The incredible arrogance of a small group of scientists who think they understand every particle in the universe to the extent that they control every particle in the universe.
[If] his case is so solid, why hasn't he sued Nissan?
It would be like throwing a bucket of water at the ocean. Uzi Nissan is putting up an amazing fight, but eventually the guy with the most money usually wins.
What gets me is that people are acting like someone forced them to buy an iPhone. Forgive me for asking, but does AT&T only offer one model of phone? Are there no other cellular carriers in the US? Are there no other phones available that offer comparable features?
Everyone who bought an iPhone knew the restrictions. They knew they were risking breaking the thing by using a third-party hack to modify it.
If they didn't want to be locked in, and if they want a phone that had features like using it for data storage, why did they buy an iPhone? It obviously doesn't meet their functional requirements. Are people really so stuperficial* that they absolutely must have every new device that starts with a lower-case "i"?
*stuperficial, adj. - stupidly superficial. From geobeck's dictionary of clueless user terms.
He may find a story on a legitimate news page, but he writes up a summary in his blog, then submits it. I don't know what he's got going on with the/. editors, but they keep posting his stuff.
Whenever you go hiking or exploring, take a deck of cards with you. If you get hopelessly lost, sit down and start playing solitaire. Within five minutes, someone will be standing over your shoulder, telling you which card to move next.
How would they be able to decide that you or I am not worth monitoring...but that Ahmed and Yasir and their connections are worth investigating?
Duh, they have middle-eastern names. Hasn't Fox News managed to convince us all by now that middle-eastern Muslims are the ones who we should be scared of because they blow things up? Like the Oklahoma federal building?
We're also running on hydroelectric power...So, no, it doesn't really affect global warming.
So eliminating thousands of hectares of trees doesn't affect global warming? Hydro power may not pump carbon out continuously, but it prevents it from being sequestered. And it does release carbon when all of those trees decompose when the dam is built.
Unless you put a hydroelectric dam in the desert. That might actually create more plant habitat. But how many suitable sites are there?
...that series uses more or less science as a kind of magic, used to solve problems.
What's so magical about using science to solve problems? In the second and subsequent seasons of Macgyver, science took a back seat to action, but in the first season he actually used good high school science to solve his problems.
And why should we waste so much time teaching kids nothing but pure science (why things are), training millions of kids for hundreds of available jobs as research scientists, as the current system does? Teach much more applied science (how to use that knowledge), and train them for the growing number of engineer and technologist jobs that are being outsourced, not to save money, but because there aren't enough home-grown professionals.
For what it's worth, I got interested in science just by having a well-stocked school library. I didn't get interested in engineering until I travelled and got some world experience because my schooling did not tell me what engineering really was.
If atheists form organized groups, publish books about atheism, and fight (at least verbally) religious groups, does that make them a religion? If they strongly believe there is no god, that is a theological position--a religious belief.
Maybe AA (no, not the other one) should apply for tax breaks as an official religion.
Well, why not? They're no more whacky than certain other groups who have been granted official religious status.
Notes should be prepared beforehand and given as handouts. Nothing is a more tedious time waster than having students copy text and formulae from the board/screen. Long notes should be organized in sections with numbered headings for easy reference.
Worked examples are best written out as they are explained. A presentation that reveals each step as you explain it is almost as good, and can actually be better if the expressions are very complex. Highlight the changes in each step.
Complex diagrams should be prepared beforehand. The presentation should be prepared in such a way that important parts can be highlighted.
Simple diagrams should be drawn as they are presented.
If you find that your presentations consist mainly of titles and bullet points, delete them and start over. The information in such slides is best handed out as notes. Save your presentations for visual material such as diagrams and worked examples.
I find that this method makes the students do enough of the work to keep them focused. Sufficient preparation leaves no time during which you are writing and they are sitting there, bored. Handing out long notes makes sure the slow writers aren't left behind.
Solution: Announce to both parties that you will be retracting your statement at a specific place and time. When they show up, you will not be there, but your statement will be read by a lawyer, who will bow out of the situation, and pick up the pieces after the ensuing Rumble, Eastern-Style(TM).
Just be sure to keep the meeting place secret from pirates, zombies, and vampires, or no one will be able to sort out the rumble rules.
Don't worry, if some application will need it, Vista's memory manager will give it back.
Kind of reminds me of the promise that "because each program runs in a protected area of memory, if one program freezes, it wont affect any others you have running." Now, how long ago was that...?
Version 3 is the traditional version to buy with Microsoft products.
I seem to remember MS completely skipping NT versions 1 & 2 for that very reason.
In a similar vein, one version of Vista is called Ultimate, right? Literally, "ultimate" means "last", so I guess those users don't get the service pack, eh?
