Remember that the crap flows downstream and if there is something that happens, it won't be the suits that make several times your wage that need the shower.
Funny, that's just what Enron and Martha Stewart said...
I have yet to meet a single person who expressed his or her disbelief in ferries, or any other mode of marine transportation.
I dunno. I think Captain Jack lashing two sea turtles together was a bit of a stretch...
And these employees pay taxes. And Google pays property taxes. And none of these things are provided by the federal government anyway. Shirley, you jest.
You're not familiar with federal law enforcement, interstate highways, or the military? Those come from fed taxes. As for your example, I'd like to point out something you said: Employees pay "taxes", while Google only pays "property tax". Are you suggesting that corporations have more rights than the individuals that comprise them?
As I sometimes like to do, I'll reply a chunk at a time.
It is about the reduction of pressure on the individual, of which reduction of homework may or may not play a part depending on the specific school or individual student.
So when did homework become "pressure" instead of something you're SUPPOSED to do? What you're laying out is the groundwork for stupid teens; all the lazy have to do is say "too much pressure!" and they miss out. Later, these morons are the drunkards that throw beer kegs in campfires for fun. They thought basic science was too much pressure? Nope, it's the beer keg that ends up overpressure.
Think of it this way: a normal high school student today is required to be at school at 8AM or before. That means they need be awake by 7 or earlier, depending on how far of a drive it is to school; and if they ride the bus, it is more often earlier - I know students who, in order to ride the bus, have to get up at 5:30AM.
And? Getting up early, something teens never like to do, is pressure? Going to school in Germany had me up around that time; the route there took about an hour. Lots of time to socialize.
Then they arrive at school where, depending on the student, they will spend the next 6-11 hours (think about sports, band practice, cheerleading, after-school meetings, etc; not to count the latch-key kids, or the ones whose parents forget to pick them up).
So? The ones that have extra-curricular activities CHOOSE to stay there longer. For example, being second chair trombone in concert band. The best of us found time to march in a lot of the local parades 'n' festivals....and if your parents consistently forget to pick you up, I'll bet you've got more pressure at home.
Regardless of what response a teen gives, nearly all of them wear masks. They are not themselves while at school, they are not themselves while at home, and they are not themselves while around most of their friends. On top of that, their mask changes for each group that they are around; and they see no problem with their masks contradicting each other as long as they are never exposed for who they truly are. Teenagers are afraid to be themselves.
No, they're LEARNING who they are, and who they want to emulate, and finally who they want to BE. Big difference.
At school, they play along with teachers to please them; at home, they play along with their family to fool them into thinking they're okay; with their friends, they play along to fool them into thinking they're happy; all the while, they are crying out deep inside for someone to accept them for they truly are, instead of trying to cram them into this mold called society and force them to meet someone else's (who doesn't even "know" them) expectations.
Most of that describes the teenage condition. You're unsure where you stand. Duh. Adolescence is where most people discover who they are. As for the last sentence, let me say this: Get used to it. At your job, you're expected to perform to goals and standards that someone ELSE sets FOR you. You're expected to comply with laws that OTHERS set for society. The sooner kids find that's the norm, rather than the "you're doing ok even when you f**k up" mindset, the better.
People can, and should, step out on their own - they should take initiative and find their own place in the world; but they should be able to do it knowing that, if they fail, they still have somewhere safe to go.
You'd lie to them? No such safe haven exists. Once you hit 18, you're on your own. Sure, you COULD live in your parents basement until they die, but when then? Homeless shelters fill up and have to turn people away; there's no solace even there. The world can be a really harsh place. Raising them in a cushy environment doesn't give them the thick skin they'll need to survive.
At least read the summary to see if you're interested:
I read through the excerpt, and saw the same "hug the kid rather than teach/parent them" mentality that is the problem with the US today. I'd love YOU, Technoia, to identify the unique societal parameters that would necessitate the reduction of homework.
I'm not sure either that your kid would thank you for flipping his/her learning and social life on it's head so quickly.
We military brats did/do it all the time, every 2-4 years... What, your kid's head will explode if he/she's faced with a new environment?
