During the 1800s, the best graphite in the world came from China. American pencil makers wanted a special way to tell people that their pencils contained Chinese graphite.
In China, the color yellow is associated with royalty and respect. American pencil manufacturers began painting their pencils bright yellow to communicate this regal feeling and association with China.
Really? You might have spent three seconds and found something a little less biased.
Class-size reduction has been shown to work for some students in some grades in some states and countries, but its impact has been found to be mixed or not discernable in other settings and circumstances that seem similar. It is very expensive. The costs and benefits of class-size mandates need to be carefully weighed against all of the alternatives when difficult budget and program decisions must be made.
That's true, but if the his team members don't cover the material it still means that flipping isn't working whether he's instructing them the next day or wasting his time while the instructor goes over the basics they were suppose to cover.
I was thinking the same thing. Considering how pervasive social media is, and that they could only bother with a single incident in TFS, that's not much of a "vector". Factor in the geographical proximity and you've got even less to go on.
While any open source contribution is welcome this seems somewhat narrow in scope. There are several, more general purpose applications already available at little or no marginal extra cost that could be used for this type of analysis. Many of these applications, even if not open source, allow for third party additions. If you own a photometer it'll already come with software for data reduction. If you own a telescope w/a CCD camera chances are you'll already be using a program such as MaxIm DL for camera/mount control and data reduction that can be used. Not to mention all the additional freeware (e.g. IRAF) or low cost programs available.
The Dark Sky Meter lets you point your (newer) iPhone overhead to determine the sky magnitude. Supposed to work reasonably well (I've not used it). Their website has a map of various readings from all over.
grief-stricken parents who can't stand the thought of the gruesome death of their child being reduced to a training film
Maybe and maybe not. They could pixelize the child in the film if necessary and the parents might have some small consolation that their child's death was of some use in helping to prevent similar accidents in the future.
A major reason I recently started to use Python is that there's so much already out there, for free, in terms of packages and support. Was this widespread adoption an original goal, a positive after-effect or logical outcome?
Mary Tamm is the first who comes to mind as a Doctor I'd like to have seen. She would have been much better than many who came after Tom Baker who sent the series into hibernation. Terribly sad that she's gone.
The assumption seems to be this type of missed approach (too low & VFR & large commercial airliner & modern airport &c) is rather rare. The likelihood of two of these events at the same airport is thus small enough that the OP suggests it may not be random.
'We looked at tens of thousands of interviews, and everyone who had done the interviews and what they scored the candidate, and how that person ultimately performed in their job. We found zero relationship.
Do they have some objective job performance metrics that the rest of the world seems to have missed?
I took an analog computing course my freshman year in college. My first job included programming (fortunately for me mostly FORTRAN) and system administration of an AD-10 hybrid (digital + analog) computer that was hosted by a PDP-11/34. That PDP also fronted a MAP-300 array processor. When someone suggested paying for a direct hardware interface between the AD-10 and MAP for a specific problem I volunteered that I could do it on our new VAX 11/780 for a fraction of the cost. The solution might take a little longer but since there was no real time requirement there was no point of all the expense and complication (and I'd have to program it:). Anyone remember all the indirect addressing modes of MACRO-11?
Once during jury selection I got into an argument w/the judge about this. I felt as a juror I reserved the right to weigh a defendant's refusal to testify against him, i.e. the lack of testimony could be construed as circumstantial evidence. That my right as a juror had nothing to do with compelling him to testify. The defense lawyer was more calm about this. She asked me whether I'd vote to acquit if the evidence of innocence was overwhelming, even if the defendant didn't testify. Of course. It's not a binary deal but it's weight on the scales of justice may be greater than zero.
It's been my experience that quality photos can enhance almost any story. If a picture is worth a thousand words it matters who's composing it. Using pro equipment with more features improves the chance of a obtaining a quality photo.
Seems like the ocean would be an ideal environment for pushing the technology of autonomous operation and AI. That is, do you foresee the ability to create robot explorers that are a nerdy version of flying monkeys?
Physics Today has an interesting commentary predicting scientist's future impact based on a formulas like the Acuna model which
is calculated from a linear combination of five metrics: an individual's current h-index h(t), the square root of his or her total number of publications N, the number of years t since first publication (the career age), the number of publications q in high-impact journals, and the number of distinct journals j in which the individual has published.
While the 'fake' journals may not be high-impact they would enhance the total number and diversity values. This type of formula might be used when hiring for academic positions.
A bracelet on the singer could provide some type of tactile feedback. With clever signal processing the position of the tip of the baton would cause the singer to image it within the cross section of the body (e.g. forearm) encircled by the bracelet.
your best (safest) option is to have a zero tolerance policy
Zero tolerance is a fig leaf for politically correct harassment. At worst a verbal warning should have been given to the guy. The company went too far in firing him. I wonder if he can fight back with a free speech argument.
