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My guess is that using kilometers makes it easier to utilize foreign maps, since most of the world uses metric units. When I was in the military, I used kilometers because that's what they trained us to use. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

For example: in place of dx/dt a formula would simply have v. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Or maybe not. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

What is the difference between the two classes? In Florida we have College Physics and University Physics, the primary difference being University Physics utilizes Calculus, while College Physics requires only and understanding of Algebra and Trigonometry. The material is pretty much the same from what I've heard, although I've only taken the University Physics sequence. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

You seem to have missed my point entirely. We have a bad habit in the US of prosecuting, and often imprisoning people for actions that should not be considered crimes in a "free" country. Incarcerating people for such actions does nothing to improve the freedom of others. Conversely, it makes them less free. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Don't take offense - it's just a phrase. You're all kids until you die, right?!?!

Don't take offense - it's just a phrase. You're all kids until you die, right?!?!

Last semester I pulled one before nearly every test. I've only done it a couple times this semester, most recently last week, researching the Pension Protection Act of 2006. I'm pretty sure I would have rather been studying Engineering Physics. Edit: Most wouldn't consider me a kid anymore. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I don't believe it is beside the point at all. Most of the people in our prisons are there due to unjust drug laws. Many of those are there for possession, a victimless crime. Others are there for crimes that had victims, but would most likely not have been committed if the War On Drugs did not exist. Exorbitant prices and unpredictable supply due to the legal status of recreational drugs do far more harm than the drugs themselves. Drugs laws certainly aren't the only laws inhibiting freedom in the US (they just imprison the most people). Take gambling, for instance. Here in Florida, one can hold a home poker game, provided there is no more than $20 in any given pot. That effectively places a $20 total for the buy in of all the players in order to remain legal. How about prostitution? Why is consensual sex between two adults illegal just because money changes hands? Is that somehow worse than some guy spending that money buying drinks for an unsuspecting lady until she is drunk enough to consent to sex with someone she probably would not sleep with if she were sober? Why is it illegal for women to go topless in public virtually everywhere in the US? Why are fines imposed on people for saying "fuck" on (public airwave) television, but the same channels are free to air acting involving murder and violence in their broadcasts. Why is it illegal to copy an encrypted DVD if the material on the DVD is in the public domain? Why are there so many places in the US where skateboarding is illegal? The list goes on and on. Heck, there are some people that even think we should have legislation to prohibit kids from wearing sagging pants. I can understand laws against actions that result in harming others. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about victimless crimes and crimes that have victims but would have been victimless actions without prohibitive legislation. Among developed nations, I don't believe the US rank very high in terms of freedom. Surely you're not trying to imply that using per capita imprisonment as a metric of freedom is even remotely close to trying to compare mass and length. Mass and length are both quantitative, but comparing the two is still non-sensical. Apples and oranges can be compared both quantitatively (Which weighs more, this apple or this orange?) and qualitatively (Which tastes better, this apple or this orange?). The quantitative comparisons are objective, while the qualitative comparisons are subjective. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

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Ah. "Best coutries." "Freest countries." Such things as "best" and "freest" are qualitative statements that are mere "puffery." They aren't objectively verifiable by their own nature. I agree with you about "best" being a qualitative statement. Of course, I never mentioned "best" in my post, so maybe you'll consider saving your strawman arguments for juries? "Freest," while not absolutely quantitative, is much more so than "best," and I offered quantitative evidence supporting my assertion that the US is not more free than all of the countries listed in the article quoted in the opening post, in response to the OP's claim that those ten nations did not enjoy as much freedom as US citizens enjoy. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

His opposition to net neutrality is enough for me to vote against him. His position is inconsistent with the spirit, if not the letter, of anti-trust laws, and is a potential threat to freedom of speech and freedom of the press. His probable support of telecom spying immunity also does not sit well with me. The US does not need another President who does not hold the spirit of the Constitution above corporate interests. I don't like Clinton (too conservative) or Obama (too much rhetoric, not enough substance), but I'm not sure which I dislike more. Since I live in Florida, that doesn't matter. I believe either one would be a superior choice to McCain, but in November I'll be voting in opposition to a candidate, not in support of one. To be fair, McCain is a better candidate than was Romney or (to a lesser extent) Huckabee. Of course, I also thought he was a better candidate than GW Bush in 2000. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I'm not sure how that will test anything. Did Florida's voter turnout drop significantly in 2004 compared to 2000? Unless the voters have reason to believe that the problem extends beyond this year's presidential election, then there is no reason to expect voters to refrain from voting next year to any greater extent than normal for non-presidential elections. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I'm not clear on how a judge ruled that superdelegates cannot cast a vote a certain way in the future. I agree completely, and that is one of the major problems with our current presidential election process. Third parties are effectively excluded; casting a vote for a candidate that is not a Republican or Democrat is, at best, throwing your vote away, or, at worst, reducing the chance of victory for your favorite of the Reps and Dems. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

As far as I'm aware, the candidates only agreed to not campaign in those states, not refrain from being on the ballot. If that's the case, Clinton did not violate the rules agreed upon. Florida and Michigan would love for those votes to count. It is the DNC that has thus far not allowed them, which basically sends a message to the voters in those states that their opinion isn't important enough for their votes to be counted. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

