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Comment: Re:Money is money, it all adds up (Score 1) 594

by RealRav (#32148062) Attached to: On Pennies:

I was a Marine stationed in Japan, and we used dollars on base for everything. We didn't use pennies though; they said it cost too much money to transport them over (I'd think the total number would remain relatively static, but whatever).

Many people dump their pennies in a jar, leave them in their car console and don't bother to pick them up when they hit the ground. The BX/PX would have to constantly replace the supply.

Comment: Re:Teen Books destroy reading. (Score 1) 149

by RealRav (#32147974) Attached to: Do Children's E-Books Ruin Reading?
You missed the point of Shakespeare being taught in High School. The difficulty of reading Shakespeare is the point. By the time you reach High School you should already be a pretty proficient reader, but few have learned the skills necessary to trudge through something more difficult to read and gain anything useful from it. This is a very useful skill later in life. Ever read a tech manual?
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Bark Beetles Hate Rush Limbaugh and Heavy Metal 220

Posted by samzenpus
from the tiniest-minds dept.
Aryabhata writes "According to scientists, climate change and human activity have allowed bark beetle populations to soar. They decided to fight the beetles by using the 'nastiest, most offensive sounds' that they could think of. These sounds included recordings of Guns & Roses, Queen, Rush Limbaugh and manipulated versions of the insects' own sounds. The research project titled 'Beetle Mania' has concluded that acoustic stress can disrupt their feeding and even cause the beetles to kill each other."

No discipline is ever requisite to force attendance upon lectures which are really worth the attending. -- Adam Smith, "The Wealth of Nations"