At 12:36 AM 9/21/2003 -0400, you wrote:
a question which arises
after reading the article is why there are apparently not any private
schools available which emphasize that their academic standards are
superior to those of the failing public schools but which are not
associated with any
At 02:01 AM 9/21/03 -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote:
At 12:36 AM 9/21/2003 -0400, you wrote:
a question which arises
after reading the article is why there are apparently not any private
schools available which emphasize that their academic standards are
superior to those of the failing public schools
I don't want this to be self serving as it may read. It's just I will
always wonder what happened to me. I know when I was young, I never learned
to tie my shoes until late, I'd guess at least seven or eight. In third
grade we had modules that we did individually but it was secret in a way.
At 02:14 AM 9/21/03 -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote:
We are getting Object Oriented COBOL soon.
Isn't that sort of an oxymoron, like attaching a jet engine to a covered wagon?
-- Ronn! :)
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At 01:25 AM 9/21/2003 -0500, you wrote:
At 02:14 AM 9/21/03 -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote:
We are getting Object Oriented COBOL soon.
Isn't that sort of an oxymoron, like attaching a jet engine to a covered
wagon?
-- Ronn! :)
I cannot say. Here's what I've been told: we always have vendors
I'm reading all these anecdotes about bad teachers without identifying
very well. Through most of high school and all of college, I found the
teachers to be mostly irrelevant. I prefer learning from textbooks.
After all, you don't have much of a pool to choose your teacher from,
but generally only
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Who somehow did memorize the quadratic formula...
Can you derive it?
Trivial. I ddn't memorize Cardano's formula, but I can
derive it easily: eliminate term in x^2, x = u + v then
eliminate term with uv.
He did say quadratic,
Over the last few days, I've been uploading some of
Vilyehm's fan fic to a special section of my web page:
http://stories.brin-l.org
Here are direct links to the stories V's sent me so
far, in order of publishing:
Between a Grok and a Hard Pace:
--- Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I love the idea of OO but I just cannot grasp it fully, yet. Luckily we
don't need it, it's just part of the latest version.
GROAN
=
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Jan William Coffey
I've been behind on reading list mail, so I just saw the
additional fanfic story that V posted to the list. It's
now sitting on my site at:
http://stories.brin-l.org/hoonfurpast.html
As usual, the main fanfic page is at:
http://stories.brin-l.org/
I was sure I'd check my mail this evening and see that Julia had
gone off to the hospital. I was absolutely positive. I guess I was
wrong.
Oh well, keep waiting...
- jmh
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Awhile back, I found a magazine of puzzles in the grocery store and
bought it.
You're given a crossword-puzzle-grid, a list of numbers grouped by the
number of digits in each one and then sorted in numerical order, and one
number placed in the grid. You then try to logically figure out where
In a message dated 9/21/2003 3:55:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So, am I nuts? Or just really, really weird?
Julia
I like doing logic problems in pen.
William Taylor
P.S. Your twins may be geniuses.
They're waiting for the Emmy
At 05:55 PM 9/21/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Awhile back, I found a magazine of puzzles in the grocery store and
bought it.
You're given a crossword-puzzle-grid, a list of numbers grouped by the
number of digits in each one and then sorted in numerical order, and one
number placed in the grid. You
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From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: memorization vs. idea space position
Dan wrote:
As Doug has pointed out, language is a system. I
like to think of the metaphor of idea space
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
P.S. Your twins may be geniuses.
They're waiting for the Emmy Awards.
I know I'd do anything to get out of watching
another awards show.
We have cable. There's a football game on ESPN in about 45 minutes.
(Kickoff will probably be more like an hour off.) I
John D. Giorgis wrote:
With Hurricane Isaebl bearing down on Washington DC, I am getting my picks
in early this week, in case the power is out for a while.Of course,
after last week's dismal performance, maybe a little shake-up is just what
I needed. I was an abysmal 5-11 last week,
In a message dated 9/21/2003 4:56:27 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Green Bay at ARIZONA -Time to break out all the classic futility jokes
about the Cardinals. Pick: PACKERS
Knock me over with a feather, that pick was wrong! I could *not*
believe the score
Jan wrote-
What about an education system and workplace that are now more focused on
empathic and rote memorization ability than on problem solving ability?
