I wasn't actually expecting a detailed response on the proper techinique for soliciting a Thai prostitute! I've never even been to Thailand and probably never will.
Actually, in France, there are three steps to taking a TGV:
1) You buy your ticket. 2) You get your ticket stamped (in an automatic machine). 3) You board the train.
It's that easy because some joker with a bomb in a TGV wouldn't do any more damage than, for example, some joker with a bomb in any other crowded area. In planes, it's different, because a relatively small amount of damage will cause the plane to fall from on high, killing everybody.
Also, it is generally impossible to hijack TGVs and crash them into major buildings.
This isn't some sort of ideological blow that cuts to the core of the RIAAs actions. It's a mundane legal decision in one of their many cases. Why, exactly, is this newsworthy?
The point isn't that understanding of evolution is a direct prerequisite for all scientific work. The point is that if one doesn't believe in evolution because "teh bibles say it arent true", this is a symptom of a lack of scientific thought processes and general level of education, which are in fact a direct prerequisite for all scientific or engineering work.
There are a lot of retards in the United States, but that doesn't mean all of us Americans are. If you had a country a third of whose population lived in rural areas, and who had been founded by religious extrimists instilling a long tradition of protestantism, you'd probably have similar problems.
By the way, there are a lot of idiots in Europe, too, in America we just happen to have something even better: brainwashed idiots.
I find that the general public (I'm sure for professors this would be even more the case) in Europe has heard of more American universities than the reverse. Most know of M.I.T., Harvard, Stanford, and Yale at least, and probably more. For a professor involved in Computer Science research, the rate would be much higher, as they would be reading research that came out of other universities.
Stop using economic terms inexactly. Total output is called "production". Output per person and per time is called "productivity". It's not clear which one you're talking about, as you gave the definition of "production", said "productivity", and it appears that you're talking about productivity, but I can't be sure.
American high school diplomas do suck compared to the rest of the world, but were they ever better at some point in time? I'm not saying they weren't, I'm seriously asking the question.
And, although American high schools are mediocre at best, American universities are generally agreed to be the best in the world. I can guarantee you that no high school diploma ever reached the level that you get from four years of college, even if that level is not quite what you wish it were.
I'm surprised that anyone could read Slashdot for a reasonable amount of time without understanding this concept, as it's repeated so often here in every discussion about computer science degrees. Computer science is not programming. Being a good programmer, while it does require knowledge of some computer science principles, is not the same as being a good computer scientist. Bill Gates may have the knowledge expected from a Bachelor of Computer Science, but saying he deserves a Ph.D is ridiculous.
It doesn't matter, because most people with PhDs aren't going to be working in the real world anyway.
Also, the fact that modern scientists are ultra-specialized is just a consequence of the advancement of science; it isn't some sort of problem with the educational system. If PhD candidates were forced to become an expert in every part of their broad field, they would never complete the program and we would run out of academics.
~A high school student who wants to become a professor.
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Just because XP is not going to be sold anymore does not mean that XP support is ending, or that everyone has to suddenly change to Vista.
You know, just because you buy a new computer doesn't mean you have to throw away your old one...
Generally one needs a Ph.D in math to be a "mathematician".
I wasn't actually expecting a detailed response on the proper techinique for soliciting a Thai prostitute! I've never even been to Thailand and probably never will.
So if the 25-year-old women look like they're twelve, how are you supposed to spot the real twelve-year-olds and avoid paying them for sex?
Actually, in France, there are three steps to taking a TGV:
1) You buy your ticket.
2) You get your ticket stamped (in an automatic machine).
3) You board the train.
It's that easy because some joker with a bomb in a TGV wouldn't do any more damage than, for example, some joker with a bomb in any other crowded area. In planes, it's different, because a relatively small amount of damage will cause the plane to fall from on high, killing everybody.
Also, it is generally impossible to hijack TGVs and crash them into major buildings.
Actually, you're wrong, because in case you failed to notice, we're speaking English, not Greek.
Hahahhahaha. First of all, the word you're looking for is "très", second of all, you're totally wrong.
Although that's probably true (I wouldn't know), it wasn't the GP's point.
Merci :-)
C'est surtout les Anglais je pense. Je suis Américain et nous on dit jamais ça.
This isn't some sort of ideological blow that cuts to the core of the RIAAs actions. It's a mundane legal decision in one of their many cases. Why, exactly, is this newsworthy?
cassé!!!!
The point isn't that understanding of evolution is a direct prerequisite for all scientific work.
The point is that if one doesn't believe in evolution because "teh bibles say it arent true", this is a symptom of a lack of scientific thought processes and general level of education, which are in fact a direct prerequisite for all scientific or engineering work.
There are a lot of retards in the United States, but that doesn't mean all of us Americans are. If you had a country a third of whose population lived in rural areas, and who had been founded by religious extrimists instilling a long tradition of protestantism, you'd probably have similar problems.
By the way, there are a lot of idiots in Europe, too, in America we just happen to have something even better: brainwashed idiots.
First the internet was a tree. Then it was a painting. THen it was a mass of shitty analogies...
I find that the general public (I'm sure for professors this would be even more the case) in Europe has heard of more American universities than the reverse. Most know of M.I.T., Harvard, Stanford, and Yale at least, and probably more. For a professor involved in Computer Science research, the rate would be much higher, as they would be reading research that came out of other universities.
Stop using economic terms inexactly. Total output is called "production". Output per person and per time is called "productivity". It's not clear which one you're talking about, as you gave the definition of "production", said "productivity", and it appears that you're talking about productivity, but I can't be sure.
That's normal, because Word is not a text editor... using it as such is like using a nuclear bomb to cut down a tree, or something.
I'm still waiting for it to come out here in Kenya.
Where are you from? If you don't mind me asking.
American high school diplomas do suck compared to the rest of the world, but were they ever better at some point in time? I'm not saying they weren't, I'm seriously asking the question.
And, although American high schools are mediocre at best, American universities are generally agreed to be the best in the world. I can guarantee you that no high school diploma ever reached the level that you get from four years of college, even if that level is not quite what you wish it were.
I'm surprised that anyone could read Slashdot for a reasonable amount of time without understanding this concept, as it's repeated so often here in every discussion about computer science degrees. Computer science is not programming. Being a good programmer, while it does require knowledge of some computer science principles, is not the same as being a good computer scientist. Bill Gates may have the knowledge expected from a Bachelor of Computer Science, but saying he deserves a Ph.D is ridiculous.
It doesn't matter, because most people with PhDs aren't going to be working in the real world anyway.
Also, the fact that modern scientists are ultra-specialized is just a consequence of the advancement of science; it isn't some sort of problem with the educational system. If PhD candidates were forced to become an expert in every part of their broad field, they would never complete the program and we would run out of academics.
~A high school student who wants to become a professor.
Being a successful businessman doesn't mean you're an academic expert in the field of business.