And how exactly is education monopolized? You can do public, private or homeschooling, or you can at some point drop out and do it on your own via a GED.
I used to buy computer shopper precisely for the ads. Before the internet became ubiquitous it was pretty much the only way to check out a bunch of retailers at once.
What stupidity. There are a bunch of reasons to criticize her: no judicial experience or constitutional scholarship; hell, she's just a Bush flunky. The fact that she was hired as an advocate for Microsoft isn't one of them. I mean, get some goddamn perspective.
I am a liberal, borderline socialist American who believes in a strong United Nations and disagrees with 95% of the US' actions overseas. But that said I don't see the problem here. The US built it, then allowed other countries to use it, and honestly they should be a little grateful. If I invite you to stay at my house you can't suddenly demand your own room and that I put your name on the deed, you know.
Fetchmail demonstrates ESR's greatest programming talent, which is taking something someone else made and putting his own name on it. I don't think anyone would ever have considered him a serious developer in any meaningful sense of the title, his contributions of actual code are really minor and not particularly well-regarded.
And of course Mitnick waiving his right to a speedy trial and his defense team requesting delays during the trial had NOTHING to do with why it took so long, right?
However, they make up maybe 2% of those involved. The rest are regular people who made bad choices and were not willing to make the relatively minimal effort to get out of poverty.
That's a goddamn lie. Do you have any cite for this "fact" of yours? Any actual support?
It's a no-brainer, because it's what we do as humans. We try to related but we destroy people who are not like us. Look at it as an early form of racism, and it's pretty straight forward. I'm not saying it's good, but at the time, we were equally as primative. We are still as primative, generally.
I've never destroyed anyone who wasn't like me. I don't know anyone who has. Life's a lot better these days, and believe it or not human society has become a lot more tolerant and peaceful overall. I know it's cool to be cynical but honestly I rather like the 21st century.
However there are lots of places with most of the amenities of big cities without the high prices. In Moses Lake, Washington, for instance, you can buy a nice 3br, 2ba ranch house for under $100,000; often lots less. Or a condo on the water with dock for your jet-skiis for $129,000. And about 2.5 hours to Seattle or 1.5 hours to Spokane if you really *must* get to a big city.
Since when is Seattle a big city? And Spokane?! You can't even make an argument for that one...
Plundered Hearts by Infocom predates this with a female hero. It was released in 1987.
Oh such a fun game. I couldn't actually play it like you were supposed to be because I spent all my time trying to either get her naked or seduce the serving wench. Couldn't go all the way on either front, unfortunately. Anyway I probably would have felt squicky if I'd actually gotten to the end of the game and gotten together with the male lead.
Computer gaming seemed like it was going to be relegated to geeks
Then maybe computer games would today be a lot better if it had stayed that way. The REAL "golden age" of gaming was the late 80s/early 90s, before Doom did to gaming what the blockbuster mentality had done to movies previously. Ultima 5, Ultima 6, Wasteland, Pirates, Civilization, Monkey Island, the list goes on.
I had one too, and I will freely admit that it had many flaws, and I actually never played it much. But it was still a very impressive piece of engineering, and it's the only time that a handheld system was at the same level as the current consoles of the day. And the fact that it took 5 years until someone else could come up with a comparable handheld is proof; 5 years in gaming technology is a loooong time.
Just home school. Through this mircale of modern technology, kids can be better taught than through any other method known to man! Not to mention that your child will receive his very own "teacher unit" who just happens to also be related to the child! A Win-Win situation for all!
And that "teacher unit" will in the majority of cases not be competent to teach every subject at the high school level. And in addition to overestimating their own competence, homeschooling parents also have a tendency to overestimate their child's desire to spend time with them. Your kids don't like you that much. Finally, you should at least recognize that a large majority of homeschooling is done for religious reasons. Teaching children creationism over evolution, or that real soon now the end of the world will come, or that the world is 4000 years old, is teaching them lies, and certainly not readying them for the real world.
The results of various studies show that the home schoolers easily outperform their publically educated peers, and that the social aspect isn't as big of an issue as was once feared.
