I'm pretty sure it was croquinole, might have been checkers, but I liked shooting the game pieces across the board, so I wouldn't have been much fun to play against. I guess I would have been two years old or thereabouts.
Excerpt from the minutes of the 20th Nov., 2007 meeting of the Taylor County school board:
Upon motion by Danny Lundy, seconded by Darrell Whiddon the Board adopted/approved the: 1.)
Resolution regarding the new Sunshine State Standards for Science.
The adoped resolution is as follows:
Whereas, the Florida Department of Education has drafted and is now proposing new Sunshine
State Standards for Science, the Taylor County School Board opposes the implementation of the
new standards as currently presented.
Whereas, the new Sunshine State Standards for Science no longer present evolution as theory but
as "the fundamental concept underlying all of biology and is supported in multiple forms of scientific
evidence," we are requesting that the State Board of Education direct the Florida Department of
Education to revise/edit the new Sunshine State Standards for Science so that evolution is
presented as one of several theories as to how the universe was formed.
Whereas, the Taylor County School Board recognizes the importance of providing a thorough and
comprehensive Science education to all the students in Taylor County and to all students in the
state of Florida, it recognizes as even more important the need to present these standards through
a fair and balanced approach, an approach that does not unfairly exclude other theories as to the
creation of the universe.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Taylor County School Board of Taylor County,
Perry, Florida, that the Board urges the State Board of Education to direct the Florida Department
of Education to revise the new Sunshine State Standards for Science such that evolution is not
presented as fact, but as one of several theories.
The Board Members and Superintendent Howard discussed the upcoming meetings on this issue.
Superintendent Howard stated that he plans on attending one of the meetings in the near future.
However, there is discrepancy as to when and where the meetings are to take place.
Now if the state is trying to force these people to accept evolution as an explanation of the origin of the universe, I'd be miffed about it as well. On the other hand, if they came up with this bit all by themselves, I think that they really do require someone to explain what evolution really is. I'd feel sorry for the good people of this county, if they hadn't been the ones electing the board in the first place.
Clarkson now says of the case: "Contrary to what I said at the time, we must go after the idiots who lost the discs and stick cocktail sticks in their eyes until they beg for mercy."
I wonder if he poked sticks into his own eyes... after all, he did exactly the same thing, the only exception being that he did it to himself, rather than to others.
I can only hope he continues to contribute to the charity so he can stay humble.
They may have fixed the problem - I did a run tonight on Opera 9.25 and no problems. I also ran the benchmark with Firefox 2.0.0.11. Not quite what I had expected, though. Firefox did much better than I had anticipated:
Heise points out that youtube FLV files are generated by youtube from other videos, but seems to leave open the possibility that FLV video files could be malicious in their own right on other sites. Clearly player programs could be malicious (or vulnerable) but what about the videos themselves?
Use Opera 9.25 and the page works without error. I'm not interested enough to retry with another browser, especially not a beta - either Opera or Firefox. Caveat - done from Windows.
You have to look at it as Earth being that neighbour in your apartment block that plays the stereo at 10 all day and cranks it to 11 at night. Bombardment is the alien way of knocking on the ceiling.
Well, "Trevor" - if that is your real IQ - you will find as time progresses, your parents get smarter. Or your IQ and theirs approach over time, if you prefer that wording.
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Yeah, look at poor George Turklebaum. This monitoring could become manditory some places.
Don't you folks call 'em "milliards"?
I'm pretty sure it was croquinole, might have been checkers, but I liked shooting the game pieces across the board, so I wouldn't have been much fun to play against. I guess I would have been two years old or thereabouts.
I find the tag of sanctionthem rather odd, especially when BombThemFromSpace would be the obvious choice. Where are the scifi fans when you need them?
Are you saying that they taught you that evolution is a theory posed to explain abiogenesis? Where and when were you taught this?
Now if the state is trying to force these people to accept evolution as an explanation of the origin of the universe, I'd be miffed about it as well. On the other hand, if they came up with this bit all by themselves, I think that they really do require someone to explain what evolution really is. I'd feel sorry for the good people of this county, if they hadn't been the ones electing the board in the first place.
I wonder if he poked sticks into his own eyes ... after all, he did exactly the same thing, the only exception being that he did it to himself, rather than to others.
I can only hope he continues to contribute to the charity so he can stay humble.
Parent post is modded insightful - is that for the explanation of recursive acronyms or for the "nobody cares" line at the bottom?
If I were paranoid, I'd not be using Microsoft Office.
I believe you mean concrete.
Opera: 68752.8ms +/- 9.2%
Firefox: 74978.8ms +/- 17.8%
"fasta" seems to be the weak point for Opera.
Your mileage may vary, TimeLord.
Even given that RSJ is the one answering the email, how do you know that FSJ is the one perpetrating a hoax and not having one played on him?
Heise points out that youtube FLV files are generated by youtube from other videos, but seems to leave open the possibility that FLV video files could be malicious in their own right on other sites. Clearly player programs could be malicious (or vulnerable) but what about the videos themselves?
whitelist sites via right-click, edit site preferences
If you want this person to be the mother of your children, you might want to also mask that you visit slashdot.
Use Opera 9.25 and the page works without error. I'm not interested enough to retry with another browser, especially not a beta - either Opera or Firefox. Caveat - done from Windows.
There is an error in the aggregating mechanism of the benchmark. Otherwise, it would work in the current Opera as well.
I always thought that Opera was the "rouge" browser, Firefox was "orange" and IE was "bleu". I'm not sure which would be "vert" - K-Meleon, perhaps?
Really! Lawyers MARRYING!??? BREEDING??? In this day and age!
WELL! There should be laws against this sort of thing!!
If you had a multi-party system, you could even have a candiru tank. Perhaps you should look on the positive side.
You have to look at it as Earth being that neighbour in your apartment block that plays the stereo at 10 all day and cranks it to 11 at night. Bombardment is the alien way of knocking on the ceiling.
Aren't they signatories to the SETI Declaration? Oh, maybe not Iran - but the USofA is.
Well, "Trevor" - if that is your real IQ - you will find as time progresses, your parents get smarter. Or your IQ and theirs approach over time, if you prefer that wording.