apparently they don't own a modern digital camera.
I have all I really need on the downstream side, but it's a real pain in the ass trying to upload a couple of hundred full-sized photos (not RAW format) or a few minutes of HD video to smugmug.com! No, I won't compress my photos or lower the resolution. They are meant to be used full sized.
Get in your self-driving car and tell it to follow me all day. If you survive, I'll admit you're right.
I guess you live in a place where all the roads are in perfect condition, very wide, with perfect signs. I live in the real world where some streets and roads are barely adequate for one vehicle, and some are so bad that if you go a bit too fast (aka the speed limit), you'll ruin your car.
Do you have any one-lane bridges or one-lane tunnels in your world? "Honk before entering." Can your self-driving car handle that?
Yes, NK has nukes it can put on ICBMs. But that's not all that is needed to "shoot back", as you call it. Their missiles are anything but accurate. There's no telling where they will land. Plus, getting an ICBM up is easy; getting it to come down without burning up is a little harder. They haven't shown that they can do that yet. So, in a nuclear exchange, NK is on the short end. It would be like shooting fish in a barrel.
The only deterrent they have is being able to strike South Korea with thousands of conventional artillery pieces. Seoul is close enough to the border that it would be devastated by such a barrage.
There is a legitimate worry about what other countries would do if the US attacked NK. Other countries could react or not depending on how they perceive the outcome. My bet is that they do nothing in the interest of self-preservation. The US president is totally unpredictable, so you don't want to react the wrong way or you may be next.
A much, much better strategy for the US is putting nukes in South Korea and Japan. THAT would get China's attention for sure, and it might be enough for them to cage their rabid dog in NK.
I drove close to 2 million miles before GPS units were even available. I have one, but I rarely ever look at it except for seeing what the ETA is (and it's wrong more than it's right!). I've spent the last 41 years going to places I've never been before. And by the time I've finished working in a city, I know my way around better than most locals. It's EASY.
You don't need a compass, and topo maps show too much unnecessary crap. The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west. Even-numbered roads generally run east-west and odd-numbered roads generally run north-south. Inside cities learn which way streets and avenues run, either east-west or north-south. Some cities have it ass-backwards.
Exceptions are interstate loops and spurs - 3 digits that start with odd or even numbers. If it starts with an odd number, it's a spur. If it starts with an even number it comes back to the interstate it left (loop).
Oh, and sometimes roads run concurrently, so that you may be on a road that goes by two or more road numbers. Watch the signs - we paid good money for all those signs.
Paper road maps are still available in stores near interstates. If you travel a lot, buy an atlas of all the state road maps.
Outside of cities learn and use the 9-1-1 system to find addresses. Again, most did it right, but some counties royally screwed it up.
" . . . many aimed at spreading negative false claims about Hillary Clinton."
What was fake about those negative claims? I'd believe almost anything negative about Hillary. Well, maybe not the one about her drinking the blood of young children, but nearly everything else.
No, the 8% sales tax that I pay to Amazon goes back to my state. The state keeps half and distributes the other half to the counties. Amazon adds tax seemingly at random. One time they charge it and the next time they may not, even on the same item. Yeah, it puzzles me, too.
If any of you guys are having trouble getting your wife pregnant (assuming she's not terribly unattractive), I will gladly volunteer my services. Of course, you may have trouble pleasing her after she's been with me. An added plus is that the children will be as handsome as I am, not to mention very intelligent and modest.:)
Hey, it's the internet. Don't believe everything you read . . . .
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Has Lowe's fixed it yet?
:)
I need a new riding mower.
What's really scary is that we're willing to risk a whole generation of students with an experimental method of teaching. It's hard to get that back once it's lost.
We should teach the basics (reading, writing, and math) first. Then, maybe, just maybe, introduce technology a little bit at a time.
I know you wrote that in jest, but you're very much on target.
I think we're too far down the slippery slope to ever recover. It's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.
Lock and load, people.
Speech that everybody agrees with doesn't need defending. The test of whether we have free speech or not is the tolerance of speech you don't agree with. The answer to hate speech has always been more free speech. Drown them out.
Whether it's "accurate and true" makes no difference. Who determines if it is or not? You? Me? The government? Exactly who? See, there's the flaw in your idea.
You must be one of those 15 - 30 year old know-it-alls who has no real education. Read any books lately?
Boss: How did like that bottle of whiskey I gave you for Christmas?
Employee: It was just right.
Boss: Just right? Is that all?
Employee: Yep, if it had been any worse, I couldn't have drunk it and if it had been any better, you wouldn't have given it to me.
Would someone explain exactly why I would want or need this? I just don't see the need and I certainly don't want another google app taking up space I could use for something really useful.
Can feeling good about feeling good make you feel even better?
Right now I'm feeling better than a Walker County inmate with a brand new jar of peanut butter.
(google it for the joke)
Plus, I trust Agena Astro. I've bought lots of stuff from them without any problems, and I value their opinion on the gear they sell.
Try some of the Margaret Holmes brand of canned food. It's some of the best flavored canned food I've ever had, even rivaling home-cooked.
You misspelled 'breasts'.
There are lots of decent movies with female leads who didn't bare breasts or butts. You just need to get out more.
