Let me first say that I live in New Orleans, so go ahead make all your inept government remarks now. That said, we did begin making changes in our traffic signals to LED lights and the big claim of "20 year lifespan" was made. Less than 5 years later I see many of the LED bulbs (really, clusters of bulbs, like a Lite Brite set) are now replaced with the traditional traffic signal bulbs. Not only did the LEDs not last very long, they aren't being replaced with LEDs but with the old style bulbs. Hope NYC gets LEDs from a better vendor than we did.
The problem with Middle East is that Arabs have never been able to accept that because they don't like Jews.
So utterly wrong. It's all about LAND and it being taken from the Palestinians. Taking land from one group and giving it to another tends to make the locals mad.
Perhaps it will sound like this: Greetings Mr. Cortez! You are searching for gold, we are having it! Please visit our lovely Aztec mines. You will love our gold! Have a nice time with our women while you are at it. Please, cross the ocean and come visit us. We don't even have gunpowder! We don't have resistance to small pox either! See us soon!
Or perhaps.... Hey Spike! Wanna go dig up some bones?!
Yeah, that'll show him and everyone else! Cause we all know every moron out in the sticks, in the city, living in bunkers, all of 'em will hear of this story, read about the consequences and drop their laser pointers in FEAR of the repercussions. Right. Does anyone honestly believe that by "making an example" of this person that all the other semi-literate (or not) morons will be 1)Aware of this or 2)Changed people because of this? Don't get me wrong, I think the strong sentence is fine for such behavior but expecting this to be some proxy for "preaching the good word of the law" is hopelessly naive in this case. Why not draft an awesome 12 page EULA that all purchasers must check a powerful I ACCEPT box before purchasing? Cause that works so well already...
NCLB (called Nickel B around here in the education world) encouraged schools to ditch CS,arts, Latin, and any course that wasn't in the core tested areas. Schools were forced to play ball if they wanted to "be successful." A HUGE problem with NCLB was that it mandated tons and tons of requirements, then provided virtually no funding to ensure those requirements come to life. So that created a system where any resources being spent on non-core issues were pulled off of non-core and put onto core NCLB goals. So in addition to the whole "teach the test" mentality, it gutted many, many programs. But how many districts nation-wide had strong CS programs to begin with? That was just stuff for a handful of uber-smart nerds; most kids were never going to go near that so not a lot of money was put into it. I am sure you can cite your super awesome school as a counter-example. However, of all the public schools in our country, the total number with strong CS programs was and remains tiny. And in the code world, ever meet a coder/tech guru that doesn't have a college degree? What about those that didn't even finish high school in a traditional manner? How many top skilled professions does that occur in? Clearly, the subject is not being taught successfully.
It's best we just go ahead and surrender now. I for one welcome..... no, no, this goes beyond overlord.... I welcome our unicorn-domesticating superiors and look forward to serving under the yoke of unicornia!! (I admit I got all excited at first thinking they found a lair of uni-porn.... but this isn't bad, either!)
If you are not tying the drumsticks together with electron-dampened cooper-molybdenum oxygen-free cables, then your turkey will never be as "warm and resonant" as mine. I'm happy to sell you my spare cable if you need....
the government doesn't want looters making off with priceless artifacts.
And that's the REAL reason Guinness was invented; to prevent unauthorized archaeological activity.Otherwise, the Irish would have categorized the the entire subterranean contents of the Emerald Isle by now...
Hello Mr/Ms/Dr/Rev AC,
I think you miscomprehended the statement. The title of this article/page is "Is it Time to End Our Love Affair with the QWERTY Keyboard." The answer, "No. That is all" means NO, IT IS NOT TIME TO END OUR LOVE AFFAIR. It was modded insightful because many people can read and understand the sentiment that it is not time to end the QWERTY keyboard. You yourself seem to defend the QWERTY, too. Which means, in theory, you should agree with "No. That is all." Instead you question how it became insightful. Well, you can lead a Slashdotter to water...
