"But cursive is favored by fewer college-bound students. In 2005, the SAT began including a written essay portion, and a 2007 report by the College Board found that about 15 percent of test-takers chose to write in cursive, while the others wrote in print. "
I don't really understand. There seem to be two kind of handwriting competing for the written part, but I have never seen that in classes. Writing in print is writing each letter like the printer does, without linking them ? How can you write an essay like that ? It must take ages ? In France we learn it and then quickly forget it to only write cursive.
I wouldn't even hold your breath for multicellular organisms on most life bearing planets. An ocean full of photosynthesizing slime might be the best bet. -- Support SETI@home [berkeley.edu]
So you believe there are only unicellular beings, but sufficiently evolved to emit radio signals ?
A lot of people objecting to GMO don't do it for personal safety. They fear the possible contamination of natural ecosystems, or just dislike the importance it gives to firms which are not really known for their philanthropic behavior (for example, the possibility of seeds producing sterile plants so you have to buy them each year).
learning all the wonderfully annoying nuances of your native language (English being by FAR the most annoying).
Why do you say that ? What other languages were you thinking about ? I don't think english is the easiest language on Earth, but I can compare it to French and Mandarin Chinese and it is no match.
Just as easily as a random sample can accurately reflect a population as a whole, it can equally be skewed to be a completely inaccurate representation of the real world.
Of course, but not more than 5% of the time. Please read a bit more about statistics and maybe listen to real statisticians instead of journalists before spewing so much hate. Statistics don't try to prove anything, they are just tools we can use to make decisions.
What he was saying is that Linux is working now because of the GPL during its development.
Of course most end users don't give a rat's ass about the GPL, but it is this GPL which allowed one modification made to Linux to be used anywhere. Without it, we would have an IBM Linux, a Red Hat Linux, etc. In this case, why not stick to Unix ?
Why is it moderated as troll ? It is NOT good advice to tell people : "China is where the business is, go there and you'll be rich".
Think about the reasons why a company would want to hire you instead of a local engineer : you don't speak mandarin well, you don't understand the culture, you often ask for a bigger salary... Some people do really well in Shanghai, but it is not easy.
Were the tests 100% accurate, the blind faith of the justice concerning DNA is still rather disturbing. I heard a trial where a clever rapist first collected some semen of another guy in a used condom, then let it at the crime scene. The guy was identified, and lucky for him he had a very good explanation of where he was this day, because otherwise I would not have heard this story and he would still be in jail... Hearing a police officer describing investigation, it is almost as if they stop once they have some DNA of the culprit.
If you really want to talk about gender equality, why imply it has to be the mom who stays at home ? Why a father could not care about the children while his wife is working ?
Coca-Cola's translation in Chinese is especially good and very successful. As it is composed of very simple characters, it is also one of the first words I learned:)
Bing is translated with biying in Chinese (meaning roughly : "must answer", sorry I didn't manage to use sinogramms to add that little scholarly touch). Microsoft of course did not choose the character of "illness" or "ice". It still must be a little confusing for a Chinese user because he has to type "bing" on the address bar, while he sees another name on the page.
Bing is a really bad name for the chinese market. If you read it as pinyin, the most common romanization system, it can mean ice, military or even illness. Not that attractive a name. Considering the importance given by Chinese to this kind of homophonous association, it won't help the marketing campaign.
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It is not acquired, it is just that if some of the people have this immunity, it is more likely they will have kids.
"But cursive is favored by fewer college-bound students. In 2005, the SAT began including a written essay portion, and a 2007 report by the College Board found that about 15 percent of test-takers chose to write in cursive, while the others wrote in print. "
I don't really understand. There seem to be two kind of handwriting competing for the written part, but I have never seen that in classes. Writing in print is writing each letter like the printer does, without linking them ? How can you write an essay like that ? It must take ages ? In France we learn it and then quickly forget it to only write cursive.
I always intentionally smash the keyboard with my palm for the second word.
Well, it doesn't have to be the first word known and the second word unknown, it could be the opposite, or random.
