But then I went to Argentina for a weekend and the Tower Records there was a total mess. I'd never heard of half the bands in their inventory Woah, are you telling me that different cultures might have different taste in music? Incredible! That's clearly the fault of Tower Records - how DARE they sell stuff that their local customers would want?
Now if you could manage to get an amendment to the Constitution that states that the will of the people is that the Federal Government move to block spam you might actually get Ron's support. Yeah, just like how Ron Paul supports the 16th Amendment!
The other was not keen on reading early on and only really got keen when he was 9 (though he could read at a low level before then). He's now 11 and reads Moby Dick - level books. With **self** motivation fast progress is no problem. Agreed. (IIRC - it might have actually been earlier, but I don't remember reading in kindergarten and I know I was reading in first grade) I did not start reading until kindergarten - but, by the fourth grade, I was reading at a college level. That's because I read A LOT. We had weekly book reports in my school (at that time it was just a summary) and every week I would come in with about 1200 pages worth of books. Sometimes it would be an eight-hundred page book and a four-hundred page book, other times it would be six two-hundred page books, but it was always about that.
Not really, he's the only actual "republican" so to speak, in the entire party. He'd have to be nominated by the republicans, if they were actually "right wing", instead of just plain authoritarians. I think you're very bad at communicating because that bore no relation to what you were replying to.
one legged guy Long John Silver?
motorcycle accident Bob Dylan?
nice guy, friendly and all Mike MacDonald?
kick a piñata to pieces with a single roundhouse kick Chuck Norris?
landed awkwardly, but it had the desired result Paul Hamm?
never underestimate Mr. T?
Well I just did a Google search on your name, and MIT I didn't find that you are an IT celebrity or anything. I guess you just have your noes so high up in the area that somehow it warped around the universe and went up your ass. as you pointed out and the parent stated "Higher Ed. As below average skills" below average meaning in aggregate of all colleges and universities when you quantify their skill levels then divide it against all colleges and universities you get a number, vs. taking the same quantification for all businesses and organizations and divide those by the number of businesses and organizations that you quantified. You will find that Colleges and Universities will have a lower score... So yes some colleges and universities will be above average but most do not. It is amazing that they didn't teach how to calculate the average and teach what an average means to MIT Students. I would demand your money back... And it is amazing that they didn't teach English wherever you went^1^2.
^1 If you do not live in an English-speaking nation I apologize.
^2 Mods, this is a joke. If it's not funny, rather than modding me -1 Troll or -1 Flamebait (which don't fit), join the movement for a -1 Not Funny that doesn't affect karma!
Whether something works "in theory" is completely irrelevant to, you know, fact. What matters is whether something works in practice. I have yet to see a Democracy working completely perfectly. There is always a (far too large) section of the population that knows nothing about what they are voting for and votes ANYWAY - to the detriment of everyone. It's even worse of a problem than not voting. At least for that, if you don't vote you probably shouldn't be voting anyway.
What was the point of talking about capitalism? I never even mentioned capitalism. Talk about changing the subject...
We're supposed to be a coalition of sovereign states for things like mutual security, currency and infrastructure We tried that. It was called the Articles of Confederation. It didn't work out too well.
Those aren't flaws of democracy. Those are flaws of people They're one and the same. The flaw of pure democracy would be that it does not account for the fact that a lot of people are ignorant.
The same stooges who were running around talking about changing the world in the 60s and 70s are those in command today and still the changes haven't happened. Actually, Bush was too busy drinking his way through the 60s and 70s to talk about changing the world.;)
I am. Are you saying that the other post by "nunyadambinness", user #1181813, located here (http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=357247&cid=21328887) was not you? Otherwise, you did make claims. And I couldn't help but notice that you decided to conveniently ignore what I said, proving you wrong, and instead (again incorrectly) attack something else I said. With sarcasm, no less!
Maybe you should look up the definition of bigotry and ignorance. AC was actually the ones who made the claims, which you backed up. But I'll do your job for you and, not only provide you with the definition of bigotry and ignorance, but with the definition of a redneck.
A mentally challenged white male, usually from the South with an IQ of a beaver. They are characterized by: ignorant, intolerant of others, isolated in their own little world, uneducated, marry their own sisters, live in a run down trailer, claim to love America, but carries a confederate flag, vote against their own interest, and politically inept. Oh, look, here's another:
Usually a white male with limited education - someone who is generally intolerant of other people who differ and/or disagree with his thinking & outlook. These folks tend to look at the world in black & white terms - there are no shades of gray, or room for flexibility.
