That poor foreign kids should/need to/want to emulate little American dorks.
Each laptop should come with free samples of Lithium, Prozac, and Ritalin -- plus an instruction guide for developing ADD/ADHD and avoiding contact with girls.
Realistically, the teacher skills also come into play. Not everyone can teach far beyond their grade level, and schools already have a hard time finding basic chemistry and physics teachers.... But now I'm dwelling...
Everyone in the class could get an A and everyone could get an F.
For any one year, of course. But if everyone got an A, then the school would make next year's classes more difficult. They would keep doing that until the perfect balance of {"smart", "acceptable", "failures"} was achieved.
In the long run, grading must be a relative system.
Seriously- think of what some Christians might do to their kids: scan their heads for anything violent, sexual, or unholy (and of course punish them accordingly). What a nightmare.
I wonder if they have software that can spot unnatural shapes on a map (like a plane). Perhaps if planes all had their registration number in very large writing, they'd be able to read it from satellite.
"We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything" -- Thomas Edison.
That "seems" true, but there is no way to know that. We might really know 99% of everything, and the remaining 1% is almost impossible to grasp- yet that information might be so critical it would explain absolutely everything.
Like the lawyer who said-- "You can't just put a sign on your car saying, 'The driver of this vehicle is not responsible for pedestrians who get flattened.'"
What some call loss could probably be marketed as a special processing feature, to enhance quality and "reduce background noise" or some silliness. (Or not so silly- removing audio artifacts.)
Point being, it's conceivable that lossy formats "sound better".
But if Napster rips off the recording companies, then the artists are guaranteed to get nothing.
Only at first. Once the recording companies die, artists would be forced into more direct sales of their music (minus the greedy, exploitive middlemen), and they could take home even more money.
If you learn about this musical genius, who, unfortunately gets lumped in with a lot of talentless 80s hitmakers (I hope you read this, Madonna), you will, at least, respect him.
Prince is not only a musical genius, he is an acting genius as well. "Purple Rain" is the greatest movie ever. So great, they practically give it away in stores just like his new album.
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This is most regretable circumstance, however it was predicted by equally shameful 8% loss of recent stock value.
Each of the six gentleman must commit ritual Seppuku if there is any hope to restore personal honor.
How about we all generally say $5 for the album? Or, any other amount. 5 seems right to me.
Anyone recall the name of that school-marketed calculator that had Mr. Owl dressed up like an Oxford professor?
I'm sure he wants to censor the web just as much, but figures that he'll "start small" with videogames.
I sincerely hope that she is really, really ugly.
Each laptop should come with free samples of Lithium, Prozac, and Ritalin -- plus an instruction guide for developing ADD/ADHD and avoiding contact with girls.
Some people even act like it's the Apple IIGS.
So the "slow" sale of homes is partly a scam to make us think it's a good time to buy...
If this had been a Republican event, kdawson would have posted this story and claimed that the candidate was personally responsible for the tazing.
Realistically, the teacher skills also come into play. Not everyone can teach far beyond their grade level, and schools already have a hard time finding basic chemistry and physics teachers. ... But now I'm dwelling...
In the long run, grading must be a relative system.
Seriously- think of what some Christians might do to their kids: scan their heads for anything violent, sexual, or unholy (and of course punish them accordingly). What a nightmare.
I wonder if they have software that can spot unnatural shapes on a map (like a plane). Perhaps if planes all had their registration number in very large writing, they'd be able to read it from satellite.
Wouldn't a plane in the air measure somewhat "bigger" (being closer to the camera)? I'm not sure how that would scale....
Don't know who said that.
Point being, it's conceivable that lossy formats "sound better".
You are putting it gently.... The reality is much more tragic and agonizing for those students...
Unless there is something inherently superior about the human shape in an earth-like environment. If the earth is any indication, then there is.
Prince is not only a musical genius, he is an acting genius as well. "Purple Rain" is the greatest movie ever. So great, they practically give it away in stores just like his new album.