Hello, I live in the Southeast US (Florida) and I would like to take this time to point out the difference between the common types of water: drinking water - good enough to drink, usable to wash your hands, take a shower, etc. usable, non-drinking water (recycled) - good to water plants, boil in a reactor, pressure wash the sidewalks, etc. unusable sea water - good for your boat to float on, fish to swim in, use for a dam, extract uranium from, etc.
Progress Energy is the dominant power supplier in the state, and have expanded operations into the Carolinas. I would like to to take note of the breakdown: Capability Mix reactors gas/oil - 48% coal - 32% nuclear - 19% hydro - 1%
I am aware that this is a dated figure (2005). However, I believe that hydroelectric power is still a non-dominant supply. It is certainly not true that hydroelectric power is where we get "most of our energy".
University of Central Florida - not done here (we are given author, year, title, edition, but not ISBN). I do not know if professors are not allowed to give it out, but none do. Side note - the bookstore will give you the ISBN for a book if you call them.
Myself and the previous poster share a similiar sentiment and upon both of us you have played the "you don't have a conscience"/"you are a jerk" argument, which is so faulty as to have a name. It is called ad hominem for the record.
However, how can you argue that I don't have a conscience? I said that I would withhold bad food from fat people such that they would not get fatter. This is a simliar case to withholding video games from distracted kids such that their distraction may stop hindering them. Just because it is a morally correct action doesn't mean that it has no consequences.
If you refuse to sell video games to *any* group of people that ordinarily buy them as an employee of a person/firm/corperation, you can expect to be fired. If you refuse to sell food to people on behalf of a food vendor, you can expect to be fired. If you let your animals roam free because you believe it wrong to cage them, that is your choice. If you let your neighbors dog outside because of the same beliefs, you can expect to be harrassed/arrested. Just because you beleive it to be a moral act doesn't make it right or free of consequence.
However, if you owned the store/firm/corperation/chain and wouldn't sell to kids with bad grades*, it would be a different story. Chuck'E'Cheese used to give me more tokens for good grades. Hell, you could impose almost any restriction on people (save race/religion) that would be encouraged by some and spoken out against by others. That would be your right though. If your employee did something like this though (which, for the sake of example, let's say that you disagreed with), you would likely urge him to stop. If he refused to stop (as I imagine there was a warning), the natural consequence is firing him.
Actions, whether moral or amoral, have consequences.
*just to mention it, there are many reasons to get bad grades that don't involve being a bad student (I always scored poor in gym, I've had teachers that hated me (and said so), I've actually had a teacher give me a D because she thought I forged something (went to the principle with no evidence, when I wasn't suspended she just told me I had failed the exam that she wouldn't let anyone see). Should these prevent me from buying video games with the money that I make at my part-time job (the last actually occured in high school)?
I have had several "competitive grading" classes (in college) where the top 5 people get As, the next 5 people get Bs, the next 5 people get Cs, and everyone else fails. One was an honors class, the other was a 4000-level (5000 level is for grad students).
Of course, the definition of curving sets the achievement relative to others in a similar fashion.
I couldn't agree more. I used used to work at a restaurant and should be able to unilaterally infuse my views onto the consumer. Too fat? You may not purchase soda or fried foods. Too skiny? You may not purchase salads. This is for the good of society, whose will it is for me to decide.
Never mind that my manager disagrees with me. Never mind that the company disagrees with me. Never mind that it reduces sales. Never mind that it makes customers angry.
Let's review: Employee does an act that is disagreed with my management, corporate, and customers. Employee is fired. Capitalism triumphs.
I attend a state school in Florida, and let me say that most undergraduate classes here grade on the curve. Sometimes it is to the extreme, such as how an 85% is an A in Physics(quantum/3, newtonian/1, and Electricity/Magnetism/2) AND is graded on the curve. Allow me to provide an example. Our grades in physics 2 (E/M) were primarily based on tests. On the first test, nearly all of the class failed (I got an 80 average was a 40), on the second test nearly all of the class failed (I got a 120 due to a bonus problem, average was a 60), and on the 3rd test all of the class failed (I got a 32, average was a 20). I don't know what I got on the final, but I made an A in the class (I am actually very good at this subject and later tutored it).
