People see education as a guarantee. That is why you can't get rid of them through bankruptcy. A college education is NOT a guarantee for a job. It is NOT a guarantee to success.
It isn't just about 'the major.' Yes, some majors are more profitable than others. But, that does not mean someone won't get a disability, the certificate/major simple not be applicable anymore, location, family emergencies, economic crises...yada yada.
Truth is, education is like any other investment. Students take a risk of spending four-six years of their lives toiling at mostly pointless crap, to get a piece of paper that might be or might not be a return on investment. Many times people find jobs completely unrelated to the field they are employed in. A person who can market themselves may do really well with a Philosophy major, and then become successful. A person who is extremely disorganized may have a degree in engineering but never land a job. There is risk with every major.
People accept that businessmen invest and it has risk. When a businessman declares bankruptcy, people don't go around blaming their decisions, marketing a product that is doomed to fail, or working in a niche market.
People argue that the degree is a lifetime thing, and say that "you get that piece of paper and they can't take it away." While a businessman can liquidate, but they still have *experience.* They still can put specific skill sets on their resume. What if they managed 1,000 people before they went under? Banks have never been able to take experience away. A degree is no different.
On a side note...I personally work in Social Work. Which requires lots of qualifications (License, Master's Degree, Insurance, some require car) but pay is low (I was offered as low as 32,000 in an expensive metropolitan area, that required use of my own car. They required me to pay the costs of business car insurance, gas out of pocket, and other general expenses. Health insurance wasn't great, and the job probably took closer to 60 hours a week...no overtime. This is not to far outside the norm). An MSW is a 60 credit hour program with the going rate at 600-800 an HOUR. Looking at 36,000 - 48,000 give or take. Add in an undergraduate degree...and the loans really hurt. (Yes, I am under the new IBC rules).
Just because one pathetic excuse doesn't work, try another to do an unlawful seizure. Its like saying "I *think* you might possibly have stolen goods in your house, so I'm going to take couch to make sure it isn't stolen." yeah, that doesn't go over well.
At my university- basically Linux was whitelisted, and had very little problems. Also, some computers in the lab were set to boot from CD first, and DSL worked just fine.
As for using windows, I tried to make a work-around, but it didn't really work. I was *extremely* annoyed to also HAVE to have Norton. I *think* this could have been fixed by a couple phone calls, but I didn't want to go through the hassle. Though, running a VM or another partition sounds like a great workaround I didn't try.
If there was an switch over to Ethanol would the oil used in distributing and producing ethanol decease? Or is the oil being used in places where it cannot be changed over? This is something I've been very curious about.
The real question is: why is it in there?
Micrograms isn't significant by any means, but- why? It would be easier to avoid it all together. Is there some other compound in RB that is comes up as cocaine, or is similar? Is something coming from a place that is processing both a red bull ingredient and cocaine? Is it on purpose? Can trace amounts when added with other stimulants cause an addiction?
With all the testing and quality control, this is either a weird accident, or a very purposeful move.
I don't know whats in it- but most likely I'd refer to another (outside alleged offenders power circle) person/ region to host.
Though, wikileaks does not sound bad at all.
Getting on "the people in charge" bad side, when they already have been doing wrong is like a neon sign for trouble. If they've done real bad shit- they are willing to do it to you too or far worse, and justify it with a signature, paperwork and someones pay raise.
Careful what you say- like others have pointed out- posting here isn't necessarily a good option. You were vague- yet sometimes tiny scattered footprints lead to a path.
Also- most importantly, follow your gut. If it seems like something that needs to be done, do it. Just do it safe, do it right and do it the best you can. There is only one chance at this: once it is out it is out.
I think it truly depends on where you live- and the biggest thing is time.
Currently I'm jobless in Chicago- train and busses really do cut gas costs. This city is metered like NUTS and residential zones have resident only parking zones designated by a specific city sticker.
Downtown is more nuts. Two hour Parking is 3.00- all day can run between 7-20 depending on the place. So- working in downtown, it would save TONS of money.
When I lived in LA - I litterally paid $600 for 8 months of parking. It averages to about 9 dollars a day. Even if you were a patient in the hospital, if you had a car there- it was 9 dollars a day. Ouch. Public transit was the way to go.