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The incredible arrogance of a small group of scientists who think they understand every particle in the universe to the extent that they control every particle in the universe.
The article omitted the quote from the original interview where he told the college kids, "Now get off my lawn!"
How would modern kids even know the name KISS if it weren't for file sharing, YouTube, and other modern media distribution channels?
True. In fact, we're doing our best to reverse-terraform Earth to be more like Venus every day.
Besides, it's a busy life in Camelot...
My stately home is not unfunny!
It would be like throwing a bucket of water at the ocean. Uzi Nissan is putting up an amazing fight, but eventually the guy with the most money usually wins.
What gets me is that people are acting like someone forced them to buy an iPhone. Forgive me for asking, but does AT&T only offer one model of phone? Are there no other cellular carriers in the US? Are there no other phones available that offer comparable features?
Everyone who bought an iPhone knew the restrictions. They knew they were risking breaking the thing by using a third-party hack to modify it.
If they didn't want to be locked in, and if they want a phone that had features like using it for data storage, why did they buy an iPhone? It obviously doesn't meet their functional requirements. Are people really so stuperficial* that they absolutely must have every new device that starts with a lower-case "i"?
*stuperficial, adj. - stupidly superficial. From geobeck's dictionary of clueless user terms.
Bingo.
He may find a story on a legitimate news page, but he writes up a summary in his blog, then submits it. I don't know what he's got going on with the /. editors, but they keep posting his stuff.
"has been forecast." There is no such word as "forecasted". I'm not terribly surprised at Troland's spelling ability, though.
Isn't that the 1990s version of that tacky singing fish?
That sounds like quite a trick.
To keep the stereotypical examples going...
If you're a man, just say something. A woman will be there immediately to tell you you're wrong.
I keep hearing this whooshing sound. Maybe it's a flight of Tu-160s off to drop strategic bombs on a carrier battle group.
Oh, and it's McVeigh.
Survival tip:
Whenever you go hiking or exploring, take a deck of cards with you. If you get hopelessly lost, sit down and start playing solitaire. Within five minutes, someone will be standing over your shoulder, telling you which card to move next.
Duh, they have middle-eastern names. Hasn't Fox News managed to convince us all by now that middle-eastern Muslims are the ones who we should be scared of because they blow things up? Like the Oklahoma federal building?
So eliminating thousands of hectares of trees doesn't affect global warming? Hydro power may not pump carbon out continuously, but it prevents it from being sequestered. And it does release carbon when all of those trees decompose when the dam is built.
Unless you put a hydroelectric dam in the desert. That might actually create more plant habitat. But how many suitable sites are there?
What's so magical about using science to solve problems? In the second and subsequent seasons of Macgyver, science took a back seat to action, but in the first season he actually used good high school science to solve his problems.
And why should we waste so much time teaching kids nothing but pure science (why things are), training millions of kids for hundreds of available jobs as research scientists, as the current system does? Teach much more applied science (how to use that knowledge), and train them for the growing number of engineer and technologist jobs that are being outsourced, not to save money, but because there aren't enough home-grown professionals.
For what it's worth, I got interested in science just by having a well-stocked school library. I didn't get interested in engineering until I travelled and got some world experience because my schooling did not tell me what engineering really was.
Hmm...
If atheists form organized groups, publish books about atheism, and fight (at least verbally) religious groups, does that make them a religion? If they strongly believe there is no god, that is a theological position--a religious belief.
Maybe AA (no, not the other one) should apply for tax breaks as an official religion.
Well, why not? They're no more whacky than certain other groups who have been granted official religious status.
The GP was referring to a quote attributed to Josef Stalin. I can't believe no one picked up on it.
I always found that a combination worked best.
I find that this method makes the students do enough of the work to keep them focused. Sufficient preparation leaves no time during which you are writing and they are sitting there, bored. Handing out long notes makes sure the slow writers aren't left behind.
It was bitten by a m00se.
Oh yeah, that means make sure the lawyer doesn't tell any of his colleagues.
Solution: Announce to both parties that you will be retracting your statement at a specific place and time. When they show up, you will not be there, but your statement will be read by a lawyer, who will bow out of the situation, and pick up the pieces after the ensuing Rumble, Eastern-Style(TM).
Just be sure to keep the meeting place secret from pirates, zombies, and vampires, or no one will be able to sort out the rumble rules.
Kind of reminds me of the promise that "because each program runs in a protected area of memory, if one program freezes, it wont affect any others you have running." Now, how long ago was that...?
I seem to remember MS completely skipping NT versions 1 & 2 for that very reason.
In a similar vein, one version of Vista is called Ultimate, right? Literally, "ultimate" means "last", so I guess those users don't get the service pack, eh?