Tenure is there so that an experienced teacher can experiment with novel educational styles that their years in their position have taught them are effective, but are outside the standard model. Or did you think the solution was "stick to the bureaucracy, lest you be punished"?
I had no fewer than four (mandatory) typing courses. Each year, the teachers exclaimed their praise at my abilities while I struggled to understand how no one else could remember last year's lessons. As far as I can remember, there were no programming courses available outside of invitation-only scenarios where classes were less than 5 specially selected students who more or less maintained the school's network. In middle school we did a brief section on html before we switched to documenting population and $$ milestones in SimCity 2000. Stay classy, Idaho.
From TFA: "In this model, everyone can still customize and modify the platform all they want, but Google will have its own inner circle of premium devices with pure and premium experiences."
A lot of the problems you're talking about aren't about Google's core OS, but rather specific manufacturer's iterations of the OS. The bloat, the arbitrary limitations imposed by hardware/software choices.
Sounds to me like detaching from network carriers is really only a small part of the equation, and it's more about guaranteeing a series of devices that are in line with Google's vision of what Android is supposed to be.
Any health concerns aside, what's really troubling about Genetically Modified crops is the patenting of foodstuffs. If GM crops really take hold, then you end up with a situation where one or two companies end up with the RIGHTS to grow the food that is available. So what if it's better tasting, or lasts longer? If they successfully run conventional/organic farmers and seed retailers out of business, then all you're left with is a contract with Monsanto Corporation, saying that you won't plant a garden without their explicit consent. Just like water rights, if you sign away your ability to provide for yourself, then you're little more than a slave, praying that Monsanto doesn't decide to play Communist Crop Planning with when and where it allows it's seeds to be planted.
I think there's a factor at work here other than price. The iPad has achieved such a monumental status of omnifunctionality that it is, frankly, intimidating. "Anything" is a big world, and there's a level of self-determination there that can be uncomfortable. The Kindle e-reader was a simple device that introduced people to the idea of the tablet form factor, and built trust between those consumers and the company that made it. Now, those users are curious about the tablet hype, recognize the limitations of their Kindle, but are intimidated by the iPad. Enter the Fire: a scaled-back, more focused tablet from a brand that has build trust with previous experience, at a non-threatening price point. Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa are the target audience here. It's designed to move book readers from their safe havens into an expanded media environment. It's learning to skate with knee pads and a helmet. A structured adventure. With that in mind, the long load times and poor "flow" are almost irrelevant. It's a device that will be handled gingerly and navigated carefully.
Assuming the Fed isn't the one responsible for the problems in the first place. They control the money supply. A liquidity problem is a problem with the money supply. Credit was excessively cheap for a long time. It created a situation where people were paying for credit with more credit, because credit replaced growth in wages. Cut off the credit supply by cutting off the money supply, and suddenly there isn't enough money available to actually pay every debt owed. And the debt collapses. How much of America (property) do the banks now own because of this? How many bank-owned homes? They had everything to gain from causing the problem. Keeping it from crashing completely was simple self-preservation. At the end of that, you really cheer their plan to simply make credit cheaper and to extend more of it?
Glancing at my savings account at Boeing Employees Credit Union, I've got a 1.05% interest rate. My Checking account is running a 6.17% yield. It's their basic checking and savings package. It's been three years, and I've never once seen a fee or charge of any kind. If your bank meets that, then I salute them for offering value to their customer. But for some reason, I'd be surprised to hear that a rate on a basic checking account at Wells Fargo (or BofA, or Chase) exceeds a 0.2% APY, if it has a rate at all. More likely, you pay for the privilege.
If a credit union is well run, it delivers that performance to rates and services. If a bank is well run, it delivers that performance to the top. That's simply how those businesses are designed to operate. If you want detailed comparisons, find a credit union at random in your neighborhood, and ask about their rates. Compare that with whatever national bank you like. You will see that there IS no comparison.
When I was a child in that age group (about 15 years ago), I got quite a bit of joy from Origami. Much like the Lego and K-Nex suggestions, it was something where you could start out with very simple designs, but as you got better, the designs could be more and more complex. Eventually, I started making my own designs, like many other posters did with their toys. The great thing about Origami, though, is that you can do it anytime, anywhere, so long as you have a simple sheet of paper. Or a leaf, or anything else flat and fold-able. Makes it easy to entertain yourself on the go, or to show friends something "real quick." The water balloons were awesome:)
Fair enough:) when looking at the big picture, you're absolutely right. Factoring in all levels of taxation, there's a lot more balance going on in terms of total tax owed.
