I've never met a programmer over 50. I must therefore conclude that they all perish mysteriously upon their 50th birthday. Something like the planet of grim reapers from Futurama is how I prefer to envision it.
No, I'm treating the whole thing as not making sense within the context of the math education that is likely to be received by an American child
Then you're still wrong. I was in middle school in the late 90's in the largest textbook market in the country (meaning that the textbooks I used are used most everywhere in the US) and definitely had math problems presented in that format.
My understanding is, during the drafting of the Constitution, there was at least a significant number of the drafters who favored an approach of writing and constructing the Constitution in a way that any power not explicitely granted to the Federal Government in the Constitution was forbidden to it
You mean the ones who wrote this bit?
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
It's called the 10th Amendment. I'm glad you at least have a hazy notion that some members of the constitutional convention MAY have supported such a notion (let's face it, that's more than any elected federal official is aware of), but it's right there in the fucking thing. It's not a maybe, not a possible, it's in plain goddamn English.
that of commercial slave trade up until 1860 being a good example
The 13th Amendment wasn't adopted until 1865. And I made no mention of importation.
Then what were you referring to? Your dates aren't the same, so the first couldn't have been the 13th amendment. And as I said, slave importation was outlawed well before 1860. Slave trading within the US wasn't outlawed in 1860 either--not in the Confederacy or the Union (several Union states were still slave states; slavery and slave trading within the respective state remained legal in Kentucky, West Virginia and Delaware until 1865). So...what were you trying to say?
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WHOOSH.
Which we would ALL appreciate.
I've never met a programmer over 50. I must therefore conclude that they all perish mysteriously upon their 50th birthday. Something like the planet of grim reapers from Futurama is how I prefer to envision it.
Protip: They aren't really sorry your raise wasn't bigger.
the current treatment for, say, rabies (if you contract it) is extremely dangerous and not particularly effective.
I assume you mean the Milwaukee Protocol, because post-exposure prophylaxis is very effective, you just have to know you've been exposed.
There's no natural immunity developed against malaria, unlike most viral infections.
It's good to see an AC who has no clue what he talking about every now and then. Breaks the stereotype.
To be fair, they sold themselves (well, each other really) to the white people as slaves. It's not like they weren't complicit in the process.
I imagine the Russians would view such an intrusion as an act of war.
I think the word you're looking for is prescribe, maybe?
Gonorrhea.
(BODMAS [easymaths.com])
We had PEMDAS in the US, but close enough.
Parenthesis
Exponent
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction
No, I'm treating the whole thing as not making sense within the context of the math education that is likely to be received by an American child
Then you're still wrong. I was in middle school in the late 90's in the largest textbook market in the country (meaning that the textbooks I used are used most everywhere in the US) and definitely had math problems presented in that format.
My understanding is, during the drafting of the Constitution, there was at least a significant number of the drafters who favored an approach of writing and constructing the Constitution in a way that any power not explicitely granted to the Federal Government in the Constitution was forbidden to it
You mean the ones who wrote this bit?
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
It's called the 10th Amendment. I'm glad you at least have a hazy notion that some members of the constitutional convention MAY have supported such a notion (let's face it, that's more than any elected federal official is aware of), but it's right there in the fucking thing. It's not a maybe, not a possible, it's in plain goddamn English.
that of commercial slave trade up until 1860 being a good example
The 13th Amendment wasn't adopted until 1865. And I made no mention of importation.
Then what were you referring to? Your dates aren't the same, so the first couldn't have been the 13th amendment. And as I said, slave importation was outlawed well before 1860. Slave trading within the US wasn't outlawed in 1860 either--not in the Confederacy or the Union (several Union states were still slave states; slavery and slave trading within the respective state remained legal in Kentucky, West Virginia and Delaware until 1865). So...what were you trying to say?
Check your history, the importation of slaves was illegal well before 1860.
Old joke is decades old. Welcome to life.
So you have trouble with "quarter to three a.m." being written 0315, too?
Well, it does seem like an odd way to write 2:45 am, so yeah.
Well, not screwed, to be exact.
It IS available for most of us (us being people reading /.)
But then again, even social scientists need to eat, I guess...
They're so preocuppied with whether or not they could, that they never stopped to think if they should.
You must not be very talkative.
Repeat after me: Email is NOT a file transfer protocol.
An intellect that astounding only likes large facts. By intellect of course, I mean libido, and by facts, I mean cocks.
Seeing that Blockbuster isn't making any money, and neither do those movies you may be on to something
Alternatively: Seeing as blockbuster will no longer exist soon, just like those movies, you may be on to something.
I could go on all day.
It's not double posting, it's bonus posting!