The AC last paragraph (and Subject) was unfortunate. I think the main point "there's a form of courtesy involved in acknowledging and directly addressing a question" still stands. While the article "was very interesting," etc. I think the Q of any Q&A format should *always* be explicit.
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That's true, but if the his team members don't cover the material it still means that flipping isn't working whether he's instructing them the next day or wasting his time while the instructor goes over the basics they were suppose to cover.
I was thinking the same thing. Considering how pervasive social media is, and that they could only bother with a single incident in TFS, that's not much of a "vector". Factor in the geographical proximity and you've got even less to go on.
While any open source contribution is welcome this seems somewhat narrow in scope. There are several, more general purpose applications already available at little or no marginal extra cost that could be used for this type of analysis. Many of these applications, even if not open source, allow for third party additions. If you own a photometer it'll already come with software for data reduction. If you own a telescope w/a CCD camera chances are you'll already be using a program such as MaxIm DL for camera/mount control and data reduction that can be used. Not to mention all the additional freeware (e.g. IRAF) or low cost programs available.
Wow. I do believe a dose of Hanlon's Razor is in order here.
Why is that? The "bottom line" is given as an example of a powerful force. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by greed.
The Dark Sky Meter lets you point your (newer) iPhone overhead to determine the sky magnitude. Supposed to work reasonably well (I've not used it). Their website has a map of various readings from all over.
grief-stricken parents who can't stand the thought of the gruesome death of their child being reduced to a training film
Maybe and maybe not. They could pixelize the child in the film if necessary and the parents might have some small consolation that their child's death was of some use in helping to prevent similar accidents in the future.
In five years PCs will be rare, because 99% of people who would use a PC in 2010 use their phone instead.
I can't see that happening in an office unless their 'phone' plugs into some kind of docking station and runs some kind of thin client.
A major reason I recently started to use Python is that there's so much already out there, for free, in terms of packages and support. Was this widespread adoption an original goal, a positive after-effect or logical outcome?
Mary Tamm is the first who comes to mind as a Doctor I'd like to have seen. She would have been much better than many who came after Tom Baker who sent the series into hibernation. Terribly sad that she's gone.
The assumption seems to be this type of missed approach (too low & VFR & large commercial airliner & modern airport &c) is rather rare. The likelihood of two of these events at the same airport is thus small enough that the OP suggests it may not be random.
The http://www.darksky.org/ has several resources. Better yet, become a member.
Do they have some objective job performance metrics that the rest of the world seems to have missed?
I took an analog computing course my freshman year in college. My first job included programming (fortunately for me mostly FORTRAN) and system administration of an AD-10 hybrid (digital + analog) computer that was hosted by a PDP-11/34. That PDP also fronted a MAP-300 array processor. When someone suggested paying for a direct hardware interface between the AD-10 and MAP for a specific problem I volunteered that I could do it on our new VAX 11/780 for a fraction of the cost. The solution might take a little longer but since there was no real time requirement there was no point of all the expense and complication (and I'd have to program it :). Anyone remember all the indirect addressing modes of MACRO-11?
Once during jury selection I got into an argument w/the judge about this. I felt as a juror I reserved the right to weigh a defendant's refusal to testify against him, i.e. the lack of testimony could be construed as circumstantial evidence. That my right as a juror had nothing to do with compelling him to testify. The defense lawyer was more calm about this. She asked me whether I'd vote to acquit if the evidence of innocence was overwhelming, even if the defendant didn't testify. Of course. It's not a binary deal but it's weight on the scales of justice may be greater than zero.
It's been my experience that quality photos can enhance almost any story. If a picture is worth a thousand words it matters who's composing it. Using pro equipment with more features improves the chance of a obtaining a quality photo.
The trans-polar flights would be hard to see. Going more for the earth-at-night effect; emphasizing source/destination over route.
Seems like the ocean would be an ideal environment for pushing the technology of autonomous operation and AI. That is, do you foresee the ability to create robot explorers that are a nerdy version of flying monkeys?
While the 'fake' journals may not be high-impact they would enhance the total number and diversity values. This type of formula might be used when hiring for academic positions.
A bracelet on the singer could provide some type of tactile feedback. With clever signal processing the position of the tip of the baton would cause the singer to image it within the cross section of the body (e.g. forearm) encircled by the bracelet.
your best (safest) option is to have a zero tolerance policy
Zero tolerance is a fig leaf for politically correct harassment. At worst a verbal warning should have been given to the guy. The company went too far in firing him. I wonder if he can fight back with a free speech argument.
The AC last paragraph (and Subject) was unfortunate. I think the main point "there's a form of courtesy involved in acknowledging and directly addressing a question" still stands. While the article "was very interesting," etc. I think the Q of any Q&A format should *always* be explicit.
There's probably a cost function in there where the acceptable level of controversy is weighed against his skill as a writer.
Protestant work ethic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic