The linked blog post points out that AOL Hometown was provided as part of people's monthly AOL charges. If that's true, this is more like.Mac shutting down in 10 years, after most people have lost interest, sending official notice to people's ancient email addresses, and giving them four weeks to get their data before they pull the plug. If you've accepted money for hosting data you have a lot bigger obligation to your clients. I've hesitated to add premium services to recipething.com for just that reason -- I don't want to mislead people into expecting more of the site than I'm able to provide.
I'm a woman who aced the math ACT but didn't feel like studying math or science. I was into foreign languages. So now I have a bachelor's in Spanish and a master's in French literature, and I'm a web developer. Go figure.
What might have convinced me to study one of the hard sciences is seeing people actually at work using them. If I had met any pharmaceutical researchers or civil engineers or software developers and seen what they do at work every day, I might have found it more interesting. As it was, I had no frame of reference for working with math or science, and therefore no interest.
The weight gain tends to come toward the end of the pregnancy. Those 100-300 extra calories a day don't all get burned -- you do need some extra fat by the end of your pregnancy to support breastfeeding, which requires about 500 calories a day.
This idea that women gain ten pounds during pregnancy is a fallacy
I'd be interested to see some sources on that. As I understand it, the current medical recommendation in the US is that a 30-40 pound weight gain is healthy. I gained about 40 pounds during pregnancy, and my baby weighed 7.7 pounds. Even counting placenta and blood loss, that's a pretty decent weight gain, and it's average among my acquaintance. Most mothers I know gain at least that much. And trust me, it's not from trying. When the kid orders up a 16-ounce steak, that's what it gets.
some of those nerd brethren have two X chromosomes
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Don't forget about our nerd sistren on the Phoenix team...
its actually a capital S. the lowercase ones are still there.
No, the f-looking thing is a lowercase s. What you're seeing are probably terminal s's (s's at the end of a word), which look the same as our modern s.
the second you increase survival rates in those developing countries, you create a host of other problems as the population increases
It seems like higher child survival rates would lead to population increases, but it often works the other way, because fertility preferences change along with survival rates. Say you need four kids to help on the farm. In developed countries, you have four kids. In areas with high infant and child mortality rates, you have eight kids, because who knows how many of them will live long enough to be economically useful.
It's really the only game in town if you want to write desktop-style apps that live in the browser
I'm curious to know if your team looked into OpenLaszlo. There are some pretty nice apps built on it—the Behr Paint ColorSmart tool used an early version (before they opened the source), and I think Pandora is built on it as well. I'd really like to hear from someone who's compared the two. I have a database-driven Flash project coming up, and I can buy Flex if I have a good reason to, but if Laszlo will work it would sure be nice.
His wife's name is Melinda. I imagine she has influenced him to be more charitable, which is actually pretty cool since she was a Microsoft millionaire herself.
most physically handicapped people would choose a good-looking but non-functional prosthetic over a functioning but ugly one
It's not either-or, it's both-and. This guy has four kinds of prosthetic hands, plus a spare for each kind. The cosmetic one looks perfect and works okay, but he only uses it a couple of times a week. The rest of the time he uses the more functional ones.
The articles look interesting, but there's a definite political bent on the editorial pages. No matter what you think of National Review, calling them "a frequent repository of right-wing slop and spittle" is pretty inflammatory. I get tired of seeing politics everywhere. I wish science writers would frame things so that they're disagreeing with, say, "creationists," instead of "the right wing." It would be apolitical, and a lot more accurate.
Why is the 'big central mainframe' the cause of the problems here?
Because the central mainframe was doing the controlling, not the guy on the ground who can see and fix problems the mainframe designers never anticipated. It's like open source vs. Microsoft, or capitalism vs. central planning. Hive minds are smarter.
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I can see where this would be difficult to implement. Beetle larvae are too young for sexual reproduction.
ANSI SQL is not Turing-complete. If you add stored procedures you can get a Turing-complete language, but blech.
The linked blog post points out that AOL Hometown was provided as part of people's monthly AOL charges. If that's true, this is more like .Mac shutting down in 10 years, after most people have lost interest, sending official notice to people's ancient email addresses, and giving them four weeks to get their data before they pull the plug. If you've accepted money for hosting data you have a lot bigger obligation to your clients. I've hesitated to add premium services to recipething.com for just that reason -- I don't want to mislead people into expecting more of the site than I'm able to provide.
