Cut a little here, cut a little there and before you know it, you are talking about real money.
And you shouldn't a whole freaking cabinet level department to hand out Pell Grants. And the fact they don't have to be repaid is stupid. don't charge interest if you want to be generous, but make'm pay it back. Also, make it some how related to grades.
And yes, SS is a Ponzi scheme. All the more reason to ditch it (phase it out) in favor of some kind of plan that relies more of private investment. I shudder to think what I would have saved up if that 6% of my paycheck had gone into a properly managed account (which means not in high risk junk bonds, mortgages, etc.) for the past 25 years.
I'm not buying the argument that the budget can't be cut. And yes, I'd start with the Education Department. It teaches no one and is the primary cause of regulator burden on schools.
And Entitlements should not be off the table. Lots can be done to reduce costs such as phasing in higher retirement ages for SS, take a hard look at the current practice of SS being used as a replacement for welfare, etc.
Other things like a across the board freeze on Federal pay and a freeze on hiring are common sense things to do.
Yes, some things that many people would agree are good would be cut, but there are many, many more things that people agree are good that we don't do now and can't afford to do.
And we probably should close the Supermax prisons. Instead, open a second Gitmo on some island somewhere and make'm live in tents. I'd suggest that they be made to scavenge for food themselves, but I'm sure the ACLU would shit bricks as well as the entire Democratic establishment.
Do you really think that life is has only emerged here on earth?
Can you be that arrogant and self centered to think that out of the trillions and trillions of stars and planets out there that this little shit hole parked in the backwaters of the Milkyway is the sole repository of intelligent life?
As for the Fermi Paradox, that's a bit like saying you don't know how Nixon got elected because no one you know voted for him.
You think a bit too highly of the Earth and the Human race.
So here I am, reading on Slashdot about two teams of astronomers with probably over 100 years of education between them, more doctorates than you can shake a sick at, who are publishing a paper in the Astrophysical Journal about this new discovery, and I find this post by tomhudson essentially calling them idiots.
And the only difference will be stupid syntax differences.
C# string mystring="";
O@ MyString("") String@
(It's called o@ because all the lines end with "@".)
Seriously though, WTF can't they agree on language structure? In the programming world, regardless of language, there should be only one way to create a new variable and one way to assign a value to it, not half a dozen. Same goes for all the other generic structures.
You want to be different? Create your own framework or build a compiler that provides faster binary code. But you don't have to re-invent the syntax to do that.
Notice that each position called for people with very explicit experience.
This illustrates very nicely what I am finding in the job market: No one seems to want people with lots of diverse experience who are flexible and adaptable. Instead, they want trained monkeys that have years and years of experience in one thing.
Thinking for yourself is verboten. Just take the specs and churn out code, or diagrams, etc.
I think this is just asking for trouble, especially in smaller companies. How many trained monkeys can also install and configure a database, then design and create the tables? Not many. So you need to bring in a DBA trained monkey. And monkeys that can actually talk to the users are exceedingly rare.
While trained monkeys have their place, I think they need too much supervision. If they get out of their monkey experience, they are lost and grind to a halt.
And here we have one, although he has a new and novel objection to nuclear power. But nonetheless, with the specter of Global Warming looming over us all, heralding the end of life as we know it, he STILL doesn't want to go nuclear.
Yes, people should stop having babies (Didn't that gunman at the Discover Channel studios want that too?) because 1) you all are nothing but horny teenagers, and 2) pretty much your mental status is questionable (undoubtedly because you don't think the way he does.)
So throw out your kids toys and just feed your pets table scraps because we need these companies to build lots of reactors.
The thing is that the "fix" is plain and simple, it's just rejected out of hand by the Envirowhackos because it doesn't involve government running our lives, a reduction in the standard of living, and allows for more growth and prosperity: Nuclear power.
Now comes all the posts about peak uranium that ignore technology like breeders and thorium.
Then comes everyone who thinks all reactors are built like Chernobyl.
Next are high level waste folks who don't understand what reprocessing does.
Last, but not least, are all the people who equate a nuclear reactor with a nuclear bomb.
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Cut a little here, cut a little there and before you know it, you are talking about real money.
And you shouldn't a whole freaking cabinet level department to hand out Pell Grants. And the fact they don't have to be repaid is stupid. don't charge interest if you want to be generous, but make'm pay it back. Also, make it some how related to grades.
That's what phasing in means.
And yes, SS is a Ponzi scheme. All the more reason to ditch it (phase it out) in favor of some kind of plan that relies more of private investment. I shudder to think what I would have saved up if that 6% of my paycheck had gone into a properly managed account (which means not in high risk junk bonds, mortgages, etc.) for the past 25 years.
I'm not buying the argument that the budget can't be cut. And yes, I'd start with the Education Department. It teaches no one and is the primary cause of regulator burden on schools.
And Entitlements should not be off the table. Lots can be done to reduce costs such as phasing in higher retirement ages for SS, take a hard look at the current practice of SS being used as a replacement for welfare, etc.
Other things like a across the board freeze on Federal pay and a freeze on hiring are common sense things to do.
