I think free markets fail when they refuse to recognize or more likely take advantage of the fact that the average person is effectively retarded when confronted with too many decisions. Anyways, this doesn't trump capitalism, it regulates the operation, which is by definition WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO DO IN A CAPITALIST SOCIETY. Fucking retarded assholes.
You fucking retards. How is this any different than recycling ink toner cartridges and printer parts? And I don't give a shit who still has a working Commodore 64, it doesn't change the fact that $35 DVD players are pieces of shit. BTW, why don't DVDs and CDs have sleeves a la floppy discs? That was in the original design. And that $200 PC you get at walmart is not likely to last as long as an old-school Nintendo. Yes actually there's a lot of shit that is specifically designed to suck ass. Not because of the cost, but because of the cost justification for crap that doesn't go into a landfill after a years use. Not to mention industry is ASKING for it, the people are asking for it, and for christ's sake the government is listening to them and it's all "oh noes, it's teh socialists!"
Oh for the love of god. 90% of the tech shit you buy these days is designed to fail in two or three years. Yea, a lot of crap makes it past the three year mark, but most of it is DESIGNED to be thrown out. i.e. they are engineering waste.
Fuck that, I'm still pissed this isn't a comparison of the Sony Walkman MP3 player. I've got one. The battery life is the sheeeiiit. Drag n drop on MAC, WIN, LIN... I'm a happy camper.
Airport Security Officer: Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while...
Airport Security Officer: it's a dildo. Of course it's company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a dildo... always use the indefinite article a dildo, never your dildo
The point of metrics in IT is to form a guarantee. How long should a password reset take, 10 min. did that happen? How long should it take to recover the database? 2hrs, did it happen? Yes, good; no, why not and how can we prevent that next time. It all revolves around your contingency plan. If a printer goes down and you have to order a new one make sure everyone knows that ahead of time, keep a temporary printer around for emergencies. Service gets restored quickly while the needed printer is shipping.
"it could build one in "traditional" way using viruses etc."
yea, it's a huge vector for launching a traditional attack though. It hasn't got to go boom on day one, the attack could begin silently by spreading crap slowly over the course of years.
Other than that, I'm guessing Chinese Wikipedians are crapping themselves over this news.
"I don't consider myself a genius because there are 6.5 billion people in this world and each one is smart in his or her own way."
This line is actually very clever. Everybody works hard and everybody succeeds at something. There will always be someone smarter than him and for them to recognize his success, he will have to acknowledge the successes of those who aren't necessarily as accomplished as he is. How many physics books do you think he is reading that were written by people that officially began their careers at 11?
No offense taken. In fact, I was a little worried about my wording as well.
Matilda by Roald Dahl is a great book for kids that are a little bit smarter than average, it's both humiliating and at the same time it empowers kids to think in terms of intelligence as being a sort of superpower. I highly recommend it, even for adults.
Basically, I'm not certain my ADD is environmental or biological. Generally, my doctors usally advise that I'm not doing too bad, I seem to manage okay, and they leave the question of drugs up to me. After some of the comments here I'm reconsidering as I've always said no.
My son is too young and operates along these lines much better than his sis or even I do. All of his marks are excellent and he is really good about setting aside time for daydreaming or getting things done so he can go back to letting his mind wander. I brought up the homework situation mostly because I felt like others around here could identify and think of ways they could communicate the importance of school to their children if they were having the same problems. The speed tests are specific to certain types of homework. Sometimes we use it during reading, but I make sure it isn't going to cause him distress. I think the most important thing is that each piece of homework gathers his attention in a different way. There are particular ways to approach different problems and sometimes there several ways to approach the same problem. For the specific case of "I'm bored, it's too easy" I've settled on speed tests, explaining the importance of practice and the value of recognition. My point was that the way it was explained to me as a child was illogical and confusing, which caused me to think about the explaination rather than the homework.
As a disclaimer I'd like to say that the sort of boredom with school work I experienced is perfectly normal. It doesn't necessarily relate to being smart. School work can be boring. I was just trying to say that not being acknowledged for who you are can be very difficult. It's important for people to understand their intelligence level and how they relate to others because of it. When a smart kid does poorly in school it especially sets a bad example for kids that lack discipline and haven't got the talent to make up for it. It's frustrating for the kids that earn their Cs and undermines the educational process altogether. Whether that is the kid's, parent's or teacher's fault is beyond me. But the grandparent post had placed the blame directly on teachers who blamed the kids, I was trying to show that some of it can be corrected at home even though I had serious issues with the way I was dealt with at school.
