Comment Re:never get used to this (Score 1) 91
Maybe I'm getting old
I'm 18, so I'm still considered to be relatively young by most, and even I cringe when I hear/see Sun replaced with Oracle.
Maybe I'm getting old
I'm 18, so I'm still considered to be relatively young by most, and even I cringe when I hear/see Sun replaced with Oracle.
"Many of them receive a low 6-figure salary whereas their bosses — who manipulate these algorithms and execute the trades — often earn millions."
A Nascar Driver's pit crew recieve a low 5-figure salary while their bosses - who use the cars to win races - often earn millions.
I get why the programmers are disgruntled, the code they write makes a lot of money and they aren't getting a huge cut, but it seems like the algorithm the program is based on would be the most important aspect. Besides, $100,000 a year doesn't seem that bad to me.
"After experimenting with two machines he purchased"
Can people just buy ATMs? I figured that they would put some sort of restrictions on them...unlike lab coats.
Thats because we don't have the sense to reprocess our nuclear waste like other countries (read: France).
He probably would've done rather well. The problem with most High Schools is that they don't even come close to challenging their students resulting in boredom, lost interest, and poor grades. My high school Physics class consisted of complete drivel and my grades suffered because of it.
When I was in school, higher achievers were in one class, average students in another and lower achievers and those with behavioral issues in another. Teaching was tailored to each class and everybody learned at their pace. Lower achievers could learn with more help, higher achievers just saw more content and everybody was happy.
That is how grade school is where I live, even more so in the Middle and High Schools. In grades 1-6 they usually have a class for "Accelerated" students and in grades 7-12 the smarter kids take harder and more in-depth classes.
Considering that I've seen videos from Wikileaks on the Colbert Report, it definitely could happen.
I don't think they surveyed to see what people thought iPad owners were like, but I do think they asked people a few questions about their personality, what they thought about the iPad, and if they owned an iPad. If they just asked what people thought about iPad owners, they wouldn't know that most "Independant Geeks" are critical of, and don't own, the iPad.
Unfortunately, it's impossible for us to know much about the validity of the study as they didn't adequate cover its methodology.
You send YOUR kids to a religious school that caters to YOUR atheistic beliefs. Problem solved.
Just thought I would point out that athiesm is not a religion. Its a lack of religion.
Just thought I would point out that atheism is the "rejection of the belief in the existence of deities". Under some definitions of religion, atheism certainly qualifies.
It's only a question of how useful that something is in the rest of your life.
A few years ago, I read a story about a man who saved someones life with skills he learned from playing America's Army. I've played that game a few times, and it actually requires you watch videos about CPR and such to become a medic.
It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.