And what's wrong with shiny? And what do I care about the clever marketing? That doesn't change the fact that I do really want a shiny, sparkling rock that came out of the earth.
Jewelry 101. It'll tell you instantly how to tell if your gem or metal is real or not. It's actually a really interesting class that everyone should take. I stopped my mom from dropping several hundred on what she thought was stearling silver, but was actually stainless steel. Plus! You can impress your lady friend with all of your high cultured jewelry knowledge.;)
As a techy lady, I can promise you one thing: Diamonds are definitely still a girl's best friend. I would much rather my boyfriend buy me a solitare 1 ct. diamond pendant necklace set in platinum or sterling silver from Tiffany's than a new computer for my birthday this year (although, the computer is probably cheaper).
So with techy ladies, tell us that our brains only make us more beautiful, and then top it off with a diamond necklace.
Oh I'm sorry. We're you looking for the engineering department in the basic calc class room? Down the hall. Differential Equations!!!!!!!
Certain calculus and other math classes are designed for those who are teaching. I really wanted to take this math theory class, which was a 300 level class. It sounded cool. But then my elem. ed. major friend was in it, and she said it was learning how to teach fractions and decimals to third graders. And then I was like, "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat... Sign me up for discrete I guess." Some colleges just happen to have math tracks for people who aren't math majors.
As for jobs you can get with a math degree, go for actuarial science. I have a friend who has not graduated yet, and he makes over $80,000 a year doing actuarial science for this company during the summer ($80,000 in 3 months?... sign me up!). Nevermind the fact that he's brilliant and probably will be the most famous mathematician of our century... Still, the pay is good.
I absolutely agree with you. There's just something about imagining yourself in a world that could never be. The thing with sci-fi is, there's the potential that the world will one day be similar to the game. Maybe not as violent or dramatic, but it might be just like that. Where as with fantasy, that's a place that is totally imaginary. People like to imagine. That's why we do so when we're children.
I am a she. And yes, that was the biggest benefit of Guild Wars. I played MUDs for years, WoW for about three months, and Ever Quest for about a year. I was all about those free MUDs; therefore, I was really happy when Guild Wars came out.
Isn't this conversation about MMORPGs? Aren't almost all of them on PCs? If that is the case, why on Earth would I be talking about different game systems?
You're standing in EB Games checking out the PC games. There are millions of options. Flight simulators, first person shooters, strategy games, and now MMORPGs. First, you consider the newest first person shooter, but then a thought comes to mind. "Hey wait, don't I own twenty copies of this same game? Aren't these all just the same thing? I'm an attractive guy that the ladies love and I shoot things. Yeah, I'll pass." Then you put down that box and study the strategy games in front of you. You're not quite sure how entertaining roller coaster tycoon 3 will be in a few weeks though. $50 is a lot of money after all. And then you step toward the MMORPGs. Now here's something a bit different! Something that you could play with your friends. Something that won't ever end! Why not buy this instead?
Let's face it. The video game market is flooded with terrible games that are the same thing over and over again. I mean, seriously, besides really little kids, who bought the Finding Nemo game? RPGs have always been better sellers than other titles because there is a strong market for them. It only makes sense that a game that also allows for social interaction AND is an RPG will sell out other video games.
Though, I personally dislike WoW. I'm all about Guild Wars.
I agree. The average citizen hsa nothing revolutionary to say, so why not let them speak. It's only a handful of people that might cause problems. Plus blogs are usually fairly harmless. The News just focuses on anything negative.
Too add on the idea that software saves lives, let's think about this in a more life threatening sense: hospitals. Recently, I had surgery. It would have been really bad if the software run IV pump gave me just a little too much morphine too quickly. It would have been bad if my state of the art EKG machine hadn't been working correctly. Hospitals run off a lot of software now.
