Take it you went and graduated from Purdue. So did I with a B.S.. And I can tell you my first response to this guys article was "OMG nothing has changed, except it is worse".
My experience was better then Kern's, but I will say his description of the math department was dead on, at least when I went to Purdue, except for one math TA, who was a nice guy but not a teacher. And that is a shame because "mathematics is the lanuage of science", at least Gaileo's science and probalby all science eventually.
I recieved one of the highest SET scores in the country and graduated from what was considered one of the best high schools. And that was before they dumbed down the tests.
The problem with science in these Universities is that they do everything to discourage you from wanting to be in science. The textbooks are atrocious and quite frankly so is most of the teaching. The Proffs are usually worse. First year math proff was suppose to be genius at NASA. Never went to his lectures, which were about everything but the course. Two tests that counted for grades. Midterm was one problem the jerk thought up a half hour before the test, and then found out after the test there was no solution.
Think that is funny? One girl had breakdown during test and they carried her out on a strecher. I got a 50% score, and my grade was a B.
Some of science proffs at Purdue were good and they did care about students, and some of the grads TAs were nice guys, both native born Americans and quite frankly especially the foreign students. But in general the place could be sucked. And the social life, well I have no complaints but there were hell of a lot of socially dysfunctional people there and a lot of really messed up broads
Hey did Kerns go to Purdue?
The definetion will change with changes in scientific instruments, which change with technology, and ultimately from science. Pluto was classified as a planet when discovered because the instruments used could find nothing larger in space at that distance.
When the instruments became more detailed in thier findings, suddenly there were more objects then Pluto at that distance. Nature is seldom ever the black and white contrast that reductionist science likes to catergorize.
Have both gmail and yahoo mail. Dont care what WM of WSJ thinks, but I will have to say Yahoo Mail is better. Gmail has a number of bugs, and yahoo mail has been problem free. But then, gmail is suppose to be in beta. Or is it no longer in beta?
The bug in gmail that bugs me is when composing a letter all of a sudden the letter will disappear. This is solved by clicking gmail on the task bar and I get the letter again.
Dont know what WM is talking about all these features on both email services. But then I havent looked into all the features of either of these services. When WM talks about Yahoo's new email, is he talking about the one that is free, or the one that is not? I use the free version, of course, but am not aware of any changes. But then I dont pay much attention to the Yahoo anouncements.
The alien turned to the children.
"Tell me something," he asked.
The children nodded.
"Kaladish lived 2 thousand years before this tower was built, correct?"
The children noded their head.
"Then why do they call it Kaladish's tower?"
The children stood silent. No one could give him an answer.
Not verbatum, but close. I think the book also called it a space hook.
Sorry to bother you. Thought you were one of the more intelligent hams. And the intelligence has nothing to do with the title. You are right though, reading anything the stupid ARRL puts out is a waste of time. I was being polite earlier in not making any comments about that. Now just get lost and dont write me back every 3 seconds.
Sure. They tried to stop nature with technology in Hawaii during WWII. When the volcano erupted and threatened Hilo town on the Big Island, the US army bombed the lava and maybe even the volcano.
The volcano won.
W Bush was not derelict about calling in the military during Katrina. Hell, he should have called the miltary before Katrina to stop that pesky wind before it hit the coast.
And I am not trying to belittle the man made tragedy of that natural disaster. Just the jerks that let it happen.
Glad you are "fond" of your mommy and daddy.
I have a life. And that's why I dont bother talking about myself unless it's to give background to my opinion
Okay, you think you're an expert on auto mechanics and physics proffs. Bully for you.
A Public Relat rep was right. Opinions are dangerous, dont have any opinions. I think I have learned my lesson, or at least not to express them in public.
This is getting boring. Let's drop it. You can have the last word, but I wont respond and I will delete it before reading it. Apologies for insulting you. Good bye.
Oh why dont you give it a rest huh. You've reduced what was a dialectic discussion into a silly ass argument.
