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EnerNOC demand response network aids California grid capacity during heat wave - PennEnergy

Source: EnerNOC, Inc. EnerNOC, Inc. ( Nasdaq:ENOC ), a leading provider of clean and intelligent energy management applications, announced that it has dispatched its demand response network 18 times in California in the ...

Nexius Reveals Future Plans for Network Services Business Following Spin-out and Sale of... - Forbes

BusinessWire - Nexius, the leader in intelligent network solutions for the communications industry, today revealed the company's plans for the future following the recent sale of the Nexius product division to ...

Intelligent Decisions Named to Diverse 100 List by Everything Channel's CRN Magazine - Earthtimes

ASHBURN, Va. , Aug. 27 -- Intelligent Decisions, Inc. (ID), a premier global technology solutions provider specializing in Information Technology capabilities, today announced that it has been named to the ...

Nominum(R) Combines In-Network DNS Software With Hosted Authoritative Service to Improve Enterprise ... - msnbc.com

Nominum (www.nominum.com) announced today its SKYE(SM) Enterprise Solution, a new delivery model for DNS services that combines industry leading DNS software and SKYE hosted services. This powerful combination provides ...

Cannon in control at teen network - Detroit News

Don't call him Mr. Mariah. Nick Cannon is one of the busiest men in Hollywood. He just extended his term as chairman of the teens-only TeenNick network through January 2012. He hosts summer's No. 1 show, NBC's ...

New Model to Help Organize, Keep Private 'Vast Ocean' of Social Network Data - Science Daily

ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2010) — Professors and a graduate student from the College of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) have developed a new model to manage the ...

Plaster Networks Introduces Intelligent Powerline Networking at CEDIA 2010 - Deals, Discounts and ... - Earthtimes

Plaster Networks ( www.plasternetworks.com ), in its CEDIA debut, will be demonstrating its advanced PLN3 powerline adapters, showing custom installers how to deliver a cost-effective, reliable and high ...

Intelligent Decisions Receives Cisco Channel Customer Satisfaction Excellence Award - Newsblaze.com

ASHBURN, Va., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelligent Decisions, Inc. (ID), a premier global technology solutions provider specializing in Information Technology capabilities, proudly announces that it has ...

RateGain launches “rumbido”, a social network referral platform for Hotels, OTAs ... - PRLog (free press release)

PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 26, 2010 – August 23, 2010, London (Derived from Spanish Rapido=Rapid, Zumbido=Buzz) generates rapid buzz for hotels, airlines and online travel agents (OTAs) on social networks RateGain ...

Research and Markets: Australia - National Broadband Network - Design and Deployment Strategies - TMCnet

Dublin, Aug 25, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0f01d4/australia_nation) has announced the addition of the "Australia - National Broadband ...

Open Question: Does the fact that many Russian oligarchs/Mafia bosses have PhD's make them better at what they do?

Some people say that Russian Oligarchs/Mafia Bosses (It's not always clear where the distinction lies given that the Russian state is the biggest Mafia of them all) are highly intelligent and have PhD's. Therefore, they are allegedly more rational and go into any business where they can make money. They also supposedly don't build their organizations based on family ties (like the Italian Mafia), but on competence. But isn't the fact that many of them have PhD's just a result of the fact that they were working at high places in state firms during communism and therefore were part of networks that allowed them to take advantage of the chaos that broke out after the fall of communism? more

Resolved Question: Help with creative writing????Faust feedback?

OK, so this is my appropriation of Faust (by Goethe) I was wondering whether you guy can give me feedback on what I got so far. Please take these things into account: -Plot (development) -Idea (realistic?/good?/etc) -Characterisation -Descriptions -Whether I'm "showing not telling" -Choice of language/dialogue Thanks your advice is greatly appreciated. :) Jack Faustus Jack Faustus sat at his desk, his limbs beginning to ache, staring pleasantly at the black Dell, dimly lighting the room, while it slowly quenched Jack’s thirst for the world’s knowledge. He sat in his newly bought chair from e-bay, enjoying the wonders of the Internet like any geek or computer nerd. To the contrary, he was far from being one; in fact nerds and geeks are usually perceived to be nice, intelligent, and wise. Jack was quite the opposite; he was a married man of a rather rugged, unpolished countenance which was never lighted by a smile. However there was one distinguishing feature common to both Jack and the archetypal nerd; they both love computers, virtually living their lives through it in seclusion, resulting them to be considered as “social rejects”. Ever since being introduced to the glorious Internet he has been pleasantly surprised with all its potentiality that his once unsatisfied life gradually became fulfilled. Once a stranger to social networking sites including facebook and twitter, he is now completely acquainted and immersed in such sites, tweeting and writing blogs describing the his wonderful encounter with the Internet. A Wondrous Discovery Saturday, October 31st , 2009 I must thank Fabinacci Mephistopheles for introducing me to the Internet, hitherto my life has been an utmost disappointment. For years I have been studying philosophy, and the sciences broadening my understanding of the world, on countless afternoons I would rush to libraries reading works of distiguished authors. No matter how many books and universities reports I read, and expieriments I perform, I was never quite satisfied with my knowledge. I have never particularly been opposed to the idea of technology and modernisation, but my wife believes rather differently. She believes in what is considered today as an archaic way of living; without any computers, television, any sort of advanced technology. Growing up as a child without any television or computer myself, I quickly became accustomed to this style of living as it was nothing from the norm. (Here I'm going to talk about how he met Fabinacci and the deal he made) J. Faustus more

Resolved Question: Should we petition the networks to create a show displaying the intelligent side of America for once?

You know, the anti-Jersey Shore. more

Voting Question: How should I prepare to raise a beautiful and intelligent daughter?

I am pretty sure I'm not biased as a parent. My wife is one semester from getting her Masters Degree in Special Education and is an early intervention specialist working with infants to pre-k. My daughter (16 months old) is measuring advanced on all assessments. By all indications she's going to be very smart. She's beautiful, not only to me but also by judging the unsolicited reactions and approaches by strangers outside of our social network. Her appearance provokes people to interact in spite of being strangers. I'm not bragging, I'm concerned and a tiny bit hyper-vigilant. Both my parents were social workers in childrens protective services. I'm familiar, more so, than most people with the dark side of reality. I also have military experience and training in martial arts/self defense. I teach women's self defense, and so am again exposed to the darker side of reality. Lastly, I'm watching the movie "The Lovely Bones". So, what should I do as a father to prepare my daughter to be safe and successful as a beautiful and intelligent girl in society?Thank you real estate and community service top contibutor for your professional insights to this psychology question.@muaythaiguy -- I love you, man. You're very cool and have a good heart. Your answer is insightful but inexperienced. I could tell you true stories that would give you nightmares about the reality of what my parents dealt with in their professions and from my own experiences. I won't, though, because it serves no purpose other than to disturb.Added:: I appreciate the spirit of the answers in offering help. However, I wish to clarify I do not have expectations nor am I concerned about how to raise my daughter in the context of our relationship. I am concerned with how to guide her in safely navigating the world outside of the family and in strategies to protect her from harm. The specific people I hope will answer this question are familiar with the research and statistics regarding her being female, intelligent, and pretty. more

Resolved Question: Eeepc is not working! HELP INTELLIGENT PEOPLE!?

So when you press power/turn it on it says "we apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows..." Then you have to choose some options, safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe mode with command prompt, last know good configuration and start windows normally. Whatever I choose will load thw windows microsoft xp page, but after it finishes loading I would get a blue screen with something written on it, but it's so fast that I can't read it. Can you help me, and make it easy please. Since it's my aunt, she told me that this happened when she went on vacation, in another continent, does this affect? I don't know what she did, but she's not the type that messes up with things. PLEASE HELP :) more

Resolved Question: Start a "new" life in London?

I hate to be asking this question, cause it´s really something I myself should know or decide about. But here goes...about 7 years ago I left my hometown in Norway. Ever since I´ve been moving every second year or so and about 2 years ago I arrived in London. My initial reasons for leaving home were heartbreak, confusion and I guess a wish to see something new. I did always dream about moving abroad, found Norway too small and wasn´t very happy there. I also felt very lonely and like I couldn´t relate to the friends I had. To cut this short. It seems to have been a great mistake. It was a rash decision once it happened, I was already 22 and had left some of the plans to start a new life somewhere else behind me. The final decision came very much out of the humiliation from an affair with a man, and it´s not a big town. I can´t even say that heartbreak is the right way to define it. I was probably just indulging a bit too much in a bruised ego, the condenscending treatment etc. Anyway, why has it been a mistake? Cause if I felt lonely then, it´s nothing in comparison to how lonely I´ve actually been ever since. I promised myself when coming here, 27 years old...that I would make sure to create a sufficient social network. Instead I spent most of the first year working in a job I didnt like much, socialised a lot with my colleagues I didnt have too much in common with but spent even more time home alone. The company went bust and this last year I´ve held some short contracts, jobs I havent been very happy with and none have given me any new friends. I´m not completely socially incompetent, on the contray I´m one of those people that often get to hear that "i´m good with people", "am so sociable". I look alright,am fairly intelligent. But sure I can be reserved and a bit too self-sufficient.I´ve now been unemployed for 5 months....which doesnt help. Considered going home, even did for about a month but couldnt find a job. And having been away from there for so long, I can´t say that I have a buzzing social life there either, everyone´s lives have moved on, people are settling down. Whereas I live like a teenager in flatshares in London, still not having figured out what to do with my life really...although I´m getting closer. (I have a university degree and a vocational diploma..but my resumé could be more impressive). Part of the reason for me considering staying here, and for some of the moves previously have been motivated by me having been such a "promise". But I haven´t delivered at all. Some boring inane media jobs...no grand achievements here. Nothing that in anyway could make up for the lack of a social life and security. I feel like the loneliest person on the planet, and yes I understand that these are subjective feelings in most cases but in my case, I truly am very very lonely. Every time someone mentions an event, something they have done, their friends, hanging out with family. It just becomes more obvious that my life is so poor. It doesn´t help of course that I get depressed and too passive to work to improve things.But even when I try, nothing much seems to come out of it.. So, should I stay or should I go. I still have some old, close friends at home...although I feel that we´re losing touch and that it´s mainly me trying to preserve our relations. There´s something more resembling a real life, my family, my old friends, their families. Here I spend practically all of my time on my own. And I really thought that with all that London has to offer I would be able to create an interesting life here. But I´ve had bad luck with the people I´ve met here, one proper heartbreak by a genuine player and cheater. Is it too late? I´m 29, countdown to 30...if it hasnt happened yet will it? Is it possible to create a life in a new place that isn´t completely superficial and lonely at this age? more

Resolved Question: Conspiracy Theory. Do you find most of these thing as Nuts as I do?