As a Professional, you are expected to be more knowledgeable and better experienced than the average person.
I'd had the same impression until a client of mine took his insurance company to court. Y'see, his office had a flood over Christmas vacation, and he had to replace most of his equipment. The insurance company called foul, and asked to see the fried PCs, including the server. They then called in an expert, who maintained they WERE able to get data from it, even though they could never prove this in court. The scariest part? Their expert was asked if he was, in fact, an expert in the field of medical imaging. He stated he was. They asked him how he came to be an expert. "Oh, I browsed the web for four hours" was his reply.
Seriously, that was his answer. Even worse, the court BOUGHT that answer.
My question: Where do I sign up to become an expert witness on web porn? I'm darn near sure I've got at LEAST 4 hours total in....
I, for one, welcome our new tax-avoiding overlords....
or not.
When driving to the "Googleplex", Google's employees drive on public roads. They drive on roads made safer by law enforcement. They're defended by a brave group of Americans that volunteered to give their lives when necessary. If they have an employee that's been in a car accident, many time a city/county EMS unit will take them to the tax-funded public hospital. If there's a fire at the Googleplex, the local fire department will respond.
When Google is ready to handle the cost of maintaining the public resources it wants/needs/uses, then allow it to dodge taxes. Until then, my opinion is that Google should hold buying their execs new platinum-stitched whaleskin hubcap covers at a lower priority than paying the cops, firemen, soldiers, and other tax-funded folks upon whom they rely.
Regardless of his personal desire for pats on the back by claiming false degrees, the fact is that his genuine work with wikipedia is worthy of higher honor than any degree
First: Why the -bleep- would someone EXPECT pats on the back for admitting they lied?
Second: What makes you think that editing articles for a job you dishonestly got is somehow more honorable than going to school for 4 years, sticking it out, and getting a degree?
Third: If they lied before the job, lied while at the job and on the job, what makes you think the rest of their information will be any more truthful/correct? What if they fudge a reference because they couldn't be bothered to do the real work?
Next, I'm going to Ask Slashdot how to pick my own nose, and possibly follow it up asking for techniques for sucking eggs.
1. Ronco's Combination Electric Nose-Picker/Salad Shooter.
2. Ask Granny.
(Though all sorts of tricky multi-microphone detection would let one tell the difference.)
I was under the impression that the system MUST be multi-mic in order to perform triangulation...
The question should be, is the OP chaotic good or chaotic neutral? ...I'd lean towards CG. In fact, I'd be willing to bet a large number of/. member fall towards that alignment, myself included. Anyone?
Macs and Linux/UNIX machines will never have the same problem even if they become as popular as Windows is today because the virus/trojan culture cannot get sufficient traction to be successfully propogated in sufficient numbers to make it worthwhile. ....
Even if it did, who's going to teach the cats to read? ...Not to mention that roughly half of 'em will be dead when you open the boxes they're in...but only if ya look at 'em.
Try reading the whole page on your link before you post... Y'know, RIGHT after the quoted text:
Origins: This is one of those items that -- although wrong in many of its details -- isn't exactly false in an overall sense and is perhaps more fairly labelled as "True, but for trivial and unremarkable reasons."
NEXT!;)
Indirectly, the Romans impacted the Space Shuttle... For those who still haven't seen this floating around the web:
There's always a reason, and the smallest most unimagined thing could be that reason. At least it's a good story. The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in England, and English expatriates built the US Railroads. Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used. Why did "they" use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing. Okay! Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing? Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break on some of the old, long distance roads in England, because that's the spacing of the wheel ruts. So who built those old rutted roads?
Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (and England) for their legions. The roads have been used ever since. And the ruts in the roads? Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match for fear of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome, they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing.
The United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot.
And bureaucracies live forever. So the next time you are handed a specification and wonder what horse's ass came up with it, you may be exactly right, because the Imperial Roman war chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the back ends of two war horses. Now the twist to the story...