I'm sorry, but no. If you're really smart you will finish first, review your work three times and still be complete before the rest of the class. At that point when someone beats you it's time for a little ego driven competition. Anyways, my kids are learning that they will never be as smart as Matilda and that is enough for me. That and the boy takes a beating to his ego from his sister all the time. (important to remind her she's an idiot compared to Matilda, especially)
Pretty much. I used to hide from my math teacher so I could get stoned, then I'd hide from my stoner friends so I could read physics books. That was pretty much my attitude towards casual relationships for a long time. Nowadays I mostly just say no and people think I'm difficult, but it's healthier.
Oddly, my sister and my daughter didn't have this problem at all. Thanks. My kids do try to tell me that I'm better at socializing than they are. Which, in a professional role, sure, I can smile and socialize and all that, but when I'm not trying, I just don't care. Their dependence on me for regular social stuff is kind of scaring the shit out of me.
I was held back in second grade for refusing to do my homework. It didn't help, the work wasn't hard, it was monotonous, terribly so. The longer I spent in regular school the worse it got. I hated the whole damn thing, I think early on I figured school wasn't teaching me anything, I spent my whole freshman year in High school smoking pot, ditching class, working, and hiding in the basement reading encyclopedias, my chemical rubber company handbook, writing, or playing with math. My freshman year was at a new school and they had trouble getting my old records so they had me take some assessment tests. I scored above average in most areas, but my new found drug problem and habitual truancy were a big problem. Eventually my records came through and the VP of my high school got a little gun-shy about keeping me in advanced classes. I had two instructors that kept me, Global Religions and My Algebra instructor. I kept easy A's in those two classes for most of the year, but eventually I got bored and said "fuck it". I had been dropped from most of my other classes by mid-year for truancy.
My son, in kindergarten, asked me why he has to "learn" so much stuff he already knows. He started out with EXACTLY the same attitude towards school that I had. I explained to him that school isn't about learning stuff, it's about making sure the rest of the world knows exactly how smart you are. I told him that if you don't prove to people that you are smart, they will think you are stupid and you will get stuck with a really stupid job for the rest of your life. And THAT is much worse than stupid homework. I explained to him that that's what I did and it was very difficult to fix, he doesn't complain about the redundancy of the stuff so much anymore. And explaining to him the difference between "practice" and "learning" also made a big difference. For me as a kid, I would do work that was "practice", everyone called it "learning" and somewhere in my head, wires would cross and a bright neon sign would light up stating "I ain't learning shit!!!"
Nowadays, I'm basically ADD, but I couldn't tell if it's because of some inherent chemical imbalance or if I just figured early on that the whole world was bat-shit crazy and I wasn't going to listen to any of it. How can you trust adults to teach you anything, if they can't figure out what you know? If you know it, why do you have to prove it a thousand F*ing times? If they know you know it, why do they make you learn it again? The pat answer "to prove you know it" was just not lucid enough, most adults would not clarify who you were proving your worth to. Example, "Why do I have to do this", "to prove you know it", "but you know I know it", "doesn't matter, you still have to do it", "What?!". Now the social construct of proving it to "everyone", is much different - it makes sense because "everyone" doesn't know how smart you are. Once my son got this, homework switched from a struggle to something he just tries to get done ASAP, because I told him that the secret is: "the smartest kids finish first".
Dating is retarded. Your friend and this guy might be like me. We're picky. And no amount of small talk, will interest us. I don't like being alone, but it is so much better than getting stuck in stupid relationships where I'm just trying to get out. Do not pressure people like me into dating. You just don't get it.
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Hey, I see they've got support for javascript if it is enabled. How is that working, or have you used it yet?
Weird. I swear I LOVE fucking. :)
"If you dont like it, dont use it. Why wish for it to go away?"
reduce complexity?
I think free markets fail when they refuse to recognize or more likely take advantage of the fact that the average person is effectively retarded when confronted with too many decisions. Anyways, this doesn't trump capitalism, it regulates the operation, which is by definition WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO DO IN A CAPITALIST SOCIETY. Fucking retarded assholes.