But- when I lived in Baton Rouge Louisiana the public transportation was nil. It took hours to get anywhere, and it didn't necessarily travel through the whole city. So- you really HAD to have a car... public transportation was very inconsistent, and it took forever. Just time lost I think makes up for the expenses of a car. Parking was basically free everywhere except a few places. But, there was always some backlot to park in. A 20 minute car ride turning into a 2 hour bus trip that may or may not be on time... its risky at best.
Overall, its really the location. Big metro areas with well established transportation, it can be a wonderful thing. It does save money. But other places, it ends up being way much of a hassle, and time consuming and may not go to the locations that someone needs.
I look at this, and I see that this study might not be as flawed as it is stated to be. Like- it isn't like the only question asked was "do you lie to your mom about your homework to play video games"
It measured a whole bunch of factors- and most likely, there are those who have skipped school, bring their DS / gameboy / tomogatchi / PSP to class... have gotten suspended for repetitive electronics violations yada yada.
As most people can figure out- the more someone does xyz instead of school, the lower school grades are going to be for most individuals.
91 % of children play games and are perfectly fine. But, there is that 1/12 kiddo that is seariously suffering because they can't / won't put the game down. Yeah, I've known kids to miss meals because of games... I've known college kids to flunk out.
There are all kinds of addictions in the world. From drugs, caffeine, cigarettes, gambling to oh things like anorexia, bulimia, cutting, speeding...
Video games probably fall in there somewhere. The question really is how many? And, is there a way to reduce addictive behaviour in children? But- there are simply people out there who get addicted to things. Some manage just fine in the world, 'functional addicts' and some end up on crack on the street corner talking about bugs. It just depends.
Overall though, on the scale of addiction harmfulness, video games probably isn't that high on the list on the road to self destruction.
Frustratingly, I still do not understand clean coal. To me, its like a clean bomb, vs. a dirty bomb. Its still does damage, maybe not as much, but it is still harmful.
I think right now, it is going to be frustratingly hard to get people to fund in more innovative risky product development. vs trying to improve on existing infrastructures. Saying you'll make a product better is much more likely to be funded than trying to create a completely new product. The risk is less associated with improvement is less, and the probability for getting ROI is higher.
IMNAL- But, I was looking and frightened by this. Due to imlications for future trials, like in a rape case. I can easily seeing this being used as proof to validate the facebook profile being used against the victim. Look- she said she was feeling sexy and horny- *that* made it consensual. And on her myspace page she talks about promiscuity.
Dangerous, Dangerous territory.
Does the facebook profile point out behaviors people don't want to see in cops- YES. Does it point out that the defendant didn't have a weapon? Absolutely not. They are different events at different times.
In Southern United States- everyone who deserves respect is Sir, period. It starts when your tiny- everyone who is an adult is yes sir, no sir. It carries on throughout life. It actually proclaims a position LOWER for the person who is saying sir, and puts the other person in a place of authority.
I *still* out of habit say yes mam , no mam to people especially if they are giving me a command and/or I am in some sort of trouble, even though I'm an adult and do not live in the southern US anymore.
Though, I have to say once I moved out of the south I've gotten weird looks for it.
Sounds like it- cold air seems to be a common irritant. Webmd has a decent article on it. *shrugs*
I was pretty much born with it (it goes back at least 3 generations and I was dx'ed at 2) so I never got the chance to exercise without it. I have pretty bad asthma too- I was on constant medication for years, and it ended up causing alot of problems due to immunosuppression as a side effect of specific steroids, which at the time was the best was to deal with it.
Exercise and lung capacity was a proverbial nightmare for me- I couldn't run around a t-ball field without using a nebuluizer (the machines which produce a fine medicated myst sort of like a humidifier)- forget the inhalers, they were not strong enough. Hense, I am on slashdot as an adult, and not a gymrat.
My inactivity has also made my occurrence of asthma attacks go down, as I am not stressing my lungs out like I did when I was a kid. Resting has produced many benefits- but at the same time, it produces many fallbacks- my air capacity is smaller (so, when I am having trouble breathing, each breath has less air than if I did exercise every day), and the general exhaustion out of shapeness that comes with being a lazy bum.
I don't think this is necessarily completely true.
I have exercise induced asthma, which, means basically the harder I breathe the more constricted my airways become.
>.>
But- I was encouraged to do specific breathing exercises (especially as a child), and I did do sports with an excessive amount of medication.
I think this might be true for some...but I don't know of any particular studies.
