FTL travel gives me motion sickness :(
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FTL travel gives me motion sickness :(
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That is bloody brilliant.
Damn that's cool.
Sucks that it appears the WalMart walk out failed, but hell, Forza Horizon for $15? Thank you kindly.
:) Apple store had a 'black friday' rebate of a whopping €41 on iPads. That's a full €9 less than the rebate I can get with points at Dixon's on the same iPad. :D I'm happy to know I can procastinate a bit more on a present :)
Had been rather annoyed that no one was discounting the original PSP. Buy today Amazon offered the Assassins Creed Vita for $179.99 plus they are throwing in All Star Battle Royale, 3 months of PS+, and a $10 coupon for Assassins Creed 3. That's more than enough to convince me to move on up. :D
and now the PSP drops 30% in price. under a hundred bucks at walmart and amazon...
just scored a gold nunchuk from Club Nintendo. :D
well screw you guys for not having anything happy to post about.
This is what my job will consist of tonight
Fine, this made me smile today
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UK education sixth in global ranking
The UK's education system is ranked sixth best in the developed world, according to a global league table published by education firm Pearson.
The first and second places are taken by Finland and South Korea.
The rankings combine international test results and data such as graduation rates between 2006 and 2010.
Sir Michael Barber, Pearson's chief education adviser, says successful countries give teachers a high status and have a "culture" of education.
International comparisons in education have become increasingly significant - and this latest league table is based upon a series of global test results combined with measures of education systems, such as how many people go on to university.
This composite picture puts the UK in a stronger position than the influential Pisa tests from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - which is also one of the tests included in this ranking.
The weightings for the rankings have been produced for Pearson by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Global competition
The two education superpowers - Finland and South Korea - are followed by three other high-performing Asian education systems - Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.
Aww, 7th! Though over here, "successful countries give teachers a high status and have a "culture" of education" isn't exactly the case - especially teaching younger kids isn't held in very high regard.
Making me happy, because I like working on this kind of stuff and I like working with deadlines - I have three days to put together, together with 'my' director, a proposal for filming a short story, which will give us the rights, €5000, and a guaranteed release (okay, only at two cinemas probably, but that's a good start, better than nothing!). I'll mostly be doing finances for now, and I think the fact that this particular short story is written by a rather famous Dutch comedian (for the Dutchies here: Freek de Jonge), combined with the fact it is set in part in our home town in the sixties, that crowdfunding should be a good option, and perhaps a subsidy from the local government (it will be city promotion, we like tourism here so any promotion is welcome), and local sponsoring since there is a guaranteed release for a local audience which makes it interesting for them.
http://io9.com/5963263/how-nasa-will...rst-warp-drive
*crosses fingers*
That would make the Fermi paradox so much worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aimless
6th in the world. :bulb:
Someone's made a boo-boo. That should be 60th.
One problem;Quote:
Originally Posted by Aimless
"However, space-time is really stiff, so to create the expansion and contraction effect in a useful manner in order for us to reach interstellar destinations in reasonable time periods would require a lot of energy."
And indeed, early assessments published in the ensuing scientific literature suggested horrific amounts of energy — basically equal to the mass-energy of the planet Jupiter (what is 1.9 × 1027 kilograms or 317 Earth masses).
Ion drives anyone.? :)
Keep reading:Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
Unfortunately, that's a mass of exotic matter he's talking about.Quote:
White says that the warp drive could be powered by a mass that's even less than that of the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
That's a significant change in calculations to say the least. The reduction in mass from a Jupiter-sized planet to an object that weighs a mere 1,600 pounds has completely reset White's sense of plausibility — and NASA's.
Proposal is submitted, fingers crossed :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
"this latest league table is based upon a series of global test results combined with measures of education systems, such as how many people go on to university.This composite picture puts the UK in a stronger position than the influential Pisa tests from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)"Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
Oh ok, makes more sense, considering everyone here goes to University to get mickey mouse degrees in everything from Surfing Studies to Golf Management ... :rolleyes:
There's university and there's university. Attending for the sake of it achieves nothing.
Quite frankly so many leave school in the UK with no understanding of basic spelling or grammar whatsoever, its embarrassing at times.
New computer memory. 16gb clocked stock at what my old sticks ran at OCed. Time to find how far these badboys can go.
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VQZ...shoes-nypd.jpg
:heart:Quote:
Caring NYPD officer is internet hit
A police officer in New York has become an internet hit after a photograph of him buying a homeless man a pair of boots was posted on the social networking site Facebook.
Officer Lawrence DePrimo, 25, noticed the shoe-less man in Times Square and bought him a pair of boots with his own money.
The act was caught on film by a tourist and posted online, where it has received thousands of comments.
Mazel tov, motherfucker!
guy is shoeless again, finding conflicting stories that he either sold the shoes or hide them because of how much they are worth. He is also pissed that he didn't any of the pie for having his picture spread without his permission.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
Slayer made it to the radio's top2000 :jam:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNnaRHqtrDQ
I'm feeling a bit happy tonight, and not just because of a local vineyard Pinot Gris. :p
The exterior house painting is coming along nicely now, finally tackling the soffits and gutters. New paint makes everything look fresh and clean. I think the two grey colors will look great as contrast to each other, and against winter snow white.
Spent a couple of hours today with the guy from Andersen, measuring for replacement sliding doors and picking hardware. That made me happy.
Hard to believe it's just 20 days to Christmas when the heat is off and windows open. :eek:
Pinot Gris. :up: Don't come across it very often, but I always buy when I do. Yummy. :heart:Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT
Snow has hit London this morning for the first time of the season. :)
:mad::up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
Now yer talking! Oh and I see your Slayer and raise you with -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uRb_yMFxzs
The long-term homeless are usually homeless for a reason, and it's not because they're nice, fully-functioning adults.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
