We (i.e. virtually all americans) believe in the right to get health or sickcare. We also believe in the right to choose smoking, drinking, or overeating as a lifestyle. We even believe you have the right to replace your damaged lung, liver, or fatty heart.
What we do NOT believe is that you can force your neighbors to pay the bill. Most Americans consider that theft of another man's labor (he works; you take the product of his work i.e. his money). We are amazed that Europeans do not.
Reading is not your forte', is it? The person above you just said the White House wanted to hod a press conference without FOX being there. It's also worth noting that when Obama did his "tour" of Sunday morning programs he appeared on every network except FOX.
I don't like how they presume everyone had crap TVs or poor Ataris.
Take the Enduro image - it never looked that bad on my real set. The playfields were a solid color (no noise), and the sunset was a rainbow of distinct colors, not a blurry orangish mess. In fact most Atari games look quite crisp, with visible pixels, on my original unit and original CRT.
I find that those old 1970s and 80s games run better on Atari 800, Commodore=64, and Amiga emulators. For one thing these computers have fixed specs, so they are as easy to use as a console (plug and play). No need to mess with annoying DOS, sound, or graphic card settings.
For another the Atari, Commodore and Amiga were typically the best versions of the games with more colors and better sound than the PC DOS versions.
That's because LCDs are lousy for displaying any resolution other than there fixed native resolution. To make a 640x480 game or video look good on an LCD is impossible. Only a CRT can switch back-and-forth to varying resolutions.
>>>As for supply/demand, there is much more demand for teachers and education.
Then how come I know lots of education graduates without jobs? Answer: Because there is no demand for them, and they'd probably be willing to accept any crap salary just to get a teaching job. If the opposite was true and education grads were rare, like engineers, than the teacher's salary would increase.
>>>What we do as a government is an artificially limited employment of teachers
Well you're probably right about halving the class sizes, but I already pay almost $3000 a year in school taxes. This would effectively double my taxes to around $5000 to cover the added expenses of more teachers and more buildings.
My experience is that HR acts like Oligarchs to keep everyone under the corporate thumb. There have been a few exceptions with small companies, but not in the megacorps where policy trumps individual management decisions. Of course I work for defense companies so obviously things are stricter
>>>W counts as an F GPA wise. That's pretty bright.
Nice sarcasm. No you're really dumb because you ASSume that all colleges treat W's the same. Both the colleges I attended (one private and one public) treated the W or WF as non-existent grades. They were reported on your transcript but did not calculate into your GPA.
And if you repeated the class and got an A, the W was erased and replaced with the grade.
He had heart arhythmia. Lots of astronauts have had poor hearts, but still gone into space, and the fact he was able to pass the tests without dying indicates to me the tests were bogus. (Kinda like the requirement you have to carry a 4-year-degree to get hired as a Computer Engineer.) He passed all the other exams with flying colors, and with no need to cheat.
>>>Hence (IMO) it's an anti-science film, since it tries to show the shortcomings of science and the problems of over-reliance on it.
I agree. That doesn't necessarily mean it's anti-science though. Was Einstein anti-science when he said, "Newton got it wrong"? No he was just pointing-out that Newton did not yet comprehend the world in its entirety. Ditto whoever wrote Gattaca.
I think the point is that you can't define a human being's actions *just* by DNA, anymore than you can predict a computer's actions simply be looking at the installed program code. One piece of code might work on your PC, but not my PC. Likewise one human might have great DNA, but he can still fail due to his brain not being motivated (i.e. he's lazy).
They do belong in the Fantasy section (perhaps under the subgenre Futuristic Fantasy). To put The Incredible Shrinking Man and other crap under the label "science fiction" is to dirty the word "science" and insult the entire field of science.
Uh. No need to pretend. Gattaca *does* have real science in it. It's based-upon using DNA to match men-women as partners, and also to fertilize many eggs and pick "the best" genetically-speaking. That's real science. I challenge you to explain how that is not real.
