Higher education is free for all? Wonder how they acquire free buildings to use, free equipment to use, free energy to heat those buildings, and perhaps most curious is how they get people to teach those classes for free. Something makes me suspect this "free" education is not at all free and actually quite expensive, and not something which should be adopted in the US, or even could be adopted in the US. Here in the States we have certain natural rights outlined in the framing documents of our government which must be respected and preserved, or tyranny will have won and there will be no liberty at all.
Yeah, we have tyrannical states all across Europe. Especially in Finland. Oh the tyranny!
Be proud, sir, for you have your head so far up your ass, you can't possibly comprehend how much better it is to live in places where education is free and the middle class is wealthy. In the US the middle class is getting poorer each year: in the last 2 decades the salaries of factory workers increased 4.3%, while those of CEOs increased 300%. You don't even have health insurance for everyone - and you want to teach the rest of us how a country should be run?
At least 20% of the people in my circles have faux names, especially in the brony circle (yeah, yeah, I do have brony friends). I don't think Google really gives a shit.
"Little Johnny" has a right to education. That's not the de-facto or de-jure situation in the USA, but that doesn't mean that education isn't, in principle, a human right. That human right is honored in many countries around the world, and those countries are doing quite well, from having large, highly-educated workforce.
In the USA, I think, there is a minority that wants to keep the population under their thumbs. Social mobility is already zero in the US as it is. Education should have been the one chance for people to move from the bottom to middle class. But add exorbitant loans, and social mobility is killed completely.
Make all education free for all. That's what Finland is doing, and it works brilliantly: the scientific output of this small (by population numbers) country is extremely high, as well as the effects of it on industry.
Now the UK has introduced tuition fees that are, in most cases, about GBP 9000/year. Many universities in The Netherlands (where education is free for all, as well) are now marketing all-English language master programmes to UK students that cannot afford the tuition fees. That will cause an influx of people who will, by studying in The Netherlands, contribute to the science in that country, and most likely stay as PhD students, contributing even more.
By the way, in addition to free education for all, the US should really introduce single payer, too. A system where children (as well as adults) are left without health insurance should alarm you.
Yep - the strength of G+ is in fact in posting to your circles (i.e. "Limited"). There are a lot of Public posts, don't get me wrong, but it's in the Limited posts/threads that the real fun stuff goes on.
That's why I now post exclusively Limited. And am enjoying the heck out of it! I don't give a shit how many G+ users there are. The platform is fine as it is, as far as I am concerned. If not a single person joined G+, ever, I'd still stick with it, because there is plenty of users, and you can't stay in touch with more than a hundred or so, anyway.
Even here, in Finland (one of the most expensive countries in Europe), you can find decent Android phones for under $100. I don't see how Nokia can compete, after Elop's brand suicide.
It has a micro USB port, and that's beautiful about it (and the price, of course). That makes it infinitely more expandable than the device it will inevitably be compared against. Who knows, maybe even a camera+mike combo could be connected to it, so you can make Skype calls after all. And connect a nice external storage with thousands of movies. Etc. etc.....
I know you didn't mention Google+, but alas, here's a thought: Google was very wise when designing Google+, in that they wanted to make it easy for the user to collect their data from Google+.
I am sure I read about this (exactly as described in the summary) two years ago. The infamous Facebook cookies that track you even after you log out - yes, people have been taking this crap all this time. Maybe now it'll get a bit more air due to the existence of a legitimate contender (G+)?
And by "this" I don't mean this specific instance, but the whole patent war they initiated to destroy Android. Why? Because they partnered with Microsoft in this endeavor. Whoever partners with Microsoft ends up sucking it, hard.
Already the bullshit lawsuit about rounded corners is starting to turn sour for Apple. Apple doesn't understand how vicious South Korean style of management can be - Samsung execs are not going to forget this easily. Oh no. Add Google acquiring the Motorola patent portfolio, HTC being pissed off and now a little salvo from VIA... yeah, Apple's going to suck it.
My gut feeling is that they set a more precise value to the speed of light. What better than a particle that interacts almost not at all with matter, to measure it?
