Its not just the US. Australia has a lot of data from national standardised testing, notably NAPLAN.
Girls consistent score slightly higher on average in most subjects. I don't think this means any failure or conspiracy in our schools, as it is well know that boys develop later. The difference is very obvious in early school years. If it is considered "a problem that needs fixing", you could set the start age for girls a bit earlier, say six months, and the scores could be equalised. Or you could just accept the "diversity".
However maths is a special case. Unlike all other areas, boys are a bit in front on average. More interestingly, the standard deviation is substantially larger, so there are more boys at both the bottom and top of scores. The higher the score band, the greater the disparity in numbers. (And again - only in maths) So it is no surprise if >90% of the olympiad-level students are male. If it was equal, something would be seriously wrong in the selection process.
Data can be seen here: http://reports.acara.edu.au/Ho... Select domain:numeracy and subgroup:sex Note the M/F numbers in the first ("exempt") and last columns.
Project that as a normal distribution, and it will predict that the Maths Olympiad is a sausage-fest. Mathematically.
to fight back against a government that was becoming too overbearing and expanding its powers beyond what the constitution specifically limits it to.....
Well, thats happened. How is the revolution going?
Last time you had a revolution, it killed 2% of the population (equivalent to 6 million today), and only benefitted the elite 1% . What was so terrible about Canada? For ordinary people, rules stayed the same, and taxes went up. Just a change of management. I'm not sure you can afford another one.
Oh wow..so you're saying you can only have bolt action rifles down there?
Yes, not even semi-auto.22s. But we keep them for hunting, not overthrowing the government, so it is tolerable.
What about semi-auto pistols?
Oddly, they are still legal, up to 10 rounds. And of course, criminals are much more likely to use handguns than assault rifles. But its a lot of hassle to get a handgun license here, and not many people have them. You certainly cannot carry them in public.
Sorry, I used the wrong term. Was talking about semi-automatic rifles, not machine guns. You have to doing something like professionally culling herds of feral buffalo from a helicopter to get a self-loading rifle license now. But we haven't had any Sandy Hooks lately.
Not the silly gun argument again. Hunting is popular in Australia, and we have more guns now than before the buyback. Just fewer assault rifles. People may regard the buyback (and ban on automatics) as a colossal waste of money, and an inconvenience. But having to reload between shots is hardly seen as a major attack on personal freedoms. No more than Americans resent the ban on private ownership of hand grenades. And it gives the kangaroos a sporting chance.
... Don't take it the wrong way... but I like the bill of rights. Put something in place that forbids the government from overstepping its bounds to any extent and Australia will be very interesting.
Short of that... you're an interesting vacation destination. A nice place to visit but I need something like the Bill of Rights to call a country home.
Well, you'd be quite at home in Russia then. Zimbabwe has a bill or rights too.
What you really want is a thing called "rule of law". Australia has mostly the same rights as the US, unsurprising since both countries legal systems are based on British common law. We can all trace our rights back to the Magna Carta and beyond.
I can get by without a bill of rights, but it was annoying having to quarter those soldiers in my house last year.
It's got a lot more racial crimes, it's got a lot more gun-related crimes,
On average, yes, but crime is a local thing. Areas of Sydney have drive-by shooting from middle-eastern crime gangs, and plenty of cities in the US are very safe.
I don't know why rich Americans would want to leave - it is the poor people who are much better off in Australia. (unless they dream of buying a home)
Watch again, he's obviously a (bad) Jamaican stereotype.
Not obvious to me. If anything, I thought he was vaguely Italian, maybe because I meet a lot more Italians than Jamaicans. But really, he is just meant to sounds foreign to the others.
The worst negative stereotype in American cinema is the villains all having English accents.
but the key is, a lot of (read: "most of") the power is to come from fission.
I really can't think that Boeing would be so daft as to think that anyone would ever use this on Earth.
I think you may have missed that only the fusion products come out the back. The fission products are contained, and its relatively easy to contain the fission chamber in the event of a crash, unlike nuclear-powered spacecraft, which re-enter with 1000 x the energy of a subsonic aircraft.
Surely the point of the patent is to use it for exploration of other planets. Right? I hope so...
It has the advantage of operating without fuel or oxygen, but why would a planetary explorer need a jet engine? Whats the hurry? They can just float around with a small solar or RTG-powered propeller.