I have a terrible time trying to wink -- its going to be impossible for me to go back to the last song.
I think with facial gestures, while cool- there are so many unconscious movements people make in a day or time... you'd constantly be looking for the manual hold button.
A scenario: Say I'm listening to music and jogging down the street. A 3 year old comes up, and isn't a brat, and I smile.
Crap, song repeat.
So I wink, and well because I am an awful winker, I'd make all kinds of scary facial gestures that would scare any good three year old.
So said three year old gets incredibly terrified, and starts screaming with this high pitch - mommy thats a child molester scream-
I wince.
God knows what that would do to my ipod.
So, I'll stick with my buttons for now.
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Please, do not give facebook that much credit.
Facebook simply targeted the first real 'child' generation of computer users in their late teens early 20's with an social network medium to keep track of all their friends once they left high school and entered college. There is a reason it started out with college only students- they are the ones that had computer's as children, the money to already have been exposed and a desire to keep track of their friends once they moved away.
Absolute genius, and a little bit of luck, yes. But, the downfall of television, absolutely not.
Now, we haven't made computer's our TV's. WebTV failed- and I think one of the biggest reasons (aside from massive compatiblity issues with the web) is that our computer's are personal. We look at our e-mail, we write in journals, do work stuff, watch porn, etc. Its not nessisarily the stuff we want everyone to see.
Families don't get together to watch dad check his e-mail, but they do get together to watch a movie. TV has been less and less useful, with the internet able to provide video's, and removal of ads.
However, TV is still alive and kicking. The whole distribution system- ad driven phenomena has just moved over in different ways. Internet adds are prevalent in the same way TV adds are. But add blocker, firefox and general ignoring has made it a mindless sort of 'avoid the add' task. I use to do things during commercial breaks, but now I find myself trying to click away advertisements. Also, TV companies are catching on to the internet thing- they are offering shows online for free or subscription, and have their own ways to advertise. CNN does the stupid ad before the clip shows, and there are others out there to.
The TV industry hasn't figured out exactly how to move arched serial television to mesh and co-exist with computers successfully and profitably. But, they will find a way. I hardly think that the 30 minute reoccurring motion picture
is going to die any time soon.
Even if I don't own a tv.
What, is a blur like a magical force field? Sheesh, any *good* terrorist would do it the old fashion way anyway - go to the address and take a picture. There are so many factors to a terrorist attack, how you enter, (if) you want to be alive after- how to exit...
blurs do nothing but...make the building blurry.
OK- but how does finding a phone on someone's body prove that she was texting in class? I know its pretty easy to check to see if she was, however at the time they probobly couldn't even prove it! Besides, texting might be rude, but disorderly? Pressing buttons quietly at a desk isn't exactly disorderly. Breaking a school rule- yes, But this is way to far. I mean, is sneezing to loud now disorderly? Or running to the bathroom when you really have to go?
Make-up with glitter in it was classified as a "distraction in the classroom" at my middle school, and people would get detention if they wore it . However, detention is a far cry from a disorderly charge.
I'm so glad I'm grown now. Schools are becoming more like tyrant camps than an actual learning environment.
People should have the right to play whatever game they want.
The whole 'if we don't define it it is illegal' is the same as like, I've got categories of books, and if I don't define it, its illegal. Its a book. It is expression. No, this isn't the US. But, Australia is supposedly a 'free' country.
Rating systems are dangerous. We end up with things like pointed out above, boobs illegal, flamethrowers aren't? Why? Because somebody with "moral standards" stood up to "protect."
Rating is basically just a glorified morality judgment. It isn't about development level, its not about what children can understand or not, or the effects of specific introductions of concepts or play types on the brain. Its simply about what "Mr. God-wants-the-children-pure" thinks should be whatever rating.
I'm currently getting My Master's in Social Work...
According to the DSM-IV PTSD isn't even diagnosable for 3 MONTHS after the event. Obviously, asking people after a week how many times they remembered a movie isn't really related to PTSD. Traumatic Memories are laid down differently, more sensory in nature- than a mere 'thought'. (No source on that, sorry. There are debates about changes in brain structure and things with PTSD) They loosely define flashbacks. In PTSD, flashbacks can include feeling injuries, getting lost in the traumatic event, not being able to distinguish them from the present. And simply, I bet that the people who remembered less or more didn't feel like they were still in that room being subjected to awful images, as much as thoughts of those images like 'eww, that was gross' or 'those poor people'.
