I have a friend who did the same thing in the 90s. The missing piece of the picture was that he had a contact at the airline who would let him know which flights were oversold. He would then book that flight and volunteer to be bumped in exchange for a free ticket.
Sure, except weight isn't solely a factor of how thin or obese one is. What about tall people? They also weigh more. It's not enough that tall people are more uncomfortable on airplanes, they should have to pay more than shorter people too? How about muscular folks? Androids? Medieval knights? It's just not fair I tells ya!
I do a Mindstorms unit with my grade 4 class. The kids have a blast building the robots, doing little challenges, time trials, etc. In the mean time, they are learning about sequences, switches, loops and basic programming logic as well as how to trouble-shoot their programs. Granted the Mindstorms NXT Edu kits are not cheap.
Other, cheaper (as in free) suggestions might include Scratch, or Khan Academy's JavaScript mini-courses.
The advantage a car autopilot has over an airplane autopilot is that in the event of all but the most extreme catastrophic failures, the car can just pull over and stop. Planes, not so much.
I do a robotics unit in my grade 4 class with Lego Mindstorm kits. They learn some basic programming concepts like loops and if-then statements. They love it, and in my experience age 9 is about the right developmental stage to start this. However, logical and critical reasoning skills can be taught at a much earlier age.
Every child is different, of course, and some will be able to run with those concepts earlier, but that has been my observation.
Doesn't an egg that contains a 100%-chicken count as the definition of a chicken egg?
Does the "chicken-ness" of the egg derive from the egg-layer or from the embryo within?
...the extent of genetic diversity among hominins living one million years ago was between 1.7 and 2.9 times greater than among humans today
..and in the next paragraph:
Jorde thinks that the diminished genetic diversity one million years ago suggests human ancestors experienced a catastrophic event...
Um. What?
So, according to the research, 1 million years ago the human population was about 55,000 with a genetic diversity 2-3 times greater than that of modern humans. Can someone help me understand how they get to a near extinction conclusion? Is it just that the population is lower than expected? TFA is not very clear on the point...
Check with local schools. The one my girlfriend works at has a program where they take donated broken small appliances and let the students dismantle them to explore how they work. Once all the learning's been had out of an appliance, the parts are either given to the art department or to a local recycling depot.
After Node 3 is installed, the station's crew will transfer over many of the Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) currently stored in various places around the station.
Language is a dynamic, evolving thing. Decimated is no longer used to refer to the Roman army selecting 1 out of every 10 soldiers from a mutinous unit for execution; it's fairly universally accepted to mean that a large portion of the subject group was destroyed.
Words changing meaning can be annoying, but it's part of the process of language. "Nice" was the first to go; it used to mean "infinitely fine and complex", now it's that white sofa in the Ikea catalogue. Isn't that awesome?
Is it just me, or has there been too much argument over the brightness of Diablo III? I would think everyone's individual monitor setting preferences account for more difference to the levels in the game than the fine tuning done on the development end.
I browsed the screenshots and was happy to see, not the brightness -- or the contrast or the bleed or gamut or the bloody candle-power, but the artistic design of the creatures and the scenery. I'd much rather have attention to detail in the area of creativity and originality of visual style, than attention to the brightness of colours I can simply adjust on my screen. Take Heroes IV and Disciples II (click here if you're not familiar with Disciples), as examples; I found Heroes IV really uninspired and boring, whereas Disciples II, although very similar had such incredible artistic design that it was much more enjoyable to play.
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I have a friend who did the same thing in the 90s. The missing piece of the picture was that he had a contact at the airline who would let him know which flights were oversold. He would then book that flight and volunteer to be bumped in exchange for a free ticket.
Sure, except weight isn't solely a factor of how thin or obese one is. What about tall people? They also weigh more. It's not enough that tall people are more uncomfortable on airplanes, they should have to pay more than shorter people too? How about muscular folks? Androids? Medieval knights? It's just not fair I tells ya!
