Physics requires number crunching. It's that simple. It's not much use learning differential equations if you're incapable of solving anything useful. Any physics or engineering major should learn at least basic numerical methods and how to implement them. For me, we did it with C, nothing fancy. As far as using Excel for scientific computing, some of my classmates tried to pull this in a heat transfer class. It's a joke, it'll work for something really simple, but it's no good for any serious work.
Yeah, the comparison seems to have more to do with the safety of nuclear power plants than the danger of nuclear weapons. Don't get me wrong, Nuclear power plants create a large potential hazard, but with the systems in place now they're a lot less dangerous than people perceive them to be.
It's pretty easy to get into Canada, especially from the north
A.k.a. the Arctic. A bit more difficult than the Rio Grande, not to mention the only threat around the Pole is Russia. That's why we have NORAD. Also, any argument along this line applies equally to Alaska. Furthermore, there are two major vectors for illegal immigrants into Canada. Smugglers from China (which also applies to the U.S. West coast) and believe it or not, illegals entering through the U.S.
The security departments aren't trying to protect the United States from Canadians - they're trying to protect the US from people who enter the US through Canada.
Have you ever played Risk, the board game? Just because you have an alliance with your neighbor doesn't mean some jackass can't storm through his territory and blitz your ass.
This is complete rubish. The only practical effect of the heightened security has been to cost money and jobs on both sides of the border. The only explanation for why it's done is because politicians can score easy points on their "security" record to tout in the next election. Unfortunately it seems to work because most Americans appear to believe that every border is the Mexican border.
Just to top it off, one of the biggest domestic issues here is how to deal with guns being smuggled in from the U.S.
UW people love their Co-op program, but they're the only ones that do. They get points for being first, but they haven't been keeping up with the pace. Queen's and U of T (two of the top engineering schools in Canada, despite TFS's blatand propoganda) have long term (12-16) month placements. Employers and students both love this, because the students can actually become productive. Here's the catch. The UofT program is competitive. Good students get good jobs, others get mediocre jobs and many can't get a placement at all. At Waterloo everyone gets a lousy job, but they fool themselves into thinking their getting better value than everyone else.
If co-op is an important point for you choosing a school, don't take what Waterloo tells you at face value.
Just to reinforce the parent, meta-studies that consolidate data from several different studies on a subject are a mainstay in medical sciences. They're also usually some of the most valuable papers in that area.
How about Ted Kaczynski or in Canada the FLQ. That said I think the American government has gone way to far. When I was young crossing the border was a decent way to kill a weekend. I don't do it anymore because your border guards scare the hell out of me. I strongly encourage all Americans to take a week and spend it in another western country. Just take the time to look around and realize how far you've gone to becoming a police state.
The training missions to be able to play as a medic are simulated first aid lectures. They have nothing to do with gameplay itself. It's an illustrated presentation and goes through things like how to dress a wound. Having gone through them, this news does make sense. I have to say that the AA training gave me a much better idea about how to approach somebody in shock than I knew before. I can only assume that the lessons are accurate.
No. This is a big misconception. The strict literal genesis version of creationism is NOT a Christian thing. It's purely a Baptist/Evangelical (used in the American sense) thing. The Roman Catholic church, as well as most of the mainstream churches don't have anything to do with it.
The disconnect is that he clearly doesn't know what he's talking about on some of his key points.
Ron's ideas of cutting spending, ending the war, following the Constitution and removing the income tax seem to be at least talking points that should be doing better than what Ron seems to be getting in the polls.
Those are things a lot of people can get behind. The problem is when he starts talking about monetary policy (eliminating the fed, returning to a gold or other commodity standard). It sounds nice and he's good at putting it in terms people can understand. Except, those terms are misleading. What he's proposing will not fix the China problem, what it may do is tank the global economy. Before you get on the Ron Paul bandwagon look up a serious, respected economist and ask him how effective Paul's plans will be, I think it would be enlightening.
I realize that I'm criticizing Ron Paul on slashdot and the zealots will mod me down pretty quickly. I don't care about the karma, this needs to be said.
I suggest you read something by Michael Porter. Basically, doing something that everyone can do and would want to do is not a strategy. A good business strategy should be valuable, rare, inimitable and suit your organization. In other words the other players can't do it or don't want to do it. For example, Southwest is profitable because the major airlines can't copy their cost structure without losing their variety of destinations. So, the airlines don't want to copy them (continental tried by failed miserably because the business model just didn't mesh with their organization).
Seriously, if you've ever wondered what business strategy is really about, read some Porter. I strongly recommend his article in the Harvard Business Review title "What is Strategy?" in volume 74 issue 6 (Nov/Dec 1996).
I'd be very interested to see if anyone has a solution to number 2. I've encountered it many, many times. It's also a problem for devices with their own capture software, especially when they bury the documents somewhere in Window's program files folder. I've had many frustrating phone calls trying guide a relative around windows explorer trying to find a file they saved the other day.
Windows developers: My Documents/My Pictures: Use it!
In a lot of the more impoverished countries the issue isn't that there isn't any food, but that most of it is exported. Nothing wrong with sending money there as long as the processes exist to make sure it's spent right.
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The Liberals don't want an election, they'll get slaughtered. If the conservatives want this bill to pass they can get it through. Copyright reform isn't sexy and nobody wants to fight an election over it.
