Technically, practice helps. Homework is either practice or independent learning. The problem is, Teachers can't rely on 100% of the students to do it. I know I skipped a lot of homework in my day, now it seems as if it was a small thing. However, to parents and teachers, homework, practice, or independent learning is a huge tool to help kids grasp concepts that they might not have grasped in lecture or class time.
In my opinion, middle and high school need to be taught like college professors teach. They assign practice problems for homework, go over the solutions in class, but don't grade it. I never understood the philosphy behind grading homework. Homework is practice, and its very realistic that a student will make mistakes on it. That is why the answers are discussed, so the student can learn from their mistakes. Tests are for evaluation.
This puts the pressure on the students to do well. If a student is motivated and wants to learn, they will do the homework and do well on the exam. Those few gifted students who don't have to do the homework to do well on the exam will have extra time for other activities that exercise creativity or what not. And then there's always going to be those kids who will never do their homework, no matter what. Its harsh, but our society can't support 100% of its citizens to be well educated; there's just not enough high-paying jobs to go around. We will always need people to pick up the trash, and they should be paid well for it. Do you think someone with a college degree is going to apply for a job like that?
They do. There is some sort of inventory interface that they use to look up current in-store prices and stock. The next time you go into a best buy and ask someone if a certain item is in stock, watch them on the computer and you will see it. It can also be used to look up stock at other stores in the area (perhaps chain-wide, I have no clue never worked there).
There is no legitimate need for this second intranet site.
Exactly. I see a brick and morter store's website as an extension of their paper ad. It bears the store name, logo, so they should charge the lowest price advertised on it. If an item has a different in-store price, paper ad price, and online price, the customer should be getting the lowest.
I don't know if stores legally have to do this, but every time I bring in an ad that the store claims is a "misprint", I always get the advertised price (sometimes with some argument with the manager). It's called being a responsible retailer. But then again, this is Best Buy we're talking about...
I think the wording is peculiar. It doesn't say God, it says Supreme Being. Couldn't Allah also be considered a Supreme Being under this constitution? It doesn't even say Christian Supreme Being.
Can you please cite your sources for this information? I'm not trying to flame, I am just curious as I have never heard of such state laws. It seems to me that this is false becuase it is unconstitutional. The constitution trumps state's rights.
There is a difference between a dupe and expanded coverage. The original articles were about the facilities, while this article shows the life of someone who is actually there.
I have many friends, myself included, who are working and programming in the IT industry, and no one every puts in "all nighters" for work. Yes, we did in college in order to get those huge programming assignments done, but those were fun. Your group together in the lab hacking away, eating pizza and BSing never seemed like work to me. But I enjoy my work and I enjoy programming. I can see how this wouldn't be fun to someone who is just doing a computer science degree because they heard "you can earn a lot of money in that industry."
I program at work, and then when I go home I work on open source or some "on the side" programming jobs that I occassionally take. I do this because it is my hobby and career, and it is enjoyable to me. I don't do it everyday, and I do go out with my friends and party on the weekends.
This professor is either lying to you or doesn't really like the industry and has a negative attitude towards it. You need to make up your own mind. If you don't enjoy the work, you will be miserable because it is difficult. If you enjoy it, it can be very rewarding for you.
I think there are a few other factors that can set Gamestop apart from the big box competitors. It is becoming common practice for game publishers to "tone down" content in their games in order to get a Teen rating as opposed to a Mature one. Teen-rated games get more shelf space (aka can be stocked at walmart), and sell to a larger potential audience. I am a gamer who started on the good ol' NES in the 80's, and there are many people in their late 20's and older who still enjoy video games. However, we are adults now and a lot of us prefer mature content. I think Gamestop can be a place where publishers can freely distribute mature content without having to worry about whether the big boxes will stock it or not.
Another area that Gamestop can excel in is sponsored events such as tournaments, lan parties, and big release parties (don't know if they do any of these now, I just haven't heard of them doing it). This creates a community of loyal customers, and gets bodies into the store. This has worked for years in hobby shops where people are encouraged to game in the store.
Having more of a PC-game focus would also help Gamestop, in my opinion. I always prefer to buy my games there, but I am primarily a PC gamer. If it isn't a brand new release, chances are that gamestop won't have it. I always prefer to purchase at a small shop than at the big boxes, but I really don't have a choice if the selection isn't there.
I think meetings can be creative from a brainstorming perspective. For any problem, I like to initially have a meeting with the group in front of the whiteboard in order to just throw ideas out. That way everyone's initial views and ideas on how to solve the problem are shared with everyone, and then people can go off on their own to come up with their own ideas, perhaps augmenting them with ideas other people came up with that they wouldn't have done without the meting.
I live in the Detroit area, and its always a crap shoot as to whether the guards will hassle you or not. In my experience, I always get questioned more coming back from Canada than going over.
The one time I did get hassled by a Canadian customs officer is when I was driving some out of town friend's across the border to go to Casino Windsor. I was driving my buddy's truck because he wasn't familiar with the area, and the officer stopped us because he had sacks of feed corn in the back, which couldn't be carried over the border (my buddy lives in the country and needed the weight in the back). The officer let us go with some rather humorous sarcastic remarks to my friend and off we went to lose money at the casino.
