--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 7:23 AM
Subject: Girls more confident of success
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3110594.stm
Women
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Good day for our company -- I met Sun's CEO, Scott McNealy, for the
first time and got a good impression. I guess it was at least somewhat
reciprocal, since he quickly asked us for some advice (which *almost*
surprised me enough to be speechless)
Russell Chapman wrote:
I wonder if we will eventually see a matriarchal society in developed
countries - with a preponderance of female civic and
commercial leaders?
Would certainly change the dynamic between the developed
countries and
third world countries...
In which way do you
Jan Coffey wrote:
BS
what we are seeing is a focus by society on the things girls
are good at as
apposed to a focus by society at what the individual is good at.
Are you saying that the curriculum has changed over the years or that
girls are better at studying?
And if you are saying
I wrote:
Are you saying that the curriculum has changed over the years or that
girls are better at studying?
And if you are saying neither of the above, then could you please
explain what the remark meant in that particular context? :)
Never mind. I just saw another mail by you on this
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 12:23:26AM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
But, what do we find in the US? For 30-34 year olds (fairly close), the
mean income for men is 39,989, while for women it is27,331. For 25-29
year olds the mean income for men is 33,405, while for women it is 24,760.
My source
Dan Minette wrote:
I liked your website Rich, but I have a quibble. You say:
The laws of physics look the same to all observers.
I'd argue that it would be better to say
The laws of physics look the same to all observers in inertial reference
frames.
No, Rich is right, his statement
Erik Reuter wrote:
You really need to give a better description of the problem if you want
relevant suggestions. Please explain exactly what you did and what error
messages you got.
If I knew exactly what is the problem, I would solve it :-P
But right now my problem has boiled down to one
David Hobby wrote:
Germany had *no* democratic traditions at all
None? Not even whatever filtered in from Switzerland?
Switzerland is not Germany :-P
And what of the failed revolution of 1848?
I must have fluked this History Class. What happened in 1848?
Alberto Monteiro
Alberto said:
No, Rich is right, his statement is the basis of General Relativity.
No, in this case Dan is right - I'm talking about Special Relativity.
I'll update it next time I modify my weblog.
Rich, who hasn't seen Dan's message.
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On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 06:23 am, Dan Minette wrote:
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From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 7:23 AM
Subject: Girls more confident of success
And girls have good reason to be more confident
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: Girls more confident of success
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 12:23:26AM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
But, what do we find in the US?
Richard Baker wrote:
Rich, who hasn't seen Dan's message.
And I haven't seen mine :-)
Crazy Listorc Maru
Alberto Monteiro
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From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 12:41:13PM -0400, Bryon Daly wrote:
[curiously, I did get Erik's reply to Bryon, but not Bryon's
message... this has happened for some time]
It didn't recognize the hard disk at all? Or just not
PopSci has the answer.
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,484153-1,00.html
In their Sepember issue, they published the results of an informal survey:
The 10 Most Brilliant Scientists.
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,472942-1,00.html
Jon
Le Blog:
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 03:21:04PM +0100, William T Goodall wrote:
considered 'graduate level' jobs. Vocational degrees have better job
prospects, but outside of teaching and health (medicine, pharmacy)
men still probably outnumber women in most vocational classes
(engineering, science,
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 01:34:32PM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Erik Reuter wrote:
You really need to give a better description of the problem if you want
relevant suggestions. Please explain exactly what you did and what error
messages you got.
If I knew exactly what is the problem,
What are the worst jobs in Science Fiction?
1. Typesetter to Alfred Bester
2. Temperance lecturer to Jerry Pournelle
3. Etiquette coach to Harlan
William Taylor
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From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Erik Reuter wrote:
But right now my problem has boiled down to one single step:
I can't partition my Windows XP HD using the tools that XP
provides. I have no idea why, and I would be very happy if I
could solve this problem without knowing why - Windows
--- ritu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jan Coffey wrote:
BS
what we are seeing is a focus by society on the things girls
are good at as
apposed to a focus by society at what the individual is good at.
Are you saying that the curriculum has changed over the years or that
girls are
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Scouted: reconstruction then and now
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 13:37:40 -
David Hobby wrote:
Germany had *no* democratic traditions at all
None?
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/28/technology/circuits/28disp.html?ex=1377403200en=007944b2e42f0199ei=5007partner=USERLAND
or
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W20C15DE5
I've been hearing about this technology for a while, but this is the first
time I've seen a picture of it in action. The somewhat
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: Girls more confident of success
I wonder about MBA programs. Are those 50/50? They tend to make big
bucks.
