Engineering students just copy from each other. The penalties are harsh though, I had some friends that were caught doing it for one of the easiest possible classes and they were all instantly failed from the course. I've never personally cheated during my coursework, but from my own anecdotes I would say about 30-40% of my classmates were cheating. Either by copying homework solutions directly from solutions manuals, from previous years papers, or by copying the work from someone else.
People would also always be trying to cheat during exams, trying to copy other students answers or bringing in cheat sheets that weren't allowed. The intro classes were the worst, to the point where students were not allowed to wear hats in class because some students had previously tried to tape answers underneath the bill. The only calculators we were allowed were simple scientific calculators, no graphing calculators since students would try to cheat with those as well.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I'm not your fellow wonk. I'm a mechanical engineer who values practicality over technicalities, but I don't let them stop me from a light hearted joke.
You on the other hand would do well to put your self righteousness aside.
In this house, we obey the laws of Thermodynamics!
No external power supply they say, well then, either they finally created a perpetual motion machine, or they're getting the energy from some external power supply.
Seriously? I'm sure most businesses are founded with the idea that they exist because they can treat the customer better than the next guy, but it doesn't take long before dollars and cents speak louder than satisfied and dissatisfied customers.
That's what makes steam so great! It has great customer service, everything just works for the most part without any major hassles.
This is just another battle of Automation vs Human workers, in this case, Automation is winning out yet again.
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Thousands of years of human history say no.
Engineering students just copy from each other. The penalties are harsh though, I had some friends that were caught doing it for one of the easiest possible classes and they were all instantly failed from the course. I've never personally cheated during my coursework, but from my own anecdotes I would say about 30-40% of my classmates were cheating. Either by copying homework solutions directly from solutions manuals, from previous years papers, or by copying the work from someone else.
People would also always be trying to cheat during exams, trying to copy other students answers or bringing in cheat sheets that weren't allowed. The intro classes were the worst, to the point where students were not allowed to wear hats in class because some students had previously tried to tape answers underneath the bill. The only calculators we were allowed were simple scientific calculators, no graphing calculators since students would try to cheat with those as well.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I'm not your fellow wonk. I'm a mechanical engineer who values practicality over technicalities, but I don't let them stop me from a light hearted joke.
You on the other hand would do well to put your self righteousness aside.
That's not a Dyson Sphere, it's just your mom.
Seiko does something like this with their watches. However, afaik, they use a pendulum to gather the vibrational energy.
Tell that to Europe and Japan.
Fortunately we have myopic bastards such as yourself to teach us the reality of space and our technology.
In this house, we obey the laws of Thermodynamics!
No external power supply they say, well then, either they finally created a perpetual motion machine, or they're getting the energy from some external power supply.
Typical /. goon, "Pshh I could do that with one hand and blindfolded!"
RPGs against human sized mobile targets? Doesn't seem to be a sure fire thing.
Taking out a tank with a rifle? Yaaah, maybe if you're tank is from the 1950s.
Anyways, why would it be a good idea to a luddite such as yourself. Quit being Myopic.
Both of those are significantly costlier logistics wise than batteries...
Put some armor on it and it could act as a highly mobile defense turret.
Do IT people suffer from some type of delusion that only IT people can productively use software?
That's what makes steam so great! It has great customer service, everything just works for the most part without any major hassles.
This is just another battle of Automation vs Human workers, in this case, Automation is winning out yet again.
Kinda like how your brain works huh, You stop asking questions when you see an answer that "looks" right?
You assume burglars are smart. You know what they say about assuming...
There are a lot of tech luddites on /. for some odd reason.
Simple solution: Don't be an idiot and commit silly pranks. When you have no respect for others, how can you expect them to respect you?
Apple- $20.3 Billion Revenue
HP - $30 Billion Revenue
IBM - Market cap of $182 Billion with $23.7 billion quarterly revenue
Apple - Market cap of $291 Billion with $20.3 billion quarterly revenue
Apple, the largest Tech Company in the USA. Yeah, who cares!
Yes here you are posting in this thread.
Why? You would give the ones you hate the most the quickest death and the ones you hate the least the most painful?
Actually, one of the best uses of this stuff is as a mold for laying up carbon fiber.