I think finally they just got sick of him and let him go.
What kind of security do they have in Canada? If this is how they deal with people crossing the border who don't have the required identification, then I'm very surprised something major hasn't happened there. However, Canada hasn't pissed off the world either so they don't have to worry as much...
Nobody, ever, is going to get me to pay. I have all I want for free today and I believe it is my right to always have it that way. If some people pay, they are fools or do not know the same places to get free stuff that i do.
And it is the artist's right to not produce the music you believe you have the right too. How will you feel if there isn't any new music being produced by full-time musical artists because they have to take other full time jobs to pay the bills?
I don't believe in DRM, and I think the whole idea of a "product" breaks down when you try to sell digital content. However, I don't think people should believe it's their right to have things for free.
The fact is the major music corporations are simply trying to make as much money as possible, and trying to find more ways of doing that. If they had it their way, they'd charge you everytime you sang in the shower. I think the ultimate solution to the DRM debate will be to have some kind of subscription service where you pay a flat monthly fee and get unlimited (or limited, however they want to work the price points) downloading of mp3's or other content. These would be DRM-free files. Will some people redistribute them to their friends? Probably. My friends had "burn parties" where we'd bring our collection of cd's and a pack of cd-r's to share. Before cd's we did this with cassette tapes. Music sharing has been around as long as there has been music, it's just that with today's technology its a lot easier to do.
I'm wondering when the RIAA will start to realize that their music has been being copied well before the mp3. And I'm also wondering when they will realize that the reason people don't buy as many cd's anymore is because no one wants the over-produced generic crap they call music.
Maaan! I was reading through that whole summary, excitedly awaiting my chance to welcome our new overlords..... and all they found was a laptop!?!??! What a crock!
Microsoft created C# and stopped supporting Java in the windows environment. This is just another one of microsoft's "me-too" technologies that are essentially the same thing as something that is already implemented.
PS2 -> XBox Java -> C# &.net Palm Pilot -> PocketPC iPod -> Zune
It's like Microsoft feels that they need to be the market leader in every single market that includes a computer chip or software in the product. Instead of real innovation, they just reimplement whats already out there.
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This puts the pressure on the students to do well. If a student is motivated and wants to learn, they will do the homework and do well on the exam. Those few gifted students who don't have to do the homework to do well on the exam will have extra time for other activities that exercise creativity or what not. And then there's always going to be those kids who will never do their homework, no matter what. Its harsh, but our society can't support 100% of its citizens to be well educated; there's just not enough high-paying jobs to go around. We will always need people to pick up the trash, and they should be paid well for it. Do you think someone with a college degree is going to apply for a job like that?
They do. There is some sort of inventory interface that they use to look up current in-store prices and stock. The next time you go into a best buy and ask someone if a certain item is in stock, watch them on the computer and you will see it. It can also be used to look up stock at other stores in the area (perhaps chain-wide, I have no clue never worked there).
There is no legitimate need for this second intranet site.
Exactly. I see a brick and morter store's website as an extension of their paper ad. It bears the store name, logo, so they should charge the lowest price advertised on it. If an item has a different in-store price, paper ad price, and online price, the customer should be getting the lowest.
I don't know if stores legally have to do this, but every time I bring in an ad that the store claims is a "misprint", I always get the advertised price (sometimes with some argument with the manager). It's called being a responsible retailer. But then again, this is Best Buy we're talking about...
Junior Anti-Sex League... here we come...
Is that you Dr. Evil????
I think the wording is peculiar. It doesn't say God, it says Supreme Being. Couldn't Allah also be considered a Supreme Being under this constitution? It doesn't even say Christian Supreme Being.
It seems to only discriminate against atheists.
Can you please cite your sources for this information? I'm not trying to flame, I am just curious as I have never heard of such state laws. It seems to me that this is false becuase it is unconstitutional. The constitution trumps state's rights.
There is a difference between a dupe and expanded coverage. The original articles were about the facilities, while this article shows the life of someone who is actually there.
I think you forgot to code.... there's a "start" on the end buddy
UpUpDownDownLeftRightLeftRightBAstart
It is blasphemy, because everyone knows the answer is to always add another layer of abstraction!
I have many friends, myself included, who are working and programming in the IT industry, and no one every puts in "all nighters" for work. Yes, we did in college in order to get those huge programming assignments done, but those were fun. Your group together in the lab hacking away, eating pizza and BSing never seemed like work to me. But I enjoy my work and I enjoy programming. I can see how this wouldn't be fun to someone who is just doing a computer science degree because they heard "you can earn a lot of money in that industry."
I program at work, and then when I go home I work on open source or some "on the side" programming jobs that I occassionally take. I do this because it is my hobby and career, and it is enjoyable to me. I don't do it everyday, and I do go out with my friends and party on the weekends.
This professor is either lying to you or doesn't really like the industry and has a negative attitude towards it. You need to make up your own mind. If you don't enjoy the work, you will be miserable because it is difficult. If you enjoy it, it can be very rewarding for you.