I wouldn't even hold your breath for multicellular organisms on most life bearing planets. An ocean full of photosynthesizing slime might be the best bet.
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Support SETI@home [berkeley.edu]
So you believe there are only unicellular beings, but sufficiently evolved to emit radio signals ?
"under developed" ?
In this case, maybe they should continue working on it before we talk about it, don't you think ?
A lot of people objecting to GMO don't do it for personal safety. They fear the possible contamination of natural ecosystems, or just dislike the importance it gives to firms which are not really known for their philanthropic behavior (for example, the possibility of seeds producing sterile plants so you have to buy them each year).
No, not the Sexium, more like the Hexium or something like that (yeah, I know it was for the joke, but still ...)
learning all the wonderfully annoying nuances of your native language (English being by FAR the most annoying).
Why do you say that ? What other languages were you thinking about ? I don't think english is the easiest language on Earth, but I can compare it to French and Mandarin Chinese and it is no match.
Hum, open source source software releasing binary for Windows, but nothing like a .deb ?
Just tried it, I downloaded one and clicked on it and KPackage opened up, offering me to install it.
Just as easily as a random sample can accurately reflect a population as a whole, it can equally be skewed to be a completely inaccurate representation of the real world.
Of course, but not more than 5% of the time. Please read a bit more about statistics and maybe listen to real statisticians instead of journalists before spewing so much hate. Statistics don't try to prove anything, they are just tools we can use to make decisions.
Yeah, I totally see a future terrorist annotating the difficult parts of his "How make a bomb for dummies", bought on Amazon ...
What he was saying is that Linux is working now because of the GPL during its development.
Of course most end users don't give a rat's ass about the GPL, but it is this GPL which allowed one modification made to Linux to be used anywhere. Without it, we would have an IBM Linux, a Red Hat Linux, etc. In this case, why not stick to Unix ?
Why is it moderated as troll ? It is NOT good advice to tell people : "China is where the business is, go there and you'll be rich".
Think about the reasons why a company would want to hire you instead of a local engineer : you don't speak mandarin well, you don't understand the culture, you often ask for a bigger salary... Some people do really well in Shanghai, but it is not easy.
Ah, if only they knew the pearls of wisdom they're missing out ...
That's what (some ? most ?) other countries do : in France we use liters per 100 kilometers.
However, I never thought about the advantages of it, thanks for your post !
Were the tests 100% accurate, the blind faith of the justice concerning DNA is still rather disturbing. I heard a trial where a clever rapist first collected some semen of another guy in a used condom, then let it at the crime scene. The guy was identified, and lucky for him he had a very good explanation of where he was this day, because otherwise I would not have heard this story and he would still be in jail ... Hearing a police officer describing investigation, it is almost as if they stop once they have some DNA of the culprit.
If you really want to talk about gender equality, why imply it has to be the mom who stays at home ? Why a father could not care about the children while his wife is working ?
Oh, like all the stories about american politics you mean ?
Let's not forget that in this particular case, the artist producing the original work died more than 59 years ago.
With the "em" tag inside a "b" tag for a bold emphasis
it is from French. A cute word in French, but I can't imagine how it would be pronounced in English.
Beware of urban legends : http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tadpole.asp
Coca-Cola's translation in Chinese is especially good and very successful. As it is composed of very simple characters, it is also one of the first words I learned :)
Another classic urban legend is the Chevrolet Nova : http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp
Bing is translated with biying in Chinese (meaning roughly : "must answer", sorry I didn't manage to use sinogramms to add that little scholarly touch). Microsoft of course did not choose the character of "illness" or "ice". It still must be a little confusing for a Chinese user because he has to type "bing" on the address bar, while he sees another name on the page.
Bing is a really bad name for the chinese market. If you read it as pinyin, the most common romanization system, it can mean ice, military or even illness. Not that attractive a name. Considering the importance given by Chinese to this kind of homophonous association, it won't help the marketing campaign.
Maybe this plugin for Firefox is what you want ? I didn't try it though ...
http://chinachannel.hk/