Yeah, got the degree in '05, masters in '07, should have the PhD within a year. Been working in industry for three years now. I write/maintain code in FORTRAN/C++ and do CFD analysis.
In 1999, I was debating what to do for my college career, aerospace engineering or IT. I had two jobs in high school, one working for a mom and pop ISP, the other working for a software company as a "junior network administrator", and was programming in c++ for fun, so I knew what IT was about. I also had an extreme love for space.
I figured, push comes to shove, IT was something I could pick up without a 4 year degree, if I needed something to fall back on, but aerospace engineering you really needed that piece of paper (and then a masters, and probably a PhD if you want to do the cool stuff). Plus, as an engineer, a lot of times you get to write or maintain code if you are in the design world, so you can incorporate elements of IT into your job as needed.
There's a real easy way to fix it, if the doctors in question are specialists. I only see one doctor, who is a migraine specialist. When I need a refill, he gets out the appropriate pre-printed pad with the prescription name and tickboxes for the refill amount and dosing. He then checks off the appropriate refill and dose. Everything is typed and easy to read.
Now for a general practitioner, this isn't possible, but for a specialist this is for 90% of the perscriptions s/he might fill.
Pictures: Backed up to HDD, DVD and Flickr. For $24.95, it's cheap offline backup and the grandparents love it.
Movies: Taken on MiniDV, backed up to HDD.
The only worry I have is that the MiniDV's and HDD are in the same house although they are stored in separate locations. But every picture is backed up offsite.
Sorry. I've owned 2 ThinkPad's (and have worked for companies that rolled them out by the tens of thousands) and they are rock solid machines. And I know enough Mac users (a few in-laws and coworkers now, new job we get to pick our own laptops by OS) to know it wouldn't suit my needs. Besides the fact I'd delete OSX and put on linux (I'm an engineer and cluster programmer), the mac does me no good.
I used to work on a missile project, where it was proposed we remove the warhead and replace it with an empty canister where we could put in consumables. We're talking tens of pounds here. Then fire it near a stranded group of soldiers in need of specific gear, food, etc. "Beans and Meds" to people who were not easily accessible in a timely manner.
This is an order of magnitude more capability. I can see why they'd want this.
It'll be flown by a Russian commander, out of the Russian launch complex in Balkinour.
Call it whatever makes you feel warm and fuzzy, but it's a Russian rocket, piloted by a Russian commander, launched out of a Russian spaceport. I guarantee you communications are run through Korolev. Space Adventures purchased a flight, not the flight hardware. This is not privatized space travel. Look to small companies in the southeast US - SpaceX, XCOR, Armadillo, Blue Origin if you want to see "private spaceflight"
Why elect someone with very little experience in national politics. Why elect someone who is willing to raise taxes, put NASA on hold for 5 years to funnel money to education (anyone with a business degree can tell you why this is a bad idea), someone who dawdles in publicly denouncing people who are obviously detrimental to his campaign and obviously poor role models and associates (Rezko, Wright), and although he's stated during the primaries that he's above mudslinging, not only did he descend to Clinton's level but he came out with his fists out this week with a barrage of attacks at McCain. He's no different than any other politician. Just with less experience, and it shows.
McCain, on the other hand, has a lot of verifiable experience. His economic plans are good for small business, which is important for me: my father, many of my friends own small businesses and someday I too hope to join their ranks. I don't believe in socialized health care. I do like the fact that it's verifiable that he's worked across the aisle in nonpartisan politics. While I consider myself Republican, it's important to get work done.
It's as much why I like McCain as why I dislike Obama. And Hillary, for that matter. There may have been another democratic candidate I could have warmed up to, but both Obama and Hillary turned me off. Now, is there a better candidate than McCain for the Republican party? Sure, maybe. But the voters made it pretty clear...
In short, his views align better with my own, and he has a track record, which Obama barely does. However, as close as they are polling, the appropriate choice of running mate will make or break the election for both.
