Exactly. Here's the paper. It says right there that the students who multi-tasked while taking notes did worse and that some of the participants didn't even adhere to the instructions for their group, i.e., they surfed and screwed around when they weren't supposed to. And then did poorly on a quiz. Gee, who saw that coming?
I don't know about how many hours each tech watches on his shift or anything like that, but, I agree, that job sounds horrid.
Unfortunately, Dish is annually named as 1 of the worst companies to work for in America. There was a blurb just a few days ago on that in the Wall St Journal/HuffPo/etc.
Well, I'm already a Dish sub. I started a chat with an online rep, asked if I could get HBO at half price for 6 months and they said ok. I almost crapped when I saw HBO pckg reg price is $18/month. I can stomach $9/month to get the new season of GoT.
That response is as big a pile of horseshit as the game. Of course, that's expected marketing spin, but at some point the bald truth saves more face than grasping at straws (I wish...).
The good news is that SimCity is a solid hit in all major markets.
Gamers don't care about that. The good news would be your mess is un-f'd.
Actually, I think this is a great example of why digital downloads (of anything) shouldn't cost as much as the same thing distributed on disk. Obviously the net worth of the digitally distributed version of these games is such that EA can pass out a bunch of them in the name of good will. Doing that is an economic decision and speaks to the lesser value of the digital good.
I don't think that was necessarily flamebait. I might have worded it a little differently, but I think ther eis a bit of truth in that post. Truth, in that, many gamers are fairly young or may not have the emotional growth and experience to relate purchasing to power.
I mean, how many adolescent gamers (read: those with the least experience in the market) really understand that by purchasing a product, you are, to the seller, endorsing the product and how it was made and marketed?
And it's not even adolescents. Plenty of adults don't make that connection, either. Many people know the phrase "money talks" but few seem to fully grasp what that means.
OK, so, now you're saying that having the US bogged down in another country, not possessing nukes, is what has kept the US from invading Iran.
Yet, the US has not been in Iraq for a while now and while Iran still has no nukes, the US hasn't invaded. That also seems contradictory to what you originally posted. Further, the US seems to have had no qualms about being in Iraq and Afghanistan at the same time, so invading Iran, with its lagging nuke tech, would seem to be no problem. But, again, that hasn't happened.
You should at least be honest about why you want nukes: you want a big stick to wave around and feel like you have some power and get some respect in that part of the world. Not that that would win you any more friends amongst the nuclear powers, but at least its not some bullshit lie like "this would be the only thing preventing the US from invading."
That's definitely a factor. But, it's not like retired folks are the only victims, nor are they the only immigrants. I think it's also influenced by the large population living of poor people, people for whom English is a second language, and the fact that so many Floridians are simply from elsewhere and perhaps don't fully understand local rules and regulations.
Forgot to mention the prescription drug fraud earlier, too. Oxycontin smuggling in to Appalachia is pretty much because of Florida and our foot-dragging on the prescription drug database these days.
I think fraud is simply in Florida's DNA. I mean, what is Florida in the early to mid 20th century, if not "buying swampland for cheap?" Now, it's the height of US insurance fraud, medicare fraud, mortgage fraud, and identity theft, in addition to the drug smuggling and human trafficking that comes along with major ports of entry into the U.S. It's a crazy, crazy place and reality is far removed from the Mickey Mouse and orange juice that Discover Florida is selling.
And before you blow me up, know that I say all this as a long-time Florida resident...
You know, I want to say it's for the best, due to the twitching on the gurney factor, like you say. But, really, it's not. We consumers need good competition to get the best out of these companies and a big player like Yahoo finally biting the dust we not be good for us
I suppose an alternative view is that Yahoo has been wallowing around for so long that the competition has not been there anyway. That might be true...
Right now, my wife is taking 2 courses online from a local CC, before she returns to school this fall to finish her B.A. Although we generally like it because these classes have a TON of helpful ancillary materials (video lectures, practice quizzes, practice homework, etc) and the instructors for both have been very responsive to electronic communications, there are still difficulties not associated with the regular classroom experience.
One of my biggest peeves with it is that, at times you're working to figure out the system, in addition to the school work. For example, it can be a real struggle, if the directions are sufficiently vague, to determine the desired format of an answer. One of her classes is an algebra class. Getting the correct answer isn't hard. Earning proper credit for that correct answer by determining if the program wants you to actually simplify the answer when it says "Simplify" is something else entirely. Really frustrating when you know the grading experience would be much better if this was a face to face, human graded deal.
