The problem is the professional politician. Recently there has been a lot more support for candidates from the private sector who have never held office.
That really depends on if the purpose of the law is to say what they can do (healthcare) or what they can't do (constitution). One gets used, the other ignored. Guess which.
I remember taking the mandatory computer class back in HS 10 years ago. It was mostly about how to send an email. Attachments are so hard to figure out!!! We did a little bit of html and the final project was to code a website with certain criteria. Of course, the teacher didn't know squat and I usually was correcting her, so I made mine very satirical and ended up getting a 0 on it because she hated me. I passed the class by one percentage point. Worst grade I ever got. Moral of the story, public school teachers suck.
Conversely, when you have good typing skills you don't have to think about typing. When you have poor typing skills, you spend a lot more time looking for the "d" key.
As mentioned in the article, even if you have a propulsion system in place the human tendency is to use the fuel to extend the lifetime instead of sending it in a kamikazi mission to deorbit. If the last ounce of fuel can give you either another 6 operating months or deorbit in 2 days, it will be used to get another 6 months.
Although the ultra thin envelope could be the size of a sports field (100 m diameter) when inflated, it is so thin that it can be folded and stowed in a surprisingly small volume (a medium size suitcase). It is most economical to attach it to a spacecraft or rocket upper stage before launch and deployed after the end of mission. ... The GOLD system actually weighs less than the propellant needed to do the same job and it is very inexpensive, and this means it is more cost-effective to add a GOLD system before launch than to carry the extra fuel.
Very good point. I contest the claim that "If you can throw up a small website or do some real number-crunching, chances are those skills will help you feed your family. " IMO its more likely to just be a black hole of time and resources.
Let's take a college like Bates up in Maine. It has 1,700 or 1,800 students and 30 intercollegiate teams. All of these teams have salaried coaches, athletic facilities, custom-made jerseys, all at tremendous cost to the college. That's being paid for by the students' tuition.
And then you look at the so-called big-revenue teams—football and basketball. Those are the powerhouses where there's a lot of recruiting, a lot of it underhanded. Yet if you look at all those powerhouse programs across the country, only seven or eight actually rake in money. All the rest of them lose money.
At a college like Ohio State, the team makes money. The undergraduates pour into the stadium for the big Ohio-Michigan game. They paint their faces red and blue and all the rest. But what are they cheering for? Victory in a football game. Michigan is actually a much better university than Ohio State—its reputation, its medical school, its law school, and so on. It makes you wonder whether Ohio is putting so much into its sports teams because its academics really aren't so great.
PS in your example, there are several disqualifying attributes to a larger cheaper car. Since it has been disqualified already, it is no longer a cheaper option is it?
Straw man. The size difference between an ipad and equivalent competitor is negligible, unlike an suv and compact car. Those are different markets entirely, where as here we are comparing competing products in the same market. The only point in the ipads favor is battery life. Even that is negligible, a daily recharge isnt that hard.
He only had to plough through hundreds of spam sites because he was an idiot. The Chocomize blog (which is sooo hard to find) already has the explanation. How about going straight to the source instead of always submitting to Goggle?
http://www.chocomize.com/blog
A less expensive option by definition cannot be overkill. Paying extra to intentionally restrict function just makes you a dick, or as the article demonstrates, a selfish elite.
It's not that you can't do things the iPad does if you don;t own one, it just offers a different way to do them that some may find convenient. I personally don't need a miniaturised computer with a full keyboard, array of ports, CD drive etc for the times I want to quickly check my email or watch a TV show on iPlayer in my living room. A netbook can do both of those things perfectly well, but in both cases it's a little bit overkill - if I want to type a serious email or a long document I go to my main computer. If I'm watching TV, all I need is a screen.
News flash: The term overkill is commonly used to refer to the more elaborate or expensive option. In your example of a common netbook ($200-$300) vs the iPad($500), its the iPad that is overkill.
iPad: what other tablet can you get from a reputable company for that price ?
This is what really pisses me of about Apple crap. It comes out and it is the bees knees even if other people have already released an equivalent or superior product. Case in point, Asus T91MT. Same cost, convertible design, linux friendly. Everything that a touchscreen device should be. It pisses me off when people ask if mine is an iPad.
Yeah, but this could mean that any wireless network you don't have complete control over (public hotspots, etc.) are effectively compromised even if the wireless link is encrypted with WPA2.
Of course, using a VPN would negate the problem, but I suspect that a significant number of public wi-fi users don't use a VPN as well.
No, it means that they are remotely possibly compromised.
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Certain? Hate to break it to you, but constitutional limits aren't certain anymore.
The problem is the professional politician. Recently there has been a lot more support for candidates from the private sector who have never held office.
Incompetent implies they don't know what they are doing. I'm sure that there is actually a very carefully wrought plan in action.
