For the martial artists: Tae Kwon Do is only around 60 years old.
~~Thesis paper I wrote for my black belt~~ Moved to Google Docs
If you want other links I'd have to look online for a bit, but there is a lot of misinformation because Korea wants to world to believe TKD is an ancient art.
EDIT: Some people think I'm saying Tae Kwon Do isn't based on older martial arts. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying Tae Kwon Do is NOT based on Taekkyon or other so called "ancient" arts from Korea and is fact based on Karate and a little Chuan Fa. I lay this all out in great detail in my thesis.
Careful, careful... misleading title. I am french and follow technology-related legislation very closely. What happened here is that google were accused of having too strong a monopoly, as they can (ab)use their search engine to promote their own content over that of their opponents.
I do not agree nor disagree with this decision yet, as I want to know more about it before I make myself a final opinion. Just keep in mind that the title is misleading and google were not being accused of providing a free service at all here.
Anyone who speaks french can read this opinion piece to learn more about the case. They strongly take an anti-google stance there, despite being famous for defending anything free. A link to the official judgement can be found here, also in french, which is what I want to read before making my own opinion on this matter.
It is theorized that getting potatoes increases your CPU power, no idea if it's true or not but it'll help anyway. People should be playing any Potato Sack game they own, it'll help more if everybody is playing the same game though. Once we fill up a bar, we can focus everybody's attention on a different bar making the whole process faster.
The Wonderful End of the World is completed!
Right now, everyone should be playing 1...2...3... Kick It! or AaAaAA but at this point anything will help, Killing Floor really needs a boost.
Steam will only keep track of one Potato Sack game at one time, so there is no point in opening more than 1 game
Edit: Go ahead and idle your game
This is the guide on how to collect all 36 potatoes, collecting them all will unlock a secret reward in Portal 2! https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1vPutCkoZKA9XL5ZjSuNXfX8NfoeHW3xcrv7DgalKUfE&pli=1
I found the source article here.
The conclusion is: > Higher BMI z score in girls as young as 36 months of age and higher rate of change of BMI between 36 months old and grade 1, a period well before the onset of puberty, are associated with earlier puberty, which suggests that increasing rates of obesity in the United States may result in an earlier average age of onset of puberty for US girls.
This is a study about finding a relationship between higher BMI scores and early puberty onset, which they did. That is kind of interesting on its own. However, the word 'father' is never used in the article and all the data seems to be ~~made up by Oliver James.~~
EDIT: Princesszetsubo pointed out an article that does support the claim. I uploaded it to googledocs if you want to see it here. They conducted research that determined there is a correlation leading to younger menarche with a lacking father figure, so it is true, it was just never cited.
EDIT2: So I emailed Oliver James earlier if he had a source and he got back to me. He stated the problem is with the website; they don't put up the complete list of references. He also attached the article he used, here. It essentially parallels the findings of the previous articles and has many relevant references.
I thought it was so much cleaner this way...
I'm sorry to anyone who could not read the image. It was an uncompressed png, and it seemed legible even on my cell phone. But, I've made you guys a PDF file. :)
Edit: Actually, nvm, his Reddit username is YellowLord, not YellowKing, and he's banned from PiF as well. YellowKing's his Steam username.
Edit2: Ok, so Yellow_King and Yellowlord are, according to <strong>the PiF ban list</strong>, one of many alt accounts someone has, they're banned from the subreddit.
The ban list also lists another person as banned, the reason is "Found PiF in 2 hours of account creation, enters PiFs, deletes history, Friends with yellowking".
So I'm guessing they ban suspicious looking people who happen to be Steam friends (not Reddit friends) with YellowKing, because they suspect them of being alt accounts, or at least shady. Dunno if DoubleNyher aroused the mods' suspicions in any other way, if not, then the ban is kinda stupid imo. But I'm not a mod, I'm sure they know quite a bit more :)
Edit3: <strong>Post at PiF by another mod</strong> says: "He's banned for a reason. His "friends" were banned for a reason. We suspect his "friends" of being alternate accounts trying to get around our rules." and "I will talk to the people that were banned and get to the bottom of this."
So hopefully this'll get sorted out, my guess'd be the top mod went around banning anyone friends with YellowKing on Steam, and may have been a bit too trigger happy. But honestly, I dunno, we're only seeing OP's side of the story, maybe there's other stuff that made him look bad.
And stop spamming their subreddit ffs, it's a good place dammit D:
[](/c02 "Detective Pinkie's on the case!")
Every month I'm giving away a month of Reddit Gold! Join in the
fun, the first person to guess it right gets the point. If you
can't name all 5, and someone else helps you out, you split the
points.
Username: points: Bob042 1.8 ehSteve23 1.8 thatoneguydunno 1.2 shitterplug 1 Relkeb 1 Bob042 1 GitEmSteveDave 0.8
Kung Fu Cinema, taught by this prof. who had just gotten formally warned because the previous semester she had taught a class on "trash culture" which was just literal pornography.
