Dark Wizard was the first turn-based tactical war game I ever played. The bad translation from Japanese can be overlooked in light of the awesome soundtrack and fun gameplay. Hex based, it wasn't equalled in my mind until Missionforce:Cyberstorm for Win95 years later.
It is certainly possible to learn parenting from others with experience, as a new parent I've gotten shedloads of really bad advice from friends and family. It doesn't help that fourteen is considered a good age to have a child around here (Albuquerque, New Mexico).
This idea that the village (or other group) should collectively have a say in how I raise my daughter is crap. They can HELP by providing a safe environment now and role models later, but I rely much more on my pediatrician and mother for sound advice. My mom raised someone a lot like my kid (me), so she should know!
Radioactive waste reprocessing necessarily implies shipping waste around the country to reprocessing plants. As it is, the problem of waste shipment has not been solved even for disposal, much less there-and-back-again for reprocessing. The big political hurdle to building breeder reactors actually is not where to site them (though that's troublesome too), but how to connect them.
IIRC President Carter proposed a nationwide rail network exclusively for radioactives. That's how ridiculous the problem is.
Take it one farther: how many people are willing to do numerical analysis for any amount of money? What concrete benefit does a company reap for having this analysis done? Basically, divide benefit by supply to arrive at the salary.
That's why the average salary for programmers ballooned (companies realized the huge benefits) then sank (clueless trade-school graduates crashed the party).
Replying to the grandparent, if your culture (whereever you are) truly values great children's theater, you should have no trouble paying for it. e.g. every cathedral ever built. Don't bitch, donate or raise funds!
Yes, nasty chemicals are involved in the manufacture of current solar panels (hydrofluoric acid, silane, phosgene, and others). However, don't neglect the fact that uranium refining and reprocessing generate huge amounts of low-level radioactive waste. Toxic chemicals can be reacted and neutralized, but radioactives must be quarantined for many years (hundreds, in some cases).
I work on a rather large engineering project for the US Dept. of Energy. Our progress is judged by an independent advisory board, composed of both academics and bureaucrats. Our progress reports are scrutinized by other experts in the field, and the project heads give quarterly presentations to the board and the funding agents, nearly all of whom have Ph.D.s.
I'm sure your experience has been different, but we would be cut off in a heartbeat if we tried to submit bullshit status reports.
That said, everyone hates writing them. From the perspective of the team, they're a productivity sink, but a necessary evil.
That the amount of information has increased, I agree. But the difficult part of science has always been knowing what is crap and can be ignored, and what is true.
Newton must have had a better bullshit filter than anyone (at least about mechanics, not alchemy sadly), because he said 'quintessence is crap, and this is why.' It takes balls to question centuries of tradition, but it takes brains at well to PROVE that you are right.
How the hell does the funding agency know if their money is being spent on hookers and booze or useful research, if not for status reports? You, the researcher, must deliver results or no one will pay attention to you ever again. Otherwise you are just a con man.
I suppose you could have site visits in lieu of a report, but in my experience, writing a report is easier than making sure some grant officer doesn't kill himself on a high voltage power supply.
Who is going to pay you the 'independent researcher' to do your great work without expecting a huge cut? This is fantasy - we eat by the sweat of our brows. Ditch diggers work for their money the same as do particle physicists.
Are you wealthy, or do you have a wealthy patron who would benefit by your renown? Do you have highly influential friends? Nearly all independent scientists throughout history fell into one of these categories.
As for education, it has always been bad, and always will be. The badness level does fluctuate, but it's tilting at windmills to expect everyone to have a world-class education. Rising above artificial limitations is what research is ABOUT, and the only education that is worth anything is what you take for yourself.
Latency IS important, especially for institutional investors or trades on a mercantile exchange. One of the most critical being arbitrage, or buying something from one person and immediately selling to another at a higher price - instant profit. You just have to be the one to spot the price differential first, and it can come down to milliseconds.
A lot of finance firms buy boxes colocated in the exchange just for the latency.
While I agree that spending a lot of money (the equivalent of the Iraq war budget) would indeed buy enough food and even infrastructure to feed everyone in the world, the major cost that such estimates don't mention is invading all the countries that are deliberately starving their citizens.