Then why didn't he have the cajones to do it during business hours? He read it in after hours, when no one was around... Might be the right thing, but at the wrong time.
I also believe that it is entirely possible that he did so by means of evolution.
My problem with this - by someone who claims to be a Christian - is this:
The Bible specifically says "And there was evening and there was morning, the Nth day." There are specific set spans of time spelled out in the Bible. And it specifically says "And God called out X and Y and Z and God formed Adam out of the dust of the ground", etc. It gives specific instances of God creating with His hands.
My problem is this: when you claim that evolution creeps in there, then the 24 hour days vanish. God no longer formed Adam out of the dust of the ground. If you believe the Bible to be truth, then you call God a liar.
But it doesn't stop there. So you don't believe the first 2 chapters of Genesis. Where do you stop? The fall into sin? The flood? The promised savior? By doing that you are calling the Bible a collection of stories, form which you can pick and choose. And that becomes dangerous.
**That** is my beef with Christians who compromise. I have no problem with people who choose not to believe in Christianity, that's their choice in life. I do have a problem with people who cherry-pick their beliefs within Christianity, or any religion for that matter.
(For the record, I do believe in a literal creation. I have no issue with micro evolution within species.)
Our church has their own program that is similar to Boy/Girl scouts, solely because we as a church body do not agree with many of the Scouts' principles. Plus it becomes a tool to get into the finer aspects of religion. When you mix people from 10 different Christian backgrounds, you really have to dumb it down to hit a common denominator (a Catholic and a Lutheran can agree Jesus is great, but now start talking about communion, and you have arguments about transubstantiation and real presence). When you keep it within your church body you can hit on the finer points and really teach the kids as they have fun.
Anyways our program is called the Lutheran Pioneers, with a similar program for the girls. Similar to boy scouts: lots of camping, fishing, hiking, pine car derbys, along with practical knowledge, daily-life religion lessons and volunteerism.
Our church also runs other activities aimed at teens in high school and college that mix with the pioneers and encourage other kids who don't want to be involved, including a network of summer camps and festivals.
How far do you drive and how athletic do you want to be?
Buy or build a tadpole (reverse tricycle) bicycle for under $2000. Can be fully faired. Some people in the US bike commute over 20 miles one way, it's good cardio exercise, it's a two-fer because yes, your commute is a little longer but you get your exercise in. Might not be feasible if you only have interstate between you and work. If you are more than 20-30 miles away, yes, I see the problem. But with a few gears it isn't hard and can meet all your requirements. I bike commute to work, single speed, but I'm lucky, 5 miles one way. But the roads are crap:P
I drive a kia spectra, and it's got more leg room than my dad's F-150.
Truck seats are generally higher off the floor than most cars, so leg rooms is less of an issue as there is more bend in the knee. Your leg does not travel out as far.
Oh, it's more than just body panels... pop open the hood of the car or pop off the body panels and take a looksy sometime... I kid you not, everything is black plastic.
"If it can be made out of black plastic, make it out of black plastic!"
(I had a crack in my radiator - sure enough, part of the manifold for the radiator was made out of black plastic as well. Surprised the engine block itself isn't black plastic, at times.)
Weight and cost savings. Nothing new (my car is a '97 Saturn; alive and well with 160k miles and between 30-40 MPG city).
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Maybe because, if you'd look outside your bus window, you'd see me: white, in my 20's, riding my bicycle.
Yeah, got the degree in '05, masters in '07, should have the PhD within a year. Been working in industry for three years now. I write/maintain code in FORTRAN/C++ and do CFD analysis.
Next section: Actuaries and their tattoos.
In 1999, I was debating what to do for my college career, aerospace engineering or IT. I had two jobs in high school, one working for a mom and pop ISP, the other working for a software company as a "junior network administrator", and was programming in c++ for fun, so I knew what IT was about. I also had an extreme love for space.
