Teacher sent a note home with my little sister today. Apparently she's recently begun beating up the other special-ed kids in order to steal their food.
Teacher sent a note home with my little sister today. Apparently she's recently begun beating up the other special-ed kids in order to steal their food.
And she's how old?
6? 7?Originally Posted by Timbuk2
Note to self: either stop letting the cat burrow and nest among computer and router cords, or stop saying WTF happened to the computer and the internet?
Aw. Geek cat.
So, another semester, another Physics exam for my pupils. While skimming the answers, this one jumped right at me:
Task: Photovoltaic systems are used all over the world to convert light energy into electric energy. Use an appropriate model to describe how a solar cell converts light energy into electric energy.
Pupil's answer: Photovoltaic systems convert light energy into heat energy.
I'm currently a bit afraid to look at the other exams.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
He's not wrong though
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
The task was not to mention every unwanted side-effect that might also happen. As such, he not only failed to solve the task but also failed to actually understand the frickin' question.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
I've never taken a physics course, but if I answered that plants use their "photovoltaic cells" (leaves/roots) to convert sunlight/heat into photosynthesis (energy)....would that be wrong? I'm not sure what the term electric means in your question about energy.
No, as you said, plants use sunlight for photosynthesis, they don't produce electric energy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_potential_energyI've never taken a physics course, but if I answered that plants use their "photovoltaic cells" (leaves/roots) to convert sunlight/heat into photosynthesis (energy)....would that be wrong? I'm not sure what the term electric means in your question about energy.
"Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt
Photosynthesis is the process whereby plants synthesise using photoI've never taken a physics course, but if I answered that plants use their "photovoltaic cells" (leaves/roots) to convert sunlight/heat into photosynthesis (energy)....would that be wrong? I'm not sure what the term electric means in your question about energy.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
You mean my rhododendron are posting their pictures on Facebook?
Passed this guy on the way to work. The stairs are pretty much at a 90 degree angle to the road, there is so much WTF in how this happened...
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/2...ives-up-stairs
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
"Slut Shaming". It's the cyber equivalent of "The Scarlet Letter" but with far-reaching social impact. Anything captured on a computer or smart phone can become viral on the internet. Even when it's captured secretly, or modified, caching content can make it accessible indefinitely....by anyone...in the future.
More damage continues to be done to females than males....sometimes by girls themselves....but it's an overall ugly picture.
WTF? I'd hoped the 21st century would be better than this.
Have you seen Jersey Shore?!?
Actually I haven't either, but the ugly culture is actually reinforcing...the ugly culture.
Brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita
Did you just imply that the Scarlet Letter didn't have far reaching social impact?"Slut Shaming". It's the cyber equivalent of "The Scarlet Letter" but with far-reaching social impact. Anything captured on a computer or smart phone can become viral on the internet. Even when it's captured secretly, or modified, caching content can make it accessible indefinitely....by anyone...in the future.
More damage continues to be done to females than males....sometimes by girls themselves....but it's an overall ugly picture.
WTF? I'd hoped the 21st century would be better than this.
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
Heh. The cleaner we hired for our flat is Romanian. She seems happy to be here ...
As long as opportunities here are greater than they are in Romania or Bulgaria, such people will continue to immigrate, regardless of 'image'.
Also, from that article:
In 2007, Eurostar ran adverts in Belgium for its trains to London depicting a tattooed skinhead urinating into a china teacup.
nice ...
Super Bowl Sunday. I was going to create its own thread....because there's so much involved in this one sport, and this particular weekend. But WTF, eh?
"News" reports about chicken-wing shortages (ie higher prices) because of drought and corn feed costs, since a gazillion chicken-wings are sold this weekend.
Bringing multiple millions of dollars to New Orleans....that will help fund its rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina from 2005. The event is being held in a totally new Super Dome, but can we all forget the old Super Dome stories and images?
The NFL is dripping in money, especially its owners and franchisees. Commercial adverts cost millions per minute (and are sometimes the most entertaining thing to watch). Mad (ison Ave) Men trip over each other to get corporate contracts, knowing they have a chance to make the best Super Bowl commercial evar. 30 seconds can become viral in many ways, dontchaknow. Chaching!