This is not flamebait. I am a private school teacher so I say this with honest clarity. Some public school administrators are largely a joke. I am currently getting my master's degree in education administration and I hear horror stories day in and day out from classmates that work in the public system. Granted, I live in New Orleans so our public system is a dysfunctional mess. However, across the nation the legislative mandates that any public school teacher have to deal with are contradictory at best and truly insane at the worst. So ditch the public system. Private schools tend to be run more like companies and lousy administrators don't last. Firing teachers is a breeze... in fact, you're simply not rehired. To work in a private school you have far less legal protections but you have students and administrators that truly care, supportive parents (not always) and colleagues that are largely pros. (in the case of a good private school, much like in the case of a good company) So instead of bailing on the profession, bail on the bad school. Also, to be fair, there are thousands upon thousands of EXCELLENT public schools out there and perhaps your wife should look at other options in the area. Often times a different district or parish (counties for everyone else) will have a very different system. But really, don't give up on the dream of teaching. Teaching provides far more than can be measured and on my deathbed I will take a massive amount of satisfaction to the grave with me. Difference makers take it with them. Moneymakers may or may not be able to do the same.
Hirai-sama Banzai! (No, no, no, this is not a war chant. It literally means, "Sir (give or take) Hirai, ten thousand generations!" May Hirai be remembered for ten thousand generations, indeed.
Please don't make comments if you don't know what you are talking about! (oh, wait, this is slashdot...) And forget?? Where you live 'people' might forget but here in New Orleans we forget very, very little of Katrina. Officers that did the shooting have been convicted and sentenced. The mistrial you point out is for one officer who was on the cover up side. Dugue was not even involved in the shooting. Please don't spread ignorance. (and don't back-peddle saying it was the cover-up dude getting off. He's not off, there's just been a mistrial)
I tell my world history students this every year... Think about what would happen if terrorists due in fact get hold of a nuke and wipe out a US city... or three.... How long would it take for us to build the camps? Sadly, I think more people would be donating time and money to get the camps built then they would to help the victims of the attacks. One of the scariest scenes I ever saw in the 24 tv series was the de facto camp built to house "suspected terrorists." We'd do the same... in a heartbeat. Sad and scary.
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Ahhh. thanks for the info. Never thought about the on off thing. Ballasts, huh.
Let me first say that I live in New Orleans, so go ahead make all your inept government remarks now. That said, we did begin making changes in our traffic signals to LED lights and the big claim of "20 year lifespan" was made. Less than 5 years later I see many of the LED bulbs (really, clusters of bulbs, like a Lite Brite set) are now replaced with the traditional traffic signal bulbs. Not only did the LEDs not last very long, they aren't being replaced with LEDs but with the old style bulbs. Hope NYC gets LEDs from a better vendor than we did.
The problem with Middle East is that Arabs have never been able to accept that because they don't like Jews.
So utterly wrong. It's all about LAND and it being taken from the Palestinians. Taking land from one group and giving it to another tends to make the locals mad.
But you are welcomed to attend my grammar class; it might be good for improving your lackluster skills.
From the 22nd century of the future! This one arrived earlier...
Perhaps it will sound like this: Greetings Mr. Cortez! You are searching for gold, we are having it! Please visit our lovely Aztec mines. You will love our gold! Have a nice time with our women while you are at it. Please, cross the ocean and come visit us. We don't even have gunpowder! We don't have resistance to small pox either! See us soon!
Or perhaps.... Hey Spike! Wanna go dig up some bones?!
Have you noticed any affects of acidification of the world's oceans?
Yeah, that'll show him and everyone else! Cause we all know every moron out in the sticks, in the city, living in bunkers, all of 'em will hear of this story, read about the consequences and drop their laser pointers in FEAR of the repercussions. Right. Does anyone honestly believe that by "making an example" of this person that all the other semi-literate (or not) morons will be 1)Aware of this or 2)Changed people because of this? Don't get me wrong, I think the strong sentence is fine for such behavior but expecting this to be some proxy for "preaching the good word of the law" is hopelessly naive in this case. Why not draft an awesome 12 page EULA that all purchasers must check a powerful I ACCEPT box before purchasing? Cause that works so well already...
NCLB (called Nickel B around here in the education world) encouraged schools to ditch CS,arts, Latin, and any course that wasn't in the core tested areas. Schools were forced to play ball if they wanted to "be successful." A HUGE problem with NCLB was that it mandated tons and tons of requirements, then provided virtually no funding to ensure those requirements come to life. So that created a system where any resources being spent on non-core issues were pulled off of non-core and put onto core NCLB goals. So in addition to the whole "teach the test" mentality, it gutted many, many programs. But how many districts nation-wide had strong CS programs to begin with? That was just stuff for a handful of uber-smart nerds; most kids were never going to go near that so not a lot of money was put into it. I am sure you can cite your super awesome school as a counter-example. However, of all the public schools in our country, the total number with strong CS programs was and remains tiny. And in the code world, ever meet a coder/tech guru that doesn't have a college degree? What about those that didn't even finish high school in a traditional manner? How many top skilled professions does that occur in? Clearly, the subject is not being taught successfully.
nobody should feel obligated to force their opinions on others.
ha ha ha ha! New here, are ya?