The problem is, it's a matter of state-level taxation, and on a state level (in Washington), the taxation is regressive. In the past three years, I've made between $20,000 and $24,000/year, and I've never qualified for any state-level subsidies or breaks. So, as a working person in that bracket, in Washington, I pay a good five times as much of my personal income in taxes than my wealthier co-citizens.
Now, I don't personally feel like I'm being overtaxed. However, for a state to lean most heavily on it's poorest citizens for funding is just ridiculous. At the very least, it should be an even, proportionate contribution, and that's what this income tax intends to do. Plus, an income tax is just more sensible, as it only taxes the people who are actively making money in the first place.
Another poster (GayBliss) provided a link to an analysis of taxation in the states. Check out the results for Washington: http://www.itepnet.org/whopays3.pdf
People making $20,000 or less, at an average of $11,000/year income, pay about 17.3% in various taxes, whereas people making $537,000 or more, with an average income of about 1.7 million/year, pay 2.9% of income. My examples didn't have the exact figures, but this paper does.
One should never expect a source of tax revenue to disappear voluntarily, but still, it happens. For example, this income tax is replacing the B&O tax for small businesses in the state.
In any case, I don't mind taxes, so long as I don't feel like the money is squandered. The problem with Democracy, especially when it comes to local governments, is that spending is subject to the whims of the people. Let's face it, people pretty much suck at managing their finances, so government waste is created.
I live in Seattle, which has a sales tax of about 10%. That tax system is unbalanced, as it causes the people who make the least amount of money to pay the highest proportion of their income.
Assuming that the lower class spends more or less all of what it makes, that sets up a good 10% tax on total income (more if they borrow; statistics show that on average, Americans spend more than they earn), whereas someone in the proposed income tax bracket of $200,000+ spends closer to 1-2% of total income on sales taxes. So there's a 10% tax on the $20,000-homeless crowd, and a 1-2% tax on the most well-to-do. Applying a 9% income tax to the upper bracket at least gets it close to an even 10% across the board.
But I'm playing devil's advocate here. I can't in good conscience support what amounts to a special tax on a minority group, even if that group is better off than I. Skipping the sales tax altogether and just putting a flat 10% income tax across the board would be the most appropriate, I think.
You seem to be assuming that every channel completely consumes all available bandwidth between itself and it's surrounding channels. http://www.csgnetwork.com/tvfreqtable.html
It's tight, yes, but there are gaps. It's the gaps that are to be utilized.
Lol I did the same thing, with an emphasis on things that were less likely to be for sale, and more likely to be informative; news sites, local politics, etc.
If it's not WiFi, I would look at substance abuse. Caffeine produces pretty much all of those effects. I imagine young people are more susceptible to the side-effects, and I've read other articles mentioning quite a spike in caffeine poisoning in schools. I know my high school had products like UpShot (pretty much pure caffeine diluted in as little liquid as possible); there are caffeine candy bars, No Doz, any number of energy drinks and coffee. And these are things that are also largely unavailable in the home.
......that so many Slashdotters should cry foul at the suggestion of actually discussing the Constitution and it's meaning with your children. Isn't that kind of a good thing?
DRM is what was made to combat pirating. The solution: STOP PIRATING. And that oh-so-awful DRM will disappear. Publishers like EA wouldn't feel like they needed it if there weren't a problem to begin with. This whole arguement is as rediculous as being upset when a store decides to put an anti-theft tag on a shirt.
If you don't play games all that often, then you probably don't mind waiting a few years for the price to drop to $10 or $20. If you just think that $50 is too much to spend on a game, then tough. Look at your expenses and find a way to make it happen, or find another hobby. But if you can afford to maintain a computer that can run the latest $50 games, then some disposable income, in the amount of hundreds, is clearly available to you.
The real issue is the disassociation with what one is actually doing when pirating. It's stealing, plain and simple. The only difference is that instead of pocketing the toy and leaving the store, running the risk of being caught, you click the button and it's done.
Stop cheating and they won't have to assume that everyone is cheating.
