All you need to do is look at people who are considered attractive to notice that their faces are very even in proportion.
Which of course is interesting considering the theory that genius in either the left or right brain is said to cause the opposite side of the face to be larger than its counter-part (look at pictures of geniuses in history). I guess the two theories together help to prove a third 'Beautiful people are usually not too bright'
You should just realize that presidents have zero effect on the economy, any motion in the economy is based off of forces that happened months or years ago and are largely out of one person's control.
A degree is definately worth something--it can be a solid foundation on which to build real-world skills. Problem solving, abstract reasoning and communication skills are all part in parcel of a degree from a good institution. In addition, understanding the fundemental principles of computer science can make learning new languages and technologies easier.
Of course a degree alone is worth nothing. What really matters is the person. If the person sucks, then they will suck no matter what degree they have. If the person is good, a degree can only increase their value to your organization.
Now, would I pay more money for a person with or without a degree? No. But a degree may influence my hiring decision.
Some of you people have very selective morality. You eagerly condemn Google for compromising in order to do business with China, but completely ignore the fact that half of the crap most of us buy is made in China.
The average American does a lot more to support China's policies than Google does by filtering a few searches.
Of course my hope is that stability and economic growth have a good chance of breaking the stranglehold of any dictatorial government. But we will have to wait and see.
It is even simpler, Hollywood is mostly interested in just making money. As long as the crap they put out makes money, they are not going to shed too many tears about not making good movies.
Hollywood is also very risk averse, and it is difficult to make a good movie that also has a broad appeal to the American public.
3) Some companies need outsourcing to survive Numerous company CEOs have reported that without being able to outsource some of their IT section, their company would've gone under. In essense, the company outsources maybe 300 lower skill IT jobs to save 1000 higher skill IT jobs in the US.
Of course those same CEOs overlook their multi-million dollar compensation packages.
Which do you think the US government is most interested in enforcing around the world? Obviously the US copyright and patent laws.
Spam annoys the little guy, and the little guy doesn't donate much to political campaigns.
Copyrights and patents however are near and dear to corporate America. Corporate America spends a lot of money to make sure Politicians do their bidding.
Hence the US spends all this effort in places like Australia trying to get them to adopt our patent laws.
It seems to me that the only way to do it is for all the Open Source developers to be working at large companies, with the large companies paying a salary for the developer to work on the Open Source project for some portion of their time. That's fine, I have no problem with that concept, but it's *not* "free". The software is effectively being supported by the charity of corporations.
Neil misses one very important point in his analysis. If you reduce the problem down to cost, which is what most companies like to do, the cost of paying for their developers to work on open source can be much cheaper than paying those developers to enhance or implement proprietary solutions.
The idea is that the company USES the open source software that is being developed for something important to their business, instead of paying for a commercial solution.
Typically even after you spend a large amount of money on a commerical software, you end up paying large amounts of money for integration and support. If a couple of your developers were on the open source team, those costs are built in with your payroll.
Actually children are much more emulators than they are creators. Much of their play is based on mimicking things that they have seen or heard in their short lives.
Overall an individual tends to be more creative as a child than as an adult, simply because a child is less aware of boundries. But a child's creativity is much less likely to have practical application than an adult's for those same reasons.
Actually I had read the reason for the US bombing was actually little more than pre-cold war posturing to scare the Russians who were poised to invade Japan from the other side.
Another issue with a multi-party system is the whole concept of the public mandate. For instance if the US had 5 parties, and the winner of the presidential election received just 25% of the vote, would the country have confidence in a leader who so poorly represented them?
The problem really isn't the party system, but the money that pollutes the process. The political parties really only exist because of their money raising and fund-pooling power. If you took that away, you would see a lot more people willing to break party ranks.
This line is especially precious:
"I think what he's doing is great--very admirable," says Jodi Morgan, a 27-year-old who has been in an online relationship with Winter since January. "
Nothing says winner like admiration from your "online relationship"
When I served my turn at jury duty for my city, I was amazed at how quickly everything went. And it was for a murder trial.
The prosecutor told us that murder trials in our jurisdiction usually take a day. Those epic murder trials are reserved for media circus venues like L.A.
Sure enough, we were all wrapped up right after lunch, with DNA expert testimony and everything.
I would have never guessed I would be picked for the jury--white male, whose step father is in law enforcement. With a black male defendant.