You beat me to it. My 1st thought was "wtf is the AAPS?"
From the linked wiki, they're "a politically conservative non-profit association founded in 1943 to 'fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine.'"
They don't actually *have* to respond, just because there are the required number of signatures. They've ignored many of these petitions, most recently those petitions regarding state secession following the November elections.
I read in the thread about the launch how development of tech like the launch rocket are the only way for the Norks to keep the US from fucking with them.
Commenter never specified whether it was through fear or from being doubled over in laughter.
"The good news is that Google has so far left many of the links up."
How is that good news? If the studio wants a link to their own Facebook page for a movie removed from search results, DO IT. Google should comply with the idiotic requests. I would imagine the response would be similar to those newspaper sites that have requested their stuff be removed from Google News: traffic dives and they change their tune rather quickly. IMO, the best way to show the stupidity of the DMCA is to plainly demonstrate it to the content creators.
Well, yeah, that's my point. Look at what it doesn't do compared to the roku, et al., at a much higher price. And for what, an amp and a "Made in the USA" stamp? I just don't see how this is gonna work out positively for google, as it sits.
Not sure how that "experiment"in American manufacturing is going to work out, considering one of the major complaints is that it is over-priced compared to similar items - roku, apple tv, xbox/ps3. I know the amp adds cost, but manufacturing overseas can be done cheaply. That's why companies do it.
Although macrophages also attacked blood cells expressing CD47 when mice were given the antibody, the researchers found that the decrease in blood cells was short-lived; the animals turned up production of new blood cells to replace those they lost from the treatment...
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Exactly. Here's the paper. It says right there that the students who multi-tasked while taking notes did worse and that some of the participants didn't even adhere to the instructions for their group, i.e., they surfed and screwed around when they weren't supposed to. And then did poorly on a quiz. Gee, who saw that coming?
It's in the opinion issued by the appellate judge, pg 8, last paragraph.
https://www.eff.org/sites/default/files/fox.v.dish_.9th.pdf
I don't know about how many hours each tech watches on his shift or anything like that, but, I agree, that job sounds horrid.
Unfortunately, Dish is annually named as 1 of the worst companies to work for in America. There was a blurb just a few days ago on that in the Wall St Journal/HuffPo/etc.
None of that would work because Dish technicians actually watch the broadcasts and manually record when the commercial breaks start and stop.
54 million Americans get their tv exclusively over the air. None of the big 4 are alienating that many of their audience.
What they *will* do, however, is go crying to congress after they finish losing their court appeals.
Well, I'm already a Dish sub. I started a chat with an online rep, asked if I could get HBO at half price for 6 months and they said ok. I almost crapped when I saw HBO pckg reg price is $18/month. I can stomach $9/month to get the new season of GoT.
Still not as good as free, tho. :)
Wish I'd known they felt so charitable before I ordered HBO specifically for the GoT season. :/
The good news is that SimCity is a solid hit in all major markets.
Gamers don't care about that. The good news would be your mess is un-f'd.
Actually, I think this is a great example of why digital downloads (of anything) shouldn't cost as much as the same thing distributed on disk. Obviously the net worth of the digitally distributed version of these games is such that EA can pass out a bunch of them in the name of good will. Doing that is an economic decision and speaks to the lesser value of the digital good.
In conclusion, screw EA.
I don't think that was necessarily flamebait. I might have worded it a little differently, but I think ther eis a bit of truth in that post. Truth, in that, many gamers are fairly young or may not have the emotional growth and experience to relate purchasing to power.
I mean, how many adolescent gamers (read: those with the least experience in the market) really understand that by purchasing a product, you are, to the seller, endorsing the product and how it was made and marketed?
And it's not even adolescents. Plenty of adults don't make that connection, either. Many people know the phrase "money talks" but few seem to fully grasp what that means.
OK, so, now you're saying that having the US bogged down in another country, not possessing nukes, is what has kept the US from invading Iran.
Yet, the US has not been in Iraq for a while now and while Iran still has no nukes, the US hasn't invaded. That also seems contradictory to what you originally posted. Further, the US seems to have had no qualms about being in Iraq and Afghanistan at the same time, so invading Iran, with its lagging nuke tech, would seem to be no problem. But, again, that hasn't happened.