Would Saddam have let anyone feed his people while he was in power? Never - we'd have had to invade! No good deed goes unpunished, and I think the mire we're stuck in now is our reward for not thinking just a bit farther ahead before invading.
Heck with heart surgery, I'd like to see my auto mechanic, waste pickup person, or UPS driver occasionally be a woman. Not once have I ever seen a woman do any of those jobs, and no-one is screaming for equality there. Tell me again why this is okay but any disparity in research/politics/medicine/law is grounds for a federal law?
The one area that I have seen big changes in (even in my lifetime, and I'm only 29) is manufacturing. A LOT of young women in my hometown work in manufacturing plants, and do all the crap work that the men have to do as well. Why should other menial jobs be any different?
Hah, you want something that really appeals to the poor? How about an app that costs $100 to buy now but you can "rent to own" for only $10 / month for two years, no returns accepted.
It should also look really nice but quickly degrade to useless within months.
This is RentACenter's entire business model, and they suck millions out of the poorest people in the US.
Other companies in the past have tried to get away with this and been slapped hard. The case Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. was specifically decided in the employees favor on just this issue.
The pottery company did not start paying the employees until after they had reached their workstations, put on their work clothes, cleaned and sharpened their tools. The court ruled that any activity performed exclusively for the benefit of the company counts as paid time, even walking to your workstation. Hence the name "portal-to-portal decision" - employees must be paid as soon as they walk in the door and don't stop until they walk out of it.
Look, even the US Olympic tryouts used the new scoring system (I watched all the diving tryouts). There's no way China influenced that, unless we used cheap Chinese numerals instead of the common Sanskrit ones.
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Dark Wizard was the first turn-based tactical war game I ever played. The bad translation from Japanese can be overlooked in light of the awesome soundtrack and fun gameplay. Hex based, it wasn't equalled in my mind until Missionforce:Cyberstorm for Win95 years later.
I have discovered a truly marvelous proof that P != NP, but this comment is not rated highly enough to contain it.
Let's see if we can leverage the wisdom of the crowds, or if crowds are all idiots (slashdot included, of course).
Maybe you're getting smarter?
It is certainly possible to learn parenting from others with experience, as a new parent I've gotten shedloads of really bad advice from friends and family. It doesn't help that fourteen is considered a good age to have a child around here (Albuquerque, New Mexico).
This idea that the village (or other group) should collectively have a say in how I raise my daughter is crap. They can HELP by providing a safe environment now and role models later, but I rely much more on my pediatrician and mother for sound advice. My mom raised someone a lot like my kid (me), so she should know!
You are a god among trolls.
Circular reference for nerds. Dupe optimization that matters.
Radioactive waste reprocessing necessarily implies shipping waste around the country to reprocessing plants. As it is, the problem of waste shipment has not been solved even for disposal, much less there-and-back-again for reprocessing. The big political hurdle to building breeder reactors actually is not where to site them (though that's troublesome too), but how to connect them.
IIRC President Carter proposed a nationwide rail network exclusively for radioactives. That's how ridiculous the problem is.
Take it one farther: how many people are willing to do numerical analysis for any amount of money? What concrete benefit does a company reap for having this analysis done? Basically, divide benefit by supply to arrive at the salary.
That's why the average salary for programmers ballooned (companies realized the huge benefits) then sank (clueless trade-school graduates crashed the party).
Replying to the grandparent, if your culture (whereever you are) truly values great children's theater, you should have no trouble paying for it. e.g. every cathedral ever built. Don't bitch, donate or raise funds!
Yes, nasty chemicals are involved in the manufacture of current solar panels (hydrofluoric acid, silane, phosgene, and others). However, don't neglect the fact that uranium refining and reprocessing generate huge amounts of low-level radioactive waste. Toxic chemicals can be reacted and neutralized, but radioactives must be quarantined for many years (hundreds, in some cases).
I work on a rather large engineering project for the US Dept. of Energy. Our progress is judged by an independent advisory board, composed of both academics and bureaucrats. Our progress reports are scrutinized by other experts in the field, and the project heads give quarterly presentations to the board and the funding agents, nearly all of whom have Ph.D.s.