Edit: The comments made me pull up the papers I wrote (even though this was 5 years ago). My midterm paper was Bruce Lee paralleling Hong Kong as both are a fusion of Western influence without giving up Eastern ideology, and my final paper was a reconstruction of "Hero" and "Rashomon" using the broken narrative structures to piece together a message that transcended the movie.
Edit 2: I got a couple messages asking to read the Hero paper, so I'll link it here if there is interest. 5 years ago, 21 year old english major who thought he knew what was up. Be gentle
Petition Link: http://www.petitiononline.com/cu5t0m/petition.html Some heartfelt comments on this petition: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AZVECwblLnElZHRwN2t0Yl81aGIybmgzZnQ&hl=en (very good read!)
Linguistics 515 - American English.
My final paper was titled "Puns and Wordplay in the Television Series Arrested Development." The professor was a humor scholar and he had never heard of the show - he was a much older gentleman - so he was thankful that I introduced him to the show.
Hell, I was just thankful I could submit a paper - in grad school, mind you - about how Tobias Fünke is "buy curious" and will allow Michael to "zing your arrow into my buttocks anytime."
EDIT: Here is "Puns and Wordplay in the Television Series <em>Arrested Development</em>". It's 15 pages long. It's not as scintillating as I remember, and it suffers from me double-spacing after every period (eesh). But hey, I got an A on it.
I just did my thesis on plus size models. Read it here.
Pure water is not a good conductor of electricity, but salts in the water can make good conductors.
The lightning follows the path of least resistance, and does not enter the water immediately. Instead, it creates arc channels in a disk-shape on the surface of the water before entering the water. The voltage then drops off rapidly as the voltage spreads out in a half-sphere. Fish (and people) have a higher resistance than the salt water and so will experience less voltage than the water directly around them. An interesting paper that touches on the topic.
A strike might not have dropped down to background levels (and still be detectable) as far as 1 km.
Oh goodness. Ill try to get on tomorrow and help out. I've been waiting years for this moment.
edit: THIS is my WIP. im in school but will update as soon as possible.
I swear to god, those of you at home better fucking get more potatoes. Those who don't will be flogged publicly like they are mining razor blades using chicken feces.
Heres the guide for getting all potatoes: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1vPutCkoZKA9XL5ZjSuNXfX8NfoeHW3xcrv7DgalKUfE&pli=1
GO FUCKING DO IT
Google Docs mirror for easy readability. The relevant information starts on page 78.
Here's the Poll for this week everyone! Hopefully this doesn't get buried. Thanks!
Stealing top comment, but I also did some investigation into the content of his marketing website. Considering the grammar and spelling in his emails, I knew the words used on his website could not be his own.. I was right.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnMPztotGCGadE1sQkV4aDlOVWRFTGtkS1VzUldHRnc#gid=0
OK - first take a look at this: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1zp_HHPnwQIk0iopDHy5OBzCutwJI9tA7FJLuuFhVPfU/edit?hl=en_US
Anything at altitude is subject to gravity, which will draw it back towards the planet's centre of mass. First, let's look at object A. The green arrows indicate the gravitational vector. The only way to keep this satellite in a stable orbit, is for it to be moving sideways fast enough that the 'fall' due to gravity maintains it at the orbit altitude.
Object B is in a higher orbit, and you'll see that it has a smaller gravity vector. Similarly, to maintain its orbit it needs less orbital velocity.
Hence, low earth orbit objects need a high orbital velocity (the ISS orbits about 16 times a day, at 27,700 km/h), while high orbits have a lower orbital velocity (geostationary satellites travel only one orbit a day, at about 11,000 km/h).
Back to the original question - while you would be stepping off your building and dropping, you would be imparted with enough velocity to maintain a geostationary orbit. Bare in mind - this only works at geostationary altitude. If you stepped off higher up you would be placed in an orbit for which you were travelling too fast, and hence you would prograde away, while if you stepped off at lower altitude you would be travelling to slowly and would follow a retrograde orbit to eventually burn up in the atmosphere.
They label themselves as "Garrett Keyser Butler Community School District".
I was able to find their "financial report card"
95% of their general funding comes from State funding. 5% comes from "Fees, interest, tuition, misc". This appears to be a public school.
Here is a google doc that lists all the inconsistencies in Deception for those who have not/will not read it.
A list of over 700 inconsistencies.
Skeptics annotated bible is your friend. As is the user Evid3nc3 on youtube, who has documented his conversion from Christianity to atheism (please don't capitalise) wonderfully!
People, I want to discuss something with you. Instead of saying "it's a shame the video doesn't describe anything", "Another sensationalist headline by MSNBC", "no viable information", etc., please try googling the topic and see if there are any research papers or even a Wikipedia article about it.
This same video was posted in r/energy and r/technology some time ago and in both places I posted a PDF for all you naysayers.
