Wei Dai asked:
Why does TV have seasons? I know it's customary to propose possible
answers to questions posted here, but I'm really stumped. I can't think
of any reason why television networks all premier their new shows in
the fall and play re-runs in the summer, instead of spreading out the
As most/all of you know, our favorite regulatory agency the FTC (the nation's
consumer protection agency as they call themselves) has established a nation-wide do
not call list (www.donotcall.gov). Of course, the list does not apply to
politicians, only evil capitalists.
Now, I registered my
In my informal experience, fathers and sons tend to work together
full-time only in professions with strict licensing or training
requirements. Electricians, lawyers, realtors and even CPAs -
I've found more father/son teams here than in any other type of
job. All of those jobs have
OK, but then the question applies to transportation. Can a horse
really move as much as ten people, or is it that they can eat
foods that are cheaper than food humans can live on?
The fact that a horse can consume and digest grasses is a contributing factor, but
definitely not the whole
A far cry from perfect, but if you use the GRE as a test of intelligence, economics
PhD students are the fourth most intelligent behind physicists, mathematicians, and
computer scientists - according to the ETS in 2002. Mean scores for engineering (in
some forms) are not much lower - but
