Many schools have a policy of expulsion for any student involve in any altercation, regardless of the reason. Better put, if, as a student, I was attacked and subdued my attacker, I would be automatically expelled.
I was involved in several fights in school, mostly defending friends. I never used any more force than required to terminate the situation and never instigated. If these policies had been in place when I was in school (not that long ago, the late 1990s), I would have been expelled immediately. Blind application of policies is pretty much always bad, particularly when they have strong consequence.
My parents can't do algebra, and many of my teachers were utterly worthless (and some were fantastic). That did not stop me from learning and understanding it.
My parents did, however, make sure that I was doing my work, and that I was putting sufficient effort forth to excel in my studies. They could not help me with my homework, but they could provide encouragement for me, and that in itself was very beneficial. Cheerleading does benefit people, particularly young children.
A valid point. That does not mean we should keep spending, however.
Speaking from my personal standpoint, if I was 100k dollars in debt, spending 10 dollars on some sunglasses is really of no impact to my debt. That still doesn't mean that I should continue excess spending and instead of working toward resolving my debt. Small steps are often the most effective way to shift policy in the appropriate direction. In reality it probably does NOT matter, since this ship is so far off course it's unlikely to be righted anyway.
FWIW, this may be a very well thought out, effective program that will greatly benefit everyone. Being from the government, I find that highly unlikely.
And to head things off at the pass, no, I'm not a Conservative, or a Libertarian, or any other stupid labels.
So, does it outperform the high end pastes, like Arctic Silver, or the cheap crap that comes with the 9.99 heat sinks?
There is a margin at least as wide as the one they list between those two substances. If the paste they tested against is anything like the garbage that goes in a PS3 from the factory, I'd expect mud and spit would heavily outperform it.
Well, really "they" aren't paying for anything, per se. "We" as in the population are paying for it. "They" are just figuring out where to apply our funding.
There are benefits to "cloud" computing and resources, but blindly throwing things into it is short sighted. There is a reason the company I work for has its own dark fiber and data centers. It's the best way to control your data when your data is critical and/or confidential.
Also, my apologies for missing a "call" in my second to last sentence above. I had not yet had any caffeine.
What they could do is take the cloud resources and "bottle them up" if you will, inside of some boxes that they own and manage. We'll call them "servers". Then, they could put these boxes in some secure facility that holds the data for them. We'll it a "data center".
I wonder where this is, because the local jail in my city is visited by doctors from the local hospitals daily. Their nursing staff is well educated, proper RNs (at a higher count vs. LPN than most retirement homes in the area) and they use cutting edge electronic health records for tracking prisoner ailments and dispensing medication.
I know this, because I was part of the implementation team for the electronic health record. I can't say that they have a high end cancer treatment program, but they'll give you dialysis if you need it, which is not particularly cheap. Same with your coumadin for your heart etc, etc.
Certainly not all jails/prisons are like this, but I find it unlikely that ours is the exception.
Are these locksmiths equipped with battering rams and or bricks to throw through the window? That's the only way your blanket statement has any prayer of being something bearing a resemblance to accurate.
Just curious; which significant sections of humanity revile Mr. Bill exactly? The anti-Windows nerd population is not significant in size, and I'm pretty sure if I ask my Grandma, she'd only ever have heard of him as a "computer guy" and philanthropist.
I worked in computer repair when those drives were common. They would drop the partition table and appear as new, unformatted drives regularly. Humorously you could power them on/off 3-4 times and they'd generally pick the table back up and boot normally. Not particularly reassuring.
I would think once tech gets there, a projected display where you grab/move things in space (a la Minority Report) would be pretty effective, particularly if combined with eye tracking/wink controls.
Unfortunately they'll probably hire the guys behind Unity and Gnome 3 for the project.
No, you could never have technical documentation show up in front of you, hands free, while you're working on something like a car
I'm embarrassed to admit this had not crossed my mind. As someone who builds cars as a hobby (particularly electrical work on cars) that concept would be absolutely fantastic, and a relatively simple implementation considering the point they're at with the technology now.
My 1500 square foot house on a 29k dollar lot cost 130k dollars to build, and I have quite a bit higher end materials than the "builder grade" stuff that they recommend when you spec out a house.
Perhaps on either coast (and even that depends on where on the coast) your numbers may be close, but anywhere in between those numbers are quite a bit high.
Around these parts (midwest, large city) you can get 2 acres and a 2500+ square foot home for 250-350k dollars without much effort.
It's not free to get somewhere with food either, and many times you could cover both paths with a single bus ticket. At 1.25 USD for a bus ticket, and routes to the local hospitals/clinics, it's pretty cheap to get here for a screening though, especially if you consider that coming 2-3 times a year could make a huge difference for many. 2.50 USD a YEAR is pretty darn cost effective. Children ride free on the bus, and with a little effort, free passes are available for those who truly cannot afford the price as is.
I do not have an answer for ALL these issues, I was simply trying to note that there are many who could better utilize the programs that exist for them, and are either ignorant of them, who simply do not care to make use of them, to their long term detriment. I wasn't intending to cover everyone in my statements, I apologize if I came off as if I was.