For the lazy out there, the PDF says that this engine is very efficient for steady use, like a generator which charges a battery. It's not supposed to be used to power a car because it has no torque. It's not designed to produce a lot of torque, it only has to be highly efficient at one speed. Think of it like a jet engine. They're very efficient at one speed, but when you need a lot of torque for takeoff then they're extremely inefficient.
Please, before you reply read the PDF (Google docs link, no downloading).
> A wave disk can be an effective compression device and in conjunction with the combustion chamber can form an efficient gas generator but a wave engine design on the basis of only unsteady processes cannot be an efficient device. In specific wave-disk geometry, torque generation is possible, but it is not as effective as in the case of steady-state machines.
tl;dr - It's supposed to be used in hybrid cars as a generator. Learn to google.
I made an updated version that is better for updating and has US tax brackets included:
I managed to play the game at Dreamhack last month. Frostbite 2 engine is simply amazing. Shell casing, spent rounds and ricochets were all amazing.
Gunplay is a lot "beefier" in which i mean there is actual kick to a weapon. Its rather hard to snipe someone across map with a SMG now. And it is nigh on difficult to kill someone with a LMG if you havn't got it deployed or you are Crouched/Prone.
It is amazing, and without doubt the best BF title i have ever played.
EDIT: Btw, if anyone wants to read the 3 Page in-depth review/experience of Bf3 at DH go here if you wish. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WjDDihD6y0944lmKJD18cO7JVwASaBmbiv1mmlyo6hQ/edit?hl=en_US
I made this myself, here is the google doc with the data. 2011 is the projected value for 16 weeks.
One mistake I made is I didn't prorate the games from 1977 and before to account for the fact that they only had 14 games, so those numbers (rushing and passing) should be 14 percent higher.
As you can see, the rule changes in 1978 had by far the biggest effect on the league. In 1977 the league rushed for more yards than it passed, and teams were averaging only 141 passing yards per game, with defensive teams like Pittsburgh dominating. By 1980 it was passing for 50% more yards than rushing and averaging 195 passing yards per game, with teams like the 49ers taking over.
The two major changes were illegal contact, which we are all very familiar with, but perhaps more importantly, changing how offensive lineman were allowed to block, allowing them to use the palms of their hands and extend their arms.
Recipe:
Chain Vest (45 armor)= 700 gold
Cloak of Agility (18% crit chance) = 830 gold
Combine cost (1.5% hp converted to AD)= 825 gold
AD Bonus from:
2000 hp= 30
2500 hp= 37.5
3000 hp= 45
According to this spreadsheet (just pulled it off google really fast) 1 AD has a value of 38.
So (remember passive costs 825):
2000 hp= 30 (value of 1140 gold)
2500 hp= 37.5 (value of 1425 gold)
3000 hp= 45 (value of 1710 gold)
EDITED ONE MILLION TIMES FOR FORMATTING
I found the "rights" listing from her literary agency. Her manuscript is due this month, which means it won't be out for a little while. She basically hasn't even "handed it in" yet. Set to be out Fall 2012.
The book will feature over 50% brand new material and illustrations, several redesigned/expanded previous blog entries, and of course, many of the blog's greatest hits in their original form.
Brosh, Allie
Picture Stories: An Illustrated Wonderland of Guides and Stories and Other Things Too (Touchstone/S&S, Fall 2012)
Four Color Illustrations throughout
Proposal; Manuscript due March 2012
Volunteer sign up form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDZfSFFiNVNaZXdtbV9leE5PbVpYalE6MQ
Filling it out here will give us a spreadsheet that is a lot easier to manage. Thanks!! Please let me know if there's anything I should add to the form.
EDIT: We have over 80 volunteers signed up right now, amazing. Thanks for signing up everyone!
EDIT 2: Wow, we have over 280 volunteers signed up right now!!
I've been looking to get into Android development and think this is a great idea.
If you want to add your Google+ profile to a spreadsheet, I have this one created.
Just off the top of my head, we could call ourselves the RAD team. Reddit Android Developers.
//EDIT: Took the spreadsheet down since people can't play nice. Use the form that feroc1ty created.
Also, join us in IRC
And done.
Here's A google docs link if you prefer to read it that way.
Sorry for taking as long as it did; I'm currently at work and writing between calls. This also hasn't been edited or revised in any way, so forgive me a few trespasses of grammar and spelling and the like.
Edit: The response from the community has absolutely blown me away. I was going to play Skyrim tonight while I am on-call for work, but after this I've decided to put the night toward putting another couple thousand words onto my principal fan fiction instead. Thank you all.
Here's a pic someone made about a pony fucking a tree
Based on this story that I wrote
Yes, that is a story about a pony and a tree having sex.
[](/b04)
EDIT: For those who are curious, part two is well underway
Looking at some of the formation models for the solar system are pretty instructive. I know AskScience hate speculative stuff, but what about papers that run speculative models? These suggest that small changes in the eccentricity of Jupiter would result in significant changes in the rate at which comets are fed into the inner solar system in the early history of the planet, and that a direct result of that is that changing Jupiter's eccentricity can turn Earth into a desert planet or a water world. How on the knife-edge were we, if this is true?
