It is a good thing that intelligence is not determined by genetics.
Citation needed --- and not to a stupid failed experiment that drew the wrong conclusion.
Yes. I know. It's politically incorrect to think that intelligence does have a genetic component. My anecdotal examples certainly leads my belief that there is a causal relationship.
And no. I'm not saying that genetics is everything; nor am I saying that all children of two intelligent people are intelligent. Anyone who has even the simplest understanding of genetics knows that not all children of brown haired parents have brown hair. But only someone who has baked their brain in a politically correct stew would think there is no genetic component.
I vote they change Winders to Mundungus Fletcher, from the Harry Potter books. He's a thief and has the handy nickname of Dung. Why not go the whole hog and call it "Tommy Riddle"?
Naming a product after the founder's alter ego is seldom a good idea.
Simulated meat.
You really think that McDonald's is going to spend more buying simulated meat when chicken is cheaper?
...feel Microsoft's pain.
After you push a substandard product for so long, nobody will buy your stuff even when it is improved to the point of being superior to the competition. The stink just will not wash off.
Completely agree. The stink will take [at least] a generation to wash off. In the 90's I owned a Honda and the company cars were Fords. The Honda never gave us any trouble; the Fords had constant issues directly related to poor manufacturing control (side panels that would pop-off when the door was closed---on a two day old car).
I no long work for the company that provided Fords. Since then I've bought 3 Hondas (all made in Kentucky), 1 Nissan, 1 Toyota (used), and 1 BMW (used; built in North Carolina). While I read the stats that say the American Big Three have their act together, I'm not about to bet $30K or more that they do.
The sys-admin should know that if the company is running an old OWA version but have deployed new browser versions, then he need to set his users browsers to compatibility mode and they will have no problems.
What?!? You actually expect sys-admins to test before deployment?!? This is a Microsoft shop we're talking about.
you don't need a militarized police to take care of rioters, you just need police.
You know that. I know that. Most of slashdot knows that. Grandma watching the nightly news thinks its a good thing that the police have those nice big toys to put down the riots. The rioters destroyed any good will that the community could have garnered to effect real change.
It is unfortunate that the summary was written with a self-serving biased slant designed more for click bait than spreading the truth.
I lived in Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots. I remember distinctly after the verdict was read, everyone -- white, black, brown, red, yellow, and green -- condemned the verdict and the outcome. For a moment, people of all colors turned and stared at those in blue and looked at them with suspicion. It didn't last long. The riots hit and people look at the rioting, the looting, the senseless beating of innocent people that were just going about their daily lives -- and people turned the people in blue and decided "I think you were wrong, but protect me from that."
And now it's happened again. A senseless killing of an unarmed teenager -- you label his race if it matters to you; his race doesn't matter to me. Once again, people -- of all colors -- looked a the police with condemnation in their eyes, ready to take those responsible, not just the officer who pulled the trigger, but whoever was responsible for his training and putting a gun in his hand in the first place, and take those responsible to court and hopefully to prison.
But again, the idiots snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. They start throwing rocks down on innocent motorists. And people look at the police and say "I think you were wrong, but protect me from that."
I despise with a passion the fact that we've militarized our police force. But the idiots rioting are justifying why having a militarized police force is a good thing. Not to me perhaps, but to enough voters.
No. Some politicians. not all. There are plenty of states that are citizen friendly regarding solar, and that's because the politician did what there voters, BaL, wanted.
Are you sure the friendliness is towards the voters and not the solar companies? Just curious?
Note: I'm just playing devil's advocate on perceptions. While normally I'm against government subsides, I personally think solar/alternative energy is a great thing for the governments to subsidize; especially when you consider that the "loser" (if there truly is one) is another government sponsored monopoly.
Educate the voters. Let them know what's going on.
The problem would be separating education from propaganda. Who decides what the education content is? The current incumbents? The media? Unions? Corporations? You?
And then of course we have the subtle slant that can go into the education:
Sources said
The opposition claimed today
The opposition complained today
And of course for time -- just for time really -- we need to cut stories that are less relevant. You say it's censorship, I say good editing (or vice-versa, I don't care). We'll educate more on the possibility of impeachment (or more on Lois Lerner and the IRS scandal) depending on our point of view.
I suppose we could establish a bi-partisan commission -- one to designed to exclude third-parties from participation. After all, they aren't likely to win anyway.
If government didn't have the power to regulate this or that, corporations wouldn't be buying it off.
Or as P. J. O'Rourke put it When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
And, heck, arguably B5 has a better story than Trek ever did.
Star Trek had a story? What made B5 great was that there was a story arc. Star Trek never seemed to have any continuity from one episode to the next.
Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated. -- R. Drabek