Surprised this one hasn't been mentioned yet on this site. One worthy charity to donate to is FIRST Robotics (website). FIRST was founded by Dean Kamen (the Segway guy) and involves a high school robotics competition in which teams from different schools design and build a robot, from the ground up, starting in January of each year when they learn the task and game that the robot is supposed to participate in for the year. Then, in March, is the actual competition. Regional Competitions occur a a variety of locations throughout the US, and ending with a national competition in early April.
The event is a lot of fun, both for the students as well as for the volunteers. FIRST regional and national competitions are largely run by a large army of volunteers, so they need lots of manpower to help with running the game and other things. Volunteers are also needed as mentors on teams, assisting the students with building the robots and teaching them various engineering and programming related tasks (plenty of opportunity for geeks to get involved;-). Of course, they are also in need of financial donations, too.
Having volunteered for several food banks in the past, yes, some of this happens. But I think it's more of the exception than the rule. I have yet to see a food bank telling their volunteers to have a free for all and load up on whatever is there. But there are a few people that randomly take a few items off the shelf for the own pickings. But I think most people are there generally to help out.
The title of this article begs the question: what large organization *doesn't* look for geniuses and visionaries.
Has NASA looked at some of the Google employees yet? I hear they have several geniuses and visionaries working for them. And they're actually doing useful things!! Who would've thunk it?!?!
Professor Gesser's Mind-Numbing Ale at the Bluegrass Brewing Company in Louisville, Kentucky ought to do quite well in cancer treatment,... I reckon their APA probably would fare well, too,...:-)
Oddly enough, the BBC is a favorite watering hole for several researchers at the nearby James Graham Brown Cancer Center,... go figure that one out!:-)
George W. Bush was waiting until after Thanksgiving to announce his plans of liberating Austria to make it a state,... just so his buddy Ah-nuld can run for President in '08!
Of course, most of these problems is nothing that an indefinite number of Indians, given an indefinite number of dollars, and and indefinite amount of time, could solve.
But put on a T-shirt saying "Osama rules !", go stand next to where the World Trade Center used to be, and start giving Al-Qaida recruitment leaflets to everyone passing by. Let's see how long you'll walk free.
Well, in that case, the government would not stop you, which is different from the way it would be in some countries in Europe. They might want to at least ask you a few questions and interrogate you, though. But they wouldn't even get the chance as you'd have to deal with the mob of 8 million seriously PISSED OFF NEW YORKERS first.
Well, actually this list has Revenge of the Sith as the 13th highest-grossing film of all-time, right after ID4 and right before ET. So I don't see how George Lucas can really complain, though I'm sure some nut at the MPAA that isn't making a dime off the movie is complaining like crazy over this!
The people who plan and manage public-transit routes generally are the same people pushing for big centralized population centers. You know, the people who bemoan 'sprawl,' because people should all live in high-rise apartment buildings.
Aren't these people called, "Democrats?" Looks like they're slowly being pushed out of office anyways,...
Radar Technician: Sir. The radar, sir. It appears to be... jammed! Dark Helmet: Jammed.... Raspberry. Only one man would dare give me the Raspberry! LONE STAR!
In a small class, it's unnecessary. As has been said already, I think most professors would actually prefer to interact directly with the students and ask questions freely. Technology such as this is actually a nuisance with these small classes, which is what most of your college classes at the 300 level and up are going to be like.
For those 100 or 200 level classes with 200+ people in them, one might argue that it would be beneficial to maintain order. But the reality of the situation is that you'd have to give out clickers to every student, then train the professors how to use them. And seriously, folks, most professors aren't going to give a damn about learning to use these, especially those older ones with tenure who were born before Christ walked the earth. So they're most likely going to ignore them anyway. The other disadvantage is that these things would break down, and probably frequently. Students themselves wouldn't know how they work (properly, being the key word here). When they think they know how it works, the darn thing will break, and have to get fixed. IT departments are just going to love these things! LOL
Uh, I don't see one in the middle of the Atlantic. But there is one in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, about midway between California & Hawaii.
If you click on the little balloon, it says, "Subject: Mom, a funny thing happened on the way to the store"
IP Address: 1.2.3.4
DNA Name: helpme.ocean.com
Location: Middle of the ocean
Emails: lots
So if firefox does a google, "I'm feeling lucky" search for every real name entered into the addressbar, google itself has now pretty much become the de facto domain registrar for the RealName TLD! Next, all they have to do is to convince everyone to switch to Firefox, and PROFIT!
Typing the same thing in Internet Explorer also leads me to google's search page, but doesn't automatically do the I'm feeling lucky search.