No, the studies may imply that ON AVERAGE home schoolers outperform publicly educated peers, but that's different than the absolute terms you're phrasing it in. And do the studies correct for the fact that homeschooling parents by definition are a) usually above a certain income bracket and b) take more of an interest in their child's education, both of which are indicia of success for traditionally schooled children?
The academic effectiveness of homeschooling is largely a settled issue. Numerous studies have confirmed the academic integrity of home education programs, demonstrating that average homeschoolers outperform their public school peers by 30 to 37 percentile points across all subjects. Moreover, the performance gaps between minorities and gender that plague public schools are virtually non-existent amongst homeschooled students. Source [Home School Legal Defense Association]
Your source is so biased as to completely invalidate any assertion they make.
The researcher found no difference in the self concept of children in the two groups. Stough maintains that 'insofar as self concept is a reflector of socialization, it would appear that few home-schooled children are socially deprived, and that there may be sufficient evidence to indicate that some home-schooled children have a higher self concept than conventionally schooled children.'" Source
This source is definitely better, but still a little suspect, considering education studies as an academic field is notorious for it's shoddy research methodology. Take, for example, the vague term of "self-concept" bandied about in that article. Also note the statement "and many parents are anxious about the physical well being of their children in an increasingly more violent school setting". This is one of the central criticisms levelled at public schools by homeschooling advocates, and it seems to be based on a sort of vague, media-driven conception that isn't necessarily true. Violence rates in school go through cycles, and in the past few years schools have become for the most part safer.
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You're just saying that because you're gay.
And how exactly is education monopolized? You can do public, private or homeschooling, or you can at some point drop out and do it on your own via a GED.
He waived his right to a speedy trial. If he hadn't he would have been tried a lot faster.
I used to buy computer shopper precisely for the ads. Before the internet became ubiquitous it was pretty much the only way to check out a bunch of retailers at once.
It is, Madrid is only 786 miles from London. That's less than the distance between New York and Chicago.
What stupidity. There are a bunch of reasons to criticize her: no judicial experience or constitutional scholarship; hell, she's just a Bush flunky. The fact that she was hired as an advocate for Microsoft isn't one of them. I mean, get some goddamn perspective.
I am a liberal, borderline socialist American who believes in a strong United Nations and disagrees with 95% of the US' actions overseas. But that said I don't see the problem here. The US built it, then allowed other countries to use it, and honestly they should be a little grateful. If I invite you to stay at my house you can't suddenly demand your own room and that I put your name on the deed, you know.
Fetchmail is/was a fairly useful program.
Fetchmail demonstrates ESR's greatest programming talent, which is taking something someone else made and putting his own name on it. I don't think anyone would ever have considered him a serious developer in any meaningful sense of the title, his contributions of actual code are really minor and not particularly well-regarded.
I can hear it now; "See, FF isn't as secure as its supporters claim it is." Whatever.
So you're angry over what people are GOING to say? Why not let them say it before you get mad?
Prior to the trial, I mean, not during.
And of course Mitnick waiving his right to a speedy trial and his defense team requesting delays during the trial had NOTHING to do with why it took so long, right?
Remember to take off your diamond wedding ring when you go to rub your eyes.
And maybe you should carry pepper spray, in case supermodels try to kiss you.
However, they make up maybe 2% of those involved. The rest are regular people who made bad choices and were not willing to make the relatively minimal effort to get out of poverty.
That's a goddamn lie. Do you have any cite for this "fact" of yours? Any actual support?
It's a no-brainer, because it's what we do as humans. We try to related but we destroy people who are not like us. Look at it as an early form of racism, and it's pretty straight forward. I'm not saying it's good, but at the time, we were equally as primative. We are still as primative, generally.
I've never destroyed anyone who wasn't like me. I don't know anyone who has. Life's a lot better these days, and believe it or not human society has become a lot more tolerant and peaceful overall. I know it's cool to be cynical but honestly I rather like the 21st century.
Indibutaly!
Sheeesh, is a little professionality*
The correct term is "professionalityness".
"Rural" doesn't mean "no access to a major metro area. I'm 35 miles (and 35 minutes - there is no traffic) from the Kansas City metro area.