That really depends on if the purpose of the law is to say what they can do (healthcare) or what they can't do (constitution). One gets used, the other ignored. Guess which.
Accessories? Extra battery, case, charger, software....
You have obviously never watched a poor typist.
Not a lot of pedestrians on the freeway.
You fool, do you really want to let loose all the HS students in the world to create Skynet?
I remember taking the mandatory computer class back in HS 10 years ago. It was mostly about how to send an email. Attachments are so hard to figure out!!!
We did a little bit of html and the final project was to code a website with certain criteria. Of course, the teacher didn't know squat and I usually was correcting her, so I made mine very satirical and ended up getting a 0 on it because she hated me. I passed the class by one percentage point. Worst grade I ever got.
Moral of the story, public school teachers suck.
Conversely, when you have good typing skills you don't have to think about typing. When you have poor typing skills, you spend a lot more time looking for the "d" key.
As mentioned in the article, even if you have a propulsion system in place the human tendency is to use the fuel to extend the lifetime instead of sending it in a kamikazi mission to deorbit. If the last ounce of fuel can give you either another 6 operating months or deorbit in 2 days, it will be used to get another 6 months.
Although the ultra thin envelope could be the size of a sports field (100 m diameter) when inflated, it is so thin that it can be folded and stowed in a surprisingly small volume (a medium size suitcase). It is most economical to attach it to a spacecraft or rocket upper stage before launch and deployed after the end of mission.
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The GOLD system actually weighs less than the propellant needed to do the same job and it is very inexpensive, and this means it is more cost-effective to add a GOLD system before launch than to carry the extra fuel.
Very good point. I contest the claim that "If you can throw up a small website or do some real number-crunching, chances are those skills will help you feed your family. " IMO its more likely to just be a black hole of time and resources.
Let's take a college like Bates up in Maine. It has 1,700 or 1,800 students and 30 intercollegiate teams. All of these teams have salaried coaches, athletic facilities, custom-made jerseys, all at tremendous cost to the college. That's being paid for by the students' tuition. And then you look at the so-called big-revenue teams—football and basketball. Those are the powerhouses where there's a lot of recruiting, a lot of it underhanded. Yet if you look at all those powerhouse programs across the country, only seven or eight actually rake in money. All the rest of them lose money. At a college like Ohio State, the team makes money. The undergraduates pour into the stadium for the big Ohio-Michigan game. They paint their faces red and blue and all the rest. But what are they cheering for? Victory in a football game. Michigan is actually a much better university than Ohio State—its reputation, its medical school, its law school, and so on. It makes you wonder whether Ohio is putting so much into its sports teams because its academics really aren't so great.
Only for some schools. This is likely more damaging in the K-12 arena.
welcome our electric fly overlords
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in your example, there are several disqualifying attributes to a larger cheaper car. Since it has been disqualified already, it is no longer a cheaper option is it?
Straw man. The size difference between an ipad and equivalent competitor is negligible, unlike an suv and compact car. Those are different markets entirely, where as here we are comparing competing products in the same market.
The only point in the ipads favor is battery life. Even that is negligible, a daily recharge isnt that hard.
And searching for the original term from a google trends is too hard. Afterall, it is so many clicks to turn a news search into an internet search.
He only had to plough through hundreds of spam sites because he was an idiot. The Chocomize blog (which is sooo hard to find) already has the explanation. How about going straight to the source instead of always submitting to Goggle? http://www.chocomize.com/blog
A less expensive option by definition cannot be overkill. Paying extra to intentionally restrict function just makes you a dick, or as the article demonstrates, a selfish elite.
Unlocked applications, keyboard, flash support. Yes, its very superior.
It's not that you can't do things the iPad does if you don;t own one, it just offers a different way to do them that some may find convenient. I personally don't need a miniaturised computer with a full keyboard, array of ports, CD drive etc for the times I want to quickly check my email or watch a TV show on iPlayer in my living room. A netbook can do both of those things perfectly well, but in both cases it's a little bit overkill - if I want to type a serious email or a long document I go to my main computer. If I'm watching TV, all I need is a screen.
News flash: The term overkill is commonly used to refer to the more elaborate or expensive option. In your example of a common netbook ($200-$300) vs the iPad($500), its the iPad that is overkill.
iPad: what other tablet can you get from a reputable company for that price ?
This is what really pisses me of about Apple crap. It comes out and it is the bees knees even if other people have already released an equivalent or superior product. Case in point, Asus T91MT. Same cost, convertible design, linux friendly. Everything that a touchscreen device should be. It pisses me off when people ask if mine is an iPad.
Yeah, but this could mean that any wireless network you don't have complete control over (public hotspots, etc.) are effectively compromised even if the wireless link is encrypted with WPA2.
Of course, using a VPN would negate the problem, but I suspect that a significant number of public wi-fi users don't use a VPN as well.
No, it means that they are remotely possibly compromised.