Now if you were discussing Star Trek or Stargate, then I agree that's scifi. In fact I'd go further and call if Futuristic Fantasy.
The States in a Constitutional Convention (federal level), or the People's representatives (state level). They write the Supreme Laws/Constitutions that govern society and keep the government in chains.
>>>it might force you to upgrade to becoming someone who actively seeks out information rather than someone who waits to be told what to enjoy, what to dislike, and what to feel.
STRAWMAN ARGUMENT. I don't know who you're debating but it sure as hell isn't me. I spend all day looking-up stuff on the internet, but still like to have free tv available for entertainment (Heroes, Smallville, et cetera), rather than feed the Comcast Monopoly to get those shows.
Anyway stop beating-up strawmen and try debating ME instead. Thanks.
>>>You don't know what this has to do with UN policy, it could be a cautious guard that doesn't want anyone rocking the boat during the group. Seems decently reasonable.
Like the U.S. guard who arrested Professor Gates *in his own home* and without a valid search warrant. He too was "being cautious". IMHO when guards make illegal actions they should spend a few days in jail as a lesson.
After trying to give away nice older machines that I'd get given to me on jobs with Linux installed by me I quickly learned that old saying was true "Linux is free if your time is worthless" because i would get called back to service their 'free" machine when they couldn't get the printer to work, an update borked sound or video, etc. In the end it was just easier to wipe the machine, reinstall whatever Windows it had a license for, and then sell or give it away.
Every time I've bought a Windows machine (except Vista) it "just worked". Everything was already installed and operational.
In contrast my Linux laptop is constantly giving me hassle. It's akin to those cheap $30 deskjets - cheap upfront but high maintenance costs. Linux isn't "free" when you have to be paying overtime hours to admins to keep it working.
Salary is set by supply-and-demand. Simple as that. There is a HUGE supply of education graduates out there, such that schools don't need to accept anyone below a 3.5 average, nor pay a lot of money to attract the talent. If Ed. grads become scarce, then trust me, the salaries would go up.
As for who owns the lesson plans, if the teachers signed the same agreement I did as an engineer (all creations belong to the corporation) then it's the school district that owns them. If not, then the teachers own the plans.
This tech is already in use on nbc.com, cwtv.com, syfy.com, and so on. When you watch their streaming videos, they expect you to click "continue" after watching the advertisement. It's their way of verifying you seeing the ad.
When either power or money becomes concentrated, the people's liberty shrinks. I'd only go after the the megacorps on your list. Also 35 years is too long. That exceeds the lifetime of many artists (from the time they wrote the song to when they die). Look at the Beatles. Many of them died before the thirty-five year timespan ended, and that's just not right.
>>>It's always more difficult to create original works than to mash together the works of those more talented than you, and call it an original creation.
Of course. But the question I always ask myself is - Who Cares? If Will Smith had not created Wild Wild West I never would have discovered the original Stevi Wonder song. Likewise I never heard of Imogen Heap until "Whatcha Say" hit #1 on the charts.
I see nothing wrong with one artist being inspired by another. Heck even Shakespeare did it. Many of his plays are copies of other existing plays because he said, "I think I can tell the same story better." And he did.
35 years is too long. That exceeds the lifetime of many artists (from the time they wrote the song to when they die). Look at the Beatles. Many of them died before the thirty-five year timespan ended, and that's just not right.
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>>>society should care about its citizens
We (i.e. virtually all americans) believe in the right to get health or sickcare.
We also believe in the right to choose smoking, drinking, or overeating as a lifestyle.
We even believe you have the right to replace your damaged lung, liver, or fatty heart.
What we do NOT believe is that you can force your neighbors to pay the bill. Most Americans consider that theft of another man's labor (he works; you take the product of his work i.e. his money). We are amazed that Europeans do not.