Kansas City isn't a major metro area, though.
However there are lots of places with most of the amenities of big cities without the high prices. In Moses Lake, Washington, for instance, you can buy a nice 3br, 2ba ranch house for under $100,000; often lots less. Or a condo on the water with dock for your jet-skiis for $129,000. And about 2.5 hours to Seattle or 1.5 hours to Spokane if you really *must* get to a big city.
Since when is Seattle a big city? And Spokane?! You can't even make an argument for that one...
Plundered Hearts by Infocom predates this with a female hero. It was released in 1987.
Oh such a fun game. I couldn't actually play it like you were supposed to be because I spent all my time trying to either get her naked or seduce the serving wench. Couldn't go all the way on either front, unfortunately. Anyway I probably would have felt squicky if I'd actually gotten to the end of the game and gotten together with the male lead.
Computer gaming seemed like it was going to be relegated to geeks
Then maybe computer games would today be a lot better if it had stayed that way. The REAL "golden age" of gaming was the late 80s/early 90s, before Doom did to gaming what the blockbuster mentality had done to movies previously. Ultima 5, Ultima 6, Wasteland, Pirates, Civilization, Monkey Island, the list goes on.
I had one too, and I will freely admit that it had many flaws, and I actually never played it much. But it was still a very impressive piece of engineering, and it's the only time that a handheld system was at the same level as the current consoles of the day. And the fact that it took 5 years until someone else could come up with a comparable handheld is proof; 5 years in gaming technology is a loooong time.
Hmm, you're right, forgot about that. Ok, so 5 years.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Nintendo the PIONEER of the handheld market?
NEC was. It took the rest of the industry 10 years to catch up to the turbografx handheld.
When I got out into the real world, I had no idea how to interact as an equal with people who were 20 years my senior.
Maybe you should have at least tried to talk to the teachers at your school?
Just home school. Through this mircale of modern technology, kids can be better taught than through any other method known to man! Not to mention that your child will receive his very own "teacher unit" who just happens to also be related to the child! A Win-Win situation for all!
And that "teacher unit" will in the majority of cases not be competent to teach every subject at the high school level. And in addition to overestimating their own competence, homeschooling parents also have a tendency to overestimate their child's desire to spend time with them. Your kids don't like you that much. Finally, you should at least recognize that a large majority of homeschooling is done for religious reasons. Teaching children creationism over evolution, or that real soon now the end of the world will come, or that the world is 4000 years old, is teaching them lies, and certainly not readying them for the real world.
The results of various studies show that the home schoolers easily outperform their publically educated peers, and that the social aspect isn't as big of an issue as was once feared.
No, the studies may imply that ON AVERAGE home schoolers outperform publicly educated peers, but that's different than the absolute terms you're phrasing it in. And do the studies correct for the fact that homeschooling parents by definition are a) usually above a certain income bracket and b) take more of an interest in their child's education, both of which are indicia of success for traditionally schooled children?
The academic effectiveness of homeschooling is largely a settled issue. Numerous studies have confirmed the academic integrity of home education programs, demonstrating that average homeschoolers outperform their public school peers by 30 to 37 percentile points across all subjects. Moreover, the performance gaps between minorities and gender that plague public schools are virtually non-existent amongst homeschooled students. Source [Home School Legal Defense Association]
Your source is so biased as to completely invalidate any assertion they make.
The researcher found no difference in the self concept of children in the two groups. Stough maintains that 'insofar as self concept is a reflector of socialization, it would appear that few home-schooled children are socially deprived, and that there may be sufficient evidence to indicate that some home-schooled children have a higher self concept than conventionally schooled children.'" Source
This source is definitely better, but still a little suspect, considering education studies as an academic field is notorious for it's shoddy research methodology. Take, for example, the vague term of "self-concept" bandied about in that article. Also note the statement "and many parents are anxious about the physical well being of their children in an increasingly more violent school setting". This is one of the central criticisms levelled at public schools by homeschooling advocates, and it seems to be based on a sort of vague, media-driven conception that isn't necessarily true. Violence rates in school go through cycles, and in the past few years schools have become for the most part safer.