What about the money required to buy these things? There's already an enormous cost required to go to any decent college, barring the less wealthy. Do we want to add yet another expense required to make it through our educational system?
I'm not sure what exactly to think of these drugs, but this is just another consideration to add to the pile.
Is it possible this is a PR stunt to aid Intel's image in light of the antitrust trial? If Intel admits that it has lost significant market share, it makes AMD look that much less helpless.
I hate reading this kind of generic accusation on Slashdot. For whatever reason, most/.'ers seem to be under the impression that somehow, Intel is inexorably related to an evil scheme by Microsoft/SomeCorporation, Inc. to consistently screw over the consumer. Honestly, I've never experienced any direct "screwing over" from Intel. If the chip performs up to the specification that it says it will, then there's nothing wrong here. Just because you don't like their market tactics doesn't justify this kind of arrogance. Considering they still have 80% of the market, it seems that whatever they're doing is working, contrary to your opinions.
While I like AMD's desktop chips more, one must be fully aware of the fact that AMD is no less of a corporation than Intel is, and want your money just as badly as everyone else. As others have mentioned and will mention, AMD's hardware tactics are no less questionable than Intel's, and thus, it becomes a moot point.
IMO, that's in poor taste, and it's not even relevant anyways. The current public version, 8.5 (as well as the 9.0 beta) are completely ad-free. Go check it out for yourself.
Do you understand what p2p means? Peer to peer? When you download something, you then pass the buck on to other people like yourself. Everyone is correct in saying the RIAA is pursuing downloaders, in that she is accused of downloading a handful of songs, not storing hundreds and then distributing them. Then again, you could just RTFA:
When the lawyerspeak is stripped away, what this means is that Santangelo is accused of downloading the following fine pieces of pop music:
* Lit "Happy"
* Incubus "Nowhere fast"
* Third Eye Blind "Semi-Charmed Life"
* UB40 "Can't Help Falling in Love"
* Godsmack "Whatever"
* Foo Fighters "Breakout"
Religion cannot be tested. Religion is not science.
And how, do you suppose, science is tested? Is anything tangible a testable object? When you come down to the basics of science, you get to something intangible, something that cannot be tested.
You ask "Why?" enough times, and there is no answer beyond "I don't know.". Many would say that "we just haven't found out yet.", but no matter how many 'levels' of "Why?" we answer, there is always one more waiting around the corner. It's impossible to answer some things.
It's circular reasoning to say the we test things with science, and yet science itself can be tested.
Why does no one ever attempt to explain that God created man using evolution as a tool?
I certainly do. The "insider's term" for this is an Old-Earth Creationist. I know several Christians in the scientific community (professors at Cornell, mostly), who fit this category. I would go so far as to say that most Christians in the scientific community are Old-Earth Creationists. Unfortunately, most of these people are silent about it, partially because their churches and the nearby Christian community are highly hostile to this idea. I experienced a lot of friction when I began to drop my tradition ID beliefs, and still do. I am forced to keep fairly quiet about it because of the "atheistic" aspect of Evolution. Even though I am highly certain that my beliefs do not contradict the Bible in any way, some have gone as far as telling me that my belief ruins the Bible, and consequently my faith in God.
The thing that really pushed me towards becoming an OEC was that the basic argument that Evolution is an atheistic system from the start was flat-out wrong. I skimmed through On the Origin of Species and found that Darwin mentioned the problems Theists may have with his theory. He feared that they would reject it before thoroughly examining it, but knew this to be an unsubstantiated fear.
I think the real problem here is that people's beliefs are being challenged. Atheists don't like being forced to look at Theistic ideas, and many IDists believe that they are being forced to look at Atheistic ideas (refer to the previous paragraph). Nobody likes being told they are wrong, especially when it involves your entire scope on the world.
There are other problems, too. There's no consensus on what ID is or means. I've been told many, many different things. As far as I can tell, ID can mean what I believe, or what that Baptists soccer mom in Kansas believes. There's also a common belief among scientists that science, as a whole, is a stable thing to trust in. Science, at it's roots, is as much a mystery as the Intelligent Designer/.ers so often mock. That is my belief, anyways, and not intended to be flamebait. The biggest problem is definitely misinformation, though. IDists constantly throw around bad 'science' or 'facts' (e.g. moon dust, improper use of the 2nd law of thermodynamics, etc.), and those opposing ID will take the use of these examples as the "only" evidence offered by an IDist, and ignore the rest. It's a brutal situation.