You should at least be honest about why you want nukes: you want a big stick to wave around and feel like you have some power and get some respect in that part of the world. Not that that would win you any more friends amongst the nuclear powers, but at least its not some bullshit lie like "this would be the only thing preventing the US from invading."
Exactly how do you think having a couple of nuclear weapons would deter the U.S. from invading?
I don't think that. Dude I was replying to thinks that.
The only way to deter a US invasion is to have nukes. Iran does not have nukes. The US has not invaded Iran. Hmm. Care to take another whack at it?
That's definitely a factor. But, it's not like retired folks are the only victims, nor are they the only immigrants. I think it's also influenced by the large population living of poor people, people for whom English is a second language, and the fact that so many Floridians are simply from elsewhere and perhaps don't fully understand local rules and regulations.
Forgot to mention the prescription drug fraud earlier, too. Oxycontin smuggling in to Appalachia is pretty much because of Florida and our foot-dragging on the prescription drug database these days.
To the absolute surprise of no one.
I think fraud is simply in Florida's DNA. I mean, what is Florida in the early to mid 20th century, if not "buying swampland for cheap?" Now, it's the height of US insurance fraud, medicare fraud, mortgage fraud, and identity theft, in addition to the drug smuggling and human trafficking that comes along with major ports of entry into the U.S. It's a crazy, crazy place and reality is far removed from the Mickey Mouse and orange juice that Discover Florida is selling.
And before you blow me up, know that I say all this as a long-time Florida resident...
You know, I want to say it's for the best, due to the twitching on the gurney factor, like you say. But, really, it's not. We consumers need good competition to get the best out of these companies and a big player like Yahoo finally biting the dust we not be good for us
I suppose an alternative view is that Yahoo has been wallowing around for so long that the competition has not been there anyway. That might be true...
Right now, my wife is taking 2 courses online from a local CC, before she returns to school this fall to finish her B.A. Although we generally like it because these classes have a TON of helpful ancillary materials (video lectures, practice quizzes, practice homework, etc) and the instructors for both have been very responsive to electronic communications, there are still difficulties not associated with the regular classroom experience.
One of my biggest peeves with it is that, at times you're working to figure out the system, in addition to the school work. For example, it can be a real struggle, if the directions are sufficiently vague, to determine the desired format of an answer. One of her classes is an algebra class. Getting the correct answer isn't hard. Earning proper credit for that correct answer by determining if the program wants you to actually simplify the answer when it says "Simplify" is something else entirely. Really frustrating when you know the grading experience would be much better if this was a face to face, human graded deal.
You beat me to it. My 1st thought was "wtf is the AAPS?"
From the linked wiki, they're "a politically conservative non-profit association founded in 1943 to 'fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine.'"
Oh.
They don't actually *have* to respond, just because there are the required number of signatures. They've ignored many of these petitions, most recently those petitions regarding state secession following the November elections.
I read in the thread about the launch how development of tech like the launch rocket are the only way for the Norks to keep the US from fucking with them.
Commenter never specified whether it was through fear or from being doubled over in laughter.
"The good news is that Google has so far left many of the links up."
How is that good news? If the studio wants a link to their own Facebook page for a movie removed from search results, DO IT. Google should comply with the idiotic requests. I would imagine the response would be similar to those newspaper sites that have requested their stuff be removed from Google News: traffic dives and they change their tune rather quickly. IMO, the best way to show the stupidity of the DMCA is to plainly demonstrate it to the content creators.
You turn the feature on and all the ads are automatically skipped over.
Well, yeah, that's my point. Look at what it doesn't do compared to the roku, et al., at a much higher price. And for what, an amp and a "Made in the USA" stamp? I just don't see how this is gonna work out positively for google, as it sits.
Not sure how that "experiment"in American manufacturing is going to work out, considering one of the major complaints is that it is over-priced compared to similar items - roku, apple tv, xbox/ps3. I know the amp adds cost, but manufacturing overseas can be done cheaply. That's why companies do it.
Although macrophages also attacked blood cells expressing CD47 when mice were given the antibody, the researchers found that the decrease in blood cells was short-lived; the animals turned up production of new blood cells to replace those they lost from the treatment...
Seems to me the customer has a right to be pissed off if the company is screwing him around and then insulting him on top of it.