Apple and MS enemies? Of course not! They are extremely good allies, both scared to death of Google's Android! The mobile market is going to surpass the PC market by a fair margin, and Apple and MS do NOT want Google dominating it. Hence, both are trying to bury Android under patent lawsuits - patents that they have sometimes acquired together.
It's time we start acknowledging that CEOs of publicly traded companies don't give a shit about the companies they are supposed to lead. They got into positions thanks to buddy networks and golf course chats. These people are supremely capable at social manipulation and lining their own pockets.
Why, is the HP CEO in any way going to feel the sting if he leaves a smoldering corpse of a company behind him? Is he not going to get paid? Scrap that: is he not going to get handsomely paid + bonuses + golden parachute? So why the fuck wouldn't he blow up HP? The guy is getting paid in either case, so why not get on with his psychopathy and have fun with wanton destruction of other people's lives?
This is the first time that I will say on Slashdot: I wish I had modpoints. Mentioning that a human is *not* just a zoological but also a social species, and the warning about rampant danger of psychopathy in recent years make it the best post, IMHO.
We know he lied about not being able to enjoy movies, though, because many completely blind people do.
What kind of fucking twisted un-logic is that? Because many completely blind people enjoy movies, therefore this person also must enjoy movies? I just happen to do charity work with visually impaired and blind people, and know that the majority of them do not enjoy movies, specifically because they can't see them.
I've followed the BBC feed on the riots, and I can't say I've heard anyone, including the police, "blame" the technology, as much as simply acknowledging that the rioters use it to organize. That's it. Nobody is screaming "remove technology from the premises".
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So, you're a brony, or just gay? I guess brony, since "that made your day".
Higher education is free for all? Wonder how they acquire free buildings to use, free equipment to use, free energy to heat those buildings, and perhaps most curious is how they get people to teach those classes for free. Something makes me suspect this "free" education is not at all free and actually quite expensive, and not something which should be adopted in the US, or even could be adopted in the US. Here in the States we have certain natural rights outlined in the framing documents of our government which must be respected and preserved, or tyranny will have won and there will be no liberty at all.
Yeah, we have tyrannical states all across Europe. Especially in Finland. Oh the tyranny!
Be proud, sir, for you have your head so far up your ass, you can't possibly comprehend how much better it is to live in places where education is free and the middle class is wealthy. In the US the middle class is getting poorer each year: in the last 2 decades the salaries of factory workers increased 4.3%, while those of CEOs increased 300%. You don't even have health insurance for everyone - and you want to teach the rest of us how a country should be run?
At least 20% of the people in my circles have faux names, especially in the brony circle (yeah, yeah, I do have brony friends). I don't think Google really gives a shit.
This is garbage.
Finland is _tiny_. Miniscule. It's not even worth discussing in the same breath as the US.
I am curious to hear your arguments why is the size of the country relevant.
Nothing you listed would have happened without federal involvement, either in providing the research money or planning the result.
That was exactly the point of the GP post.
"Little Johnny" has a right to education. That's not the de-facto or de-jure situation in the USA, but that doesn't mean that education isn't, in principle, a human right. That human right is honored in many countries around the world, and those countries are doing quite well, from having large, highly-educated workforce.
In the USA, I think, there is a minority that wants to keep the population under their thumbs. Social mobility is already zero in the US as it is. Education should have been the one chance for people to move from the bottom to middle class. But add exorbitant loans, and social mobility is killed completely.
Make all education free for all. That's what Finland is doing, and it works brilliantly: the scientific output of this small (by population numbers) country is extremely high, as well as the effects of it on industry.
Now the UK has introduced tuition fees that are, in most cases, about GBP 9000/year. Many universities in The Netherlands (where education is free for all, as well) are now marketing all-English language master programmes to UK students that cannot afford the tuition fees. That will cause an influx of people who will, by studying in The Netherlands, contribute to the science in that country, and most likely stay as PhD students, contributing even more.
By the way, in addition to free education for all, the US should really introduce single payer, too. A system where children (as well as adults) are left without health insurance should alarm you.
Yep - the strength of G+ is in fact in posting to your circles (i.e. "Limited"). There are a lot of Public posts, don't get me wrong, but it's in the Limited posts/threads that the real fun stuff goes on.
