sadly enough, many hospitals in New York are no longer taking blood donations. Some have more than they need or can use; very few live people are expected to be found at this point, besides firemen and rescue workers continuing to work in the increasingly dangerous disaster area.
Well, teachers at one high school I know of in IL are given cash incentives to learn basic skills (computer basics, MS Office, fileMaker, etc. They can learn however they like (classes, self-taught, online tutorials, etc) as long as they prove they know how to use the programs. My mother is getting paid $1500 to "learn" excel and PowerPoint, which I taught her how to use in about 20 minutes. Pretty sweet deal, if you ask me.
You may not like it, you may reject it, but it is correct, and it always has been. newsflash to the grammar historian: "always has been" does not mean "always will be." I'm not advocating the use of any etymological abomination like "herstory," but "he" is a problematic construction these days, whether you like it or not.
and to the sister who got her panties all in a bunch about a little joke: just because today's state of affairs is sad doesn't make it not funny. Did you see the poll today? It's funny 'cause it's true: a woman is less likely to exploit that hole, because it's less likely that that woman will know how. Lighten up.
no, this site is not going to help a person with no math background to understand mathematics...just like many of the "informative" links on slashdot wouldn't help a complete newbie understand any given operating system or computer language. This site is pretty cool for those who have the necessary foundations.
but even then, mathematics is (unlike programming) one of those fields that has a threshold -- a limit to how much a given person will ever be able to understand. And that limit varies for everyone. If you have little to no mathematical background, or if you never got beyond basic college calculus, don't go expecting too much from a shortcut like this.
wait....I'm not sure about this, but this might be even more unfair to independent record labels than it first seems.
Given the nature of napster, a relatively high percentage of downloaded songs might (should?) be on independent labels. Especially considering that college students make up a huge chunk of napster users. Even accepting all other premises, are we sure that 99% of this hypothtical money should actually go to the big 5?
wait a minute...before passing judgement on the exec, let's give him a little bit of credit...
yes, obviously anime started as a fringe thing (as _most_ trends do, actually) but the exec was merely making a prediction based on a generalization. And his prediction is true: too many people will get into pokemon or whatever, and then it won't be "cool" anymore. Regardless of whether or not the nerds started the trend, the "cool kids" are the ones who got the attention of the programmers, and they'll be the ones to drop it, thus once again removing it from the public eye.
In any terms which are relevant to the tv programming industry, then, that exec is actually right on. He just didn't paint the full picture. Which is reasonable -- never give the nerds credit if you can help it:)
Finally, we get to the central argument. I am queasy about this kind of censorship, too, but I don't want my taxes funding porn-viewing.
wait...this is your main argument?
Libraries have, well, you know, other _people_ in them, not just perverts. They also have librarians. It seems to me that the one of the best "filters" you can have on porn is not provenly ineffective software, but people. With, you know, brains.
I, for one, don't want my tax dollars going to buy retarded sofware that prevents legitimate (and potentially important) research.
that's fine, but it seems a ridiculous jump to run screaming to "taxpayers" before talking to the teachers themselves -- who are probably just well meaning, underinformed people who will do the right thing if educated and asked. I'm just suggesting that you might want to give them a chance to figure it out before running to your senator, which would be a tedious, entrenched process at best.
Again, you shouldn't even have to surf with someone looking at you. The librarians aren't allowed to read over your shoulders, are they? Illustrate this double standard to the people in power and more importantly the press, asking why people in power aren't doing something about it. You'll see results.
No. Fact is, that's not the way it works. Teachers _do_ have the right to look over students' shoulders -- because students can, and will, abuse the resources, and teachers have a responsibility to both students and their parents to make sure that the students are not subjected to grossly inappropriate material while at school. It's too bad that the teachers at this particular school have elected for total banning of internet instead of lightly supervised surfing in computer labs - but personal freedoms work differently as soon as you enter a school's doors, the same way they work differently in your parents house.
The solution to this sort of problem isn't to talk to elected officials about freedom-- it's to talk to your teachers and your school board. Explain to them the advantages the internet would bring to you, maybe make some suggestions for supervised web access. Hey, they might turn out to be be reasonable people who are just underinformed. Who knows.