Interestingly enough, in my higher-level classes no one has graded on the curve but instead had either flat-scale or competitive-based grading (highest few people get As, next people get Bs, ect.). My graduate-level classes barely have grading systems, they simply give a series of insanely-difficult problems/projects and if you can solve them you get an A, if you can't you get to take whatever the teacher gives.
"Oh, and it wouldn't hurt to bundle Firefox, Thunderbird, and OpenOffice on those Windows machines you sell either, Mr. Dell."
What's the matter? Can't check a box? Really, it's that simple. Go into the package manager and check the boxes, then hit apply and wait for a bit. Woo! You're done!
There is a 12-year-old girl in my OptoElectronics* class (why? no idea) that takes notes on a laptop by using a stylus like a pencil into a note-taking program (OneNote?), which converts written characters to keyboard characters.
*class is extremely non-standard (internet-based class with live session where the professor draws on a monitor/touchpad with a stylus which digitally inserts images over the powerpoint slides)
The current space shuttle seems to deal with the heat from explosives fairly well in the atmosphere and in space. They use a model called "let's not put it next to the astronaut's faces".
Although things take some time to move across the solar system, I believe that 65 million years may be an exaggeration, especially when you consider the acceleration that gravity causes.
I have recently come across a problem that has been faced before. I, however, do not seem to be able to solve it. Perhaps you could locate for me a person who can solve my problem. Perhaps you can do my homework for me, which I will give to my employer as my own work. Also, after solving the problem, if you could also explain it to me with graphs and suggestions on how to interpret them.
I hope that they never drop the naming convention. When google-searching for why my wireless drivers and Philips Gogear don't work (I had XP when I got them, not my fault!), it is FAR easier to find someone else running Feisty Fawn than it is to find a kernel version number.
Perhaps you have not played 3.5 past level 12 or so. Let me spoil it for you: fighters/barbarians/monks/samurai/melee don't get to do anything because magic scales FAR faster than feats. Feats were a good choice to augment a character, but a feat like "Precise Shot" is no way the equivalent of "Teleport 1x/day". It only gets worse as levels progress. As such, most campaigns start at level 5 or so (because no one really likes "kill the rats" missions) and end at level 15 (or before, due to fabricate, polymorph, and a number of other issues).
Yes, I know the DM can house-rule away most spells that have abuses (most of them), but it takes considerable time/effort. In addition, a CR 15 fighter simply does not have a 50/50 chance against a CR 15 opponent. A CR 15 wizard has more than a 50/50 chance against an equally CRed opponent. The following assumes the CR system means something.
For those of us who have installed, uninstalled, updated, removed, forcibily found, hand-loaded, mod-probed, and editted the dreaded/etc/X11/xorg.conf file for:
They do already, if you haven't worked out recently the electronic systems of cardiovascular machines are powered from your movement (and a small battery). This is why they tell you to "pedal faster".
Of course during this time the consumption of the planet will not rise, the efficiency of solar panels will mysteriously decline, the sun will gradually produce less energy (and then dramatically more!), global warming will yield increased cloud cover (or not!) that makes transmission more difficult (or easier!).
Are these just like the predictions that we will run out of oil 10 years ago, oops, I mean 50 years FROM now.
Come on, you cannot realistically plan on such assumptions until you have all of the data. Besides, in 10,000 years we will be out of oil, coal, natural gas, plutonium, and other heavy radioactive materials (right?). This is far from a pointless endeavor.
I'm sure that our news reporters have all of the data on what our military is capable of.
If you disbelieve the above statement, how likely do you think it is that a person in similiar employ in a militaristic and secretive society will know?
The issue isn't that he's a teenager; the issue is that governments like to keep secrets, especially from other governments.
Yes, in just 2 years the PS3 will no longer have bugs. Perhaps it will be playable?