Even if the technical challenges can be overcome, its hard to imagine this being economically viable over a conventional jet engine, even if you have to synthesise the fuel on the ground with nuclear power. I miss the days when to get a patent you needed a working model, instead of just a vague idea that might never work.
Well at least they didn't use human brains. Although I expect I should add Yet to the statement....
You could study rare naturally occurring two-headed humans, with two brains connected at the spine (so one CNS). They are able to coordinate surprisingly well. Unfortunately, all anybody seems to care about is their sex life, which is scientifically dull. (Except for the original Siamese Twins who had 22 kids between them, so must have been doing something extraordinary.)
But its an OTG usb ethernet dongle! Yes, people have been doing this for ages, with a Y-adapter and dongle. You can get both parts for less than $5 delivered on ebay etc. The only trick is figuring out which ones have the ASIX chip (or, more likely, a clone).
But Americans often drop the consonant, e.g. new is pronounced "noo", whereas a native English speaker says "nyoo". So no surprise if someone pronounces it an "oo-ess-bee" port.
The problem is not profit (which goes to shareholders, in theory) but obscene executive bonuses. I rather doubt that a plant manager is on such bonuses.
The article really has nothing to do with nuclear power plants, despite the opening references. He is talking about the poor security at the Oak Ridge facility. If private security guards are so bad, maybe they should call in the experts from Homeland Security.
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Its not just the US. Australia has a lot of data from national standardised testing, notably NAPLAN.
Girls consistent score slightly higher on average in most subjects. I don't think this means any failure or conspiracy in our schools, as it is well know that boys develop later. The difference is very obvious in early school years. If it is considered "a problem that needs fixing", you could set the start age for girls a bit earlier, say six months, and the scores could be equalised. Or you could just accept the "diversity".
However maths is a special case. Unlike all other areas, boys are a bit in front on average. More interestingly, the standard deviation is substantially larger, so there are more boys at both the bottom and top of scores. The higher the score band, the greater the disparity in numbers. (And again - only in maths) So it is no surprise if >90% of the olympiad-level students are male. If it was equal, something would be seriously wrong in the selection process.
Data can be seen here: http://reports.acara.edu.au/Ho...
Select domain:numeracy and subgroup:sex
Note the M/F numbers in the first ("exempt") and last columns.
Project that as a normal distribution, and it will predict that the Maths Olympiad is a sausage-fest. Mathematically.
And also the earlier Trinity movies. They Call me Trinity and sequel.
Sorry, not related, just magnifico!
to fight back against a government that was becoming too overbearing and expanding its powers beyond what the constitution specifically limits it to.....
Well, thats happened. How is the revolution going?
Last time you had a revolution, it killed 2% of the population (equivalent to 6 million today), and only benefitted the elite 1% . What was so terrible about Canada? For ordinary people, rules stayed the same, and taxes went up. Just a change of management. I'm not sure you can afford another one.
Oh wow..so you're saying you can only have bolt action rifles down there?
Yes, not even semi-auto .22s. But we keep them for hunting, not overthrowing the government, so it is tolerable.
What about semi-auto pistols?
Oddly, they are still legal, up to 10 rounds. And of course, criminals are much more likely to use handguns than assault rifles. But its a lot of hassle to get a handgun license here, and not many people have them. You certainly cannot carry them in public.
I don't understand why guns always come up when non-Americans talk about America.
We watch American television. And the US gun homicide rate is 20 times higher than here, proving that Hollywood is accurate.
Sorry, I used the wrong term. Was talking about semi-automatic rifles, not machine guns.
You have to doing something like professionally culling herds of feral buffalo from a helicopter to get a self-loading rifle license now.
But we haven't had any Sandy Hooks lately.
Not the silly gun argument again. Hunting is popular in Australia, and we have more guns now than before the buyback. Just fewer assault rifles. People may regard the buyback (and ban on automatics) as a colossal waste of money, and an inconvenience. But having to reload between shots is hardly seen as a major attack on personal freedoms. No more than Americans resent the ban on private ownership of hand grenades. And it gives the kangaroos a sporting chance.
... Don't take it the wrong way... but I like the bill of rights. Put something in place that forbids the government from overstepping its bounds to any extent and Australia will be very interesting.
Short of that... you're an interesting vacation destination. A nice place to visit but I need something like the Bill of Rights to call a country home.