Sorry to hear you don't have such a high opinion about your parents. And how the hell would you know what this auto mechanic knew about black holes.
If proffs only want to do research, then they should get a job where all they do is research. The problem is that when many, hopefully not most, do get full tenure, they become irrelevant kissoffs.
I could go on but I dont want to waste time in a uselss argument with you.
Your problem is you assume everybody is as dumb as you and the background you came from.
Please dont go any further into this with me, or you are going find out how really nasty I can get.
Concerning two of your statements.
You dont have to be at a college to discuss good books and intellectual matters. In fact, I would say that is the least rewarding venue. You'd be surprised how smart a lot of the ordinary pleblians are. For example, my first knowledge of black holes was from an auto mechanic who never finished high school.
Second, why if the tuition is being paid at UW, should someone have to go chase after a proff or teacher to have them do their job, which is to teach? Learning from someone requires cooperation and willingness from both teacher and student.
Never been at Reed, or heard about anyone's experience there, except for you of course. I believe that is a lady's college, isn't it? No need to tell me. I can find out.
Well thank you for expressing your opinion.
Thank you for some well thought out comments.
When I was speaking of Universities, I meant US universities. Perhaps your experience had to do with Europe or somewhere else. Or maybe you were lucky, and just found the exception that proves the rule in the US. I do not know about all American universities or colleges, but from the information I have recieved first or second hand, I can only conclude that most of them are a pathetic joke.
As for good teachers, yes I am sure they are out there. In fact my high school experience was superlative. But then at the time it was considered one of the best schools in the country, and even the world. Many of the teachers had doctors degrees, they liked to teach, and they really knew their stuff. And they were fun. It was also really intense, with academic clubs after school.
And I would disagree with you about learning on your own. If you really need a guide, I am sure their are curriculum outlines on the internet. But really all you have to do is go to a library.
There are series like the Great Books of the Western World, etc., that will provide a decent humanities education, for example.
Quite frankly in the US today, learning on your own is really the only alternative for many, maybe most Americans. Of course, that's assuming they really want an education and not some bs degree.
Universities are just a waste of time. Take it from one who's been there, graduated, and went to one of the more well-known / "prestigous" places.
Focus on the degree helping you to provide a living. And what I mean by that is that many occupations / "professions" require certain degress or other college accredation. Get that qualification / accreditation, and forget the rest which is just stupid bs. Unfortunately this accredation / qualification requires a dgree and you'll have to put up with it. Even if the only reason is for a bunch of dumb proffs justifying their own existance.
If you really want to learn, you'll do it on your own a lot better.
Typical public safety bureacrat. If they cant do their job it's the law's fault. She said in the article that they stopped many terrorist acts from occuring. A batter never bats a thousand, no matter how totalitarian the laws are. One thing dummies like her dont mention is the public cost of their bs. But then why should they worry? It's not their money
"A policeman's job is only easy in a police state."- Touch of Evil by Orson Welles
Another factor that may change the Gulf Stream is supposedly the rising temperature of the Gulf of Mexico. And the cause of this is guessed to be all the oil drilling activity there.
This was told to me second hand, by an elderly French couple, who evidently read it in a French publication. And no, I am not trying to be funny in who told me the story. Please dont joke. They are nice, cosmopolitan, and enlightned people, even if the wife cant drink wine any more for medical reasons. And if they read this post I am mort.
Yeah there's an easy way to do it. It's called growing trees, not cutting them down.
Trees, and I believe plants in general, abosorb CO2, and release oxygen. I think certain trees and foilage do more of this then certain other plants. But then I am not a biologist either, so I could be incorrect.
Listen to the BBC radio on the internet, and then please tell there is not much on radio these days.
Unfortunately I think the problem has to do with USA radio.
Well I dont know what to say. My reaction to your comments are that I am still laughing.