Here is a sample of a Spoof on the past and latest. The WTF or World Task Force has released a new comprehensive study into all possible solutions to areas stricken with Over crowed schools, huge economic downturns and the increase in School and Business closures across America and globally. After many years of tax dollars and revenues from various state lottery dollars and taxes on revenues from Casinos the WTF published in the WTF Journal on 7/09/2010 a comprehensive solution to the crisis. According to the report from spokes person and client of WTF Mr. Bullshivik the solution is for children to simply "Not Go." According to the findings this will result in the overall reduction of students so teachers can focus on actually intelligent children who will benefit from a more direct eduction, and though as a by product this will mean more hooligans in the streets joining gangs and becoming likely to increase in involvement with illegal conduct such as drugs a d prostitution, the benefits will far outweigh the crisis as providing more intelligent specialized children, increase in robotic technologies to supplant a dwindling work force, a resulting drop in excessive population issues allowing gang violence to increase and life threatening diseases to take out the extra baggage and justify the discontinuation of public assistance networks and services that are bankrupting the economy. In addition there will be better jobs available for those who abandon these regions who have received the education and such as health-care and related public services can be geared more towards the better social stock of the civilization and in the resulting slums allow nature to take its course. These regions can than be isolated and walled up and allowed to crumble and will be policed by armed soldiers and regional marshals to prevent the isolated regions that will be called WCS or World Controlled Sectors or CICs which are Civil Isolation Centers, to keep UIs or Undesirable Influences from Civil City Regions, or CCRs. Those that would otherwise continue to be a strain on the legal system including inmates from various prisons will also be reassigned to a CIC (pronounced Sick in English) which will further reduce the excessive expenses of having to build larger prison systems on valuable lands and potential centers of much needed resources and can be applied Internationally in order to preserve a Democratic Culture and Civil Society. Political Adviser, Harry Dickers agreed and expect the predominant targeted UIs to be the largest resistance in the New World Restoration Effort of House Bill NWRE 187 which also gives clear and decisive power of private vote to the new and intended UPELG-GA or Unified Political, Executive and Legislative Governance of Global Allience once such a program is initiated and will after a swift Military effort be more than sufficient in initiating the round up program called Operation Ditch the Dirt or ODTD and those who have been causing a financial burden not just in the US but in the World economy. This will include the Homeless, and those who are considered terminally ill, disabled, Mentally deficient or challenged, or don't speak the language, as well as addicts to illegal and prescription drugs, as anyone with any observable and irrevocable debts. The WTF and intended UPELG-GA plan on presenting this to countries with all the research and evidence under a secret UN meeting with nations most likely to support the efforts and the program models in exchange to private resources and shared economic benefits to the officials and their families as a UN bill called WDR or World Divine Retribution and believed it will pass with a 9 out of 10 percentile with the elimination of so called outmoded International laws. In addition the policy will allow for the discontinuation of trades with all other countries whose conditions and technological underdevelopment have only further served to stress global economic infrastructures and will be effectively cut off and allowed to perish at their own hands, and any of those intending to try and invade or sneak into "restricted countries" will be executed as threats to the Global and International security of the intended UPELG-GA. This report by the WTF has been applauded as an intelligent and un-bias approach to solving the present over all crisis the World is enduring and a Tribunal of members of the UPELG-GA will be considered as privately elected International Presidential Members. In addition Science and Technology will be the only accepted social truth in the new GA for short of the UPELG-GA and any and all religions, religious institutions and so forth will be effectively banned as psychologically detrimental to the over all progress of the New World Agenda. After the successful completion of the Agenda the Aliens will be more open to land and once more interact with the Superior global soc more

Voting Question: Do Christians understand what intelligence actually is?

You are suggesting that the universe is created by an intelligent 'being'... But I don't think an intelligent system is powerful enough to create a system as complex and varied as the universe itself. An intelligent system receives information from its environment and stores it as patterns, that it then links together, building up relationships to construct 'concepts' of things. Take for instance your concept of an 'orange'. Now your brain will link this to associated concepts like 'colour' and 'fruit' and 'mobile phone company'. It does this, because those are the things you have experienced in the past, when talking about 'orange'. These concepts at their heart have the most basic of data direct from your senses. like the experience of the colour orange and shape of the letters in the word from your eyes. From your ears they have the sound of the word, from your nose the smell, from your mouth the taste. All this information is stored by physically linking together your senses via unique patterns of neurones axons and dendrites in your brain. A specific network of links is what gives us a 'concept' such as we have with 'orange'. We are building on these relationships and concepts, all the time we are receiving information from our senses, throughout our lives. As powerful as this system seems to us, it also extremely limited in accuracy and scope. Even a magical version of it (i.e. God) wouldn't be enough to create the world, as the system is intrinsically flawed as it has to 'experience' things to have any real power... So without anything to experience (before the universe) was 'created' it wouldn't have been able to function at all. more

Resolved Question: What is a good IT career path?

I am currently taking a sabbatical and would like to get some certifications behind my experience. I have worked in the IT field since 2002 when I joined the Marines. Since then I have worked help desk, Geek Squad and various other similar positions. Right now I am looking to prepare for several exams and would like some input from others as to which exams might suit me best. I am interested in MCDST, MCSE, CCNA just to name a few... I currently do not have a job. I would like to eventually start my own IT services company doing everything from repair to PC building to network administration. Right now I will settle for something making $15 an hour. Here are my questions; Which IT certifications should I pursue and in what order? What are the best online training courses? Where could I find jobs starting at $15/hr and which cities? (I live in Houston, TX) Any and all intelligent responses will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Much love and peace! more

Voting Question: i want a proposal on any computer project topic?

a proposal on intelligent information network on new generation campuses more

Resolved Question: How can I be less verbose?

Originally I was going to write "how can i be less verbose IN MY SPEECH" which I think is redundant right? Me and my girlfriend are currently having a lot of communication issues. One of them is that she gets irritated when I start conversing about a specific idea because I go on "monologues" according to her. In her ideal conversation, I would make quick statements and then ask her questions, and it would be a quick 'question and answer' back and forth conversation, versus a drawn out conversation of ideas(which I actually like). Put in context, i'm a network analyst, and she works with autistic kids. So i'm conceding to her ideals, how can I be less verbose? I was looking up my issue today, and came across the idea of prolixity. How can I learn to be more precise in my words/thoughts? How can have that precision without severely reducing the more complex ideas I have when having intelligent conversations? I'm taking this as a sort of "L2English" thing since essentially, i'm looking for a better way to communicate, which is a skill you gain when you're a master at language. Thanks for the information in advance! more

Voting Question: How to describe girl in appearance?

my character for maybe a cartoon/comic/story i just need ideas for hair color: hair length: hair style: eye color: eye shape: etc.. it's just for fun though she a loner and a misunderstood girl, she has no friends [by choice] and barely talks. she usually acts stoic/emotionless or sad. she is also interested in dark stuff [ghosts, death, mysteries, etc.] but she hates romantic stuff. she might be somewhat evil, mainly if she gets mad but not that mean. she can be nice if she wants to. and some people think she's weird/messed up/ creepy etc. but some people feel sorry for her. she's very good with secrets and has a lot. she might have a few problems like OCD, anxiety issues, that kind of stuff. she also doesn't like going outside and she likes old stuff, not modern things [modern things ie: today's music, social network sites, new products etc.] and she's not good w/ social situations. she also might have a bad past good traits: intelligent [more mature and smarter than some kids her age], artistic & creative, observant bad: too withdrawn, negative, too shy age: young teen, or something like that... haven't decided on the name through.. sorry if this is stupid DX more

Voting Question: how to describe girl in appearance?

Resolved Question: Are there any social networking games like Habbo?

And I'm not looking for baby games like clubpenguin, and nothing stupid like imvu. I'm 19 and would like to interact with people my age in a game who don't talk like morons or are only looking for cybering. A game that's a little more interactive and intelligent, but fun and cute. Anything? I've been playing Habbo for 6 years now, and can't seem to find anything similar...No MMO's either, please, or sites that are just games. I want a virtual chatroom. more

Resolved Question: My friend's husband wanted an affair with me..?

........ I am a single mom of one child. i had bee here a year and was just starting to make friends and set up a support network, important as i have no family or friends for thousands of miles i am a fairly attractive woman but most of all vulnerable and the husband of my best friend, a sex addict who i know has had affairs, came onto me. (he was drunk and so was i) then i pushed him away but he would not leave me alone. i cut off all contact with this friend but the guy was so hot for me that he told her he was in love with me and that i had come onto him/..... etc etc he was COMPLETELY LYING and now she has not spoken to me for a year, whispers bitch if she ever sees me. they both went for marriage cousnelling at the local church and the vicar personally called me and banned me from ever goin near the church. i am well known in this village as i stand out due to my foreign blood and i am the only single mum for miles. and everyone thinks i had an affair and they all absolutely hate me. especially the women are suspicious of me since this rumour got around. added to this the creep is STILL trying it on from time to time....... as before i always tell him where to go. i once even sent her a note asking her to keep him away from me but it caused more trouble and pain to her than it was worth. can someone give me some advice? moving is not an option as i am single mom on state benefits and have absolutely no funds at all to move. noone wants gto give me a job round here either and every job i ever get women are jealous of me cos i am supposedly attractive and intelligent (i have a good degree) i can't cope anymore and sometimes think of ending it all but i can't cos my child is 3 and depends on methe vicar was an old fat woman. i did go see her and she turned me away. claiming that she had seen "proof" that i had tried to tempt him away. i just hold my head high but it is very hard when people are talking about me and the only thing they think they know about me is that i am a man stealer.Pat - I think you are right. The couple have three children, two of whom will share a school with my child if we stay here, and they all"know" me as the temptress who tried to steal their daddy - this is what she has told them. i think i need to move. more

Resolved Question: Bob Saget is casting Backyard wrestlers for reality show?

