What about using prison labour to provide cheap goods and services? If we're going to have criminals live on the outside with an attached GPS, they're going to be earning minimum wage wherever they work. They won't be earning pennies an hour slaving away providing us with cheap goods.
Any thoughts? (I'm against slave labour by the way.)
This should be modded up. I was going to say something similar. Someone could be bragging and be using doctored video indeed. But, more importantly, is there a timestamp to the video? Like, maybe someone did it years ago. What prevents from someone being charged multiple times for the same crime if there lacks a timestamp? Aside from one's aging body.
Bicycle lanes on roads tend to be a joke. I don't know how anyone can feel safe riding in one. They really need to be wider, but unless we redesign cities, that doesn't seem feasible. There's also the issue of idiot cyclists. I don't get how some bicyclists can chat on a cell phone and ride at the same time.
However, for an arbitrary base (like base 10 I guess?), the question is, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE to calculate something that far out? The digit that is. 5 trillion is a large number. And yes, I mean in base 10.
I would think by middle school a student would know what direction they wish to go. Maybe it's time for high schools to become more focused in certain directions, provided the district is large enough to have multiple high schools.
Assuming roughly 200,000 potential words in the English language, doubling that for potential capitalization of the first letter of each word. Assuming an eight word pass phrase, that's 400,000^8 possibilities. That's 6.5536e+44.
Assuming 16 characters for the alternative, 52 letters (capital and lowercase), 10 numbers, and perhaps a dozen other symbols, we have (52+10+12)^16 = 808551180810136214718004658176.
Yeah, it's clear which one is larger.
But passwords are only as strong as the weakest link. Namely, those secret questions' answers.
1. What is the oldest password that you are still using? 2. Is the username associated with said account one that can be hit by dictionary attacks? Yes, username.
Because a username and password are only as weak as the weakest link between them. Don't get me started on password recovery schemes. Secret question anyone? Gotta be kiddin' me. People post their secret questions' answers in their blogs sometimes!
Hopefully any site will temporarily lock the account if too many failed passwords are tried. There are other security measures that can be implemented too.
I'd be more scared of trojans than someone guessing a medium strength password myself.
Voter apathy isn't something to be solved by issuing fines. Plus, an apathetic citizen forced to vote is someone who isn't going to research the candidates.
Belgium has compulsory voting, doesn't it? So, they force you to vote there, right? So, you can't exercise your right to 'not vote' like Americans can do.
Under approval voting, you can spoil your first choice candidate though.
Let's say a Democratic voter wants to elect a Democrat, but is okay with a Green. So he or she votes for both the Democrat and Green. And let'ssay two Democrats do that, and the Green just wins by one vote. If those voters had a stronger preference for the Democrat, enough said.
I think I had an idea similar to this. The flaw is too many people.
Let's say a district traditionally has 1 person representing 50,000 people. One idea would be to let any candidate having a 5% threshhold hold office, so multiple people hold office, with each person having a vote proportional to their district.
But if the House has like 100 districts, there's the potential to have as many as 2000 representiatives. Up and down votes may be just fine, but you remove the ability for them to discuss. However, we can solve this problem by complixity. The top vote getters in any district getting the right of legislative initiative, with all else having only an up and down vote. Of course, this sort of creates a sub-chamber in the House, which is fine.
Square root of 2... 1 is the largest that can go into it. Remainer 1. Double 2, drop down a pair of zeros. 2? * ? has to be no greater than 100 (that remainer plus the two zeros). 4 works, since that's 24 * 4 = 96. Double that, and we have 28? * ?, and with a remainder of 4, we drop down another pair of zeros. 28? * ? into 400. Well, 2 obviously doesn't work. So, we have 1.41 so far, and I figure that's good enough. But, to go out one more digit... 400 - 282 is 100 + 18, or 118. 118 plus a pair of zeroes if 11800. Double that 1, and we have 282? * ?. So, this is like 3000 going into 12000, if we do some rounding. So, just eying it, 5 won't work, but 4 will work. So, 1.414 so far. And that's good enough.