I've collected over 100 entries from all across Reddit to Hacker news.
If you want to contribute, here's the link.
Made a spreadsheet for this. Teams are sorted by PPG/min, with their traditional PP rank next to team names.
>and frequently has a college degree.
Frequently but not typically. Here's an excellent journal article about cops and college. Google doc PDF warning.
This list was compiled, Life tips, from the awesome community known as Reddit. on Reddit a while ago, jsut came across it today by accident when lookign at my shared documents
Life tips, from the awesome community known as Reddit.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/130RgTJlrQU2PYNRKqpF2cIw6diBXILYB5UTg1aKyu1Y/edit?hl=en_US
This is what I used with my family; it was written roughly 5 or 6 years ago, so pretty much when I was a teenager, so there's a pretty distinct lack of business terms. I tried to cover all the bases I could with this one, since getting blackmailed to do things horrified me. The demands for money were just to scare them, keep them from lying to me, since the first time I did computer fixing for my family I was blamed for the problems that started to plague my parents' computer a while after I fixed it (that's also where that third question comes from, since my parents seem to have a god-given ability to find viruses not even on porn sites).
I don't do assistance for anything from Apple, though. I'm not proficient enough with OSX to do anything with it, or know how it works. Probably better off going to the Apple store for that.
Just to point this out: somethingawful.com is SOPA supporter.
Edit:I have investigated the issue. The reason I was saying it, because my plugin was showing a notification. It seems it is triggered by the "nodakpharmacy.net". I have no idea where exactly in the site it is being loaded (advertisement?), and it is strange to be loaded at all, but this is as far as I can dig in.
See detection code:
https://github.com/cundimundi/StopSOPA-Chrome-Extension/blob/master/extension/stopsopa.js
I added "alert(sopaSupporterList[idx]);" after "document.body.appendChild(popupSopaDOM);"
Detection list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AmGJz_37ojoqdFZhYlBhN2hQOGRoN2R0ZGh3VDZlblE&
For all those wondering: here's a report on it.
Apparently 2/3 of them said they would like to go back in, and less than 1/3 said they would not. 90% of participants felt it useful, claiming that it helped them. Quotes included: "come to have respect for others’ feelings", "came to a closer awareness of my problems and the ways I keep people at a distance", and "learned more about how I affect people".
Weird. Shit.
For those who aren't aware, Tarn and Zach are those who run this project. Zach is paid for his contributions, but mostly works another job. Tarn is funded solely by donations -- of which Zach's pay, rent, food, etc. are real expenses.
Tarn isn't getting rich from donations. Here's the donations (yes, I track this meticulously) since 2007: Google Docs Spreadsheet
This is certainly a better than average year (on track for $40,000), and Tarn is doing what he loves, but the reality certainly remains that he could make a lot more money doing something else.
Now, I'm not just saying and not doing. Here's what I've donated in the past 12 months.
I agree with the poster: let's make December menace with spikes of dollars. There's 8557 subscribers to this subreddit, so why not make a goal for the DF subreddit to donate $8557 this holiday season? I'm going to kick it off with an ad-hoc $100 donation, right now. UPDATE: Done
FINAL EDIT: I've created a self post about this project. You can see it here.
I made an attempt at developing a chart where we can all enter our opinions on where an artist should be and the chart will update live. Take a look at it and let me know where it can be improved.
EDIT: It needs your opinions!
Edit 2:
>Instructions:
>1. Find or enter an artist on the "Artist Data" sheet.
>1. Enter your vote in the next blank spot for the artist you're voting for.
>1. Click on the "The Chart" tab to view the chart. (Sheet tabs are at the bottom of the Google Docs page).
>1. Make a comment here if you have any suggestions.
>Votes go as such:
>* X-values from -100 to 100 (-100 is "Transformers/Metalish" and 100 is "Reggae/Jungle")
>* Y-values from -100 to 100 (-100 is "Dark/Heavy" and 100 is "Light")
>* All votes are averaged for each artist, and the average is then plotted on the chart.
Edit 3: NEW CHART!
I updated the chart to take into account how widespread the votes are (the bigger the bubble, the more people disagree about where the artist should be placed). Hopefully, this will show the range of the artist. Check it out!
Poll for this week. Thanks!
POLL: 317. Basic Lupine Urology
And for those that are asking for results of these, I will try and get them out this week. School has been kicking my ass recently. Sorry!
A lot of people like to write their own engines.
(Edit: The raw data which stormblaast helpfully provided below but almost no one upvoted.)
>Your karma/day rate is increasing.
EDIT: People are asking, so here is the full thing
Actually it isn't as gold efficient as people think. It's above average for gold efficiency, but nowhere near the top (at least if you only consider the benefit to the holder and not the benefits to the team). You can see how it compares to other items in terms of efficiency on this spreadsheet (just switch to the "Data" tab).