You don't really know what fertilizer is do you?
You fucking retards. How is this any different than recycling ink toner cartridges and printer parts? And I don't give a shit who still has a working Commodore 64, it doesn't change the fact that $35 DVD players are pieces of shit. BTW, why don't DVDs and CDs have sleeves a la floppy discs? That was in the original design. And that $200 PC you get at walmart is not likely to last as long as an old-school Nintendo. Yes actually there's a lot of shit that is specifically designed to suck ass. Not because of the cost, but because of the cost justification for crap that doesn't go into a landfill after a years use. Not to mention industry is ASKING for it, the people are asking for it, and for christ's sake the government is listening to them and it's all "oh noes, it's teh socialists!"
Oh for the love of god. 90% of the tech shit you buy these days is designed to fail in two or three years. Yea, a lot of crap makes it past the three year mark, but most of it is DESIGNED to be thrown out. i.e. they are engineering waste.
Fuck that, I'm still pissed this isn't a comparison of the Sony Walkman MP3 player. I've got one. The battery life is the sheeeiiit. Drag n drop on MAC, WIN, LIN... I'm a happy camper.
Of course. Windows hasn't been ported yet.
Airport Security Officer: Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while...
Airport Security Officer: it's a dildo. Of course it's company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a dildo... always use the indefinite article a dildo, never your dildo
Meh, Freedos is great for running software from the eighties that doesn't need to be replaced. That's all I'm gonna say.
oh shut up.
The only reason anyone gives a shit about Iran over all the other piece of shit places on earth is because they've got oil.
Why Iran and not Darfur?
"Comments from fucktards nitpicking insignificant bits of the story"
Well, from that diagram there it's clear that slashdot has made it's mark on journalism.
Hah, I read your complaint. I wasn't too offended, but ultimately, I guessed right :)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apocalypses
The point of metrics in IT is to form a guarantee. How long should a password reset take, 10 min. did that happen? How long should it take to recover the database? 2hrs, did it happen? Yes, good; no, why not and how can we prevent that next time. It all revolves around your contingency plan. If a printer goes down and you have to order a new one make sure everyone knows that ahead of time, keep a temporary printer around for emergencies. Service gets restored quickly while the needed printer is shipping.
"it could build one in "traditional" way using viruses etc."
yea, it's a huge vector for launching a traditional attack though. It hasn't got to go boom on day one, the attack could begin silently by spreading crap slowly over the course of years.
Other than that, I'm guessing Chinese Wikipedians are crapping themselves over this news.
"I don't consider myself a genius because there are 6.5 billion people in this world and each one is smart in his or her own way."
This line is actually very clever. Everybody works hard and everybody succeeds at something. There will always be someone smarter than him and for them to recognize his success, he will have to acknowledge the successes of those who aren't necessarily as accomplished as he is. How many physics books do you think he is reading that were written by people that officially began their careers at 11?
No offense taken. In fact, I was a little worried about my wording as well.
Matilda by Roald Dahl is a great book for kids that are a little bit smarter than average, it's both humiliating and at the same time it empowers kids to think in terms of intelligence as being a sort of superpower. I highly recommend it, even for adults.
Basically, I'm not certain my ADD is environmental or biological. Generally, my doctors usally advise that I'm not doing too bad, I seem to manage okay, and they leave the question of drugs up to me. After some of the comments here I'm reconsidering as I've always said no.
My son is too young and operates along these lines much better than his sis or even I do. All of his marks are excellent and he is really good about setting aside time for daydreaming or getting things done so he can go back to letting his mind wander. I brought up the homework situation mostly because I felt like others around here could identify and think of ways they could communicate the importance of school to their children if they were having the same problems. The speed tests are specific to certain types of homework. Sometimes we use it during reading, but I make sure it isn't going to cause him distress. I think the most important thing is that each piece of homework gathers his attention in a different way. There are particular ways to approach different problems and sometimes there several ways to approach the same problem. For the specific case of "I'm bored, it's too easy" I've settled on speed tests, explaining the importance of practice and the value of recognition. My point was that the way it was explained to me as a child was illogical and confusing, which caused me to think about the explaination rather than the homework.
