Well the study seems to be saying fault lies with the victims of bullying.
That's one way of looking at it. But have you noticed how some kids will get bullied wherever they go? You take them out of one school and put them in another school on the other side of the country and nothing changes. I managed to avoid serious bullying when I was a kid, but still copped a bit of it, no matter where I went. It's an uncomfortable truth, but unless you acknowledge it and explore it, you are never going to understand it.
The 'beaten and raped' thing is a lot more complicated but you've surely noticed that some people (not just women) seem to be like a magnet for people who are going to treat them badly.
And 'fault' is probably the wrong word for it - it's not like kids say "hey - bully me!", but there is something that makes them light up on the radar of bullies and knowing what it is is one step closer to being able to do something about it.
And this in no way diminishes the role of the bully in this - they have their own problems too, and if you harden up one kid against bullying they bully will just find someone else, so you haven't really solved the problem overall...
Or China might think, hey, if we remove 25% of the people in the world from the west, we'd be using roughly 75% less energy, and solve the problem for us.
Who gets the carbon credits for that one? On the one hand China was the one who reduced the pollution, but on the other hand it's the west that now has the reduced pollution.
Nothing is really "green", unless you eradicate the human race completely.
That's an interesting idea. Presumably if there were 25% less people in the world then we'd use roughly 25% less energy (assuming the depletion of people over the globe was approximately uniform, and assuming a whole load of other things that probably aren't true too).
This raises a whole load of questions that we're just not ready to face yet, but the nature of people is to keep making more people and by the time the planet says no more (too hot, no more food, etc) there might be enough inertia in this global warming thing that the problem won't just sort itself out, so we're probably going to have to face it one day.
The former is a finite resource, you can only get it from a handful of places around the world, the latter will be sourced from literally whoever is cheapest.
To make solar panels and efficient electric generators you need some pretty special minerals, ones you can only find in a handful of places around the world. Guess where one of those places is?
Whatever happens, there are going to be some interesting times ahead!
Seriously though, if you learned nothing of value from your university degrees then you did it wrong and you did indeed waste your time. The fact that those universities gave you those degrees without having learning anything of value makes me think a lot less of them too.
It's not black and while of course, and each field is different, but would you rather have your appendix removed by a doctor who has completed (or maybe is completing) university based education, or one who's just learning it on the job?
How many kilos of moon can be transferred to earth before the orbits are affected?
Well... anything >0. You probably mean by a significant amount though, so you are going to have to quantify what that is. I'm not sure what the ratio is of the stuff we've put on the moon vs the stuff we've taken off it...
The only thing I can think of is that they are waiting for people to rally together to persuade them to start making it again. Lots of free marketing and they get to say "back by popular demand" etc.
Facebook is one of those places that with every attempt to "improve" things somehow manages to make it worse and worse. They're a perfect candidate for a Microsoft buyout.
I was thinking the same thing. Microsoft have perfected the art of making things worse every time they improve them.
It's like saying capital punishment will eliminate those crimes. No, it won't.
Of course it won't eliminate new people committing those crimes, although it might slow them down a bit. But being dead is certainly reduces the likelihood that the person will offend again, and is cheaper than sticking them in a jail cell for the rest of their life.
I'm not sure I agree with capital punishment, but the people who harp on about "it isn't a deterrent" are missing the point.
Wouldn't the vast sum of money required be better spent preserving the rainforests here on earth?
That always bugged me too. The idea that we should be exploring other planets in case we screw this one up just doesn't work... how badly would be have to screw this one up that starting from scratch would be easier than fixing this one???
By all means go and explore Mars because it's a fantastically cool thing to do, but don't do it under the pretense that we might kill the Earth so bad one day that we need somewhere else to go.
I forget what the application (or was it a game?) was... probably on the Amiga. The 'pause' button was a pair of animal footprints... paws.
In the Clarion 5.x Development environment the 'compile and run' button is a little blue cloud with a bunch of lines off to the right, presumably to indicate movement. Most people i've spoken to know that icon as the 'blue fart'.
To be fair, there is only so much you can do in 8x8 or 16x16 pixels...
