Woosh! Edinburgh castle is famously built on a volcanic crag. So the city is built on the remains of a volcano. Though one extinct for a few hundred million years.
For all the foreigners saying "WTF is a minivan?", it is a large family vehicle, smaller than a mini-bus, like a VW Transporter (Combi) , about 10 hogsheads or 0.00001 Libraries of Congress.
We never elected Bush and we had him twice. Wake up.
Actually, the second time it it widely agreed he was elected legitimately, no vote-rigging needed. This had the rest of the civilized world scratching and shaking its head.
You joke, but that sort of thing does happen in Australia. e.g. Western Minerals bought by a adultshop.com (sex toys, porn) to get a stock exchange listing.
Those links go nowhere near supporting even a fraction of your claim. Worthless. Two are studies on autism, not normal people. One shows that you can modify IQ scores by modifying the testing process (duh!) One says environment affects IQ (duh!) . Any more detail than that is behind a paywall. It would be interesting if the siblings were separated after the start of formal education. What have you got that supports a 2 SD difference from education?
Why do we use years as time measurement for events that happen in the universe? Years are an Earth measurement that have no bearing on anything else in the universe.
For the same reason you asked that question in English instead of a dialect from Flartibartfast IV.
Anybody can make wild claims. I can train people to be taller. Height measurements are so inconsistent, I doubt that height really exists. It is just a social construct.
Citation please.
The lower IQ is true. But IQ is mostly based on educational opportunity,
No, the IQ measured by tests is mostly determined by factors before formal schooling starts. Education does not change IQ test scores much, especially if looking at group statistics. IQ is sort of defined as that part of "smartness" that does not change.
I was thinking "this guy is definitely politically incorrect, but does he really deserve to be fired over this?"
Then I read the various sub-points under 10, and yes, it was that bad.
Same here. But I was thinking, "maybe there really are places in the US like that." I'm not American, and it seemed unpleasant but plausible.
By the end, where is he talking about the relative value of "IWSB"s,
Sounds to me like he is bitter that blacks with the same intelligence and social skills as himself (IWSBs) are more desired and successful. ie he is bitching about (real or perceived) reverse discrimination in a veiled way.
All that about intelligence and affirmative action - inflammatory and rude to go on about it in public. But are there any factual errors? (Not that truth excuses insulting someone. Its not OK to call a fat person fat.)
That anecdote is even more ridiculous than TFA. You claim a kid was labelled low-IQ because of ONE question? I could do the same to you for believing that.
I also find it hard to believe that any kid can start school without knowing about dinosaurs already. But then, I don't live in the US.
These "PC gone mad" stories are usually a media beat-up. Is the NY Post a reliable source?
Even if they are cured, the pinko liberals and self-diagnosis are constantly inventing new disabilities. e.g. ADD, ADHD, PTSD, gluten-intolerance, RSI, Aspergers, MCS, Gulf War Syndrome, and assorted allergies.
Bostons Big Dig was first planned in 1948 and didn't get completed till 2007, which makes the US look quite pedestrian compared to the rapid progress in the UK.....
Nah, we just like to spell like we pronounce. mee - ter, not mee - tray ( or meh - tray):)
No, you pronounce it mee-te, if you are like most British (and all Australians) Unlike most yanks, we are non-rhotic. We drop the final R. So, metre or meter, it does not really matter.
Huh? I thought they actually found NEW (as in living, just formed) human species...
I was hoping for an ancient one, living undisturbed (until now) in some forgotten valley high in Tibet. You were not the only one to be sorely disappointed at the mention of fossils.
Call me back when you have a list with 3.14 ways to do it.
That would be irrational.
And it is 6 weeks too early. Real nerds might do big-endian (only 1129 years to go) or little endian dates, but middle-endian would be abhorrent. I'll wait until the 31st of April to celebrate pi day, and show my mathematical superiority.
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Woosh! Edinburgh castle is famously built on a volcanic crag. So the city is built on the remains of a volcano. Though one extinct for a few hundred million years.
NASA tracks space debris the size of a golf ball, why didn't they see this?
Because it was not in a low-earth orbit, and space is kind of big.
For all the foreigners saying "WTF is a minivan?", it is a large family vehicle, smaller than a mini-bus, like a VW Transporter (Combi) , about 10 hogsheads or 0.00001 Libraries of Congress.
Who cares about the troops. Send in the lawyers!
We need a surge. Nothing short of drafting every lawyer in the US and allied countries, and sending them to Iran will suffice.
But the GP asked where? What lattitude - can we see it from here in the south?
which occurs at 1:30 a.m. EDT (0530 GMT).
Thats literally the middle of the day, you insensitive clod.
We never elected Bush and we had him twice. Wake up.
Actually, the second time it it widely agreed he was elected legitimately, no vote-rigging needed.
