Re: Cultural Differences
What's the use of having a drinks machine that can understand your spoken order if it inevitably provides you with a cup of something which is almost, but not quite entirely, dissimilar to tea?
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ICCT did their own study, published in the White Paper "Real-world exhaust emissions from modern diesel cars". Among other things, they concluded:
"High NOX emissions were observed across vehicles, regions (US and EU), manufacturers, and aftertreatment technologies." - so it's not just VW.
And:
"This points to the application of NOX control strategies that are optimized for the current type-approval test procedures (on the chassis dynamometer laboratory, using a standard test cycle), but are not robust enough to yield acceptable on-road performance." - so manufacturers are making cars to pass tests - who'd have thought?
The date of this Paper? October 2014 - over a year ago.
I used WforW v6 at work - fat, slow, buggy, unhelpful.
I used Ami Pro at home - twice as fast, integrated pictures, nice to use.
Ami Pro died when Lotus "upgraded" it to WordPro.
These days I see little point in using a computer to mimic paper. It makes as much sense as the guy at a place where I worked in the 80s who used the flash new HP9836 to print off Sine tables. He clearly hadn't really grasped the idea of a computer.
1. Teaching Maths In 1970
A timber merchant sells a load of timber for £1000.
His cost of production is 4/5 of the selling price.
What is his profit?
2. Teaching Maths In 1980
A timber merchant sells a load of timber for £1000.
His cost of production is 4/5 of the selling price, or £800.
What is his profit?
3. Teaching Maths In 1990
A timber merchant sells a load of timber for £1000.
His cost of production is £800.
Did he make a profit?
4. Teaching Maths In 2000
A timber merchant sells a load of timber for £1000.
His cost of production is £800 and his profit is £200.
Your assignment: Underline the number 200.
5. Teaching Maths In 2009
A timber merchant cuts down a beautiful forest because he is totally selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands.
He does this so he can make a profit of £200. What do you think of this way of making a living?
Topic for class participation after answering the question:
How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes?
There are no wrong answers.
(If you are upset about the plight of the animals in question counselling will be available)