Let 'em all in. If you're going to pull down six digits (and pay taxes on it) then I say: WELCOME TO THE U.S.A.
Here's the thing. We Americans don't actually build stuff, grow stuff or put stuff together anymore. Well, we do, but it's becoming more and more rare. What do we do? We make software and design stuff. Unfortunately, the kind of endeavors one might easily imagining doing somewhere else. We really, really don't want that to happen, since it's this kind of activity we're going to rely on moving forward to support the rest of the economy, which is inwardly focused (medicine, finance, service industry, etc.) That's why we really want all the world's bad-ass scientists, engineers and developers to re-locate their Hindi / Mandarin / who-the-hell-cares-as-long-as-they-also-speak-English selves stateside and get to work building the next Facebook Google.
You should visit the Midwest some time. There are entire states devoted to growing stuff.
use your advanced engineering skills & google it.;-)
Maybe you should try that yourself:
http://www.military.com/news/article/obama-gains-edge-in-military-campaign-donations.html
For you lazy ones: From January 2011 until March, servicemembers who gave more than $200 contributed about $333,134 to Paul's campaign, as compared to about $184,505 for Obama and just $45,738 to Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney, according to an analysis by the center.
"But in March, Obama and Paul switched places," Choma wrote. "Members of the military sent $36,448 to Obama and just $17,733 to Paul. Even though Romney solidified his position as the presumptive Republican nominee, military donations to his campaign remained anemic -- only $8,630."
use your advanced engineering skills & google it.;-)
Maybe you should try that yourself:
http://www.military.com/news/article/obama-gains-edge-in-military-campaign-donations.html
For you lazy ones: From January 2011 until March, servicemembers who gave more than $200 contributed about $333,134 to Paul's campaign, as compared to about $184,505 for Obama and just $45,738 to Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney, according to an analysis by the center.
"But in March, Obama and Paul switched places," Choma wrote. "Members of the military sent $36,448 to Obama and just $17,733 to Paul. Even though Romney solidified his position as the presumptive Republican nominee, military donations to his campaign remained anemic -- only $8,630."
So if you add it all up, you get:
$350,867 for Paul
$220,953 for Obama
$54,368 for Romney.
Isn't inflicting non-physical pain also abuse? Punishment is pain. Stopping a child from doing what he wants to do is denying them his free will, thereby inflicting emotional pain. Why is this acceptable?
Spanking, whether it is effective or not for getting a child to stop a particular act, is bad for all children. It leads to aggression, lower test scores, etc. Whatever the manifestation for a particular child the point is, if I shoot you in the foot you're going to stop kicking me with that foot, but let's look beyond just getting you to stop kicking me. Put another way, when there is permanent harm, it doesn't matter if it is effective. It could be the most effective method out there and that would change that it is wrong, especially in light of alternatives.
I was spanked as a child, and I did not become aggressive. I got a 36 on the ACT, 1600 on the SAT, 5s on several AP tests, etc. What was your argument, again?
I worked in Glasgow for a while and found everyone perfectly pleasant, whenever a Scot works in England though they seem to get all chippy and resentful for some reason.
The summary makes it sound like these guys just started bashing their heads on the keyboard and out popped functional code. It's kinda funny when you think about it.
Actually, that's how a lot of functional code looks.;)
Yes. The fact that Apple does things differently than everyone else is "all your fault". Sorry, but most people just don't buy into that sort of cult mentality. They will see Apple's quirks and at best be annoyed. They are of no real value and only seek to drive away anyone that's ever used a computer before.
So your idea is that Apple should duplicate Windows so that people can switch over more easily? What would be the point? Apple was developing UIs before Microsoft was, there's no reason for them to switch.
it was noticeable in at least one American that they pronounced 'about' with an extra beat in the 'ow' part. So a two syllable word sounded like it had three syllables
Reality doesn't care about your ideology at all, actually.
Don't anthropomorphize reality; It hates that.
Strictly speaking, attributing a lack of caring to something is not anthropomorphizing it, since it in fact does not care. Attributing caring to it would be anthropomorphizing.
Now I might well be wrong here, but doesn't the leading edge of the aysmmetric airfoil have to be higher than the trailing edge to create lift once power is applied?
I was referring to using it to "prove" something. The world is flat. Anyone who says otherwise knows in their heart that they're wrong! You could use the same argument with god and pretty much anything, really.
It means absolutely nothing and proves nothing.
True. That was just the inference I was getting from your post.
I'm kinda bored, and was looking to rob someone for fun...
