This has to be the first truly-large-scale website that came out with a new feature for Chrome and Safari first. I guess the new "Apple vs. Google for control of the world" thing hasn't kicked in yet.
As a teacher I have to disagree: knowing the names of scientists is for many students the first step towards engaging with the subject. Remember the heirarchy of things people are interested in: 1) themselves 2) other people 3) things.
Some if not most of Mulholland's manual was published in Genii Magazine (a magic magazine) within the last couple of years. if you want you can find a back issue; start at geniimagazine.com.
Sorry, I don't believe you have that right. The guy is not using The Office as evidence or as the source of his theories. He is using The Office to illustrate his theories, as examples that (he hopes) his audience will be familiar with.
Math may be an art, but a math teacher is not a mathematician. A math teacher is a teacher, and their expertise in math is second to their expertise in teaching. I would much rather my kids learn math from an expert teacher who knows only the math he or she is teaching than from a world-class mathematician with no knowledge of teaching.
This is the biggest misunderstanding most people have of teaching. The general view seems to be that if you know your subject, you're qualified to be a teacher. Nothing could be further from the truth. The most important qualification a teacher has is the ability to relate to their students; the relationship between student and teacher is the single most important factor in how much a student gets our of a class. Second is the teacher's ability to encourage students to do the work, since people only learn by doing. Third is the ability to design a series of activities that will, if give students the practice they need to learn what they're supposed to learn.
None of this presupposes a knowledge of the subject beyond what's being taught. Obviously, the more you know about the subject, the better. But there are half a dozen more important things.
There's a bit by either Jerry Seinfeld or Richard Jeni about the appeal of Star Trek to men: flying through outer space, sitting in your living room, watching TV.
When I was working at Merrill Lynch, programming in APL, when Tetris hit. Nobody got anything done for a month or two, until we banned Tetris.
I remember one night I had a dream in which Tetris-shaped blocks of APL characters would come in from the right, and I had to rotate and move them around so that not only would they fill the space, but the resulting program had to run. I woke up in a cold sweat. That was when I knew I had been playing too much Tetris.
Now that I have kids it's probably time to hook them on Tetris. You know -- before they learn APL.
Last year I told my 7th grade students they should set their ringtones to either a burp or a fart. This was #2 of a series of ways to get away with things you're not supposed to do. #1 was to tag a building (i.e. graffitti) by taking a stiff brush and some soap and cleaning the design into the wall. You couldn't do colors, but you could make a clearly visible logo or other simple shape on just about any public building in the US. And if they caught you, what would they charge you with?
I remember when the NFL was first discussing the challenge/review system. They interviewed one of the owners, who was voting against it, because the timeout was too valuable to risk giving away.
My first thought was that he was obviously wrong. If you scored the game winning touchdown in the Super Bowl but the ref blew the call, it would be worth risking an entire season of timeouts to challenge the call. Sure, you wouldn't risk a timeout in the second half of the first game of the season to challenge the spot from 4th and 11 to 4th and 10. But clearly there would be plays on which the risk would be easily justified.
But what I really thought was, why should that matter? Just because you don't think the play is a good idea, why should it be illegal? You're not forced to use it -- if you think it's a bad idea, why wouldn't you want other teams to have the chance to use it? I'm sure most coaches who think the quarterback option is a bad offense, but no one says it should be illegal. Or at least if they do, people laugh at them. Which is fun.
The fundamental problem keeping America from an inclusive gay marriage policy is that people want very much to have their personal preferences made law. Whatever they like, they think that should be the law.
And what they like, they get, primarily, from their parents' religion.
Ultimately, it is this attitude -- My personal preferences should be made law -- which is the problem. It is this mindset which must be specifically fought against. If we can win that battle, the religious battle -- which we cannot win in any of our lifetimes -- will not matter.
I checked at 8pm here in Los Angeles, and not one of the top 100 included the word zune. Whatever happened it did not last long. Or were all Zune owners taken up in the rapture?
