I had that when I tried to give up Mountain Dew. I kept seeing the "Do The Dew" guys everywhere I went. When they started appearing in the bathroom, I went out and bought a case of teh Dew.
With all the shit going down in this world, this is what people consider an ethical quandary?
A used copy would not be a "preferred medium"? Oh, gee whiz, sorry, your techno-highness. We wouldn't want you to sully your precious fingers on "dead tree" matter.
I got a 52" Sony Bravia LCD early this year. I was going to reluctantly replace my SD DirectTivo with the new DirecTV HD box (with DirecTV software), but then DirectTV announced they were crawling^H^H^H^H^H^H^H going back to Tivo, and that there'd be an HD DirecTivo in 2009. I'm happy to wait for that. Meanwhile, Fallout 3 in 1080p at 52"? Sweet!
PS: The reason having Tivo built into the box is sot great is that they record the digital stream right off the satellite signal. There's no decode-encode-decode cycle. Playback quality is the exactly the same as live.
Are the majority of the population so bad at geography that they have to see a flag to know what country they're in?
Yes, that's it. We all gots teh stoopid. And it makes perfect sense to talk about "Americans", one of the most diverse populations ever assembled, as if they were a monolithic block, or differentiate between the photo of a four star general and the regular civilian population. It doesn't dehumanize us at all, and in no way whatsoever relieves you of the need to think at a deeper level, or learn anything more about us.
There now. Feel better about yourself? Here's a cookie, and then it's nappy time. There's a good fellow.
Fun fact: Did you know it's a federal law here that all digital cameras must insert the US flag in the background? It was passed as part of the "Annoy And Baffle The Rest Of The World Act" in 1996. It also stipulates that every citizen must keep a flag draped over their shoulders at all times.
How about an article on the science of the One Ring.
Telepathic nanocircuitry.
1. You can control people wearing the other rings 2. It stimulates certain parts of the brain, thus leading to it's addictive nature. 3. It doesn't actually turn you invisible. It just makes everyone else *think* you are invisible.:)
And both ignore the simple fact that there are legions of shit parents out there, and no amount of preaching or funding is going to change that. Care and affection are important? OK. How do you legislate that? How do you make that happen?
Here in California we spend 58% of the budget on education, and still turn out functional illiterates.
So how much should we spend? 70%? 90%? 99%? 110%?
Is anyone in the "spend more!" contingent bothered at all by this? Do you care that we spend multiples of $ per student compared to other countries, and yet receive a fraction of the results? Does anyone care about that?
However, government also needs to fund education properly to ensure schools are teaching what employers want for the future. Look at China and India, they're turning out science and tech graduates faster than ever. Take some of the tax money being wasted on wars, corrupt contractors, etc. and use it to fund education.
And yet China and India do that by spending far less per student. Shouldn't we maybe investigate why that is? We do spend more and more every year, and get woprse and worse results. Trying to find an international correlation between spending and performance is fruitless.
Why is the solution always: throw ever more money at it and hope it gets better. Isn't doing the same thing and expecting a different result one definition of insanity?
I'm not coming from any sort of ideological viewpoint here. I just want to know why we can't first investigate if we could be doing better with the existing funding. Where is all the current funding going? Could it be all the glorious new method of teaching developed in recent decades are a pile of nonsense at the end of the day?
Here in California we spend 58% of the state budget on education, and we get shit for it. Aren't you the least bit bothered by that? Don't you want to find out why that is before committing more money to an obviously broken system? What happens if we spend 98% on education and still turn out illiterate idiots?
I truly believe trickle-down economics doesn't work. You can't just give every tax break and advantage to the rich and assume they'll be nice and help the less fortunate.
Trickle down economics doesn't depend on "the rich" being nice. That's a very silly view of the concept.
Well, no, not really. And it would never have been made public if not for the Federation of American Scientists who, for some reason, thought it was news and not a low level report by some intel community noob.
But thanks for being a vector for the propagation of yet another inaccurate meme. Without the tireless work of people like you we'd have a well informed populace.
Slashdot Mirror
They also created the .sho domain.
I had that when I tried to give up Mountain Dew. I kept seeing the "Do The Dew" guys everywhere I went. When they started appearing in the bathroom, I went out and bought a case of teh Dew.
Bad prescedant?
So... how bad were the budget cuts in *your* school?
but I totally support this. It's funny.
I wish my math tests had ads for lesbianwhores.com.
Of course when I had math tests, the Apple II was state of the art, and the intertoobs were still APRAnet.
Fuck, I'm old. :-(
Call in an air strike on Dell!
Do it!
Please?
Aaronson writes what while Wikpedia will never be an ideal venue for academics because... [blah blah blah snipped]
Then don't use goddamned Wikipedia.
"How can we use this medium over here that is set up completely opposite to what we need?"
Start your own repository. I thought you MIT kids were supposed to be thinkin' good.