This had the rest of the civilized world scratching and shaking its head.
It of course depends a bit on how you define the region, but Australia, New Zealand, ...
NZ is 12,000km away. Twice as far as anywhere in Europe. Probably not considered part of the South Asia region.
India has no such agreement.
India unilaterally declared that it will not export any ballistic missile technology despite not being a member of the MTCR
And Pakistan said it would not export nuclear weapon technology.
Expect some mergers with mining companies then.
21st Century Tungsten.
You joke, but that sort of thing does happen in Australia.
e.g. Western Minerals bought by a adultshop.com (sex toys, porn) to get a stock exchange listing.
Those links go nowhere near supporting even a fraction of your claim. Worthless.
Two are studies on autism, not normal people.
One shows that you can modify IQ scores by modifying the testing process (duh!)
One says environment affects IQ (duh!) . Any more detail than that is behind a paywall.
It would be interesting if the siblings were separated after the start of formal education.
What have you got that supports a 2 SD difference from education?
Here are a handful, there are lots:
Worst summary ever.
Welcome to slashdot. I hope you stay a while.
Why do we use years as time measurement for events that happen in the universe? Years are an Earth measurement that have no bearing on anything else in the universe.
For the same reason you asked that question in English instead of a dialect from Flartibartfast IV.
Anybody can make wild claims. I can train people to be taller.
Height measurements are so inconsistent, I doubt that height really exists. It is just a social construct.
Citation please.
but every major IQ test can be shifted by 2+ SD with education.
Ridiculous. I think you mean 2 points.
The lower IQ is true. But IQ is mostly based on educational opportunity,
No, the IQ measured by tests is mostly determined by factors before formal schooling starts.
Education does not change IQ test scores much, especially if looking at group statistics.
IQ is sort of defined as that part of "smartness" that does not change.
...that PEOPLE (irregardless of whether they're black, white, red, yellow, green or purple) are the problem.
Sure... and lets just agree that germs are the cause of disease. No reason to be more specific - unless you want to find a solution.
I was thinking "this guy is definitely politically incorrect, but does he really deserve to be fired over this?"
Then I read the various sub-points under 10, and yes, it was that bad.
Same here. But I was thinking, "maybe there really are places in the US like that." I'm not American, and it seemed unpleasant but plausible.
By the end, where is he talking about the relative value of "IWSB"s,
Sounds to me like he is bitter that blacks with the same intelligence and social skills as himself (IWSBs) are more desired and successful.
ie he is bitching about (real or perceived) reverse discrimination in a veiled way.
All that about intelligence and affirmative action - inflammatory and rude to go on about it in public. But are there any factual errors?
(Not that truth excuses insulting someone. Its not OK to call a fat person fat.)
That anecdote is even more ridiculous than TFA. You claim a kid was labelled low-IQ because of ONE question? I could do the same to you for believing that.
I also find it hard to believe that any kid can start school without knowing about dinosaurs already. But then, I don't live in the US.
These "PC gone mad" stories are usually a media beat-up. Is the NY Post a reliable source?
Even if they are cured, the pinko liberals and self-diagnosis are constantly inventing new disabilities.
e.g. ADD, ADHD, PTSD, gluten-intolerance, RSI, Aspergers, MCS, Gulf War Syndrome, and assorted allergies.
Fun Fact, beer is fucking lousy at depth. You'd be amazed how much the dissolved gasses and the release of such affects the taste and enjoyment.
But as a bonus, at just 40m or so down, you can get quite drunk breathing the nitrogen in ordinary air.
Bostons Big Dig was first planned in 1948 and didn't get completed till 2007, which makes the US look quite pedestrian compared to the rapid progress in the UK.....
Sorry, but the Brits and French are the clear winners. The Channel Tunnel took more than a century from first digging to official opening.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel#Proposals_and_attempts
Nah, we just like to spell like we pronounce. mee - ter, not mee - tray ( or meh - tray) :)
No, you pronounce it mee-te, if you are like most British (and all Australians) Unlike most yanks, we are non-rhotic. We drop the final R.
So, metre or meter, it does not really matter.
30000 years from now, no paper or electronic writing produced by the current generation will exist. Just what little we have carved into stone.
Or plastic. Future civilizations will wonder at who the great Fisher Price may have been.
Huh? I thought they actually found NEW (as in living, just formed) human species...
I was hoping for an ancient one, living undisturbed (until now) in some forgotten valley high in Tibet.
You were not the only one to be sorely disappointed at the mention of fossils.
Call me back when you have a list with 3.14 ways to do it.
That would be irrational.
And it is 6 weeks too early. Real nerds might do big-endian (only 1129 years to go) or little endian dates, but middle-endian would be abhorrent.
I'll wait until the 31st of April to celebrate pi day, and show my mathematical superiority.