In my circle one of the reasons to even get a wii was SSBB and MarioKart. The wii is just about to hit it's stride.
the reasons to have the systems: wii - cool controls, generally social atmosphere. Warioware/Mario Party, SSBB, and Wii play/sports. PS3 - probably going to have the best RPGs (Assassin's Creed will likely jump start sales) Xbox 360 - lock self in room and frag things online (Halo, Metal Gear Solid, it came out strong) Computer - adaptable interface, the best graphics, Spore
Okay, I get that computer scientists have to take math classes and they don't like it.
I am an Electrical Engineering major in one of the top 10 largest colleges in the US (measured by enrollment). During my career here, I have had to take (as an Electrical Engineering major):
Physics I - despite the fact that no circuit I build will use newtonian physics (that's okay, it was a prereq to physics 2+3) Statics - the science of non-moving structures (mostly a class on bridges) Dynamics OR Thermodynamics - (had Statics as a prereq... do I need to point out that with my masters is Digital Signal Processing I will never use eigther of these?) Programming/misc - C, C++, ASM (motorola), ASM (intel), Java, Matlab, AutoCAD, MathCAD
Sometimes you take things you don't need, there comes a time to deal with it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not griping about these, my college considers them to be essential to a well-rounded engineer. That is fine. However, you cannot gripe about taking MATH classes as a COMPUTER SCIENCE major. An extremely large portion of computer science majors spend their time/career developing mathematical models or mathematical techniques for problem-solving.
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Hello, I live in the Southeast US (Florida) and I would like to take this time to point out the difference between the common types of water:
drinking water - good enough to drink, usable to wash your hands, take a shower, etc.
usable, non-drinking water (recycled) - good to water plants, boil in a reactor, pressure wash the sidewalks, etc.
unusable sea water - good for your boat to float on, fish to swim in, use for a dam, extract uranium from, etc.
Also, I would like to share with you the following pictures:
http://www.progress-energy.com/aboutenergy/powerplants/corpcapabilities.pdf (2005)
http://www.progress-energy.com/aboutenergy/powerplants/2007generatingplants.pdf (July 2007)
(4 out of 33 reactors are hydroelectric)
Progress Energy is the dominant power supplier in the state, and have expanded operations into the Carolinas. I would like to to take note of the breakdown:
Capability Mix reactors
gas/oil - 48%
coal - 32%
nuclear - 19%
hydro - 1%
Generation Mix reactors
gas/oil - 18%
coal - 46%
nuclear - 35%
hydro - 1%
I am aware that this is a dated figure (2005). However, I believe that hydroelectric power is still a non-dominant supply. It is certainly not true that hydroelectric power is where we get "most of our energy".
University of Central Florida - not done here (we are given author, year, title, edition, but not ISBN). I do not know if professors are not allowed to give it out, but none do. Side note - the bookstore will give you the ISBN for a book if you call them.
Take the limit of the scenario, there will be a few people left. Or one; someone will have won.
Myself and the previous poster share a similiar sentiment and upon both of us you have played the "you don't have a conscience"/"you are a jerk" argument, which is so faulty as to have a name. It is called ad hominem for the record.
However, how can you argue that I don't have a conscience? I said that I would withhold bad food from fat people such that they would not get fatter. This is a simliar case to withholding video games from distracted kids such that their distraction may stop hindering them. Just because it is a morally correct action doesn't mean that it has no consequences.
If you refuse to sell video games to *any* group of people that ordinarily buy them as an employee of a person/firm/corperation, you can expect to be fired. If you refuse to sell food to people on behalf of a food vendor, you can expect to be fired. If you let your animals roam free because you believe it wrong to cage them, that is your choice. If you let your neighbors dog outside because of the same beliefs, you can expect to be harrassed/arrested. Just because you beleive it to be a moral act doesn't make it right or free of consequence.
However, if you owned the store/firm/corperation/chain and wouldn't sell to kids with bad grades*, it would be a different story. Chuck'E'Cheese used to give me more tokens for good grades. Hell, you could impose almost any restriction on people (save race/religion) that would be encouraged by some and spoken out against by others. That would be your right though. If your employee did something like this though (which, for the sake of example, let's say that you disagreed with), you would likely urge him to stop. If he refused to stop (as I imagine there was a warning), the natural consequence is firing him.