These folks live all over the country with the heaviest concentration in the southeast & midwest. Again, YOU made the claims. I did not. Thus, by your own logic, you are required to provide sources. Oh, and as for ignorance and bigotry:
ignorance: the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc. Hrm, sounds a lot like you making an assertion and refusing to back it up.:)
bigotry: stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own Wow, doesn't sound like giving the definition of a term at all. In fact, it sounds more like making a baldfaced lie and calling anyone a bigot who calls you on it (also known as an ad hominem, a logical fallacy).
Please provide evidence that it is just used for poor rural whites beyond your profoundly and obviously biased opinion.
You won't be able to, so you'll result to insults like last time. (what last time?)
It's not bigoted to tell you the definition of a word. That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard. Next you're going to say that it's bigoted to say that "nigger" is an offensive term for blacks. It's true. It would be bigoted if I were to use the term, which I will refrain from doing.
In case you're still too stupid to get it, they CHOOSE TO JOIN, OF THEIR OWN VOLITION, IN NO WAY FORCED BY ANYONE. Methinks you didn't read the post he was replying to. It was advocating mandatory service for three or four years on your 18th birthday. That's hardly choosing to join.
No, don't mod AC up. Rednecks are not just "poor rural whites". They're poor, rural whites that revel in their lack of education. It's not used as an insult because they're "poor rural whites" but, rather, because they revel in their lack of education.
Oh, that's really interesting. I was not aware that the SAT had changed the test besides the changes they've made in the past few years, so I just compared it to today's scores (where 566 and 640 are... *cough*). I guess he's not quite as bad as I thought he was.;)
Cable companies don't get the ad revenue for ads, except for shows they own, and they would get that anyway. Doesn't make my point any less valid, it just changes where the money goes to.
Digital recorders are now under $100.00, so you can just record your shows to a dvd-rw and skip over all the ads. I didn't say there was anything wrong with that. I said it would be unfeasible to remove ads altogether.
But all the cost is not being pushed back to you. It's similar to how insurance works. They know that even if one individual gets in a ton of car accidents or something, they may lose money on that specific individual. But if there's one thousand other people who never get hurt, they're going to make money in the long run. It's similar to ads, only the opposite. If there's one thousand people that never buy something, they're losing money there. But if even a few people do buy something, they're still making money.
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LOL. Ain't that the truth... I was just trying to be polite. ;)
Have you ever thought that, instead, you're just rationalizing away your desire to have slaves?
Okay, I give up - who is it?
...welcome our omniscient overlords.
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Whether something works "in theory" is completely irrelevant to, you know, fact. What matters is whether something works in practice. I have yet to see a Democracy working completely perfectly. There is always a (far too large) section of the population that knows nothing about what they are voting for and votes ANYWAY - to the detriment of everyone. It's even worse of a problem than not voting. At least for that, if you don't vote you probably shouldn't be voting anyway.
What was the point of talking about capitalism? I never even mentioned capitalism. Talk about changing the subject...
I am. Are you saying that the other post by "nunyadambinness", user #1181813, located here (http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=357247&cid=21328887) was not you? Otherwise, you did make claims. And I couldn't help but notice that you decided to conveniently ignore what I said, proving you wrong, and instead (again incorrectly) attack something else I said. With sarcasm, no less!
Please provide evidence that it is just used for poor rural whites beyond your profoundly and obviously biased opinion.
You won't be able to, so you'll result to insults like last time. (what last time?)
It's not bigoted to tell you the definition of a word. That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard. Next you're going to say that it's bigoted to say that "nigger" is an offensive term for blacks. It's true. It would be bigoted if I were to use the term, which I will refrain from doing.
No, don't mod AC up. Rednecks are not just "poor rural whites". They're poor, rural whites that revel in their lack of education. It's not used as an insult because they're "poor rural whites" but, rather, because they revel in their lack of education.
Oh, that's really interesting. I was not aware that the SAT had changed the test besides the changes they've made in the past few years, so I just compared it to today's scores (where 566 and 640 are... *cough*). I guess he's not quite as bad as I thought he was. ;)
But all the cost is not being pushed back to you. It's similar to how insurance works. They know that even if one individual gets in a ton of car accidents or something, they may lose money on that specific individual. But if there's one thousand other people who never get hurt, they're going to make money in the long run. It's similar to ads, only the opposite. If there's one thousand people that never buy something, they're losing money there. But if even a few people do buy something, they're still making money.