I love the idea of home schooling, but after serious investigation, it is not something that would work for us. My wife isn't really cut out for it, and I'm cut out for making a nice income. Believe it or not my kids are in private school but with a switch to a higher-income city we'll switch to their public schools.
I love teaching, so I spend probably ten hours a week with my kids directly on academics and because I'm a nerd even when I am playing , education comes out.
What we really need are more nerds and less politicians in charge of our education system...
My third grader informed me one day that "science is boring". You could have hit my in the nuts with a hammer and it would have hurt me less. I inquired more and found out that he is reading a lot of stuff and he just doesn't find it exciting.
First, I got ahold of a few interesting science videos dealing with astronomy and robotics. He was intrigued. On a trip to Disney I took him on a behind the scenes tour at their greenhouses where he got to talk to a Botanist and learn more. And I"ve found a few other opportunities to get him involved in some hands on science.
I'll be damned if I let school choke out his love for learning. He's border-line gifted if not gifted (I'm Triple Nine) and it would be a shame if he limited his options because of school...
I am not sure if you are being sarcastic, so if you are, I apologize.
If it is orbiting at 17,000 mph, the only fuel it would need after it is in that orbit is for course corrections and landing and possibly to correct for any drag.
This is why I hate Android in the corporate environment. While I love open technology for personal uses, trying to manage corporate security with Android in the mix is a nightmare. I can have a nice pretty policy that makes upper management happy but I have no really good way of enforcing it. For the pain in the butt that Blackberry is, it was designed around corporate security. Apple is a step above Android in this regard, but it is still not designed with corporate use in mind.
I don't have a comment other than to say that I enjoy articles like this one. Please bring more like it and i will hit refresh 20 times to get yor page hit count up:)
No mod points, so just an "I agree". If the point of spending tens of billions per year is the side-effect technology, then it IS a waste of money. One could have done a trial like this not related to the space program for not a lot of money. The point of space flight is exploration and the eventual colonization of space, not Tang.
(and on a side note, it's been at least a year since I've had mod points)
I find that if an email chain goes more than 3 back and forths that it is a lot more productive to pick up the damn phone and talk to someone. Not sure what that has to do with gossiping.
Here's the translation: "People are more apt to be influenced by their peers than by science". This is not new; it has been known for decades. The best way to influence someone is to use those around them. This is why you see change.org petitions. The petitions themselves are crap, but if five of your friends send you a petition, you are more likely to think about the subject the same way as your friends.
My lead developer wanted to adopt Silverlight a couple years back for a key application we were developing. I am sure he had strong technical reasons, but getting tied to a highly proprietary Microsoft technology just smelled bad..NET is one thing, Silverlight scared the hell out of me. I pulled out one of my rarely used veto cards and I'm glad I did.
I sometimes struggle, yes. Folks who are religous, studying the Bible but don't really do anything with it are the most difficult. Those Chrisitans who are active in serving... working with homeless, shut-in visitations, service missions... those I relate to well. When I read the Bible I find that it points out my flaws, not leaing me to tell everyone else how to live
Those that I cannot relate to are those who study the Bible, can quote verse after verse yet don't seem to apply it to themselves...
In fairness, I was an atheist for most of my life and often find their ranting to be just as difficult to listen to:)
It will end when the older generations die off. Newer generations will either be non-believing or be able to reconcile science and their faith. The amount who ignore evolution will diminish.
He denied fusion altogether and stated that it was just a threory and we'd never produced power through fusion despite many attempt. I explained this was false and that there were many instances of fusion demonstrations on earth, just none that acheived break even energy due to engineering complexities. So, yes, beyond hope. And this is a guy with an engineering degree.
I am a Christian. However, the overwhelming evidence is that the Earth is 4.6 Billion years old, life on Earth is Billions of years old and yes, my great^50000 grandfather was an ape. Yet, not matter what the evidence, there is a contigent who will ignore it. It is human nature to look at facts through the lens you wish to view it. One intelligent person I was disucssing fusion with denies that fusion was the power of the stars, saying instead that it is gravity that produces the energy of the Sun. I was dumbfounded. Even after asking why we see millions of stars with different colors and asked him how his model accounted for this, he could not answer. After asking why the Sun isn't shrinking rapidly as the equations would indicate they would have to to produce the amount of energy output of the Sun, he couldn't answer. Did his opinion change? Nope. Facts don't often change opinions.
