The moderation on this forum is shit. There is not one word in this paragraph deserving the -1 HIT and making the post invisible. ----- "How can one be a Biology teacher without having a major in at least one of the sciences? Sad. Schools ought to demote these persons to HomeEc or English, and hire some actual degreed science majors to do the teaching."
>>>HTML has effectively been abandoned to four companies: Apple, Google, Opera, and Mozilla.
Sounds like a lot of FUD to me. It used to be: - 1999 and earlier: No HTML standard existed and Mozilla Netscape just willy-nilly added new features (blink tag for example). - 1999 and later: Ditto Microsoft once their IE became dominant. IE5 and 6 were browsers that complied with nothing, and even today still cause problems for web designers.
Better to have four companies talking to one another and hashing-out HTML5 and HTML6, rather than the old (a) chaos of Netscape producing non-compliant features or (b) Monopoly of MS-IE. We don't want to have another Format war like HD-DVD v. Bluray on the internet. We want consensus first, even if that slows progress a little.
Lots of public goods improve when competition is allowed to happen. Look at freight trains, which experienced a boom in profit, after the government stepped back and allowed them to operate in a free market (circa 1970 onward). Ditto phones when the ATT monopoly was broken up (1980 onward). And modems - after 30 years of stagnation at a slow 1 kbit/s, they rapidly grew from 1k to 56k once the ATT monopoly was lifted.
Postal service improved dramatically when the Laws barring UPS and FedEx from carrying goods were lifted. And then there's the military..... and yes I know you hate the military..... but it too has competition. There are dozens of contractors fighting against one another to win the right to build the next government plane, or engine, or hydraulic pump.
There's no reason we can't do the same with schools, where Microsoft High versus Apple High versus Penn State High (et cetera) compete to attract students and win those valuable government dollars. - Just like what happens in some European countries (the money follows the student to wherever he or she goes, even if it's a private or catholic school).
Basically the K-12 environment should be run the same way the College system is run. Students choose anywhere they want to attend, and colleges compete with one another, which raises the bar to a high level. IMHO.
I have both Physics and Engineering degrees. I'd be happy to go teach at my local middle-or-high school (I like teaching/tutoring) to replace the non-degreed biology teacher, but the fact of the matter:
- Unions won't allow that to happen. They protect the lesser-qualified from losing his/her job.
Sounds like a MONOPOLY problem to me. If there were true competition (attend any school you want - like in the EU), then schools would be forced to hire better teachers and provide higher salaries, or else end-up like Circuit City or Wards or Atari (bankrupt).
But since there isn't any competition, the schools are free to devolve to the same level as Comcast (the lowest-scoring company in customer satisfaction).
Poor moderation by someone who shouldn't have that power.
How can one be a Biology teacher without having a major in at least one of the sciences? Sad. Schools ought to demote these persons to HomeEc or English, and hire some actual degreed science majors to do the teaching. Maybe they can't do that because of Union rules
Michelle Bachman is one of the few politicians I trust (along with Ron Paul). Your comment that she is a "crazy bitch" is not only teeny-bopperish, but also an anti-woman sexist remark (comparing a woman to a dog). It says more about the SPEAKER than the target - i.e. you're immature.
>>>For example, she advocated criminal action by refusing to fill out census forms and refusing to answer census takers questions.
Ditto Ron Paul and most Libertarians. Why? Because the census questions violate the Bill of Rights, sections 9 and 10. The only legal question is, "How many people live at this address?" for the purpose of enumeration. Any other questions about your income, color, sex, and so on violates our 9th and 10th Amendment rights. (Rights are reserved to the People... Congress shall not exercise powers never given to it.) .
>>>her recent claim that the founding fathers were against slavery, and "worked tirelessly" to get rid of it were another one.
But that's true. Slavery was outlawed in every State north of Maryland immediately in 1776. The first president of the Congress was a black man. And down south, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison submitted numerous bills to have slavery banned in Virginia.
Even in the Constitution itself, slavery states were punished by only counting slaves as 3/5th people... thereby giving these states fewer votes in the central government. It was also a way to encourage the slave states to free blacks and thereby increase their Congressional representation by +20% (approximately). As black man Frederick Douglas observed: The Constitution is an ANTI-slavery document. .
>>>All politicians occasionally make off the cuff remarks that wrong, but this wasn't one of those times..
They sure do. For example President Obama said "corpsemen" on multiple occasions. Does that mean he's stupid? No. Neither does it mean Bachman is stupid. As you say, sometimes politicians make mistakes.
Of course at this point you'll probably explain why it's okay for Obama to make a mistakes because he's Democrat, but is his name was Bush you'd compare him to a chimp.