Australia is where I live and what i'm familiar with. Tipping just isn't normal here, at least not where I've been. You might tip if you received exceptionally good service, that it's still not something normally done.
It's a big place though and I don't frequent the bigger cities very much, so maybe it's more common there. Wikipedia tells me that it is has become a bit more common in recent times, but mainly in tourist areas where tourists "bring a bit of their culture with them".
The best a delivery guy gets is "keep the change" when you hand him $20 for a $19.95 order, and then only because you'd rather not have yet another 5c coin.
Unless you're a total tool you've still got to tip the dude delivering the food if you get it delivered...
Tipping is a US cultural thing I believe, it's not quite as common in other parts of the world where workers actually have to get paid a proper wage. In fact in some cases it's quite rude to tip, although I can't imagine a delivery guy being offended under any circumstances:)
Let's try to see if we can get them to test out a project named after a flightless bird.
There is an ISP in Australia called 'Dodo', and their most commonly used marketing statement is 'Internet that flies'. I thought that was kind of clever given that the Dodo is flightless, and extinct.
That bugged me when I first read it too... does it mean that if I sit down for 5 minutes a day then it doesn't matter how much exercise i'm doing for the rest of the 86395 minutes in the day?
I haven't bothered, but I think that once you untangle all the crap from the article and resolve the contradictions the message is basically "get off your bum and go for a walk". I also expect you'd find a reference to chewbacca and wookies too... it just doesn't make sense.
Hmmm... that is visible but I don't think Windows pays any attention. Otherwise if you added another unsecured 'DLINK' SSID down the other end of your house it wouldn't 'just work'.
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And you are basing this on one datum? Have you learned NOTHING??? Go back and try again and see if you get the same outcome.
Well the study seems to be saying fault lies with the victims of bullying.
That's one way of looking at it. But have you noticed how some kids will get bullied wherever they go? You take them out of one school and put them in another school on the other side of the country and nothing changes. I managed to avoid serious bullying when I was a kid, but still copped a bit of it, no matter where I went. It's an uncomfortable truth, but unless you acknowledge it and explore it, you are never going to understand it.
The 'beaten and raped' thing is a lot more complicated but you've surely noticed that some people (not just women) seem to be like a magnet for people who are going to treat them badly.
And 'fault' is probably the wrong word for it - it's not like kids say "hey - bully me!", but there is something that makes them light up on the radar of bullies and knowing what it is is one step closer to being able to do something about it.
And this in no way diminishes the role of the bully in this - they have their own problems too, and if you harden up one kid against bullying they bully will just find someone else, so you haven't really solved the problem overall...
Money to be main in tinfoil underwear i think...
(with artificial genitals on the outside so as not to disappoint the security guards!)
Hmmm... all this time I thought that was a blessing.
Or China might think, hey, if we remove 25% of the people in the world from the west, we'd be using roughly 75% less energy, and solve the problem for us.
Who gets the carbon credits for that one? On the one hand China was the one who reduced the pollution, but on the other hand it's the west that now has the reduced pollution.
Nothing is really "green", unless you eradicate the human race completely.
That's an interesting idea. Presumably if there were 25% less people in the world then we'd use roughly 25% less energy (assuming the depletion of people over the globe was approximately uniform, and assuming a whole load of other things that probably aren't true too).
This raises a whole load of questions that we're just not ready to face yet, but the nature of people is to keep making more people and by the time the planet says no more (too hot, no more food, etc) there might be enough inertia in this global warming thing that the problem won't just sort itself out, so we're probably going to have to face it one day.
The former is a finite resource, you can only get it from a handful of places around the world, the latter will be sourced from literally whoever is cheapest.
To make solar panels and efficient electric generators you need some pretty special minerals, ones you can only find in a handful of places around the world. Guess where one of those places is?
Whatever happens, there are going to be some interesting times ahead!
College degrees are way overrated.
You're talking about arts degrees right?
the moment you joined the workforce
wait... maybe not :)
Seriously though, if you learned nothing of value from your university degrees then you did it wrong and you did indeed waste your time. The fact that those universities gave you those degrees without having learning anything of value makes me think a lot less of them too.
It's not black and while of course, and each field is different, but would you rather have your appendix removed by a doctor who has completed (or maybe is completing) university based education, or one who's just learning it on the job?
