Damn straight I want politicians afraid to pass laws. They should debate it, talk to judges, talk to lawyers, and for god's sake think about these laws before they pass them.
Politicians understand politics. They know that by trotting out "Think of the children", any numbskull with kids will vote for them "because our precious baby will be hurt" if they don't. Politics and the law are two different things. Politicians write the law (well, some of them do, other times industry writes it for them and they just sign off on it), but they don't necessarily expect it'll get enforced. Just that they can say "I voted for a bill protecting America's children" when election time rolls around.
Well, call me a bastard, but keeping kids off the internet would not have helped you in the least. If parents are doing a bad job, this is not society's fault. Your father was a fuck up and deserves to end up in jail. However, we rely on other people to notice and report those things. Ultimately, you cannot punish society because your father did a bad job.
tl;dr Censored tubes would not help your situation.
I do touch type. I'm talking about just numerical input, not alphanumerical input. If I'm doing data entry for my latest lab report, I want a goddamn numpad.
Thus ensuring that I will never buy one for my desktop. The only thing allowed to be missing its number pad is a laptop keyboard, and even then I'm still angry. Numerical input is so much easier on a numpad than on the number row.
I had the opposite experience. As the oldest, I was the quiet bookworm who always did things the safe way. Yet I managed to land in the hospital twice for stitches near my eyes caused by my own stupidity. My younger brother was the reckless one who almost got hit by a car and still hasn't learned how to not be an idiot, yet he's never been to the hospital. My youngest brother is a mix: he's watched my and his older (my younger) brother, and managed to find a good balance. The only time he went to the hospital was when a friend of his accidentally hit him in the head with a golf club.
They fell over because of centripetal (centrifugal) force. Since it was a sudden turn (lowish radius considering the size of the ship), they were moving fast (high v), and a=v^2/r, then yeah, they would feel the acceleration.
Ok. Let's say someone does find a new subatomic particle. I'll assume you actually mean subatomic, because an atomic particle would be an atom. When someone discovers a new subatomic particle, they'll be able to develop some sort of math to make predictions about it (if you can't, then your discovery is useless in terms of being a tool). You then use this math to look at previous (or future) experiments, and see if it improves the results, or explains a previously seen but unexplained phenomenon. You now have proof that it was already there.
And it matters that they discovered it because it gives us a new tool.
True, but not in physics. I think there are 3 girls taking a physics related program at Carleton in my year, compared to about 30 guys. To be fair though, one of the girls is in Engineering Physics, which is one of the smallest programs in the university. Now, my math course is probably about 50/50.
Oh wow. This article pretty much justifies my insistence in taking co-op. It looks like my only way to earn a decent living is to teach. And since I'm a math/physics major, that means high school. Oh well, better that than stuck on the publish-or-perish train.
THANK YOU! Finally, someone with their head on their shoulders. If you treat people differently, and that includes giving someone who had parents who were unfairly discriminated against yesterday an advantage today, then you have eroded the purpose of equality. Note that I use the term unfairly. As far as I'm concerned, the only fair discrimination is how well you're going to do your job. If you can't do your job, that is fair discrimination and you deserve to get your ass fired. Treat people based on merit, not on anything else. Setting up female quotas is sexist. Setting up race quotas is racist. Just because it's nice to the guy who got bullied does not make it any less racist.
Hate to reply to myself, but I mean that it's a good thing that you'll never see male quotas, and I mean that it's considered bad by the politically correct crowd to be seen to be favourable to anything with a Y chromosome.
That's an unfair question to ask and you know it. The real question is, did they change standards, and did they need to?
It's heavily suggested (in TFA) that the only reason that there are less women in physical sciences and engineering is because they just aren't interested in it. Not because the standards are too high, but because they have other interests. I highly doubt this is a barrier of entry issue, as all the people I know tend to head into fields that interest them.
Same with nursing and secretarial jobs. However, you'll never see male quotas (a good thing) because that would be favourable to men (a bad thing these days). Equality, as far as I'm concerned, means equal pay for equal jobs. I sincerely hope that a quota system never goes through, because quotas are ultimately detrimental to the system and insulting to the people who get this advantage. Give people a boost when they need it, such as scholarships for people in a miserable financial situation. Hiring should only be done on the grounds that they'll do a good job. I don't care what's in between your legs, just do your fucking job and do a good job of it.
That being said, I would love to see more XX-chromosome carrying members of our society in my physics classes. But it has to be their choice and not at the expense of more qualified people. And for the record, the two best physics professors I've lacked a penis.
Slashdot Mirror
The problem is not children accessing porn. The problem is the bill is so damn vaguely worded that /. would require age verification.
Damn straight I want politicians afraid to pass laws. They should debate it, talk to judges, talk to lawyers, and for god's sake think about these laws before they pass them.
