I'm sorry, I can't agree with most of that reply. What I'm referring to is awards for "participation", which has nothing to do with effort. We have created a system that actually builds a false sense of worth in students. People that have ability above the norm are termed "gifted" and punished for fucking up the curve. Isolated, uncool geeks and nerds are going to do poorly if they do not have challenges that would humiliate their contemporary classmates. With the exception of sports (where it is OK to abuse the less gifted) everyone else must be equal... until they hit the market place at 18. Thus the only option the (often themselves gifted) parents have is to get their kid the hell out of a school or district that will not work in the best interests of the student. Making everyone feel good only benefits low grade teachers and administrators. Looking at results via cost per student tells us we are not going about education in the correct manner http://rossieronline.usc.edu/u-s-education-versus-the-world-infographic/ and there is no way for any parent to change that by demanding change at the school level... THEY have to do what is best for their kid, and maybe that kid can grow to occupy a place where accountability will roll down hill and change the system... but given the way things work in the upper levels, I don't hold much hope for that happening.
...Public school... well, one of the lines that annoyed me the most is about how your gifted child will be fine...
They are ALL gifted... if you check each and every kid will have little trophies, awards, ribbons, and certificates stating that in no certain, exact, or quantifiable way... It's not like they're keeping score... (they could be sued, or worse, someone might feel bad). I'm shocked they are still allowed to even hold a spelling bee.
I agree! I have it on good authority that we started "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." and I'm pretty sure that Marlon Brando was involved in sending higher life to this planet... I may have paraphrased some of that...
Elop sounds too close to "Flop", if we're only considering by name.
More interesting, backwards it's Pole
Did he used to do film work in the San Fernando Valley? I think I recall the name, "Backward Pole" in some credits... but it might have been "BackDoor Pole" instead,,,
See, I was thinking instead of having to fight through a zombie apocalypse we would just train them to line up every morning for a bag of "Zombie Chow"... and then they're off to work for major TV networks, telephone fund raising efforts, political campaigns, etc.. It's a no brainer! OK, it's a small brainer...
OK, now I'm confused. Are we not supposed to read the article and pay? Or are we not supposed to read the article and not pay? And it really muddies the waters when someone posts a huge block of text containing TFA... All I'm really sure of is that this is/. and I'm not going to read the article!
It looks low end enough not to get particularly warm. Dual core A7 and 512MB RAM are not a lot.
Battery life looks like more of an issue. The advantage of smart watches without their own phone functionality is that they can run for a week on a charge (the good ones anyway).
Someone will figure a way to adapt the old "self winding" eccentric weight system to a charging component like a spring driven micro generator. The old self winding watches went to great lengths to prevent over-winding, and the amount of energy the watch collected and used was a lot less than what was actually available by collecting momentum from the users movements. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_watch
Try adding just a touch of Ketamine, it takes that caffeine jitter away... CAUTION: Ketamine is not intended for use by humans and may be unlawful in your area. Additionally, some people do experience the side effect of waking up with their pants around their ankles.
Just what the world needs. Driverless car bombs. At least before you were pretty much assured that one terrorist would die.
We could give them a price break but install Apple Maps... They get it all set up and armed just in time to hear Siri say: "You have arrived at your detonation".
I, for one, am imagining a world where a large number of mass-produced devices, sold to a large number of different parties, can be used for both good and evil at the same time. Blows my mind; but there it is.
gooevil (goo-we-vil) adjective: good and evil at the same time
This will vastly improve the communication accuracy of Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth (e.g. "Gooevil news everyone!")
Hey, whales are people too... unless you want to use a literal definition of the root for homicidal: homicide Noun The deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder. Because then we would be talking about whale on whale crime... I don't care about that... "Whale on Whale Action" might get me to click... sorry, just morbid curiosity...
When one can not elevate themselves with constructive action the temptation is to create the illusion via destructive actions... Translation: If you can't stand tall on your own merits, try knocking everyone else down...
Maybe this is part of the reason why SETI hasn't picked up anything yet...
And it explains the focus effect of quasars, they are just intergalactic long distance... wonder what the plan lock in period is on a supermassive black hole? Also, who do you call for an unlock at the end of the contract? If it's the vendor, it may be a bad idea to bug someone that sets up black holes on demand...
Slashdot Mirror
you missed that by one post... The post you replied to was actually a witty post about "./", much like the one you were hoping to create.
I'm sorry, I can't agree with most of that reply. What I'm referring to is awards for "participation", which has nothing to do with effort. We have created a system that actually builds a false sense of worth in students. People that have ability above the norm are termed "gifted" and punished for fucking up the curve. Isolated, uncool geeks and nerds are going to do poorly if they do not have challenges that would humiliate their contemporary classmates. With the exception of sports (where it is OK to abuse the less gifted) everyone else must be equal... until they hit the market place at 18. Thus the only option the (often themselves gifted) parents have is to get their kid the hell out of a school or district that will not work in the best interests of the student. Making everyone feel good only benefits low grade teachers and administrators. Looking at results via cost per student tells us we are not going about education in the correct manner
http://rossieronline.usc.edu/u-s-education-versus-the-world-infographic/
and there is no way for any parent to change that by demanding change at the school level... THEY have to do what is best for their kid, and maybe that kid can grow to occupy a place where accountability will roll down hill and change the system... but given the way things work in the upper levels, I don't hold much hope for that happening.