So, distracting yourself right after taking in information makes things harder to remember. But, making the correlation straight to PTSD, is off base.
The overwhelming possibilities of this are fantastic, if the technology to understand the brains electronic signals can be refined in such a way that the image can be made 1) larger 2) colored 3) finer details. Its like, the beginnings of a flip book- and the possibility of being able to move forward into something like we have today with movies.
I know these aren't made to make animations, but the point is that the power welded by people who can refine this into a viable technology would be pretty phenomenal, and life changing.
I'm unsure- I think kiosks offering music, in which it prints a chosen label onto a CD, a customer chooses what songs she/he wants on it and it burns it there for a cost would be a good strategy that was never implemented.
I wouldn't mind walking into the mall and spending $15 on a CD where I chose the songs, and it was guaranteed high quality files.
I also think that the CD business model could have had a mix and max approach- more theming of artists singles, instead of selling just the one or two songs- doing more of the "top ten" or "Classic Rock hits of 1972".
Also, there was rarely an option of buying mp3 music in the store on a USB disk, or whatever, which could have been a way to get more revenue.
I-tunes has survived thus far- and it cannot all just be because of the popularity of apple. I think that people are willing to buy- when quality is guaranteed.
I'd personally much rather spend money, picking songs from a list and have it burned to CD for me or put on USB instead of trying to get 8 good high quality songs from BiTorrent. There are so many mislabled, misnamed, and navigating the porn can be a huge task.
I also think creating "kid-safe" kiosks, could be useful- where only specific rated music is available, so parents can let their kids choose without worring about what XYZ song has on it.
Off the whole kiosk idea, there is the wonder of why music seems to have failed at the specialty items. I think they kind of took the cafe press approach, instead of actually*thinking* of what people want to buy with an artists name/album on it.
A cool designed t-shirt, is a cool designed t-shirt, made by the music industry or not. And, why are these items only marketed in booths and CD specialty stores- except for Disney stars like the dreaded Hannah Montana ?
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People see education as a guarantee. That is why you can't get rid of them through bankruptcy. A college education is NOT a guarantee for a job. It is NOT a guarantee to success.
It isn't just about 'the major.' Yes, some majors are more profitable than others. But, that does not mean someone won't get a disability, the certificate/major simple not be applicable anymore, location, family emergencies, economic crises...yada yada.
Truth is, education is like any other investment. Students take a risk of spending four-six years of their lives toiling at mostly pointless crap, to get a piece of paper that might be or might not be a return on investment. Many times people find jobs completely unrelated to the field they are employed in. A person who can market themselves may do really well with a Philosophy major, and then become successful. A person who is extremely disorganized may have a degree in engineering but never land a job. There is risk with every major.
People accept that businessmen invest and it has risk. When a businessman declares bankruptcy, people don't go around blaming their decisions, marketing a product that is doomed to fail, or working in a niche market.
People argue that the degree is a lifetime thing, and say that "you get that piece of paper and they can't take it away." While a businessman can liquidate, but they still have *experience.* They still can put specific skill sets on their resume. What if they managed 1,000 people before they went under? Banks have never been able to take experience away. A degree is no different.
On a side note...I personally work in Social Work. Which requires lots of qualifications (License, Master's Degree, Insurance, some require car) but pay is low (I was offered as low as 32,000 in an expensive metropolitan area, that required use of my own car. They required me to pay the costs of business car insurance, gas out of pocket, and other general expenses. Health insurance wasn't great, and the job probably took closer to 60 hours a week...no overtime. This is not to far outside the norm). An MSW is a 60 credit hour program with the going rate at 600-800 an HOUR. Looking at 36,000 - 48,000 give or take. Add in an undergraduate degree...and the loans really hurt. (Yes, I am under the new IBC rules).
I wonder if hacking laws would fall under it also.
Just because one pathetic excuse doesn't work, try another to do an unlawful seizure. Its like saying "I *think* you might possibly have stolen goods in your house, so I'm going to take couch to make sure it isn't stolen." yeah, that doesn't go over well.
At my university- basically Linux was whitelisted, and had very little problems. Also, some computers in the lab were set to boot from CD first, and DSL worked just fine.