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Tenure is there so that an experienced teacher can experiment with novel educational styles that their years in their position have taught them are effective, but are outside the standard model. Or did you think the solution was "stick to the bureaucracy, lest you be punished"?
http://www.memecenter.com/fun/109018/Today-My-Internet-Connection-Went-Down
I had no fewer than four (mandatory) typing courses. Each year, the teachers exclaimed their praise at my abilities while I struggled to understand how no one else could remember last year's lessons. As far as I can remember, there were no programming courses available outside of invitation-only scenarios where classes were less than 5 specially selected students who more or less maintained the school's network. In middle school we did a brief section on html before we switched to documenting population and $$ milestones in SimCity 2000. Stay classy, Idaho.
Careful with that, food hoarding (more than a three week supply) can get you on a terrorist watchlist.
But the patent includes media players, so if the brownies make you see funny colors and hear beautiful music...
From TFA: "In this model, everyone can still customize and modify the platform all they want, but Google will have its own inner circle of premium devices with pure and premium experiences." A lot of the problems you're talking about aren't about Google's core OS, but rather specific manufacturer's iterations of the OS. The bloat, the arbitrary limitations imposed by hardware/software choices. Sounds to me like detaching from network carriers is really only a small part of the equation, and it's more about guaranteeing a series of devices that are in line with Google's vision of what Android is supposed to be.
You can live without Microsoft's patented material. If a patent locks you out of your food supply, where are you then?
Any health concerns aside, what's really troubling about Genetically Modified crops is the patenting of foodstuffs. If GM crops really take hold, then you end up with a situation where one or two companies end up with the RIGHTS to grow the food that is available. So what if it's better tasting, or lasts longer? If they successfully run conventional/organic farmers and seed retailers out of business, then all you're left with is a contract with Monsanto Corporation, saying that you won't plant a garden without their explicit consent. Just like water rights, if you sign away your ability to provide for yourself, then you're little more than a slave, praying that Monsanto doesn't decide to play Communist Crop Planning with when and where it allows it's seeds to be planted.
I think there's a factor at work here other than price. The iPad has achieved such a monumental status of omnifunctionality that it is, frankly, intimidating. "Anything" is a big world, and there's a level of self-determination there that can be uncomfortable. The Kindle e-reader was a simple device that introduced people to the idea of the tablet form factor, and built trust between those consumers and the company that made it. Now, those users are curious about the tablet hype, recognize the limitations of their Kindle, but are intimidated by the iPad. Enter the Fire: a scaled-back, more focused tablet from a brand that has build trust with previous experience, at a non-threatening price point. Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa are the target audience here. It's designed to move book readers from their safe havens into an expanded media environment. It's learning to skate with knee pads and a helmet. A structured adventure. With that in mind, the long load times and poor "flow" are almost irrelevant. It's a device that will be handled gingerly and navigated carefully.
Assuming the Fed isn't the one responsible for the problems in the first place. They control the money supply. A liquidity problem is a problem with the money supply. Credit was excessively cheap for a long time. It created a situation where people were paying for credit with more credit, because credit replaced growth in wages. Cut off the credit supply by cutting off the money supply, and suddenly there isn't enough money available to actually pay every debt owed. And the debt collapses. How much of America (property) do the banks now own because of this? How many bank-owned homes? They had everything to gain from causing the problem. Keeping it from crashing completely was simple self-preservation. At the end of that, you really cheer their plan to simply make credit cheaper and to extend more of it?
Glancing at my savings account at Boeing Employees Credit Union, I've got a 1.05% interest rate. My Checking account is running a 6.17% yield. It's their basic checking and savings package. It's been three years, and I've never once seen a fee or charge of any kind. If your bank meets that, then I salute them for offering value to their customer. But for some reason, I'd be surprised to hear that a rate on a basic checking account at Wells Fargo (or BofA, or Chase) exceeds a 0.2% APY, if it has a rate at all. More likely, you pay for the privilege. If a credit union is well run, it delivers that performance to rates and services. If a bank is well run, it delivers that performance to the top. That's simply how those businesses are designed to operate. If you want detailed comparisons, find a credit union at random in your neighborhood, and ask about their rates. Compare that with whatever national bank you like. You will see that there IS no comparison.
LOL That happened to my mortgage within two months of closing. It was amazing.
When I was a child in that age group (about 15 years ago), I got quite a bit of joy from Origami. Much like the Lego and K-Nex suggestions, it was something where you could start out with very simple designs, but as you got better, the designs could be more and more complex. Eventually, I started making my own designs, like many other posters did with their toys. The great thing about Origami, though, is that you can do it anytime, anywhere, so long as you have a simple sheet of paper. Or a leaf, or anything else flat and fold-able. Makes it easy to entertain yourself on the go, or to show friends something "real quick." The water balloons were awesome :)
Fair enough :) when looking at the big picture, you're absolutely right. Factoring in all levels of taxation, there's a lot more balance going on in terms of total tax owed.
