Zero books were banned because we the people revolted, not because she decided censorship is bad. The end result does nothing to refute her wide pro-censorship stance.
Of course, I've you've ever seen an ISO-9001:2000 certified process, you probably already know how completely meaningless the specs and certifications are in practical terms.
Yes, but the customer doesn't, so we call ourselves "ISO certified" and win business for following meaningless processes.
also, this is a summary as if we are getting the cliff's notes version. I did not want to read this book, but i felt like I already have. I was hoping for some stinging commentary, or at least some zany insults, but it was the same old "predictable, stock" complaints. If your main complaint is that the book delivered what you expected, you'll have to be more specific.
Things could get messy if you get to the end of the year and realize that you have not been teaching what you should be teaching. You are not responsible for just teaching kids, you are responsible for making sure that what is taught survives legal scrutiny if questioned. Usually textbook recommendations are made at the state level, depending on your country of course. Unless you have tenure and are highly regarded in your field, don't solve this on your own.
You probably have a pretty good idea of what needs taught, but most subjects don't allow teachers to just decide. Do your homework, and make sure you have an agreement with your local school as well as the city board of education (if public) or whatever corresponds to that in your area. Make sure everyone agrees that there is a curriculum with no text, no curriculum at all, or if someone finds that both exist.
Depending on where you are, there should be a set curriculum that defines what should be taught, and what will be covered on national standardized testing. There might be recommended textbook series along with that as well. Just because the people you talk to don't know about it doesn't mean it's not in some dusty corner of the superintendent's office.
If you are stateside, ask for a copy of the national education standards, and then ask if the local curriculum has been aligned with those national standards.
The result of this will tell you what you need to know. Either the books you have are sufficient and you can supplement using suggestions from the rest of these answers, of you will know what you need to look for in books and will be able to make a case for purchasing after the school year has started. Cover your behind first.
I have never heard of "cooperating with police" to mean anything other than the suspect establishing guilt or at least providing fresh evidence that is in some way relevant. If he had told a bunch of lies to get off easier, that would be the opposite of cooperating, because they would run around chasing things that aren't there. In this case, he knew a lot about the murder because he knew where her body was, and no one else seemed to. That's cooperating. Saying you killed her but producing no evidence to support it is pleading guilty, not being cooperative.
If you know a lot more than everyone else, you can cooperate with police but still plead innocent. Like saying I don't know who did it, but here's everything I know maybe you can figure it out.
There are probably gaps which might allow the types of abuse you mention, but I cannot think of one example that I have ever read. It is usually pleading guilty to a lesser offense which is the type you describe, and which is highlighted on the "cop shows". That is the type where the prosecutor seems to have a 50/50 chance of winning and offers a reduced sentence. Then the defense advises the suspect to take it because their defense is pants. Cases like these mirror what you bring up, not as a rule the cooperation part.
Also keep in mind if someone murders someone else, the reduction would probably be from intentional murder to unintentional murder. They would never reduce from murder to jaywalking, unless they clearly didn't have enough evidence to win at trial. If I know you did something, you might not know how much I know. So I say I'll reduce the sentence if you cooperate. Then you provide the evidence I need for me to prove that you are guilty of the reduced crime. Some will provide more, some less, and sometimes I have what I need, but there are probably many complications in there. Shortly, a prosecutor will do what needs done to get an appropriate punishment, and not waste more time to make sure the punishment is perfect.
I think you clarified for me what happened, even if it is not true it is what seems to have happened.
A vendor releases some version of a package, then applies minimal bug fixes to reduce the amount of regression testing that needs done. Or maybe includes its own bug fixes. When it comes time to merge with the next update, how do you decide what to keep and what to merge over? Seems RH does not have the answer.
You are educated stupid - and you have no inkling to just how EVIL you think.
Academia destroys your brain, your ability to think opposite. The eyes of the flounder fish were relocated, why were yours relocated? Your opposite eyes were moved to 1 corner to overlay for single perspective, but that corrupts your Opposite Brain.
If they put a tax on ISPs, I will still be able to pirate music without an ISP the old way, sneakernet. I don't even have to pay the tax on blank ISPs if I put it directly on my mp3 player or hard drive. If they put it on computers, they will be collecting tax from lots of people who don't even download, like businesses. Or maybe they have to exclude business class computers so I can get around it that way. In other words, some people will pay unnecessarily, and some will avoid paying but reap the benefits.