I figured, push comes to shove, IT was something I could pick up without a 4 year degree, if I needed something to fall back on, but aerospace engineering you really needed that piece of paper (and then a masters, and probably a PhD if you want to do the cool stuff). Plus, as an engineer, a lot of times you get to write or maintain code if you are in the design world, so you can incorporate elements of IT into your job as needed.
I have never experienced an ounce of regret.
There's a real easy way to fix it, if the doctors in question are specialists. I only see one doctor, who is a migraine specialist. When I need a refill, he gets out the appropriate pre-printed pad with the prescription name and tickboxes for the refill amount and dosing. He then checks off the appropriate refill and dose. Everything is typed and easy to read.
Now for a general practitioner, this isn't possible, but for a specialist this is for 90% of the perscriptions s/he might fill.
100G is less than 10 hours of MiniDV footage. Birthday parties, time with the grandparents, 10 hours over the course of a year goes by fast.
Pictures: Backed up to HDD, DVD and Flickr. For $24.95, it's cheap offline backup and the grandparents love it.
Movies: Taken on MiniDV, backed up to HDD.
The only worry I have is that the MiniDV's and HDD are in the same house although they are stored in separate locations. But every picture is backed up offsite.
Dick Armey?
Heh, whats your wifes' name? Vagina Coast Guard?
Sorry. I've owned 2 ThinkPad's (and have worked for companies that rolled them out by the tens of thousands) and they are rock solid machines. And I know enough Mac users (a few in-laws and coworkers now, new job we get to pick our own laptops by OS) to know it wouldn't suit my needs. Besides the fact I'd delete OSX and put on linux (I'm an engineer and cluster programmer), the mac does me no good.
I'd take the Thinkpad. Thinkpad hardware is better than Apple hardware by a long shot. Plus no one will be questioning my sexuality.
I was using a 10 year old Thinkpad up until 6 months ago. They are rock solid machines.
I used to work on a missile project, where it was proposed we remove the warhead and replace it with an empty canister where we could put in consumables. We're talking tens of pounds here. Then fire it near a stranded group of soldiers in need of specific gear, food, etc. "Beans and Meds" to people who were not easily accessible in a timely manner.
This is an order of magnitude more capability. I can see why they'd want this.
Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yer?
See the løveli lakes
The wonderful telephøne system
And mani interesting furry animals
It'll be flown by a Russian commander, out of the Russian launch complex in Balkinour.
Call it whatever makes you feel warm and fuzzy, but it's a Russian rocket, piloted by a Russian commander, launched out of a Russian spaceport. I guarantee you communications are run through Korolev. Space Adventures purchased a flight, not the flight hardware. This is not privatized space travel. Look to small companies in the southeast US - SpaceX, XCOR, Armadillo, Blue Origin if you want to see "private spaceflight"
Why Obama?
Why elect someone with very little experience in national politics. Why elect someone who is willing to raise taxes, put NASA on hold for 5 years to funnel money to education (anyone with a business degree can tell you why this is a bad idea), someone who dawdles in publicly denouncing people who are obviously detrimental to his campaign and obviously poor role models and associates (Rezko, Wright), and although he's stated during the primaries that he's above mudslinging, not only did he descend to Clinton's level but he came out with his fists out this week with a barrage of attacks at McCain. He's no different than any other politician. Just with less experience, and it shows.
McCain, on the other hand, has a lot of verifiable experience. His economic plans are good for small business, which is important for me: my father, many of my friends own small businesses and someday I too hope to join their ranks. I don't believe in socialized health care. I do like the fact that it's verifiable that he's worked across the aisle in nonpartisan politics. While I consider myself Republican, it's important to get work done.
It's as much why I like McCain as why I dislike Obama. And Hillary, for that matter. There may have been another democratic candidate I could have warmed up to, but both Obama and Hillary turned me off. Now, is there a better candidate than McCain for the Republican party? Sure, maybe. But the voters made it pretty clear...