In reality, studies have shown that mind jobs, such as programming, make people tired faster. Therefore, you do not realize it because the men upstairs don't want you to, but in an 8 hour day, they only really expect about 4 hours of real actual work. Now that's not to say you shouldn't go in at 9, stop at 1, and chill till 5. About every hour, I take at least a ten minute break. During that time, I walk away from my desk. I talk to my co workers about my weekend plans. I get something to eat. I just do not think about what I have been doing. When I come back I feel better. The key is, do not push yourself. Just do as much as you can comfortably do. Take breaks as you need them.
What you have stated is not at all surprising or phenomenal. Any neuroscientist would completely agree with you. Here's another example that you might not think connects: Have you ever noticed that when reading in bed you get really tired, but if you read anywhere else, you are fine? You're in bed so you're sending the signal to your brain that you are ready to sleep. By standing, your body is telling the brain, "Be prepared for action".
I have to disagree with you though, even though I know what you are saying is perfectly true. I have sort of flat feet, so standing works for about two minutes, then my feet just hurt. I'm all about my chair.
I don't think you understand me. Unlike you, race does drive my thoughts on the issue. You have failed to answer my question.
How do people from the Netherlands feel about the advertisement?
Unless you are a person who currently resides in the Netherlands, your comments have no meaning to the original question. If you are from the Netherlands I encourage you to bring your personal experience with the advertisement to the thread, otherwise, your thoughts and opinions have little meaning to this particular thread. I am sure there are other more appropriate threads, and that your comments will be welcome there.
White people from the Netherlands or Black people from the Netherlands?
See, when I said people, I meant any person who happens to live in the Netherlands. So to answer your question, any person of any color or background who lives in the Netherlands. Personally, I didn't think I needed to specify that though.
How do people from the Netherlands feel about the advertisement? I'm more interested in their opinion than politically correct America. What was the reaction in the Netherlands?
If the student wants to carry the cell phone on their body and not just lock it in their hot car, I don't see a problem if it is off. People broke into cars weekly at my high school. I certainly never left anything valuable there. This requires a certain amount of maturity on the part of the student, but if I remember my high school days correctly, a vast majority of students were able to do this. It is a small group that tends to cause problems.
As for the "What if something happens in the classroom" excuse, pretty much every classroom across the counrty has a phone in it, and most of the also have an intercom system to the main office.
During my junior year, the fire alarm went off 2 minutes before homeroom. The entire building evacuated (meaning the phones inside were useless). No role had been taken. No one really knew what to do because who would expect the kilns in the art rooms to explode before homeroom. The buses were unable to show up until after 9am (it was 7ish) because they were doing the middle school and elementary school runs. Snow was six inches deep and it was still snowing. It was around 0 degrees F outside. My jacket was really light because I was not planning on being outside at all. This may be a really rare occurance, but I was VERY glad to have my cell phone with me that morning. I was able to get a ride home for myself and a few people on the way. It never hurts to be prepared.
In the case of a bomb threat or fire (which happened to me on a monthly basis in high school), calling an evacuated building really doesn't work. Plus I never drive anywhere without a cell phone, so I always had it with me when I started driving to school.
The school acts as a parent when a student is on school grounds. There are certain limitations to what decisions a school can make for a student, which the parent agrees to at the beginning of every school year. This is both good and bad. For example, a school can act like a parent in the case of a medical emergency. What most people do not realize is that parents can ALWAYS override the decision of the school. If a child really cares that much about their cellphone privacy, all they have to do is get their parent to call the school and say, "You may not take my child's cell phone from them. If it is causing a problem, call me immediately." Done.
What about the kids who drive to school? I never drive anywhere without a cell phone. A better plan would be to bring it, have it off, and don't tell the world about it.
This would also solve almost ALL underage drinking problems on campuses since most people in college are over 18. However, until that happens, we'll still have 18 year olds posting pictures of their first keg stand on facebook.