That's why I now post exclusively Limited. And am enjoying the heck out of it! I don't give a shit how many G+ users there are. The platform is fine as it is, as far as I am concerned. If not a single person joined G+, ever, I'd still stick with it, because there is plenty of users, and you can't stay in touch with more than a hundred or so, anyway.
October 25, 2011 hasn't happened yet. Is it a Dupe From The Future!?!?
It must be from an alternative reality, since October 25 2011 isn't a Sunday.
Mod parent up +5 informative - and thread over.
Even here, in Finland (one of the most expensive countries in Europe), you can find decent Android phones for under $100. I don't see how Nokia can compete, after Elop's brand suicide.
Thank you very much for this - I am buying one for my son (and me, TBH) right now!
It has a micro USB port, and that's beautiful about it (and the price, of course). That makes it infinitely more expandable than the device it will inevitably be compared against. Who knows, maybe even a camera+mike combo could be connected to it, so you can make Skype calls after all. And connect a nice external storage with thousands of movies. Etc. etc.....
I know you didn't mention Google+, but alas, here's a thought: Google was very wise when designing Google+, in that they wanted to make it easy for the user to collect their data from Google+.
Any time someone suggests letting the public handle anything important directly, I think of 4chan.
Right, because crowdsourcing never works. For instance, it could never solve a complex protein-folding problem and get an article published in Nature
I am sure I read about this (exactly as described in the summary) two years ago. The infamous Facebook cookies that track you even after you log out - yes, people have been taking this crap all this time. Maybe now it'll get a bit more air due to the existence of a legitimate contender (G+)?
And by "this" I don't mean this specific instance, but the whole patent war they initiated to destroy Android. Why? Because they partnered with Microsoft in this endeavor. Whoever partners with Microsoft ends up sucking it, hard.
Already the bullshit lawsuit about rounded corners is starting to turn sour for Apple. Apple doesn't understand how vicious South Korean style of management can be - Samsung execs are not going to forget this easily. Oh no. Add Google acquiring the Motorola patent portfolio, HTC being pissed off and now a little salvo from VIA... yeah, Apple's going to suck it.
E....yup!
My gut feeling is that they set a more precise value to the speed of light. What better than a particle that interacts almost not at all with matter, to measure it?
More exactly, 894 opcodes, of which 3/4 are implemented in hardware. That's a bit less than 700 "classic" CISC opcodes.
Those are the figures for the newest z/Architecture CPU, the z10 microporcessor.
Apple and MS enemies? Of course not! They are extremely good allies, both scared to death of Google's Android! The mobile market is going to surpass the PC market by a fair margin, and Apple and MS do NOT want Google dominating it. Hence, both are trying to bury Android under patent lawsuits - patents that they have sometimes acquired together.
It's time we start acknowledging that CEOs of publicly traded companies don't give a shit about the companies they are supposed to lead. They got into positions thanks to buddy networks and golf course chats. These people are supremely capable at social manipulation and lining their own pockets.
Why, is the HP CEO in any way going to feel the sting if he leaves a smoldering corpse of a company behind him? Is he not going to get paid? Scrap that: is he not going to get handsomely paid + bonuses + golden parachute? So why the fuck wouldn't he blow up HP? The guy is getting paid in either case, so why not get on with his psychopathy and have fun with wanton destruction of other people's lives?
This is the first time that I will say on Slashdot: I wish I had modpoints. Mentioning that a human is *not* just a zoological but also a social species, and the warning about rampant danger of psychopathy in recent years make it the best post, IMHO.
We know he lied about not being able to enjoy movies, though, because many completely blind people do.
What kind of fucking twisted un-logic is that? Because many completely blind people enjoy movies, therefore this person also must enjoy movies? I just happen to do charity work with visually impaired and blind people, and know that the majority of them do not enjoy movies, specifically because they can't see them.
I've followed the BBC feed on the riots, and I can't say I've heard anyone, including the police, "blame" the technology, as much as simply acknowledging that the rioters use it to organize. That's it. Nobody is screaming "remove technology from the premises".