Actor Bob Saget ("Full House", "America's Funniest Home Videos") is searching for backyard wrestlers in Southern California for a new reality series he's making for the A&E cable network. Production company Tijuana Entertainment sent out the following description of what they're looking for: Tijuana Entertainment in California currently looking for high impact, high flying and hard hitting, but crazily creative backyard wrestlers over the age of 18 and located in Southern California with their own backyard ring, costumes and techniques for a brand new TV show for A&E! The show is an hour long, non-scripted, documentary/reality show following our host, Bob Saget (formerly of Americas Funniest Home Videos and the sitcom Full House), as he explores American society off the beaten path. The series will follow Bob as he explores the unique cultures, lifestyles, practices, and people of America. The show will aim to be both fun and informative, while remaining objective and without mockery. It will immerse the audience into new worlds, to understand them from an intelligent level of common human interest more

Resolved Question: I'm angry, but I want my best friend back (extremely long explanation)?

This explanation is going to be extremely long. I apologize for this, but the whole story is needed for readers to fully understand my plight. You do not have to read this, but if you do not, I ask that you do not answer. To those who read and answer, I thank you for your advice. I have no one else to turn to. My best friend (we'll call her Jane) and I met when we were 8 years old. She was my only friend, and I was her only friend, until Jr. High when we finally started meeting other people. We remained best friends all throughout high school. Jane was always the innocent, sweet, intelligent girl who never got into trouble and was always by your side. She knew how to solve every problem, and was always neutral in a conflict. When she was 18, however, her parents made the worst mistake parents could ever make. It was already known that Jane was born out of wedlock, and that her parents married quickly after discovering that they were with child to please their parents. This didn't bother Jane at all. But on her 18th birthday, her parents told her that the only reason they even stayed together all those years was because of her. They told her that they didn't even love each other and were unhappy in their marriage. Jane snapped. She seems to be convinced that her parents don't love her, even though that isn't true. I tried to console her, and tell her that even though her parents don't love each other, it doesn't mean they love her any less. But she talks about how much her family fights, and all the problems they are having. Her mother is having a midlife crisis and spends nearly every night out drinking, trying to be young again. Her father seems to be bipolar, and has severe trust issues with his wife. Her parents decided to get a divorce. Jane was still convinced they didn't love her, and she tried to fill the emptiness in her life by going to MySpace and other social networking sites and finding random men that lived in the area. The men she found were usually in their mid twenties, living with their parents (in the hood, mind you), having never gone to college, and jobless. At first she was just going from bad boyfriend to bad boyfriend but then just started flat-out sleeping around. She got drunk a lot, too, and often used it as an excuse. I know that she just wanted to feel loved by someone, but she was going to get hurt! I confronted her numerous times about her dangerous lifestyle, but every time she lashed out at me. We fought a lot from that time on. Eventually, I decided that in order to keep my friend, I would have to deal with her lifestyle, even though I didn't approve of it. But there was one thing I couldn't deal with. Jane will always put men first in her life. She had no time for her friends. She completely forgot about us. She wouldn't give us the time of day unless we were a man she could sleep with. She completely stopped hanging out with other females and put all of her energy into her boyfriends. I tried to tell her that I felt as though she didn't care about her friends, and hated that she never wanted to spend time with me. Her excuse was, her boyfriend is her future husband, which counts as family, and family comes first. I was furious. I told her that I was done; that if she wasn't going to put any energy into our friendship, than neither would I. We didn't speak for almost a year. When we started talking again, she promised that she had changed. We spent some time together. She hasn't really changed a thing about her lifestyle. She has a boyfriend that she's been with for over 6 months, but she's cheated on him multiple times. She still gets drunk a lot. They have a lot of problems. Since her phone broke, he gave me his number in case I wanted to talk to her. This was a mistake -- he constantly texted me, asking me for sex. I didn't have the heart to show her these messages, but I feel like I should have. I don't know if I still should or not. More importantly though, Jane still doesn't pay attention to her friends. She never had time to hang out with me. She only had time for her boyfriend. I confronted her again on this, and she told me that I was being selfish. Once again, I got angry with her, and told her the same thing I told her a year ago. One night, Jane's boyfriend texted me, telling me that he had lost his job and that he and Jane were suffering, financially. I tried my best to give him advice, but for some reason this only made him angry. I'm a very well-off person. My family has plenty of money to get by. We live comfortably, and have never struggled to pay for something that we need. Neither me or my little sister have ever had to work because our parents believe that our only job is to focus on our education, so they pay for everything we need. But Jane's boyfriend accused my family of not working hahard, that they pay taxes for "kids like us," and that our family may be rich in money, but not "rich in love." I told him that he had crossed the line, and that I was only trying to help him. He called me a slut, a bipolar *****, a fat whore, and numerous other things. This really upset me, and I decided that Jane needed to know about it. I told her what he said, but he of course told her that I had slandered her. He fed her lie after lie, and she ate it up. She believed every word he said, and did not believe anything her ten-year best friend was telling her through tears. I was so hurt that I decided I was done, once more. I haven't spoken to either of them since. I'm still very angry, but I care very much about Jane. She's ruining her life, she's hurting herself and other people, and I just want to go back to the way things used to be. Is there any hope for that? Is this partially or completely my fault? Will I ever have my best friend back? more

Resolved Question: i am trying to get a hold of some new friends through networking, how do i go about doing so?

I have agood amount of friends but half of hem are fake and they do not come through for me! Some are even jealous! I need some friends who will get me to the next level and help me with different sources in areas I want to acheieve in so what would be my first step to networking? Where places in california have spots where outgoing, intelligent people are around? more

Resolved Question: Is modern day social networking destroying our culture?

Facebook ... Twitter ... You know. Are these things leading to the dumbing down and stupefying of our culture, specifically young people? I think so. Everyone I know uses facebook or Twitter. They don't read decent literature, listen to good music, appreciate art; they all seem totally oblivious to culture now that social networking has taken over their lives. It worries and angers me, but not many people agree. I'd love to hear intelligent reasoned argument on this subject. Thanks!If half of the people I knew spent half the time doing something productive that they spent on facebook, they would be a lot more interesting and probably more intelligent for it. But all they can talk about it facebook is facebook fucking that. "lol lmao omg I just posted something like so funny on my wall" eurgh...so annoying. more

Resolved Question: How would you react if you were in a relationship where your boy/girlfriend is not as intelligent?

Just wondering how the general public would react in a serious relationship wherein your boyfriend or girlfriend was not as smart as you. Let's say book-smart, but you were on the same experience level, same age, same group of friends. And let's say you find out as you were watching trivia television shows and he/she answered the simple questions with the wrong/dumbest things. And let's say on social networking sites, he/she can't spell well, either. Would it piss you off? Would it make you feel better that you know more about the world? Would you beat yourself up for getting yourself in to that situation and regret it? Would it be enough to break it off, even though this person makes you feel good/happy in other realms of a relationship? How would you react?Okay, human rights activists, gtfo. Seriously. Answering with "relationships aren't based on smarts" is not answering the question. And, yes, intelligence is a factor in dating people whether you want to believe it or not. more

Resolved Question: Help me to chose the right certification?

I have completed my 2 years in BSc(hons) IT Intelligent Systems.now i have to go to Malaysia to complete my 3rd year, but since i have some backlogs (Maths I and 2), i thought of staying here itself and clear those papers.hence i have a months gap. so i would like to do some certificate courses.can anyone tell me which certification will be better that can glimpse my career?what about ASP.NET?i dont wanna do any networking certifications. more

Resolved Question: Is Green Win Power the 'Intelligent Green' alternative of the future?

A friend showed me this site that demonstrates that there are other ways and means to contribute to solving todays "biodiversity issues". And this way one can easily afford it. It appears we can join green win network at zero cost. And the rewards look very interesting. www.sqipmessanger.com Lets have your opinions. more

Resolved Question: I am through being nice, How do I get even with this person?