It isn't a way for people to hang out. I have never used facebook to spend time with my friends. If people want to hang out online, use a chat room or instant messanger service. Personally, I use facebook to look at the profile of anyone I am going to tutor so that I know a little about them. I use facebook to look up the screen name of a classmate. I use facebook to look up the mailbox numbers of my friends on Valentines day. On someone's birthday, I leave them birthday wishes on their wall. Facebook is not used to "hang out". It is a powerful resource that people are incorrectly using. It is called common sense. Would your boss tolerate you posting terrible things on your personal website? No. He or she would probably fire you. Here is a website where that did happen to the owner. If students of a college are posting information about criminal activity, the school has every right to crack down on it.
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No... but with a really high quality diamond you can blind them!
;) I would settle for a Nintendo DS light for my birthday.
But I have to admit,
And what's wrong with shiny? And what do I care about the clever marketing? That doesn't change the fact that I do really want a shiny, sparkling rock that came out of the earth.
;)
Jewelry 101. It'll tell you instantly how to tell if your gem or metal is real or not. It's actually a really interesting class that everyone should take. I stopped my mom from dropping several hundred on what she thought was stearling silver, but was actually stainless steel. Plus! You can impress your lady friend with all of your high cultured jewelry knowledge.
As a techy lady, I can promise you one thing: Diamonds are definitely still a girl's best friend. I would much rather my boyfriend buy me a solitare 1 ct. diamond pendant necklace set in platinum or sterling silver from Tiffany's than a new computer for my birthday this year (although, the computer is probably cheaper).
So with techy ladies, tell us that our brains only make us more beautiful, and then top it off with a diamond necklace.
Oh I'm sorry. We're you looking for the engineering department in the basic calc class room? Down the hall. Differential Equations!!!!!!!
Certain calculus and other math classes are designed for those who are teaching. I really wanted to take this math theory class, which was a 300 level class. It sounded cool. But then my elem. ed. major friend was in it, and she said it was learning how to teach fractions and decimals to third graders. And then I was like, "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat... Sign me up for discrete I guess." Some colleges just happen to have math tracks for people who aren't math majors.
As for jobs you can get with a math degree, go for actuarial science. I have a friend who has not graduated yet, and he makes over $80,000 a year doing actuarial science for this company during the summer ($80,000 in 3 months?... sign me up!). Nevermind the fact that he's brilliant and probably will be the most famous mathematician of our century... Still, the pay is good.
I absolutely agree with you. There's just something about imagining yourself in a world that could never be. The thing with sci-fi is, there's the potential that the world will one day be similar to the game. Maybe not as violent or dramatic, but it might be just like that. Where as with fantasy, that's a place that is totally imaginary. People like to imagine. That's why we do so when we're children.
I am a she. And yes, that was the biggest benefit of Guild Wars. I played MUDs for years, WoW for about three months, and Ever Quest for about a year. I was all about those free MUDs; therefore, I was really happy when Guild Wars came out.
Isn't this conversation about MMORPGs? Aren't almost all of them on PCs? If that is the case, why on Earth would I be talking about different game systems?
You're standing in EB Games checking out the PC games. There are millions of options. Flight simulators, first person shooters, strategy games, and now MMORPGs. First, you consider the newest first person shooter, but then a thought comes to mind. "Hey wait, don't I own twenty copies of this same game? Aren't these all just the same thing? I'm an attractive guy that the ladies love and I shoot things. Yeah, I'll pass." Then you put down that box and study the strategy games in front of you. You're not quite sure how entertaining roller coaster tycoon 3 will be in a few weeks though. $50 is a lot of money after all. And then you step toward the MMORPGs. Now here's something a bit different! Something that you could play with your friends. Something that won't ever end! Why not buy this instead?
Let's face it. The video game market is flooded with terrible games that are the same thing over and over again. I mean, seriously, besides really little kids, who bought the Finding Nemo game? RPGs have always been better sellers than other titles because there is a strong market for them. It only makes sense that a game that also allows for social interaction AND is an RPG will sell out other video games.
Though, I personally dislike WoW. I'm all about Guild Wars.
My right hand is broken. Typing one handed all day makes one prone to mistakes. :-P But this is off topic.
I agree. The average citizen hsa nothing revolutionary to say, so why not let them speak. It's only a handful of people that might cause problems. Plus blogs are usually fairly harmless. The News just focuses on anything negative.
