True. Even the best photographer with the best camera cannot make a good photograph if there are no photons to capture. Although, for certain situations, the clever photographer will employ some sort of device to generate photons for his/her photographic purposes.
There are much more reasonable criticisms you could correctly make of David if you wish to do so.
Well, the simple one is jealousy. I don't remember her name, but there was the story where David saw a woman bathing, found out who her husband was, and arranged for him to die.
Parent and child: same moral and ethical standards? yes. same rules and privileges? no.
You'd have to be some piece of work to think that a kid of 9 or 7 (or like my kids, 3 or 2 or 1) years should have the same rules and privileges as their parents. Should I let my 3 year old drive the car? No? I must be some kind of hypocrite then!
The rules must absolutely be different for the parent than for the child. Especially while they are still learning how to direct themselves.
Parental control is something that has to change throughout a child's life: at birth, the parents should pretty much be in control. As the kid grows and shows increasing maturity and trustworthiness, the parent should give them increasing freedom to choose. Hopefully, the parent ends up with a young adult who can consistently choose well, who doesn't need oversight, and who feels free to go to his/her parents for advice and direction if needed. As time goes by, that advice and direction should be needed less and less. A parent's job is to work themselves out of the job.
I want to clarify that the moral standards should be the same for parent as for child, though. As in your example of a parent boozing it up but requiring their child to never touch alcohol, it is wrong for the parents to require a certain level of morality from their children that they themselves won't adhere to. I know my kids will be given opportunities to taste alcohol before they're 21. But they will be required to demonstrate moderation. I don't get drunk, and I will expect my children to abide by the same standard.
Just wanted to second your seconding of the gp. I find that there are quality Christian bands, and I find that the ratio of acceptable Christian music to junk is higher nowadays than that of the wider field of rock/pop music. Just an opinion, of course. Also, I believe my sig is still very veggie-related.
To my knowledge, they're still making new record players. I picked one up about 3 years ago at a little electronics store in my home town right before I went back to college for the fall. I can't recall the brand of the device, but it works well and only cost about a hundred dollars new. I picked it up to play some old Count Basie albums I had collected. I hardly use it now, since it is much easier to play the songs on the computer, and my kids would destroy any stray albums I left out.
I never thought that having a record player made me either an "indie kid" or a hipster idiot. Perhaps I'm just missing out on the hipster part...
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" So how's that PhD in Pedantry coming along? "
Quite nicely, though it's actually only a Master's degree. I have my thesis defence and comprehensive exam on Thursday!
Oh, wait. Actually that's for a M.S. in E.E., not Pedantry. I guess that Pedantry would qualify as more of a hobby, since my university doesn't have a major in it.
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Yeah, but notice that TFA said that the gorilla "weighed" 600Kg.
Kilogram isn't a measure of weight. It is a measure of mass. You need acceleration to have weight. Weight is force, not mass. F = m a
Might as well talk about how a resistor dissipates 2.3 Amps of power, or say that the speed of light is 3e8 meters. It's gibberish. You gotta keep track of your units.
Don't forget that here in the states, the drug companies also market directly to the doctors. I know several medical assistants, and the drug reps regularly would come in and leave "samples" for the docs to give out, and they'd buy everybody lunch. All of this is done in hopes that the doctors would prescribe their company's meds...and once a few folks get hooked on claritin (sp??), or Zoloft, or whatever, then the drug company will more than have recouped their investment.
I've seen that there has been some recent work done to implement room-sized pico-cells using a ~65GHz carrier. At that band, there should (if the FCC allows) be plenty of room for everybody within the cell to have a fat channel. That is, instead of sharing 54Mbps, you could be sharing 1 or 2Gbps, again depending on what the FCC has allocated (which I don't have handy).
Did Sony buy out Forefront? Or did Switchfoot switch labels before they moved to sony? I don't have any of the albums with me...
As member #37 or so of their old forum board... before they went to Sony, I'll also vouch for these guys. I've seen them be consistent all the way back to when I first heard of them in '97.
Quite right. It is ridiculous for a parent to think that the government should take over their responsibilities as a parent, for once the government has taken over their responsibilities, it will also take away their rights. I know how I want to raise my kids, and I don't want the government attempting to legislate, codify, and enforce its own version of the right way to raise a child upon me. Example: If I lived in Michigan, the government's rules about video games would make NO difference in whether or not my son plays any particular video game. I'll make that decision based upon what my wife and I agree upon to be the best for our child, not because the government says a game is or is not acceptable for a young child.
I'll get off my soap box now...all this talk of government outstepping its bounds raises my hackles and brings out the fiercely independent Montanan in me.