I KNOW THIS IS KINDA LONG, BUT YOU ARE REALLY HELPING SOMEONE HERE. tHANKS FOR ALL YOUR INPUTS. Because of his constant cheating our 14 plus years relationship ended however, not before we produced a very beautiful, intelligent six year old little girl! Unbeknownst to be me and while I was putting my self through school and taking steps to care for my family, he was busy cheating with a host of women who has produced three other children. He happened to marry the last one who gave him his only one. Yet, this man was still coming to me telling that he loved me and hoping that I, the woman that was not good enough to be his wife am good enough to be his booty call. Not wanting to go on that ride again, I asked to be left alone, notified his wife of his intentions, started dating and I severed all ties with him. He responded by sully my name and spreading a host of malicious gossips and lies about me to all that would listen, family, friends, foes etc. I got on with my life, and ignored him. I bought a house and began a new career; this however, did not sit well with him. He has damaged my reputation, turned my friends and family against me (lost a few of those and alienated from the rest). I only communicate with him via emails if it pertains to our child. He then retaliated by denying that our child is his and by telling me these” You could take your child to the moon for all I care” “You could kill me with support but no one is going to make me spend time with a child I don’t want to”. He made good on that by not seen the child for six months. That is fine by me, because in the past, he has the tendency of using my wanting him to have a relationship with the child to get to me or back into my life! I contacted a lawyer who told me to keep record of all my conversation with him ( hence the emails) and to tell him if I plan to take the child out of state or out of the country, so I notified him of an impending trip abroad over a month ago. Out of the blue, yesterday, accompanied by another person who pretended to be his counsel showed up at my kid's summer camp demanding to see her. Since there wasn’t any visitation set up or a court ordered visitation (only support) he was turned away. He then sent me an email, demanding that I tell the center to allow him access to the child, I replied No! He follow that email with this” Ok, step two” which I assumed meant that he was going to take me to court. Furthermore, this is not his first time doing this, both my daughter and the child his with current wife were going to the same school, he saw the child twice because he came upon them as they were heading to the loo. Occasionally, he would wave at him as he was leaving while he is outside on the playground. This man works for the school system where our child goes to school and is in charged of network security and data management which allows him access to our child's record (I gave him and he still has permission to view her records), yet he never bothered to go to the school in the entire six months to see her. Why now all of a sudden, he is demanding to see her and pretending to care about my taking the child out of state? Mind you it is the same man who told me that I could take my kid to the moon for all he cares! I am supposed to allow him access to her now just to boost his ego? How do I make sure that he is not just trying to hurt me by using the child? I seriously feel like all of this is just to spike me! Is this really about our child or do you also detect and obsession to control and destroy me? This man told me that he married someone he loves, trust and who loves all his children, why then is he not focusing on that wife instead making me his obsession? I am happy and over it, I have the restraining order and in the process of having the child support modified. I am doing all that I can to ignore this lunatic, I stopped answering my home phone, changed my cell number, got the police involved, what else can I do? Please help!This question is being asked under two headings- both for me. Not getting any responses. One in England and the other the US. Thanks for answering an one of them. more

Resolved Question: How long before this sociopath shows his true colours?

I Know this is long, please, please give me your honest input! You are really helping me here. Because of his constant cheating our 14 plus years relationship ended however, not before we produced a very beautiful, intelligent six year old little girl! Unbeknownst to be me and while I was putting my self through school and taking steps to care for my family, he was busy cheating with a host of women who has produced three other children. He happened to marry the last one who gave him his only one. Yet, this man was still coming to me telling that he loved me and hoping that I, the woman that was not good enough to be his wife am good enough to be his booty call. Not wanting to go on that ride again, I asked to be left alone, notified his wife of his intentions, started dating and I severed all ties with him. He responded by sully my name and spreading a host of malicious gossips and lies about me to all that would listen, family, friends, foes etc. I got on with my life, and ignored him. I bought a house and began a new career; this however, did not sit well with him. He has damaged my reputation, turned my friends and family against me (lost a few of those and alienated from the rest). I only communicate with him via emails if it pertains to our child. He then retaliated by denying that our child is his and by telling me these” You could take your child to the moon for all I care” “You could kill me with support but no one is going to make me spend time with a child I don’t want to”. He made good on that by not seen the child for six months. That is fine by me, because in the past, he has the tendency of using my wanting him to have a relationship with the child to get to me or back into my life! I contacted a lawyer who told me to keep record of all my conversation with him ( hence the emails) and to tell him if I plan to take the child out of state or out of the country, so I notified him of an impending trip abroad over a month ago. Out of the blue, yesterday, accompanied by another person who pretended to be his counsel showed up at my kid's summer camp demanding to see her. Since there wasn’t any visitation set up or a court ordered visitation (only support) he was turned away. He then sent me an email, demanding that I tell the center to allow him access to the child, I replied No! He follow that email with this” Ok, step two” which I assumed meant that he was going to take me to court. Furthermore, this is not his first time doing this, both my daughter and the child his with current wife were going to the same school, he saw the child twice because he came upon them as they were heading to the loo. Occasionally, he would wave at him as he was leaving while he is outside on the playground. This man works for the school system where our child goes to school and is in charged of network security and data management which allows him access to our child's record (I gave him and he still has permission to view her records), yet he never bothered to go to the school in the entire six months to see her. Why now all of a sudden, he is demanding to see her and pretending to care about my taking the child out of state? Mind you it is the same man who told me that I could take my kid to the moon for all he cares! I am supposed to allow him access to her now just to boost his ego? How do I make sure that he is not just trying to hurt me by using the child? I seriously feel like all of this is just to spike me! Is this really about our child or do you also detect and obsession to control and destroy me? This man told me that he married someone he loves, trust and who loves all his children, why then is he not focusing on that wife instead making me his obsession? I am happy and over it, I have the restraining order and in the process of having the child support modified. I am doing all that I can to ignore this lunatic, I stopped answering my home phone, changed my cell number, got the police involved, what else can I do? Please help!Same person, was not getting any answers, reformat question. more

Resolved Question: Speculative Biology, what would you like to see?

Speculative biology is when you make up imaginary ecosystems that still make sense scientifically. I'm thinking of writing a series where the characters visit different planets. What sort of weird things would you like to see? A good example is the movie Avatar, with it's 6 limbed creatures and global neural network. More examles: things like an ecosystem with silicon based instead of carbon based life, or an ecosystems of plants only where some plants evolved to even prey on eachother, an asteroid sized creature with things living on it's shell, intelligent dolphin-things, things with two mouths, thing with three legs, things with mouths at the end of their legs... Give me something really new! ;) more

Resolved Question: Why Top Companies Prefer to Hire People from MBA Colleges in Delhi?

Each year top companies – both Indian and MNCs – come for campus recruitment. The most desired management candidate is hired with lucrative pay packets, incentives, and facilities. These business graduates are given immense respect that no other incumbent employee would get. Why? What’s so great about a Masters in Business Administration (MBA)? Moreover, people from MBA colleges in Delhi are the most sought-after by corporate giants. Here are some reasons to say why companies make a beeline at MBA colleges in Delhi each year to recruit the fresh graduates. Addressing the International Market MBA colleges in Delhi have special curriculum to address the international market, milieu, and competitive behavior of the people. It is essential to know the domestic market no doubt. However, all employees working in the core management team of companies should be receptive to the changes, wants, and dynamics of the international market. It is this useful knowledge that MBA colleges in Delhi instill in its pupils. The students learn managing team, product, machines, and all factors in the industry keeping in mind the international market. They also learn how to understand the human resources internationally. The same is applicable to financial prospects, and international markets. Addressing Successful Curriculum Today, management involves managing people, money, and global market primarily. One should not also forget the influence of IT that has suffused into our lifestyle. The fast life, expectations for high quality goods, high pay, and cut throat competition are some of the aspects which also influence the market. MBA colleges in Delhi offer curriculum which are currently required in today’s business. This mainly focuses on finance, human resources, and global market. The use of technology in day to day life and management of funds, foreign investments, loan management, and takeovers are elaborately taught to the pupils. As a result, companies find it convenient to expect valuable solutions from these students when they are given a similar practical problem. Addressing Communication Skills Today, IT has made way for a superb communication system. Corporate to corporate meetings are often conducted rampantly through webcam. There are video conferencing, email promotions, and chat systems which have made communication the in thing today. A lot of managerial activities can be streamlined through effective use of communication. It is how managers use their communication skills and how they exploit the communication system that a business can succeed in a competitive market. For instance, many managers succeed in their endeavor by working on social media networks, mobilizing the mass with promotional tricks, and using effective language to address issues in a meeting. MBA colleges in Delhi proactively invite guest lecturers, communication specialist, and public speakers to ensure that the students learn to manage communication skills effectively. Addressing Practical Knowledge The only flaw which a management fresher lacks is practical experience. Many business schools across India offer highly sought-after curriculum. However, what the students lack is practical knowledge that is so essential for business success. MBA colleges in Delhi especially cater to this aspect throughout the study session. There are practical hands-on applications, games, and simulation-based case studies for the students to apply their theoretical knowledge. Reputed MBA colleges in Delhi invite corporate people from time to time for interesting lectures. Additionally, there are summer camps, job-based project works to hone the managerial skills of the students. Companies hiring management fresher vie for workers who are intelligent, knowledgeable, and practical at the same time to handle the real life situations in the corporate sector. MBA colleges in Delhi address this issue in a greater depth. The portfolio of the student is packed with on-the-job learning of management techniques that also highlights the core managerial issues today. MBA colleges in Delhi have the ambience to address the needs of the corporate sector – and, that’s the reason why the students passing out from these institutes are so highly sought-after. , more

Voting Question: What chat network is the best?

I want to talk to interesting strangers online, but never use any chat software and have no idea which one I should pick. I've just downloaded yahoo! messenger and I'm looking at some of the chat rooms on there, but what are the best ones around? What's the best way, the quickest way to connect with as many intelligent, open minded people as possible on the Internet? I don't want to narrow it down to specific interests like a chat room focused on the twilight series or something like that. I don't want to limit the variety. more

Resolved Question: Opinion on opening of book?