BTW both parties suck. I joined a third party long ago. Only fools pledge allegiance to the liars in the Republicrat Duopoly.
That's what critics used to say about Charles Dickens #1 selling books (talentless hack appealing to working class commoners) (i.e.lowest common denominator). Just because something goes to or near the top doesn't automatically mean it's junk either.
Anyway I like Boom Boom Pow for what it is: A 4 minute long computer song akin to what I used to listen to on my old 8 and 16 bit machines.
Why do you call him un-innovative? Just because you don't like their computerized music?
I don't have any of their albums, but they've produced a lot of fun singles over the last ten years. Last year they had the #1 single in the USA (Boom Boom Pow) and #3 in Europe's 2010 chart (Meet Me Halfway). Both good songs.
Michelle Bachman is one of the few politicians I trust (along with Ron Paul). Your comment that she is a "crazy bitch" is not only teeny-bopperish, but also sexist and displays your own low IQ.
On the torrent site I visit most often, the community is small but dedicated. They upload for the same reason programmers volunteer time to Linux coding, or volunteers work at homeless kitchens. It's their way of feeling good.
BS.
Of course the #1 uploader is the site owner - obviously he gains from ad profit, so that's his motive.
Yeah that's the REAL reason - the top 100 are probably site owners making money.
The rest are just volunteers.
For what reason? To waste money on electricity? Prematurely kill their computers by running them 24/7? I upload until I hit a good 2:1 ratio and that's it. Then I erase whatever I downloaded. (Or buy it on DVD if it's good.)
Pretty much. Like your signature, and it's sadly accurate: "My Dialup plan provides more data (13GB) than Verizon Wireless (5GB)." Or VirginMobile or Cricket or Sprint, also with 5GB caps. - A modern cellphone internet should not be providing LESS data than the old 56k plans.
The blood of patriots and tyrants waters the Tree of Liberty. It is its natural fertilizer.
- Jefferson
Jefferson later retracted his statement when he saw the 1786 French Terror. Revolution is good if it's moderated but too often it falls into a new tyranny worse than the original (fall of Rome to Dictatorship, fall of Russia to communism, fall of China to fascism, and so on).
Sounds like a mess. Similar to the annoying Start menu that only displays HALF the options, and hides the rest (like the "add table" that I need right now).
I'm stumped. Maybe Obama thinks this is what the voters want based-upon the November results, but I seriously doubt it.
If you listen to Glenn beck or Judge Andrew Napolitano (L), you'd know he's always been pro-business, dating all the way back to when Mr. Obama met with insurance companies on the campaign trail and promised to help them make a profit via Mandatory insurance requirements for all americans.
Also observe that most of his "czars" are either ex-financial agents of Bear-Sterns, AIG, and so on. This is Obama doing what he's always done.
Of course if you only listen to Rachel Maddow, then you were probably unaware.
Fairly certain he was talking about PUBLIC cops, since the article is about flying drones with cameras, not invading your private bathroom or bedroom.
As for your backyard, you have no expectation of privacy there. It's within sight of everyone, so if you drown your wife in the back pool, and a neighbor or cop sees it, expect to get arrested.
For THEM but not for me. For me the physical hardback is cheaper cause I can buy it for ~$20 and sell it for $18-19, and therefore my total cost is just 1-2 dollars. In contrast the Kindle version would cost $20.
I've sold a lot of books (and games). Some I lose money and some I gain money. My overall "loss" this past year was just $50 for about 500 items bought-and-later sold on the ebay/amazon.
I haven't. Too busy playing video games, programming VHDL or verilog, and working 70+ hour weeks. So is it worth the $200 pricetag? (Volumes 1-3 Boxset plus Volume 4, fasciles 1-5)
No. You can download Volumes 1-3 off the net for free. 70 hour weeks suck but hopefully only temporary.
It's a new feature. You buy the book, read it, and then sell it on ebay or amazon as "like new/mint" condition to recoup ~90% of your money. --- or --- If you like the book you can keep it forever without having to fear someone will delete it from your kindle. You can even pass it on to your children! Personally I think this is an improvement.
Congressional law requires all interstates (except local loops or extensions) maintain safety standards for 120 miles an hour. Why? So the army can move quickly.
If you're doing nothing wrong, you shouldn't mind being watched by cops (i.e. don't drive over speedlimits - ever). Of course this same thinking also applies to Politicians and their being monitored by wikileaks (yes I'm a fan).
AND adjust the laws so going 75 (like everybody already does) on the interstate through farmland isn't a crime.
Slashdot Mirror
-1 Flamebait
The moderation on this forum is shit. There is not one word in this paragraph deserving the -1 HIT and making the post invisible. ----- "How can one be a Biology teacher without having a major in at least one of the sciences? Sad. Schools ought to demote these persons to HomeEc or English, and hire some actual degreed science majors to do the teaching."
