I guess you have drank the coolaid too? There wasn't any group work when I was growing up and more physical activities. Back then boys did quite a bit better.

A pretty good article on the subject... http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2006/01/29/the-trouble-with-boys.html

Last year my son (diagnosed with mild autism) was required to spend 1/3 of his time doing group work in math class and consistently was graded poorly for these activities. In my mind doing group work in pre-algebra is of questionable value and useless for boys.

The number one things that helped me improve was hating the way I did things with an equal measure of laziness.

That reminds me of one guy I worked with that relied heavily on his debugger for everything- since he used the debugger for everything he never had to develop decent naming for methods or object models that made sense. Maintaining or modifying his code was a nightmare!

You won't be teaching the guy anything. If he has been coding more than a couple years and isn't sick of making the same mistakes over and over there is no hope for this person.

Making a family movie that would have been enjoyed across age groups would have been a challenge, what Peter Jackson did was not. He just applied the 'Jackson Formula' to the Hobbit. He's not a film maker any more he's an accountant.

Being on Earth is a death sentence too.

Imagine if the avionics industry wasn't regulated?

Why are you comparing them to Beanie Babies? The majority of Lego sets are purchased to play with, and unlike Beanie Babies there will always be interest in buying a set even for just it's play value, so there is a floor on the price. I do agree though that if there is a mania over this that many will be burned....

If you subtract government deficit spending we have been in a depression for several years.

I had a friend who was a heavy pot smoker and started have a psychotic break... eventually he blew his head off with a shotgun. I always had the feeling the weed aggravated his condition. I know plenty of pot smokers are fine too. Can't we entertain the idea that for certain people pot may be deleterious?

Talking about juggling is pretty boring- check out some of his vids on youtube.

This would be a good way to tap the remaining energy from a low quality(low delta) heat source such as a power plant cooling tower.

Not to mention it could be done in five if scientists were actively pursuing this. Really this is more of a prediction about a change in morals.