While I am not the most up to date on teaching methods, the only large
scale
changes I can recall that have impacted the majority of
Jan asked-
Does it mean that women, unlike men forgo carriers to rais families?
Actually, some of the current literature says that women most usually
must make a choice between career and family. Societal pressures
usually favor the raise family option. Women who try and do
both usually have
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/21/2003 4:56:27 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Green Bay at ARIZONA -Time to break out all the classic futility jokes
about the Cardinals. Pick: PACKERS
Knock me over with a feather, that pick was wrong! I
- Original Message -
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: Equal rights opportunity or numbers?
I agree with you. I just brought that up because it's the situation that
must be
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From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: Girls more confident of success...in an empathically focused
world
Strange it always seems to me that these same people are setting
Jan wrote-
I am suggesting that education should be tailored to the individual to use
and highlight that individuals strengths. We do this anyway (FREX exempting
Dyslexics from forign language requirments). Each individual should be
allowed to find the nich in which they can best contribute to
On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 09:05:09PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
To me, it is obvious that the company decided to get rid of its oldest
engineers. The pension liability they would have if they allowed
these workers to work till they were 65 was the most likely reason
for this action. Another
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: Equal rights opportunity or numbers?
On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 09:05:09PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
To me, it is obvious that the
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, I'm rather skeptical of people who say they have a great idea that they
just cannot communicate to anyone. But, lets just suppose that there is
someone who has come up with a conceptualization of a grand unified theory
that they cannot
...
Thinking some more about it, it seems that new forms of math are as likely
a candidate as any for ideas that cannot be expressed symbolically. But,
I've never heard of a mathematical system who's rules exist, but cannot be
described in terms of things already know to other mathematicians.
I'd like to have this over with, because it gets kind of tedious keeping
track of the time of the last N contractions. Of course, in general,
they've been in clusters where they're roughly an hour apart. 12-15
minutes apart is when we head out. The closest 2 were 25 minutes apart,
and
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How would you measure efficient? Worker productivity has reached
higher and higher levels since Women's Lib, wouldn't this seem to
support progress overall?
I have no way to counter most of what you have questioned. However, I do know
that the produtivity
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: Equal rights opportunity or numbers?
I agree with you. I just brought
Jan asked relating to the best person for the job-
The best person for plesant interaction, or the best person for achieving
technical results?
LOL, I wear cracked, taped together, hanging by a thread rose colored
glasses.
In my world I can have both. In reality, sometimes I get a bit of
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From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: Equal rights opportunity or numbers?
Dan, why can't we all agree that it was wrong, and accept that quanifying
the
wrongness is
You're given a crossword-puzzle-grid, a list of numbers grouped by the
number of digits in each one and then sorted in numerical order, and one
number placed in the grid. You then try to logically figure out where
each of the rest of the numbers fit in the grid.
...
So, am I nuts? Or just
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0525947647/qid=1064201122/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-7196545-4354567
I just finished reading this today.
What a hoot!
xponent
A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right Maru
rob
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I just finished reading this today.
What a hoot!
I thought it was wonderful.
I'd also strongly recommend Paul Krugman's new The Great Unraveling, and Big
Lies by Joe Conason.
Tom Beck
www.prydonians.org
www.mercerjewishsingles.org
I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I
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From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: Girls more confident of success...in an empathicaly focused
world
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How would you measure efficient?
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From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: Girls more confident of success...in an empathicaly focused
world
The average yearly growth in productivity per hour worked
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From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: No baby?
Horn, John wrote:
I was sure I'd check my mail this evening and see that Julia had
gone off to the hospital. I
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: Girls more confident of success...in an empathically focused
world
Strange it
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
bla bla bla
The best person for plesant interaction, or the best person for achieving
technical results?
Out of curiosity, in your world view, does everyone work all by themselves
and then everything falls into place at the end? How do you work
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: Girls more confident of success...in an empathicaly focused
world
The average
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From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: Girls more confident of success...in an empathicaly focused
world
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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