I'm 13 and have had mild publisher interest. I'm currently networking. This is the Prologue to my adult novel, The Blood Of Butterflies. Please don't patronise me because I'm young, but can I please have any advice? Thanks :) A Brief Plea: The very tale laden before you is that of delusion, desperation and woe. If in the hope of reading a cheerful, light-hearted fable of joy, where amidst the stereotypical problems of princes and princesses, there is still a cliché happy ending within sight, this book you now hold in your hands should be placed upon the nearest surface, face-down, and left there. If you, however, seek the truth of the Night-Runners, and are not faint of heart, you are advised to proceed with caution. You have been heavily admonished. * * * THE BEGINNING PART ONE: THE NIGHT-RUNNERS Once upon a time, not too long before our yesterday, five young children could smile amidst the daytime. As the sun would set, they could wish, and they could let their hope, wild and consuming like raging flames, wrap them in a thick, cushioned quilt of their youthful innocence and ignorance. As the moon would rise above their still forms, so blissfully unaware, they could dream of such things as villages of chocolate and quaint seaside cottages shared with an idealistic lover. And as morning would loom once more, they could awaken, and they could feel like they were of some relevance to the world; that someday they would contribute, and that they would live and love and lose just like anyone else would. These were to be the children that would be taken from, chunk- by- chunk, and never given anything back to. These were to be the children that would be soon to mark their lives off as meaningless. These were to be the children that strived and fought and begged for just another sunrise, and yet were never sure, if with this they were gifted, if it was sane to prey for such a thing. It was in the dead of night, during a dire, merciless winter, that the Night- Runners first met, and first began to group and pool and shape their destiny. Despite the evermore prominent presence of gathering underground beasts; pointed, sneering noses and wiry, sinewy whiskers leading them amongst food remains and detritus from the forts, a tall, hale, masculine figure stood aback, perfectly content to be doing so, and watched the night unfurl and bloom before him. Head bowed, broad shoulders supporting a thick woollen cloak that sat atop them, tufty, limp, ebony hair, neat regardless of circumstance, and a muscular, stout body; he was good-looking, taking his young age into consideration. There were lots, he believed, one could bring to light amidst darkness. During the night hours, the boy felt most euphoric, most able to cast away everything else in disregard. Or so this he assured himself. The boy was alone, and so had he supposedly remained for many years prior. With this came an extraordinary maturity of mind; the body of a fourteen year old, yet the mind of a willing, intelligent man in his mid-thirties. Snapped from his reverie by the ferocity and urgency of the approaching storm, the boy pulled the cloak tighter around his torso. Though he was on the side of the fortress that offered mild relief from the worst of the winds, they still tore and clawed at his face and bare arms with cold, prying fingers. The air became denser; someone was approaching. And at a fast pace. What next assaulted his ears was a series of deafening, ear- piercing screams. The boy shut his eyes tight, tried fervently to stop the almost familiar screams from penetrating his mind. “I'LL GET YOU! YOU COME BACK HERE AGAIN AND YOU MAY JUST FIND YOURSELF STRUNG UPSIDE DOWN IN MY BASEMENT ALONG EITH THE MEAT! I WILL KILL YOU IF EVER YOU RETURN!” From a back- alley laden with livid echoes, erupted a flurrying, scrambling young damsel. As she approached him, he slowly drew back. He could hear her deep, raspy breaths, her high, chortled whimpering, and the ever so quiet pitter- patter of drops hitting the pavement beneath her, leaving intricate snail trails of her own blood. She grew ever nearer to him, and he could sense that she'd seen him. And she was coming straight for him. As she ran beneath the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness, the boy managed to get a better look at the girl. Long, golden hair hung in scraggly clumps about her waist. She was slender, but curvaceous, with prominent hips and nicely- shaped breasts. Her eyes, almost hidden beneath thick, dark lashes, were sporting a bewildered, desperate expression. Her cheekbones and chin were sharp and well- defined. And in certain spots, like near her right temple, her adolescence bought small blooms of acne to surface on her face, though it was incredibly mild. The girl was very pretty; no doubt about it. Her left hand clutched at her right shoulder. The boy guessed that this was where Oops that's not actually the end sorry it#s all Yahoo let me have :3Awww thanks alot!! :3 xx more

Resolved Question: Specs enough to run Sims 3 or at least Sims 2?

So this is the first set: Operating System Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition 32-bit (English Version) with Service Pack 3 Architecture Processor Intel® Atom™ Processor N280 (1.66 GHz)*1*2 Chipset Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Chipset Processor System Bus 667 MHz Memory Bus 533 MHz Cache Memory 512 KB Main Memory Pre-installed/Max 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM (on board*3) Hard Disk Drive Hard Disk Drive 160 GB*4　(Serial ATA, 5400 rpm) Graphics Graphics Accelerator Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Display Type 10.1" wide (WXGA: 1366 x 768) TFT colour display Interface USB High Speed USB 2.0 x 2 Network (RJ-45)Connector 10Base-T/100Base-TX Display Output Connector Analogue RGB, mini D-sub 15 pin x 1 Headphone Stereo mini jack x 1 Microphone Stereo mini jack x 1 Memory Stick Slot Memory Stick Duo (Memory Stick PRO compatible, MagicGate compatible)*5 SD Memory Card Slot SD Memory Card*6 (SDHC compatible, MMC compatible) DC IN x 1 Wireless Connection Wireless LAN*7 Integrated Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft n*8 Wireless LAN Data Rate maximum 11Mbps (802.11b)/54 Mbps (802.11g)/150 Mbps (Draft 802.11n)*9 Wireless LAN Frequency 2.4 GHz (802.11b/g/Draft n) Bluetooth Bluetooth standard Ver. 2.1+EDR Camera Front Side Camera Effective pixels: 640 x 480 Audio Sound Chip Intel® High Definition Audio compatible Speaker Built-in stereo speakers Microphone Built-in monaural microphone Keyboard/Input Device Keyboard Approx. 16.5 mm key pitch/1.2 mm keystroke , 82keys , Intelligent Touchpad Battery Life*10 Bundled Battery VGP-BPS18 Lithium-ion battery: up to 2.5 hours of use Size Dimensions (WxHxD) 267.8 x 27.5-32.4 x 179.6 mm Weight 1.19 kg (including the supplied battery) Included Software Video Playback WinDVD for VAIO Home Network VAIO Media plus Word Processor / Spreadsheet 60-Day Trial Version of Microsoft® Office Professional 2007*11 Tool Roxio Easy Media Creator, Adobe® Reader® 9, McAfee PC SecurityCenter 30-day Free Trial*12 Utilities VAIO Control Center, WebCam Companion, Magic-i™ Visual Effects Support VAIO Recovery Utility, VAIO Update This is the second set: Operating System Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Starter 32-bit (English Version) Language Pack Hong Kong Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Thai Architecture Processor Name Intel® Atom™ Processor N280 (1.66 GHz)*1 Chipset Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Chipset Processor System Bus 667 MHz Memory Bus 533 MHz Cache Memory 512 KB Main Memory Pre-installed/Max 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM (Max)*2 SO-DIMM Slots 1 SO-DIMM slot (The pre-installed memory module uses one) Hard Disk Drive Hard Disk Drive 250 GB*3　(Serial ATA, 5400 rpm) Graphics Graphics Accelerator Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Display Type 10.1" wide (WXGA: 1366 x 768) TFT colour display (VAIO Display, LED backlight) Interface USB High Speed USB 2.0 x 2 Network (RJ-45)Connector 10Base-T/100Base-TX Display Output Connector Analogue RGB, mini D-sub 15 pin x 1 Headphone Stereo mini jack x 1 Microphone Stereo mini jack x 1 Memory Stick Slot Memory Stick Duo (Memory Stick PRO compatible, MagicGate function)*4 SD Memory Card Slot SD Memory Card (SDHC compatible, Copyright protection function (CPRM) ) DC IN x 1 Wireless Connection Wireless LAN Type*5 Integrated Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft n*6 Wireless LAN Data Rate maximum 11Mbps (802.11b)/54 Mbps (802.11g)/150 Mbps (Draft 802.11n)*7 Wireless LAN Frequency 2.4 GHz (802.11b/g/Draft n) Bluetooth Bluetooth standard Ver. 2.1+EDR Camera Front Side Camera Effective pixels: 640 x 480 Audio Sound Chip Intel® High Definition Audio compatible Speaker Built-in stereo speakers Microphone Built-in monaural microphone Keyboard/Input Device Keyboard Approx. 16.5 mm key pitch/1.2 mm keystroke , 82keys Touchpad Intelligent Touchpad Battery Life*8 Bundled Battery VGP-BPS18 Lithium-ion battery: up to 2 hours of use Optional Long Battery VGP-BPL18 Lithium-ion battery: up to 5.5 hours of use Size Dimensions (WxHxD) 267.8 x 27.5-32.4 x 179.6 mm Weight 1.19 kg (including the supplied battery) Included Software Video Playback WinDVD for VAIO Home Network VAIO Media plus Word Processor / Spreadsheet 60-Day Trial Version of Microsoft® Office Professional 2007*9 Tool Adobe® Reader® 9, McAfee PC SecurityCenter 30-day Free Trial*10, Norton™ Online Backup 60-day Free Trial*11 Utilities VAIO Gate,VAIO Control Center, WebCam Companion, Magic-i™ Visual Effects Support VAIO Recovery Center, VAIO Update, VAIO Transfer Support ,VAIO Data Restore Tool more

Resolved Question: Is intelligence just another name for consumerism?

I often see people say they're intelligent, educated, and so on. But what does that mean? Would you be considered educated if you have a university degree, but no high-paying job? Nope. But if you think about it, where do most jobs come from? It comes from networking, which comes from their "friends" and family. Where do wealthy friends come from? From being able to have conversations about stuff. How do you get acquainted with stuff to talk about them? From having iPhones, cars, playing sports, going to family members' weddings, going to the cottage over the weekend, and so on. All of these require consuming things. If you don't buy, or have your parents buy when you're little, you won't have life experiences. You won't be able to start conversations, make friends, or get a job. And you aren't intelligent. Isn't that what intelligence is all about? And if you're like me, a minimum consumer, doesn't that mean you're dumb, not well travelled, and will never get a good job, no matter if you got A's in school? more

Resolved Question: Didn't MSNBC used to be a lot more to the center?

That's one of the things I used to really enjoy about the network. I could get angry and relieved all at the same time. I still love Keith Olberman's commentary. I don't think Republicans come on his show because he's impossible to debate, although I would love to see that no matter the outcome. I miss Tucker Carlson, and Joe Scarborough is right in the center. Other than that we have Chris Matthews. He's shown his colors lately but at least he's a genius at getting answers out of people. Rachel Maddow is an extremely intelligent woman and I'll leave it at that. And now Ed of the Ed show. Although I agree with him on principle I just see another "shock jock radio guy" answer to the conservative commentary of Hannity and Beck. I wish we could transcend all that. I understand that obviously every journalist has a personal opinion. I just wish their opinions were the interest of bipartisanship if they must express it. MSNBC has gone too much to the left and showing prisoners all weekend really sucks. more

Resolved Question: Even if you got stuff on private, can someone really take a look at your facebook profile?