As a junior in high school, I know exactly what you mean. Time spent on any one thing does not equate to success. I have a few ideas on this.
1) Doubling the time a student spends at school could work. The extra time would not be spent in class - it would be available for the students to do with as they please. I have school from 8-3, with no lunch period, and no study hall. This is because there is no other way for me to fit a lot of classes I want to take into my schedule. If nothing else, adding 10 minutes to the time between classes (I have 5 minutes to get across campus, just barely enough time to get to class on time) would be phenomonal - I could get a snack, get a breath outside, take a nap, catch a minute with friends - any of those would really help my attention span in class.
2) Halving the time might work too. As said, it works in college - the students do not magically transform into responsible 'adults' between their senior year of high school and freshman year of college. Students will rise to the challenge if offered. Challenging them to do more will pique interest. If you get students to learn the basics in class, and reinforce it with studying outside of class, it will allow the student to understand his/her own limits and needs as far as how they learn. If they don't do the work to earn the grades, then they obviously don't want them. Handing them the grade on a platter doesn't make it any better, it just reinforces the desire to not do work. As mentioned in other posts, some students need help with grades - with the extra time, they can come to the teachers without sacrificing their entire day. I am constantly frustrated when I have to stay after school for help on a subject just to lose all my time at home - it's a sick kind of punishment for putting effort into school.
3) Start school LATER. I cannot stress this enough. No matter what, I should not be getting up before dawn to get on the bus for school. Getting up at 6:15 is torture for kids who just stay up late. I can testify, I simply cannot go to bed 'early'. I am most alert and active at night, and definitely most productive. I would gladly spend more time at school if I could only get more sleep.
4) Teachers need to stop acting like they run a daycare, and administrators need to stop asking them to. My Java teacher is my favorite teacher, definitely very skilled and a great teacher all around, but treats us all like children. I love her, but she gives absolutely no credit to us. Instead of wasting our time berating us for our behavior, which will never end in the time she is teaching. There will always be restless students in her class. Get to the source - instead of jumping on every chit and every chat, initiate discussion with the class. If they're talking to the teacher, they can't talk to their friends. Make them involved.
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What about the money required to buy these things? There's already an enormous cost required to go to any decent college, barring the less wealthy. Do we want to add yet another expense required to make it through our educational system? I'm not sure what exactly to think of these drugs, but this is just another consideration to add to the pile.
Is it possible this is a PR stunt to aid Intel's image in light of the antitrust trial? If Intel admits that it has lost significant market share, it makes AMD look that much less helpless.
Oh PLEASE, give me a break!
/.'ers seem to be under the impression that somehow, Intel is inexorably related to an evil scheme by Microsoft/SomeCorporation, Inc. to consistently screw over the consumer. Honestly, I've never experienced any direct "screwing over" from Intel. If the chip performs up to the specification that it says it will, then there's nothing wrong here. Just because you don't like their market tactics doesn't justify this kind of arrogance. Considering they still have 80% of the market, it seems that whatever they're doing is working, contrary to your opinions.
I hate reading this kind of generic accusation on Slashdot. For whatever reason, most
While I like AMD's desktop chips more, one must be fully aware of the fact that AMD is no less of a corporation than Intel is, and want your money just as badly as everyone else. As others have mentioned and will mention, AMD's hardware tactics are no less questionable than Intel's, and thus, it becomes a moot point.
IMO, that's in poor taste, and it's not even relevant anyways. The current public version, 8.5 (as well as the 9.0 beta) are completely ad-free. Go check it out for yourself.
Do you understand what p2p means? Peer to peer? When you download something, you then pass the buck on to other people like yourself. Everyone is correct in saying the RIAA is pursuing downloaders, in that she is accused of downloading a handful of songs, not storing hundreds and then distributing them. Then again, you could just RTFA:
When the lawyerspeak is stripped away, what this means is that Santangelo is accused of downloading the following fine pieces of pop music:
* Lit "Happy"
* Incubus "Nowhere fast"
* Third Eye Blind "Semi-Charmed Life"
* UB40 "Can't Help Falling in Love"
* Godsmack "Whatever"
* Foo Fighters "Breakout"
Religion cannot be tested. Religion is not science.
And how, do you suppose, science is tested? Is anything tangible a testable object? When you come down to the basics of science, you get to something intangible, something that cannot be tested.
You ask "Why?" enough times, and there is no answer beyond "I don't know.". Many would say that "we just haven't found out yet.", but no matter how many 'levels' of "Why?" we answer, there is always one more waiting around the corner. It's impossible to answer some things.