As for using windows, I tried to make a work-around, but it didn't really work. I was *extremely* annoyed to also HAVE to have Norton. I *think* this could have been fixed by a couple phone calls, but I didn't want to go through the hassle. Though, running a VM or another partition sounds like a great workaround I didn't try.
If there was an switch over to Ethanol would the oil used in distributing and producing ethanol decease? Or is the oil being used in places where it cannot be changed over? This is something I've been very curious about.
The real question is: why is it in there? Micrograms isn't significant by any means, but- why? It would be easier to avoid it all together. Is there some other compound in RB that is comes up as cocaine, or is similar? Is something coming from a place that is processing both a red bull ingredient and cocaine? Is it on purpose? Can trace amounts when added with other stimulants cause an addiction?
With all the testing and quality control, this is either a weird accident, or a very purposeful move.
I don't know whats in it- but most likely I'd refer to another (outside alleged offenders power circle) person/ region to host. Though, wikileaks does not sound bad at all. Getting on "the people in charge" bad side, when they already have been doing wrong is like a neon sign for trouble. If they've done real bad shit- they are willing to do it to you too or far worse, and justify it with a signature, paperwork and someones pay raise. Careful what you say- like others have pointed out- posting here isn't necessarily a good option. You were vague- yet sometimes tiny scattered footprints lead to a path. Also- most importantly, follow your gut. If it seems like something that needs to be done, do it. Just do it safe, do it right and do it the best you can. There is only one chance at this: once it is out it is out.
I think it truly depends on where you live- and the biggest thing is time. Currently I'm jobless in Chicago- train and busses really do cut gas costs. This city is metered like NUTS and residential zones have resident only parking zones designated by a specific city sticker.
Downtown is more nuts. Two hour Parking is 3.00- all day can run between 7-20 depending on the place. So- working in downtown, it would save TONS of money.
When I lived in LA - I litterally paid $600 for 8 months of parking. It averages to about 9 dollars a day. Even if you were a patient in the hospital, if you had a car there- it was 9 dollars a day. Ouch. Public transit was the way to go.
But- when I lived in Baton Rouge Louisiana the public transportation was nil. It took hours to get anywhere, and it didn't necessarily travel through the whole city. So- you really HAD to have a car... public transportation was very inconsistent, and it took forever. Just time lost I think makes up for the expenses of a car. Parking was basically free everywhere except a few places. But, there was always some backlot to park in. A 20 minute car ride turning into a 2 hour bus trip that may or may not be on time... its risky at best.
Overall, its really the location. Big metro areas with well established transportation, it can be a wonderful thing. It does save money. But other places, it ends up being way much of a hassle, and time consuming and may not go to the locations that someone needs.
I look at this, and I see that this study might not be as flawed as it is stated to be. Like- it isn't like the only question asked was "do you lie to your mom about your homework to play video games"
It measured a whole bunch of factors- and most likely, there are those who have skipped school, bring their DS / gameboy / tomogatchi / PSP to class... have gotten suspended for repetitive electronics violations yada yada.
As most people can figure out- the more someone does xyz instead of school, the lower school grades are going to be for most individuals.
91 % of children play games and are perfectly fine. But, there is that 1/12 kiddo that is seariously suffering because they can't / won't put the game down. Yeah, I've known kids to miss meals because of games... I've known college kids to flunk out.
There are all kinds of addictions in the world. From drugs, caffeine, cigarettes, gambling to oh things like anorexia, bulimia, cutting, speeding...
Video games probably fall in there somewhere. The question really is how many? And, is there a way to reduce addictive behaviour in children? But- there are simply people out there who get addicted to things. Some manage just fine in the world, 'functional addicts' and some end up on crack on the street corner talking about bugs. It just depends. Overall though, on the scale of addiction harmfulness, video games probably isn't that high on the list on the road to self destruction.
Frustratingly, I still do not understand clean coal. To me, its like a clean bomb, vs. a dirty bomb. Its still does damage, maybe not as much, but it is still harmful.
I think right now, it is going to be frustratingly hard to get people to fund in more innovative risky product development. vs trying to improve on existing infrastructures. Saying you'll make a product better is much more likely to be funded than trying to create a completely new product. The risk is less associated with improvement is less, and the probability for getting ROI is higher.
IMNAL- But, I was looking and frightened by this. Due to imlications for future trials, like in a rape case. I can easily seeing this being used as proof to validate the facebook profile being used against the victim. Look- she said she was feeling sexy and horny- *that* made it consensual. And on her myspace page she talks about promiscuity.
