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There is another side to this. In upper level mathematics courses providing answers to all (or even most) of the questions actually does a disservice to the students. It teaches the important skill of deciding if you got the answer right which is probably more useful in research/the real world.
"Scrolls must be read like the Torah from one end to the other." - Associating Islam with being outdated can be good for your demographic I guess.
I had swine flu this winter (July as I live in the southern hemisphere). I was bedridden for some days but the hype far too high. It had a strange upside. While delirious I had the most pleasant dreams...
Posted by
bowman on Saturday August 22, 2009 @10:38PM
from the ask-hn dept.
These sites seem to be exact mirrors of this site. I got distracted during a google search and logged onto one thinking it was this site. I quickly freaked out and changed my password but I would like to know their relationship with this site. A phishing scam, or something innocent?http://news.ycombinator.net/
http://hackerne.ws/
I would use it to fight crime/corruption. It isn't too hard to identify people from a few google searches. Examples:
Food places near X will give you a good indication where they live and their income
Find what they are searching during normal work hours. Often this will give you where they work.
Searches of themselves.
Then just use this information to hunt them down or expose them.
He mentions his friend Dustin in: 12 Oct 2002
http://www.advogato.org/person/whytheluckystiff/diary.html?s...
This furthers the belief he is Jonathan Gillette as the band Jonathan Gillette was in contains a Dustin. With all the other evidence I am calling this a case closed. It is interesting to note how different he seems from _why. Maybe the Fight Club analogy (read above) is not too far from the truth.
I got through hundreds of site a day and never bookmark them. For me the internet is more an experience and I don't' like to read things twice. I can usually find what I want very quickly using google. So my suggestion is to just use google.
I have to say, at least Taleb can write. Reading this scrawl gave me a headache.
It is similar to a small intestine.
Who says the OP would be an employee? A lot of fun though low paying jobs involve owning your own shop/bar. A second hand bookshop. A motorbike shop. A cafe doing X for the Y demographic etc.
Maybe the title should read: Microsoft Worker finds ASP.net is faster than PHP. Likely true but means nothing to me as it is far from an independent survey.
I wouldn't. To me that is like writing music for the tone deaf. The wrong direction I'd want do go if doing anything creative.
Removing content and splitting ideas into bite sized pieces seems the way to go. Also, remember these people rarely buy books but people still buy books for them. You could target the "gift" book market.
Posted by
bowman on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @09:03AM
from the speakeasy.org dept.
I think the US and New Zealand are the only (or one of the few) countries that allow alcohol commercials on TV.
or double your hourly rate + 10-15%
Posted by
bowman on Sunday July 12, 2009 @12:34AM
from the erasmatazz.com dept.
It was correct, if you take into account the double-negative.
I think the internet has created a problem due the the sheer amount of information we can reach. I disagree with the author though and think we are just experiencing "teething" problems while humans get used to the internet. Any new technology requires time to adjust.
I'm excited at what will happen when computer technology seizes to be 'new' and becomes a stable medium. If you disagree with this ever happening consider the lack of major change in desktop OS's in the last 5 years.
I have used credit cards and taken out debt before purely to game the system. (e.g. used my low interest student/bank loans as an investment source) I didn't loose money but I found there are always hidden costs and any loan creates a weight on the mind that is not healthy. I now just buy everything in cash.
To contrast, at my school a teacher dropped a bottle of mercury while showing us how it ran away from heat. They cleaned it up with a mop while we played with it.
What is with the "Tool Tips" for the search box and the search button? Tool Tips should only be used when a button needs explaining and never for text boxes IMO.
I come from a country where it is usual to offer 3 year degrees (NZ). It does come at a price of killing general ed requirements but I agree with this. Reasons:
(1) It destroys the separation of compulsory secondary school and voluntary tertiary school.
(2) Dumbs down core courses, as the general ed students flock to easy courses or convince lecturers to make the class easier.
Posted by
bowman on Wednesday May 20, 2009 @08:35AM
from the voxforge.org dept.