I'm sure your experience has been different, but we would be cut off in a heartbeat if we tried to submit bullshit status reports.
That said, everyone hates writing them. From the perspective of the team, they're a productivity sink, but a necessary evil.
Don't be stupid, nothing travels slower than money. That's why my rent check is always late.
That the amount of information has increased, I agree. But the difficult part of science has always been knowing what is crap and can be ignored, and what is true.
Newton must have had a better bullshit filter than anyone (at least about mechanics, not alchemy sadly), because he said 'quintessence is crap, and this is why.' It takes balls to question centuries of tradition, but it takes brains at well to PROVE that you are right.
MOD PARENT UP!
How the hell does the funding agency know if their money is being spent on hookers and booze or useful research, if not for status reports? You, the researcher, must deliver results or no one will pay attention to you ever again. Otherwise you are just a con man.
I suppose you could have site visits in lieu of a report, but in my experience, writing a report is easier than making sure some grant officer doesn't kill himself on a high voltage power supply.
Who is going to pay you the 'independent researcher' to do your great work without expecting a huge cut? This is fantasy - we eat by the sweat of our brows. Ditch diggers work for their money the same as do particle physicists.
Are you wealthy, or do you have a wealthy patron who would benefit by your renown? Do you have highly influential friends? Nearly all independent scientists throughout history fell into one of these categories.
As for education, it has always been bad, and always will be. The badness level does fluctuate, but it's tilting at windmills to expect everyone to have a world-class education. Rising above artificial limitations is what research is ABOUT, and the only education that is worth anything is what you take for yourself.
Here are some pics and analysis that don't require $60 / year to read.
Latency IS important, especially for institutional investors or trades on a mercantile exchange. One of the most critical being arbitrage, or buying something from one person and immediately selling to another at a higher price - instant profit. You just have to be the one to spot the price differential first, and it can come down to milliseconds.
A lot of finance firms buy boxes colocated in the exchange just for the latency.
While I agree that spending a lot of money (the equivalent of the Iraq war budget) would indeed buy enough food and even infrastructure to feed everyone in the world, the major cost that such estimates don't mention is invading all the countries that are deliberately starving their citizens.
Would Saddam have let anyone feed his people while he was in power? Never - we'd have had to invade! No good deed goes unpunished, and I think the mire we're stuck in now is our reward for not thinking just a bit farther ahead before invading.
Heck with heart surgery, I'd like to see my auto mechanic, waste pickup person, or UPS driver occasionally be a woman. Not once have I ever seen a woman do any of those jobs, and no-one is screaming for equality there. Tell me again why this is okay but any disparity in research/politics/medicine/law is grounds for a federal law?
The one area that I have seen big changes in (even in my lifetime, and I'm only 29) is manufacturing. A LOT of young women in my hometown work in manufacturing plants, and do all the crap work that the men have to do as well. Why should other menial jobs be any different?
I surf with my feet propped up, a beer on the table, and the dog curled up at my feet.
You let your dog sit on your table? So you're insecure AND a hick.
Hah, you want something that really appeals to the poor? How about an app that costs $100 to buy now but you can "rent to own" for only $10 / month for two years, no returns accepted.
It should also look really nice but quickly degrade to useless within months.
This is RentACenter's entire business model, and they suck millions out of the poorest people in the US.
Although there are many Chinese IP pirates, I think the more bloodthirsty Somali pirates would probably win.
The ONE TIME there is actually a period at the end of the URL, I get screwed. Here is the correct link: Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.
Other companies in the past have tried to get away with this and been slapped hard. The case Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. was specifically decided in the employees favor on just this issue.
The pottery company did not start paying the employees until after they had reached their workstations, put on their work clothes, cleaned and sharpened their tools. The court ruled that any activity performed exclusively for the benefit of the company counts as paid time, even walking to your workstation. Hence the name "portal-to-portal decision" - employees must be paid as soon as they walk in the door and don't stop until they walk out of it.
I think Apple is probably in trouble here.
Look, even the US Olympic tryouts used the new scoring system (I watched all the diving tryouts). There's no way China influenced that, unless we used cheap Chinese numerals instead of the common Sanskrit ones.
I probably would have noticed that.