http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
When multiple senses point to the same "memory" it is easier to remember. Those with synesthesia have a leg-up. I saw a program a while back where someone with synesthesia could multiply crazy big numbers nearly instantly due to the "shape and color" of how a number felt, and that the negative space between it and other number's "shape and color" gave them the answer. Amazing.

Did anyone else read that as the "two amounts" (as in two values)? The sentence seemed unfinished after that. I would have chosen a different word, perhaps, "...two qualifies..."

Case and point to back up the notion of word recognition causing students to be completely incapable of pronouncing a word: I mostly learned to read by word recognition. I had enough stories repeated read to me that I just picked up on how to read. Flash forward to a few years ago. I would keep seeing these dang Buick REN-DENZ-VOUS (Ren, like Ren and Stimpy; Denz, like the plural of "den"; Vous like .. I donno.. rhymes with "bus"). I was wondering, who in their right mind, would name a vehicle such an odd word. It occurred to me, much later, that the dang word was rendezvous, as in to meet up. It's fairly embarrassing.

I'm sure there are already a bazillion replies to this. To prove it to myself, I did an algebraic proof. Set x = 0.999..., so 10x = 9.999..... Subtract them and get 9x = 9, or x = 1.

However, curious how my 12 year old daughter would interpret 0.999...=1, I sat that in front of her and asked what she though. She said, "nope, doesn't work." I corrected her by saying, "Ok, well, I'm gunna tell you that it is equal. Can you tell me why?" She thought for about thirty seconds and had this:

1/9 is 0.1111.... Multiply both sides by 9 and get: 1 = 0.999.... I think her answer was vastly more elegant than my own. This is like the 10th opportunity I have had to brag about this particular situation. :)

Didn't you read the arti.... oh, wait. Slashdot. Right. From the article: "For clarity, the following definition is used for a socially-engineered malware URL: a web page link that directly leads to a download that delivers a malicious payload whose content type would lead to execution, or more generally a website known to host malware links. These downloads appear to be safe, like those for a screen saver application, video codec upgrade, etc., and are designed to fool the user into taking action. Security professionals also refer to these threats as “consensual” or “dangerous” downloads."

I use, on average, 25kWh per day. This runs me a little over $90 a month. Our area is rated for one light bulb and an energy efficient refrigerator for standard rate. Anything above that, and you are charged a premium.

Goodwin'd on the first post. Bravo.

And this gives us no insight into whether or not they use qwerty or dvorak. In both layouts, the "d" is equally spaced (one key away) from the "t". But, I get the feeling it is qwerty.

I like Netflix -- combined with my Wii, it is great. Also on my Wii, I have a USB loader that allows me to play my back-upped games without having to insert the CD each time. Is there a similar thing that can be done with, say, a blue-ray player, an external hard-drive, and my movie collection? I would imagine a situation where I put my DVD into the player, it recognizes that this movie has not been saved to the hard drive, and copies it (prolly with an ISO to preserve menus and such) and then lets me play any of my movies on demand. Does anyone have success with a similar type of system? Is it all "do it yourself" or is there a product that can be purchased somewhere? Thanks for any help.

Something about a fool and his money...

I chose "window" because there was nothing about burning wood to heat the house. To cool it in warmer times, we use a swamp cooler (evaporative cooling).

Perforin perforates the cells. I get the name now.

http://www.verizonmath.com/
Quote: George Vaccaro wanted to point out to Verizon that they were saying ".002 cents" and meaning to say ".002 dollars" but he found that every single person at Verizon did not understand the difference

Audio and (I believe) transcript available. It is painful.

I know that in the several life-n-death situations (usually with a car or near mountain-bike accident) that I am usually very calm and collected and VERY aware. Usually, after the near-death event, I realize how scary the situation was and have to pull over. Oh, and yes, I used to play a ton of video games.

I live VERY modestly in the SoCal mountains. I am 27 and I am the sole income for my family of 5. As a teacher making 48k plus benefits, I feel very poor. I could not even imagine having 75k per year. The cars are paid off, but I still have near zero disposable income. We don't eat out, we don't shop for non-essentials. 75k per year would make a world of difference in our lives. However, everywhere other venue for work that I have looked for pays less than I am currently getting to start. I am pigeon-toed into my current job.