I think you're missing the point of the story (and so is whoever wrote the summary).
There was less of a gender gap before home PCs became popular. Nobody had much exposure to computers before college, everybody competed on a level playing field, and women did fine.
After home PCs were introduced, most female Computer Science students felt intimidated because their backgrounds weren't as strong as the male students who were more likely to have a home PC and more likely to have geeked out on a home PC.
I was gonna say that. Maybe also track planes outside of national boundaries, so that we won't have situations like the Malaysian airliner that disappeared and we don't have any idea where to look for it.
Tyson's decision was based on the IAU's 2006 decision that to be defined as a planet, an object must have cleared its orbit (which Pluto has not done).
This definition was prompted by the discovery of other objects like Eris and Sedna and the likelihood that there were many more objects like them. If Pluto is a planet, then these objects must also be planets.
The asteroid Ceres had also originally been declared a planet, but they decided to reclassify it as an asteroid when other asteroids were discovered.
I think the IAU wanted to avoid having a long and ever increasing list of planets that third-grade teachers would ask their students to memorize.
For safety reasons I don't think they should be able to disable a car while it's running. Worst case, it'll be delayed several hours (they have to stop for gas sooner or later).
Disabling a car without warning when the payment is three days late doesn't seem right. They should be required to give notice and wait a few days for the driver to arrange payment, work out glitches with their bank, etc.
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Not sure whether that's free as in freedom or free as in lunch.
where did this 'evil' carbon dioxide magically come from?
It may have come from some combination of methane deposits, plant growth, ocean warning, etc.
Tech1: "Ten, nine, eight, ... um "
Tech2: "Seven, Bob"
Tech1: "Oh yeah, seven, six, ...
Hell Yeah!
I think you're missing the point of the story (and so is whoever wrote the summary).
There was less of a gender gap before home PCs became popular. Nobody had much exposure to computers before college, everybody competed on a level playing field, and women did fine.
After home PCs were introduced, most female Computer Science students felt intimidated because their backgrounds weren't as strong as the male students who were more likely to have a home PC and more likely to have geeked out on a home PC.
not just Clippy, break dancing Clippy!!!
unless you're not participating and you're a canabal
there's not much going on (unless you count the conspicuous absence of the young leader in recent weeks).
I was gonna say that. Maybe also track planes outside of national boundaries, so that we won't have situations like the Malaysian airliner that disappeared and we don't have any idea where to look for it.
Why do they hate our freedom?
Just wondering how many times you've made this prediction before. How many of those times were you right?
and the chip aint one.
Minors have less responsibility for their actions and aren't usually charged with adult crimes.
You might want to measure your 2x4 boards again.
I saw a little boy almost die from a heroin overdose because a resident made a power of ten mistake that the nurse did not catch.
Well, I once saw a heavy metal performance ruined because the size of a stage element was specified in inches instead of feet.
Last time I checked in the US most medical doses are given in metric (milligrams, milliliters, etc.), and it doesn't seem to cause too many problems.
The metric system is a crutch for people who can't do any math except moving decimal points...
Power tools are a crutch for people who can't work with hand tools.
Hand tools are a crutch for people who can't work with their teeth and finger nails.
Laziness is a virtue (paraphrasing Larry Wall)
Tyson's decision was based on the IAU's 2006 decision that to be defined as a planet, an object must have cleared its orbit (which Pluto has not done).
This definition was prompted by the discovery of other objects like Eris and Sedna and the likelihood that there were many more objects like them. If Pluto is a planet, then these objects must also be planets.
The asteroid Ceres had also originally been declared a planet, but they decided to reclassify it as an asteroid when other asteroids were discovered.
I think the IAU wanted to avoid having a long and ever increasing list of planets that third-grade teachers would ask their students to memorize.
Well, then they shall learn to FEAR me!!! Mwah ha ha! HA HA HA!! HaHaHaHaHa!
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Literally
Why do you hate our freedom?
For safety reasons I don't think they should be able to disable a car while it's running. Worst case, it'll be delayed several hours (they have to stop for gas sooner or later).
Disabling a car without warning when the payment is three days late doesn't seem right. They should be required to give notice and wait a few days for the driver to arrange payment, work out glitches with their bank, etc.
No, which is why most power poles in the United States are filled with bullet holes.
Maybe it doesn't work unless the liters are cube-shaped.