Ontario used to have a system somewhat like this. There were five-year arts and sciences programs for students intending to go on to university and four year programs directed at kids who were going to enter the work force or community colleges.
Under a Conservative premier, all high schools programs were reduced to four years. The results haven't been good.
If future researchers decided that "Anonymous Coward" was one person, how could they help but wonder at the popularity of "Apple/Microsoft/Linux Fanboi", whom AC constantly orders to "suck this".
Let's hope this time they can figure out how to let the F-23/24/25/2whatever distinguish between a surface-to-air missile battery and a microwave oven emitter planted on a hospital.
That would be good. Maybe then they can take on the nine-year-old script kiddies and give them the spanking they deserve with this new data-stream shooter. With luck, they'll bring the project home at less than $3 trillion.
Paleontologists have discovered fossil evidence of a dinosaur that bitches at its mate when he gets home late from work and smelling of beer. The creature apparently has a tongue that's hinged in the middle and designed to wag at both ends simultaneously, and jaw muscles better fitted to an animal three times its size.
I have no intention of attempting to assign a scientific name to this creature.
There seem to be some advantages to colour blindness. Apparently people who are completely colour blind (almost exclusively men, and very rare) can pick forms out of distracting foreground/background patterns better than people with normal vision. They also seem to enjoy an advantage in night vision. Presumably people with red/green colour blindness (the common form) also enjoy some advantages over people with normal vision under some circumstances.
Knowing these facts, it seems overwhelmingly obvious that curing the problem is the way to go...and the cure would very likely include the possibility of restoring the condition or creating it, should the need arise.
...I copy/paste a bank URL from one of several saved text files. I copy/paste my password from the right spot in one of several other text files. Same thing for account number with a couple of added things I'm not going to discuss.
I suppose something that could do screen captures (without showing up in a program called Process Explorer) could still take down my pants. I'm not too worried, though.
OK, so does somebody want to bet that DVD with the Wah-wah guitar music and the pizza delivery guy will be on steady loop play in there on something with a screen?
I'm sorry, but you misread my post. I said they were sensible gentlemen who (sensibly) put a wall between church and state. They did so precisely because they mistrusted the influence of religious figures doing exactly what they're doing now: encouraging their congregations to vote for one candidate over another and lobbying for their views to gain some kind of state sanction. They didn't do it because they were afraid the state would wipe out religion.
Please look again at what I wrote. I'm well aware of the religious beliefs (or lack of them) that many of the US founding fathers held, and respect them for being smart enough to keep that crap out of politics.
To anybody who ever wondered why, a couple of centuries ago, a group of very sensible gentlemen who were engaged in a nation-building exercise put in place a division between church and state...well, you need look no further.
I regret to inform you that the dealership no longer requires your services. Please don't assume that we believe you are without value as an employee and a human being, it's just that your particular skillset is not what we really need right now. Although you consistently exhibit a very high level of originality, and your computer skills easily surpass anyone else currently in our employ, we need somebody who pays more attention to the small details (cough) IP addy (cough).
We wish you well in your future endeavors, and would be delighted to supply a positive recommendation to any prospective employers who may contact us...as long as you don't do anything stupid.
Don't let the security-crazed among us start thinking about what other stickout-y parts of the human anatomy they could photograph from six angles, digitize and put on our passports. All to keep the children and kittens safe, of course.
So all these old geezers who are most likely to find themselves in need of a new kidney or liver think it's just fine to receive one, but they use their influence to stop "devout" followers from donating them. As far as I'm concerned, if you don't have a signed organ donor card, you don't deserve to receive a transplanted organ. No exceptions. And for that matter, other members of your family shouldn't be allowed on the recipient list either.
It's long past time we stopped allowing practitioners of primitive superstition to dictate the workings of a modern society.
"...before they manage to do any more serious damage, such as spreading their philosophy to other countries."
I suspect there's no damage to be done. Governments of every country in the world, including the democratic ones, would slow-roast kittens in an oven if doing so would let them get control of the internet. They're trying to do it right now through the back door with regulations to "protect" copyright or save us from all that child pornography that's supposedly ready to swamp our mailboxes.
Frank Herbert, the author of "Dune" wrote a couple of novels set in a universe where lawyers who chose to fight a case literally had to fight it...and die if they lost. "Whipping Star" was one of them.
I think he was onto something. I, for one, would pay big money to see lawyers die.
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Ontario used to have a system somewhat like this. There were five-year arts and sciences programs for students intending to go on to university and four year programs directed at kids who were going to enter the work force or community colleges.
Under a Conservative premier, all high schools programs were reduced to four years. The results haven't been good.
I guess there's a small lamprey of hope for this fishery.
If looking at sick people makes you healthier, I wonder if the reverse is true. If so, staring at Heather Graham's rack is gonna be the death of me.