This sheds new light on the (mathematical) origin of quantum randomness in these measurements,' say the researchers (abstract)
No kidding.
I'm a woman who aced the math ACT but didn't feel like studying math or science. I was into foreign languages. So now I have a bachelor's in Spanish and a master's in French literature, and I'm a web developer. Go figure.
What might have convinced me to study one of the hard sciences is seeing people actually at work using them. If I had met any pharmaceutical researchers or civil engineers or software developers and seen what they do at work every day, I might have found it more interesting. As it was, I had no frame of reference for working with math or science, and therefore no interest.
Do you really agree with all of the Constitution?
Or even "Have you ever read all of the Constitution?"
a mouse wiggled his way ontop of the HDD and chewed through the IDE cable
This is why I use a trackball.
The weight gain tends to come toward the end of the pregnancy. Those 100-300 extra calories a day don't all get burned -- you do need some extra fat by the end of your pregnancy to support breastfeeding, which requires about 500 calories a day.
I'd be interested to see some sources on that. As I understand it, the current medical recommendation in the US is that a 30-40 pound weight gain is healthy. I gained about 40 pounds during pregnancy, and my baby weighed 7.7 pounds. Even counting placenta and blood loss, that's a pretty decent weight gain, and it's average among my acquaintance. Most mothers I know gain at least that much. And trust me, it's not from trying. When the kid orders up a 16-ounce steak, that's what it gets.
Don't forget about our nerd sistren on the Phoenix team...
No, the f-looking thing is a lowercase s. What you're seeing are probably terminal s's (s's at the end of a word), which look the same as our modern s.
for $20 I would think you could get an ok net connection and a cheap rooter
Used to be you could get a cheap rooter for $20, but I think Sony quit selling them.
the second you increase survival rates in those developing countries, you create a host of other problems as the population increases
It seems like higher child survival rates would lead to population increases, but it often works the other way, because fertility preferences change along with survival rates. Say you need four kids to help on the farm. In developed countries, you have four kids. In areas with high infant and child mortality rates, you have eight kids, because who knows how many of them will live long enough to be economically useful.
I typically don't follow links within a tab but almost always right click "Open link in new tab"
Just click on a link with your scroll wheel, and it opens in a new tab.
It's really the only game in town if you want to write desktop-style apps that live in the browser
I'm curious to know if your team looked into OpenLaszlo. There are some pretty nice apps built on it—the Behr Paint ColorSmart tool used an early version (before they opened the source), and I think Pandora is built on it as well. I'd really like to hear from someone who's compared the two. I have a database-driven Flash project coming up, and I can buy Flex if I have a good reason to, but if Laszlo will work it would sure be nice.
I guess I'm not up to date on Sparkle, but I thought OpenLazslo was the clear competitor to Flex.
His wife's name is Melinda. I imagine she has influenced him to be more charitable, which is actually pretty cool since she was a Microsoft millionaire herself.
most physically handicapped people would choose a good-looking but non-functional prosthetic over a functioning but ugly one
It's not either-or, it's both-and. This guy has four kinds of prosthetic hands, plus a spare for each kind. The cosmetic one looks perfect and works okay, but he only uses it a couple of times a week. The rest of the time he uses the more functional ones.
succinct, clear writing about serious science
The articles look interesting, but there's a definite political bent on the editorial pages. No matter what you think of National Review, calling them "a frequent repository of right-wing slop and spittle" is pretty inflammatory. I get tired of seeing politics everywhere. I wish science writers would frame things so that they're disagreeing with, say, "creationists," instead of "the right wing." It would be apolitical, and a lot more accurate.
Holy crap! 600,000 people are watching every move I make? Where's my Xanax??
Create a macro with the following content:
Then assign Ctrl-V to the macro.
Why is the 'big central mainframe' the cause of the problems here?
Because the central mainframe was doing the controlling, not the guy on the ground who can see and fix problems the mainframe designers never anticipated. It's like open source vs. Microsoft, or capitalism vs. central planning. Hive minds are smarter.