I second the Earthsea series and in addition recommend LeGuin's "The Lathe of Heaven". I didn't read it till I was 18 or 19 though, I'm not sure if younger kids would enjoy it or just be weirded out by it.
In my state (New York), it's a three strikes you're out kind of deal - the first three times they only revoke/suspend it for up to a year. After that they *might* take it away for good, but it's not guaranteed from what I can tell.
No idea what it's like in other states though.
While she's certainly not condoning it, she's not condemning it either. By making a Facebook group she's turning it into a joke, and it's obvious that she and her friends talk about it in an offhand manner. Also, she still texts while driving.
Haven't you ever gotten bored after 5+ hours of driving on the thruway? Everything looks the same, and there's really nothing to focus your attention on if there's no traffic and you've set your cruise control.
There was something similar at my school in the middle of nowhere, where you could bridge over to the local community college in your senior year of high school. Sadly, the decision to allow the student to bridge over was left in the hands of teachers and the principal who may or may not have a grudge against a student. I had a friend who wanted to bridge over, and despite good grades and being a hard worker, was denied simply because the principal "didn't like her attitude".
While the above poster's response may seem shallow, they has a good point. Until the hacking has a visible, negative attack that the government cannot possibly ignore, the economic repercussions of severing ties with China are simply not worth it.
I don't think UML is dead, I think they're just doing it wrong! Trying to generate code from UML diagrams is pretty useless. As pointed out by other posts, UML is pointless to try and use for systems of any real size, but is great for illustrating simple concepts (like the GOF use it for). I find that UML's real strength is when initially designing something - it's easy to get your ideas across about how the system should work in general.
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I second the Earthsea series and in addition recommend LeGuin's "The Lathe of Heaven". I didn't read it till I was 18 or 19 though, I'm not sure if younger kids would enjoy it or just be weirded out by it.
In my state (New York), it's a three strikes you're out kind of deal - the first three times they only revoke/suspend it for up to a year. After that they *might* take it away for good, but it's not guaranteed from what I can tell. No idea what it's like in other states though.
While she's certainly not condoning it, she's not condemning it either. By making a Facebook group she's turning it into a joke, and it's obvious that she and her friends talk about it in an offhand manner. Also, she still texts while driving.
Haven't you ever gotten bored after 5+ hours of driving on the thruway? Everything looks the same, and there's really nothing to focus your attention on if there's no traffic and you've set your cruise control.
There was something similar at my school in the middle of nowhere, where you could bridge over to the local community college in your senior year of high school. Sadly, the decision to allow the student to bridge over was left in the hands of teachers and the principal who may or may not have a grudge against a student. I had a friend who wanted to bridge over, and despite good grades and being a hard worker, was denied simply because the principal "didn't like her attitude".
Mod parent up, Soul of a New Machine was a pretty interesting read.
While the above poster's response may seem shallow, they has a good point. Until the hacking has a visible, negative attack that the government cannot possibly ignore, the economic repercussions of severing ties with China are simply not worth it.
I don't think UML is dead, I think they're just doing it wrong! Trying to generate code from UML diagrams is pretty useless. As pointed out by other posts, UML is pointless to try and use for systems of any real size, but is great for illustrating simple concepts (like the GOF use it for). I find that UML's real strength is when initially designing something - it's easy to get your ideas across about how the system should work in general.