I wasn't able to
From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Our education system use to place a lot of importance on logic, problem
solving, and creativity. Give them the tools, test them on creativly
applying
those tools. This has now shifted to information retention, give them the
data, test them on whether or not
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From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: RE: Girls more confident of success
--- ritu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jan Coffey wrote:
BS
what we are seeing is a
Jan Coffey wrote:
It's called being shmoozed... you'll get use to itand then you will
learn to detest it.
That seems like a rather strong judgment to make with no information
about what was said... and I think you must not know my background, or
you'd realize I'm pretty good at knowing when
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Girls more confident of success
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:36:17 -0500
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To: Killer Bs
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From: Jon Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: Girls more confident of success
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion
I did the FR solution. Now I have Linux but not XP - and I
am not inclined to install XP, unless I can't figure out how to
use the CDRW, the DVDROM and the sound output. And I
haven't tested the modem...
Alberto Monteiro
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From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: Girls more confident of success
There used to be (and probably still is) a large portion
of the SAT devoted to choosing the
The Fool wrote:
Is there any solution other than the classical FR?
Well you could always just use bootpart like I suggested.
No, I couldn't, because bootpart requires that a partition already
exists.
FR Maru
Alberto Monteiro
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From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Fool wrote:
Is there any solution other than the classical FR?
Well you could always just use bootpart like I suggested.
No, I couldn't, because bootpart requires that a partition already
exists.
You weren't clear.
When
Jan Coffey 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
Jon Gabriel wrote:
Of course, that's all from memory, so I could be wrong. :)
Jon
I'm only infallible on alternate wednesdays Maru
So, you'll be infallible on Wednesday of *next* week? :)
Julia
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What are the worst jobs in Science Fiction?
1. Typesetter to Alfred Bester
2. Temperance lecturer to Jerry Pournelle
3. Etiquette coach to Harlan
Courtesy Dan:
Sex Therapist to Robert Heinlein.
Hair stylist to Isaac Asimov.
Continuity Czar for the
I wouldn't be at all surprised if, when we finally capture Saddam Hussein,
Bush contrives to be present as they parade the humiliated former Iraqi leader
in chains before the world, so that Karl Rove can package it as a campaign ad.
Try to make it look like Bush personally defeated Saddam in
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Scouted: reconstruction then and now
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:59:42 -0500
Jon Gabriel wrote:
Of course, that's all from memory, so I could be wrong. :)
Has anyone here bought/(pre)ordered Neil Gaiman's new Sandman book (The
Sandman: Endless Nights), due out today, or at least sometime soon?
I'm trying to decide if I should cheap out and wait for the paperback... I'm
constantly overloaded with reading materials anyway...
CNN's review of it:
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Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 02:19 PM
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Subject: The ultimate photo op?
I wouldn't be at all surprised if, when we finally capture
Saddam Hussein,
I almost forgot again. :-)
This is just a quick reminder that the Wednesday Brin-L
chat is scheduled for 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in the
US, or 7 PM Greenwich time, so it started about three hours
ago. There will probably be somebody there to talk to for at
least eight hours after the start
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0910-15.htm
Imagine a bomb that only kills Caucasians with red hair. Or short people.
Or Arabs. Or Chinese.
Now imagine that this new bomb could be set off anywhere in the world,
and that within a matter of days, weeks, or months it would kill every
person on
Byron wondered:
Has anyone here bought/(pre)ordered Neil Gaiman's new Sandman book
(The
Sandman: Endless Nights), due out today, or at least sometime soon?
I'm trying to decide if I should cheap out and wait for the
paperback... I'm
constantly overloaded with reading materials anyway...
I've
ritu wrote:
Would certainly change the dynamic between the developed
countries and
third world countries...
In which way do you see the dynamics changing?
About the only difference I can think of is the unease a few midlle-east
countries' representatives would feel if they had to deal with
Bryon Daly wrote:
Has anyone here bought/(pre)ordered Neil Gaiman's new Sandman book
Yep! Got it today. I probably won't get to read it until next week; I will try and
remember to give you my thoughts after I do.
Jim
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Imagine a bomb that only kills Caucasians with red hair. Or short people.
Or Arabs. Or Chinese.
The CIA developed the HIV to kill gay men [or was it to kill black people?] -
but somehow it backfired, and now it's killing more Africans than anything
else [was did it backfire in the beginning?]
Jeffrey Miller wrote:
I'll make the (safe) prediction right now that Saddam will
never be captured alive; if he doesn't die in a shoot-out,
he'll be killed when we storm the building. Honestly, his
best chance would be to find an embassy willing to give him
sanctuary..
That wouldn't
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, bringing me to a pathetic
16-16
Jan Coffey wrote:
Sure, Girls are better (as a group) at -memorizing- which is
what is ment by
-studying-. Girls are also better at empathic style
associations, being able
to spot the whole even when they don't understand the component parts.
Boys are better (as a group) at logic and
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