Dangerous, Dangerous territory.
Does the facebook profile point out behaviors people don't want to see in cops- YES. Does it point out that the defendant didn't have a weapon? Absolutely not. They are different events at different times.
In Southern United States- everyone who deserves respect is Sir, period. It starts when your tiny- everyone who is an adult is yes sir, no sir. It carries on throughout life. It actually proclaims a position LOWER for the person who is saying sir, and puts the other person in a place of authority. I *still* out of habit say yes mam , no mam to people especially if they are giving me a command and/or I am in some sort of trouble, even though I'm an adult and do not live in the southern US anymore. Though, I have to say once I moved out of the south I've gotten weird looks for it.
Sounds like it- cold air seems to be a common irritant. Webmd has a decent article on it. *shrugs*
I was pretty much born with it (it goes back at least 3 generations and I was dx'ed at 2) so I never got the chance to exercise without it. I have pretty bad asthma too- I was on constant medication for years, and it ended up causing alot of problems due to immunosuppression as a side effect of specific steroids, which at the time was the best was to deal with it.
Exercise and lung capacity was a proverbial nightmare for me- I couldn't run around a t-ball field without using a nebuluizer (the machines which produce a fine medicated myst sort of like a humidifier)- forget the inhalers, they were not strong enough. Hense, I am on slashdot as an adult, and not a gymrat. My inactivity has also made my occurrence of asthma attacks go down, as I am not stressing my lungs out like I did when I was a kid. Resting has produced many benefits- but at the same time, it produces many fallbacks- my air capacity is smaller (so, when I am having trouble breathing, each breath has less air than if I did exercise every day), and the general exhaustion out of shapeness that comes with being a lazy bum.
I don't think this is necessarily completely true. I have exercise induced asthma, which, means basically the harder I breathe the more constricted my airways become. >.> But- I was encouraged to do specific breathing exercises (especially as a child), and I did do sports with an excessive amount of medication. I think this might be true for some...but I don't know of any particular studies.
Correlation does NOT equal causation.
I have a terrible time trying to wink -- its going to be impossible for me to go back to the last song.
I think with facial gestures, while cool- there are so many unconscious movements people make in a day or time... you'd constantly be looking for the manual hold button.
A scenario: Say I'm listening to music and jogging down the street. A 3 year old comes up, and isn't a brat, and I smile.
Crap, song repeat.
So I wink, and well because I am an awful winker, I'd make all kinds of scary facial gestures that would scare any good three year old.
So said three year old gets incredibly terrified, and starts screaming with this high pitch - mommy thats a child molester scream- I wince.
God knows what that would do to my ipod.
So, I'll stick with my buttons for now.
I hate spelling. Just so everyone knows. My spelingz r stupd. kk?
I apologize.
Please, do not give facebook that much credit.
Facebook simply targeted the first real 'child' generation of computer users in their late teens early 20's with an social network medium to keep track of all their friends once they left high school and entered college. There is a reason it started out with college only students- they are the ones that had computer's as children, the money to already have been exposed and a desire to keep track of their friends once they moved away.
Absolute genius, and a little bit of luck, yes. But, the downfall of television, absolutely not.
Now, we haven't made computer's our TV's. WebTV failed- and I think one of the biggest reasons (aside from massive compatiblity issues with the web) is that our computer's are personal. We look at our e-mail, we write in journals, do work stuff, watch porn, etc. Its not nessisarily the stuff we want everyone to see.
Families don't get together to watch dad check his e-mail, but they do get together to watch a movie. TV has been less and less useful, with the internet able to provide video's, and removal of ads.
However, TV is still alive and kicking. The whole distribution system- ad driven phenomena has just moved over in different ways. Internet adds are prevalent in the same way TV adds are. But add blocker, firefox and general ignoring has made it a mindless sort of 'avoid the add' task. I use to do things during commercial breaks, but now I find myself trying to click away advertisements. Also, TV companies are catching on to the internet thing- they are offering shows online for free or subscription, and have their own ways to advertise. CNN does the stupid ad before the clip shows, and there are others out there to.
The TV industry hasn't figured out exactly how to move arched serial television to mesh and co-exist with computers successfully and profitably. But, they will find a way. I hardly think that the 30 minute reoccurring motion picture is going to die any time soon. Even if I don't own a tv.