Ok, so I can see how "d" gives you d-link, but how the heck did "s" become McDonalds?!?! Did McD's trademark the letter "s" or something?!?! Or is it just an abbreviation for "super-sized"?!?!
7 versions of office might actually work, or perhaps better yet, 7 versions of Clippy, representing different demographic subtypes:
Southern Clippy: "I see y'all are tryin' to write a lett-uh! Do ya need some help?"
Ghetto Clippy: "Looks like you be tryin' to write a letter! Maybe we can help ya out, bitch!"
British Clippy: "I see you are trying to write a letter. Let's work on that together, but right after our afternoon tea."
Chinese Clippy: "I see you're trying to write a letter. Sorry, that option is not available to users of Windows Vista Starter Edition. Not to mention that the Communist party has banned communication anyways."
Australian Clippy: "Ya tryin' to write a letter, mate! Alright, let's get started!"
Iraqi Clippy: "Are you trying to write a letter bomb? Let me help you. First, what national leader do you want to target today?"
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And I just impressed a couple of chicks by showing them that I'm one out of 18 people,... :-)
Plus, don't forget that the Bush Administration gets messages from both of the "internets".
Something tells me this site should've been launched about 3-4 weeks ago,...
Oh, my god! I've got really great news!!!! I just saved a whole bunch of my sanity by switching my web browser to Firefox!!!!
The event is a lot of fun, both for the students as well as for the volunteers. FIRST regional and national competitions are largely run by a large army of volunteers, so they need lots of manpower to help with running the game and other things. Volunteers are also needed as mentors on teams, assisting the students with building the robots and teaching them various engineering and programming related tasks (plenty of opportunity for geeks to get involved ;-). Of course, they are also in need of financial donations, too.
Having volunteered for several food banks in the past, yes, some of this happens. But I think it's more of the exception than the rule. I have yet to see a food bank telling their volunteers to have a free for all and load up on whatever is there. But there are a few people that randomly take a few items off the shelf for the own pickings. But I think most people are there generally to help out.
Has NASA looked at some of the Google employees yet? I hear they have several geniuses and visionaries working for them. And they're actually doing useful things!! Who would've thunk it?!?!
Apparently you've never heard of Stephen Hawking?
Professor Gesser's Mind-Numbing Ale at the Bluegrass Brewing Company in Louisville, Kentucky ought to do quite well in cancer treatment,... I reckon their APA probably would fare well, too,... :-)
Oddly enough, the BBC is a favorite watering hole for several researchers at the nearby James Graham Brown Cancer Center,... go figure that one out! :-)
George W. Bush was waiting until after Thanksgiving to announce his plans of liberating Austria to make it a state,... just so his buddy Ah-nuld can run for President in '08!
Of course, most of these problems is nothing that an indefinite number of Indians, given an indefinite number of dollars, and and indefinite amount of time, could solve.
Well, in that case, the government would not stop you, which is different from the way it would be in some countries in Europe. They might want to at least ask you a few questions and interrogate you, though. But they wouldn't even get the chance as you'd have to deal with the mob of 8 million seriously PISSED OFF NEW YORKERS first.
Or, in occupied Iraq, GPS owns you! :-)
Aren't these people called, "Democrats?" Looks like they're slowly being pushed out of office anyways,...
Radar Technician: Sir. The radar, sir. It appears to be ... jammed! ... Raspberry. Only one man would dare give me the Raspberry! LONE STAR!
Dark Helmet: Jammed.
For those 100 or 200 level classes with 200+ people in them, one might argue that it would be beneficial to maintain order. But the reality of the situation is that you'd have to give out clickers to every student, then train the professors how to use them. And seriously, folks, most professors aren't going to give a damn about learning to use these, especially those older ones with tenure who were born before Christ walked the earth. So they're most likely going to ignore them anyway. The other disadvantage is that these things would break down, and probably frequently. Students themselves wouldn't know how they work (properly, being the key word here). When they think they know how it works, the darn thing will break, and have to get fixed. IT departments are just going to love these things! LOL
If you click on the little balloon, it says, "Subject: Mom, a funny thing happened on the way to the store"
IP Address: 1.2.3.4
DNA Name: helpme.ocean.com
Location: Middle of the ocean
Emails: lots
The U.N. would love to get their hands into this business,... ;-)
Typing the same thing in Internet Explorer also leads me to google's search page, but doesn't automatically do the I'm feeling lucky search.
Ok, so I can see how "d" gives you d-link, but how the heck did "s" become McDonalds?!?! Did McD's trademark the letter "s" or something?!?! Or is it just an abbreviation for "super-sized"?!?!
Making ice for the third world? Heck, this could come in handy in a place like New Orleans, too!