I wanted to add this: The authority role of the parent doesn't suddenly just stop once the child hits 13 years of age. The authority role stops once the child is no longer a child: once the kid is off on his own, parents gotta cut 'em loose. Especially once the kid is married. You just have to trust that you raised them right and that any further control that you attempt to assert would be harmful.
I suppose that since my oldest isn't even a year old, that my parental philosophy will change over time, but these things aren't mere details, they're part of the framework. As such they shouldn't change much...Hopefully.
I agree. By the time my child is in his teenage years, I should have disciplined him, trained him, and been a good example for him to a sufficient degree that I should not have to control his every moment: he should have learnt-or be at least learning- to make good decisions on his own, and I and my wife are solely responsible for teaching this skill to him.
Isn't that the role of a parent: to eventually work themselves out of their job? So that their kids are mature, well-mannered, thoughtful, and productive adults, who no longer NEED to have someone controlling them?
As my qualifications to posit such opinions: I have a 10-month old son, and one that's due this winter.
And it/they does/do so quite near to where I live. The national bison range, or whatever it is called is just south of Flathead Lake. http://www.gonorthwest.com/Montana/northwest/bison _range_ta.htm. I'm from around there, though I now live elsewhere in the state.
As a side note, Bison are great. Especially when they make pepper jerky out of 'em.
" Microwave ovens use 2.45GHz; I say, that's close enough to 2.40GHz to reckon that you're cooking yourself alive. That's why I ran away from home and started my life in Montana, away from the scourges of technology."
I live in Montana... I do research with microwave stuff... Somehow, I must think of some witty comeback...
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I should have actually read the preview of my post before sending it off. That should have started off as, "I heard..."
And the citation: The Millionaire Next Door by Stanley and Danko
A heard somewhere that the majority of multimillionaires are first generation rich.
I shall endeavor to find a citation.
True. Even the best photographer with the best camera cannot make a good photograph if there are no photons to capture. Although, for certain situations, the clever photographer will employ some sort of device to generate photons for his/her photographic purposes.
I disagree. The single most important part of the camera is the photographer.
The end of a sentence is a terrible place to put a preposition at!
Thanks, that gives it a lot of perspective.
There are much more reasonable criticisms you could correctly make of David if you wish to do so.
Well, the simple one is jealousy. I don't remember her name, but there was the story where David saw a woman bathing, found out who her husband was, and arranged for him to die.
Bathsheba
Parent and child:
same moral and ethical standards? yes.
same rules and privileges? no.
You'd have to be some piece of work to think that a kid of 9 or 7 (or like my kids, 3 or 2 or 1) years should have the same rules and privileges as their parents. Should I let my 3 year old drive the car? No? I must be some kind of hypocrite then!
The rules must absolutely be different for the parent than for the child. Especially while they are still learning how to direct themselves.
Parental control is something that has to change throughout a child's life: at birth, the parents should pretty much be in control. As the kid grows and shows increasing maturity and trustworthiness, the parent should give them increasing freedom to choose. Hopefully, the parent ends up with a young adult who can consistently choose well, who doesn't need oversight, and who feels free to go to his/her parents for advice and direction if needed. As time goes by, that advice and direction should be needed less and less. A parent's job is to work themselves out of the job.
I want to clarify that the moral standards should be the same for parent as for child, though. As in your example of a parent boozing it up but requiring their child to never touch alcohol, it is wrong for the parents to require a certain level of morality from their children that they themselves won't adhere to. I know my kids will be given opportunities to taste alcohol before they're 21. But they will be required to demonstrate moderation. I don't get drunk, and I will expect my children to abide by the same standard.
I blame my switch from Windows to Linux on having to use Windows ME.
And by the way...thanks a lot for bringing back all those bad memories.
Just wanted to second your seconding of the gp. I find that there are quality Christian bands, and I find that the ratio of acceptable Christian music to junk is higher nowadays than that of the wider field of rock/pop music. Just an opinion, of course. Also, I believe my sig is still very veggie-related.
To my knowledge, they're still making new record players. I picked one up about 3 years ago at a little electronics store in my home town right before I went back to college for the fall. I can't recall the brand of the device, but it works well and only cost about a hundred dollars new. I picked it up to play some old Count Basie albums I had collected. I hardly use it now, since it is much easier to play the songs on the computer, and my kids would destroy any stray albums I left out.
I never thought that having a record player made me either an "indie kid" or a hipster idiot. Perhaps I'm just missing out on the hipster part...
" So how's that PhD in Pedantry coming along? "
Quite nicely, though it's actually only a Master's degree. I have my thesis defence and comprehensive exam on Thursday!