Too add on the idea that software saves lives, let's think about this in a more life threatening sense: hospitals. Recently, I had surgery. It would have been really bad if the software run IV pump gave me just a little too much morphine too quickly. It would have been bad if my state of the art EKG machine hadn't been working correctly. Hospitals run off a lot of software now.
In reality, studies have shown that mind jobs, such as programming, make people tired faster. Therefore, you do not realize it because the men upstairs don't want you to, but in an 8 hour day, they only really expect about 4 hours of real actual work. Now that's not to say you shouldn't go in at 9, stop at 1, and chill till 5. About every hour, I take at least a ten minute break. During that time, I walk away from my desk. I talk to my co workers about my weekend plans. I get something to eat. I just do not think about what I have been doing. When I come back I feel better. The key is, do not push yourself. Just do as much as you can comfortably do. Take breaks as you need them.
What you have stated is not at all surprising or phenomenal. Any neuroscientist would completely agree with you. Here's another example that you might not think connects: Have you ever noticed that when reading in bed you get really tired, but if you read anywhere else, you are fine? You're in bed so you're sending the signal to your brain that you are ready to sleep. By standing, your body is telling the brain, "Be prepared for action".
I have to disagree with you though, even though I know what you are saying is perfectly true. I have sort of flat feet, so standing works for about two minutes, then my feet just hurt. I'm all about my chair.
Unless you are a person who currently resides in the Netherlands, your comments have no meaning to the original question. If you are from the Netherlands I encourage you to bring your personal experience with the advertisement to the thread, otherwise, your thoughts and opinions have little meaning to this particular thread. I am sure there are other more appropriate threads, and that your comments will be welcome there.
See, when I said people, I meant any person who happens to live in the Netherlands. So to answer your question, any person of any color or background who lives in the Netherlands. Personally, I didn't think I needed to specify that though.
How do people from the Netherlands feel about the advertisement? I'm more interested in their opinion than politically correct America. What was the reaction in the Netherlands?
At the time, I was a junior. Only seniors were allowed to drive to school, so I had no car to hide my cell in.
If the kid wants it back, Mommy calls the school, throws a fit, and the kid has the cellphone back. Confiscating it is really pointless.
In the case of a bomb threat or fire (which happened to me on a monthly basis in high school), calling an evacuated building really doesn't work. Plus I never drive anywhere without a cell phone, so I always had it with me when I started driving to school.
Not bad laws.
The school acts as a parent when a student is on school grounds. There are certain limitations to what decisions a school can make for a student, which the parent agrees to at the beginning of every school year. This is both good and bad. For example, a school can act like a parent in the case of a medical emergency. What most people do not realize is that parents can ALWAYS override the decision of the school. If a child really cares that much about their cellphone privacy, all they have to do is get their parent to call the school and say, "You may not take my child's cell phone from them. If it is causing a problem, call me immediately." Done.
What about the kids who drive to school? I never drive anywhere without a cell phone. A better plan would be to bring it, have it off, and don't tell the world about it.
This would also solve almost ALL underage drinking problems on campuses since most people in college are over 18. However, until that happens, we'll still have 18 year olds posting pictures of their first keg stand on facebook.
You have to have a college email address to sign up for an account. If you do not, you cannot sign up for one.
It isn't a way for people to hang out. I have never used facebook to spend time with my friends. If people want to hang out online, use a chat room or instant messanger service. Personally, I use facebook to look at the profile of anyone I am going to tutor so that I know a little about them. I use facebook to look up the screen name of a classmate. I use facebook to look up the mailbox numbers of my friends on Valentines day. On someone's birthday, I leave them birthday wishes on their wall. Facebook is not used to "hang out". It is a powerful resource that people are incorrectly using. It is called common sense. Would your boss tolerate you posting terrible things on your personal website? No. He or she would probably fire you. Here is a website where that did happen to the owner. If students of a college are posting information about criminal activity, the school has every right to crack down on it.