What, is a blur like a magical force field? Sheesh, any *good* terrorist would do it the old fashion way anyway - go to the address and take a picture. There are so many factors to a terrorist attack, how you enter, (if) you want to be alive after- how to exit... blurs do nothing but...make the building blurry.
OK- but how does finding a phone on someone's body prove that she was texting in class? I know its pretty easy to check to see if she was, however at the time they probobly couldn't even prove it! Besides, texting might be rude, but disorderly? Pressing buttons quietly at a desk isn't exactly disorderly. Breaking a school rule- yes, But this is way to far. I mean, is sneezing to loud now disorderly? Or running to the bathroom when you really have to go?
Make-up with glitter in it was classified as a "distraction in the classroom" at my middle school, and people would get detention if they wore it . However, detention is a far cry from a disorderly charge.
I'm so glad I'm grown now. Schools are becoming more like tyrant camps than an actual learning environment.
This is outrageous.
People should have the right to play whatever game they want.
The whole 'if we don't define it it is illegal' is the same as like, I've got categories of books, and if I don't define it, its illegal. Its a book. It is expression. No, this isn't the US. But, Australia is supposedly a 'free' country.
Rating systems are dangerous. We end up with things like pointed out above, boobs illegal, flamethrowers aren't? Why? Because somebody with "moral standards" stood up to "protect."
Rating is basically just a glorified morality judgment. It isn't about development level, its not about what children can understand or not, or the effects of specific introductions of concepts or play types on the brain. Its simply about what "Mr. God-wants-the-children-pure" thinks should be whatever rating.
But, making the correlation straight to PTSD, is off base.
OMG, I apologize for the myriad of commas in that sentence.
I'm currently getting My Master's in Social Work...
According to the DSM-IV PTSD isn't even diagnosable for 3 MONTHS after the event. Obviously, asking people after a week how many times they remembered a movie isn't really related to PTSD. Traumatic Memories are laid down differently, more sensory in nature- than a mere 'thought'. (No source on that, sorry. There are debates about changes in brain structure and things with PTSD)
They loosely define flashbacks. In PTSD, flashbacks can include feeling injuries, getting lost in the traumatic event, not being able to distinguish them from the present. And simply, I bet that the people who remembered less or more didn't feel like they were still in that room being subjected to awful images, as much as thoughts of those images like 'eww, that was gross' or 'those poor people'.
So, distracting yourself right after taking in information makes things harder to remember. But, making the correlation straight to PTSD, is off base.
The overwhelming possibilities of this are fantastic, if the technology to understand the brains electronic signals can be refined in such a way that the image can be made
1) larger
2) colored
3) finer details.
Its like, the beginnings of a flip book- and the possibility of being able to move forward into something like we have today with movies. I know these aren't made to make animations, but the point is that the power welded by people who can refine this into a viable technology would be pretty phenomenal, and life changing.
I'm unsure- I think kiosks offering music, in which it prints a chosen label onto a CD, a customer chooses what songs she/he wants on it and it burns it there for a cost would be a good strategy that was never implemented. I wouldn't mind walking into the mall and spending $15 on a CD where I chose the songs, and it was guaranteed high quality files. I also think that the CD business model could have had a mix and max approach- more theming of artists singles, instead of selling just the one or two songs- doing more of the "top ten" or "Classic Rock hits of 1972". Also, there was rarely an option of buying mp3 music in the store on a USB disk, or whatever, which could have been a way to get more revenue. I-tunes has survived thus far- and it cannot all just be because of the popularity of apple. I think that people are willing to buy- when quality is guaranteed. I'd personally much rather spend money, picking songs from a list and have it burned to CD for me or put on USB instead of trying to get 8 good high quality songs from BiTorrent. There are so many mislabled, misnamed, and navigating the porn can be a huge task. I also think creating "kid-safe" kiosks, could be useful- where only specific rated music is available, so parents can let their kids choose without worring about what XYZ song has on it. Off the whole kiosk idea, there is the wonder of why music seems to have failed at the specialty items. I think they kind of took the cafe press approach, instead of actually*thinking* of what people want to buy with an artists name/album on it. A cool designed t-shirt, is a cool designed t-shirt, made by the music industry or not. And, why are these items only marketed in booths and CD specialty stores- except for Disney stars like the dreaded Hannah Montana ?