So, no, new evidence won't change anything. From my perspective, the debate was over about 150 years ago. Now we just have yelling.
Yeah, the OP said counter, so I went with that. After my last post I started thinking more about it and figured you were going with some type of class or database record. It is amazing how frequently communications breakdowns happen on simple things. Enjoy the rest of your day:)
I say: "64 elements is not the same as tracking 0 to 64 complaints" You say: "and someone asks you, how many ints are in this array? Do you say 3 or 4?"
You didn't add anything new to the conversation. I already said there are 64 elements. However, 64 elements is not the same as being able to track up 64 complaints. You must start with the initial condition of zero complaints, meaning you can track 0 to 63 complaints with a six bit number.
This is totally untrue. I can easily falsify by point out that it it WERE true that Slashdot would be filled with socially awkward men who don't know how to talk to women and live in their parents' basement.
Ummmmm.... no. I am disappointed how many folks don't get "free markets". Market forces are powerful but they are motivated by profit. Nothing wrong with this, but as intelligent citizens, we need to understand how this works and their limitations.
One limitation is that if profit cannot be privatized, then there is little if any incentive for market dollars to pursue R&D or other activities. Where is the profit in finding ET? Even if you come up with an answer, then how do you limit the profit to those who make the discovery. You can't. So, market dollars will not pursue this project. This means you are looking for a benefactor or a government entity to fund this. There is nothing wrong with government funding of projects that the free market would not undertake... as long as there is a public good to the investment.
So, no, the free market is not a magic bullet to solve every problem.
Ignore my sibling post, this is what I meant to grab:
"NOTE: StatCounter recently announced that they have updated their data as of May 1, 2012 to reflect prerendering in Chrome. However, there is no indication of either methodology or what percentage of Chrome share is being removed from StatCounter data."
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I love the idea of home schooling, but after serious investigation, it is not something that would work for us. My wife isn't really cut out for it, and I'm cut out for making a nice income. Believe it or not my kids are in private school but with a switch to a higher-income city we'll switch to their public schools.
I love teaching, so I spend probably ten hours a week with my kids directly on academics and because I'm a nerd even when I am playing , education comes out.
What we really need are more nerds and less politicians in charge of our education system...
My third grader informed me one day that "science is boring". You could have hit my in the nuts with a hammer and it would have hurt me less. I inquired more and found out that he is reading a lot of stuff and he just doesn't find it exciting.
First, I got ahold of a few interesting science videos dealing with astronomy and robotics. He was intrigued. On a trip to Disney I took him on a behind the scenes tour at their greenhouses where he got to talk to a Botanist and learn more. And I"ve found a few other opportunities to get him involved in some hands on science.
I'll be damned if I let school choke out his love for learning. He's border-line gifted if not gifted (I'm Triple Nine) and it would be a shame if he limited his options because of school...
I am not sure if you are being sarcastic, so if you are, I apologize.
If it is orbiting at 17,000 mph, the only fuel it would need after it is in that orbit is for course corrections and landing and possibly to correct for any drag.
This is why I hate Android in the corporate environment. While I love open technology for personal uses, trying to manage corporate security with Android in the mix is a nightmare. I can have a nice pretty policy that makes upper management happy but I have no really good way of enforcing it. For the pain in the butt that Blackberry is, it was designed around corporate security. Apple is a step above Android in this regard, but it is still not designed with corporate use in mind.
I don't have a comment other than to say that I enjoy articles like this one. Please bring more like it and i will hit refresh 20 times to get yor page hit count up :)
No mod points, so just an "I agree". If the point of spending tens of billions per year is the side-effect technology, then it IS a waste of money. One could have done a trial like this not related to the space program for not a lot of money. The point of space flight is exploration and the eventual colonization of space, not Tang.
(and on a side note, it's been at least a year since I've had mod points)
I find that if an email chain goes more than 3 back and forths that it is a lot more productive to pick up the damn phone and talk to someone. Not sure what that has to do with gossiping.
I'm thinking "around here" means the unemployment line.
No, but that is an excellent point.
Here's the translation: "People are more apt to be influenced by their peers than by science". This is not new; it has been known for decades. The best way to influence someone is to use those around them. This is why you see change.org petitions. The petitions themselves are crap, but if five of your friends send you a petition, you are more likely to think about the subject the same way as your friends.