Yes, I understand where you're coming from. I think ignorance is a much larger problem than stupidity. People often simply do not know better, or fail to fully comprehend the magnitude of their choices. Education is the only cure for that issue, and better education than generally exists (in the US at least) is sorely needed.
We make a solid effort to make it clear in the community (and have a good turnout to our special events like free blood work, etc.) but there is certainly a limit to what we can reasonably do, so I'm sure lack of knowledge is certainly a big factor for some. On the same note, ignorance is not what I would consider a valid excuse. I know fear and distrust keep many of the poor in that situation, but there is relatively little we can do (speaking as a company) to vanquish that.
The best we can do is make the services available and try to get as many in the community to be aware as possible, in the hope that they will tell others. It really does cost much less to keep a healthy person healthy, than to cure a sick person.
It's free. No cost. So unless the decision to purchase food is based on a limited availability of time, then yes, they really are choosing to forego healthcare. Considering that most people that would be considered too poor to afford basic checkups and such are generally not employed (or at least, not working 40 hours a week) it is fair to say that they could use the public transport (also available free for persons that qualify, and unbelievably cheap even if you do not) to get to the hospital or free clinics for screening. They -choose- not to.
I'm going to be blunt here. Many of the poor/indigent became that way due to poor life choices or less than stellar intelligence. Not all, by any means, but it is safe to say that an appreciable percentage fail to regularly make decisions that would improve their quality of life. Please note I'm NOT saying that they should just be left to rot or ignored, but rather that not all of their plight it pushed upon them by the 1%. Shoot, we recently had an event that had free blood tests and even radiology work. FREE. I cannot believe we are the only health system doing these types of things, but perhaps we really are just that far ahead of the game.
I work in a hospital system and we do provide for care and regular screening for the poor/indigent. Many of them CHOOSE not to utilize this.
It's certainly not like this everywhere (we are a large not-for-profit system), but saying that they do not have that option available at all is certainly not true. There are also a couple of free clinics with quality doctors that provide free check-ups and basic care in the community as well. This is in a city of about 315k people, for whatever it's worth.
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Many schools have a policy of expulsion for any student involve in any altercation, regardless of the reason. Better put, if, as a student, I was attacked and subdued my attacker, I would be automatically expelled.
I was involved in several fights in school, mostly defending friends. I never used any more force than required to terminate the situation and never instigated. If these policies had been in place when I was in school (not that long ago, the late 1990s), I would have been expelled immediately. Blind application of policies is pretty much always bad, particularly when they have strong consequence.
My parents can't do algebra, and many of my teachers were utterly worthless (and some were fantastic). That did not stop me from learning and understanding it.
My parents did, however, make sure that I was doing my work, and that I was putting sufficient effort forth to excel in my studies. They could not help me with my homework, but they could provide encouragement for me, and that in itself was very beneficial. Cheerleading does benefit people, particularly young children.
Well, really the problem is on BOTH sides of the books. We are spending like drunken fools, all while the income dwindles.
I honestly think that most people at this point are just hoping the system stays alive long enough for them to not have to see it implode.
A valid point. That does not mean we should keep spending, however.
Speaking from my personal standpoint, if I was 100k dollars in debt, spending 10 dollars on some sunglasses is really of no impact to my debt. That still doesn't mean that I should continue excess spending and instead of working toward resolving my debt. Small steps are often the most effective way to shift policy in the appropriate direction. In reality it probably does NOT matter, since this ship is so far off course it's unlikely to be righted anyway.
FWIW, this may be a very well thought out, effective program that will greatly benefit everyone. Being from the government, I find that highly unlikely.
And to head things off at the pass, no, I'm not a Conservative, or a Libertarian, or any other stupid labels.
So, does it outperform the high end pastes, like Arctic Silver, or the cheap crap that comes with the 9.99 heat sinks?
There is a margin at least as wide as the one they list between those two substances. If the paste they tested against is anything like the garbage that goes in a PS3 from the factory, I'd expect mud and spit would heavily outperform it.
Well, really "they" aren't paying for anything, per se. "We" as in the population are paying for it. "They" are just figuring out where to apply our funding.
There are benefits to "cloud" computing and resources, but blindly throwing things into it is short sighted. There is a reason the company I work for has its own dark fiber and data centers. It's the best way to control your data when your data is critical and/or confidential.
Also, my apologies for missing a "call" in my second to last sentence above. I had not yet had any caffeine.
I have a great idea for a solution.
What they could do is take the cloud resources and "bottle them up" if you will, inside of some boxes that they own and manage. We'll call them "servers". Then, they could put these boxes in some secure facility that holds the data for them. We'll it a "data center".
Nah, that'd never work.
Skillet is Christian music and pretty good.
Not sure of others off hand. I generally dislike Christian music, along with a great deal of other things about the religion.
FWIW, my experience is with a jail, as opposed to a state or federal prison. Different situation I suppose.