Yes, some things that many people would agree are good would be cut, but there are many, many more things that people agree are good that we don't do now and can't afford to do.
And we probably should close the Supermax prisons. Instead, open a second Gitmo on some island somewhere and make'm live in tents. I'd suggest that they be made to scavenge for food themselves, but I'm sure the ACLU would shit bricks as well as the entire Democratic establishment.
The problem is that the Feds have a warehouse of bags full of 50 billion dollar peanuts.
We all know that ACs don't pay Federal Income taxes, so WTF to they care eh?
It's dickheads like you that lead to giant government deficients.
It's "only" 27 million. How many other "only" this million dollars are there out there? And for something a STUPID as this.
Do you really think that life is has only emerged here on earth?
Can you be that arrogant and self centered to think that out of the trillions and trillions of stars and planets out there that this little shit hole parked in the backwaters of the Milkyway is the sole repository of intelligent life?
As for the Fermi Paradox, that's a bit like saying you don't know how Nixon got elected because no one you know voted for him.
You think a bit too highly of the Earth and the Human race.
I'm sure we all look forward to your paper in any Journal schooling these astronomers.
So here I am, reading on Slashdot about two teams of astronomers with probably over 100 years of education between them, more doctorates than you can shake a sick at, who are publishing a paper in the Astrophysical Journal about this new discovery, and I find this post by tomhudson essentially calling them idiots.
Only on Slashdot.
Because they have a point to make and like all stubborn, obstinate children, they will bitch and moan and throw a tantrum about how it's "not fair".
Fucking Buck Up and take it to a film festival.
Screw the shuttle...what's up with the dude wearing the bunny ears?
"She rang the maternity suite at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester but was told it was nothing to worry about and to go back to sleep. "
Coming soon, to a hospital near you!
What crap.
Chew on this clueless: If a composer or performer doesn't get paid for their music, then they won't compose or perform. Same for writers, actors, etc.
If you invested a year writing a program that performed wonderful and needed functions, would you sell it or just give it away?
Because after the first person bought it, they could just copy it and hand it out to everyone else for free according to your logic.
And the only difference will be stupid syntax differences.
C#
string mystring="";
O@
MyString("") String@
(It's called o@ because all the lines end with "@".)
Seriously though, WTF can't they agree on language structure? In the programming world, regardless of language, there should be only one way to create a new variable and one way to assign a value to it, not half a dozen. Same goes for all the other generic structures.
You want to be different? Create your own framework or build a compiler that provides faster binary code. But you don't have to re-invent the syntax to do that.
J++ ROFLMAO
I've actually seen that once...5 years experience they wanted.
C, C+, C++, Objective C, C#, F#, J++, J#
Oh, the humanity!
I bet if these lines were being brought down by Earth First activists, there would be nothing but accolades all around.
Notice that each position called for people with very explicit experience.
This illustrates very nicely what I am finding in the job market: No one seems to want people with lots of diverse experience who are flexible and adaptable. Instead, they want trained monkeys that have years and years of experience in one thing.
Thinking for yourself is verboten. Just take the specs and churn out code, or diagrams, etc.
I think this is just asking for trouble, especially in smaller companies. How many trained monkeys can also install and configure a database, then design and create the tables? Not many. So you need to bring in a DBA trained monkey. And monkeys that can actually talk to the users are exceedingly rare.
While trained monkeys have their place, I think they need too much supervision. If they get out of their monkey experience, they are lost and grind to a halt.
"see the pyramids or the Eiffel Tower through the transparent floor of the aircraft"
Vomit is transparent?
And here we have one, although he has a new and novel objection to nuclear power. But nonetheless, with the specter of Global Warming looming over us all, heralding the end of life as we know it, he STILL doesn't want to go nuclear.
Yes, people should stop having babies (Didn't that gunman at the Discover Channel studios want that too?) because 1) you all are nothing but horny teenagers, and 2) pretty much your mental status is questionable (undoubtedly because you don't think the way he does.)
So throw out your kids toys and just feed your pets table scraps because we need these companies to build lots of reactors.
By all means, explore and develop ALL means of generating clean power.
It's just that we can build many nuke plants in the time it will take to develop solar technology to be cost effective.
We should be looking at the mini nuke plants too. Leave nothing un-investigated.
But keep building wind plants and hydro for sure.
They can build one behind my house anytime.
It would be better if the mods had the user names attached and maybe even a short explanation.
The Mod Trolls would be outed for everyone to see.
The thing is that the "fix" is plain and simple, it's just rejected out of hand by the Envirowhackos because it doesn't involve government running our lives, a reduction in the standard of living, and allows for more growth and prosperity: Nuclear power.
Now comes all the posts about peak uranium that ignore technology like breeders and thorium.
Then comes everyone who thinks all reactors are built like Chernobyl.
Next are high level waste folks who don't understand what reprocessing does.
Last, but not least, are all the people who equate a nuclear reactor with a nuclear bomb.
Pirates, such as you, should be fucking shot.
Maybe the phone will be able to sense when I am retrieving a hammer to smash it to smithereens after consecutive dropped calls.