Actions, whether moral or amoral, have consequences.
*just to mention it, there are many reasons to get bad grades that don't involve being a bad student (I always scored poor in gym, I've had teachers that hated me (and said so), I've actually had a teacher give me a D because she thought I forged something (went to the principle with no evidence, when I wasn't suspended she just told me I had failed the exam that she wouldn't let anyone see). Should these prevent me from buying video games with the money that I make at my part-time job (the last actually occured in high school)?
I have had several "competitive grading" classes (in college) where the top 5 people get As, the next 5 people get Bs, the next 5 people get Cs, and everyone else fails. One was an honors class, the other was a 4000-level (5000 level is for grad students).
Of course, the definition of curving sets the achievement relative to others in a similar fashion.
I couldn't agree more. I used used to work at a restaurant and should be able to unilaterally infuse my views onto the consumer. Too fat? You may not purchase soda or fried foods. Too skiny? You may not purchase salads. This is for the good of society, whose will it is for me to decide.
Never mind that my manager disagrees with me. Never mind that the company disagrees with me. Never mind that it reduces sales. Never mind that it makes customers angry.
Let's review:
Employee does an act that is disagreed with my management, corporate, and customers. Employee is fired. Capitalism triumphs.
I attend a state school in Florida, and let me say that most undergraduate classes here grade on the curve. Sometimes it is to the extreme, such as how an 85% is an A in Physics(quantum/3, newtonian/1, and Electricity/Magnetism/2) AND is graded on the curve. Allow me to provide an example. Our grades in physics 2 (E/M) were primarily based on tests. On the first test, nearly all of the class failed (I got an 80 average was a 40), on the second test nearly all of the class failed (I got a 120 due to a bonus problem, average was a 60), and on the 3rd test all of the class failed (I got a 32, average was a 20). I don't know what I got on the final, but I made an A in the class (I am actually very good at this subject and later tutored it).
Interestingly enough, in my higher-level classes no one has graded on the curve but instead had either flat-scale or competitive-based grading (highest few people get As, next people get Bs, ect.). My graduate-level classes barely have grading systems, they simply give a series of insanely-difficult problems/projects and if you can solve them you get an A, if you can't you get to take whatever the teacher gives.
"Oh, and it wouldn't hurt to bundle Firefox, Thunderbird, and OpenOffice on those Windows machines you sell either, Mr. Dell."
What's the matter? Can't check a box? Really, it's that simple. Go into the package manager and check the boxes, then hit apply and wait for a bit. Woo! You're done!
There is a 12-year-old girl in my OptoElectronics* class (why? no idea) that takes notes on a laptop by using a stylus like a pencil into a note-taking program (OneNote?), which converts written characters to keyboard characters.
*class is extremely non-standard (internet-based class with live session where the professor draws on a monitor/touchpad with a stylus which digitally inserts images over the powerpoint slides)
The current space shuttle seems to deal with the heat from explosives fairly well in the atmosphere and in space. They use a model called "let's not put it next to the astronaut's faces".
Although things take some time to move across the solar system, I believe that 65 million years may be an exaggeration, especially when you consider the acceleration that gravity causes.
I know we don't read the articles... but JUST THE TITLE... man, even I'm not that lazy.
Dear Slashdot,
/. reader.
I have recently come across a problem that has been faced before. I, however, do not seem to be able to solve it. Perhaps you could locate for me a person who can solve my problem. Perhaps you can do my homework for me, which I will give to my employer as my own work. Also, after solving the problem, if you could also explain it to me with graphs and suggestions on how to interpret them.
Thanks in advance
- Avid
I hope that they never drop the naming convention. When google-searching for why my wireless drivers and Philips Gogear don't work (I had XP when I got them, not my fault!), it is FAR easier to find someone else running Feisty Fawn than it is to find a kernel version number.