Why would I give you my address? I may be a moral relativist, but that doesn't mean I don't have my own moral code or wish for myself to be hurt. I don't even see how your comment was relevant to mine.
I was assuming you would think that someone robbing you would be "bad," and suggesting that someone with different morals might not agree. In my experience, most moral relativists lack the internal logical consistency to see that without an external framework "atrocious" acts such as rape, murder, and genocide can't be declared objectively "evil," since there is no such thing. You seem not to have this problem, so I have no argument with you. I just wanted to see if you were logically consistent.
I do not believe in a god, but I don't believe in organ donation either. I don't generally see a high quality of life for the recipients. In most cases it's just prolonging the agony.
I've got a buddy with Cystic Fibrosis. He got a double lung transplant, and went from being an invalid to mountain biking, snow boarding, and running.
So, what would you call people from the Americas? You know, North- and South America?
I guess it depends... do these hypothetical persons have countries of which they are citizens? If so, that would probably be how I would refer to them.
Slashdot is populated predominantly by engineer types. Engineers believe in processes and systems, engineers believe in the objective world and the scientific method.
So engineers have a tendency to support a political stance based around solving problems by engineered solutions, in other words, government programs. Tell an engineer that the government is broken and he'll try to fix it. Tell him that it is corrupt and he'll device decision making processes around human flaws.
How many engineer types do you know that think management/bureaucracy is great at their place of employment? Why would it be any different in government? Engineer types also tend to be cynical, hence distrust government, and be pro-libertarian. I know it's popular to be anti-libertarian on Slashdot, but I think it's just about as popular to be pro-libertarian.
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Let 'em all in. If you're going to pull down six digits (and pay taxes on it) then I say: WELCOME TO THE U.S.A.
Here's the thing. We Americans don't actually build stuff, grow stuff or put stuff together anymore. Well, we do, but it's becoming more and more rare. What do we do? We make software and design stuff. Unfortunately, the kind of endeavors one might easily imagining doing somewhere else. We really, really don't want that to happen, since it's this kind of activity we're going to rely on moving forward to support the rest of the economy, which is inwardly focused (medicine, finance, service industry, etc.) That's why we really want all the world's bad-ass scientists, engineers and developers to re-locate their Hindi / Mandarin / who-the-hell-cares-as-long-as-they-also-speak-English selves stateside and get to work building the next Facebook Google.
You should visit the Midwest some time. There are entire states devoted to growing stuff.
The shuttle is quite heavy and doesn't produce very much lift. I doubt a gust generated enough lift to move it.
So when John Boner says "He got 90% of what he wanted" in the debt celing debate, that was bi-partisan?
That depends on what percent the Democrats got. If it was bipartisan, there was some overlap, and both could have gotten 90% of what they wanted.
It did fall kind of flat.
I assume a transcript is a detailed record of everything you do somewhere?
Yes, a transcript shows every class you've taken and what grade you got.
use your advanced engineering skills & google it. ;-)
Maybe you should try that yourself: http://www.military.com/news/article/obama-gains-edge-in-military-campaign-donations.html For you lazy ones: From January 2011 until March, servicemembers who gave more than $200 contributed about $333,134 to Paul's campaign, as compared to about $184,505 for Obama and just $45,738 to Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney, according to an analysis by the center. "But in March, Obama and Paul switched places," Choma wrote. "Members of the military sent $36,448 to Obama and just $17,733 to Paul. Even though Romney solidified his position as the presumptive Republican nominee, military donations to his campaign remained anemic -- only $8,630."
use your advanced engineering skills & google it. ;-)
Maybe you should try that yourself: http://www.military.com/news/article/obama-gains-edge-in-military-campaign-donations.html For you lazy ones: From January 2011 until March, servicemembers who gave more than $200 contributed about $333,134 to Paul's campaign, as compared to about $184,505 for Obama and just $45,738 to Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney, according to an analysis by the center. "But in March, Obama and Paul switched places," Choma wrote. "Members of the military sent $36,448 to Obama and just $17,733 to Paul. Even though Romney solidified his position as the presumptive Republican nominee, military donations to his campaign remained anemic -- only $8,630."
So if you add it all up, you get:
$350,867 for Paul
$220,953 for Obama
$54,368 for Romney.
Inflicting physical pain upon a child is abuse.
Isn't inflicting non-physical pain also abuse? Punishment is pain. Stopping a child from doing what he wants to do is denying them his free will, thereby inflicting emotional pain. Why is this acceptable?
