This is pretty similar to what I went through.

Early on I learned TI Basic, then C64 Basic, then IBM Basic, they were all similar but were different contexts and quirks at times. Then when I got into Engineering, we learned C (In Borland Environment), and MATLAB. MATLAB was cool for being able to do a certain set of problems, but beyond our signals and processing class I have never used it since. Then we started taking CS classes where they taught you Ada, then later Data Structures with Ada, then another class on C on a *ix system learning about multi processing etc. I didn't really get into true C++ until I got my first professional job, and Java I picked up a book to learn a bit about it, but hardly use it. Now I dabble in C#, VB, VBA, PHP, etc. So I disagree that Basic kills you, but I do think given environments today, a safer environment to learn, might be best especially for young coders.

You are making the assumption that the description of creation began then, when it may just simply be a generalization, a statement of the thesis of the coming six days (seventh rest) of creation. It would be like if I described my day to you.

Before the sun rose in the morning, i Awoke, and headed to work. I a woke from my slumber shook my head, and rolled out of bed (minute 1). Then i slowly walked to the bathroom to do bathroom things (minutes 2-7). Then I headed downstairs, started up my computer, opened twitter, and email, and began reading the news (minutes 9-25) etc. All of these things were done in the beginning of the day, and the breakfast had yet to be consumed.

See what I'm saying, don't confuse the literary style of how genesis's creation account is presented, with some bullet point list, verse, by verse of the order of creation. Day 1 isn't verse 1, Day two isn't verse 2, It doesn't quite work out that way, even if you try to stretch it. It reminds me a bit of the intro to one of the LOTR moving, when it talks about what happened in the beginning etc.

And yet the US Constitution, cites the Law of Nations, which provides at least some basic definition of the "High Seas" for example.

8 Fluid Ounces = cup
16 Fluid Ounces = pint

and as I've always understood it, a Pint's a Pound the world Around..... in other words Pint = Pound.... interesting that a Pound is also 16 Ounces. Article is a bit misleading on that. I mean a Pound of ink? That's a pretty huge amount if you ask me.

The crazy thing is why Doc who had the foresight to make Marty change into 'cowboy clothes' didn't think to throw in some fuel for the De Lorean just in case.

I kind of like the way they handled this question in Star Gate Continuum. Where Col Mitchell's ancestor gets killed but they end up warping through the gate before he can fade out of existence, making him an anomaly of sorts.

Actually, if you were to go back to the Way Back Machine, way back to when there was a BTTF Cartoon, they actually built a location ability into the DeLorean and probably the train as well. I remember an episode where the DeLorean got stolen after some heist, with Einy stuck in the car, and one of the idiots was talking to his partner named Sydney, asking how much they had earned: "1890 Sydney" and they ended up back in Sydney during the old colonial days c1890.) Heck come to think of it they went all over the place in that series.

By that logic why doesn't the government put a tax on non lean, high fat, etc foods. A fter all the meat seems to be 'artificially' higher right? It couldn't possibly be that the longer life span and costs to reproduce CFL/LED technology results in fewer bulb replacements and thus less bulb turnover right? Or could it.

Bingo!

The vast majority of electrical power is generated not by oil, but by Coal fired plants. You can change all the light bulbs to other types and lower electricity usage nation wide (if such were possible), and it won't put a dent in Oil consumption. Oil is used in our cars of course, and other petrochemical products (How about plastics?). You'd a lot more perhaps by mandating reusable shopping bags, or decomposable bags rather than plastic as to do this.

This is why I get so upset at the Alarmist Global Warming movement. They throw whatever ideas they can against the wall to see what sticks short term, without considering (at least that we've seen) how that will actually have side effects and consequences both economically, and even whether it will work. Changing bulb types will not stop the dependence on foreign oil. Changing Car Fuel cells might. I'm all for conservation and preserving our environmental heritage, but let's do it smartly, not half cocked.

As a formerly misdiagnosed ADHD Kid, I can tell you ritallin does not have the effect you claim. It literally shorts you out. I was on it from I believe Kindergarten into 6th grade. Though I didn't realize it at the time I literally had no emotions. I became very logical, very literal, and very much like the worst parts of 'Vulcan' characters on Star Trek. When I came off the medicine at 13, I immediately realized the flood of emotions, and feelings that had been suppressed by the medication. I'm sorry to say, I am probably five or ten years more immature mentally because I didn't learn mental discipline in those early years, but instead leaned on Ritilan as a Crutch to get me through the day. Now I know some kids do have ADHD, and do need help that only medicine can provide, but I grossly disagree that it does what you claim it does. Bottom line, our bodies were designed to run, and hunt, and be active, not to sit still in a chair for eight hours a day with little breaks at all. So no, some kids are in FACT deprived of learning about themselves, their emotions, and as a result live a much less fulfilled life because of this medication. I am proof of it.

When i saw that update i instinctively unchecked it because I thought it was related to that annoying search enhancement that Microsoft released for XP a couple years ago which actually made searching even more cumbersome in the long run. I was more than happy with searching as it was, I just never thought that update had to do with "web searching" (And it apparently is there for IE 7 too btw). Strange though I don't remember having any tool bars in IE that the article mentions.

Didn't McClain (Bruce Willis) steel a car phone or cell phone or something in one of the movies in order to talk to the terrorists?

I'll admit I was an HP fanboy and supporter for a long time, but last year my family finally got tired of the HP ink costs. We switched to a kodak, and I'll be honest, their inks cost 25% of what HPs do and they even seem to last a bit longer. What's more, when printing things like pictures, they seem to be hyper accurate and clean compared to HP. I may never buy another HP printer again.

If its a high school level course, I would think the equipment to run, simulate, and use them is just to low level to be a first language for most people.

Maybe someone should phone the doctor, there's something fishy going on in the outer sol, I smell Daleks!