I think there are a few other factors that can set Gamestop apart from the big box competitors. It is becoming common practice for game publishers to "tone down" content in their games in order to get a Teen rating as opposed to a Mature one. Teen-rated games get more shelf space (aka can be stocked at walmart), and sell to a larger potential audience. I am a gamer who started on the good ol' NES in the 80's, and there are many people in their late 20's and older who still enjoy video games. However, we are adults now and a lot of us prefer mature content. I think Gamestop can be a place where publishers can freely distribute mature content without having to worry about whether the big boxes will stock it or not.
Another area that Gamestop can excel in is sponsored events such as tournaments, lan parties, and big release parties (don't know if they do any of these now, I just haven't heard of them doing it). This creates a community of loyal customers, and gets bodies into the store. This has worked for years in hobby shops where people are encouraged to game in the store.
Having more of a PC-game focus would also help Gamestop, in my opinion. I always prefer to buy my games there, but I am primarily a PC gamer. If it isn't a brand new release, chances are that gamestop won't have it. I always prefer to purchase at a small shop than at the big boxes, but I really don't have a choice if the selection isn't there.
Pthreads are hard to deal with, but programming can be made easier using something such as the OpenMP API.
What do you call your algorithm, NP-sort?
There is a great Colbert Report segment on AT&T... I would link to the youtube video, but alas they have all been removed for "copyright violations"
I think meetings can be creative from a brainstorming perspective. For any problem, I like to initially have a meeting with the group in front of the whiteboard in order to just throw ideas out. That way everyone's initial views and ideas on how to solve the problem are shared with everyone, and then people can go off on their own to come up with their own ideas, perhaps augmenting them with ideas other people came up with that they wouldn't have done without the meting.
I live in the Detroit area, and its always a crap shoot as to whether the guards will hassle you or not. In my experience, I always get questioned more coming back from Canada than going over.
The one time I did get hassled by a Canadian customs officer is when I was driving some out of town friend's across the border to go to Casino Windsor. I was driving my buddy's truck because he wasn't familiar with the area, and the officer stopped us because he had sacks of feed corn in the back, which couldn't be carried over the border (my buddy lives in the country and needed the weight in the back). The officer let us go with some rather humorous sarcastic remarks to my friend and off we went to lose money at the casino.
I think finally they just got sick of him and let him go.
What kind of security do they have in Canada? If this is how they deal with people crossing the border who don't have the required identification, then I'm very surprised something major hasn't happened there. However, Canada hasn't pissed off the world either so they don't have to worry as much...
It wasn't modded +5 funny because it was just wrong. As 10000 comments above me state, the article is talking about OU not OSU...
public void RIAA_court_case(Plaintiff pliantiff, Defendant defendant) {
if (judge.decision().winner == defendant && case.frivolous)
{
defendant.bankbalance += plaintiff.getmoney(defendant.fees);
) else {
defendant.bankbalance -= defendant.fees;
plaintiff.bankbalance -= plaintiff.fees;
}
}
i love pseudocode
Nobody, ever, is going to get me to pay. I have all I want for free today and I believe it is my right to always have it that way. If some people pay, they are fools or do not know the same places to get free stuff that i do.
And it is the artist's right to not produce the music you believe you have the right too. How will you feel if there isn't any new music being produced by full-time musical artists because they have to take other full time jobs to pay the bills?
I don't believe in DRM, and I think the whole idea of a "product" breaks down when you try to sell digital content. However, I don't think people should believe it's their right to have things for free.
The fact is the major music corporations are simply trying to make as much money as possible, and trying to find more ways of doing that. If they had it their way, they'd charge you everytime you sang in the shower. I think the ultimate solution to the DRM debate will be to have some kind of subscription service where you pay a flat monthly fee and get unlimited (or limited, however they want to work the price points) downloading of mp3's or other content. These would be DRM-free files. Will some people redistribute them to their friends? Probably. My friends had "burn parties" where we'd bring our collection of cd's and a pack of cd-r's to share. Before cd's we did this with cassette tapes. Music sharing has been around as long as there has been music, it's just that with today's technology its a lot easier to do.
I'm wondering when the RIAA will start to realize that their music has been being copied well before the mp3. And I'm also wondering when they will realize that the reason people don't buy as many cd's anymore is because no one wants the over-produced generic crap they call music.
I am able to tag articles, and I don't subscribe... perhaps they take a random subset of users and allow them to tag as well?
Maaan! I was reading through that whole summary, excitedly awaiting my chance to welcome our new overlords..... and all they found was a laptop!?!??! What a crock!
Microsoft created C# and stopped supporting Java in the windows environment. This is just another one of microsoft's "me-too" technologies that are essentially the same thing as something that is already implemented.
.net
PS2 -> XBox
Java -> C# &
Palm Pilot -> PocketPC
iPod -> Zune
It's like Microsoft feels that they need to be the market leader in every single market that includes a computer chip or software in the product. Instead of real innovation, they just reimplement whats already out there.
What about an animated gif of him doing the "Dance Monkeyboy Dance." Make sure to emphasize the sweat!