Both the BBC and aussie ABC have been accused of bias. BBC even admitted to being biased in a self-generated report - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1942948.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1554749/BBC-report-finds-bias-within-corporation.html
Reading is not your forte', is it? The person above you just said the White House wanted to hod a press conference without FOX being there. It's also worth noting that when Obama did his "tour" of Sunday morning programs he appeared on every network except FOX.
"right wing of republicans" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AEt180Wnls
white house slams fox - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2ntf0mqdhQ
ABC report on war against fox http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVPXBfB7LZo
ABC,NBC,CBS,CNN Refuse Administrations Request To Block Fox http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yMshqX6vBM
I could post a lot more videos, but of course you'll reject all them.
I swear Liberals are more religious and faith-based than christians.
I don't like how they presume everyone had crap TVs or poor Ataris.
Take the Enduro image - it never looked that bad on my real set. The playfields were a solid color (no noise), and the sunset was a rainbow of distinct colors, not a blurry orangish mess. In fact most Atari games look quite crisp, with visible pixels, on my original unit and original CRT.
I find that those old 1970s and 80s games run better on Atari 800, Commodore=64, and Amiga emulators. For one thing these computers have fixed specs, so they are as easy to use as a console (plug and play). No need to mess with annoying DOS, sound, or graphic card settings.
For another the Atari, Commodore and Amiga were typically the best versions of the games with more colors and better sound than the PC DOS versions.
That's because LCDs are lousy for displaying any resolution other than there fixed native resolution. To make a 640x480 game or video look good on an LCD is impossible. Only a CRT can switch back-and-forth to varying resolutions.
>>>As for supply/demand, there is much more demand for teachers and education.
Then how come I know lots of education graduates without jobs? Answer: Because there is no demand for them, and they'd probably be willing to accept any crap salary just to get a teaching job. If the opposite was true and education grads were rare, like engineers, than the teacher's salary would increase.
>>>What we do as a government is an artificially limited employment of teachers
Well you're probably right about halving the class sizes, but I already pay almost $3000 a year in school taxes. This would effectively double my taxes to around $5000 to cover the added expenses of more teachers and more buildings.
My experience is that HR acts like Oligarchs to keep everyone under the corporate thumb. There have been a few exceptions with small companies, but not in the megacorps where policy trumps individual management decisions. Of course I work for defense companies so obviously things are stricter
That movie ruined a good book. It doesn';t even deserve to carry the title "starship troopers"
>>>Because of the poor eyesight, nobody will want you, ever!
You insensitive clod!
;-)
(runs off crying)
>>>W counts as an F GPA wise. That's pretty bright.
Nice sarcasm. No you're really dumb because you ASSume that all colleges treat W's the same. Both the colleges I attended (one private and one public) treated the W or WF as non-existent grades. They were reported on your transcript but did not calculate into your GPA.
And if you repeated the class and got an A, the W was erased and replaced with the grade.
I printed the entire Harry Potter 7 book in just ~50 pages. I used the 9 pages per page setting.
He had heart arhythmia. Lots of astronauts have had poor hearts, but still gone into space, and the fact he was able to pass the tests without dying indicates to me the tests were bogus. (Kinda like the requirement you have to carry a 4-year-degree to get hired as a Computer Engineer.) He passed all the other exams with flying colors, and with no need to cheat.
>>>Hence (IMO) it's an anti-science film, since it tries to show the shortcomings of science and the problems of over-reliance on it.
I agree. That doesn't necessarily mean it's anti-science though. Was Einstein anti-science when he said, "Newton got it wrong"? No he was just pointing-out that Newton did not yet comprehend the world in its entirety. Ditto whoever wrote Gattaca.
I think the point is that you can't define a human being's actions *just* by DNA, anymore than you can predict a computer's actions simply be looking at the installed program code. One piece of code might work on your PC, but not my PC. Likewise one human might have great DNA, but he can still fail due to his brain not being motivated (i.e. he's lazy).
You're corect.