>>>HTML has effectively been abandoned to four companies: Apple, Google, Opera, and Mozilla.
Sounds like a lot of FUD to me. It used to be:
- 1999 and earlier: No HTML standard existed and Mozilla Netscape just willy-nilly added new features (blink tag for example).
- 1999 and later: Ditto Microsoft once their IE became dominant. IE5 and 6 were browsers that complied with nothing, and even today still cause problems for web designers.
Better to have four companies talking to one another and hashing-out HTML5 and HTML6, rather than the old (a) chaos of Netscape producing non-compliant features or (b) Monopoly of MS-IE. We don't want to have another Format war like HD-DVD v. Bluray on the internet. We want consensus first, even if that slows progress a little.
Lots of public goods improve when competition is allowed to happen. Look at freight trains, which experienced a boom in profit, after the government stepped back and allowed them to operate in a free market (circa 1970 onward). Ditto phones when the ATT monopoly was broken up (1980 onward). And modems - after 30 years of stagnation at a slow 1 kbit/s, they rapidly grew from 1k to 56k once the ATT monopoly was lifted.
Postal service improved dramatically when the Laws barring UPS and FedEx from carrying goods were lifted. And then there's the military..... and yes I know you hate the military..... but it too has competition. There are dozens of contractors fighting against one another to win the right to build the next government plane, or engine, or hydraulic pump.
There's no reason we can't do the same with schools, where Microsoft High versus Apple High versus Penn State High (et cetera) compete to attract students and win those valuable government dollars. - Just like what happens in some European countries (the money follows the student to wherever he or she goes, even if it's a private or catholic school).
Basically the K-12 environment should be run the same way the College system is run. Students choose anywhere they want to attend, and colleges compete with one another, which raises the bar to a high level. IMHO.
I have both Physics and Engineering degrees. I'd be happy to go teach at my local middle-or-high school (I like teaching/tutoring) to replace the non-degreed biology teacher, but the fact of the matter:
- Unions won't allow that to happen.
They protect the lesser-qualified from losing his/her job.
Sounds like a MONOPOLY problem to me. If there were true competition (attend any school you want - like in the EU), then schools would be forced to hire better teachers and provide higher salaries, or else end-up like Circuit City or Wards or Atari (bankrupt).
But since there isn't any competition, the schools are free to devolve to the same level as Comcast (the lowest-scoring company in customer satisfaction).
MOD: -1 Flamebait
Poor moderation by someone who shouldn't have that power.
How can one be a Biology teacher without having a major in at least one of the sciences? Sad. Schools ought to demote these persons to HomeEc or English, and hire some actual degreed science majors to do the teaching. Maybe they can't do that because of Union rules
If three people with scores below (1) are talking to one another in a forest.... I mean slashdot, does anybody hear them? ;-)
Michele Bachmann (yes, that crazy, crazy bitch)
Michelle Bachman is one of the few politicians I trust (along with Ron Paul). Your comment that she is a "crazy bitch" is not only teeny-bopperish, but also an anti-woman sexist remark (comparing a woman to a dog). It says more about the SPEAKER than the target - i.e. you're immature.
>>>For example, she advocated criminal action by refusing to fill out census forms and refusing to answer census takers questions.
Ditto Ron Paul and most Libertarians.
Why?
Because the census questions violate the Bill of Rights, sections 9 and 10. The only legal question is, "How many people live at this address?" for the purpose of enumeration. Any other questions about your income, color, sex, and so on violates our 9th and 10th Amendment rights. (Rights are reserved to the People... Congress shall not exercise powers never given to it.)
.
>>>her recent claim that the founding fathers were against slavery, and "worked tirelessly" to get rid of it were another one.
But that's true. Slavery was outlawed in every State north of Maryland immediately in 1776. The first president of the Congress was a black man. And down south, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison submitted numerous bills to have slavery banned in Virginia.
Even in the Constitution itself, slavery states were punished by only counting slaves as 3/5th people... thereby giving these states fewer votes in the central government. It was also a way to encourage the slave states to free blacks and thereby increase their Congressional representation by +20% (approximately). As black man Frederick Douglas observed: The Constitution is an ANTI-slavery document.
.
>>>All politicians occasionally make off the cuff remarks that wrong, but this wasn't one of those times..
They sure do. For example President Obama said "corpsemen" on multiple occasions. Does that mean he's stupid? No. Neither does it mean Bachman is stupid. As you say, sometimes politicians make mistakes.
Of course at this point you'll probably explain why it's okay for Obama to make a mistakes because he's Democrat, but is his name was Bush you'd compare him to a chimp.
