Wow. Has it changed much in the past 30 years or so?
And do the older kids (first year for A levels) still have to wear a black jacket (excuse me, charcoal) and trousers, with a blue shirt, and a purple and black tie?
With all the younger kids in grey shorts, (god that must be cold in winter!) with beanie caps.
sorry, I realize you probably don't know, and could care less..
These problems come from our educational system in the USA. I spent one year in an English school (Perse school for boys in Cambridge). 3 years later, I saw the same math taught again sophmore year at MIT.
Literature and the arts were never presented at the same level, or were not presented at all. Hell, the school orchestra was playing Wagner or something, whereas my high school band though "When the saints come marching in" was the ultimate in difficulty.
I think several factors contribute to the superiority of the school I was in.
First, Discipline. People who cut up were sent to the Headmaster, a tough old bird who was able to inspire terror by looking at you. People who cut up twice had their ass beaten with a cricket bat. Harsh? I guess, but the example made of a few meant that class was a place to study, not be disruptive.
Second, the material was tough, and you had to pay close attention and work hard to keep up. The result was you did not get bored.
Third, the teachers knew their material, and I did not see any teachers who were slack.
Here in the US, we have teachers who get attacked by parents if the kid gets a bad grade, and a teachers union which makes it impossible to get rid of bad teachers. The result is predictable- let kids coast thru class, and do what they want. Who cares if they learn little or nothing.
We all should, but we do not. The focus now seems to be on sports, not academics, with sports stars seen as heros.
You may wish to consider dealing with someone who has a physical presence, somewhere you can actually get to if you need to.
doing things online is great when everything works. If for some reason there is a bug or problem in the system, or if you want to complete a more complex transaction, or do something else esoteric, you may find that a menu to do what you want is not available online.
And if there is some sort of weird problem, life is a lot easier if you can go and show you statement to a branch manager, rather than trying to correct a problem over the phone.
For some of the best rates, and the least surly service, you might want to check out Credit Unions in your area.
For simple stuff like stock purchase, I think online is fine.
Windows, like Stalinism, is great in theory, but troublesome in practice
On the other hand, why not just improve the thing? Cars have made very little head way in the user-interface department for 75 years. Don't Slashdotters want new ideas instead of ones their Great Grandparents would recognize?
Damn, you are right.
I bet you will be first to sign up for that new hygene system.
You know, the one where you stick a vacuum cleaner hose in an orfice, and go everywhere trailing the vacuum cleaner, so that body wastes are remove automatically.
I mean, let's face it.. controlling bowel and bladder events is just a drag. It takes training and judgement to know when you have to go, and diapers are bulky and old technology. It's just too hard to hit the toilet without spraying the wall. And why should you be bothered with learing how to do things when technology can do it for you!
Don't Slashdotters want new ideas instead of ones their Great Grandparents would recognize?
and I think that it is infuriating that the American government does not have the courage to raise the prices of fossil fuels in America
This is the sort of attitude which has made Britain the socialist backwater it is today. Take, Take, Take, create beaurocracy, squash new development, more regulation, save the children, blah blah blah.
My wife and I have 5 cars together. We enjoy going out for a drive. We enjoy living in a spacious house on an acre of land, here in the good old USA. Are we *rich*? No, this is just the average lifestyle.
I hope you enjoy walking 2 miles to the tube station, and bathing in tub because you still don't have enough water pressure to get a decent shower. Thank your government for being responsible. (oh, I forgot. You have to put special electric pumps at the tub, which turn on when you turn on the water.)
As you can see, they basically don't give a flying fsck. This is because they have better things to do with their lives - like writing their memoirs, researching their family history, surfing the net or doing their taxes.
This is why everyone wants to eat only TV dinners at home. Learning how to do anything more than peel off tin foil and shove some frozen muck into the oven is just too much work, and people have better things to do with their lives than cook. Clearly, cooking is an arcane and overly complex task just for techies, or people who have no friends or other interests.
Computers aren't some elite thing that should be used to create some kind of pseudo class war -- they're a tool. They're popular because every-day people want to use them to get their stuff done.
You are right again. This is why no one goes anywhere without calling a cab. Learning to walk is just soooo 70's. A bicycle has far too much complexity to be useful, I mean come on, people are expected to shift gears? Plus bicycles are sooo stupid to just have two wheels. It's just an invitation to fall over.
And don't get me started about cars. What's this bullshit about having to press one pedal to get it to go, and a different pedal to make it stop??? And what is up with the third pedal off to the left, and that stick-thingy with the numbers and the letter R on it between the seats!! There is even a rumor around that you have to put gas in those things. And clearly, the idea of having to turn a steering-wheel-thingy is so primitive, unintuitive, and complex that no average person will want to do it. That's why cabbies get paid big bucks to carry you from your bed into the cab, and dump you off at your destination.. So users won't have to go thru the arcane process of learning to drive.
I have been using acunet.net for 3 years with good results. You can get your site hosted on Digital UNIX or NT, your choice. I use my account on the machine to read my mail using pine on the UNIX machine as well, so I never spend time downloading spam.
The customer service people are nice. The only thing I don't like is the lame-ish splash page on their web site..
Slashdot Mirror
Like you said. Not a rip-off.