They don't want to do un-DRMed music, but that's what they are proposing, just because of the number of people who would be paying.
There is no good way to do this without taking money from people who don't want to give it. The only solution is to have a reasonably priced subscription service with all-you-can-eat downloading, with all of the RIAA member groups participating, and no DRM. What's the difference between this and what they are proposing? Just whether people are enrolling voluntarily or not.
I know this is rather tangential, but the article did start out with contrasting Expression vs. Function under "Copyright in Context" heading. I think the best proof that software is ruled by copyright vs. patent is available at http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/ 99 bottles of beer, programmed in 1214 different languages and/or variations. Clearly the function is the same, but the expression differs wildly.
Regardless of *whether* a virus could touch the machine, what could it possibly infect? Custom-written election software on top of a stripped-to-the-bones windows OS wouldn't have many attack vectors at all. The few it does have would surely be custom made, and very unlikely to appear in the antivirus signatures. So an antivirus solution sounds like severe overkill in this case.
You might have a point, but you're off target a bit. The music was not available online because they thought people would be able to copy it more easily, forgetting that people were already copying it. Once they realized that, they figured people would pay a premium for easy access instead of driving to a store, forgetting that people like having the box and liner notes, and that's worth money. And of course added DRM to it so people wouldn't be able to share the stuff that they bought. Once they realized that people are not buying as much because they are providing an inferior product for the same price, they dropped the prices. Not everyone has ditched DRM.
You are implying that all music is available online for under $1/track without DRM. This is just not true AFAIK. Music companies are trying to establish demand pricing, causing popular tracks to exceed $1/track.
I don't buy music online because there is no consistency to the business model. There are parts that I like and parts that I don't like, and until I can get what consistently I want I'm not paying for it. iTunes does not fit the bill. And I don't download stuff - I just listen to what I already have.
You have to think like an evil company a bit more. IM can reveal a lot about online habits - especially when it shows "idle" or "online" status. That part alone gives MS a whole lot of usage data about when people are at their computer, which we can assume runs windows.
If they wanted to be truly evil, they could certainly mine the data anonymously to see what the hot topics of conversation are.
More realistically, IM ads are not necessarily used for click-based advertising. There are whole product placement deals out there that rely on just being seen. For example, a Coke or Pepsi ad at this point is serving no purpose other than to simply remind someone that it exists - it's strengthening the brand image, not trying to make you go click on a website and buy some right now. With ~50% of market share, the "Real men of genius" budweiser ads are similar, just giving the brand an image instead of touting how much like urine it tastes.
Contextual IM advertising would not be out of the question now that google has been successful at keyword-based e-mail adverts.
The real point I think would be to be able to say "no matter what they do online, they can see an advertisement from our company. With google they have to be searching for something" Remember, online advertising is all about selling space that nearly all users hate and ignore.
My goodness what a silly man. Say I install Linux and realize there is no open source video card. I can install a proprietary driver until I replace it with a more open card, which I can search for on the intartubes using my current video card. Or some 14 year old genius discovers the secrets of nVidia graphics chips. Or they have a change of heart with the upswing of Linux popularity.
There are many situations like this where you might want to "get by" using some form of proprietary code until you can free yourself. The point is, we have the technology to enable this, and if you choose not to use it that's a personal choice, but not one well-suited to all situations. The option is still available, should we choose, to submit to the will of our masters, until such time as we choose to be truly free.
If you install proprietary software, you can uninstall it later easier than escaping slavery. A better analogy would be choosing to enter into slavery for a set period of time in order to accomplish some goal you might not otherwise. Say 40 hours a week in exchange for being able to afford clothing and food. You can, at your choice, choose to be your own boss if you want to remain pure, just like you can write/debug your own application. So installing proprietary graphics drivers would accomplish a short term goal until a pure version is available - and you have that freedom to choose.
You're pronouncing it wrong you illiterate clod! It's Soosufoojyu (-)
I bet the katakana doesn't post, based on preview, but man that's one funny comment right there!
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Zero books were banned because we the people revolted, not because she decided censorship is bad. The end result does nothing to refute her wide pro-censorship stance.
easy - use VFAT. Not the intended behavior, but you're going for compatibility, right?
Yes, but the customer doesn't, so we call ourselves "ISO certified" and win business for following meaningless processes.