How many kilos of moon can be transferred to earth before the orbits are affected?
Well... anything >0. You probably mean by a significant amount though, so you are going to have to quantify what that is. I'm not sure what the ratio is of the stuff we've put on the moon vs the stuff we've taken off it...
The only thing I can think of is that they are waiting for people to rally together to persuade them to start making it again. Lots of free marketing and they get to say "back by popular demand" etc.
Facebook is one of those places that with every attempt to "improve" things somehow manages to make it worse and worse. They're a perfect candidate for a Microsoft buyout.
I was thinking the same thing. Microsoft have perfected the art of making things worse every time they improve them.
It's like saying capital punishment will eliminate those crimes. No, it won't.
Of course it won't eliminate new people committing those crimes, although it might slow them down a bit. But being dead is certainly reduces the likelihood that the person will offend again, and is cheaper than sticking them in a jail cell for the rest of their life.
I'm not sure I agree with capital punishment, but the people who harp on about "it isn't a deterrent" are missing the point.
Wouldn't the vast sum of money required be better spent preserving the rainforests here on earth?
That always bugged me too. The idea that we should be exploring other planets in case we screw this one up just doesn't work... how badly would be have to screw this one up that starting from scratch would be easier than fixing this one???
By all means go and explore Mars because it's a fantastically cool thing to do, but don't do it under the pretense that we might kill the Earth so bad one day that we need somewhere else to go.
So if you had your Social Security number as an IP address, what would it be?
5318008
Anyone else tempted to hum the theme tune to 2001 when they looked at that?
And also... "oh my god... it's full of stars"
quotes from actual, stunned astronomers.
Ever been stunned before? Obviously the astronomers were just too stunned to say anything worth quoting.
I forget what the application (or was it a game?) was... probably on the Amiga. The 'pause' button was a pair of animal footprints... paws.
In the Clarion 5.x Development environment the 'compile and run' button is a little blue cloud with a bunch of lines off to the right, presumably to indicate movement. Most people i've spoken to know that icon as the 'blue fart'.
To be fair, there is only so much you can do in 8x8 or 16x16 pixels...
inedible or undesirable bodyparts like bone.
That's not a problem. Just grind up those undesirable bodyparts and feed them back to the cows and sheep again. Whatcouldpossiblygowrong?
Australia is where I live and what i'm familiar with. Tipping just isn't normal here, at least not where I've been. You might tip if you received exceptionally good service, that it's still not something normally done.
It's a big place though and I don't frequent the bigger cities very much, so maybe it's more common there. Wikipedia tells me that it is has become a bit more common in recent times, but mainly in tourist areas where tourists "bring a bit of their culture with them".
The best a delivery guy gets is "keep the change" when you hand him $20 for a $19.95 order, and then only because you'd rather not have yet another 5c coin.
Unless you're a total tool you've still got to tip the dude delivering the food if you get it delivered...
Tipping is a US cultural thing I believe, it's not quite as common in other parts of the world where workers actually have to get paid a proper wage. In fact in some cases it's quite rude to tip, although I can't imagine a delivery guy being offended under any circumstances :)
According to TFA, the electric engine is ~95% efficient, vs ~20% for a gasoline engine. So we're up to nearly 6 minutes now :)
Let's try to see if we can get them to test out a project named after a flightless bird.
There is an ISP in Australia called 'Dodo', and their most commonly used marketing statement is 'Internet that flies'. I thought that was kind of clever given that the Dodo is flightless, and extinct.
"Puffin Man" doesn't have quite the same ring to it though, compared to the names of other super hero's...
That bugged me when I first read it too... does it mean that if I sit down for 5 minutes a day then it doesn't matter how much exercise i'm doing for the rest of the 86395 minutes in the day?
I haven't bothered, but I think that once you untangle all the crap from the article and resolve the contradictions the message is basically "get off your bum and go for a walk". I also expect you'd find a reference to chewbacca and wookies too... it just doesn't make sense.
The MAC address?
Hmmm... that is visible but I don't think Windows pays any attention. Otherwise if you added another unsecured 'DLINK' SSID down the other end of your house it wouldn't 'just work'.