if you dont like it here please leave. if you do stay around, it would be great if you posted comments that actually contribute to the discussion instead being the very entity that purportedly sickens you. in the words of Ghandi - be the change you want to see in the world.
but to fix the problem we need an entire society that doesnt give a shit. the dilemma is that this society still has to give a shit about laws and also create them based on peoples' behavior. it is a bit of a paradox
the difference that i see, is that I can take my 1000 page paperback and throw it as hard as i could and it would hardly even hurt you. the hardback of the same book will likely hurt, but the e-reader with its strong construction that is made to not give is most likely going to cause the most amount of damage. and if it hits something and comes apart it there could be flying glass all over the place.
my understanding of why the items need to be put away was that it is the same reasoning as to why you need to wear the seatbelt. its not to keep you safe in your seat, its more to keep you from becoming a projectile weapon.
yup, it seems that people do have a phobia of math. but i got my plan ($50 unlimited everything 4g capped at 100meg) from the store - i do not think they advertise them though. i did also pay 500-600 for my phone, and then payed an extra $20 a month until i got sick of that and just paid it off. T-mobile financed for free just as you said. most people i know pay more than double what i pay, and i would be very very very surprised if these people used the service as much as i do (i regularly hit over 5gig a month).
on thing that i find amusing now, is that regardless of the provider nobody that i know is happy with the service they get. well, im still not all that happy with tmobile's service but at least i get to feel smug about not paying over $100 a month. and i was more unhappy when i was using the 4g all month - the data line would drop constantly. lastly - in my experience: 3g isnt all that much slower when you are loading 100 files that are 10k each but it would be much slower if you were loading 1 file that was 1000k
because you make poor decisions as a consumer. tmobile currently has a monthly plan for $30 that suits your needs - 100 minutes unlimited text and web (4g up to 5gig)
I hit 5gig on tmobile almost every month, without the [free] tethering. if you have feeds on your fav stuff like rss, twit, FB and the like it isnt hard to hit the 5gig
you gave up your unbiased opinion - companies do want to bias your opinion towards them: it is to their great advantage. there is a term 'loss leader' that applies here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader from wikipedia - A loss leader, or simply a leader,[1] is a product sold at a low price, at or below its market cost[2] to stimulate other sales of more profitable goods or services.
you are right, you can get all those thing for free. the problem is that the quality of the product that you are getting is complete and utter crap - network TV is the best example of this, especially when you compare it to BBC.
It is good. It separates the quality of the student from the quality of the instruction / classroom / school. What you are talking about goes towards curriculum management, and should discussed very separately from student performance.
To note: you explored one side of the issue: when the classroom has low standards. what about the other side of the equation when a classroom has high standards and a student that has received A's and B's their whole life gets a C.
Correlating to your 2 points:
a) You are punishing the student for taking a harder class / going to a harder school / learning more
b) a "C student' in one school is actually an A+ student who cant get into college.
No, they should have gone public and then used that capitol to prevent their loss of market share / valuation. That is the point of raising capitol -> to make it make you more money.
So hypothetically, you hire a Lawyer to represent you in court but instead of doing anything to help you out he/she spends all day surfing the net and doing other things that are not valuable. You dont worry about it because you are a billionaire and can afford it - but at the end of the day you still go to jail / are found guilty/ whatever because your lawyer is incompetent. That is what is happening today, and it is we, the people/ citizens of the united states, that are having our personal information 'leaked' time and time again - to our great detriment.
My point is that the OP's point of view that being happiest when the best they can manage is gridlock, is what is wrong with the american public. (no personal offense meant to cayenne8). Personally, I'm happiest when politicians make well thought out decisions that improve our quality of life. Khyber said about the same thing as I, but puts it more bluntly.
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if you dont like it here please leave. if you do stay around, it would be great if you posted comments that actually contribute to the discussion instead being the very entity that purportedly sickens you. in the words of Ghandi - be the change you want to see in the world.
whoosh... he was joking about taking a shit bro / broette
but to fix the problem we need an entire society that doesnt give a shit. the dilemma is that this society still has to give a shit about laws and also create them based on peoples' behavior. it is a bit of a paradox
fyi - it is spelled fubar - fucked up beyond all recognition
+1 the need for a functional society
the difference that i see, is that I can take my 1000 page paperback and throw it as hard as i could and it would hardly even hurt you. the hardback of the same book will likely hurt, but the e-reader with its strong construction that is made to not give is most likely going to cause the most amount of damage. and if it hits something and comes apart it there could be flying glass all over the place.
my understanding of why the items need to be put away was that it is the same reasoning as to why you need to wear the seatbelt. its not to keep you safe in your seat, its more to keep you from becoming a projectile weapon.