Well, you'd be quite at home in Russia then. Zimbabwe has a bill or rights too.
What you really want is a thing called "rule of law". Australia has mostly the same rights as the US, unsurprising since both countries legal systems are based on British common law. We can all trace our rights back to the Magna Carta and beyond.
I can get by without a bill of rights, but it was annoying having to quarter those soldiers in my house last year.
It's got a lot more racial crimes, it's got a lot more gun-related crimes,
On average, yes, but crime is a local thing. Areas of Sydney have drive-by shooting from middle-eastern crime gangs, and plenty of cities in the US are very safe.
I don't know why rich Americans would want to leave - it is the poor people who are much better off in Australia. (unless they dream of buying a home)
Sorry, I gave the hash for the Proper English version, but link for the US English. Nice to see someone actually checks those things :-)
Works for me too, and outside the browser, so no cookies needed.
wget http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink...
Windows 10 Insider Preview (x64) - Build 10162
Download (3.86 GB)
SHA-1 hash: C1C08D22876F45444880275D26CB5ECB8347620B
http://windows.microsoft.com/e...
Watch again, he's obviously a (bad) Jamaican stereotype.
Not obvious to me. If anything, I thought he was vaguely Italian, maybe because I meet a lot more Italians than Jamaicans.
But really, he is just meant to sounds foreign to the others.
The worst negative stereotype in American cinema is the villains all having English accents.
Yeah. I think you'll find jet turbines don't work so well in space.
GP was saying these might be useful in the atmosphere of another planet.
but the key is, a lot of (read: "most of") the power is to come from fission.
I really can't think that Boeing would be so daft as to think that anyone would ever use this on Earth.
I think you may have missed that only the fusion products come out the back. The fission products are contained, and its relatively easy to contain the fission chamber in the event of a crash, unlike nuclear-powered spacecraft, which re-enter with 1000 x the energy of a subsonic aircraft.
Surely the point of the patent is to use it for exploration of other planets. Right? I hope so...
It has the advantage of operating without fuel or oxygen, but why would a planetary explorer need a jet engine? Whats the hurry?
They can just float around with a small solar or RTG-powered propeller.
Even if the technical challenges can be overcome, its hard to imagine this being economically viable over a conventional jet engine, even if you have to synthesise the fuel on the ground with nuclear power.
I miss the days when to get a patent you needed a working model, instead of just a vague idea that might never work.
Well at least they didn't use human brains. Although I expect I should add Yet to the statement....
You could study rare naturally occurring two-headed humans, with two brains connected at the spine (so one CNS).
They are able to coordinate surprisingly well.
Unfortunately, all anybody seems to care about is their sex life, which is scientifically dull.
(Except for the original Siamese Twins who had 22 kids between them, so must have been doing something extraordinary.)
it's an usb ethernet dongle.
like, woah!
But its an OTG usb ethernet dongle!
Yes, people have been doing this for ages, with a Y-adapter and dongle.
You can get both parts for less than $5 delivered on ebay etc. The only trick is figuring out which ones have the ASIX chip (or, more likely, a clone).
See https://productforums.google.c...
This new option is certainly more elegant.
But Americans often drop the consonant, e.g. new is pronounced "noo", whereas a native English speaker says "nyoo".
So no surprise if someone pronounces it an "oo-ess-bee" port.
The Han Solo prequel could have been good, if only they'd hired Vince Gilligan to write it.
That shouldn't be too hard. The PR campaign is prepared:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
The problem is not profit (which goes to shareholders, in theory) but obscene executive bonuses.
I rather doubt that a plant manager is on such bonuses.
There is no way you are a GM of a nuclear power "plan".
I'll bet you've written some nasty letters to the Readers' Digest then.
The article really has nothing to do with nuclear power plants, despite the opening references.
He is talking about the poor security at the Oak Ridge facility.
If private security guards are so bad, maybe they should call in the experts from Homeland Security.
We should throw in some white colored apes that google can mistake for white people, and then it will be fair, and everyone can stop being outraged.
Chimps often have pale skin. This one looks eerily human.
They still hear the "Axis of Evil" speech, and would rather be North Korea than Iraq today.
Iran is between Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention a nuclear-armed Pakistan. Their strong desire for a deterrent weapon is understandable.
I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say kill 'em all!