Yeah...right....

When I graduated high school, I expressed an interest in studying Physics. I would have loved to work with theoretical physics. However, all of my high school advisers suggested that I go the engineering route instead. They basically said that it would be much easier to get a job, specifically a good-paying job, with an engineering degree.

I took their advice, and it's worked out fairly well, but I still wonder if I could have made more meaningful contributions to society if I was working towards advancement in physics rather than the application of science to business (i.e. engineering.) For reference, this was about 10 years ago that I received the advice to avoid a straight science major.

There...Indianfied that for ya.

You heard it here first folks...he finally admits it...Steve Jobs...is a witch. And what do we do with witches?

The second floor has all the benefits:
-- Above the level at which disgruntled employees can drive their cars.
-- Below the level at which disgruntled employees can fly their airplanes (mostly).
-- Within jumping/landing distance of the ground.

The problem is that most 16-year olds will have different interests and levels of emotional maturity than their 18-year old classmates will. They'll have all the same problems as those who skip multiple grades. I would think a better alternative would be to bring those college-level courses to the high school, but to keep all the similarly aged students in the same high school social setting. Just allow them to get the college level credits sooner. The social aspects of both high school and college are just as important as the educational aspects. Those who miss out on the social experiences often regret it later.

Yeah...that's about right...It's incredible how large the number 2^768 really is.
Craziness happens :)

2^84 != 16^80 16^80 == (2^4)^80 = 2^320 I think you were thinking about (2^4)*(2^80) in which case you'd add the exponents to get (2^84).

Approximations of the number of atoms in the universe are around 10^80 minimum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe

That's still far less than 2^768 though. So your original point still stands.
That's a crazy realization though, that there literally wouldn't be enough atoms in the universe to store every number from 1 to 2^768.

3.115 x 10^(-19) Gigawatt-hours...if you really wanted to know.

Education about distracted driving IS the cure. You can do things while driving in a safe manner. It's just important to know when and how. There are times when it's fairly safe (as safe as driving ever is) to glance at a text message or at that billboard out the window. There are other times when your eyes should never leave the road (e.g. High-traffic, high-speed situations)

Are you really trying to say that you always give driving your 100% complete attention? You never look at the speedometer? You never glance out the side window? It really does depend on how you approach it. There are ways to text while driving that do not cause additional risk. Namely, never taking your eyes off the road for any kind of extended period of time.

As some people above said, it's all about training. But instead of teaching people how to be safe, we just say, 'don't do it'. That's really not going to work.

Oh...and thanks for basically saying, "so please, die."

It's really not that hard at all to text while driving and be safe at the same time. You just need to text very very slowly. Taking a quick glance at the phone to see where a letter is or what that word was is no more dangerous than the quick glance you take at the radio, or the speedometer, or at that colorful sign on the side of the road. The people who say "oh, but you have to concentrate on what it is you want to say in response", are kidding right? People think about all SORTS of things unrelated to the road while they're driving. No one is thinking 'road road road road, straight straight straight straight, follow lines follow lines. If you limit text writing to very brief glances at the phone, I don't see how your risk factor could be increased any beyond that created by the normal distractions of driving. The problem is with those who stop looking at the road for extended periods of time, and that's a problem that goes way beyond texting.

I've personally noticed the opposite effect. When I was younger I could get by with 5 hours of sleep with no problem. Somewhere along the line I started requiring much more, and can now barely wake up if I don't get at least 7 hours. It would be nice if someone could just flip a genetic switch and make it so I can again only get by with 5 hours....assuming there aren't any nasty side affects that these women experience. The doctors say they seem healthy...but who knows in the long term.

LOL. I just tried viewing this article at work and it came up blocked. "This Websense category is filtered: Tasteless."