1. pron tito
2. insight bowl
3. susan graham
4. texas cheerleader scandal
5. aspen bomb threat
6. rod serling
7. bobby dodd
8. earl holliman
9. saving private ryan
10. barrett jackson
11. new york philharmonic
12. times square cam
13. doug wilson
14. rose parade
15. together as one
16. watch the ball drop online
17. robbie knievel
18. miley cyrus brother
19. pepsi stuff
20. drinking card games
21. twilight zone episodes
22. new years countdown clock
23. times square new years eve
24. dick clark
25. dick clark s rockin new years eve
26. dui checkpoints
27. brazen bull
28. ohio lottery new years raffle
29. heartbreak ridge
30. time warner viacom
31. tempe block party
32. shrek 2
33. jennifer saunders
34. texas roadhouse
35. la sports arena
36. aspen news
37. doug wilson trading spaces
38. solazyme
39. cooking lobster tails
40. ball drop in times square
41. peter matthiessen
42. walking tall movie
43. pepsistuff.com
44. isaiah kacyvenski
45. chick fil a bowl
46. fab five
47. new years ball drop
48. mixed drinks
49. bill nye
50. lsu football roster
51. vanderbilt football
52. amaretto sour
53. sobriety checkpoints
54. maid in manhattan
55. outback steakhouse
56. happy new year myspace comments
57. linda theret
58. how to cook crab legs
59. universal city walk
60. lorin maazel
61. san francisco fireworks
62. drink recipes
63. rose bowl parade 2009
64. robbie maddison
65. new year no limits
66. trey cyrus
67. lisa garza
68. sun bowl
69. fur night club
70. auld lang syne meaning
71. applebees
72. minnesota gophers football
73. lemon drop martini
74. papa johns
75. idlewild airport
76. next food network star
77. inger stevens
78. trace cyrus
79. vodka drinks
80. ashley chontos
81. second life
82. michaela ward
83. chicago taxi
84. kenley collins
85. live from lincoln center
86. shadow country
87. pf changs
88. kansas football
89. beer pong rules
90. donna douglas
91. twilight zone eye of the beholder
92. yellow cab
93. iron mountain
94. mudslide recipe
95. new years around the world
96. white russian recipe
97. midori sour
98. music city bowl
99. viacom channels
100. joe ruzicka
I read somewhere that a hundred or so years ago, the Indiana state legislature passed a law dictating that the value of pi was 4.
Not even 3, for god's sake.
I never found out if this story was apocryphal or not, because when I read it I hadn't learned what apocryphal meant.
Slashdot Mirror
This has to be the first truly-large-scale website that came out with a new feature for Chrome and Safari first. I guess the new "Apple vs. Google for control of the world" thing hasn't kicked in yet.
There's nothing to worry about; the program is named wontsueforsure.
As a teacher I have to disagree: knowing the names of scientists is for many students the first step towards engaging with the subject. Remember the heirarchy of things people are interested in: 1) themselves 2) other people 3) things.
Second the recommendation of eyeclops. A great toy for kids and adults. The new version is even better than the one I have.
MacChimney lives!
Some if not most of Mulholland's manual was published in Genii Magazine (a magic magazine) within the last couple of years. if you want you can find a back issue; start at geniimagazine.com.
Sorry, I don't believe you have that right. The guy is not using The Office as evidence or as the source of his theories. He is using The Office to illustrate his theories, as examples that (he hopes) his audience will be familiar with.
African or European vulture? You have to know these things when you're King.
This is the biggest misunderstanding most people have of teaching. The general view seems to be that if you know your subject, you're qualified to be a teacher. Nothing could be further from the truth. The most important qualification a teacher has is the ability to relate to their students; the relationship between student and teacher is the single most important factor in how much a student gets our of a class. Second is the teacher's ability to encourage students to do the work, since people only learn by doing. Third is the ability to design a series of activities that will, if give students the practice they need to learn what they're supposed to learn.
None of this presupposes a knowledge of the subject beyond what's being taught. Obviously, the more you know about the subject, the better. But there are half a dozen more important things.
There's a bit by either Jerry Seinfeld or Richard Jeni about the appeal of Star Trek to men: flying through outer space, sitting in your living room, watching TV.
I remember one night I had a dream in which Tetris-shaped blocks of APL characters would come in from the right, and I had to rotate and move them around so that not only would they fill the space, but the resulting program had to run. I woke up in a cold sweat. That was when I knew I had been playing too much Tetris.
Now that I have kids it's probably time to hook them on Tetris. You know -- before they learn APL.
Should read 20% of the grosses. No way is Arnold doing T3 for a cut of the profits. There are no profits.
Last year I told my 7th grade students they should set their ringtones to either a burp or a fart. This was #2 of a series of ways to get away with things you're not supposed to do. #1 was to tag a building (i.e. graffitti) by taking a stiff brush and some soap and cleaning the design into the wall. You couldn't do colors, but you could make a clearly visible logo or other simple shape on just about any public building in the US. And if they caught you, what would they charge you with?
