bowman
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Comment · 17 years ago
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.
Comment · 17 years ago
"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 - Associating Islam with being outdated can be good for your demographic I guess.
Comment · 17 years ago
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...
Comment · 17 years ago
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.
Comment · 17 years ago
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.
Comment · 17 years ago
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.
Comment · 17 years ago
I have to say, at least Taleb can write. Reading this scrawl gave me a headache.
Comment · 17 years ago
It is similar to a small intestine.
Comment · 17 years ago
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.
Comment · 17 years ago
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.
Comment · 17 years ago
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.
Comment · 17 years ago
I have tried using Lion Kimbro's method. It was very interesting but too intense for people wanting to be efficient.
Comment · 17 years ago
I think the US and New Zealand are the only (or one of the few) countries that allow alcohol commercials on TV.