Spanking, whether it is effective or not for getting a child to stop a particular act, is bad for all children. It leads to aggression, lower test scores, etc. Whatever the manifestation for a particular child the point is, if I shoot you in the foot you're going to stop kicking me with that foot, but let's look beyond just getting you to stop kicking me. Put another way, when there is permanent harm, it doesn't matter if it is effective. It could be the most effective method out there and that would change that it is wrong, especially in light of alternatives.
I was spanked as a child, and I did not become aggressive. I got a 36 on the ACT, 1600 on the SAT, 5s on several AP tests, etc. What was your argument, again?
I worked in Glasgow for a while and found everyone perfectly pleasant, whenever a Scot works in England though they seem to get all chippy and resentful for some reason.
Or, as it is soon to be known, Gasglow.
I don't know, I think "Dalvik" is more compatible with typical English words than "Davlik".
The summary makes it sound like these guys just started bashing their heads on the keyboard and out popped functional code. It's kinda funny when you think about it.
Actually, that's how a lot of functional code looks. ;)
Yes. The fact that Apple does things differently than everyone else is "all your fault". Sorry, but most people just don't buy into that sort of cult mentality. They will see Apple's quirks and at best be annoyed. They are of no real value and only seek to drive away anyone that's ever used a computer before.
So your idea is that Apple should duplicate Windows so that people can switch over more easily? What would be the point? Apple was developing UIs before Microsoft was, there's no reason for them to switch.
I guess, if you don't count domestic violence: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/publisher,IRBC,,ARE,4e4a2c0c2,0.html
it was noticeable in at least one American that they pronounced 'about' with an extra beat in the 'ow' part. So a two syllable word sounded like it had three syllables
It's a diphthong.
Language is neat!
I agree!
Reality doesn't care about your ideology at all, actually.
Don't anthropomorphize reality; It hates that.
Strictly speaking, attributing a lack of caring to something is not anthropomorphizing it, since it in fact does not care. Attributing caring to it would be anthropomorphizing.
Can anyone come up with a single typically conservative position that has a sound basis in science?
Small, efficient government costs less money?
There are at least 3,141 school districts in the U.S. This is one of them.
Yay for pi thousand!
I would think citing an article would fall under fair use. Heck, isn't that why their published, anyway?
Now I might well be wrong here, but doesn't the leading edge of the aysmmetric airfoil have to be higher than the trailing edge to create lift once power is applied?
Nope, camber can be used to generate lift.
Stupid religious people and their "morals"
Well, that's just a straw man.
I was referring to using it to "prove" something. The world is flat. Anyone who says otherwise knows in their heart that they're wrong! You could use the same argument with god and pretty much anything, really.
It means absolutely nothing and proves nothing.
True. That was just the inference I was getting from your post.
I'm kinda bored, and was looking to rob someone for fun...
Why would I give you my address? I may be a moral relativist, but that doesn't mean I don't have my own moral code or wish for myself to be hurt. I don't even see how your comment was relevant to mine.
I was assuming you would think that someone robbing you would be "bad," and suggesting that someone with different morals might not agree. In my experience, most moral relativists lack the internal logical consistency to see that without an external framework "atrocious" acts such as rape, murder, and genocide can't be declared objectively "evil," since there is no such thing. You seem not to have this problem, so I have no argument with you. I just wanted to see if you were logically consistent.
Keep looking. Your social security, telephone, and credit card numbers are also in there!
Oh, I see. The "you know in your heart that you're wrong" argument that religious types seem to love to use.
Right? Stupid religious people and their "morals"... BTW, what's your address? I'm kinda bored, and was looking to rob someone for fun...
I do not believe in a god, but I don't believe in organ donation either. I don't generally see a high quality of life for the recipients. In most cases it's just prolonging the agony.
I've got a buddy with Cystic Fibrosis. He got a double lung transplant, and went from being an invalid to mountain biking, snow boarding, and running.
So, what would you call people from the Americas? You know, North- and South America?
I guess it depends... do these hypothetical persons have countries of which they are citizens? If so, that would probably be how I would refer to them.
Slashdot is populated predominantly by engineer types. Engineers believe in processes and systems, engineers believe in the objective world and the scientific method.
So engineers have a tendency to support a political stance based around solving problems by engineered solutions, in other words, government programs. Tell an engineer that the government is broken and he'll try to fix it. Tell him that it is corrupt and he'll device decision making processes around human flaws.
How many engineer types do you know that think management/bureaucracy is great at their place of employment? Why would it be any different in government? Engineer types also tend to be cynical, hence distrust government, and be pro-libertarian. I know it's popular to be anti-libertarian on Slashdot, but I think it's just about as popular to be pro-libertarian.