What is the right thing to do? And why?
With all the shit going down in this world, this is what people consider an ethical quandary?
A used copy would not be a "preferred medium"? Oh, gee whiz, sorry, your techno-highness. We wouldn't want you to sully your precious fingers on "dead tree" matter.
I have a similar "Don't give a shit" attitude. ;-)
I got a 52" Sony Bravia LCD early this year. I was going to reluctantly replace my SD DirectTivo with the new DirecTV HD box (with DirecTV software), but then DirectTV announced they were crawling^H^H^H^H^H^H^H going back to Tivo, and that there'd be an HD DirecTivo in 2009. I'm happy to wait for that. Meanwhile, Fallout 3 in 1080p at 52"? Sweet!
PS: The reason having Tivo built into the box is sot great is that they record the digital stream right off the satellite signal. There's no decode-encode-decode cycle. Playback quality is the exactly the same as live.
Not much happens in the first 100 pages or so
Yeah, that happens a lot in his books. Also for other blocks of 100 pages scattered throughout.
Colossus would so totally pwn WOPR.
Vista-capable.
Is that a euphemism like "handicapable" instead of handicapped?
Talk about your PC language...
Are the majority of the population so bad at geography that they have to see a flag to know what country they're in?
Yes, that's it. We all gots teh stoopid. And it makes perfect sense to talk about "Americans", one of the most diverse populations ever assembled, as if they were a monolithic block, or differentiate between the photo of a four star general and the regular civilian population. It doesn't dehumanize us at all, and in no way whatsoever relieves you of the need to think at a deeper level, or learn anything more about us.
There now. Feel better about yourself? Here's a cookie, and then it's nappy time. There's a good fellow.
Fun fact: Did you know it's a federal law here that all digital cameras must insert the US flag in the background? It was passed as part of the "Annoy And Baffle The Rest Of The World Act" in 1996. It also stipulates that every citizen must keep a flag draped over their shoulders at all times.
A spider that had been sent to the International Space Station for a school science program
And they say we don't spend enough on education.
It's fear of a Mac planet.
What you see here is an interest in the competition, a dialog to consider improving your own product in response to a competitor.
That theory might hold more sway of Microsoft actually improved anything.
Oh my! I seem to have upset the little thing.
How about an article on the science of the One Ring.
Telepathic nanocircuitry.
1. You can control people wearing the other rings :)
2. It stimulates certain parts of the brain, thus leading to it's addictive nature.
3. It doesn't actually turn you invisible. It just makes everyone else *think* you are invisible.
Have you ever wondered how these remarkable weapons work?
Being somewhat connected to reality, I'd have to say no.
I was a lego boy when I grew up. I had a lot of legos.
And then... what? Your fairy godmother made you a real boy?
And both ignore the simple fact that there are legions of shit parents out there, and no amount of preaching or funding is going to change that. Care and affection are important? OK. How do you legislate that? How do you make that happen?
Here in California we spend 58% of the budget on education, and still turn out functional illiterates.
So how much should we spend? 70%? 90%? 99%? 110%?
Is anyone in the "spend more!" contingent bothered at all by this? Do you care that we spend multiples of $ per student compared to other countries, and yet receive a fraction of the results? Does anyone care about that?
However, government also needs to fund education properly to ensure schools are teaching what employers want for the future. Look at China and India, they're turning out science and tech graduates faster than ever. Take some of the tax money being wasted on wars, corrupt contractors, etc. and use it to fund education.
And yet China and India do that by spending far less per student. Shouldn't we maybe investigate why that is? We do spend more and more every year, and get woprse and worse results. Trying to find an international correlation between spending and performance is fruitless.
Why is the solution always: throw ever more money at it and hope it gets better. Isn't doing the same thing and expecting a different result one definition of insanity?
I'm not coming from any sort of ideological viewpoint here. I just want to know why we can't first investigate if we could be doing better with the existing funding. Where is all the current funding going? Could it be all the glorious new method of teaching developed in recent decades are a pile of nonsense at the end of the day?
Here in California we spend 58% of the state budget on education, and we get shit for it. Aren't you the least bit bothered by that? Don't you want to find out why that is before committing more money to an obviously broken system? What happens if we spend 98% on education and still turn out illiterate idiots?
I truly believe trickle-down economics doesn't work. You can't just give every tax break and advantage to the rich and assume they'll be nice and help the less fortunate.
Trickle down economics doesn't depend on "the rich" being nice. That's a very silly view of the concept.
Well, no, not really. And it would never have been made public if not for the Federation of American Scientists who, for some reason, thought it was news and not a low level report by some intel community noob.
But thanks for being a vector for the propagation of yet another inaccurate meme. Without the tireless work of people like you we'd have a well informed populace.
Various reasons include: anonymity, lack of rules, and lack of immediate consequences.
You forgot "there's just a lot of damned things to be angry about"
You know what I meant.