When you see a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad, there are two big booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. The SRBs are made by Thiokol at their factory at Utah. The engineers who designed the SRBs would have preferred to make them a bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the factory to the launch site. The railroad line from the factory happens to run through a tunnel in the mountains. The SRBs had to fit through that tunnel. The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, and the railroad track, as you now know, is about as wide as two horses' behinds. So, a major Space Shuttle design feature of what is arguably the world's most advanced transportation system was determined over two thousand years ago by the width of a horse's ass....
Let me get this straight....A/. geek is recommending that you not back up your hard drive to another medium? Whether WORM, MO, paper, {insert your fave medium here}, "important email messages" SHOULD be backed up. It's either that or a bunk hard drive means your data has been lost, found, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months before getting recycled as firelighters.
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Funny, that's just what Enron and Martha Stewart said...
Have you used any CPU identification utilities?
Nope. As seen here, they started at 750Mhz. If it's at 700MHz, it could very well be a Duron, instead.
Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the rock today....
I dunno. I think Captain Jack lashing two sea turtles together was a bit of a stretch...
You're not familiar with federal law enforcement, interstate highways, or the military? Those come from fed taxes. As for your example, I'd like to point out something you said: Employees pay "taxes", while Google only pays "property tax". Are you suggesting that corporations have more rights than the individuals that comprise them?
It is about the reduction of pressure on the individual, of which reduction of homework may or may not play a part depending on the specific school or individual student.
So when did homework become "pressure" instead of something you're SUPPOSED to do? What you're laying out is the groundwork for stupid teens; all the lazy have to do is say "too much pressure!" and they miss out. Later, these morons are the drunkards that throw beer kegs in campfires for fun. They thought basic science was too much pressure? Nope, it's the beer keg that ends up overpressure.
Think of it this way: a normal high school student today is required to be at school at 8AM or before. That means they need be awake by 7 or earlier, depending on how far of a drive it is to school; and if they ride the bus, it is more often earlier - I know students who, in order to ride the bus, have to get up at 5:30AM.
And? Getting up early, something teens never like to do, is pressure? Going to school in Germany had me up around that time; the route there took about an hour. Lots of time to socialize.
Then they arrive at school where, depending on the student, they will spend the next 6-11 hours (think about sports, band practice, cheerleading, after-school meetings, etc; not to count the latch-key kids, or the ones whose parents forget to pick them up).
So? The ones that have extra-curricular activities CHOOSE to stay there longer. For example, being second chair trombone in concert band. The best of us found time to march in a lot of the local parades 'n' festivals....and if your parents consistently forget to pick you up, I'll bet you've got more pressure at home.
Regardless of what response a teen gives, nearly all of them wear masks. They are not themselves while at school, they are not themselves while at home, and they are not themselves while around most of their friends. On top of that, their mask changes for each group that they are around; and they see no problem with their masks contradicting each other as long as they are never exposed for who they truly are. Teenagers are afraid to be themselves.
No, they're LEARNING who they are, and who they want to emulate, and finally who they want to BE. Big difference.
At school, they play along with teachers to please them; at home, they play along with their family to fool them into thinking they're okay; with their friends, they play along to fool them into thinking they're happy; all the while, they are crying out deep inside for someone to accept them for they truly are, instead of trying to cram them into this mold called society and force them to meet someone else's (who doesn't even "know" them) expectations.
Most of that describes the teenage condition. You're unsure where you stand. Duh. Adolescence is where most people discover who they are. As for the last sentence, let me say this: Get used to it. At your job, you're expected to perform to goals and standards that someone ELSE sets FOR you. You're expected to comply with laws that OTHERS set for society. The sooner kids find that's the norm, rather than the "you're doing ok even when you f**k up" mindset, the better.
People can, and should, step out on their own - they should take initiative and find their own place in the world; but they should be able to do it knowing that, if they fail, they still have somewhere safe to go.
You'd lie to them? No such safe haven exists. Once you hit 18, you're on your own. Sure, you COULD live in your parents basement until they die, but when then? Homeless shelters fill up and have to turn people away; there's no solace even there. The world can be a really harsh place. Raising them in a cushy environment doesn't give them the thick skin they'll need to survive.
[ba dum dum DING!]