Oh, wait. Actually that's for a M.S. in E.E., not Pedantry. I guess that Pedantry would qualify as more of a hobby, since my university doesn't have a major in it.
Yeah, but notice that TFA said that the gorilla "weighed" 600Kg.
Kilogram isn't a measure of weight. It is a measure of mass. You need acceleration to have weight. Weight is force, not mass.
F = m a
Might as well talk about how a resistor dissipates 2.3 Amps of power, or say that the speed of light is 3e8 meters. It's gibberish. You gotta keep track of your units.
Drat.
Now you've done it...
I've got that song stuck in my head. The song from the Disney movie, as sung by Angela Lansbury.
"Beauty aaannnd thhee beeeast!!!"
Aaaaaagggghhhh!!!!
Oh, no...I've just had a tramatizing flashback to a candelabara singing about being a guest...
Sir, you are despicable
Don't forget that here in the states, the drug companies also market directly to the doctors. I know several medical assistants, and the drug reps regularly would come in and leave "samples" for the docs to give out, and they'd buy everybody lunch. All of this is done in hopes that the doctors would prescribe their company's meds...and once a few folks get hooked on claritin (sp??), or Zoloft, or whatever, then the drug company will more than have recouped their investment.
Regarding the network limitations for wireless:
I've seen that there has been some recent work done to implement room-sized pico-cells using a ~65GHz carrier. At that band, there should (if the FCC allows) be plenty of room for everybody within the cell to have a fat channel. That is, instead of sharing 54Mbps, you could be sharing 1 or 2Gbps, again depending on what the FCC has allocated (which I don't have handy).
It was a recent Reader's Digest headline.
No link handy, though. Sorry
Ahh, a fellow Bozemanite...or surrounding area ...ite.
Live not in fear of our Super-Volcano.
If it goes off, quick shall be the end.
Did Sony buy out Forefront? Or did Switchfoot switch labels before they moved to sony? I don't have any of the albums with me...
As member #37 or so of their old forum board... before they went to Sony, I'll also vouch for these guys. I've seen them be consistent all the way back to when I first heard of them in '97.
Quite right.
It is ridiculous for a parent to think that the government should take over their responsibilities as a parent, for once the government has taken over their responsibilities, it will also take away their rights. I know how I want to raise my kids, and I don't want the government attempting to legislate, codify, and enforce its own version of the right way to raise a child upon me.
Example: If I lived in Michigan, the government's rules about video games would make NO difference in whether or not my son plays any particular video game. I'll make that decision based upon what my wife and I agree upon to be the best for our child, not because the government says a game is or is not acceptable for a young child.
I'll get off my soap box now...all this talk of government outstepping its bounds raises my hackles and brings out the fiercely independent Montanan in me.
I wanted to add this:
The authority role of the parent doesn't suddenly just stop once the child hits 13 years of age. The authority role stops once the child is no longer a child: once the kid is off on his own, parents gotta cut 'em loose. Especially once the kid is married.
You just have to trust that you raised them right and that any further control that you attempt to assert would be harmful.
I suppose that since my oldest isn't even a year old, that my parental philosophy will change over time, but these things aren't mere details, they're part of the framework. As such they shouldn't change much...Hopefully.
I agree. By the time my child is in his teenage years, I should have disciplined him, trained him, and been a good example for him to a sufficient degree that I should not have to control his every moment: he should have learnt-or be at least learning- to make good decisions on his own, and I and my wife are solely responsible for teaching this skill to him.
Isn't that the role of a parent: to eventually work themselves out of their job? So that their kids are mature, well-mannered, thoughtful, and productive adults, who no longer NEED to have someone controlling them?
As my qualifications to posit such opinions: I have a 10-month old son, and one that's due this winter.
And it/they does/do so quite near to where I live. The national bison range, or whatever it is called is just south of Flathead Lake.n _range_ta.htm.
http://www.gonorthwest.com/Montana/northwest/biso
I'm from around there, though I now live elsewhere in the state.
As a side note, Bison are great. Especially when they make pepper jerky out of 'em.
20/15 means that you can see as well at 20 feet as an average person can see at 15 feet.
I think...
" Microwave ovens use 2.45GHz; I say, that's close enough to 2.40GHz to reckon that you're cooking yourself alive. That's why I ran away from home and started my life in Montana, away from the scourges of technology."
I live in Montana... I do research with microwave stuff... Somehow, I must think of some witty comeback...
Got nothin.
Oh well.
Excuse me, but the bumper stickers say:
"Welcome Californians. No GO HOME!"