OK, seriously though we really don't need to make science about doing a whole crapload of partial derivatives by hand. These are problems that were solved in times past. What we need to do now is start kids extremely early on using MathCAD, MatLAB, or Maple to solve problems. A TI-89 can do all the crap they spent years teaching me. Just teach them to use software to solve interesting equations. Taking the goal from lame mathematical memorizations to analyzing applicable situations will in itself boost interest in the sciences because kids might actually have a grasp of what a scientist actually does.

Yes, but it kills healthy kids, teenagers, and young adults at a much lower percentage than normal flu strains. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/30/science/sci-swine-reality30 You are being controlled through fear.

Go buy her a netbook, they are like 200 bucks, and they are SOoo cute... Unless she is going into Computer Science, or loves to deal with technical BS while she is trying to write that last minute paper, its better to put on that microsoft borg helmet and conform to word, excel, powerpoint, etc.. until shes out of school. I'd try and get something with XP on it...

The passage of time is definitely the only attribute that makes you a good programmer. Thats why I don't take tests, either- Because I've been around for almost 30 years and I would just blow the competition away so bad that it wouldn't be fair. Unless, of course, I want my potential employer to know that I can actually program and that I'm not just lying my ass off about my skills.

This would be like winning a thousand battles in world war 3 in terms of creating a unified world government.

Warcraft 1 got me started, Warcraft 2 BNE got me hooked (and its IMPOSSIBLE to find now), Starcraft got me REALLY hooked, Diablo 2 wasted a lot of time, Warcraft 3 was a disappointment, WOW was a huge disappointment. Battle.net is overrun with soulless korean cheaters and lame-os. weird ass 'guilds' do weird things and whack off to gay porn together. I wont play another Diablo game, and I'm betting they screw up starcraft2 so bad its unplayable. Blizzard pretty much lost my business, I doubt they will be able to change that.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! NO NO NO!!! 1984198419841984 I would fight it but they would just haul me off to the ministry of truth and lobotomize me. Besides, they will just wait till the argument gets old and continue with their plans for our evil, stinking, orwellian hellhole futures.

This is wrong. The continual fusion bomb at the center of our pathetic little corner of the universe only shoots out 4 x 10^26 W. It is much more likely that this is something politically powered. I choose to first blame the Republicans, then the Democrats, then China. Maybe we should crush up all of our cars.

It seems to me that this country is forgetting the whole point of a job: to make your employer money. No company is going to want to pay IT folks to dick around learning basic networking from google. Im STILL in school, finishing a decade of hell in mechanical engineering. I got my 3.0 GPA, but I learned to make myself useful in the process. And you don't learn that in school- you learn that by working shit jobs for years. If you are bitching about being unemployed, you set the bar too high and its your own fault. Go wash dishes, flip burgers, and clean bathrooms- you can still apply to that six figure job, and if you get it you'll work harder because you will know the alternative.

An attack on Slashdot would be an attack on precisely the wrong demographic: the ones who are capable of defending themselves.

This is not a plan for somebody who wants a fuckbuddy. If she'll go bareback for you, she'll go bareback for anyone. You can either slam it into fifty whores with a lubber on, or get the good stuff with one good girl and a relationship. I have a very specific situation. You have to have an adult conversation about what you both want. If she wants kids soon, you better wrap that shit up.

The natural feel is warm, moist, and lubricated; a condom makes it feel lukewarm, dry, and sandpapery. Not to mention how bitchy she gets when she is allergic to the spermicide or the latex. And you cant jizz cause its half as good as your hand, so you beat it up until they walk funny all week and won't let you go at it until they have made a full recovery. That is why I found a girl I could trust, got us both tested, and put her on the pill. Almost shit my pants a time or two though...