...Public school... well, one of the lines that annoyed me the most is about how your gifted child will be fine...
They are ALL gifted... if you check each and every kid will have little trophies, awards, ribbons, and certificates stating that in no certain, exact, or quantifiable way... It's not like they're keeping score... (they could be sued, or worse, someone might feel bad). I'm shocked they are still allowed to even hold a spelling bee.
Warp speed, Mr Sulu.
Yeah... THAT'S the guy you want maneuvering near Uranus...
Oh My!
I agree! I have it on good authority that we started "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." and I'm pretty sure that Marlon Brando was involved in sending higher life to this planet...
I may have paraphrased some of that...
Elop sounds too close to "Flop", if we're only considering by name.
More interesting, backwards it's Pole
Did he used to do film work in the San Fernando Valley? I think I recall the name, "Backward Pole" in some credits... but it might have been "BackDoor Pole" instead,,,
See, I was thinking instead of having to fight through a zombie apocalypse we would just train them to line up every morning for a bag of "Zombie Chow"... and then they're off to work for major TV networks, telephone fund raising efforts, political campaigns, etc..
It's a no brainer!
OK, it's a small brainer...
OK, now I'm confused. Are we not supposed to read the article and pay? Or are we not supposed to read the article and not pay? And it really muddies the waters when someone posts a huge block of text containing TFA... /. and I'm not going to read the article!
All I'm really sure of is that this is
Can't people think for themselves anymore?
Just match your breathing and heart rate to the doctor, you will then be giving the prostate exam!
..um, not sure that's any better..
also may take a lot longer...
It looks low end enough not to get particularly warm. Dual core A7 and 512MB RAM are not a lot.
Battery life looks like more of an issue. The advantage of smart watches without their own phone functionality is that they can run for a week on a charge (the good ones anyway).
Someone will figure a way to adapt the old "self winding" eccentric weight system to a charging component like a spring driven micro generator. The old self winding watches went to great lengths to prevent over-winding, and the amount of energy the watch collected and used was a lot less than what was actually available by collecting momentum from the users movements.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_watch
I suspect it will take a bit more than coffee.
Try adding just a touch of Ketamine, it takes that caffeine jitter away...
CAUTION:
Ketamine is not intended for use by humans and may be unlawful in your area. Additionally, some people do experience the side effect of waking up with their pants around their ankles.
I feel a comment from Sheldon Lee Cooper Ph.D should be heard at this point...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDdnAmEQf4A
Just what the world needs. Driverless car bombs. At least before you were pretty much assured that one terrorist would die.
We could give them a price break but install Apple Maps...
They get it all set up and armed just in time to hear Siri say:
"You have arrived at your detonation".
Is anyone good at drawing a flying chair in cake frosting?
There's a printer for that:
http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/airbrush/kopyjetsystem.htm
It would be great to get a frame grab from the video and use it...
I, for one, am imagining a world where a large number of mass-produced devices, sold to a large number of different parties, can be used for both good and evil at the same time. Blows my mind; but there it is.
gooevil (goo-we-vil) adjective:
good and evil at the same time
This will vastly improve the communication accuracy of Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth (e.g. "Gooevil news everyone!")
Well done sir!
Hey, whales are people too... unless you want to use a literal definition of the root for homicidal:
homicide
Noun
The deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder.
Because then we would be talking about whale on whale crime... I don't care about that... "Whale on Whale Action" might get me to click... sorry, just morbid curiosity...
Carter was a heck of a lot better than Reagan or W. Bush.
And anything is better than Rogaine on bush!
"Honey, that thing is tasting really... fuzzy..."
When one can not elevate themselves with constructive action the temptation is to create the illusion via destructive actions...
Translation:
If you can't stand tall on your own merits, try knocking everyone else down...
Wasn't it that he started to get into it in a phone interview, but that was when Kripke pranked him and filled his office with helium?
So he never got to finish explaining it.
Or is my episodic memory incorrect?
I couldn't tell if he stopped talking, or if his voice just shifted up beyond my range...
Was there something about a "nozzle" involved in monopoles?
Maybe this is part of the reason why SETI hasn't picked up anything yet...
And it explains the focus effect of quasars, they are just intergalactic long distance...
wonder what the plan lock in period is on a supermassive black hole?
Also, who do you call for an unlock at the end of the contract?
If it's the vendor, it may be a bad idea to bug someone that sets up black holes on demand...
... (but forget Lake Erie, it's too shallow to soak up a lot of heat without ecological damage)
Welcome to Lake Bouillabaisse*
* Formerly known as Erie
You're looking for: "If hacking is outlawed only outlaws will BE hackers" It works.
Damn, I was hoping for "If hacking is outlawed only outlaws will be HACKED"...
...That horse left the barn millennia ago.
And the appropriate "barn departure" tax was levied...
On slashdot Google engineers are evil, thus NSA must be good.
In the end I think we will find that they are all cylons...
I'll guess it's "correcthorsebatterystaple"
http://xkcd.com/936/