I want to know why they were "suddenly entombed" together - what was going on outside that they all died in the cave together - it would seem strange to me to have that combination together (or is "suddenly" a geologic thing where one died in one year and another five years later?)
I am completely unfamiliar with the issue, but if they aren't in the human line of descent, are we looking at gorillas / orangutans / etc. as possible relatives for these here (or is this a completely off base question)?
Not exactly - It is more along the lines of... You've been using the toll road for 20 years. On Memorial Day, hundreds of others start using it and like it so much they continue to use it. A traffic camera spots your usage and then noting that you use it every day at least twice, starts charging you more for additional wear and tear on the road. This is not the way most businesses operate - they could, and people would stop using their roads / restaurants / etc. or if they did not, they might complain (which is what we have here) and then there would probably be change.
With broadband companies, there is quite often no other choice at all (where I am moving, I have FIOS or slow cable or dialup - that's it, my grandfather has satellite only). Throttling is a problem - charging tiered internet is more reasonable because it is upfront - I actually find the ATT ipad solution reasonable... though I would peg the first tier higher to account for the increased use as a web-video device.
um... telling a secretary to pick up your lunch and find plane tickets might be perfectly appropriate provided it was part of the original contract for hire. The last, is, of course, disgusting.
Not that there really is any de-regulation... the FCC still hands out monopolies for broadband to Verizon in one area and ATT in another (I'm moving from ATT territory to Verizon and while the FIOS tech is nice to be getting, I am hugely disappointed in my jump in cost and the inability to get a lower bandwidth for less if I don't want the 15mb line).
My initial post was simply a quick response (in hind site, I should have cited a couple of sources). Seeing the parent marked as "insightful" is disturbing (though there are some accuracies).
With regard to the final comments, Jordan is noted as having a very high level of literacy and a high level of post-secondary education (including on-going research institutions). See Education in Jordan.
Anecdotally, the medical system is also superb with great focus on care and proper surgical method. No problems with the loss of appendix yet.
You are aware that Jordan has one of the most stable and educated populaces in the Middle East, right?...that their laws allow for freedom of religion and that the issue with Israel is only part of the country's policies?... and that originally they were holders of the entire West Bank under partition?
Cos Jordan has never been invaded by a high-tech neighbour before...
Of course, when Israel invaded Jordan each time they had already been invaded in reverse.... Or perhaps you are referring back to the crusades... where it was more about numbers than superior European medieval technology.
Continental languages tend to be self-centric. English has become the new French (or the new Latin... or the new Greek, or the new Babylonian/Egyptian whatever) and as such most new words in most languages that stem from an English / American dominated area tend to have English roots. Your examples demonstrate only that Spain and France developed an understanding of computers before the English-speaking world came to dominate the world scene (The Spanish for "computer" everywhere but Spain is "computadora").
More importantly, at least one of your two examples demonstrates that they have used similar root words (order / compute).
Quarks? It's all been one extended April Fools joke from the first "discovery" of atoms - get with reality people. It's all about the four Aristotelian essences.
thankfully, most teenagers also don't have access to guns at the times when they are most upset... and that is the concern with anakin like power... not whether or not they ever get that upset but whether in that moment of frustration / rage-induced insanity, will they have the power to do anything they will later deeply regret. Thankfully, in most cases, they do not (hence the no guns policies at schools)... It is only when the relationships around individuals break down completely that the ongoing issues develop into terminal rage.
Which is why it is really good that it was fiction - I'd hate for a modern teenager to be able to pull an Anakin Skywalker on his teachers / friends / neighbors...
Yes your right, I made a mistake. But what is it with Slashdoters/Geeks and not being able to explain yourself properly, that's at least as important as Grammar!
... and can wee ad "your" two you're list of gramar and speling ofences;
More importantly, explaining oneself rationally is a dying art - what is most important here and increasingly so in popular media is being charismatic and sounding like you know what you are talking about. This is why I think it very important that we all should make use of articles to prove our point on any subject. For instance, the current one about Pac-man and the Death Star posing on the surface of some far off moon no one will ever visit would be much better understood via this link or this one or this last one. A mouseover before clicking will also prove most instructive.
You must have missed the new variation on the SALT treaty that's being hammered out - no one is going to have enough nukes to create the kinds of earthquakes (deep underground detonation) we need for your solution.
They will probably save money because paper is significantly cheaper than ink... and if they are printing the emails, it must surely be for record keeping... so recycling / landfill space isn't as much an issue.