It is however one of only two items in the game that give you both armor and MR (the other being guardian angel), which means if you want to get a single item early to go against a fairly balanced team in terms of damage types it is a good bet.
Sorry for the PDF, but check out the last election estimates by age group:
Do we want marijuana legalization on the agenda? There's a reason the grey lobby is driving this country - they're the only ones who understand what it means to vote, and how shitty life is without a vote.
EDIT: okay seriously, why does this post get downvoted? Who does that?
I'm going to post this week's poll here so hopefully more people will see it! Thanks everyone!
I think that this is might be more common than most of us think. I am curious about this and have made a survey to get an idea of how common it is (at least among redditors).
If you are willing to take the survey click here
If you just want to see the results click here
This will only work if lots of you fill out the survey. So please do!
Edit: I've also included questions pertaining to cousins
Bubbles get you drunker faster. The carbonation forces your pyloric valve open faster so the alcohol enters your blood stream more quickly.... so if you're used to drinking beer and you start drinking liquor it may take longer to feel the effects, thus getting you more hammered in the long run. Same deal with Champagne vs. Wine
Source: Slide 10
Edit: I learned how to edit AND how to add a link!
In google spreadsheets one of my favorite functions is the Query function. It enables me to do SQL-like queries on datasets. Oh and also our new pivot tables make doing pivots and group-bys extremely easy.
What sorts of things are you looking for from Access and Filemaker?
I was thinking awhile back to start a google doc (spreadsheet) where we can list the folders and the information associated with them... this could serve as a cheat sheet for those of us who want to delete "bad" folders off of our sd card.
We could look to it and say: oh, a folder named TuneInRadio? The spreadsheet says its required to save preferences and radio stations. Hmm, since I deleted TuneInRadio awhile back I will not need it; Delete.
Edit: in true reddit fashion kiwimonster is already on it, check out the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkgDmL1o8DfMdHpjT1FBNFNIRG5PanV4eXFITjlqMVE#gid=0
"abortion solves nothing", really pope, really?
And just where do you get that from, god? Did the big man in the sky tell you that? Because I don't think his information comes from experts who actually study the issue.
Because they have long concluded ".. that legalized abortion is a primary explanation for the large drops in murder, property crime, and violent crime that our nation has experienced over the last decade. Indeed, legalized abortion may account for as much as one-half of the overall crime reduction".
But facts aside, if you take a logical and moral approach it's not hard to realize that forcing people into difficult long term situations that they, and perhaps their families, aren't ready for, will never yield the most positive result. Morally speaking it's abhorrent to put the rights of a non-sentient blastocyst ahead of a woman. Especially as it's counter productive to a healthy society, life is hard enough without being forced into it.
It was great until the devs decided to make upgrades and weapons completely unobtainable by anyone but the money and/or time rich.
The average match gives you between 300-1000XP for free2play users, or 1000-3000 with boost (which costs about $15/mo). It takes 4 million XP to unlock everything. Alternatively, you can purchase the weapons directly, which costs 16,000 gold (~$150USD) for everything, plus you have to earn another 1 million XP for weapon and armour upgrades on top of that. (source for figures)
It feels completely pointless playing anymore, because it never feels like you're actually achieving anything.
EDIT: Downvoted for pointing out facts everyone wishes weren't true. Classy.
You can download the latest draft for free (got accepted without any modifications), at least that's what Slashdot said.
edit: here
Here's one, but this video is more helpful.
Basically there's not precisely a law to cite with you asking if you're free to go, but longstanding legal precedents. Basically, in order to legally detain you, they need reasonable suspicion that you're engaged in a criminal activity, otherwise you're free to go. It's not precisely that simple, but the question is.
If you ask, "Am I free to go?" and they say yes, you don't have to continue your encounter with them anymore. If they say no, then they are detaining you for questioning or for some other reason, at which point that video above becomes even more useful.
Here you go, good sir: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtkkAOlO_ZfPdGpJRmZWWG5uVmN3Q0poTHZILTlLV1E
I know, my formatting is bad but I'm not really good with excel. The first ten weeks are actually the Preseason but I decided to also track them.
It is perfectly fine in moderation. Add a lot of veggies in and its a pretty complete meal.
Edit:Extra info for people saying Pizza is low in protein. Here is Costcos Pizza nutrition info. 28g Fat 67g net carbs 44g protein for 1/6th of a cheese pizza. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0Bzb7-0vqRhPyYTc4N2EzMTAtZmJkMy00ZGRlLTk2ZTMtYmExMzE2ZTg2ODg4&hl=en_US
One of the goals on my list of goals is to be a falconer.
One of the harder ones on the list.
*anything I should add?
I've opened editing.
Change what you want.
Whichever one has the best swag and least restrictions. Maybe pastafarianism, but to be honest, I'd probably just start my own. Something where the lord commands at least three days of leisure per week, mandates daily afternoon naps, and considers oral sex to be holy sacrament.