I read through the excerpt, and saw the same "hug the kid rather than teach/parent them" mentality that is the problem with the US today. I'd love YOU, Technoia, to identify the unique societal parameters that would necessitate the reduction of homework.
We military brats did/do it all the time, every 2-4 years... What, your kid's head will explode if he/she's faced with a new environment?
I'd had the same impression until a client of mine took his insurance company to court. Y'see, his office had a flood over Christmas vacation, and he had to replace most of his equipment. The insurance company called foul, and asked to see the fried PCs, including the server. They then called in an expert, who maintained they WERE able to get data from it, even though they could never prove this in court. The scariest part? Their expert was asked if he was, in fact, an expert in the field of medical imaging. He stated he was. They asked him how he came to be an expert. "Oh, I browsed the web for four hours" was his reply.
Seriously, that was his answer. Even worse, the court BOUGHT that answer.
My question: Where do I sign up to become an expert witness on web porn? I'm darn near sure I've got at LEAST 4 hours total in....
I, for one, welcome our new tax-avoiding overlords....
or not.
When driving to the "Googleplex", Google's employees drive on public roads. They drive on roads made safer by law enforcement. They're defended by a brave group of Americans that volunteered to give their lives when necessary. If they have an employee that's been in a car accident, many time a city/county EMS unit will take them to the tax-funded public hospital. If there's a fire at the Googleplex, the local fire department will respond.
When Google is ready to handle the cost of maintaining the public resources it wants/needs/uses, then allow it to dodge taxes. Until then, my opinion is that Google should hold buying their execs new platinum-stitched whaleskin hubcap covers at a lower priority than paying the cops, firemen, soldiers, and other tax-funded folks upon whom they rely.
First: Why the -bleep- would someone EXPECT pats on the back for admitting they lied?
Second: What makes you think that editing articles for a job you dishonestly got is somehow more honorable than going to school for 4 years, sticking it out, and getting a degree?
Third: If they lied before the job, lied while at the job and on the job, what makes you think the rest of their information will be any more truthful/correct? What if they fudge a reference because they couldn't be bothered to do the real work?
Jus' my two cents...
1. Ronco's Combination Electric Nose-Picker/Salad Shooter.
2. Ask Granny.
...."Name that tune!"
{note to self: I *gotta* stop watching GSN.}
Must be strung out...
I was under the impression that the system MUST be multi-mic in order to perform triangulation...
Not off the top of my head....
Uh, isn't someone forgetting The Worm of '88?
"Drugs are bad, mmmm'kay?"
Origins: This is one of those items that -- although wrong in many of its details -- isn't exactly false in an overall sense and is perhaps more fairly labelled as "True, but for trivial and unremarkable reasons."
NEXT!
There's always a reason, and the smallest most unimagined thing could be that reason. At least it's a good story. The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in England, and English expatriates built the US Railroads. Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used. Why did "they" use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing. Okay! Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing? Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break on some of the old, long distance roads in England, because that's the spacing of the wheel ruts. So who built those old rutted roads?
Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (and England) for their legions. The roads have been used ever since. And the ruts in the roads? Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match for fear of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome, they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing.
The United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot.
And bureaucracies live forever. So the next time you are handed a specification and wonder what horse's ass came up with it, you may be exactly right, because the Imperial Roman war chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the back ends of two war horses. Now the twist to the story...
When you see a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad, there are two big booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. The SRBs are made by Thiokol at their factory at Utah. The engineers who designed the SRBs would have preferred to make them a bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the factory to the launch site. The railroad line from the factory happens to run through a tunnel in the mountains. The SRBs had to fit through that tunnel. The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, and the railroad track, as you now know, is about as wide as two horses' behinds. So, a major Space Shuttle design feature of what is arguably the world's most advanced transportation system was determined over two thousand years ago by the width of a horse's ass.
Let me get this straight....A /. geek is recommending that you not back up your hard drive to another medium? Whether WORM, MO, paper, {insert your fave medium here}, "important email messages" SHOULD be backed up. It's either that or a bunk hard drive means your data has been lost, found, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months before getting recycled as firelighters.