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People who use big words, or words that are very uncommon, to attempt to show their intelligence, education level, or just sound smart. This annoys me because 9 times out of 10 the words are not necessary. Yes, you may be a very educated person, but you do not need to attempt to prove it every time you talk, post, or express yourself.-Josh (May 24, 2009, 08:12 AM)
What, statistics? Forget it!-J-Mac (May 20, 2009, 12:12 AM)
Seriously, though, my issue is that I never really learned stats - properly - and have always used SPSS or SAS to crunch my data. I've always suspected that I'd have a greater "handle" on things if I'd just learned to do it with a pencil and some paper... Like I said, I'm just getting old and crotchety, I guess!
Anyway, my experience in school was similar to yours, Jim (minus the nuns and corporal punishment - they banned the strap here while I was in kindergarten): we weren't allowed to use calculators until grade 9. We had to master finding square and cube roots on paper first. I find it scary that kids today are ENCOURAGED to use a graphing calculator in calculus and physics classes in high school. Granted, they're not allowed to use them on exams, but why encourage them in the first place? If you don't understand what you are doing and why, what value is there in arriving at the correct answer quickly? I'm getting old... - but just wanted to note that Serif PagePlus has always been first and foremost a desktop publishing app. The placement of pdf in the programme name refers to its ability to IMPORT pdfs so that some or all of its content can be included in a project and to SAVE/EXPORT projects in pdf format. It's in no way meant as a pdf editor... Hit 100 a bit earlier, all 100 very on topic and insightful too-rgdot (May 16, 2009, 01:01 AM)
BTW Do you really find it better to read newest posts first?-fenixproductions (May 14, 2009, 07:35 PM)
I have been an happy Xyplorer customer, but I can entertain a good dualpaner as well.-kartal (May 07, 2009, 02:01 PM)
I would recommend Vista to friends if they have at least 4 GB RAM, and to enemies if they have 2 GB RAM or less.-Curt (May 09, 2009, 04:21 PM)
This type of self-entitlement appears to be endemic in other areas of life such as education. The students seem to think they are entitled to good grades for showing up to class and handing in their assignments on time. http://www.nytimes.c.../18college.html?_r=1-herneith (May 04, 2009, 07:28 PM)
In my experience, that totally "wouldn't" be because every single one of my high school teachers thus far has said "If you show up in class and turn in [most of] your work, you will pass" or "As long as you show up and turn in your work, you're almost sure to pass" or "As long as you don't sleep, and you turn in your homework and pass the tests with Cs or better, you will pass"...
That isn't an assumption at my high school - it is told to us as fact. Naturally you're going to carry that with you to college/university because you have been told by a certified person, with a degree (!), that you can pass by sitting in your chair and doing the majority of your work.-wreckedcarzz (May 04, 2009, 10:30 PM)
This type of self-entitlement appears to be endemic in other areas of life such as education. The students seem to think they are entitled to good grades for showing up to class and handing in their assignments on time. http://www.nytimes.c.../18college.html?_r=1-herneith (May 04, 2009, 07:28 PM)
You're a very unusual person, Darwin.-Innuendo (May 03, 2009, 03:57 PM)