BTW both parties suck.
I joined a third party long ago.
Only fools pledge allegiance to the liars in the Republicrat Duopoly.
That's what critics used to say about Charles Dickens #1 selling books (talentless hack appealing to working class commoners) (i.e.lowest common denominator). Just because something goes to or near the top doesn't automatically mean it's junk either.
Anyway I like Boom Boom Pow for what it is: A 4 minute long computer song akin to what I used to listen to on my old 8 and 16 bit machines.
Why do you call him un-innovative? Just because you don't like their computerized music?
I don't have any of their albums, but they've produced a lot of fun singles over the last ten years. Last year they had the #1 single in the USA (Boom Boom Pow) and #3 in Europe's 2010 chart (Meet Me Halfway). Both good songs.
Michelle Bachman is one of the few politicians I trust (along with Ron Paul). Your comment that she is a "crazy bitch" is not only teeny-bopperish, but also sexist and displays your own low IQ.
Already have "open source governance". All laws are freely available to anyone who wants to read them.
On the torrent site I visit most often, the community is small but dedicated. They upload for the same reason programmers volunteer time to Linux coding, or volunteers work at homeless kitchens. It's their way of feeling good.
BS.
Of course the #1 uploader is the site owner - obviously he gains from ad profit, so that's his motive.
Yeah that's the REAL reason - the top 100 are probably site owners making money.
The rest are just volunteers.
For what reason? To waste money on electricity? Prematurely kill their computers by running them 24/7? I upload until I hit a good 2:1 ratio and that's it. Then I erase whatever I downloaded. (Or buy it on DVD if it's good.)
"He's a sellout."
Pretty much.
Like your signature, and it's sadly accurate: "My Dialup plan provides more data (13GB) than Verizon Wireless (5GB)." Or VirginMobile or Cricket or Sprint, also with 5GB caps. - A modern cellphone internet should not be providing LESS data than the old 56k plans.
The blood of patriots and tyrants waters the Tree of Liberty. It is its natural fertilizer.
- Jefferson
Jefferson later retracted his statement when he saw the 1786 French Terror. Revolution is good if it's moderated but too often it falls into a new tyranny worse than the original (fall of Rome to Dictatorship, fall of Russia to communism, fall of China to fascism, and so on).
Sounds like a mess.
Similar to the annoying Start menu that only displays HALF the options, and hides the rest (like the "add table" that I need right now).
I'm stumped. Maybe Obama thinks this is what the voters want based-upon the November results, but I seriously doubt it.
If you listen to Glenn beck or Judge Andrew Napolitano (L), you'd know he's always been pro-business, dating all the way back to when Mr. Obama met with insurance companies on the campaign trail and promised to help them make a profit via Mandatory insurance requirements for all americans.
Also observe that most of his "czars" are either ex-financial agents of Bear-Sterns, AIG, and so on. This is Obama doing what he's always done.
Of course if you only listen to Rachel Maddow, then you were probably unaware.
Fairly certain he was talking about PUBLIC cops, since the article is about flying drones with cameras, not invading your private bathroom or bedroom.
As for your backyard, you have no expectation of privacy there. It's within sight of everyone, so if you drown your wife in the back pool, and a neighbor or cop sees it, expect to get arrested.
Yes digital distribution IS cheaper.
For THEM but not for me. For me the physical hardback is cheaper cause I can buy it for ~$20 and sell it for $18-19, and therefore my total cost is just 1-2 dollars. In contrast the Kindle version would cost $20.
I've sold a lot of books (and games). Some I lose money and some I gain money. My overall "loss" this past year was just $50 for about 500 items bought-and-later sold on the ebay/amazon.
I haven't. Too busy playing video games, programming VHDL or verilog, and working 70+ hour weeks. So is it worth the $200 pricetag? (Volumes 1-3 Boxset plus Volume 4, fasciles 1-5)
No. You can download Volumes 1-3 off the net for free.
70 hour weeks suck but hopefully only temporary.
It's a new feature. You buy the book, read it, and then sell it on ebay or amazon as "like new/mint" condition to recoup ~90% of your money. --- or --- If you like the book you can keep it forever without having to fear someone will delete it from your kindle. You can even pass it on to your children! Personally I think this is an improvement.
Congressional law requires all interstates (except local loops or extensions) maintain safety standards for 120 miles an hour. Why? So the army can move quickly.
If you're doing nothing wrong, you shouldn't mind being watched by cops (i.e. don't drive over speedlimits - ever).
Of course this same thinking also applies to Politicians and their being monitored by wikileaks (yes I'm a fan).
AND adjust the laws so going 75 (like everybody already does) on the interstate through farmland isn't a crime.