For the sake of ending this, I wont make any further replys except a couple of remarks. Sexually challanged? Yes I would be with you. Just plain stupid? Diginifying your comments with a reply is plain stupid, I agree. Have ISSUES? Yeah, I guess if thinking I still have rights as an American citizen are ISSUES, then I have ISSUES. Lets see what else did you say? Oh yeah, getting laid. Well, lol, a gentleman never kisses and tells.
And I never said there was anything wrong with socializing and making friends over the game. Please read what I wrote.
But enough. Have a nice weekend. I'll take your advice and quit COH and get out more. But gee, who wants to have anything to do with a "whiny pathetic idiot" lol? Hey what are you doing this weekend? JUST KIDDING:). Please dont respond.
Oh man, God help you when the flames come. All these macho broads sure wont.
Everything started going downhill when they gave women the vote.
I think your post is great. Please give us many more.
If Microsoft and the other software firms lose a few costly lawsuits over this issue, watch the conflict between security researchers and the software firms disappear.
Yes someone is going to tell me the contracts and other express consent agreements indemnify the software firms. And I can tell you many times these clauses / agreements are not worth the paper they are printed on.
If someone can elighten me further on this, or indicate I am incorrect, please do so. Havent been involved in this area of the law for a long time.
Did you read the case law assshole?
Every point you mention has nothing to do with free speech and I never said it did. In fact I wish you would do me a big favor, and ignore me.
And you are a stupid broad. Your posts amply prove that.
I will ask this nicely. What the hell are you talking about? I just express my opinion, it doesnt agree with you, and so I dont have a life?
I knew posting that comment was going to cause me problems. Now I understand more than ever why free speech is in danger. And that is why I will continue to exercise it. Because once we lose that we lose all our freedoms, including the freedom to think, which is very precious to me.
Hey what does OMGUROXXORS mean? And are you a female, or should I say of the more gentle gender? Hmm, if you are of the more gentle gender, maybe today that would mean you are a man.
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Take it you went and graduated from Purdue. So did I with a B.S.. And I can tell you my first response to this guys article was "OMG nothing has changed, except it is worse". My experience was better then Kern's, but I will say his description of the math department was dead on, at least when I went to Purdue, except for one math TA, who was a nice guy but not a teacher. And that is a shame because "mathematics is the lanuage of science", at least Gaileo's science and probalby all science eventually. I recieved one of the highest SET scores in the country and graduated from what was considered one of the best high schools. And that was before they dumbed down the tests. The problem with science in these Universities is that they do everything to discourage you from wanting to be in science. The textbooks are atrocious and quite frankly so is most of the teaching. The Proffs are usually worse. First year math proff was suppose to be genius at NASA. Never went to his lectures, which were about everything but the course. Two tests that counted for grades. Midterm was one problem the jerk thought up a half hour before the test, and then found out after the test there was no solution. Think that is funny? One girl had breakdown during test and they carried her out on a strecher. I got a 50% score, and my grade was a B. Some of science proffs at Purdue were good and they did care about students, and some of the grads TAs were nice guys, both native born Americans and quite frankly especially the foreign students. But in general the place could be sucked. And the social life, well I have no complaints but there were hell of a lot of socially dysfunctional people there and a lot of really messed up broads Hey did Kerns go to Purdue?
The definetion will change with changes in scientific instruments, which change with technology, and ultimately from science. Pluto was classified as a planet when discovered because the instruments used could find nothing larger in space at that distance. When the instruments became more detailed in thier findings, suddenly there were more objects then Pluto at that distance. Nature is seldom ever the black and white contrast that reductionist science likes to catergorize.
Have both gmail and yahoo mail. Dont care what WM of WSJ thinks, but I will have to say Yahoo Mail is better. Gmail has a number of bugs, and yahoo mail has been problem free. But then, gmail is suppose to be in beta. Or is it no longer in beta? The bug in gmail that bugs me is when composing a letter all of a sudden the letter will disappear. This is solved by clicking gmail on the task bar and I get the letter again. Dont know what WM is talking about all these features on both email services. But then I havent looked into all the features of either of these services. When WM talks about Yahoo's new email, is he talking about the one that is free, or the one that is not? I use the free version, of course, but am not aware of any changes. But then I dont pay much attention to the Yahoo anouncements.
