..and while gifted children are funneled into special programs as advertised by the article, an outsized amount is spent on students who struggle academically via large vocational training centres known as the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). comparatively, much less is spent on students studying in Junior Colleges (which lead to the British GCSE "A" Levels).
I suppose it's important to look after both ends of the spectrum; in this respect, I'd say that at last the U.S. have got half of it right.
Being the avid Sci-fi fan that I am, I can't help but wonder if the the people who made the choice of landing of Hayabusa in an unpopulated outback of Australia gave any thought to the idea that the asteroid Itokawa may be a source of biological contaminants?
What I'm saying is, Hayabusa lands in the heart of unpopulated Australia, then a small town in the area gets ravaged by "bio-terror", then the military issues a media blackout.. You know, the standard plot of a zombie outbreak ensues..
I can't be the only one who thought of this scenario.. Does anyone else think the same as me? Discuss!
tl;dr - Choice of remote Australian outback for Hayabusa to stem contagion fears in case of zombie outbreak?? Discuss.
this is largely similar to zapcode that singapore's largest media holding company, singapore press holdings (SPH) is trying to roll out recently. there have been lures of prizes and pictures of rather scantily clad celebrities dangled to get people to install the zapcode software on their mobilephones.
basically, what happens is that using a camera phone, a user will take a picture of the code via the the installed zapcode software, which will upload this picture to a server via GPRS or 3G. the server will then respond with the (url of the) page that is encoded in the picture..
it's a method of putting hyperlinks into offline media such as print, or even ads that you find in the streets. sounds like a great proposition, but no one i know is really sold on the idea as of now (the SPH campaign has been running for what... 2 months now?)
don't think it impacts in such a way - the system (practically) passively extracts energy from the winds isn't it? it's not like the tides don't come in anymore when we put in wave based generators on the coastlines
the post above is not a troll.. this is really old! i've even read it on my local dailies, and my local food sciences body has just reassured everyone that GSK's ribena drink *is* indeed rich in vitamin C (at least in Singapore, because we get stuff made in either Malaysia or the Philipines)..
we/.ers are the ppl our friends and family look to when it comes to advice on a new PC, so why dun we juz get everyone to vote with their wallets and then maybe as a whole, consumers wouldn't be held hostage by DRM and the big media companies..
juz wondering.. would this result mean anything to the already available systems whereby quantum properties are used to securely send data from point to point??
i think i read somewhere before that the earth is slowly decreasing the rate of it's rotation, thereby giving us longer days..
so by decreasing the amount of time each day, does that mean that the earthquake has effectively sped up earth's rotation?
Well, i'm singaporean and i must admit the locals were a tad squirmish with the whole idea when it started.
but then again, singapore's a small country, and a step toward self dependence on essentials like water means greater political bargaining power.
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please please please, don't call it "soylent green"
..and while gifted children are funneled into special programs as advertised by the article, an outsized amount is spent on students who struggle academically via large vocational training centres known as the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). comparatively, much less is spent on students studying in Junior Colleges (which lead to the British GCSE "A" Levels). I suppose it's important to look after both ends of the spectrum; in this respect, I'd say that at last the U.S. have got half of it right.
ears are also easier to forge - all you need is a video feed to get the shape info you need, as compared to lifting off fingerprints...
Being the avid Sci-fi fan that I am, I can't help but wonder if the the people who made the choice of landing of Hayabusa in an unpopulated outback of Australia gave any thought to the idea that the asteroid Itokawa may be a source of biological contaminants?
What I'm saying is, Hayabusa lands in the heart of unpopulated Australia, then a small town in the area gets ravaged by "bio-terror", then the military issues a media blackout.. You know, the standard plot of a zombie outbreak ensues..
I can't be the only one who thought of this scenario.. Does anyone else think the same as me? Discuss!
tl;dr - Choice of remote Australian outback for Hayabusa to stem contagion fears in case of zombie outbreak?? Discuss.
if the next monkey dies then the effectivity of this new cure drops to 80%. imho the topic title might be a little sensationalist. just sayin'
when a fine is meted out on the grounds of restitution, does the state keep the money or is the amount disbursed to the copyright owners?
... or should I start welcoming our Jovian overlords?
isn't genetically modified GM rather than GE? i almost thought that General Electric had a breakthrough in the field..
..then these new exoskeletons will sure come in handy for moving around..
this is largely similar to zapcode that singapore's largest media holding company, singapore press holdings (SPH) is trying to roll out recently. there have been lures of prizes and pictures of rather scantily clad celebrities dangled to get people to install the zapcode software on their mobilephones.
basically, what happens is that using a camera phone, a user will take a picture of the code via the the installed zapcode software, which will upload this picture to a server via GPRS or 3G. the server will then respond with the (url of the) page that is encoded in the picture..
it's a method of putting hyperlinks into offline media such as print, or even ads that you find in the streets. sounds like a great proposition, but no one i know is really sold on the idea as of now (the SPH campaign has been running for what... 2 months now?)
the article's dated 3rd april 2007. what happened to slashdot being at the forefront of news for nerds?
don't think it impacts in such a way - the system (practically) passively extracts energy from the winds isn't it? it's not like the tides don't come in anymore when we put in wave based generators on the coastlines
the post above is not a troll.. this is really old! i've even read it on my local dailies, and my local food sciences body has just reassured everyone that GSK's ribena drink *is* indeed rich in vitamin C (at least in Singapore, because we get stuff made in either Malaysia or the Philipines)..
the answer is 42!
..they probably know where we live by now :/
we /.ers are the ppl our friends and family look to when it comes to advice on a new PC, so why dun we juz get everyone to vote with their wallets and then maybe as a whole, consumers wouldn't be held hostage by DRM and the big media companies..
heh.. lots of nice pics and write-up here
is the scenario made out by the blurb as bad as they make it out to be? i mean, isn't "happy birthday" already part of public domain?
we've got sun, sand, sea, and 2 new casinos coming up!! =)
juz wondering.. would this result mean anything to the already available systems whereby quantum properties are used to securely send data from point to point??
i think i read somewhere before that the earth is slowly decreasing the rate of it's rotation, thereby giving us longer days.. so by decreasing the amount of time each day, does that mean that the earthquake has effectively sped up earth's rotation?
well uh, illegal for import to sell, but not illigal for personal consumption. there's a hell lot of grey area over here in sunny singapore~ ^^
Well, i'm singaporean and i must admit the locals were a tad squirmish with the whole idea when it started. but then again, singapore's a small country, and a step toward self dependence on essentials like water means greater political bargaining power.