...and yet, it's not primarily in games (or it would be blocked as I type this from work). Sadly, there are a number of education-related stories in the games category that I never get to look at (I work at a school) that are blocked completely. Yes, I do see educational merit in the above topic (student attitudes / discussions / etc)... not that I've seen the video... hurrah for content filters.
yes, thankfully it's fairly simple to catch thieves nowadays too... I like having GPS or phone home chips in everything (though I do occasionally have concerns over the privacy issues)
Except... in real life, you don't get physical or even relational rewards for not doing something that violates social contract - not-violating social contract is expected and you are treated as a member of society as a result. Violating social contract causes you to step outside the bounds of normative society and there are consequences. You should not be rewarded for not-robbing my house. You should be punished for robbing my house. The same fits well in most games and more accurately represents real life than a system where you are rewarded for not-being a jerk.
Now, if you are surrounded by other people who are jerks, you are more likely to get a raise (provided the boss notes you are easier to get along with and more effective in customer relations), and in this sense, perhaps a game should reward you--but only if you are better than the average bear, as it were.
...and if we take into account the fact that this was focused more on the historical end of things, it even more meets the op's apparent definition of "scholar" (as someone without religious presupposition).
There are also a number of PhD students out there right now no doubt working on articles like this one regarding the academic side of pretty much everything including super hero clothing.
Academics can be found with an interest in pretty much anything.
The problem is, that Cronus, Chronos, Kronus... were all iterations of the same general being (much like we have Batman, Batman Forever, Batman (the series), Batman (the animated series) - we are all referring to the same general being and while the description and artwork (and possibly even pronunciation of Bruce Wayne's name) all change, this doesn't change. The same was true for all the myths...
Wonderful how you provided something informative and helpful to finishing off the (admittedly) offtopic OP. If I had mod points, I'd fix this. Hurrah for perspective bias affecting mods.
Everyone has blinders (or sets of presuppositions) - to assume otherwise is ignoring reality. If I begin a project in web design, I have a certain set of presuppositions about how things go together - this on the basis of general consensus. If I begin a project involving history, I begin with a certain set of presuppositions (If I set out to do a project on what the food was at the Last Supper, I would generally have to have as a presupposition that the meal happened).
Being scholarly does not mean rejecting presupposition but rather working towards a greater understanding of a given topic while understanding the presuppositions upon which my research is based.
And if we really want to get down to it, the whole reason we have "scholarly" pursuits is because of the medieval "scholastics" who were almost uniformly religious in some respect.
At my current school, a large number of students and staff checked random boxes on the demographics questionnaire because of the potential for later abuse given inevitable shifts in government. The goal should be to get away from this tendency to box people in and focus on what unites.
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I want to know why they were "suddenly entombed" together - what was going on outside that they all died in the cave together - it would seem strange to me to have that combination together (or is "suddenly" a geologic thing where one died in one year and another five years later?)
I am completely unfamiliar with the issue, but if they aren't in the human line of descent, are we looking at gorillas / orangutans / etc. as possible relatives for these here (or is this a completely off base question)?
Not exactly - It is more along the lines of... You've been using the toll road for 20 years. On Memorial Day, hundreds of others start using it and like it so much they continue to use it. A traffic camera spots your usage and then noting that you use it every day at least twice, starts charging you more for additional wear and tear on the road. This is not the way most businesses operate - they could, and people would stop using their roads / restaurants / etc. or if they did not, they might complain (which is what we have here) and then there would probably be change.
With broadband companies, there is quite often no other choice at all (where I am moving, I have FIOS or slow cable or dialup - that's it, my grandfather has satellite only). Throttling is a problem - charging tiered internet is more reasonable because it is upfront - I actually find the ATT ipad solution reasonable... though I would peg the first tier higher to account for the increased use as a web-video device.
um... telling a secretary to pick up your lunch and find plane tickets might be perfectly appropriate provided it was part of the original contract for hire. The last, is, of course, disgusting.
Not that there really is any de-regulation... the FCC still hands out monopolies for broadband to Verizon in one area and ATT in another (I'm moving from ATT territory to Verizon and while the FIOS tech is nice to be getting, I am hugely disappointed in my jump in cost and the inability to get a lower bandwidth for less if I don't want the 15mb line).
My initial post was simply a quick response (in hind site, I should have cited a couple of sources). Seeing the parent marked as "insightful" is disturbing (though there are some accuracies).
With regard to the final comments, Jordan is noted as having a very high level of literacy and a high level of post-secondary education (including on-going research institutions). See Education in Jordan.
Anecdotally, the medical system is also superb with great focus on care and proper surgical method. No problems with the loss of appendix yet.
You are aware that Jordan has one of the most stable and educated populaces in the Middle East, right? ...that their laws allow for freedom of religion and that the issue with Israel is only part of the country's policies? ... and that originally they were holders of the entire West Bank under partition?
Cos Jordan has never been invaded by a high-tech neighbour before...
Of course, when Israel invaded Jordan each time they had already been invaded in reverse. ... Or perhaps you are referring back to the crusades... where it was more about numbers than superior European medieval technology.