Good point, but if there is a loss in the singles market it'll be a good thing. Singles cost almost as much as LPs -- in most cases, it's just a couple bucks more to buy the whole album. They function as one of the most biggest and longest running rip-off scams the record companies have come up with.
And on the musician side, it'll force mainstream artists to come up with complete, filler-free albums.
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sadly enough, many hospitals in New York are no longer taking blood donations. Some have more than they need or can use; very few live people are expected to be found at this point, besides firemen and rescue workers continuing to work in the increasingly dangerous disaster area.
Well, teachers at one high school I know of in IL are given cash incentives to learn basic skills (computer basics, MS Office, fileMaker, etc. They can learn however they like (classes, self-taught, online tutorials, etc) as long as they prove they know how to use the programs. My mother is getting paid $1500 to "learn" excel and PowerPoint, which I taught her how to use in about 20 minutes. Pretty sweet deal, if you ask me.
newsflash to the grammar historian: "always has been" does not mean "always will be." I'm not advocating the use of any etymological abomination like "herstory," but "he" is a problematic construction these days, whether you like it or not.
and to the sister who got her panties all in a bunch about a little joke: just because today's state of affairs is sad doesn't make it not funny. Did you see the poll today? It's funny 'cause it's true: a woman is less likely to exploit that hole, because it's less likely that that woman will know how. Lighten up.
but even then, mathematics is (unlike programming) one of those fields that has a threshold -- a limit to how much a given person will ever be able to understand. And that limit varies for everyone. If you have little to no mathematical background, or if you never got beyond basic college calculus, don't go expecting too much from a shortcut like this.
Given the nature of napster, a relatively high percentage of downloaded songs might (should?) be on independent labels. Especially considering that college students make up a huge chunk of napster users. Even accepting all other premises, are we sure that 99% of this hypothtical money should actually go to the big 5?
yes, obviously anime started as a fringe thing (as _most_ trends do, actually) but the exec was merely making a prediction based on a generalization. And his prediction is true: too many people will get into pokemon or whatever, and then it won't be "cool" anymore. Regardless of whether or not the nerds started the trend, the "cool kids" are the ones who got the attention of the programmers, and they'll be the ones to drop it, thus once again removing it from the public eye.
In any terms which are relevant to the tv programming industry, then, that exec is actually right on. He just didn't paint the full picture. Which is reasonable -- never give the nerds credit if you can help it :)
wait...this is your main argument?
Libraries have, well, you know, other _people_ in them, not just perverts. They also have librarians. It seems to me that the one of the best "filters" you can have on porn is not provenly ineffective software, but people. With, you know, brains.
I, for one, don't want my tax dollars going to buy retarded sofware that prevents legitimate (and potentially important) research.
that's fine, but it seems a ridiculous jump to run screaming to "taxpayers" before talking to the teachers themselves -- who are probably just well meaning, underinformed people who will do the right thing if educated and asked. I'm just suggesting that you might want to give them a chance to figure it out before running to your senator, which would be a tedious, entrenched process at best.
No. Fact is, that's not the way it works. Teachers _do_ have the right to look over students' shoulders -- because students can, and will, abuse the resources, and teachers have a responsibility to both students and their parents to make sure that the students are not subjected to grossly inappropriate material while at school. It's too bad that the teachers at this particular school have elected for total banning of internet instead of lightly supervised surfing in computer labs - but personal freedoms work differently as soon as you enter a school's doors, the same way they work differently in your parents house.
The solution to this sort of problem isn't to talk to elected officials about freedom-- it's to talk to your teachers and your school board. Explain to them the advantages the internet would bring to you, maybe make some suggestions for supervised web access. Hey, they might turn out to be be reasonable people who are just underinformed. Who knows.
And on the musician side, it'll force mainstream artists to come up with complete, filler-free albums.
apps and os's, huh? Slightly o/t, but it seems I remember something about Microsoft, and those two categories in particular, in this article.