There have been a few things that have stayed with me when told about management/leadership.
1 - Not taking an action is an action.
- corollary - Deciding not to do something is a decision
2 - When you fire someone, they should expect it.
- corollary - managers don't fire people, people fire themselves (layoffs are an obvious exception).
Perhaps you have not played 3.5 past level 12 or so. Let me spoil it for you: fighters/barbarians/monks/samurai/melee don't get to do anything because magic scales FAR faster than feats. Feats were a good choice to augment a character, but a feat like "Precise Shot" is no way the equivalent of "Teleport 1x/day". It only gets worse as levels progress. As such, most campaigns start at level 5 or so (because no one really likes "kill the rats" missions) and end at level 15 (or before, due to fabricate, polymorph, and a number of other issues).
Yes, I know the DM can house-rule away most spells that have abuses (most of them), but it takes considerable time/effort. In addition, a CR 15 fighter simply does not have a 50/50 chance against a CR 15 opponent. A CR 15 wizard has more than a 50/50 chance against an equally CRed opponent. The following assumes the CR system means something.
You CLEARLY didn't see the movie. He doesn't pick his kids up at school.
Just to be safe from the troll-mods:
For those of us who have installed, uninstalled, updated, removed, forcibily found, hand-loaded, mod-probed, and editted the dreaded /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for:
it is called fglrx.
So.... I've got some mod points, is it possible for me to mod the article down?
They do already, if you haven't worked out recently the electronic systems of cardiovascular machines are powered from your movement (and a small battery). This is why they tell you to "pedal faster".
Yes, I get bored on said machines.
In other news, drivers that have not updated their security vulnerabilities have been banned from the roadways.
Of course during this time the consumption of the planet will not rise, the efficiency of solar panels will mysteriously decline, the sun will gradually produce less energy (and then dramatically more!), global warming will yield increased cloud cover (or not!) that makes transmission more difficult (or easier!).
Are these just like the predictions that we will run out of oil 10 years ago, oops, I mean 50 years FROM now.
Come on, you cannot realistically plan on such assumptions until you have all of the data. Besides, in 10,000 years we will be out of oil, coal, natural gas, plutonium, and other heavy radioactive materials (right?). This is far from a pointless endeavor.
I'm sure that our news reporters have all of the data on what our military is capable of.
If you disbelieve the above statement, how likely do you think it is that a person in similiar employ in a militaristic and secretive society will know?
The issue isn't that he's a teenager; the issue is that governments like to keep secrets, especially from other governments.
Yes, in just 2 years the PS3 will no longer have bugs. Perhaps it will be playable?
In my circle one of the reasons to even get a wii was SSBB and MarioKart. The wii is just about to hit it's stride.
the reasons to have the systems:
wii - cool controls, generally social atmosphere. Warioware/Mario Party, SSBB, and Wii play/sports.
PS3 - probably going to have the best RPGs (Assassin's Creed will likely jump start sales)
Xbox 360 - lock self in room and frag things online (Halo, Metal Gear Solid, it came out strong)
Computer - adaptable interface, the best graphics, Spore
Okay, I get that computer scientists have to take math classes and they don't like it.
I am an Electrical Engineering major in one of the top 10 largest colleges in the US (measured by enrollment). During my career here, I have had to take (as an Electrical Engineering major):
Physics I - despite the fact that no circuit I build will use newtonian physics (that's okay, it was a prereq to physics 2+3)
Statics - the science of non-moving structures (mostly a class on bridges)
Dynamics OR Thermodynamics - (had Statics as a prereq... do I need to point out that with my masters is Digital Signal Processing I will never use eigther of these?)
Programming/misc - C, C++, ASM (motorola), ASM (intel), Java, Matlab, AutoCAD, MathCAD
Sometimes you take things you don't need, there comes a time to deal with it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not griping about these, my college considers them to be essential to a well-rounded engineer. That is fine. However, you cannot gripe about taking MATH classes as a COMPUTER SCIENCE major. An extremely large portion of computer science majors spend their time/career developing mathematical models or mathematical techniques for problem-solving.