Let's say that you're not accepting adds from people who you DO NOT know. Or you DO NOT want on your facebook friends list. Then you apply for NASA space engineering or some other high paying job with many brillant workers. Then your boss (who has a Master's degree) Leena Smith adds you and then you don't accept her facebook add friend request. Can she still find a way around it? THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED: In my class, there was a lady from a hospital center who came to our class and talked about interviewing and getting a job. Then she dicussed how employers look through people's facebook and other social networking to get to know them better and everything. So, what happened was that, she said that "Come on, you can put your social networking website on private...but you're dealing with people who have Masters Degrees...." So, does that mean that an intelligent person with a Masters Degree have ways they can get around your privacy settings? If yes, does that mean they can request Mark Zuckerberg for help to get through your privacy setting? more

Resolved Question: Can someone explain how this works to me?

Okay, you all seem to think that evolution has no flaws. I am going to give you an example of how Creation rules and evolution has many. This is one example out of many that have. By the way anyone calls me stupid or an idiot or offends me in any way you will be reported. I've had enough of that. The Bombardier Beetle.The Bombardier Beetle is is a small insect armed with an impressive defense system. Whenever threatened by an enemy attack, this spirited little beetle blasts irritating and odious gases, which are at 212 Degrees F., out from two tailpipes right into the face of the would be aggressor. Hermann Schildknecht, a German chemist, studied the bombardier beetle to find out how he accomplishes such an impressive chemical feat. He learned that the beetle makes his explosive by mixing together two very dangerous chemicals(hydroquinine and hydrogen peroxide). In addition to these two chemicals, this clever little adds another type of chemical known as "inhibitor." the inhibitor prevents the chemicals from blowing up and enables the beetle to store the chemicals indefinitely. Whenever the beetle is approached by a predator, such as a frog, he squirts the stored chemicals into the two combustion tubes, and at precisely the right moment he adds another chemical(an anti-inhibitor). This knocks out the inhibitor, and a violent explosion occurs right in the face of the poor attacker. Could such a marvelous and complex mechanism have evolved piecemeal over a million years? The evolutionist is forced to respond with a somewhat sheepish "yes," but a brief consideration of this viewpoint will reveal its preposterous nature. According to evolutionary "thinking" there must be have been thousands of generations of beetles improperly mixing these hazardous chemicals in fatal evolutionary experiments, blowing themselves to pieces. Eventually, we are assured, they arrived at the magic formula, but what about the inhibitor? There is no need to evolve an inhibitor unless you already have the two chemicals you are trying to inhibit. On the other hand, if you already have the two chemicals without the inhibitor you have already blown your self up. Obviously such an arrangement would never arise apart from an intelligent foresight and planning. Nevertheless, let us assume that the little beetle somehow managed to simultaneously develop the two chemicals along with all-important inhibitor. the resultant solution would offer no benefit at all to the beetle, for it would just sit there as a harmless concoction. To be of any value to the beetle, the anti-inhibitor must be added to the solution. So once again, for thousands generations we are supposed to believe that these poor beetles mixed and stored these chemicals for no particular reason or advantage, until finally the anti-inhibitor was perfected.Now we are really getting somewhere! With the anti-inhibitor developed he can now blow himself to pieces, frustrating the efforts of the hungry predator who wants to eat him. Ah, yes he still needs to evolve the two combustion tubes, and a precise communications and timing network to and adjust the critical direction and timing of the explosion. So, here we go again; for thousands of generations these care free little beetles went around celebrating the 4th of July by blowing themselves to pieces until they mastered there new found powers. but what would be the motivation for such a disastrous, trial and error, piecemeal evolution? Everything in evolution is supposed to be beneficial and have a logical purpose, or else it would never develop. But such a process does not make any sense, and to propose that the entire defense system evolved all at once is simply impossible. Yet, nature abounds with such perfect coordination. Thus, we can only conclude that that the surprising little bombardier beetle is a strong witness for special creation, for there is no other rational explanation for such a wonder. ok im done now tell me how this happened through evolution. like i said any offensive words will be reported but besides that comments are welcome from all.@rusty a few holes? i have a whole book of them right in front of me and there for everything mathematics, biology, geology, physics, archeology, anthropology etc.. trust me there are are more than just "a few holes here and there"if you aren't going to read dont answer. more

Resolved Question: How can we help bring world peace and prosperity to the everyone?

One common fact that I see when studying the people of the world is that they are intelligent, resourceful, and dynamic. The power of the individual is transforming the world. What needs to occur to bring peace and prosperity through out the world? Your view on Cheap Energy Reduction of political corruption Development of infrastructure Clean Water Clean Air Internet interconnection Long term investment in business infrastructure to attract industrial development Emphasis on Families Twitter your network and request that they engage in this discussion more

Resolved Question: Match me to the perfect college?

Alrighty! So, I haven't taken my SATs yet so I don't know about my chances or anything, but I go to one of the top public high schools in the country, so that should give a little idea about who I am in terms of studying... Anyway, does anyone know of the perfect college for me? I would like one that fits my specific list: -Smart, but students aren't under a lot of pressure. More of an intelligent laid back community -Excellent campus network and computer labs. I'm into technology! -Diversity! I'm already used to going to my school being white and being a minority, and truthfully I like it :) -I don't care if the girls and guys are the most attractive people ever... actually I'd prefer them not to be so that I can feel more accepted and comfortable with myself -Preferably a school with a lot of students NEAR a big city. For example: a college in the suburbs of Massachusetts with easy access to Boston -NOT in New York. I need to get out of here. -Popular Greek Life! I'd like to check that out and maybe join! -Fun nightlife with a lot of places to go! -I'd prefer good food and housing and stuff but... who wouldn't? -Good study abroad program -Good technology and language departments I know it's long but... basically I want an intelligent but fun easygoing place that isn't full of snobs and has majors I like. (language esp. japanese & film and media) any suggestions of places I could look at? I've looked into a lot already but I won't bother you with the list... so suggest away! Thanks! more

Voting Question: Why do Cons get so passionate about the positions they take on political issues when?

virtually every study that has been done on political demographics in America show they are the least educated & least intelligent ( as defined by capacity for abstract thought / IQ). It's one thing to take a position rooted in data & logic & adamantly state that you are not going to change it. It's another to just parrot what your favourite Network tells you and say every other opinion is wrong more

Resolved Question: Why do gay people love me on social networking sites, but not in real life?

I don't seek out guys on the internet, but cute...intelligent gay guys always are crushing on me...adding me...and sending me lengthy, friendly messages. These aren't whores, either. I always hate to talk to them because I know in real life they would hate me, because I have that effect on people. Is it possible to unconsciously present a hip, intelligent, cool image to people on the internet when you are a blatant freak? I don't try to hide my freakishness, but guys on the internet never seem to believe me until they meet me in person. How do I bridge this disconnect? more

Resolved Question: Why is my internet going so slow?

I have Cox internet in central Florida. A few days ago my internet went out completely. I tried recycling the modem, the router, the computer, the other computer and all the other normal troubleshooting tips. Still no wireless. Even when wired into the router no internet passed. I even tried resetting the wireless to factory, still no wireless. I was able to get the internet to work when I bypassed the routers (i have two wireless routers) and plugged directly into the computer. However, even with this the internet is much slower than normal. This setup is not ideal as my modem is in my bedroom and I need internet in my office. I had to run a 30' wire to the office just to get work done. I ran speed tests on www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ and on http://www.bandwidthplace.com/ and they returned something near 2-3 Mbps download speed and a more alarming 0.20 Mbps upload speed which is ridiculous. I pay for 9-12 Mbps internet download. I called Cox, they said everything looked fine on their end and they tried resending the signal which didn't change anything. So they were completely useless. I highly doubt both my wireless routers crapped out at the same time. At the moment I cannot connect to the internet wirelessly with either of them. Both have had a hard reset as well. I was able to get it so i could connect hardwired through the router to the internet. Still far too slow a connection though. Can anyone with intelligent networking skills give me some other suggestions that might suggest what the real issue is? I have a small set of networking skills but this one has me stumped.Thanks David E. I had already tried all those things. The speed testing sites are sites I have used for years and they have never returned such low speeds. And yes, I know 9-12 Mbps is download speeds... thats why I specified that in my description. I also specified I was only getting 2-3 Mbps download... and in the past I've easily got 9 Mbps. Also... 0.20 Mbps upload is ridiculous. Obviously upload speeds are lower than download speeds but it should be (and has been) closer to 3 Mbps upload... I do not have a 384kbps upload restriction, my work has me uploading often and that low of a restriction would pretty well screw me. Anyway, the point is I NOTICE a significant decrease in speed both download and upload. So, if someone can think outside the box that'd be great.. more

Resolved Question: Is this a Proof (rather than just evidence) of Evolution?

A recent study of networks formed by genetic code and the Linux OS shows basic differences between biological and computational programming. A comparison of the graphs shows: "Biology is driven by random mutations and natural selection. Software is an act of intelligent design." The network diagrams clearly show the difference between a designed system and an evolved system and life shows the unmistakable signature of evolution. So are you convinced yet? Summary: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/05/linux-vs-life/ Article: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/04/28/0914771107.full.pdf+html?sid=4c4e7c3e-eb79-405e-b9cd-97008e281fe1 more

Resolved Question: How does a well-rounded, self-assured woman become so fragile after a breakup?

