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by lucasjung 16y ago
"The OP's complaint seems to be mediocre students, not the BSCS. Don't eliminate the BSCS, just have higher standards for students." I think you've struck the heart of it here. Unfortunately, while "enforce higher standards" sounds nice, g
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by lucasjung 16y ago
Well, yes. A roaring lion rampant is SUPPOSED to be menacing, and it does the job. On the other hand take a gander at the Great Seal of the United States: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US-GreatSeal-Obverse.svg The eagle isn't doing a
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by lucasjung 16y ago
Using a part called an "escapement." This explains it clearly and succinctly, right at the top: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_watch EDIT: Seiko created a hybrid watch that I think is really cool. Like a traditional mechanical
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by lucasjung 16y ago
On the one hand, I appreciate the second two sentences of your post. On the other hand, the first sentence wipes out any semblance of goodwill: "You certainly show a level of maturity that is not common among typical hunters." This is just
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by lucasjung 16y ago
I think that you and parent both played the straw man against each other. This isn't a binary issue, it's a continuum. Modern hunters have a wide range of tools to choose from, at various points on the spectrum of "fairness." I would pos
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by lucasjung 16y ago
Part of me thinks, "Maybe if I send a link of this to my wife, she'll finally understand why I hate shopping so much." Then another part of my brain reaches over and smacks the first part upside the head and says, "Are you nuts? If she re
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by lucasjung 16y ago
Not sure why this is getting down-voted: I had assumed the comment to be tongue-in-cheek, and that video is absolutely fascinating. I'm completely in awe of those guys.
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by lucasjung 16y ago
It was the missile. However, he did know where to point it well ahead of time before firing. As the article mentions, he used visual cueing and short-range shots to minimize the time his radars were transmitting. One thing this article di
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by lucasjung 16y ago
They do need a license to launch, and such licenses are very common: commercial satellite launches happen all of the time. The FAA needs to be involved because those rockets pass through controlled airspace on the way up and the FAA needs
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by lucasjung 16y ago
No, but they regulate the part where a chunk of white-hot metal and composite plummets into an area of the sky they're responsible for. That extends well beyond U.S. territorial airspace--by international agreements, much international air
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by lucasjung 16y ago
I believe that the most humane way you can get your meat is, in many places, to hunt for it. Because humans have reduced habitats and/or eliminated other predators in many places, wildlife management agencies have to use human hunting as a
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by lucasjung 16y ago
No. I couldn't find a straightforward "this is what we are all about" explanation on the RLSH website, but from what I was able to piece together reading through it, they are not crime fighters. Their entire focus is on community service,
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by lucasjung 16y ago
I agree with you, but I want to add a tempering thought: in many cases (not all, but probably most), voting to "maximize their wealth and power" ends up looking a whole lot like voting to do what their constituents want. You can get away w
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by lucasjung 16y ago
My understanding is that this is far more than just a sales tax: it is a 1% tax on ALL financial transactions. Other proposed sales taxes to replace the income tax, such as the fair tax, generally only apply to retail sales of new consumer
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by lucasjung 16y ago
I don't think it's a translation thing: I think this was written in English by a native German-speaker, who applied German comma-use habits to English. I'm American, but I spent many of my early years in Germany and attended German schools