Continental languages tend to be self-centric. English has become the new French (or the new Latin... or the new Greek, or the new Babylonian/Egyptian whatever) and as such most new words in most languages that stem from an English / American dominated area tend to have English roots. Your examples demonstrate only that Spain and France developed an understanding of computers before the English-speaking world came to dominate the world scene (The Spanish for "computer" everywhere but Spain is "computadora").
More importantly, at least one of your two examples demonstrates that they have used similar root words (order / compute).
Quarks? It's all been one extended April Fools joke from the first "discovery" of atoms - get with reality people. It's all about the four Aristotelian essences.
thankfully, most teenagers also don't have access to guns at the times when they are most upset ... and that is the concern with anakin like power ... not whether or not they ever get that upset but whether in that moment of frustration / rage-induced insanity, will they have the power to do anything they will later deeply regret. Thankfully, in most cases, they do not (hence the no guns policies at schools)... It is only when the relationships around individuals break down completely that the ongoing issues develop into terminal rage.
Which is why it is really good that it was fiction - I'd hate for a modern teenager to be able to pull an Anakin Skywalker on his teachers / friends / neighbors...
Yes your right, I made a mistake. But what is it with Slashdoters/Geeks and not being able to explain yourself properly, that's at least as important as Grammar!
... and can wee ad "your" two you're list of gramar and speling ofences;
More importantly, explaining oneself rationally is a dying art - what is most important here and increasingly so in popular media is being charismatic and sounding like you know what you are talking about. This is why I think it very important that we all should make use of articles to prove our point on any subject. For instance, the current one about Pac-man and the Death Star posing on the surface of some far off moon no one will ever visit would be much better understood via this link or this one or this last one. A mouseover before clicking will also prove most instructive.
You must have missed the new variation on the SALT treaty that's being hammered out - no one is going to have enough nukes to create the kinds of earthquakes (deep underground detonation) we need for your solution.
Well - I was a LOST fan... and that may be part of why they are cancelling the show after this season
They will probably save money because paper is significantly cheaper than ink... and if they are printing the emails, it must surely be for record keeping... so recycling / landfill space isn't as much an issue.
...and yet, it's not primarily in games (or it would be blocked as I type this from work). Sadly, there are a number of education-related stories in the games category that I never get to look at (I work at a school) that are blocked completely. Yes, I do see educational merit in the above topic (student attitudes / discussions / etc)... not that I've seen the video... hurrah for content filters.
yes, thankfully it's fairly simple to catch thieves nowadays too... I like having GPS or phone home chips in everything (though I do occasionally have concerns over the privacy issues)
Except... in real life, you don't get physical or even relational rewards for not doing something that violates social contract - not-violating social contract is expected and you are treated as a member of society as a result. Violating social contract causes you to step outside the bounds of normative society and there are consequences. You should not be rewarded for not-robbing my house. You should be punished for robbing my house. The same fits well in most games and more accurately represents real life than a system where you are rewarded for not-being a jerk.
Now, if you are surrounded by other people who are jerks, you are more likely to get a raise (provided the boss notes you are easier to get along with and more effective in customer relations), and in this sense, perhaps a game should reward you--but only if you are better than the average bear, as it were.
...and if we take into account the fact that this was focused more on the historical end of things, it even more meets the op's apparent definition of "scholar" (as someone without religious presupposition).
There are also a number of PhD students out there right now no doubt working on articles like this one regarding the academic side of pretty much everything including super hero clothing.
Academics can be found with an interest in pretty much anything.
The problem is, that Cronus, Chronos, Kronus ... were all iterations of the same general being (much like we have Batman, Batman Forever, Batman (the series), Batman (the animated series) - we are all referring to the same general being and while the description and artwork (and possibly even pronunciation of Bruce Wayne's name) all change, this doesn't change. The same was true for all the myths...
Wonderful how you provided something informative and helpful to finishing off the (admittedly) offtopic OP. If I had mod points, I'd fix this. Hurrah for perspective bias affecting mods.
Everyone has blinders (or sets of presuppositions) - to assume otherwise is ignoring reality. If I begin a project in web design, I have a certain set of presuppositions about how things go together - this on the basis of general consensus. If I begin a project involving history, I begin with a certain set of presuppositions (If I set out to do a project on what the food was at the Last Supper, I would generally have to have as a presupposition that the meal happened).
Being scholarly does not mean rejecting presupposition but rather working towards a greater understanding of a given topic while understanding the presuppositions upon which my research is based.
And if we really want to get down to it, the whole reason we have "scholarly" pursuits is because of the medieval "scholastics" who were almost uniformly religious in some respect.
At my current school, a large number of students and staff checked random boxes on the demographics questionnaire because of the potential for later abuse given inevitable shifts in government. The goal should be to get away from this tendency to box people in and focus on what unites.
thankfully, even Disney hasn't extended copyright / patent rights as long as would be needed for that :)