Driving a truck if you live in an urban area makes little sense, unless you're somehow involved in a transportation business. However, in rural areas a truck can be quite useful for dealing with roads rendered difficult by either weather or neglect (despite the residents having payed their taxes).
"Try to find someone competent who can get you up to speed and answer your questions. Ask lots of questions."
I agree emphatically. I learned more about organic chemistry just by working as a lab assistant than I ever did in my organic chemistry lectures, simply by virtue of assisting an extremely bright and competent grad student. After he realized that I was working in the lab because I liked chemistry rather than just for the paycheck, he took time to instruct me and fill in the knowledge gaps that I hadn't picked up in the lectures.
In short, ask questions, keep your ears open, and people more knowledgeable than you will most of the time be happy to educated you.
It's quite sad really. Federally-mandated national education standards (not the voluntary standards we have now) would be a good start to fixing the U.S. educational system. Unfortunately the DOE and NCLB are used as evidence that mandatory national standards will end in disaster.
"All shows have a rating. Problem is, most electronic guides (in the set tob box) either don't show it, don't show it consistently, or some dumbass who keyed in the data got it wrong." Perhaps this has something to do with the TV provider? Every time I change the channel or a program returns from a commercial break, my crappy little no-name TV displays the rating.
I read somewhere that the Euler Beta-function that formed the foundation of a lot of string theory was originally used to describe the motion of violin strings or something along those lines. Go figure
Granted the situation is much different in Africa, but unless you work in the medical profession I highly doubt you're coming in contact with infected blood all that often.
What, you think your Internet traffic is going to monitor itself? Uncle Sam has to hire more people to keep an eye on the country to make sure we're safe.
From the article: "Castro...turned tiny Cuba into a thorn in the paw of the mighty capitalist United States." Bay of Pigs was really the fault of Kennedy. So other than the Cuban Missile Crisis, I don't recall Cuba doing anything significantly irritating. I don't think one incident qualifies Cuba for "thorn in paw" status. Perhaps someone more historically enlightened could explain this to me?
Tacking on to what you said, Cloverfield is a tribute to those schlock "giant monster movies" with a drastically reduced scale. Yeah, they run into the monster, but for most of the movie their biggest enemies are those creepy little skittering critters that are falling off The Big Bad, and the collateral damage caused by the ensuing firefights. The film is more concerned with the people, whereas the traditional giant monster movie is concerned with, well, the giant monster.
1) They know they're case(s) are weak
2) Their campaign is most certainly not about suing wrongdoers. It's about calculated methods to change copyright by case law.
It's not the error that baffles me, but the proximity. Just...how?
Which is why most older brothers take it upon themselves to teach their younger siblings that life is not always fair or nice. And all this time, my little brother just thought I was picking on him.
Oh dear God. People can't be bothered to fix mistakes simply because it's inconvenient? Are you seriously trying to put that forth as a valid argument?
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I'll betcha Microsoft is taking very detailed notes on this case.
...the Department of Window Breaking.
I dunno about you, but I'd be willing to work for the Department of Defenestration. "What do you for a living?" "I throw people through windows."
Driving a truck if you live in an urban area makes little sense, unless you're somehow involved in a transportation business. However, in rural areas a truck can be quite useful for dealing with roads rendered difficult by either weather or neglect (despite the residents having payed their taxes).
Clean 'em out and use 'em to store other foods.
So where does geek enter into the picture? Damn it, why hasn't this been codified before?
Mullets and aviator shades could always make a comeback
Mullets can't make a comeback since they never went out of style to begin with.
That's starting to change. This semester there was an upper-division English class at my university dedicated to studying the works of Tolkien.
I'd like to meet these English majors. Most English majors I've met just went with the major that had the lightest course load.
I agree emphatically. I learned more about organic chemistry just by working as a lab assistant than I ever did in my organic chemistry lectures, simply by virtue of assisting an extremely bright and competent grad student. After he realized that I was working in the lab because I liked chemistry rather than just for the paycheck, he took time to instruct me and fill in the knowledge gaps that I hadn't picked up in the lectures.
In short, ask questions, keep your ears open, and people more knowledgeable than you will most of the time be happy to educated you.
It's quite sad really. Federally-mandated national education standards (not the voluntary standards we have now) would be a good start to fixing the U.S. educational system. Unfortunately the DOE and NCLB are used as evidence that mandatory national standards will end in disaster.
And the first Bush promised not to raise taxes. Point?
"All shows have a rating. Problem is, most electronic guides (in the set tob box) either don't show it, don't show it consistently, or some dumbass who keyed in the data got it wrong."
Perhaps this has something to do with the TV provider? Every time I change the channel or a program returns from a commercial break, my crappy little no-name TV displays the rating.
I read somewhere that the Euler Beta-function that formed the foundation of a lot of string theory was originally used to describe the motion of violin strings or something along those lines. Go figure
Granted the situation is much different in Africa, but unless you work in the medical profession I highly doubt you're coming in contact with infected blood all that often.
What, you think your Internet traffic is going to monitor itself? Uncle Sam has to hire more people to keep an eye on the country to make sure we're safe.
From the article: "Castro...turned tiny Cuba into a thorn in the paw of the mighty capitalist United States."
Bay of Pigs was really the fault of Kennedy. So other than the Cuban Missile Crisis, I don't recall Cuba doing anything significantly irritating. I don't think one incident qualifies Cuba for "thorn in paw" status. Perhaps someone more historically enlightened could explain this to me?
I'd agree that paladins are one of the weaker classes, but a well-built monk can do wonders. I'd recommend a monk who's taken Vow of Poverty.
Help me out here. Why would watching football at the church building be blasphemous?
Tacking on to what you said, Cloverfield is a tribute to those schlock "giant monster movies" with a drastically reduced scale. Yeah, they run into the monster, but for most of the movie their biggest enemies are those creepy little skittering critters that are falling off The Big Bad, and the collateral damage caused by the ensuing firefights. The film is more concerned with the people, whereas the traditional giant monster movie is concerned with, well, the giant monster.
Can someone enlighten me as to why the parent is flamebait? Idiotic, yes; flamebait, not so much.
And then I do the same thing with my mark-up tags. I'll be removing my foot from my mouth if anyone needs me.
1) They know they're case(s) are weak
2) Their campaign is most certainly not about suing wrongdoers. It's about calculated methods to change copyright by case law.
It's not the error that baffles me, but the proximity. Just...how?
Don't you threaten me like that. If Romeo and Juliet are still alive, that means there's a possibility for Hollywood to make a sequel.
Which is why most older brothers take it upon themselves to teach their younger siblings that life is not always fair or nice. And all this time, my little brother just thought I was picking on him.
Oh dear God. People can't be bothered to fix mistakes simply because it's inconvenient? Are you seriously trying to put that forth as a valid argument?