It's just another example of how the primary system of candidate selection fails the voters. There are other methods available that are mathematically more fair, more often. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I anxiously await your reasoning that the Netherlands (for example) are less free than the United States, considering the United States imprisons more of its citizens, both in absolute numbers and per capita, than any other nation in the world. That's a very difficult statistic to reconcile with a claim of being among the freest nations in the world. http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t6132006.pdf http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t657.pdf http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t656.pdf http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t619.pdf http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t612006.pdf http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t5372006.pdf http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t5392006.pdf http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t386.pdf http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t387.pdf http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t388.pdf http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t376.pdf http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/correct.htm http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcf/enforce.htm http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcf/poad.htm Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Do you (or anyone else) know when it was that news programs transitioned from being subsidized by other network programming to being profit generating vehicles themselves? I'm also curious about the number of owners of news outlets in ~1967 versus today. I suspect that there are fewer owners today, but the average owner owns more news outlets. However, I would not be surprised to find that the number of owners is increasing again, due to lower costs and widespread internet availability. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Not necessarily. The superdelegates, or a portion thereof, could correct the injustice done to the primary voters from Michigan and Florida by voting for the winners of those primaries, which happens to be Clinton. This, imo, would speak highly of "where democracy is in the Democratic Party." I don't believe that would be the best solution, nor the worst. (Personally, I think the primary results should stand, without revoting, or superdelegate intervention) The whole early primary debacle is merely a symptom of a broken election process. Florida and Michigan had valid complaints that smaller states have too much influence on which candidates get their respective party's nomination. The DNC had a valid point that the rules need to be respected. Unfortunately, it's the voters that lose, voters who did nothing other than cast their vote on the day their state held its primary. There is no obvious, fair solution this year. The only thing obvious to me is that the primary system is ineffective. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Why? Correct me if I'm wrong -- you believe parents should respect their kid's right to express themselves in the form of wearing saggy pants? Parents have a limited number of battles they can fight with their kids. Beyond that, they lose credibility. That's not to say that parents have limited potential to influence their kids, just that there are only so many times "My way or the highway" is going to result in "My way." I have to question the parenting skills of someone who would waste a battle over fashion. It won't make any difference in ten years what a kid finds fashionable in high school, but making a big issue of it can create animosity between parent and child which only serves to make it more difficult to be a good parent when something that's actually important enough to take an active stand against comes up. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I have to disagree. The simple fact is that it is fashion; it's been popular for too long to even consider it a fad. Personally, I think it looks terrible, and prefer my clothing to fit properly. However, I would be a fool to believe that the "vast majority" of the thousands of students I see on campus who can't seem to remember their waist size have a gangsta attitude or are going to end up "on the nightly news for breaking laws." I wonder what percentage of people under 25 who are arrested are arrested while wearing Nike shoes. I bet it's a significant proportion, although perhaps not a majority. Should we pass a law banning Nike shoes? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

In terms of what is best for the voters, any electronic voting system should be based on open source software, nothing proprietary. OpenBSD would be the ideal choice, due to its security, but some flavor of Linux, OpenSolaris or BSD could all be utilized successfully without the problems associated with proprietary software, of which intellectual property rights are only a minor example. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Jeff City is pretty much No Man's Land with respect to being easily accessible from the rest of the state. There is a commercial flight service from Kansas City's MCO airport that flies into Columbia, MO, which is about thirty miles from Memorial Airport in Jeff City. I don't know the rates, nor how easy it would be to get a ride for the remainder of the trip into Jeff City. Both Jeff City and Kansas City have Greyhound services available, as I'm sure St. Louis does. I don't know if there are direct trips available, or if they stop at every small town between the two cities. It might be cheapest and easiest to rent a car for the day you get to Jeff City, and again on the day you leave Jeff City, especially if you know others that are also going to be taking the same class with whom you can share the rental expense. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Click on the Apple symbol on the left end of your menu bar. Click on "About This Mac." On the window that opens, click on the "More Info…" button. That should open a System Profiler window. In the "Contents" menu on the left side of the System Profiler window, under "Hardware" there is a subcategory called "Power." On my MacBook, Power is the 14th item under Hardware. Highlight "Power." Scroll down to "Battery Information:". Look under the subcategory "Charge Information:". What is the value given for "Charge remaining (mAh):"? What is the value given for "Full charge capacity (mAh):"? Is the battery listed as fully charged or charging? Below "Charge Information:" is "Health Information:" What is listed under "Cycle count:" and "Battery health:"? Also, when was the last time you ran Software Update? (To run Software Update, click on the Apple symbol in the menu bar, and then click on "Software Update…") I seem to remember a firmware update for the battery in my MacBook a few months back. It should be accessible via Software Update if it is available for and not yet installed on your MacBook. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Which brings us to problem 2: Other companies will only reduce their prices if they are losing money from customers purchasing from Exxon and Mobil at lower prices. If people aren't switching back to Exxon and Mobil, there is no incentive for everyone else to reduce their prices to match the prices of those two companies' gas. If people do switch back to Exxon and Mobil due to a price reduction, which is probable if the price differential is even as low as 3 percent, Exxon and Mobil no longer have any incentive to further reduce their prices, and the prices will reach an equilibrium at a price only slightly less than their current level. Since consumer demand is inelastic in the short term (which effectively puts sellers in control of the prices), the gas companies will then re-raise their prices soon after by enough to earn back their profits lost during the very short boycott. Then, maybe, the price will settle back down to current levels. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!