The alien turned to the children. "Tell me something," he asked. The children nodded. "Kaladish lived 2 thousand years before this tower was built, correct?" The children noded their head. "Then why do they call it Kaladish's tower?" The children stood silent. No one could give him an answer. Not verbatum, but close. I think the book also called it a space hook.
Sorry to bother you. Thought you were one of the more intelligent hams. And the intelligence has nothing to do with the title. You are right though, reading anything the stupid ARRL puts out is a waste of time. I was being polite earlier in not making any comments about that. Now just get lost and dont write me back every 3 seconds.
Thank you. Have an extra class license myself. As for all those old hams, well the less said the better.
Did you get all the data / info on this flaw from ARRl sources, or from others. If from others, could you please tell me who?
Her type, bro, will always be busy, but not with us.
Sure. They tried to stop nature with technology in Hawaii during WWII. When the volcano erupted and threatened Hilo town on the Big Island, the US army bombed the lava and maybe even the volcano. The volcano won. W Bush was not derelict about calling in the military during Katrina. Hell, he should have called the miltary before Katrina to stop that pesky wind before it hit the coast. And I am not trying to belittle the man made tragedy of that natural disaster. Just the jerks that let it happen.
Glad you are "fond" of your mommy and daddy. I have a life. And that's why I dont bother talking about myself unless it's to give background to my opinion Okay, you think you're an expert on auto mechanics and physics proffs. Bully for you. A Public Relat rep was right. Opinions are dangerous, dont have any opinions. I think I have learned my lesson, or at least not to express them in public. This is getting boring. Let's drop it. You can have the last word, but I wont respond and I will delete it before reading it. Apologies for insulting you. Good bye.
Oh why dont you give it a rest huh. You've reduced what was a dialectic discussion into a silly ass argument. Sorry to hear you don't have such a high opinion about your parents. And how the hell would you know what this auto mechanic knew about black holes. If proffs only want to do research, then they should get a job where all they do is research. The problem is that when many, hopefully not most, do get full tenure, they become irrelevant kissoffs. I could go on but I dont want to waste time in a uselss argument with you. Your problem is you assume everybody is as dumb as you and the background you came from. Please dont go any further into this with me, or you are going find out how really nasty I can get.
Concerning two of your statements. You dont have to be at a college to discuss good books and intellectual matters. In fact, I would say that is the least rewarding venue. You'd be surprised how smart a lot of the ordinary pleblians are. For example, my first knowledge of black holes was from an auto mechanic who never finished high school. Second, why if the tuition is being paid at UW, should someone have to go chase after a proff or teacher to have them do their job, which is to teach? Learning from someone requires cooperation and willingness from both teacher and student. Never been at Reed, or heard about anyone's experience there, except for you of course. I believe that is a lady's college, isn't it? No need to tell me. I can find out. Well thank you for expressing your opinion.
Thank you for some well thought out comments. When I was speaking of Universities, I meant US universities. Perhaps your experience had to do with Europe or somewhere else. Or maybe you were lucky, and just found the exception that proves the rule in the US. I do not know about all American universities or colleges, but from the information I have recieved first or second hand, I can only conclude that most of them are a pathetic joke. As for good teachers, yes I am sure they are out there. In fact my high school experience was superlative. But then at the time it was considered one of the best schools in the country, and even the world. Many of the teachers had doctors degrees, they liked to teach, and they really knew their stuff. And they were fun. It was also really intense, with academic clubs after school. And I would disagree with you about learning on your own. If you really need a guide, I am sure their are curriculum outlines on the internet. But really all you have to do is go to a library. There are series like the Great Books of the Western World, etc., that will provide a decent humanities education, for example. Quite frankly in the US today, learning on your own is really the only alternative for many, maybe most Americans. Of course, that's assuming they really want an education and not some bs degree.