They do belong in the Fantasy section (perhaps under the subgenre Futuristic Fantasy). To put The Incredible Shrinking Man and other crap under the label "science fiction" is to dirty the word "science" and insult the entire field of science.
>>>let's not pretend there is real science in it.
Uh. No need to pretend. Gattaca *does* have real science in it. It's based-upon using DNA to match men-women as partners, and also to fertilize many eggs and pick "the best" genetically-speaking. That's real science. I challenge you to explain how that is not real.
Now if you were discussing Star Trek or Stargate, then I agree that's scifi. In fact I'd go further and call if Futuristic Fantasy.
The States in a Constitutional Convention (federal level), or the People's representatives (state level). They write the Supreme Laws/Constitutions that govern society and keep the government in chains.
>>>it might force you to upgrade to becoming someone who actively seeks out information rather than someone who waits to be told what to enjoy, what to dislike, and what to feel.
STRAWMAN ARGUMENT. I don't know who you're debating but it sure as hell isn't me. I spend all day looking-up stuff on the internet, but still like to have free tv available for entertainment (Heroes, Smallville, et cetera), rather than feed the Comcast Monopoly to get those shows.
Anyway stop beating-up strawmen and try debating ME instead. Thanks.
>>>You don't know what this has to do with UN policy, it could be a cautious guard that doesn't want anyone rocking the boat during the group. Seems decently reasonable.
Like the U.S. guard who arrested Professor Gates *in his own home* and without a valid search warrant. He too was "being cautious". IMHO when guards make illegal actions they should spend a few days in jail as a lesson.
After trying to give away nice older machines that I'd get given to me on jobs with Linux installed by me I quickly learned that old saying was true "Linux is free if your time is worthless" because i would get called back to service their 'free" machine when they couldn't get the printer to work, an update borked sound or video, etc. In the end it was just easier to wipe the machine, reinstall whatever Windows it had a license for, and then sell or give it away.
Every time I've bought a Windows machine (except Vista) it "just worked". Everything was already installed and operational.
In contrast my Linux laptop is constantly giving me hassle. It's akin to those cheap $30 deskjets - cheap upfront but high maintenance costs. Linux isn't "free" when you have to be paying overtime hours to admins to keep it working.
Salary is set by supply-and-demand. Simple as that. There is a HUGE supply of education graduates out there, such that schools don't need to accept anyone below a 3.5 average, nor pay a lot of money to attract the talent. If Ed. grads become scarce, then trust me, the salaries would go up.
As for who owns the lesson plans, if the teachers signed the same agreement I did as an engineer (all creations belong to the corporation) then it's the school district that owns them. If not, then the teachers own the plans.
This tech is already in use on nbc.com, cwtv.com, syfy.com, and so on. When you watch their streaming videos, they expect you to click "continue" after watching the advertisement. It's their way of verifying you seeing the ad.
When either power or money becomes concentrated, the people's liberty shrinks. I'd only go after the the megacorps on your list. Also 35 years is too long. That exceeds the lifetime of many artists (from the time they wrote the song to when they die). Look at the Beatles. Many of them died before the thirty-five year timespan ended, and that's just not right.
14 years (Original 1790 Act) would be better.
>>>It's always more difficult to create original works than to mash together the works of those more talented than you, and call it an original creation.
Of course. But the question I always ask myself is - Who Cares? If Will Smith had not created Wild Wild West I never would have discovered the original Stevi Wonder song. Likewise I never heard of Imogen Heap until "Whatcha Say" hit #1 on the charts.
I see nothing wrong with one artist being inspired by another. Heck even Shakespeare did it. Many of his plays are copies of other existing plays because he said, "I think I can tell the same story better." And he did.
35 years is too long. That exceeds the lifetime of many artists (from the time they wrote the song to when they die). Look at the Beatles. Many of them died before the thirty-five year timespan ended, and that's just not right.
14 years (Original 1790 Act) would be better.