Call me when someone makes a 1.21 Gigawatt electric race car.
I do a Mindstorms unit with my grade 4 class. The kids have a blast building the robots, doing little challenges, time trials, etc. In the mean time, they are learning about sequences, switches, loops and basic programming logic as well as how to trouble-shoot their programs. Granted the Mindstorms NXT Edu kits are not cheap. Other, cheaper (as in free) suggestions might include Scratch, or Khan Academy's JavaScript mini-courses.
The advantage a car autopilot has over an airplane autopilot is that in the event of all but the most extreme catastrophic failures, the car can just pull over and stop. Planes, not so much.
I do a robotics unit in my grade 4 class with Lego Mindstorm kits. They learn some basic programming concepts like loops and if-then statements. They love it, and in my experience age 9 is about the right developmental stage to start this. However, logical and critical reasoning skills can be taught at a much earlier age. Every child is different, of course, and some will be able to run with those concepts earlier, but that has been my observation.
African or European? I don't give 1.5 shitloa... AAAARRRGH
And one shitload is "everything you can carry in both arms, plus one".
Then what's the conversion rate for people with only 2 arms?
The rubber couldn't handle the oil from my skin and would eventually crack
I suppose an occasional shower is out of the question?
Doesn't an egg that contains a 100%-chicken count as the definition of a chicken egg?
Does the "chicken-ness" of the egg derive from the egg-layer or from the embryo within?
(Oh, and 'meh' is a philosophy unto itself.)
Buy Lowe.
Sell High School Musical.
From TFA:
Um. What?
So, according to the research, 1 million years ago the human population was about 55,000 with a genetic diversity 2-3 times greater than that of modern humans. Can someone help me understand how they get to a near extinction conclusion? Is it just that the population is lower than expected? TFA is not very clear on the point...
Technically she's my fiancee. But I didn't want to show off.
Check with local schools. The one my girlfriend works at has a program where they take donated broken small appliances and let the students dismantle them to explore how they work. Once all the learning's been had out of an appliance, the parts are either given to the art department or to a local recycling depot.
A seagoing robot for detecting dangerous algae blooms?
It was almost certainly captured by Morgan Industries.
...will I be able to fit 2 GPUs on it?
...welcome our new 45 double-D overlords.
After Node 3 is installed, the station's crew will transfer over many of the Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) currently stored in various places around the station.
Basket, meet all the eggs.
Binarated? Is that when James Earl Jones reads a running commentary of ones and zeroes?
Language is a dynamic, evolving thing. Decimated is no longer used to refer to the Roman army selecting 1 out of every 10 soldiers from a mutinous unit for execution; it's fairly universally accepted to mean that a large portion of the subject group was destroyed. Words changing meaning can be annoying, but it's part of the process of language. "Nice" was the first to go; it used to mean "infinitely fine and complex", now it's that white sofa in the Ikea catalogue. Isn't that awesome?
Maybe Google thought they were "on a break"...
Yeah, that was a good one... Kinda turned Max Payne into Matrix Payne.
I REALLY don't want to see him with his gear down...
Ouch.
Is it just me, or has there been too much argument over the brightness of Diablo III? I would think everyone's individual monitor setting preferences account for more difference to the levels in the game than the fine tuning done on the development end.
I browsed the screenshots and was happy to see, not the brightness -- or the contrast or the bleed or gamut or the bloody candle-power, but the artistic design of the creatures and the scenery. I'd much rather have attention to detail in the area of creativity and originality of visual style, than attention to the brightness of colours I can simply adjust on my screen. Take Heroes IV and Disciples II (click here if you're not familiar with Disciples), as examples; I found Heroes IV really uninspired and boring, whereas Disciples II, although very similar had such incredible artistic design that it was much more enjoyable to play.
After you do, please come back and tell me how old I should be allowed to live to and then we can have a different discussion.
Obviously, when the crystal in your palm turns red and flashes, it's time visit the Sleepshop.