"this would seem to be extremely unlikely. Most urban school systems operate with around a 15% overhead (which is commensurate with "well run" private enterprises of the same size."
There's the issue. These schools often AREN'T being well run, and yet the administrators are making salaries that competent and desirable private sector people make.
How about we pay them commensurately with their school's performance?
It is only 20 kids per class up through 3rd grade. Rises to 30 I believe after that.
Interestingly, the densely populated suburb I live in gets about 65% per student of what the schools in LAUSD get. Yet our elementaries are top rated and theirs suck mightily. Where's all that extra money going? Huge bloated administration maybe?
It is to "encourage" schools to enforce attendance strictly so the kids will come to school.
Although at my kid's school, there is often a bit of winking and nodding about "if your child will be out, please allow him to attend the first part of class as the core learning takes place at that hour".
How about you get California's deal. We'll take you down to the 45% of land owned by the federal government that we have, but you only get 65% of the money back that you put pay in taxes.
It is not illegal for them to say it, but them trying to stop you would meet with limited success.
Now to make the analogy accurate, what do you think would happen if a company started buying Ford Mustang engines, building cheaper Mustang-like cares to put them in (ignoring the copyright issues that would arise from this. Assume they were styled differently enough to get around that), and selling them as Mustang clones?
AutoDesk tried to claim the software was leased, which failed when it was pointed out that they also did in fact offer software leases at a different price than the sale of licenses.
In addition to that. MS does provide updates to its Xbox OS, they are just "given away" by download.
Could I build my own Xbox and then install one of those updates onto it instead of my original machine (pretend it stopped working. I know, unlikely scenario)? Could I then complain if MS disabled my Live account?
Amazon pretty routinely tells people who have received goods priced incorrectly that they can return it for a full credit or their card will be billed for the difference.
There are websites dealing this practice, and I saw large scale evidence of it on a DVD release a couple years back on an AV forum where dozens of members were bitten by this tactic.
So for them, canceling the order is extended to after you have paid for, and received the item.
Not directly comparable. The entry barrier (profit required to make maintaining a channel/programming feasible) is far higher for TV, especially if you get into trying to persuade cable/satellite to carry your channel, where there is most certainly limited capacity available.
I think gp is more right than wrong. The proliferation of reality shows bears it out.
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"this would seem to be extremely unlikely. Most urban school systems operate with around a 15% overhead (which is commensurate with "well run" private enterprises of the same size."
There's the issue. These schools often AREN'T being well run, and yet the administrators are making salaries that competent and desirable private sector people make.
How about we pay them commensurately with their school's performance?
It is only 20 kids per class up through 3rd grade. Rises to 30 I believe after that.
Interestingly, the densely populated suburb I live in gets about 65% per student of what the schools in LAUSD get. Yet our elementaries are top rated and theirs suck mightily. Where's all that extra money going? Huge bloated administration maybe?
It is to "encourage" schools to enforce attendance strictly so the kids will come to school.
Although at my kid's school, there is often a bit of winking and nodding about "if your child will be out, please allow him to attend the first part of class as the core learning takes place at that hour".
"Governments are not entities that arrive from outer space"
Citation please.
A lot cheaper than bailing out the Big 3. And we can all ride mammoths to work.
THe Mammoths are no better if your read Niven/Pournelle's other book Footfall.
And then return to her duties as Governor?
Are we to stand for the strange views of the people at a Kinki University?
Why is it wrong for him to feel sad that someone who did things he found admirable ended up like this?
How about you get California's deal. We'll take you down to the 45% of land owned by the federal government that we have, but you only get 65% of the money back that you put pay in taxes.
How many New York seconds to take that one?
It is not illegal for them to say it, but them trying to stop you would meet with limited success.
Now to make the analogy accurate, what do you think would happen if a company started buying Ford Mustang engines, building cheaper Mustang-like cares to put them in (ignoring the copyright issues that would arise from this. Assume they were styled differently enough to get around that), and selling them as Mustang clones?
Think Ford would ignore it?
AutoDesk tried to claim the software was leased, which failed when it was pointed out that they also did in fact offer software leases at a different price than the sale of licenses.
In addition to that. MS does provide updates to its Xbox OS, they are just "given away" by download.
Could I build my own Xbox and then install one of those updates onto it instead of my original machine (pretend it stopped working. I know, unlikely scenario)? Could I then complain if MS disabled my Live account?
"Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling." - Jack Handy
At least go for the second. The first episode on the DVD set is the pilot, but it didn't catch me much either.
Give it a chance and I'd bet you'll find you like it.
I had some sympathy until I noticed your username. Now I am snickering.
If you are over 40, which seems likely, I'll reinstate the sympathy though.
IEven though this might be "Star Trek babies"
Thanks for that, it eloquently captures my feelings about this movie. It might be a good enjoyable film, but it isn't Star Trek.
Sounds like you've described hell, as every post is a first post.
I won't even start about how hard it would be to follow a thread.
Amazon pretty routinely tells people who have received goods priced incorrectly that they can return it for a full credit or their card will be billed for the difference.
There are websites dealing this practice, and I saw large scale evidence of it on a DVD release a couple years back on an AV forum where dozens of members were bitten by this tactic.
So for them, canceling the order is extended to after you have paid for, and received the item.
ANd when you find one you can threaten it with "Shall I send you back to where you were? Unemployed? In GREENLAND?"
That should male them cough up all the details of their trip.
You know it:
http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/4/Lightsaber-for-Christmas-282297.html
Not directly comparable. The entry barrier (profit required to make maintaining a channel/programming feasible) is far higher for TV, especially if you get into trying to persuade cable/satellite to carry your channel, where there is most certainly limited capacity available.
I think gp is more right than wrong. The proliferation of reality shows bears it out.
You owe me my breakfast back. Eyew.
Johnny Depp's character seemed to be on the fence in The Corpse Bride.