Tell me more about those back-end parts.
Mmm, back-end parts.
also, this is a summary as
if we are getting the cliff's
notes version. I did not
want to read this book, but
i felt like I already have. I
was hoping for some
stinging commentary, or
at least some zany insults,
but it was the same old
"predictable, stock"
complaints. If your
main complaint is that
the book delivered what
you expected, you'll
have to be more specific.
Things could get messy if you get to the end of the year and realize that you have not been teaching what you should be teaching. You are not responsible for just teaching kids, you are responsible for making sure that what is taught survives legal scrutiny if questioned. Usually textbook recommendations are made at the state level, depending on your country of course. Unless you have tenure and are highly regarded in your field, don't solve this on your own.
You probably have a pretty good idea of what needs taught, but most subjects don't allow teachers to just decide. Do your homework, and make sure you have an agreement with your local school as well as the city board of education (if public) or whatever corresponds to that in your area. Make sure everyone agrees that there is a curriculum with no text, no curriculum at all, or if someone finds that both exist.
Depending on where you are, there should be a set curriculum that defines what should be taught, and what will be covered on national standardized testing. There might be recommended textbook series along with that as well. Just because the people you talk to don't know about it doesn't mean it's not in some dusty corner of the superintendent's office.
If you are stateside, ask for a copy of the national education standards, and then ask if the local curriculum has been aligned with those national standards.
The result of this will tell you what you need to know. Either the books you have are sufficient and you can supplement using suggestions from the rest of these answers, of you will know what you need to look for in books and will be able to make a case for purchasing after the school year has started. Cover your behind first.
I have never heard of "cooperating with police" to mean anything other than the suspect establishing guilt or at least providing fresh evidence that is in some way relevant. If he had told a bunch of lies to get off easier, that would be the opposite of cooperating, because they would run around chasing things that aren't there. In this case, he knew a lot about the murder because he knew where her body was, and no one else seemed to. That's cooperating. Saying you killed her but producing no evidence to support it is pleading guilty, not being cooperative.
If you know a lot more than everyone else, you can cooperate with police but still plead innocent. Like saying I don't know who did it, but here's everything I know maybe you can figure it out.
There are probably gaps which might allow the types of abuse you mention, but I cannot think of one example that I have ever read. It is usually pleading guilty to a lesser offense which is the type you describe, and which is highlighted on the "cop shows". That is the type where the prosecutor seems to have a 50/50 chance of winning and offers a reduced sentence. Then the defense advises the suspect to take it because their defense is pants. Cases like these mirror what you bring up, not as a rule the cooperation part.
Also keep in mind if someone murders someone else, the reduction would probably be from intentional murder to unintentional murder. They would never reduce from murder to jaywalking, unless they clearly didn't have enough evidence to win at trial. If I know you did something, you might not know how much I know. So I say I'll reduce the sentence if you cooperate. Then you provide the evidence I need for me to prove that you are guilty of the reduced crime. Some will provide more, some less, and sometimes I have what I need, but there are probably many complications in there. Shortly, a prosecutor will do what needs done to get an appropriate punishment, and not waste more time to make sure the punishment is perfect.
I think you clarified for me what happened, even if it is not true it is what seems to have happened.
A vendor releases some version of a package, then applies minimal bug fixes to reduce the amount of regression testing that needs done. Or maybe includes its own bug fixes. When it comes time to merge with the next update, how do you decide what to keep and what to merge over? Seems RH does not have the answer.
You are educated stupid - and you have no inkling to just how EVIL you think.
Academia destroys your brain, your ability to think opposite. The eyes of the flounder fish were relocated, why were yours relocated? Your opposite eyes were moved to 1 corner to overlay for single perspective, but that corrupts your Opposite Brain.
If they put a tax on ISPs, I will still be able to pirate music without an ISP the old way, sneakernet. I don't even have to pay the tax on blank ISPs if I put it directly on my mp3 player or hard drive. If they put it on computers, they will be collecting tax from lots of people who don't even download, like businesses. Or maybe they have to exclude business class computers so I can get around it that way. In other words, some people will pay unnecessarily, and some will avoid paying but reap the benefits.
They don't want to do un-DRMed music, but that's what they are proposing, just because of the number of people who would be paying.