I wonder where this is, because the local jail in my city is visited by doctors from the local hospitals daily. Their nursing staff is well educated, proper RNs (at a higher count vs. LPN than most retirement homes in the area) and they use cutting edge electronic health records for tracking prisoner ailments and dispensing medication.
I know this, because I was part of the implementation team for the electronic health record. I can't say that they have a high end cancer treatment program, but they'll give you dialysis if you need it, which is not particularly cheap. Same with your coumadin for your heart etc, etc.
Certainly not all jails/prisons are like this, but I find it unlikely that ours is the exception.
Are these locksmiths equipped with battering rams and or bricks to throw through the window? That's the only way your blanket statement has any prayer of being something bearing a resemblance to accurate.
So you're running on the same platform at Obama and Romney?
Just curious; which significant sections of humanity revile Mr. Bill exactly? The anti-Windows nerd population is not significant in size, and I'm pretty sure if I ask my Grandma, she'd only ever have heard of him as a "computer guy" and philanthropist.
I worked in computer repair when those drives were common. They would drop the partition table and appear as new, unformatted drives regularly. Humorously you could power them on/off 3-4 times and they'd generally pick the table back up and boot normally. Not particularly reassuring.
Reminds me of another quantum storage device...
The old Quantum Bigfoot hard drives could generally be trusted to keep your data intact for about 2 seconds as well.
I would think once tech gets there, a projected display where you grab/move things in space (a la Minority Report) would be pretty effective, particularly if combined with eye tracking/wink controls.
Unfortunately they'll probably hire the guys behind Unity and Gnome 3 for the project.
No, you could never have technical documentation show up in front of you, hands free, while you're working on something like a car
I'm embarrassed to admit this had not crossed my mind. As someone who builds cars as a hobby (particularly electrical work on cars) that concept would be absolutely fantastic, and a relatively simple implementation considering the point they're at with the technology now.
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My 1500 square foot house on a 29k dollar lot cost 130k dollars to build, and I have quite a bit higher end materials than the "builder grade" stuff that they recommend when you spec out a house.
Perhaps on either coast (and even that depends on where on the coast) your numbers may be close, but anywhere in between those numbers are quite a bit high.
Around these parts (midwest, large city) you can get 2 acres and a 2500+ square foot home for 250-350k dollars without much effort.
Teddy Roosevelt would be an example. He did not win, but did manage to beat out one of the other major parties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1912)
I am surprised more people don't know that.
It's not free to get somewhere with food either, and many times you could cover both paths with a single bus ticket. At 1.25 USD for a bus ticket, and routes to the local hospitals/clinics, it's pretty cheap to get here for a screening though, especially if you consider that coming 2-3 times a year could make a huge difference for many. 2.50 USD a YEAR is pretty darn cost effective. Children ride free on the bus, and with a little effort, free passes are available for those who truly cannot afford the price as is.
I do not have an answer for ALL these issues, I was simply trying to note that there are many who could better utilize the programs that exist for them, and are either ignorant of them, who simply do not care to make use of them, to their long term detriment. I wasn't intending to cover everyone in my statements, I apologize if I came off as if I was.
Yes, I understand where you're coming from. I think ignorance is a much larger problem than stupidity. People often simply do not know better, or fail to fully comprehend the magnitude of their choices. Education is the only cure for that issue, and better education than generally exists (in the US at least) is sorely needed.
We make a solid effort to make it clear in the community (and have a good turnout to our special events like free blood work, etc.) but there is certainly a limit to what we can reasonably do, so I'm sure lack of knowledge is certainly a big factor for some. On the same note, ignorance is not what I would consider a valid excuse. I know fear and distrust keep many of the poor in that situation, but there is relatively little we can do (speaking as a company) to vanquish that.
The best we can do is make the services available and try to get as many in the community to be aware as possible, in the hope that they will tell others. It really does cost much less to keep a healthy person healthy, than to cure a sick person.
It's free. No cost. So unless the decision to purchase food is based on a limited availability of time, then yes, they really are choosing to forego healthcare. Considering that most people that would be considered too poor to afford basic checkups and such are generally not employed (or at least, not working 40 hours a week) it is fair to say that they could use the public transport (also available free for persons that qualify, and unbelievably cheap even if you do not) to get to the hospital or free clinics for screening. They -choose- not to.
I'm going to be blunt here. Many of the poor/indigent became that way due to poor life choices or less than stellar intelligence. Not all, by any means, but it is safe to say that an appreciable percentage fail to regularly make decisions that would improve their quality of life. Please note I'm NOT saying that they should just be left to rot or ignored, but rather that not all of their plight it pushed upon them by the 1%. Shoot, we recently had an event that had free blood tests and even radiology work. FREE. I cannot believe we are the only health system doing these types of things, but perhaps we really are just that far ahead of the game.
I work in a hospital system and we do provide for care and regular screening for the poor/indigent. Many of them CHOOSE not to utilize this.
It's certainly not like this everywhere (we are a large not-for-profit system), but saying that they do not have that option available at all is certainly not true. There are also a couple of free clinics with quality doctors that provide free check-ups and basic care in the community as well. This is in a city of about 315k people, for whatever it's worth.