If future researchers decided that "Anonymous Coward" was one person, how could they help but wonder at the popularity of "Apple/Microsoft/Linux Fanboi", whom AC constantly orders to "suck this".
FU
Sorry...couldn't resist. I tried. I really tried.
Let's hope this time they can figure out how to let the F-23/24/25/2whatever distinguish between a surface-to-air missile battery and a microwave oven emitter planted on a hospital.
That would be good. Maybe then they can take on the nine-year-old script kiddies and give them the spanking they deserve with this new data-stream shooter. With luck, they'll bring the project home at less than $3 trillion.
I stand corrected! Thank you for that valuable survival advice. Things could have turned ugly.
Paleontologists have discovered fossil evidence of a dinosaur that bitches at its mate when he gets home late from work and smelling of beer. The creature apparently has a tongue that's hinged in the middle and designed to wag at both ends simultaneously, and jaw muscles better fitted to an animal three times its size.
I have no intention of attempting to assign a scientific name to this creature.
I want to live.
Looks to me like the proxy server business is about to get a big bump.
There seem to be some advantages to colour blindness. Apparently people who are completely colour blind (almost exclusively men, and very rare) can pick forms out of distracting foreground/background patterns better than people with normal vision. They also seem to enjoy an advantage in night vision. Presumably people with red/green colour blindness (the common form) also enjoy some advantages over people with normal vision under some circumstances.
Knowing these facts, it seems overwhelmingly obvious that curing the problem is the way to go...and the cure would very likely include the possibility of restoring the condition or creating it, should the need arise.
I suppose something that could do screen captures (without showing up in a program called Process Explorer) could still take down my pants. I'm not too worried, though.
OK, so does somebody want to bet that DVD with the Wah-wah guitar music and the pizza delivery guy will be on steady loop play in there on something with a screen?
I'm sorry, but you misread my post. I said they were sensible gentlemen who (sensibly) put a wall between church and state. They did so precisely because they mistrusted the influence of religious figures doing exactly what they're doing now: encouraging their congregations to vote for one candidate over another and lobbying for their views to gain some kind of state sanction. They didn't do it because they were afraid the state would wipe out religion.
Please look again at what I wrote. I'm well aware of the religious beliefs (or lack of them) that many of the US founding fathers held, and respect them for being smart enough to keep that crap out of politics.
To anybody who ever wondered why, a couple of centuries ago, a group of very sensible gentlemen who were engaged in a nation-building exercise put in place a division between church and state...well, you need look no further.
Re: Quebec
Quit trying to drag us into it with that "Quebec" crap. We're already in enough shit with our fellow Canadians over the whole Maher Arar mess.
Love,
CSIS
Dear Mr. Goosnarp:
I regret to inform you that the dealership no longer requires your services. Please don't assume that we believe you are without value as an employee and a human being, it's just that your particular skillset is not what we really need right now. Although you consistently exhibit a very high level of originality, and your computer skills easily surpass anyone else currently in our employ, we need somebody who pays more attention to the small details (cough) IP addy (cough).
We wish you well in your future endeavors, and would be delighted to supply a positive recommendation to any prospective employers who may contact us...as long as you don't do anything stupid.
Sincerely,
Your Former Boss
Don't let the security-crazed among us start thinking about what other stickout-y parts of the human anatomy they could photograph from six angles, digitize and put on our passports. All to keep the children and kittens safe, of course.
Added incentive.
So all these old geezers who are most likely to find themselves in need of a new kidney or liver think it's just fine to receive one, but they use their influence to stop "devout" followers from donating them. As far as I'm concerned, if you don't have a signed organ donor card, you don't deserve to receive a transplanted organ. No exceptions. And for that matter, other members of your family shouldn't be allowed on the recipient list either.
It's long past time we stopped allowing practitioners of primitive superstition to dictate the workings of a modern society.
You could always read one and find out.
"...before they manage to do any more serious damage, such as spreading their philosophy to other countries."
I suspect there's no damage to be done. Governments of every country in the world, including the democratic ones, would slow-roast kittens in an oven if doing so would let them get control of the internet. They're trying to do it right now through the back door with regulations to "protect" copyright or save us from all that child pornography that's supposedly ready to swamp our mailboxes.
I hope they're already planning for a really, really big Pi Day blow-out in 2016.
Actually, some "Slashdotters" ARE legal experts. "NY Country Lawyer" comes to mind. Obviously some, like you, are retarded fuckheads.
Frank Herbert, the author of "Dune" wrote a couple of novels set in a universe where lawyers who chose to fight a case literally had to fight it...and die if they lost. "Whipping Star" was one of them.
I think he was onto something. I, for one, would pay big money to see lawyers die.