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Physics requires number crunching. It's that simple. It's not much use learning differential equations if you're incapable of solving anything useful. Any physics or engineering major should learn at least basic numerical methods and how to implement them. For me, we did it with C, nothing fancy. As far as using Excel for scientific computing, some of my classmates tried to pull this in a heat transfer class. It's a joke, it'll work for something really simple, but it's no good for any serious work.
So, now we know his slashdot UID too!
Yeah, the comparison seems to have more to do with the safety of nuclear power plants than the danger of nuclear weapons. Don't get me wrong, Nuclear power plants create a large potential hazard, but with the systems in place now they're a lot less dangerous than people perceive them to be.
Not any more.
A.k.a. the Arctic. A bit more difficult than the Rio Grande, not to mention the only threat around the Pole is Russia. That's why we have NORAD. Also, any argument along this line applies equally to Alaska. Furthermore, there are two major vectors for illegal immigrants into Canada. Smugglers from China (which also applies to the U.S. West coast) and believe it or not, illegals entering through the U.S.
This is complete rubish. The only practical effect of the heightened security has been to cost money and jobs on both sides of the border. The only explanation for why it's done is because politicians can score easy points on their "security" record to tout in the next election. Unfortunately it seems to work because most Americans appear to believe that every border is the Mexican border.
Just to top it off, one of the biggest domestic issues here is how to deal with guns being smuggled in from the U.S.
Nuclear weaponry generates a whole lot of power. If only for a very short period of time.
Not even Indy?
In how many majors do genuinely intelligent people regularly get 39s on tests. The bell curve isn't grade inflation, it's justice.
No, you're the only ones caving to an influencial special interest group in Florida.
UW people love their Co-op program, but they're the only ones that do. They get points for being first, but they haven't been keeping up with the pace. Queen's and U of T (two of the top engineering schools in Canada, despite TFS's blatand propoganda) have long term (12-16) month placements. Employers and students both love this, because the students can actually become productive. Here's the catch. The UofT program is competitive. Good students get good jobs, others get mediocre jobs and many can't get a placement at all. At Waterloo everyone gets a lousy job, but they fool themselves into thinking their getting better value than everyone else.
If co-op is an important point for you choosing a school, don't take what Waterloo tells you at face value.
No, it's all done electronically now and we all know that the internet isn't like a dump truck...
It's a series of tubes!
What does Canada have to do with this?
Oh, we're talking about incompetent spies. Then... yeah, it's probably us.
Just to reinforce the parent, meta-studies that consolidate data from several different studies on a subject are a mainstay in medical sciences. They're also usually some of the most valuable papers in that area.
How about Ted Kaczynski or in Canada the FLQ. That said I think the American government has gone way to far. When I was young crossing the border was a decent way to kill a weekend. I don't do it anymore because your border guards scare the hell out of me. I strongly encourage all Americans to take a week and spend it in another western country. Just take the time to look around and realize how far you've gone to becoming a police state.
The training missions to be able to play as a medic are simulated first aid lectures. They have nothing to do with gameplay itself. It's an illustrated presentation and goes through things like how to dress a wound. Having gone through them, this news does make sense. I have to say that the AA training gave me a much better idea about how to approach somebody in shock than I knew before. I can only assume that the lessons are accurate.
No. This is a big misconception. The strict literal genesis version of creationism is NOT a Christian thing. It's purely a Baptist/Evangelical (used in the American sense) thing. The Roman Catholic church, as well as most of the mainstream churches don't have anything to do with it.
Unless the state school receives some type of federal funding by one way or another, as I understand it.
No.
In fact, that's the answer to all questions of the form "So, can you use X to make a perpetual motion machine?".
I realize that I'm criticizing Ron Paul on slashdot and the zealots will mod me down pretty quickly. I don't care about the karma, this needs to be said.
I suggest you read something by Michael Porter. Basically, doing something that everyone can do and would want to do is not a strategy. A good business strategy should be valuable, rare, inimitable and suit your organization. In other words the other players can't do it or don't want to do it. For example, Southwest is profitable because the major airlines can't copy their cost structure without losing their variety of destinations. So, the airlines don't want to copy them (continental tried by failed miserably because the business model just didn't mesh with their organization).
Seriously, if you've ever wondered what business strategy is really about, read some Porter. I strongly recommend his article in the Harvard Business Review title "What is Strategy?" in volume 74 issue 6 (Nov/Dec 1996).
I'd be very interested to see if anyone has a solution to number 2. I've encountered it many, many times. It's also a problem for devices with their own capture software, especially when they bury the documents somewhere in Window's program files folder. I've had many frustrating phone calls trying guide a relative around windows explorer trying to find a file they saved the other day.
Windows developers: My Documents/My Pictures: Use it!
In a lot of the more impoverished countries the issue isn't that there isn't any food, but that most of it is exported. Nothing wrong with sending money there as long as the processes exist to make sure it's spent right.
Why are you drinking warm beer?
This is a very, very good idea. If I were in the west I'd be there in a second.
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The Liberals don't want an election, they'll get slaughtered. If the conservatives want this bill to pass they can get it through. Copyright reform isn't sexy and nobody wants to fight an election over it.