It's circular reasoning to say the we test things with science, and yet science itself can be tested.
Why does no one ever attempt to explain that God created man using evolution as a tool?
/.ers so often mock. That is my belief, anyways, and not intended to be flamebait. The biggest problem is definitely misinformation, though. IDists constantly throw around bad 'science' or 'facts' (e.g. moon dust, improper use of the 2nd law of thermodynamics, etc.), and those opposing ID will take the use of these examples as the "only" evidence offered by an IDist, and ignore the rest. It's a brutal situation.
I certainly do. The "insider's term" for this is an Old-Earth Creationist. I know several Christians in the scientific community (professors at Cornell, mostly), who fit this category. I would go so far as to say that most Christians in the scientific community are Old-Earth Creationists. Unfortunately, most of these people are silent about it, partially because their churches and the nearby Christian community are highly hostile to this idea. I experienced a lot of friction when I began to drop my tradition ID beliefs, and still do. I am forced to keep fairly quiet about it because of the "atheistic" aspect of Evolution. Even though I am highly certain that my beliefs do not contradict the Bible in any way, some have gone as far as telling me that my belief ruins the Bible, and consequently my faith in God.
The thing that really pushed me towards becoming an OEC was that the basic argument that Evolution is an atheistic system from the start was flat-out wrong. I skimmed through On the Origin of Species and found that Darwin mentioned the problems Theists may have with his theory. He feared that they would reject it before thoroughly examining it, but knew this to be an unsubstantiated fear.
I think the real problem here is that people's beliefs are being challenged. Atheists don't like being forced to look at Theistic ideas, and many IDists believe that they are being forced to look at Atheistic ideas (refer to the previous paragraph). Nobody likes being told they are wrong, especially when it involves your entire scope on the world.
There are other problems, too. There's no consensus on what ID is or means. I've been told many, many different things. As far as I can tell, ID can mean what I believe, or what that Baptists soccer mom in Kansas believes. There's also a common belief among scientists that science, as a whole, is a stable thing to trust in. Science, at it's roots, is as much a mystery as the Intelligent Designer
That's my two cents, anyways.
"As if millions of Apple customers suddenly cried out, and were silenced."
I think you mean "As if dozens of Apple customers..."
*hides*
As a junior in high school, I know exactly what you mean. Time spent on any one thing does not equate to success. I have a few ideas on this.
1) Doubling the time a student spends at school could work. The extra time would not be spent in class - it would be available for the students to do with as they please. I have school from 8-3, with no lunch period, and no study hall. This is because there is no other way for me to fit a lot of classes I want to take into my schedule. If nothing else, adding 10 minutes to the time between classes (I have 5 minutes to get across campus, just barely enough time to get to class on time) would be phenomonal - I could get a snack, get a breath outside, take a nap, catch a minute with friends - any of those would really help my attention span in class.
2) Halving the time might work too. As said, it works in college - the students do not magically transform into responsible 'adults' between their senior year of high school and freshman year of college. Students will rise to the challenge if offered. Challenging them to do more will pique interest. If you get students to learn the basics in class, and reinforce it with studying outside of class, it will allow the student to understand his/her own limits and needs as far as how they learn. If they don't do the work to earn the grades, then they obviously don't want them. Handing them the grade on a platter doesn't make it any better, it just reinforces the desire to not do work. As mentioned in other posts, some students need help with grades - with the extra time, they can come to the teachers without sacrificing their entire day. I am constantly frustrated when I have to stay after school for help on a subject just to lose all my time at home - it's a sick kind of punishment for putting effort into school.
3) Start school LATER. I cannot stress this enough. No matter what, I should not be getting up before dawn to get on the bus for school. Getting up at 6:15 is torture for kids who just stay up late. I can testify, I simply cannot go to bed 'early'. I am most alert and active at night, and definitely most productive. I would gladly spend more time at school if I could only get more sleep.
4) Teachers need to stop acting like they run a daycare, and administrators need to stop asking them to. My Java teacher is my favorite teacher, definitely very skilled and a great teacher all around, but treats us all like children. I love her, but she gives absolutely no credit to us. Instead of wasting our time berating us for our behavior, which will never end in the time she is teaching. There will always be restless students in her class. Get to the source - instead of jumping on every chit and every chat, initiate discussion with the class. If they're talking to the teacher, they can't talk to their friends. Make them involved.
it IS attack monkey. just look.