Ermmmm. Because the guy who got the 60 obviously put SOME effort into it. I know I have a killer time with some history courses. That was mainly due to the fact that it was taught as a memorization course as opposed to a thinking course. In HS, it was about memorizing years and names and a lot of things that I have problems with. In College, there were more essay style tests where you had to explain relationships between events... I did very well there.
Now in HS, I could spend days memorizing notes and be lucky to get a C or a D. Sometimes, it would be an F, but not a low F. So, basically, you are saying it is fundamentally unfair to treat it any different than if I had blown off the test, gotten lucky on a couple items and got a 20%. I don't see how this is accurate.
Now, I would want the teacher to have some discretion. Sure, I do understand that if a student had an aberrant score, maybe something going on in the kid's home-life, a big sporting event, or something else produced atypical results, you might weight a test differently. But if the teacher sees a pattern, then tough luck, the kid is out. I want that to be at the teacher level, not some school board decision.
And here is another radical idea. I had several courses where the lowest grade was dropped altogether. In theory, you would think this would cause a lot of blow offs on the last test of the year. In practice, the kids that could afford to didn't. They were to invested in education to do this.
You aren't a fanboi. A fanboi is someone who follows someone or something without question and without financial compensation. You sound like someone who likes Apple's products. There is a difference.
I am willing to take a few off topic mods to agree with this. Sadly, we will focus on perceived stances on trivial issues, and ignore how this country has been financially raped over the last eight, and arguably last sixteen years.
A hint is that what is drawn is not nine points, but rather nine small circles. You can draw long enough lines to spear all three while having enough slope to make it halfway up to the next row.
This is why my preferences are set to view low UID posters at higher point value than others. It is their keen insight from years in the tech arena that keeps me coming back.
Crazy thought.... don't buy the games. You don't think the new ones are up to snuff and don't want more to come out.
take a page out of any book that isn't George Lucas' and leave the franchise intact
Ummm.... there are plenty of titles that go far beyond what they should have. Ultima peaked at #4, King's uest stopped being innovative. Mario Brother 97 coming out any time soon? Harry Potter? This is the way it is in movies, books, games. If there is money to be made it will be made. Stop buying it, and there won't be any more coming out.
But you cannot capture more than the sun puts out. The fact is that cheap solar cells capture a few percent of the amount of energy that reaches the surface of the earth, UV included. There is NO way to multiply the efficiency 500 times. My guess is 500% is what was said, and some reporter mistranslated it.
Wow. Talk about taking his argument and twisting it up. If I as an individual tell my friend that I think this natural herb pill is the best thing I ever took, I have no legal problems if it turns out to do nothing. If my friends' doctor suggests a sugar pill to cure his multiple melanoma, I think Doc would be looking at a law suit.
In this case the RIAA is suing for something a lawyer did in the course of his profession. It is meritless but does not invalidate the gp argument.
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For those of you who do not know, that is a Mark Twain quote (presumed to be, anyhow)
"When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati because it's always twenty years behind the times."
It wasn't. It is in the article.
Please list a few of the largest software shops in the world that are Bangalore based. Even one?
I hope the metamods do some justice on this one.
Would it have anything to do with the fact that the biggest software shops are U.S. based?
Ermmmm. Because the guy who got the 60 obviously put SOME effort into it. I know I have a killer time with some history courses. That was mainly due to the fact that it was taught as a memorization course as opposed to a thinking course. In HS, it was about memorizing years and names and a lot of things that I have problems with. In College, there were more essay style tests where you had to explain relationships between events... I did very well there.
Now in HS, I could spend days memorizing notes and be lucky to get a C or a D. Sometimes, it would be an F, but not a low F. So, basically, you are saying it is fundamentally unfair to treat it any different than if I had blown off the test, gotten lucky on a couple items and got a 20%. I don't see how this is accurate.
Now, I would want the teacher to have some discretion. Sure, I do understand that if a student had an aberrant score, maybe something going on in the kid's home-life, a big sporting event, or something else produced atypical results, you might weight a test differently. But if the teacher sees a pattern, then tough luck, the kid is out. I want that to be at the teacher level, not some school board decision.
And here is another radical idea. I had several courses where the lowest grade was dropped altogether. In theory, you would think this would cause a lot of blow offs on the last test of the year. In practice, the kids that could afford to didn't. They were to invested in education to do this.
If you are surrounded by an asshole, would that make you a turd?
You aren't a fanboi. A fanboi is someone who follows someone or something without question and without financial compensation. You sound like someone who likes Apple's products. There is a difference.
example.com is where I would go.
I have a link to a white paper on how to tell if a PDF is a security threat. I can share it if you like. PDF format of course.
I am willing to take a few off topic mods to agree with this. Sadly, we will focus on perceived stances on trivial issues, and ignore how this country has been financially raped over the last eight, and arguably last sixteen years.
A hint is that what is drawn is not nine points, but rather nine small circles. You can draw long enough lines to spear all three while having enough slope to make it halfway up to the next row.
You mean by bribing each other with our children's money?
$11 Trillion in debt, but the spigots are open wide for more military funding.
You can actually do it with three connected lines.
Microsoft Pitches a Tent.
Is it spelled "Whoosh" or "Woosh"?
Was only a joke :) Don't take it seriously...
This is why my preferences are set to view low UID posters at higher point value than others. It is their keen insight from years in the tech arena that keeps me coming back.
I am going to go remove that preference now.
He really means Windows Ultimate Edition, but doesn't want to be ostracized by the rest of Slashdot.
Damn. Now that you explained it, I see exactly how innovative this really is..
You are on some home-brewed medication if you think a placebo will treat multiple melanoma.
Crazy thought.... don't buy the games. You don't think the new ones are up to snuff and don't want more to come out.
take a page out of any book that isn't George Lucas' and leave the franchise intact
Ummm.... there are plenty of titles that go far beyond what they should have. Ultima peaked at #4, King's uest stopped being innovative. Mario Brother 97 coming out any time soon? Harry Potter? This is the way it is in movies, books, games. If there is money to be made it will be made. Stop buying it, and there won't be any more coming out.
But you cannot capture more than the sun puts out. The fact is that cheap solar cells capture a few percent of the amount of energy that reaches the surface of the earth, UV included. There is NO way to multiply the efficiency 500 times. My guess is 500% is what was said, and some reporter mistranslated it.
Please show me the doctor who prescribes this for multiple melanoma. And then show me one who does so and doesn't get sued.
Wow. Talk about taking his argument and twisting it up. If I as an individual tell my friend that I think this natural herb pill is the best thing I ever took, I have no legal problems if it turns out to do nothing. If my friends' doctor suggests a sugar pill to cure his multiple melanoma, I think Doc would be looking at a law suit.
In this case the RIAA is suing for something a lawyer did in the course of his profession. It is meritless but does not invalidate the gp argument.