Learn the skill, and once the skill is learned, then use technology. But the skill better be learned sufficiently.
For example, spelling is important. What if someone doesn't have a spellchecker? [Goes to check to see if spell checker has a space in-between in. Goes to check to see how inbetween is spelled.] [Hmmm. Maybe it's one word. Corrected] [In-between is hyphenated and not one word.] [Goes to check the spelling of hyphenated. Okay, correct.] Can you imagine doing something business related, the spellchecker fails, and you turn in something that has spelling or even grammar mistakes?
With math, once the skills are shoved into your brain, then perhaps in higher math classes, it is okay to use technology. It is good to know how to multiply. It is good to know how to do calculus or linear algebra. But, these things become tedious in higher level math classes, depending on how much work needs to be shown for a single problem. Although, it's good practice so you don't forget.
As for why spelling is so important, guess how many TEA partiers misspelled "public option"?
Bill Gates didn't have a laptop, and he turned out okay? So, if we can find a time traveler to bring back a Windows XP laptop to his 14 year old self, he could turn out even greater, right? Or, would that be a bad thing?
Is it really necessarily to require every student to have a laptop in order to learn? Are they saying it's nearly impossible to correctly teach students without this technology?
And sure, while technology makes things easier to do, it almost feels like they're blaming the lack of technology for not being able to properly teach the students. But, that's my opinion.
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Yes, yes, yes! Let's move over the metric system! Let's move away from "English units". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customary_units
Could this be an antitrust issue having it built into a TV? I mean, seriously.
What about using prison labour to provide cheap goods and services? If we're going to have criminals live on the outside with an attached GPS, they're going to be earning minimum wage wherever they work. They won't be earning pennies an hour slaving away providing us with cheap goods.
Any thoughts? (I'm against slave labour by the way.)
This should be modded up. I was going to say something similar. Someone could be bragging and be using doctored video indeed. But, more importantly, is there a timestamp to the video? Like, maybe someone did it years ago. What prevents from someone being charged multiple times for the same crime if there lacks a timestamp? Aside from one's aging body.
Bicycle lanes on roads tend to be a joke. I don't know how anyone can feel safe riding in one. They really need to be wider, but unless we redesign cities, that doesn't seem feasible. There's also the issue of idiot cyclists. I don't get how some bicyclists can chat on a cell phone and ride at the same time.
Not redundant. A citation is needed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_approximations_of_%23Digit_extraction_methods should be good enough.
However, for an arbitrary base (like base 10 I guess?), the question is, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE to calculate something that far out? The digit that is. 5 trillion is a large number. And yes, I mean in base 10.
You know the KGB commercials? I'd find it funny if someone were to ask them what the 5 trillionth and one decimal digit of Pi is.
It reminds me of...
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/m/mr-deeds-script-transcript-sandler.html
What's the problem with your contract?
I figured if I played well,
I'd renegotiate and get more money.
If you didn't play well,
could we renegotiate and pay you less?
I would think by middle school a student would know what direction they wish to go. Maybe it's time for high schools to become more focused in certain directions, provided the district is large enough to have multiple high schools.
Assuming roughly 200,000 potential words in the English language, doubling that for potential capitalization of the first letter of each word. Assuming an eight word pass phrase, that's 400,000^8 possibilities. That's 6.5536e+44.
Assuming 16 characters for the alternative, 52 letters (capital and lowercase), 10 numbers, and perhaps a dozen other symbols, we have (52+10+12)^16 = 808551180810136214718004658176.
Yeah, it's clear which one is larger.
But passwords are only as strong as the weakest link. Namely, those secret questions' answers.
I should have said, "How old is the oldest password you are using?"
Okay, how about an informal poll?
1. What is the oldest password that you are still using?
2. Is the username associated with said account one that can be hit by dictionary attacks? Yes, username.
Because a username and password are only as weak as the weakest link between them. Don't get me started on password recovery schemes. Secret question anyone? Gotta be kiddin' me. People post their secret questions' answers in their blogs sometimes!