I also teach a little English.
"And he always wore sneakers. For sneaking!"
--Grandpa Simpson, describing Malloy (Sam Neill), the Springfield Cat Burglar in "Homer the Vigilante."
"Now if I could only find a way to get management to read it."
I'm sure if you ask them to, they will.
My first thought was that he was obviously wrong. If you scored the game winning touchdown in the Super Bowl but the ref blew the call, it would be worth risking an entire season of timeouts to challenge the call. Sure, you wouldn't risk a timeout in the second half of the first game of the season to challenge the spot from 4th and 11 to 4th and 10. But clearly there would be plays on which the risk would be easily justified.
But what I really thought was, why should that matter? Just because you don't think the play is a good idea, why should it be illegal? You're not forced to use it -- if you think it's a bad idea, why wouldn't you want other teams to have the chance to use it? I'm sure most coaches who think the quarterback option is a bad offense, but no one says it should be illegal. Or at least if they do, people laugh at them. Which is fun.
The fundamental problem keeping America from an inclusive gay marriage policy is that people want very much to have their personal preferences made law. Whatever they like, they think that should be the law.
And what they like, they get, primarily, from their parents' religion. Ultimately, it is this attitude -- My personal preferences should be made law -- which is the problem. It is this mindset which must be specifically fought against. If we can win that battle, the religious battle -- which we cannot win in any of our lifetimes -- will not matter.
I checked at 8pm here in Los Angeles, and not one of the top 100 included the word zune. Whatever happened it did not last long. Or were all Zune owners taken up in the rapture?
1. pron tito 2. insight bowl 3. susan graham 4. texas cheerleader scandal 5. aspen bomb threat 6. rod serling 7. bobby dodd 8. earl holliman 9. saving private ryan 10. barrett jackson 11. new york philharmonic 12. times square cam 13. doug wilson 14. rose parade 15. together as one 16. watch the ball drop online 17. robbie knievel 18. miley cyrus brother 19. pepsi stuff 20. drinking card games 21. twilight zone episodes 22. new years countdown clock 23. times square new years eve 24. dick clark 25. dick clark s rockin new years eve 26. dui checkpoints 27. brazen bull 28. ohio lottery new years raffle 29. heartbreak ridge 30. time warner viacom 31. tempe block party 32. shrek 2 33. jennifer saunders 34. texas roadhouse 35. la sports arena 36. aspen news 37. doug wilson trading spaces 38. solazyme 39. cooking lobster tails 40. ball drop in times square 41. peter matthiessen 42. walking tall movie 43. pepsistuff.com 44. isaiah kacyvenski 45. chick fil a bowl 46. fab five 47. new years ball drop 48. mixed drinks 49. bill nye 50. lsu football roster 51. vanderbilt football 52. amaretto sour 53. sobriety checkpoints 54. maid in manhattan 55. outback steakhouse 56. happy new year myspace comments 57. linda theret 58. how to cook crab legs 59. universal city walk 60. lorin maazel 61. san francisco fireworks 62. drink recipes 63. rose bowl parade 2009 64. robbie maddison 65. new year no limits 66. trey cyrus 67. lisa garza 68. sun bowl 69. fur night club 70. auld lang syne meaning 71. applebees 72. minnesota gophers football 73. lemon drop martini 74. papa johns 75. idlewild airport 76. next food network star 77. inger stevens 78. trace cyrus 79. vodka drinks 80. ashley chontos 81. second life 82. michaela ward 83. chicago taxi 84. kenley collins 85. live from lincoln center 86. shadow country 87. pf changs 88. kansas football 89. beer pong rules 90. donna douglas 91. twilight zone eye of the beholder 92. yellow cab 93. iron mountain 94. mudslide recipe 95. new years around the world 96. white russian recipe 97. midori sour 98. music city bowl 99. viacom channels 100. joe ruzicka
I for one welcome our acronym overlords! What's that? Overload? Never mind.
Wait -- what's the question again?
Finally, memory you can erase.
I knew videogames would ruin your life!
I read somewhere that a hundred or so years ago, the Indiana state legislature passed a law dictating that the value of pi was 4. Not even 3, for god's sake. I never found out if this story was apocryphal or not, because when I read it I hadn't learned what apocryphal meant.
Sincerely,
Pete Goatse
Same thing was done by that idiot Tibor.
No wi-fi. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.