In short, his views align better with my own, and he has a track record, which Obama barely does. However, as close as they are polling, the appropriate choice of running mate will make or break the election for both.
Then why didn't he have the cajones to do it during business hours? He read it in after hours, when no one was around... Might be the right thing, but at the wrong time.
yes. and taxpayer money.
You accuse the GP of picking and choosing, but isn't that exactly what the Council of Nicaea did?
What specifically are you referring to? The Council of Nicaea dealt with multiple issues, I'm not sure which you are referring to.
I understand that there are apologetics regarding the provenance of the Bible, but like most apologetics they're based on faith.
Yes.
I also believe that it is entirely possible that he did so by means of evolution.
My problem with this - by someone who claims to be a Christian - is this:
The Bible specifically says "And there was evening and there was morning, the Nth day." There are specific set spans of time spelled out in the Bible. And it specifically says "And God called out X and Y and Z and God formed Adam out of the dust of the ground", etc. It gives specific instances of God creating with His hands.
My problem is this: when you claim that evolution creeps in there, then the 24 hour days vanish. God no longer formed Adam out of the dust of the ground. If you believe the Bible to be truth, then you call God a liar.
But it doesn't stop there. So you don't believe the first 2 chapters of Genesis. Where do you stop? The fall into sin? The flood? The promised savior? By doing that you are calling the Bible a collection of stories, form which you can pick and choose. And that becomes dangerous.
**That** is my beef with Christians who compromise. I have no problem with people who choose not to believe in Christianity, that's their choice in life. I do have a problem with people who cherry-pick their beliefs within Christianity, or any religion for that matter.
(For the record, I do believe in a literal creation. I have no issue with micro evolution within species.)
Our church has their own program that is similar to Boy/Girl scouts, solely because we as a church body do not agree with many of the Scouts' principles. Plus it becomes a tool to get into the finer aspects of religion. When you mix people from 10 different Christian backgrounds, you really have to dumb it down to hit a common denominator (a Catholic and a Lutheran can agree Jesus is great, but now start talking about communion, and you have arguments about transubstantiation and real presence). When you keep it within your church body you can hit on the finer points and really teach the kids as they have fun.
Anyways our program is called the Lutheran Pioneers, with a similar program for the girls. Similar to boy scouts: lots of camping, fishing, hiking, pine car derbys, along with practical knowledge, daily-life religion lessons and volunteerism.
Our church also runs other activities aimed at teens in high school and college that mix with the pioneers and encourage other kids who don't want to be involved, including a network of summer camps and festivals.
because email is not a website?
How far do you drive and how athletic do you want to be?
:P
Buy or build a tadpole (reverse tricycle) bicycle for under $2000. Can be fully faired. Some people in the US bike commute over 20 miles one way, it's good cardio exercise, it's a two-fer because yes, your commute is a little longer but you get your exercise in. Might not be feasible if you only have interstate between you and work. If you are more than 20-30 miles away, yes, I see the problem. But with a few gears it isn't hard and can meet all your requirements. I bike commute to work, single speed, but I'm lucky, 5 miles one way. But the roads are crap
I drive a kia spectra, and it's got more leg room than my dad's F-150.
Truck seats are generally higher off the floor than most cars, so leg rooms is less of an issue as there is more bend in the knee. Your leg does not travel out as far.
Oh, it's more than just body panels... pop open the hood of the car or pop off the body panels and take a looksy sometime ... I kid you not, everything is black plastic.
I bike commute to work, the only close shave I've had is with a school bus. But then again we are both speaking with anecdotal evidence.
"If it can be made out of black plastic, make it out of black plastic!"
(I had a crack in my radiator - sure enough, part of the manifold for the radiator was made out of black plastic as well. Surprised the engine block itself isn't black plastic, at times.)
Weight and cost savings. Nothing new (my car is a '97 Saturn; alive and well with 160k miles and between 30-40 MPG city).