Hi guys, This is long but hopefully there's someone wise soul out there with a bit of time and patience to read this and offer their insight. I am a 26 year old who is having a little crisis about the strength and resilience of my character. I am generally confident, but not in a loud way. Basically what I mean is that though I don't go around shouting about it, for the purpose of honesty here, I feel that I could possibly make a good catch for a lot of men. I enjoy socialising, mixing with new people, being passionate about music and the arts, supporting local sports teams, cooking, being houseproud, and overall, laughing and enjoying life. I have a degree and a masters in English literature, am a qualified teacher and a qualified English as a foreign language teacher. In the few jobs I have managed to secure in these areas I have been held in high esteem and got on with everyone very well. Trouble with where I live is that the national jobs market in the area of teaching has all but closed up and to pay the bills I am working in a local bar, which I love, but I am frustrated that I am not yet doing what I love. I have several dear friends who love me because of who I am and inspite of my faults, and I also enjoy a healthy and enthusiastic social networking presence in my downtime. Which brings me on nicely to where some of my problems lie. In spite of all these positive things that I listed above, they all fall away when I am rejected by a guy I have been seeing. Now to be honest here, I haven't had many boyfriends. I only date someone if I connect with someone immediately and unfortunately I don't find people like that very often. But my biggest problems came in the space of the last two years. 8 months ago I finally disassociated myself from a man who was no good for me. I fell for him hard before I realised what a player he was. Not only was he a player, but he was also manipulative and verbally abusive (I since learned that he physically abused an earlier girlfriend of his). One day after we weren't together anymore he took action so radical that I finally crumbled under the mess of it all and the shame for being so stupid to have been involved with him for so long that I switched off my normally bright soul and attempted suicide. That was guy one. After him, the shock of what I had done stunned me into waking up and picking myself off the ground to living my life again and, importantly, live it knowing that I was *lucky that I finally realised that this man I had fallen for so hard was no longer someone I wanted or needed in my life. I slowly went from not being able to talk for three weeks after the attempt to gradually gathering my inner strength again, and also beginning to let in the people who cared about me, family and friends. Eventually, I could see that guy out in a bar and not freeze inside. I was feeling happy and confident again, only just. I went on a staff night out; danced confidently and freely and had fun. Then I meet guy number two. He approached me, having been watching me throughout the night. He was a breath of fresh air! Very attractive, dymanic, intelligent, interested in what I had to say, attentive, funny, polite and chivalrous. He had a confidence that could *potentially have been read as player-like but only, one would say, if you were being over-analytical and cynical. To be honest, it did not occur to me that I could be so unlucky after so recently having such hardship in my lovelife so I went with it. It was great. Dates were a combination of lovely, romantic, fun and bond-building. He told me he thought he might be falling in love with me. I don't like someone who is too full-on but he managed to give many compliments in such a way that it did not put me off because he himself remained funny and charming and sexy. He moved then because of a better job. Before he moved he was edging away from me. He moved to the city I am from. He visits here alot since he moved and of course I visit home alot, so from my point of view there is no reason why we couldn't keep our good thing going. But I'll tell you something else here; he is divorced with two kids, who live with her in another country. He visits them every few weeks and I always knew she was still important to him because he spoke about her lovingly, but it hurt when I realised that he is actually still in love with her, and I suspect actively biding his time until he gets the dating scene he has enjoyed since she divorced him out of his system and returns to her. Me? God, I fell so much in love with him and I didn't realise how much until he left. He keeps me in contact, but on his terms. Originally he said he wanted to always be friends with me because we had such a good connection and he cared about me, which, despite the player-tendencies I believe to be true. But he changed completely. Wasn't as kind to me or interested as I know he is to all his other friends, evenOh no! It was so long I have to add more to finish. Sorry, for being so longwinded! Ok, so he became distant which hurt me. I had many arguments with him about this which, honestly, involved me being wildly insecure, desperate-looking, and irrational. But once the dust had settled eventually we got on well again. Basically, the feeling I have from the last few months is that yes, he was genuinely interested in me and cared about me when we were together. And even though I have annoyed the hell out of him so bad since then because I haven't moved on he still hasn't cut me off. I think maybe he sees me as an option, in case he changes his mind in the future, which, right now, I don't mind because I still like him enough to wait. But, my real question is: how does someone like me become such a mess over men. I want to be able to move on, I really do, but I get so stuck. I am 26 and worried that I will just continue these patterns with failures in my love life and never be happy...Lots of laughter isn't really an answer I'm happy with here! :) more

Resolved Question: Is the net atrophying our minds?

I'm concerned. I used to read Sartre (in French) and play chess and, you know, think. But now I'm obsessed with telling teenagers how to do their homework or writing advice to someone on what it's like to come out. Is this socializing or is this procrastination? Is it doing anything for my mind? What do you think? Are you more or less intelligent because of social networking sites? more

Resolved Question: Whats wrong with my resume? Need advise if any.?

CAN PEOPLE TELL WHATS WRONG WITH MY RESUME...RECENTLY I APPLIED AT FEW PLACES & AM NOT SURE WHY THERE IS NO REPLY...IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY RESUME..YOUR HELP IS APPRECIATED...CHEERS SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Adept at managing all aspects of information technology, including ongoing business needs assessment, planning, implementations, and enhancement. Record of identifying opportunities, analyzing operations, and developing winning solutions. Possess broad technical knowledge spanning diverse industries. Resourceful problem solver. Perform well in global environment. Intelligent, analytical, and articulate. CORE COMPETENCIES Strategic PlanningProject LeadershipBusiness Process Analysis Infrastructure DesignBudget ManagementApplications Development Product ManagementStaff Training & SupervisionVendor & Partner Relations PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE XXX Company COO – Infrastructure & service delivery / Head of Product (09/2008 – Present) •Engage & close sales •Manage & execute planning, collaboration & deployment of services launched by the company. •Lead the product definition, infrastructure deployment to the GSM telecom operators. •Vendor management •Data mining & interpretations for marketing & product strategy. •Manage all phases of RFI, RFP & RFQ •Engaged in investor relations. Key Achievements: •Raised first round of multi-million investment •Closed first operator sale – Celcom Malaysia XXX COMPANY Director, Tech-Presales, Solutions Architecture & Service Delivery (10/2005 – 08/2008) •Headed a team of 40 engineers across 3 global locations. •Coach and direct service delivery team responsible for implementation of solutions, infrastructure and post-implementation monitoring. •Manage all phases of RFI, RFP, RFQ •Vendor management •Lead Tech-presales to operators in Asia, Europe & Middle east •Assist marketing activities with data mining & data interpretations •Created innovative strategies for new product/service introductions and technology-focused industry. •Engineered compelling demonstrations of products’ functionality and key benefits. •Manage & build investors relations with some of the leading VC’s in the world. •Managed media queries related to the product & company. Key Achievements: •Pioneered & perfected XXX solution, rated as the next big thing for operators revenues. •The solution bought 20 Million dollars in revenues for the company (as of 2008) •Deployed voice XXX solution with multi-million infrastructure in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Turkey, Egypt, supports multi-million messages daily and is used by operators, like: Vodafone, Digi, Telenor, Turkcell, Airtel, CSL, AIS, and Etisalat. The system sits at core network integrating with MSC, IN, SMSC, HLR, OSS/BSS, Billing(Diameter) etc @ Operators deployed •Enabled world’s first ‘Interconnect’ for Voice SMS in Dec 2007. •Deployed in both GSM & CDMA Operators. •Made XXX Company the founding member of GSMA regulatory body for defining standards for Voice SMS •Engaged & pilots deployed at KDDI, NEC Japan, O2 UK & Brazil Telecom. •Improved SDLC significantly helping quick rollout of products, offering high degree of adaptability to operator’s environment & reducing cost of deployments. •Helped the company to raise investments from tear 1 investors like XXX CAPITAL. XXX COMPANY Chief Technology Officer (12/2003 – 9/2005) •The company was the firt & one of the largest MVAS & contents provider in Malaysia •I was bought into the company to mend & improve a collapsing infrastructure & disoriented engineering team, which was heavily impacting the company revenues & project timelines. •Managed a complex infrastructure of gateways & billing system for churning CDR’s •Headed a team of 32, comprising of engineers and architects. Key Achievements: •Deployed a multi-million dollar infrastructure sourced from Ericsson •Transformed a disorganized, inefficient engineering team into a smooth-running operation by totally redesigning the working methodology. •Transformed the infrastructure to multi-million dollar facility consisting of independent WAP gateways and secured payment gateways used by some leading financial institutions in Malaysia. •Rolled out world’s 1st mobile commerce application (mCommerce) for buying movies & songs. •Developed application focused on interacting between GSM operators & TV stations •Developed innovative & comprehensive data mining techniques to identify & learn subscribers behavior •Launched worlds 1st 3D game that enabled audience-controlled characters on TV. •Managed TV broadcasting systems for airing transmission. •Collaborated with regional operators on upcoming 3G & Location based services. •Established gateway connectivity to various CPs from Malaysia, USA, India, Finland, and Philippines. XXX COMPANY Senior Manager, Technology & Business Enhancement Division (11/2002 – 1 more

Resolved Question: I feel I have outgrown my relationship, am I being fair and rational, what shall I do?