The problem is, it's a matter of state-level taxation, and on a state level (in Washington), the taxation is regressive. In the past three years, I've made between $20,000 and $24,000/year, and I've never qualified for any state-level subsidies or breaks. So, as a working person in that bracket, in Washington, I pay a good five times as much of my personal income in taxes than my wealthier co-citizens.
Now, I don't personally feel like I'm being overtaxed. However, for a state to lean most heavily on it's poorest citizens for funding is just ridiculous. At the very least, it should be an even, proportionate contribution, and that's what this income tax intends to do. Plus, an income tax is just more sensible, as it only taxes the people who are actively making money in the first place.
Another poster (GayBliss) provided a link to an analysis of taxation in the states. Check out the results for Washington: http://www.itepnet.org/whopays3.pdf
People making $20,000 or less, at an average of $11,000/year income, pay about 17.3% in various taxes, whereas people making $537,000 or more, with an average income of about 1.7 million/year, pay 2.9% of income. My examples didn't have the exact figures, but this paper does.
One should never expect a source of tax revenue to disappear voluntarily, but still, it happens. For example, this income tax is replacing the B&O tax for small businesses in the state. In any case, I don't mind taxes, so long as I don't feel like the money is squandered. The problem with Democracy, especially when it comes to local governments, is that spending is subject to the whims of the people. Let's face it, people pretty much suck at managing their finances, so government waste is created.
I live in Seattle, which has a sales tax of about 10%. That tax system is unbalanced, as it causes the people who make the least amount of money to pay the highest proportion of their income.
Assuming that the lower class spends more or less all of what it makes, that sets up a good 10% tax on total income (more if they borrow; statistics show that on average, Americans spend more than they earn), whereas someone in the proposed income tax bracket of $200,000+ spends closer to 1-2% of total income on sales taxes. So there's a 10% tax on the $20,000-homeless crowd, and a 1-2% tax on the most well-to-do. Applying a 9% income tax to the upper bracket at least gets it close to an even 10% across the board.
But I'm playing devil's advocate here. I can't in good conscience support what amounts to a special tax on a minority group, even if that group is better off than I. Skipping the sales tax altogether and just putting a flat 10% income tax across the board would be the most appropriate, I think.
...everything from watch construction, to watch repair.
You seem to be assuming that every channel completely consumes all available bandwidth between itself and it's surrounding channels. http://www.csgnetwork.com/tvfreqtable.html It's tight, yes, but there are gaps. It's the gaps that are to be utilized.
They were. Washington is selling debt to the Federal Reserve at a stunning rate, and all will be well in a few days. Fixed that for ya ;)
Lol I did the same thing, with an emphasis on things that were less likely to be for sale, and more likely to be informative; news sites, local politics, etc.
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
If it's not WiFi, I would look at substance abuse. Caffeine produces pretty much all of those effects. I imagine young people are more susceptible to the side-effects, and I've read other articles mentioning quite a spike in caffeine poisoning in schools. I know my high school had products like UpShot (pretty much pure caffeine diluted in as little liquid as possible); there are caffeine candy bars, No Doz, any number of energy drinks and coffee. And these are things that are also largely unavailable in the home.
......that so many Slashdotters should cry foul at the suggestion of actually discussing the Constitution and it's meaning with your children. Isn't that kind of a good thing?
DRM is what was made to combat pirating. The solution: STOP PIRATING. And that oh-so-awful DRM will disappear. Publishers like EA wouldn't feel like they needed it if there weren't a problem to begin with. This whole arguement is as rediculous as being upset when a store decides to put an anti-theft tag on a shirt. If you don't play games all that often, then you probably don't mind waiting a few years for the price to drop to $10 or $20. If you just think that $50 is too much to spend on a game, then tough. Look at your expenses and find a way to make it happen, or find another hobby. But if you can afford to maintain a computer that can run the latest $50 games, then some disposable income, in the amount of hundreds, is clearly available to you. The real issue is the disassociation with what one is actually doing when pirating. It's stealing, plain and simple. The only difference is that instead of pocketing the toy and leaving the store, running the risk of being caught, you click the button and it's done. Stop cheating and they won't have to assume that everyone is cheating.