Half Time entertainment is considered a singular event. Super Stars at the Super Bowl. Streamed live on big screens in millions of sports bars and homes around the world. Super stars want to get the Super Bowl gig. Stars have starry eyes that are super $$ signs.
The players agree to sell themselves for short-term million dollar contracts.....knowing full well they could become crippled, paralyzed, debilitated, demented, used-up and discarded before their 40th birthday. Most found their way to the NFL from state college and university football, heavily subsidized by tax dollars. Their dream is to play pro-football, also subsidized by the tax payer in Super Domes, super highways, super parking lots, even airport hubs.
Does anyone else wonder why/how a single sport like football became such a circular cluster-fuck? That making MONEY for the sake of making MONEY has infected our culture, and inserted itself into our developing youth and their public educations? Also, public infrastructure, tax schemes, and 'economic activity'?
Oh, I already know what others will say. Someone, maybe from Texas, will say I just don't understand sports or football or consumer markets. That I've got it backward...and "the markets" simply reflect what people want to buy....and people want to buy anything elite athletes offer the little guy. Jerseys, shoes, sports drinks. Chicken-wings, big screen TVs.
I'm thinking it's all the little guys who've been duped. So willing for entertainment, distraction, feeling part of a "team" -- its territory and vicarious victories -- it goes unspoken that vendors and small businesses might go bust if it weren't for the Super Stars and Super Bowls.
Is that sustainable?
edit: btw, this post is a companion of the NYT Faux Economics thread.
Last edited by GGT; 02-03-2013 at 08:39 AM.
So, I've had those somewhat unspecific discomforts in the lower ear / back of the tongue region. Nothing bad, more akin to an irritation. But since they've lasted for two weeks now I thought it wise to finally consult a doctor.
Found an ear, nose and throat specialist. Nice enough guy, though he didn't find anything, no swelling, no infection, nothing to be seen by neither probes nor ultrasound. Oh well. Was told to apply warmth, drink a lot (of warm stuff) and maybe massage the area a bit, as it might be lymph-related. He also gave me a prescription for a medication which would help against lymph-related shenanigans.
I wondered a bit why he didn't tell me how to use this medication - the doctors I had always told me to "take 20 drops 2 times a day" or somesuch. Thought nothing of it, though, I'm able to read the descriptions included.
Went down to the pharmacy and bought the stuff for 10€. Wondered again why the pharmacist didn't tell me how to use this medication - they always ask me: "Did the doctor tell you how to use this drug?" But I wanted to get home, put the box into my backpack without looking at it and drove home.
When I arrived home, I finally examined the box. And then I realized why neither the doctor nor the pharmacist told me how to ingest this prescription. Because it stated clearly on the label:
"Homeopathic medication"
I deem that a contradiction in terms. I wanted to see a doctor and not a shaman! And I'm now wondering if it's worthwhile to drive back to the pharmacy, throw that stuff in their face and demand my money back. Because I'm not willing to buy 20 grams of fancy sugar for 10€.
Gah. The next doctor I visit will probably look at me funny when I ask him if he's prescribing me real medicine instead of a placebo.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
Isn't this a reason for disciplinary action?
Hope is the denial of reality
What do you think are the chances for such a rule or law existing considering that some universities openly announced creating a Homeopathic Studies subsection in their medical areas?
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
Your pharmacists fill scripts for homeopathics? I think our pharmacists are precluded from stocking homeopathic meds, and are required to tell us they're available OTC.
Now I'm curious WTF the elixir is....
Is that paid for by the government? I imagine that your medicine is definitely subsidized by it. I thought Germans respected science?
Hope is the denial of reality
Another climate-related event coming.....a Nor'Easter with serious ramifications for the east coast.
However, WTF made my southern PA school district declare a two-hour delay....knowing full well that our temps are above freezing?
I honestly can't tell you if that would be paid for the government because I'm insured privately now.
And we usually do respect science. But this homeopathy crap is like a cancer which has begun to spread for some years now. That's why I'm so pissed off right now.
According to the "ingredient" list this box contains:
Scrophularia nodosa (fancy name for figwort), Echinacea (coneflower) and Mercurius bijodatus (mercury iodide). All diluted, of course.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
You should have paid for it with diluted money.
Hope is the denial of reality
As I said, I only noticed that at home
Next time I'll do that.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
You could give the doctor a placebo cane to the head.
Brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita
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