Hopefully any site will temporarily lock the account if too many failed passwords are tried. There are other security measures that can be implemented too.
I'd be more scared of trojans than someone guessing a medium strength password myself.
Voter apathy isn't something to be solved by issuing fines. Plus, an apathetic citizen forced to vote is someone who isn't going to research the candidates.
Belgium has compulsory voting, doesn't it? So, they force you to vote there, right? So, you can't exercise your right to 'not vote' like Americans can do.
Under approval voting, you can spoil your first choice candidate though.
Let's say a Democratic voter wants to elect a Democrat, but is okay with a Green. So he or she votes for both the Democrat and Green. And let'ssay two Democrats do that, and the Green just wins by one vote. If those voters had a stronger preference for the Democrat, enough said.
I think I had an idea similar to this. The flaw is too many people.
Let's say a district traditionally has 1 person representing 50,000 people. One idea would be to let any candidate having a 5% threshhold hold office, so multiple people hold office, with each person having a vote proportional to their district.
But if the House has like 100 districts, there's the potential to have as many as 2000 representiatives. Up and down votes may be just fine, but you remove the ability for them to discuss. However, we can solve this problem by complixity. The top vote getters in any district getting the right of legislative initiative, with all else having only an up and down vote. Of course, this sort of creates a sub-chamber in the House, which is fine.
I don't have time to read this through, but there is a method called Avy which is a branch of IRV.
http://web.archive.org/web/20060103122806/http://www.ijs.co.nz/irv-wrong-winners.htm
This one has flaws too, but at least it's better than FPTP hopefully.
Some important things regarding the flaw of this voting method...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulative_voting#Voting_systems_criteria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulative_voting#Tactical_voting
are full of bloatware? I thought I read somewhere that these rank number one or something.
what Wikipedia does.
You mean the following method?
Square root of 2...
1 is the largest that can go into it.
Remainer 1.
Double 2, drop down a pair of zeros.
2? * ? has to be no greater than 100 (that remainer plus the two zeros).
4 works, since that's 24 * 4 = 96.
Double that, and we have 28? * ?, and with a remainder of 4, we drop down another pair of zeros.
28? * ? into 400. Well, 2 obviously doesn't work. So, we have 1.41 so far, and I figure that's good enough. But, to go out one more digit...
400 - 282 is 100 + 18, or 118. 118 plus a pair of zeroes if 11800.
Double that 1, and we have 282? * ?.
So, this is like 3000 going into 12000, if we do some rounding. So, just eying it, 5 won't work, but 4 will work.
So, 1.414 so far.
And that's good enough.
Learn the skill, and once the skill is learned, then use technology. But the skill better be learned sufficiently.
For example, spelling is important. What if someone doesn't have a spellchecker? [Goes to check to see if spell checker has a space in-between in. Goes to check to see how inbetween is spelled.] [Hmmm. Maybe it's one word. Corrected] [In-between is hyphenated and not one word.] [Goes to check the spelling of hyphenated. Okay, correct.] Can you imagine doing something business related, the spellchecker fails, and you turn in something that has spelling or even grammar mistakes?
With math, once the skills are shoved into your brain, then perhaps in higher math classes, it is okay to use technology. It is good to know how to multiply. It is good to know how to do calculus or linear algebra. But, these things become tedious in higher level math classes, depending on how much work needs to be shown for a single problem. Although, it's good practice so you don't forget.
As for why spelling is so important, guess how many TEA partiers misspelled "public option"?
Bill Gates didn't have a laptop, and he turned out okay? So, if we can find a time traveler to bring back a Windows XP laptop to his 14 year old self, he could turn out even greater, right? Or, would that be a bad thing?
Is it really necessarily to require every student to have a laptop in order to learn? Are they saying it's nearly impossible to correctly teach students without this technology?
And sure, while technology makes things easier to do, it almost feels like they're blaming the lack of technology for not being able to properly teach the students. But, that's my opinion.
You mean this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-D_WorldRunner
http://www.google.com/products?q=3-D+World+Runner&output=nojs