EDIT: There seemed to be some interest, and I didn't feel like doing anything constructive at work anyway, so here it is: the holy pamphlet of Awesomism. Feel free to state this as your official religion if you're ever forced to choose.
This is my last skill-focused submission, I promise. But man I love a cool chart. This is in the spreadsheet as well.
Hijacking the top comment to direct everyone to a post on EA forums about what information is needed to opt out. The OP in the forum also has a template opt out form letter.
Make sure to change information like date, account info, etc.
Here are the Z-Scores for QB Rating. As you can see, Rodgers' is almost an outlier with a score of 2.95. Brees did very well with a score of 2.03.
Here are the Z-Scores for Passing yards. Brees' Z-Score here is 1.97.
I took the players and numbers from NFL based on who qualified for those particular statistics.
> Spend an hour in excel
Give me 10 minutes and I'll edit this post with a link.
Edit: here you go, OP
Let me know if anything in that spreadsheet looks wrong, but if my formulas are right, you and your grandchildren should really prefer taking that $400/wk. That "amount spent" is just how much of the 20k you're spending... Make it whatever you want (between 0-20k, anyway). I picked 3%, 4%, and $10,000 somewhat randomly, but happily, it works out to you having almost no money left when you're planning on dying.
Edit 2: Note to self: read the whole post first. I'll work on factoring in the mortgage...
Edit 3: It's creepy when you guys watch me work. I just want to make a note of the fact that you will not be able to completely pay off your mortgage with a lump sum (taxes...), but if anyone can give me an estimated tax rate I can help OP out there.
Here's the poll for this week. Thanks!
POLL: 318. Course Listing Unavailable
And for anyone who didn't see them, here are the results for the first 17 episodes of Season 3:
For those (on pc) who regret picking certain points, you can add and remove them using the console:
player.addperk ### player.removeperk ###
where ### is the corresponding perk code. I compiled these into a printable doc if anyone is interested :)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArtWXhWSIfTBdGx6V1FqTVJNNUFEeXdycm9RREljYUE
From the article: >Rolling Stone: How did you get the name Darth Vader?
>George Lucas: "Darth" is a variation of dark. And "Vader" is a variation of father. So it's basically Dark Father. All the names have history, but sometimes I make mistakes — Luke was originally going to be called Luke Starkiller, but then I realized that wasn't appropriate for the character. It was appropriate for Anakin, but not his son. I said, "Wait, we can't weigh this down too much — he's the one that redeems him."
Lucas didn't intend to use the Dutch word for "father," it was just coincidence. Also, the word "Darth" doesn't mean "dark" in Dutch, but it is meant to invoke the idea of darkness. Also, I think Dutch speakers pronounce "Vader" differently than VAY-DURR right?
Media and Politics. Instead of a final, we had a 10 page (single spaced) paper of ~10 different essays, and a 10 page (double spaced) essay due. I put in more work than i'd put in for any of my other classes, combined, over the entire quarter just on those two papers (got a B+ too). The workload for the quarter was relatively simillar.
Anyways, the class completely opened my eyes about how pretty fucked up everything is (beyond a "Fox news is bad!" level. really getting into the details, why/how it works, etc.)
Worked our asses off in that class, but totally worth it.
Edit: Uploaded the papers to google docs due to popular demand. I warn you that I am not an amazing writer, and I'm sure there are plenty of gramatical errors (I'm terrible at proofreading). I'm proud of the papers though. Also, watch the movies "Wag the Dog" (Just think to your self, "Would this really be possible? ) and "Out Foxed". I'd watch Wag the Dog first.
Also, send me a PM with your thoughts when you're done reading them!
Not sure how accurate using the profile date is for actually judging when the pic was taken.
This pic was definitely not taken in 1998.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcrowland/6401004687/meta/in/photostream
Edit: After reading a document on ICC profiles, the date/time number is part of the header info of the ICC profile. Here it is as the document states:
>byte offset: 24..35 | content: Date and time this profile was first created | Encoded as: dateTimeNumber
Hang on! I'm grabbing my candy thermometer and testing my electric kettle. I will plot the temperature change over time and report back to you ASAP.
Edit: Electric Kettle data gathered. Waiting for water to boil in my stove-top kettle for comparison.
Edit2: The data is in! Graphing now.
Edit3: Data porn!
To gather the data I measured the temp of the water in 4 situations over the first minute in the mug. The situations were:
Conclusion: The hottest water came from a stove kettle, and a heated mug. Close behind it was the electric kettle and the heated mug. Well below these two were the trials with the cold mug.
TL; DR You should always throw a splash of boiling water in the mug before adding the tea leaves/tea bag. Swirl it around to heat the mug, then pour it out, add the tea, and pour into the mug from a full boil.
Maybe you'd like my list of recommended apps?