There is no good way to do this without taking money from people who don't want to give it. The only solution is to have a reasonably priced subscription service with all-you-can-eat downloading, with all of the RIAA member groups participating, and no DRM. What's the difference between this and what they are proposing? Just whether people are enrolling voluntarily or not.
You might not listen to music any more, but they keep making 7th graders.
Mod parent down. I don't recognize him, therefore he can't know what he's talking about.
I know this is rather tangential, but the article did start out with contrasting Expression vs. Function under "Copyright in Context" heading. I think the best proof that software is ruled by copyright vs. patent is available at http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/ 99 bottles of beer, programmed in 1214 different languages and/or variations. Clearly the function is the same, but the expression differs wildly.
Regardless of *whether* a virus could touch the machine, what could it possibly infect? Custom-written election software on top of a stripped-to-the-bones windows OS wouldn't have many attack vectors at all. The few it does have would surely be custom made, and very unlikely to appear in the antivirus signatures. So an antivirus solution sounds like severe overkill in this case.
captcha: protects
It's called a supposistory.
I use truffle pigs, they're very efficient.
Someone upped yours, now up mine. Wait, how does the joke go?
So... who has the torrent?
I normally avoid this ridiculous "I patented" nonsense, but I patented thread, so you owe me money.
You might have a point, but you're off target a bit. The music was not available online because they thought people would be able to copy it more easily, forgetting that people were already copying it. Once they realized that, they figured people would pay a premium for easy access instead of driving to a store, forgetting that people like having the box and liner notes, and that's worth money. And of course added DRM to it so people wouldn't be able to share the stuff that they bought. Once they realized that people are not buying as much because they are providing an inferior product for the same price, they dropped the prices. Not everyone has ditched DRM.
You are implying that all music is available online for under $1/track without DRM. This is just not true AFAIK. Music companies are trying to establish demand pricing, causing popular tracks to exceed $1/track.
I don't buy music online because there is no consistency to the business model. There are parts that I like and parts that I don't like, and until I can get what consistently I want I'm not paying for it. iTunes does not fit the bill. And I don't download stuff - I just listen to what I already have.
You have to think like an evil company a bit more. IM can reveal a lot about online habits - especially when it shows "idle" or "online" status. That part alone gives MS a whole lot of usage data about when people are at their computer, which we can assume runs windows.
If they wanted to be truly evil, they could certainly mine the data anonymously to see what the hot topics of conversation are.
More realistically, IM ads are not necessarily used for click-based advertising. There are whole product placement deals out there that rely on just being seen. For example, a Coke or Pepsi ad at this point is serving no purpose other than to simply remind someone that it exists - it's strengthening the brand image, not trying to make you go click on a website and buy some right now. With ~50% of market share, the "Real men of genius" budweiser ads are similar, just giving the brand an image instead of touting how much like urine it tastes.
Contextual IM advertising would not be out of the question now that google has been successful at keyword-based e-mail adverts.
The real point I think would be to be able to say "no matter what they do online, they can see an advertisement from our company. With google they have to be searching for something" Remember, online advertising is all about selling space that nearly all users hate and ignore.
Seems more flawed than that. How can you mix up the concept of "one to four" into "one", and "five or six" into "two", given that they overlap?
My goodness what a silly man. Say I install Linux and realize there is no open source video card. I can install a proprietary driver until I replace it with a more open card, which I can search for on the intartubes using my current video card. Or some 14 year old genius discovers the secrets of nVidia graphics chips. Or they have a change of heart with the upswing of Linux popularity.
There are many situations like this where you might want to "get by" using some form of proprietary code until you can free yourself. The point is, we have the technology to enable this, and if you choose not to use it that's a personal choice, but not one well-suited to all situations. The option is still available, should we choose, to submit to the will of our masters, until such time as we choose to be truly free.
If you install proprietary software, you can uninstall it later easier than escaping slavery. A better analogy would be choosing to enter into slavery for a set period of time in order to accomplish some goal you might not otherwise. Say 40 hours a week in exchange for being able to afford clothing and food. You can, at your choice, choose to be your own boss if you want to remain pure, just like you can write/debug your own application. So installing proprietary graphics drivers would accomplish a short term goal until a pure version is available - and you have that freedom to choose.
You're pronouncing it wrong you illiterate clod! It's Soosufoojyu (-) I bet the katakana doesn't post, based on preview, but man that's one funny comment right there!