I maintain a Verizon landline with Caller ID at my house. We pay $430 a year. I keep it because we have poor cell reception indoors, and are susceptible to power outages (Can't rely on VoIP).
Clearly what is needed are more Martian satellites -- some for imaging and mapping, and a constellation for GPS -- so we can get some real roadtrips going.
Interesting. I was thinking it reminded me of the Peter Principle, which states that an organization's staff will continue to be promoted until they exceed their level of competence. But the Dead Sea Principle is more apt to this case. If stated in a parallel way, it might be rendered: staff will migrate between organizations until their coworkers exceed their level of competence. The slashdot article to which you refer actually links to this article by Bruce F. Webster, where he briefly compares the two principles.
We have a 10Gbps fiber uplink to the internet and were going to offer wireless internet to all of the student households in our area as we serve a poor neighborhood. We had most of the infrastructure in place and suddenly the FCC revoked the permit without explanation. I suspect they got a call from AT&T, our uplink provider, and "recommended" that our project be killed because it was "anti-competitive" but, we can't prove it.
Was this ever an issue when universities routinely provided dial-up access to members of the academic community? This was before my time, so I don't know, but I see a parallel.
> That's a terrible idea, and frankly I'm a little surprised someone with a 4-digit UID would say this.
I simply bothered to read the details of the use case.
Including the part where the submitter wants to "upload all files as you go"? Really? How does your solution deal with loss, damage, or theft, which are a greater risk when traveling?
I like how that is an anagram of PITA. I wonder if that was brought about by some dissenting member of the original Texan committee that came up with the TPIA.
Exactly my thoughts. Most teachers come to the profession with a desire to change the world. Why not try to make Principal as soon as possible?
Of course, she'll probably want to move to a different school – with a less-insuffrable administration – before getting much further. To stay is begging for burnout.
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And neither one was the video I came to see!
I immediately opened the video in YouTube and closed the original tab. That is horrible, what they did to us.
Mod parent to (5, eyes on the prize).
Oh, give him a break. He only fucked it up a tiny bit.
Which is a shame. I was really looking forward to his representation!
Scale is an illusion.
Yes, those particular rules are probably the domain of the airline.
I have often seen airline passengers asked to remove headphones and earbuds prior to takeoff.
I live a hundred miles to the east, you insensitive clod!
I maintain a Verizon landline with Caller ID at my house. We pay $430 a year. I keep it because we have poor cell reception indoors, and are susceptible to power outages (Can't rely on VoIP).
Free advice from lawyers is worthless, but meta-advice is something on which you can bet the farm.
Next time I go to best buy, I'll try flashing a light at the cashier and see if they let me walk out with a TV.
Clearly what is needed are more Martian satellites -- some for imaging and mapping, and a constellation for GPS -- so we can get some real roadtrips going.
Yes, you could do that, but it won't make you happy.
I used to do that, but the administrators got wise. Now, each site has several security questions, and they must have unique answers.
So, where does Diaspora fit in this metaphor? Is that Annapolis? (I have not spent any time in Maryland; this is a stab in the dark.)
Agreed. It is poignant on several levels.
Everyone who's ever attempted to do anything remotely GUI related knows it.
On the other hand, anyone who's attempted to use any GUI, remotely, swears by it.
Interesting. I was thinking it reminded me of the Peter Principle, which states that an organization's staff will continue to be promoted until they exceed their level of competence. But the Dead Sea Principle is more apt to this case. If stated in a parallel way, it might be rendered: staff will migrate between organizations until their coworkers exceed their level of competence. The slashdot article to which you refer actually links to this article by Bruce F. Webster, where he briefly compares the two principles.
Actually, there was an article that slashdotted a page just yesterday; it was the one about Steve Jobs' influence on Google+.
(fastest ever forum I've ever used - why can't phpBB etc. be that fast?).
Indeed. More to the point, why can't slashdot be that fast?
We have a 10Gbps fiber uplink to the internet and were going to offer wireless internet to all of the student households in our area as we serve a poor neighborhood. We had most of the infrastructure in place and suddenly the FCC revoked the permit without explanation. I suspect they got a call from AT&T, our uplink provider, and "recommended" that our project be killed because it was "anti-competitive" but, we can't prove it.
Was this ever an issue when universities routinely provided dial-up access to members of the academic community? This was before my time, so I don't know, but I see a parallel.
> That's a terrible idea, and frankly I'm a little surprised someone with a 4-digit UID would say this.
I simply bothered to read the details of the use case.
Including the part where the submitter wants to "upload all files as you go"? Really? How does your solution deal with loss, damage, or theft, which are a greater risk when traveling?
I like how that is an anagram of PITA. I wonder if that was brought about by some dissenting member of the original Texan committee that came up with the TPIA.
Exactly my thoughts. Most teachers come to the profession with a desire to change the world. Why not try to make Principal as soon as possible?
Of course, she'll probably want to move to a different school – with a less-insuffrable administration – before getting much further. To stay is begging for burnout.