'Hey, hey you get back here'
a phone at cruise altitude could light up a thousand towers.
so you are saying that if i leave my phone on, it can screw my devil worshiping service provider? duly noted sir!!
Are you trying to tell me that the level of technical finesse possessed by the average slashdotter is insufficient ...
... ooh, forget it
"A 89 Carolly is already shitty beyond hope, so why bother putting rims on it?"
this is correct, there is no reason to be pedantic
yup, it seems that people do have a phobia of math. but i got my plan ($50 unlimited everything 4g capped at 100meg) from the store - i do not think they advertise them though. i did also pay 500-600 for my phone, and then payed an extra $20 a month until i got sick of that and just paid it off. T-mobile financed for free just as you said. most people i know pay more than double what i pay, and i would be very very very surprised if these people used the service as much as i do (i regularly hit over 5gig a month).
on thing that i find amusing now, is that regardless of the provider nobody that i know is happy with the service they get. well, im still not all that happy with tmobile's service but at least i get to feel smug about not paying over $100 a month. and i was more unhappy when i was using the 4g all month - the data line would drop constantly. lastly - in my experience: 3g isnt all that much slower when you are loading 100 files that are 10k each but it would be much slower if you were loading 1 file that was 1000k
because you make poor decisions as a consumer. tmobile currently has a monthly plan for $30 that suits your needs - 100 minutes unlimited text and web (4g up to 5gig)
I hit 5gig on tmobile almost every month, without the [free] tethering. if you have feeds on your fav stuff like rss, twit, FB and the like it isnt hard to hit the 5gig
please please, i cant take it, you must stop meow!
Step 4 is posting stories about it to Slashdot, leading back your own monetized website where you get Ad revenue. Step 5 certainly follows
you gave up your unbiased opinion - companies do want to bias your opinion towards them: it is to their great advantage. there is a term 'loss leader' that applies here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader from wikipedia - A loss leader, or simply a leader,[1] is a product sold at a low price, at or below its market cost[2] to stimulate other sales of more profitable goods or services.
you are right, you can get all those thing for free. the problem is that the quality of the product that you are getting is complete and utter crap - network TV is the best example of this, especially when you compare it to BBC.
nowadays "free" all too often means you are the product being sold.
You read his comment wrong. GNU said 'Americans who often refer" not "Americans often refer" : two different meanings.
you cant compare the total cost of education for a student to the licensing cost of software.
$5 per kid is seriously expensive. in NY that would cost about $7.5 million in Chicago $2.5 million.
It is good. It separates the quality of the student from the quality of the instruction / classroom / school. What you are talking about goes towards curriculum management, and should discussed very separately from student performance.
To note: you explored one side of the issue: when the classroom has low standards. what about the other side of the equation when a classroom has high standards and a student that has received A's and B's their whole life gets a C.
Correlating to your 2 points: a) You are punishing the student for taking a harder class / going to a harder school / learning more b) a "C student' in one school is actually an A+ student who cant get into college.
No, they should have gone public and then used that capitol to prevent their loss of market share / valuation. That is the point of raising capitol -> to make it make you more money.
I might be wrong about what I understood from Kyhber's post, I cant really tell
So hypothetically, you hire a Lawyer to represent you in court but instead of doing anything to help you out he/she spends all day surfing the net and doing other things that are not valuable. You dont worry about it because you are a billionaire and can afford it - but at the end of the day you still go to jail / are found guilty/ whatever because your lawyer is incompetent. That is what is happening today, and it is we, the people/ citizens of the united states, that are having our personal information 'leaked' time and time again - to our great detriment.
My point is that the OP's point of view that being happiest when the best they can manage is gridlock, is what is wrong with the american public. (no personal offense meant to cayenne8). Personally, I'm happiest when politicians make well thought out decisions that improve our quality of life. Khyber said about the same thing as I, but puts it more bluntly.