Anyways the guy was found not guilty, the prosecution wasn't able to prove anything other than the guy's blood was on the head of the wrench clutched by the victim's dead hand. You need a lot more than that to prove murder, so the judge dismissed the case.
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Read the byline, he writes for the Christian Science Monitor--arguably less newsworthy than your average coupon book.
Which of course is interesting considering the theory that genius in either the left or right brain is said to cause the opposite side of the face to be larger than its counter-part (look at pictures of geniuses in history). I guess the two theories together help to prove a third 'Beautiful people are usually not too bright'
Too late, twinkies maker is going out of business!
Yes, I often wonder where they have 'misplaced' Yakov Smirnoff's career
Soon the target network would be back up, but all your links would be lost and randomly changed to something less useful. Good Invention!
You should just realize that presidents have zero effect on the economy, any motion in the economy is based off of forces that happened months or years ago and are largely out of one person's control.
Of course a degree alone is worth nothing. What really matters is the person. If the person sucks, then they will suck no matter what degree they have. If the person is good, a degree can only increase their value to your organization.
Now, would I pay more money for a person with or without a degree? No. But a degree may influence my hiring decision.
The average American does a lot more to support China's policies than Google does by filtering a few searches.
Of course my hope is that stability and economic growth have a good chance of breaking the stranglehold of any dictatorial government. But we will have to wait and see.
Hollywood is also very risk averse, and it is difficult to make a good movie that also has a broad appeal to the American public.
All of those Americans whose jobs have been outsourced will now be competeing in the labor market. This puts downward pressure on wages.
I played the alpha of this, everything was going smoothly until I caught that bitch hanging around on my best friend's cellphone!
Obviously you haven't seen "GhostBusters 2".
Spam annoys the little guy, and the little guy doesn't donate much to political campaigns.
Copyrights and patents however are near and dear to corporate America. Corporate America spends a lot of money to make sure Politicians do their bidding. Hence the US spends all this effort in places like Australia trying to get them to adopt our patent laws.
Why do you think Google is going IPO? They have to raise cash so they can make sure to line the right pockets in congress!!
Neil misses one very important point in his analysis. If you reduce the problem down to cost, which is what most companies like to do, the cost of paying for their developers to work on open source can be much cheaper than paying those developers to enhance or implement proprietary solutions.
The idea is that the company USES the open source software that is being developed for something important to their business, instead of paying for a commercial solution.
Typically even after you spend a large amount of money on a commerical software, you end up paying large amounts of money for integration and support. If a couple of your developers were on the open source team, those costs are built in with your payroll.
Overall an individual tends to be more creative as a child than as an adult, simply because a child is less aware of boundries. But a child's creativity is much less likely to have practical application than an adult's for those same reasons.
Actually I had read the reason for the US bombing was actually little more than pre-cold war posturing to scare the Russians who were poised to invade Japan from the other side.
You can still go into a library, grab a book off the stacks and sit down and read it. You can even make photocopies to take home.
Then you could check out some children's books on your way out to help deflect any suspicion.
The problem really isn't the party system, but the money that pollutes the process. The political parties really only exist because of their money raising and fund-pooling power. If you took that away, you would see a lot more people willing to break party ranks.
It is simple, the Sudan does not have natual resource the US covets, nor is it of any military strategic importance.
All it takes is a few technically savy people to provide instruction to the foot soldiers and you have a problem.
Also, an individual can be a religious fanatic for two reasons.
1) The individual is ignorant.
2) The individual is narrow-minded
Narrow-mindedness does not speak to intelligence. I am sure there are plenty of very bright PHDs who are extremely narrow-minded.
This line is especially precious: "I think what he's doing is great--very admirable," says Jodi Morgan, a 27-year-old who has been in an online relationship with Winter since January. " Nothing says winner like admiration from your "online relationship"
When I served my turn at jury duty for my city, I was amazed at how quickly everything went. And it was for a murder trial.
The prosecutor told us that murder trials in our jurisdiction usually take a day. Those epic murder trials are reserved for media circus venues like L.A.
Sure enough, we were all wrapped up right after lunch, with DNA expert testimony and everything.
I would have never guessed I would be picked for the jury--white male, whose step father is in law enforcement. With a black male defendant.
Anyways the guy was found not guilty, the prosecution wasn't able to prove anything other than the guy's blood was on the head of the wrench clutched by the victim's dead hand. You need a lot more than that to prove murder, so the judge dismissed the case.