Clearly you people don't know what Unicorn Lairs look like. They're not limited to DPRK ya know....
It's best we just go ahead and surrender now. I for one welcome..... no, no, this goes beyond overlord.... I welcome our unicorn-domesticating superiors and look forward to serving under the yoke of unicornia!! (I admit I got all excited at first thinking they found a lair of uni-porn.... but this isn't bad, either!)
If you are not tying the drumsticks together with electron-dampened cooper-molybdenum oxygen-free cables, then your turkey will never be as "warm and resonant" as mine. I'm happy to sell you my spare cable if you need....
the government doesn't want looters making off with priceless artifacts.
And that's the REAL reason Guinness was invented; to prevent unauthorized archaeological activity.Otherwise, the Irish would have categorized the the entire subterranean contents of the Emerald Isle by now...
Even Kormack is dismayed... I guess he has to post AC for obvious reasons....
Hello Mr/Ms/Dr/Rev AC, I think you miscomprehended the statement. The title of this article/page is "Is it Time to End Our Love Affair with the QWERTY Keyboard." The answer, "No. That is all" means NO, IT IS NOT TIME TO END OUR LOVE AFFAIR. It was modded insightful because many people can read and understand the sentiment that it is not time to end the QWERTY keyboard. You yourself seem to defend the QWERTY, too. Which means, in theory, you should agree with "No. That is all." Instead you question how it became insightful. Well, you can lead a Slashdotter to water...
This is not flamebait. I am a private school teacher so I say this with honest clarity. Some public school administrators are largely a joke. I am currently getting my master's degree in education administration and I hear horror stories day in and day out from classmates that work in the public system. Granted, I live in New Orleans so our public system is a dysfunctional mess. However, across the nation the legislative mandates that any public school teacher have to deal with are contradictory at best and truly insane at the worst. So ditch the public system. Private schools tend to be run more like companies and lousy administrators don't last. Firing teachers is a breeze... in fact, you're simply not rehired. To work in a private school you have far less legal protections but you have students and administrators that truly care, supportive parents (not always) and colleagues that are largely pros. (in the case of a good private school, much like in the case of a good company) So instead of bailing on the profession, bail on the bad school. Also, to be fair, there are thousands upon thousands of EXCELLENT public schools out there and perhaps your wife should look at other options in the area. Often times a different district or parish (counties for everyone else) will have a very different system. But really, don't give up on the dream of teaching. Teaching provides far more than can be measured and on my deathbed I will take a massive amount of satisfaction to the grave with me. Difference makers take it with them. Moneymakers may or may not be able to do the same.
Hirai-sama Banzai! (No, no, no, this is not a war chant. It literally means, "Sir (give or take) Hirai, ten thousand generations!" May Hirai be remembered for ten thousand generations, indeed.
Around here we just chuck stuff into the bayou..... that's what we call (wait for it..) bayou-degradeable. (Can't pass up this one, now can I?)
Remember the Katrina shootings: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/mistrial-declared-in-katrina-shooting_n_1239525.html After enough mistrials, the case will likely be quietly dropped as the public forgets. Shit it has been 7 years already.
Please don't make comments if you don't know what you are talking about! (oh, wait, this is slashdot...) And forget?? Where you live 'people' might forget but here in New Orleans we forget very, very little of Katrina. Officers that did the shooting have been convicted and sentenced. The mistrial you point out is for one officer who was on the cover up side. Dugue was not even involved in the shooting. Please don't spread ignorance. (and don't back-peddle saying it was the cover-up dude getting off. He's not off, there's just been a mistrial)
Bread and Circuses. Congrats America, we're living 324 AD style!!
2112 on many levels... well done!
and here I was thinking the executive branch enforces the law.... guess I'm not so sharp.
I tell my world history students this every year... Think about what would happen if terrorists due in fact get hold of a nuke and wipe out a US city... or three.... How long would it take for us to build the camps? Sadly, I think more people would be donating time and money to get the camps built then they would to help the victims of the attacks. One of the scariest scenes I ever saw in the 24 tv series was the de facto camp built to house "suspected terrorists." We'd do the same... in a heartbeat. Sad and scary.
Racist newsletters tyvm.