It's in a Google Spreadsheet, and does not contain Facebook :)
Republic of Korea 11.80 + 3.0 = 14.80 Ireland 13.39 + 1.0 = 14.39
Appendix III: Alcohol Consumption Data
https://docs.google.com/open?id=1Coj_6riWwDxOar3XZIYTyzG0Db0DUkFP1YnTfmKKBfnZ9go7jlIUWxi_PLrv
SUCK IT IRELAND [](/fuckyeah)
After 500 solid responses and as the traffic seemed to be decreasing, here are the results of the survey as promised. Thanks to everyone who completed the survey!
If anybody has interest in the spreadsheet, then HERE is the raw data. Did a bit of cleanup, and added a few more items to the form when looking through the columns.
Enjoy!
The most likely one is probably the religious overtones, but it's also certainly possible that they didn't feel like they could do the other characters justice with their versions of this scene, or that they felt the overall message was not in line with the rest of the game, etc.
Or it could have just been money. No resources, no time. Too much money spent fawning on Diana Allers.
Edit: If you're interested in seeing some of the other cut scenes, the script can be seen here
Magnet schools I haven't heard of before (I'm Canadian), but I don't think they're relevant to this discussion. The problem with mathematics education is systemic. Many parents, elementary school teachers, and non-"technical" (science/computers/math/etc.) high school teachers have negative attitudes towards math and are often lacking in basic numeracy skills.
Students are very quick to pick up on adults' discomfort, and many adults broadcast their math phobia. Students going through a public school education may face all of the following:
... and many more.
This is a major, systemic problem in education in North America, and can't be solved with specialized programs.
I'll ask everyone to please read the section on security before commenting on the security implications of this proposal. After you have read it, feel free to complain to your heart's content.
This is a summary of the IAMA that they did for WvW;
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gIoqsXQJ-zGhIeEgMw28MLc5i-T1gijkGDsEohiw2x8/edit
This is a short summary of organised PvP taken from the excellent overview linked in the submission;
> PvP -
>Structured PvP:
>"Hot join" games are the casual side of structured PvP. Hot join PvP can be played from 1v1 all the way up to 10v10.
>Players can browse through a list of available games, each displaying the current map, the number of players, etc. Players can search by server population or friends list.
>Tournaments are the more organized side of structured PvP. Tournament play is 5v5, but matches take place on the same maps that are used for hot join play.
>Pickup Tournaments: These single-elimination tournaments wait for 8 teams to join before starting. Once they start, they go through 3 rounds of eliminations, with winners receiving qualifier points.
>Monthly Tournaments: For monthly tournaments, you'll need a certain amount of qualifier points to join.
>Yearly Tournaments: These grand tournaments feature the winners from the monthly tournaments slugging it out for the right to call themselves the best PvP players of the year.
>Player-Run Tournaments: These tournaments will be customized by players, allowing for great flexibility and unique bragging rights.
>Guild Wars 2 PvP features different maps that all dramatically alter a single game type called Conquest. In the Conquest format, teams compete over a certain number of capture points. Holding a capture point and killing enemies improves your team's score. The first team to reach the score limit—or the team with the highest score when time runs out—wins the match.
Can you devote 2-3 hours a week to cooking?'
I cook all my meals on Sunday, and then I'm good to go for the rest of the week, I just re-heat in the microwave.
If you haven't done the survey and would like to, here's the link.
If there are a lot of new responses, I'll post the results again.
EDIT: If anyone is still interested in more of these surveys, I'll do another with any questions you may think are important, and I'll spend a bit more time on it to ensure that all the questions make sense and there are enough types of answers.
Same boat as this guy. In Boston too. I should try to find him.
Unfortunately I don't hold advanced degrees in physics, but I am a programmer, which I hope improves my chances of finding work. Family and friends don't believe I can't find work and keep suggesting I apply at Starbucks or McDonalds as if those weren't the first places I (and everyone else) tried. It's exasperating.
Here's my resume btw, in case anyone is looking for programmers:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14PAnBopdlXrqHlZkCs0gTe5buSSrEQHRgoFdrWkqMHY/edit?hl=en_US
Willing to relocate.
I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Here is a breakdown of why a (large) set of people think that the ending was poorly written.
First, all of the endings are essentially the same. This is lazy, regardless of how you feel about the endings themselves. Even if the idea behind all of the endings are good in terms of writing, which has some significant backing, different colors a different ending does not make.
It nullifies any and all prior choices that you have made during the game. The entire series was based around how your choices have larger repercussions in the grand scheme of things, and that your choices were important. It is thematically different from every other aspect of the series. This is not helped by the first bullet point. Some people enjoyed the endings because of this. Flipping the player's expectations on their heads might be seen as a powerful deviation from the norm.
The entire ending turns the plot into swiss cheese and doesn't make any god damn sense.
My opinion? The developers used the ending to decide whether or not they wanted to sell, give away for free, or drop a DLC ending altogether based on the consumer reaction. They claim indoctrination if they decide to use the DLC, and if people like the game enough they sell it. If there is a large enough backlash the DLC is either free or dropped. Probably the latter.