For about six months now I've been sitting on some problems that I have with my boyfriend of 4 and a half years. What they are is not the significant part, all that matters is that they all link to the fact that when I'm with him I feel like I'm raising a 4 year old, not dating a man, Im 22. I'm just tired of reminding him to take care of himself, being responsible for making sure he goes out of the house looking presentable, teaching him to network with people, having to stop him from interrupting me in the middle of sentences all the time like his mother, dealing with his bratiness when he's in a bad mood, having to pry him out of his shell in most all situations, and literally cleaning up his messes because he "doesn't like to". Even simple things like expecting him to shower once a day and clean his teeth cause massive arguments. To me, these are things I of course just do without thinking about it but for him they are some major chore. Also to me in life, if something is difficult its the first thing I will do, with for example his studies he leaves stuff to the last minute because its hard and makes it more difficult on himself. I would make this the first thing on my list, but that is my personality. I've talked to him about all this before and he knows that relationships with me need to be 50/50 in terms of giving and taking and compromising, but the problems still linger. Don't get me wrong, he's a lovely guy: intelligent, very very caring to me, attractive, considerate, comes from a good family, and he loves me so so much. I feel like I've been with him so long for because of lack of knowing my worth, fear that I'd never find someone else, and other insecurities (we've gone on three "breaks" before). I used to have very low self-esteem and stayed with my first boyfriend because I figured no one else would have me. But since attending university and meeting new people I realized this wasn't the case and have gained more confidence. Don't get my wrong though, we've had loads of good times and overall we have grown a lot together and we used to make a good team. I just want to be a healthy human in a healthy relationship with someone who inspire me to be my most everyday. I think that there is a huge difference between respecting differences and just tolerating them and that the day you just start tolerating a mate brings you a day closer to you hating them. I love him very very very much, but I do think that I need to move on. Whether it is by myself or with someone else. Does this sound well considered and thought out to you? Please feel free to point out any faults in my thinking and logic. more

Resolved Question: What else could go wrong?

Lets say she says yes, then its a go. If she says "no" thats fine too and I'll be mature and just mention that shes a great girl and I would've been stupid not to give it a shot and invite her to join me at a convention that she would be interested in. This convention is full of academic geeks networking, not exactly a place to go for dates so I'm not trying to pull anything :P. If she says "i would love to but I don't have the time" I'll just mention that I'm extremely busy as well and we can just go whenever our schedules allow. Maybe in a couple of weeks. But what if she says "I'm interested in" or "have someone else." How do I get out of that in the least awkward manner possible? The only things I know about her from the couple of times we hung out is shes nice, intelligent, and not obviously psychotic so I want to ask her out to get to know her better. Any other realistic scenarios I haven't thought of?no way I want to be her friend first and get stuck in the friends zone. I want more, I have enough friends more

Resolved Question: Do You Think Obama Makes Bush Like a Genius?

So many talking heads for the paid obama networks, keep saying how smart obama is..but I listen to him, his mouth moves, but nothing of any substance comes out-ever. How do they call him intelligent when he does so many stupid irresponsible socialist things against Americans? more

Resolved Question: Do you.,any of your cabinet have any concept of why you continue to consign troops to Afghanistan?

Very few Parliamentarians have any concept of life in the Armed Forces. No Pariamentary inmates seem to have knowledge appropriate to the portfolios they are supposed to represent, but a look around the libraries and some intelligent googling would show that people like Alexander, the Russian Army (not short of sturdy heavily-armed helicopters and hard-fighting solders, Genghis Khan and others found Afghanistan no easy prize. You claim that you and others like you want to defeat the Taliban..Islamic extremists and rebels so that western-style governance ,just like the UK enjoys can be installed or imposed on the fractious tribes even before Moses and Joseph took control of the Granaries of Ancient Egypt and made off with some large device which from time to time emitted strange lights and , hummed and sent columns of smoke . Perhaps some primitive nuclear generator which was use to threaten the enemies of Moses. The Afghani tribesmen have been crafting their own finely wrought firearms which they produce in their labrynthine cave networks in the rugged hills. In the caves at their blacksmiths' forgoes the long gun barrels are forged from the steel they produce from old vehicle chassis found on the rock-strewn tracks and passes. the rifled gun barrels are accurately brooched and aligned and adapted to take the Russian, British, American and other ammunition left behind by retreating armies which have attempted to conquor a harsh land which looks like the domain of the Auks in prophetic "Lord of the Rings" books and films. . Perhaps you and your accolytes need to go walk-about in your constituencies . It would become apparent that your invasions on targeted countries are the very cause of the streams of refugees from the war-blasted and war-threatened regions like Yugoslavia, Iraq, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Pakistan. But a read of history would show this did not start with Iraq.. The Celtic peoples of the UK tasted the sword and the axe long ago in this land wih the barbaric attacks on the Scots, the Welsh, and the Irish, curiously later provided the same 'tribes' for some of Wellington's finest that fought in the Napoleonic campaigns. Anglo-Saxon England has a long history of agression against its neighbours And the practice has been brouht through to the present. . What you could do, Prime Minister whilst still in office would be to get all the lads out of Afghanistan before the end of the year. Do not drag out the mantra that Al Qaeda will flood into the West. If you knew anything at all about the Fallahein and the ordinary people of the deserts , you would know that most live in extreme poverty. Many live in tents. Many more in adobe huts- They do have a common interest- finding water. They worship gardens and growing things. Those people who live along the Sweet water canak in Egypt were much-maligned by us troopies in the Canal War, and were treated badly by most. I chose another route and learned some Arabic and read much. Out on patrol I often found myself in tense situations, I found by greeting them and sharing my rat-packs I met with humour, kindness and a readiness of the locals to go running about the desert finding a species of camel-thorn from which they brewed palatable shai - or desert tea. They were generous with what little they had - a handful of dates, a few wild figs, a piece of rare honeycomb. I experienced this generosity rmore recently when at El Alamein where I initiated Project Khamsin, a survey to assess numbers and types of UXO still remaining in that WW II minefield , and still killing innocent desert-dwellers. . My point here is that firepower and brute-force is not an effective or morally justifiable language of communication. The Weat has so much to learn from the Middle East and the Far East. The Rambo Age is over, Mr Brown. Better accept it. With the trillions used to blast the lives, homes and bodies of others, would it not have been a great thing to have used that wealth to spread around so that the World's homeless street kids could be brought to smile with hope as the healing comes ? Use taxpayers' money to reconstruct the National health System of this country . And carefully consider the folly of stationing the nuclear submariine HMS Sceptre off the coast of Argentina, armed with nuceal weapons (BBC reports refer). It appears that your government is now engaged with a private oil prospecting company and acting as its escort. A dangerous game , Prime Minister, and this country, more than any other, cannot punch that much above its weight without provoking. disaster. ( and what was the truth behind the unfortunate doctor/advisor who protested against the WMD war against Iraq, who took an overdose (?) during a keep-fit walk.) I believe the previous Prme Minister has yet to answer questions about that event. Perhaps it is now time to respectfully propose tha more

Resolved Question: English: Whoever or Whomever?

Can you figured out which one is correct of this ten sentence? 1.A candidate for a good job in the field of computer science is (whoever or whomever) prospective employers view as a specialist. 2.The increasing use of computers in almost all ares of human activity in industrialized ares makes opportunities excellent for (whoever or whomever) works with computers. 3.computer networking, computer architecture, and intelligent information systems are only three of the many ares to (whoever or whomever) wishes to advice in the field. 4.(whoever or whomever) owners call upon for service will be kept busy. 5.Businesses of all kinds will hire (whoever or whomever) they believe excels. 6.A college degree in electrical and electronics engineering as well as training in the physical sciences and mathematics are important perquisites for (whoever or whomever) wants a job in the field of computer science. 7.(whoever or whomever) has studied electron engineering is likely to find a job working with computer. 8.Most colloges offer coures in computer programming and infomaton systems to (whoever or whomever) majors in computer Science. 9.Many employers offer appreneticeshis programs to (whoever or whomever) they consider a pontentail specalist. 10.The best job may go to (whoever or whomever) employers feels knows the most.i meant, Can you choose the correct pronoun from the pair in patentheses. more

Resolved Question: What to say to a clingy friend who I no longer want to be friends with?

Resolved Question: does this sound rude to say...?

I'm 21 and a junior in college. I transferred here from community college so this is my first year here. I met a friend who seemed cool at first and still is but she is extremely clingy. She is 5 years older than me (26) yet she looks to me for guidance. She is intelligent but she is weak when it comes to making her own decisions. She has a strong personality and I should probably mention that she is bipolar. She has trusted me with a lot of secrets and she says i'm her best friend even though she's only known me for one semester. She also gets really jealous of anyone else that I may be getting close to and she tries to befriend everyone that I befriend. I don't like people trying to force close friendships on me. I don't like clingy people. I don't like when people don't give me room to have my own separate friends. I am a nice person so I emailed her on 2 different occasions to express how I feel and she changes for about a week or so then goes right back to getting on my nerves. I don't think I'm willing to tolerate her at this point. There's way more to it but this is the gist of the situation. ****Would it be rude to say "I think you're a great person but I find that our personalities don't really mesh well together. I don't mind hanging out with you every now and again but at this point my focus is on expanding my network and focusing on school. Cya around"for the 2nd poster: I am far from clingy, I am extremely independent. *I plan to say this through text message the next time she texts me to hang out so no one would be around and it would be between only the two of us.Ok so what if I say "I think you're a great person but I find your personality to be a little too intense for what I am used to. I don't mind hanging out every now and again but my focus is on school and expanding my network. Cya around."I've tried the busy approach (because, well, I actually am pretty busy) but she doesn't get the hint and most of the time if I ignore her, it makes her bother me (call/text) even morewe also have mututal friends so she would know if i tell her i'm busy but then fo and hang out with someone else**we also have mutual friends so she would know if i tell her i'm busy but then go and hang out with someone else more

Resolved Question: How to convince her to trust me?

I met this nice and very intelligent girl through an online social networking site. We chatted for almost 5 months, having incredible conversations. She sent me a card for my birthday. Now her birthday is coming up and I want to send her a card and present. She balks when I ask for an address to send it to and suddenly acts like I'm dangerous and untrustworthy. All i want to do is send her a birthday present. I told her that if I was really dangerous, I wouldn't have invested as much time and energy into her as I did. But she is stubborn and won't budge. I said some things to her that I shouldn't have said, in my anger, mostly criticizing her for being so paranoid and not trusting me, trying to make her see reason. Now it's been 2 months and she hasn't talked to me. I wrote to her but she didn't respond. What is her issue, and what do I need to do to get her back? We really had a nice friendship going and she's going to end it over that? I get that you have to take care of yourself but come on. If you can't trust someone after 5 months of chatting then it's paranoia, don't you agree? more