My lead developer wanted to adopt Silverlight a couple years back for a key application we were developing. I am sure he had strong technical reasons, but getting tied to a highly proprietary Microsoft technology just smelled bad. .NET is one thing, Silverlight scared the hell out of me. I pulled out one of my rarely used veto cards and I'm glad I did.
This kind of intelligent conversation makes me want to wipe out all of my Windows servers, and hire you to install and manage my new Linux boxes.
I sometimes struggle, yes. Folks who are religous, studying the Bible but don't really do anything with it are the most difficult. Those Chrisitans who are active in serving... working with homeless, shut-in visitations, service missions... those I relate to well. When I read the Bible I find that it points out my flaws, not leaing me to tell everyone else how to live
Those that I cannot relate to are those who study the Bible, can quote verse after verse yet don't seem to apply it to themselves...
In fairness, I was an atheist for most of my life and often find their ranting to be just as difficult to listen to :)
It will end when the older generations die off. Newer generations will either be non-believing or be able to reconcile science and their faith. The amount who ignore evolution will diminish.
He denied fusion altogether and stated that it was just a threory and we'd never produced power through fusion despite many attempt. I explained this was false and that there were many instances of fusion demonstrations on earth, just none that acheived break even energy due to engineering complexities. So, yes, beyond hope. And this is a guy with an engineering degree.
I am a Christian. However, the overwhelming evidence is that the Earth is 4.6 Billion years old, life on Earth is Billions of years old and yes, my great^50000 grandfather was an ape. Yet, not matter what the evidence, there is a contigent who will ignore it. It is human nature to look at facts through the lens you wish to view it. One intelligent person I was disucssing fusion with denies that fusion was the power of the stars, saying instead that it is gravity that produces the energy of the Sun. I was dumbfounded. Even after asking why we see millions of stars with different colors and asked him how his model accounted for this, he could not answer. After asking why the Sun isn't shrinking rapidly as the equations would indicate they would have to to produce the amount of energy output of the Sun, he couldn't answer. Did his opinion change? Nope. Facts don't often change opinions.
So, no, new evidence won't change anything. From my perspective, the debate was over about 150 years ago. Now we just have yelling.
Yeah, the OP said counter, so I went with that. After my last post I started thinking more about it and figured you were going with some type of class or database record. It is amazing how frequently communications breakdowns happen on simple things. Enjoy the rest of your day :)
I say: "64 elements is not the same as tracking 0 to 64 complaints"
You say: "and someone asks you, how many ints are in this array? Do you say 3 or 4?"
You didn't add anything new to the conversation. I already said there are 64 elements. However, 64 elements is not the same as being able to track up 64 complaints. You must start with the initial condition of zero complaints, meaning you can track 0 to 63 complaints with a six bit number.
64 elements is not the same as tracking 0 to 64 complaints.
Nice try, but that would only allow for 63.
This is totally untrue. I can easily falsify by point out that it it WERE true that Slashdot would be filled with socially awkward men who don't know how to talk to women and live in their parents' basement.
Ummmmm.... no. I am disappointed how many folks don't get "free markets". Market forces are powerful but they are motivated by profit. Nothing wrong with this, but as intelligent citizens, we need to understand how this works and their limitations.
One limitation is that if profit cannot be privatized, then there is little if any incentive for market dollars to pursue R&D or other activities. Where is the profit in finding ET? Even if you come up with an answer, then how do you limit the profit to those who make the discovery. You can't. So, market dollars will not pursue this project. This means you are looking for a benefactor or a government entity to fund this. There is nothing wrong with government funding of projects that the free market would not undertake... as long as there is a public good to the investment.
So, no, the free market is not a magic bullet to solve every problem.
I find it funny that some dolt modded this troll. The post itself immediately got modded back up, so the person wasted a point.
What's an "invisible tab?" I don't want to read the article, but I don't understand how it inflates the actual number of chrome users
I think you said it all right there...
Ignore my sibling post, this is what I meant to grab:
"NOTE: StatCounter recently announced that they have updated their data as of May 1, 2012 to reflect prerendering in Chrome. However, there is no indication of either methodology or what percentage of Chrome share is being removed from StatCounter data."