General Questions Thread

[Rizare]

If someone wants to begin developing critical thinking, how does one do so? I feel that critical thinking, in general, will be helpful in long term. Just asking this because of this thread, i like the depth of the conversations in general,

Beside this site (I didn't read much yet, not much time for now), how else could I develop?

[Vexx]

I know how I do it NOW.... but how to *start* it? Ever since I was a little kid, I felt an obsession with KNOWING and LEARNING so I read voraciously the non-fiction. We had a World Book Encyclopedia when I was in elementary school which I read from A-Z. If I didn't know a word, I looked it up. I'm a news junkie and I don't use the EasyBrain news - I use the news on PBS (News Hour), the PBS analysis shows, the BBC, Euro Journal, Deutsche Welk, etc.
I approach everything with the scientific method. I discard beliefs and ideas that don't hold up under cross-examination. I've changed my opinion on topics rather dramatically as I accumulate more facts on it.
I took debate in high school and college - I recommend *everyone* take debate (not just speech, though that's helpful). I also got a college degree in a discipline that oozed in the scientific method.

Thought exercise: take an opinion you hold dear. Research the heck out of reasons it might suck. If those reasons outweigh the original reasons you had that opinion - *change* your opinion. If you can do that, then you've started down the road of critical thinking. Stay informed, understand that education and study is a life long endeavor because otherwise your opinion just might be stupid if you haven't done your homework on it.

And.. this is definitely NOT a silly question , it is a great question.

Science:
If you don't make mistakes, you're doing it wrong.
If you don't correct those mistakes, you're doing it really wrong.
If you can't accept that you're mistaken, then you're not doing it at all.

edit: ((someone asked about the "reading encyclopedia from A to Z" .... well, there was no "internet" in 1965, no video games, no .... well there was a lot of time ...)

[Hasumi]

So I'm using Windows 7 Starter on my netbook, sometimes I leave it alone and let the battery run out--knowing that I can hook it up to the charger and start it up again while maintaining the windows I had opened before. Well at least that's what it's supposed to do, sometimes it starts up but the windows I had aren't there anymore.

What's going on?

[monster]

Check your power settings to make sure that you still have it set to hibernate when the battery is at a critical level.

[Seitsuki]

How smart would it be to use this on glasses?

[Dhomochevsky]

Glasses often come with all kinds of surface treatments.
Like anti-glare, scratch resistant and so on.

The point where it reads 'forms a chemical bond with glass' makes this seem like a bad idea to put on glasses. A chemical like that will most likely mess up the existing surface.

[Paranoid Android]

Regular glasses are fine I believe. Not sunglasses or anything fancy.

[Endless Soul]

I certainly wouldn't put that on my glasses, which has transitional shading, anti-glare- scratch resistant stuff, etc.

Endless "Ray Ban" Soul

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Paranoid Android

Regular glasses are fine I believe. Not sunglasses or anything fancy.

Get the Cristal glasses. It is antifog, antiwater and anti-scratch.

[Paranoid Android]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Get the Cristal glasses. It is antifog, antiwater and anti-scratch.

Why are you quoting me? I'm not the one asking the question. And you're not answering his question. He wants to put this chemical on existing glasses. Not buying new ones. Many quality sports wear already prevent just about everything that regular glasses have problems with.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Paranoid Android

Why are you quoting me? I'm not the one asking the question. And you're not answering his question. He wants to put this chemical on existing glasses. Not buying new ones. Many quality sports wear already prevent just about everything that regular glasses have problems with.

Quoted wrong person lol. Need to stop micromanaging my posts.

The solution has a time limit and will wear off, and you need to spend time and money to reapply. Cristal glasses don't......and unless you are the type that sit in front of the computer all day long, you probably won't need to change glasses for 3-5 years.

I haven't change my frames for 4 years until recently, where I was demanded to wear a less "nerd" pair. If I had Cristal lenses, I wouldn't have to change the whole thing for 4 years in total.

[Paranoid Android]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

I haven't change my frames for 4 years until recently, where I was demanded to wear a less "nerd" pair. If I had Cristal lenses, I wouldn't have to change the whole thing for 4 years in total.

I'm curious what your old 'more nerd' frame looks like :P

I don't wear glasses but I've lost/broke a lot of sunglasses. My biggest problem is sturdiness of the lens. If only Nokia had their own brand of sunglasses. By best pair asploded when I was cycling and a pebble flew at my eye. It did save me from losing an eye but the sunglasses died

I need a pair of sunglasses that will protect me from flying car tires and wild deer antlers (I've collided with both in my cycling experience).

[Dhomochevsky]

Heh.. yesterday at my parent's I randomly picked up an old pair of sunglasses that that belonged to my grandpa.
I put them on for fun and was like 'lol 70's style'.

My father told me 'those kind of old glasses are becoming modern again'.
Yeh... sure. He always said that, when I was a kid and had to 'use up' some old clothes.

Inspecting the glasses more closely... What's this? "Ray Ban"... huh?

Fired up Google: Ray-Ban Ultra Aviator Gold 439€

Grandpa was a playboy.

I wouldn't rub that stuff on it btw

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by Dhomochevsky

Heh.. yesterday at my parent's I randomly picked up an old pair of sunglasses that that belonged to my grandpa.
I put them on for fun and was like 'lol 70's style'.

My father told me 'those kind of old glasses are becoming modern again'.
Yeh... sure. He always said that, when I was a kid and had to 'use up' some old clothes.

Inspecting the glasses more closely... What's this? "Ray Ban"... huh?

Fired up Google: Ray-Ban Ultra Aviator Gold 439€

Grandpa was a playboy.

I wouldn't rub that stuff on it btw

Treat that artifact carefully.... I'm still a fan of aviator frames

[GenjiChan]

Are females really 10 years more mature ahead of males or at least more mature?

[going techno]

how do i post photos on comments(when I post a reply on a forums)

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by going techno

how do i post photos on comments(when I post a reply on a forums)

Several ways... one way is to store/upload the photo in an album on your personal Animesuki Profile. Then you can just link it via URL using the Image button in the post edit.

Always be sure and save the photo as a jpg or gif to reduce the file size. If you quote this post, press the little a/A button on the upper right part of the edit screen and it will show you all the meta-tags.

Spoiler for Image inside spoiler tag to keep page tidy:

[ogon_bat]

Originally Posted by going techno

how do i post photos on comments(when I post a reply on a forums)

1. Save image to your computer.
2. Upload it to the internet (I use http://imgur.com/ ),
3. Now copy/paste link into the thread (in advanced options for replying highlight link and push the icon that says "insert image" so it appears as an image and not as a link)
4. Profit!

[going techno]

most appritiated

[Soverence]

Originally Posted by GenjiChan

Are females really 10 years more mature ahead of males or at least more mature?

females do mature faster during the adolescent stage of there life, but in the end it all equals out.