Also, its a really good overall game. And I've seen endings done much more poorly than that.
You are a first time unusual unboxer and I assume new to this game (F2P) here is a hint of advice.
DO NOT SELL IT (Or at least not just yet)
All unusuals unboxed this hallowing will have these new effects, so the new effects will become increasingly rare after halloween mode ends. The Hermes is a new and popular hat for a popular class. I imagine your hat is extremely valuable.
Go to an unusual server when all this dies down, get that thing price checked by multiple people, and start selling on SourceOP. Do not set a buyout until you get an idea of what kind of offers to expect.
Since I assume you have somewhat low playtime and a newly unboxed unusuals, you may be added by "sharks." Sharks prey on new players who do not know the value of their rare items. Do not talk to one. For more information on sharks look here.
OPTION 2: Hold onto it because it's badass.
I have created a PDF version of this post complete with formatting and minor editing for spelling and grammar.
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We already started here and made a google doc: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/t8vc9/dinnerbone_wants_someone_to_make_a_list_of_every/
If you send me your email I'll transfer ownership of the doc to you :)
Edit: Even better, a form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dF8zU2ZyQklNUHE5X0Vkb1ZUUXVWSkE6MQ
Since Google Docs already has the option of Download As -> XLS/PDF/HTML, all you have to do is change the ending of your URL from "output=html" to "output=pdf" or "output=xls".
Just because I take every conceivable opportunity to post it:
Based on the results from the Who in the World is reddit survey I made a list of the usage per capita in all of the 192 independent countries in the UN + some other territories ( population data).
I put the list on a shared google doc spreadsheet here.
The top 15 of independent countries by users per capita:
Using this statistics and the StatPlanet program I created this map. The color groups are there to roughly represent the succession of penetration and indicate where there is any substantial reddit usage but there is no linear relationship between the color groups. The second one is approximately half of the first one, while the last one is just about 1% of the first one.
It looks like it's a rat-tailed maggot (page 9 of the pdf) which will turn into a hover-fly.
Here's the wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat-tailed_maggot
That is an inflation rate of only 4.3%, which is really, really good. (Ignore the title of the spreadsheet, I edited an old sheet for you.)
It was an OSHA requirement done-away-with in 1977.
See also, this. WTF? http://artofwarcentral.com/game-server-blog/toilet-seat/
I'm guessing this was originally in the wikipedia entry on toilet seats, and blog-spammers copy wikipedia for some reason (to get search result hits to get ad money?)
A spreadsheet is being updated here. Im not the one to create or update it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0ArCSGLnwZLADdGxYdlhEejBFclBjR3l1N29OaW1kYUE
The opening page is the current state and can be compared to pre-nerf page. Basically missions that created ~95 credits per minute are now creating 2 to 14 credits per minute. Massive nerf overall.
I have a feeling this article is mis-quoting the results of the study. I believe the statistic is that on average you become spatially disoriented within 178 seconds, that's a lot different than "life expectancy."
One of my flight instructors was a former 777 pilot and she said every single time she flew through clouds she became disoriented. It's natural, and you train for it. You focus on your instruments and disregard any conflicting sensation your brain is sending you.
I'm trying to say that to myself in Urdu and it doesn't make sense at all. I must be really out of touch with the way the new generation is cussing 0_0
EDIT:
The list in transliterated urdu
With gems like "dirty insect rotting in a dirty asshole" and "everyone's penis in your mother's vagina". Highly specific!
Other WTF items:
White monkey / black monkey
Carrom board (A popular game played in Pakistan)
When you were born, did you come out the back or front? (Whole phrase, as is)
Your balls are really nice
Small penis (interestingly, I haven't run across 'large penis')
dog
Ghost of the vagina
I recently wrote an article to answer this very question, taking the reader from a brief history of the problem, through Turing Machines, time complexity, P & NP, some of the consequences of a proof and a brief overview of attempts at solving the problem.
I hope someone finds it informative (edit: ... and would appreciate feedback if anyone has any).
This is a great idea lets get the ball rolling!
I've created and shared a Google Document "SD Card Cleanup List" to track these applications and related developers.
I started the list with every app I found listed in this thread but it's just a small start. Please contribute! You can add new apps you find violating the SD Card policies or just look up and add the developer contact for apps already listed.
I'm too tired to start looking up dev contacts tonight but I'll continue that tomorrow, in the mean time, contribute!
edit My mistake, it's now editable!
edit, update Damn, way to go everyone, this spreadsheet is chock full of good info now. We're up to 99 apps already. I'll draft a form letter later this afternoon. Anyone that can whip together a good script for filling the form letter would be awesome - is that possible between Google Apps (Google Doc & Spreadsheet)?
Hello Everyone, happy Saturday!
Undead Avenue reached pre-alpha 0.2, and since then we've been working on gamemode ideas. You can leave your ideas in the document we put up if you want!
Here's a screenshot!, pinetrees have been updated and birch trees added.