I want to be entertained by a movie, not preached to. If I want preaching, I'll listen to a preacher or watch MSNBC.
There are biological differences between males and females, not that the average slashdotter would notice or appreciate. Men and women complement each other and become one when they're together, even better when they're a perfect match. Understand your strengths and weaknesses, and those of your partner. Cooperate and live happier.
It's nice. You ought to give it a try.
See the worst here: http://www.al.com/birmingham/
Crap like:
-20 zip codes with the most expensive houses
-Top 25 defensive backs in the past 25 years
-Private school tuition: A sampling of costs at 20 more Alabama schools
Before the weekend they will usually have some crap like "Ten things to do in Birmingham this weekend", and they're constantly having lists of the top BBQ joints, 10 best players ever at ______ school, top 15 most expensive restaurants in ______ county, etc, etc, etc, ad nauseam.
These lists are usually presented as slideshows requiring you to click through the list, and that's the whole point - MORE clicks.
It's not news. It's not even fake news. It's utter crap and a way for them to make a few bucks.
I'm not an engineer, but I still want faster internet service. I get an average 66 Mbps/down and 5 Mbps/up from Charter (Spectrum).
When I asked them about getting faster upload speed, they said that was enough for normal internet use because very little data goes up and most comes down. I told them apparently they don't own a modern digital camera.
I have all I really need on the downstream side, but it's a real pain in the ass trying to upload a couple of hundred full-sized photos (not RAW format) or a few minutes of HD video to smugmug.com! No, I won't compress my photos or lower the resolution. They are meant to be used full sized.
Get in your self-driving car and tell it to follow me all day. If you survive, I'll admit you're right.
I guess you live in a place where all the roads are in perfect condition, very wide, with perfect signs. I live in the real world where some streets and roads are barely adequate for one vehicle, and some are so bad that if you go a bit too fast (aka the speed limit), you'll ruin your car.
Do you have any one-lane bridges or one-lane tunnels in your world? "Honk before entering." Can your self-driving car handle that?
Yes, NK has nukes it can put on ICBMs. But that's not all that is needed to "shoot back", as you call it. Their missiles are anything but accurate. There's no telling where they will land. Plus, getting an ICBM up is easy; getting it to come down without burning up is a little harder. They haven't shown that they can do that yet. So, in a nuclear exchange, NK is on the short end. It would be like shooting fish in a barrel.
The only deterrent they have is being able to strike South Korea with thousands of conventional artillery pieces. Seoul is close enough to the border that it would be devastated by such a barrage.
There is a legitimate worry about what other countries would do if the US attacked NK. Other countries could react or not depending on how they perceive the outcome. My bet is that they do nothing in the interest of self-preservation. The US president is totally unpredictable, so you don't want to react the wrong way or you may be next.
A much, much better strategy for the US is putting nukes in South Korea and Japan. THAT would get China's attention for sure, and it might be enough for them to cage their rabid dog in NK.
Just take your meds and calm down. You're making yourself look like an ass.
You first.
I drove close to 2 million miles before GPS units were even available. I have one, but I rarely ever look at it except for seeing what the ETA is (and it's wrong more than it's right!). I've spent the last 41 years going to places I've never been before. And by the time I've finished working in a city, I know my way around better than most locals. It's EASY.
You don't need a compass, and topo maps show too much unnecessary crap. The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west. Even-numbered roads generally run east-west and odd-numbered roads generally run north-south. Inside cities learn which way streets and avenues run, either east-west or north-south. Some cities have it ass-backwards.
Exceptions are interstate loops and spurs - 3 digits that start with odd or even numbers. If it starts with an odd number, it's a spur. If it starts with an even number it comes back to the interstate it left (loop).
Oh, and sometimes roads run concurrently, so that you may be on a road that goes by two or more road numbers. Watch the signs - we paid good money for all those signs.
Paper road maps are still available in stores near interstates. If you travel a lot, buy an atlas of all the state road maps.
Outside of cities learn and use the 9-1-1 system to find addresses. Again, most did it right, but some counties royally screwed it up.
It's no less valid than your labels.
It doesn't matter how you define yourself because you'll always perceive yourself as more perfect than the next guy. That's just how humans are.
" . . . many aimed at spreading negative false claims about Hillary Clinton."
What was fake about those negative claims? I'd believe almost anything negative about Hillary. Well, maybe not the one about her drinking the blood of young children, but nearly everything else.
My bank is worse. I'm limited to numbers, uppercase letters, and lowercase letters - no characters or punctuation. Some security, huh?
So that's why all those .bmp files are so damned big!
Pai doesn't trust the Democrats. Wise man.
No, the 8% sales tax that I pay to Amazon goes back to my state. The state keeps half and distributes the other half to the counties. Amazon adds tax seemingly at random. One time they charge it and the next time they may not, even on the same item. Yeah, it puzzles me, too.
If any of you guys are having trouble getting your wife pregnant (assuming she's not terribly unattractive), I will gladly volunteer my services. Of course, you may have trouble pleasing her after she's been with me. An added plus is that the children will be as handsome as I am, not to mention very intelligent and modest. :)
Hey, it's the internet. Don't believe everything you read . . . .