Universities are just a waste of time. Take it from one who's been there, graduated, and went to one of the more well-known / "prestigous" places. Focus on the degree helping you to provide a living. And what I mean by that is that many occupations / "professions" require certain degress or other college accredation. Get that qualification / accreditation, and forget the rest which is just stupid bs. Unfortunately this accredation / qualification requires a dgree and you'll have to put up with it. Even if the only reason is for a bunch of dumb proffs justifying their own existance. If you really want to learn, you'll do it on your own a lot better.
The story was in the BBC several days ago
Typical public safety bureacrat. If they cant do their job it's the law's fault. She said in the article that they stopped many terrorist acts from occuring. A batter never bats a thousand, no matter how totalitarian the laws are. One thing dummies like her dont mention is the public cost of their bs. But then why should they worry? It's not their money "A policeman's job is only easy in a police state."- Touch of Evil by Orson Welles
Another factor that may change the Gulf Stream is supposedly the rising temperature of the Gulf of Mexico. And the cause of this is guessed to be all the oil drilling activity there. This was told to me second hand, by an elderly French couple, who evidently read it in a French publication. And no, I am not trying to be funny in who told me the story. Please dont joke. They are nice, cosmopolitan, and enlightned people, even if the wife cant drink wine any more for medical reasons. And if they read this post I am mort.
Yeah there's an easy way to do it. It's called growing trees, not cutting them down. Trees, and I believe plants in general, abosorb CO2, and release oxygen. I think certain trees and foilage do more of this then certain other plants. But then I am not a biologist either, so I could be incorrect.
Listen to the BBC radio on the internet, and then please tell there is not much on radio these days. Unfortunately I think the problem has to do with USA radio.
Couldnt agree with you more. This sounds like lots of fun.
Well I dont know what to say. My reaction to your comments are that I am still laughing. For the sake of ending this, I wont make any further replys except a couple of remarks. Sexually challanged? Yes I would be with you. Just plain stupid? Diginifying your comments with a reply is plain stupid, I agree. Have ISSUES? Yeah, I guess if thinking I still have rights as an American citizen are ISSUES, then I have ISSUES. Lets see what else did you say? Oh yeah, getting laid. Well, lol, a gentleman never kisses and tells. And I never said there was anything wrong with socializing and making friends over the game. Please read what I wrote. But enough. Have a nice weekend. I'll take your advice and quit COH and get out more. But gee, who wants to have anything to do with a "whiny pathetic idiot" lol? Hey what are you doing this weekend? JUST KIDDING :). Please dont respond.
Oh man, God help you when the flames come. All these macho broads sure wont. Everything started going downhill when they gave women the vote. I think your post is great. Please give us many more.
If Microsoft and the other software firms lose a few costly lawsuits over this issue, watch the conflict between security researchers and the software firms disappear. Yes someone is going to tell me the contracts and other express consent agreements indemnify the software firms. And I can tell you many times these clauses / agreements are not worth the paper they are printed on. If someone can elighten me further on this, or indicate I am incorrect, please do so. Havent been involved in this area of the law for a long time.
Did you read the case law assshole? Every point you mention has nothing to do with free speech and I never said it did. In fact I wish you would do me a big favor, and ignore me. And you are a stupid broad. Your posts amply prove that.
I will ask this nicely. What the hell are you talking about? I just express my opinion, it doesnt agree with you, and so I dont have a life? I knew posting that comment was going to cause me problems. Now I understand more than ever why free speech is in danger. And that is why I will continue to exercise it. Because once we lose that we lose all our freedoms, including the freedom to think, which is very precious to me. Hey what does OMGUROXXORS mean? And are you a female, or should I say of the more gentle gender? Hmm, if you are of the more gentle gender, maybe today that would mean you are a man.