Politicians understand politics. They know that by trotting out "Think of the children", any numbskull with kids will vote for them "because our precious baby will be hurt" if they don't. Politics and the law are two different things. Politicians write the law (well, some of them do, other times industry writes it for them and they just sign off on it), but they don't necessarily expect it'll get enforced. Just that they can say "I voted for a bill protecting America's children" when election time rolls around.
Pen island. Who represents. Please, hold your applause.
Well, call me a bastard, but keeping kids off the internet would not have helped you in the least. If parents are doing a bad job, this is not society's fault. Your father was a fuck up and deserves to end up in jail. However, we rely on other people to notice and report those things. Ultimately, you cannot punish society because your father did a bad job.
tl;dr Censored tubes would not help your situation.
The problem is the time constant varies between children.
Fuck the children!
Damnit, emacs.
I do touch type. I'm talking about just numerical input, not alphanumerical input. If I'm doing data entry for my latest lab report, I want a goddamn numpad.
Umm, no, it was definitely Alfred, played by Caine who talked about that.
Personally, I thought each remote was wired to both ships.
Thus ensuring that I will never buy one for my desktop. The only thing allowed to be missing its number pad is a laptop keyboard, and even then I'm still angry. Numerical input is so much easier on a numpad than on the number row.
I had the opposite experience. As the oldest, I was the quiet bookworm who always did things the safe way. Yet I managed to land in the hospital twice for stitches near my eyes caused by my own stupidity. My younger brother was the reckless one who almost got hit by a car and still hasn't learned how to not be an idiot, yet he's never been to the hospital. My youngest brother is a mix: he's watched my and his older (my younger) brother, and managed to find a good balance. The only time he went to the hospital was when a friend of his accidentally hit him in the head with a golf club.
Of course. The official FAQ. Certainly that won't be biased or anything.
They fell over because of centripetal (centrifugal) force. Since it was a sudden turn (lowish radius considering the size of the ship), they were moving fast (high v), and a=v^2/r, then yeah, they would feel the acceleration.
You can find the relevant speeches here: http://baens-universe.com/articles/McCauley_copyright
Ok. Let's say someone does find a new subatomic particle. I'll assume you actually mean subatomic, because an atomic particle would be an atom. When someone discovers a new subatomic particle, they'll be able to develop some sort of math to make predictions about it (if you can't, then your discovery is useless in terms of being a tool). You then use this math to look at previous (or future) experiments, and see if it improves the results, or explains a previously seen but unexplained phenomenon. You now have proof that it was already there.
And it matters that they discovered it because it gives us a new tool.
True, but not in physics. I think there are 3 girls taking a physics related program at Carleton in my year, compared to about 30 guys. To be fair though, one of the girls is in Engineering Physics, which is one of the smallest programs in the university. Now, my math course is probably about 50/50.
Oh wow. This article pretty much justifies my insistence in taking co-op. It looks like my only way to earn a decent living is to teach. And since I'm a math/physics major, that means high school. Oh well, better that than stuck on the publish-or-perish train.
THANK YOU! Finally, someone with their head on their shoulders. If you treat people differently, and that includes giving someone who had parents who were unfairly discriminated against yesterday an advantage today, then you have eroded the purpose of equality. Note that I use the term unfairly. As far as I'm concerned, the only fair discrimination is how well you're going to do your job. If you can't do your job, that is fair discrimination and you deserve to get your ass fired. Treat people based on merit, not on anything else. Setting up female quotas is sexist. Setting up race quotas is racist. Just because it's nice to the guy who got bullied does not make it any less racist.
Hate to reply to myself, but I mean that it's a good thing that you'll never see male quotas, and I mean that it's considered bad by the politically correct crowd to be seen to be favourable to anything with a Y chromosome.
Ahh, shit. I've had lacked a penis. I deserve that for missing such an obvious mistake.
That's an unfair question to ask and you know it. The real question is, did they change standards, and did they need to?
It's heavily suggested (in TFA) that the only reason that there are less women in physical sciences and engineering is because they just aren't interested in it. Not because the standards are too high, but because they have other interests. I highly doubt this is a barrier of entry issue, as all the people I know tend to head into fields that interest them.
Same with nursing and secretarial jobs. However, you'll never see male quotas (a good thing) because that would be favourable to men (a bad thing these days). Equality, as far as I'm concerned, means equal pay for equal jobs. I sincerely hope that a quota system never goes through, because quotas are ultimately detrimental to the system and insulting to the people who get this advantage. Give people a boost when they need it, such as scholarships for people in a miserable financial situation. Hiring should only be done on the grounds that they'll do a good job. I don't care what's in between your legs, just do your fucking job and do a good job of it.
That being said, I would love to see more XX-chromosome carrying members of our society in my physics classes. But it has to be their choice and not at the expense of more qualified people. And for the record, the two best physics professors I've lacked a penis.
That's obligatory joke, you insensitive clod!