Just people using a law that was created to protect consumers.
And do the older kids (first year for A levels) still have to wear a black jacket (excuse me, charcoal) and trousers, with a blue shirt, and a purple and black tie?
With all the younger kids in grey shorts, (god that must be cold in winter!) with beanie caps.
sorry, I realize you probably don't know, and could care less..
Literature and the arts were never presented at the same level, or were not presented at all. Hell, the school orchestra was playing Wagner or something, whereas my high school band though "When the saints come marching in" was the ultimate in difficulty.
I think several factors contribute to the superiority of the school I was in.
First, Discipline. People who cut up were sent to the Headmaster, a tough old bird who was able to inspire terror by looking at you. People who cut up twice had their ass beaten with a cricket bat. Harsh? I guess, but the example made of a few meant that class was a place to study, not be disruptive.
Second, the material was tough, and you had to pay close attention and work hard to keep up. The result was you did not get bored.
Third, the teachers knew their material, and I did not see any teachers who were slack.
Here in the US, we have teachers who get attacked by parents if the kid gets a bad grade, and a teachers union which makes it impossible to get rid of bad teachers. The result is predictable- let kids coast thru class, and do what they want. Who cares if they learn little or nothing.
We all should, but we do not. The focus now seems to be on sports, not academics, with sports stars seen as heros.
There was a case of "Dad" putting a hidden camera in his "nannys" bathroom so he could check her out in the shower.
Course, when she found it, "Dad" found himself on the 10 pm news..
doing things online is great when everything works. If for some reason there is a bug or problem in the system, or if you want to complete a more complex transaction, or do something else esoteric, you may find that a menu to do what you want is not available online.
And if there is some sort of weird problem, life is a lot easier if you can go and show you statement to a branch manager, rather than trying to correct a problem over the phone.
For some of the best rates, and the least surly service, you might want to check out Credit Unions in your area.
For simple stuff like stock purchase, I think online is fine.
Windows, like Stalinism, is great in theory, but troublesome in practice
Better get your heart pills ready.
The owner of a small company is usually asked to be personally responsible for the loan if the "company" fails to repay it.
so there should be no need for a recall.
On the other hand, why not just improve the thing? Cars have made very little head way in the user-interface department for 75 years. Don't Slashdotters want new ideas instead of ones their Great Grandparents would recognize?
Damn, you are right.
I bet you will be first to sign up for that new hygene system.
You know, the one where you stick a vacuum cleaner hose in an orfice, and go everywhere trailing the vacuum cleaner, so that body wastes are remove automatically.
I mean, let's face it.. controlling bowel and bladder events is just a drag. It takes training and judgement to know when you have to go, and diapers are bulky and old technology. It's just too hard to hit the toilet without spraying the wall. And why should you be bothered with learing how to do things when technology can do it for you!
Don't Slashdotters want new ideas instead of ones their Great Grandparents would recognize?
This is the sort of attitude which has made Britain the socialist backwater it is today. Take, Take, Take, create beaurocracy, squash new development, more regulation, save the children, blah blah blah.
My wife and I have 5 cars together. We enjoy going out for a drive. We enjoy living in a spacious house on an acre of land, here in the good old USA. Are we *rich*? No, this is just the average lifestyle.
I hope you enjoy walking 2 miles to the tube station, and bathing in tub because you still don't have enough water pressure to get a decent shower. Thank your government for being responsible. (oh, I forgot. You have to put special electric pumps at the tub, which turn on when you turn on the water.)
*snork*
As you can see, they basically don't give a flying fsck. This is because they have better things to do with their lives - like writing their memoirs, researching their family history, surfing the net or doing their taxes.
This is why everyone wants to eat only TV dinners at home. Learning how to do anything more than peel off tin foil and shove some frozen muck into the oven is just too much work, and people have better things to do with their lives than cook. Clearly, cooking is an arcane and overly complex task just for techies, or people who have no friends or other interests.
Computers aren't some elite thing that should be used to create some kind of pseudo class war -- they're a tool. They're popular because every-day people want to use them to get their stuff done.
You are right again. This is why no one goes anywhere without calling a cab. Learning to walk is just soooo 70's. A bicycle has far too much complexity to be useful, I mean come on, people are expected to shift gears? Plus bicycles are sooo stupid to just have two wheels. It's just an invitation to fall over.
And don't get me started about cars. What's this bullshit about having to press one pedal to get it to go, and a different pedal to make it stop??? And what is up with the third pedal off to the left, and that stick-thingy with the numbers and the letter R on it between the seats!! There is even a rumor around that you have to put gas in those things. And clearly, the idea of having to turn a steering-wheel-thingy is so primitive, unintuitive, and complex that no average person will want to do it. That's why cabbies get paid big bucks to carry you from your bed into the cab, and dump you off at your destination.. So users won't have to go thru the arcane process of learning to drive.
Thanks, Simon, for setting the world straight.
Bugger has a similar meaning, as in
"Bugger yourself with a fish fork"
...from Black Adder.
The customer service people are nice. The only thing I don't like is the lame-ish splash page on their web site..
And the invading hoardes will have their food pre-heated. :^)
So keep those hatches or doors closed!