As a disclaimer I'd like to say that the sort of boredom with school work I experienced is perfectly normal. It doesn't necessarily relate to being smart. School work can be boring. I was just trying to say that not being acknowledged for who you are can be very difficult. It's important for people to understand their intelligence level and how they relate to others because of it. When a smart kid does poorly in school it especially sets a bad example for kids that lack discipline and haven't got the talent to make up for it. It's frustrating for the kids that earn their Cs and undermines the educational process altogether. Whether that is the kid's, parent's or teacher's fault is beyond me. But the grandparent post had placed the blame directly on teachers who blamed the kids, I was trying to show that some of it can be corrected at home even though I had serious issues with the way I was dealt with at school.
I'm sorry, but no. If you're really smart you will finish first, review your work three times and still be complete before the rest of the class. At that point when someone beats you it's time for a little ego driven competition. Anyways, my kids are learning that they will never be as smart as Matilda and that is enough for me. That and the boy takes a beating to his ego from his sister all the time. (important to remind her she's an idiot compared to Matilda, especially)
Has your therapist given you an IQ test?
Pretty much. I used to hide from my math teacher so I could get stoned, then I'd hide from my stoner friends so I could read physics books. That was pretty much my attitude towards casual relationships for a long time. Nowadays I mostly just say no and people think I'm difficult, but it's healthier.
Oddly, my sister and my daughter didn't have this problem at all. Thanks. My kids do try to tell me that I'm better at socializing than they are. Which, in a professional role, sure, I can smile and socialize and all that, but when I'm not trying, I just don't care. Their dependence on me for regular social stuff is kind of scaring the shit out of me.
I was held back in second grade for refusing to do my homework. It didn't help, the work wasn't hard, it was monotonous, terribly so. The longer I spent in regular school the worse it got. I hated the whole damn thing, I think early on I figured school wasn't teaching me anything, I spent my whole freshman year in High school smoking pot, ditching class, working, and hiding in the basement reading encyclopedias, my chemical rubber company handbook, writing, or playing with math. My freshman year was at a new school and they had trouble getting my old records so they had me take some assessment tests. I scored above average in most areas, but my new found drug problem and habitual truancy were a big problem. Eventually my records came through and the VP of my high school got a little gun-shy about keeping me in advanced classes. I had two instructors that kept me, Global Religions and My Algebra instructor. I kept easy A's in those two classes for most of the year, but eventually I got bored and said "fuck it". I had been dropped from most of my other classes by mid-year for truancy.
My son, in kindergarten, asked me why he has to "learn" so much stuff he already knows. He started out with EXACTLY the same attitude towards school that I had. I explained to him that school isn't about learning stuff, it's about making sure the rest of the world knows exactly how smart you are. I told him that if you don't prove to people that you are smart, they will think you are stupid and you will get stuck with a really stupid job for the rest of your life. And THAT is much worse than stupid homework. I explained to him that that's what I did and it was very difficult to fix, he doesn't complain about the redundancy of the stuff so much anymore. And explaining to him the difference between "practice" and "learning" also made a big difference. For me as a kid, I would do work that was "practice", everyone called it "learning" and somewhere in my head, wires would cross and a bright neon sign would light up stating "I ain't learning shit!!!"
Nowadays, I'm basically ADD, but I couldn't tell if it's because of some inherent chemical imbalance or if I just figured early on that the whole world was bat-shit crazy and I wasn't going to listen to any of it. How can you trust adults to teach you anything, if they can't figure out what you know? If you know it, why do you have to prove it a thousand F*ing times? If they know you know it, why do they make you learn it again? The pat answer "to prove you know it" was just not lucid enough, most adults would not clarify who you were proving your worth to. Example, "Why do I have to do this", "to prove you know it", "but you know I know it", "doesn't matter, you still have to do it", "What?!". Now the social construct of proving it to "everyone", is much different - it makes sense because "everyone" doesn't know how smart you are. Once my son got this, homework switched from a struggle to something he just tries to get done ASAP, because I told him that the secret is: "the smartest kids finish first".
that's actually pretty good.
Dating is retarded. Your friend and this guy might be like me. We're picky. And no amount of small talk, will interest us. I don't like being alone, but it is so much better than getting stuck in stupid relationships where I'm just trying to get out. Do not pressure people like me into dating. You just don't get it.
Why do I always have to stop and ask myself "When did California get a TLD?"