I believe it was a Nobel Winning Physicist who said, "if your data doesn't agree with your theory, it's your theory that is wrong, not the data. " (paraphrased)
And the enemy is us (Google...Remember Don't Be Evil?).
In their effort to encourage inclusiveness and tolerance, they have become intolerant and exclusive. No doubt others have similar misgivings, but are keeping their mouth shut now that Googles intolerance of dissenting views has been exposed. Google has become the very thing the claim to stand against.
Otherwise known as, "Dog Whistles", which are imaginary constructs conjured up by the left when they have no evidence to back up their claims of some kind of cultural transgression such as racism, sexism, any ind of phobia, etc.
Several Biographies of Lyndon Johnson famously discuss him meeting with various South Texas Precinct Captains the day after the election with a trunk full of boxes containing ballots. You had to bribe the Captains back then.
He didn't during his first election and lost. He did during the second election and won.
Local corruption was rampant back then and there is little evidence it has improved.
...that my brand new workstation, running the latest Windows 10 became unresponsive just prior to opening Slashdot this morning and had to be rebooted, I think I'll stay with the stick and rudder guys.
Fly-By-Wire is only good when you are sitting in an ejection seat.
Lectures aren't to "teach" you how to do something, they are to explain what it is you are about to learn, provide the context, provide a process map to that learning.
The ACTUAL learning is done by you, at your desk, alone or with a group of people. and even then the actual learning comes right down to YOU performing the task, not just hanging out with others who are performing the task.
If we went through that very same exercise with every geology department in every university, I bet they contribute more to Global Warming than do pets
There is a big difference between looking up what something does and looking up what the damned switch is to get it do do something you want it to do.
Same with most other languages and utilities. Expecting people to keep the syntax diagrams and all the options in the heads is ridiculous. If they were at work and broke out the manual to look up function references, would that be acceptable?
That's if the union boss or management had access to the mail in ballots. I guess they could collect, verify the correct vote and the send it in themselves, "for you".
All the more reason mail in ballots suck and should be limited only to those who cannot physically make it to the polls.
No matter what kind of Rube Goldberg system they come up with, it will always be at the mercy of those who implement and run it.
You know what the most secure voting system is? Paper ballots. But they are subject to manipulation just as are electronic voting systems.
The primary "flaw" in voting systems is also their primary strength...the voter is ultimately disconnected from their vote. You don't know who voted for who.
It would be nice if there were a way I could confirm that the vote I cast is actually cast for who I voted. But then someone would be able to force me to vote a particular way...management, union bosses, etc. because they could confirm they way I voted.
I'm afraid it all comes down t the integrity and honesty of the people running the election.
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WTF dude?
Irrelevant to my point.
I believe it was a Nobel Winning Physicist who said, "if your data doesn't agree with your theory, it's your theory that is wrong, not the data. " (paraphrased)
You are a good argument for euthanasia.
You people and you Rube Goldberg Disaster scenarios.
And the enemy is us (Google ...Remember Don't Be Evil?).
In their effort to encourage inclusiveness and tolerance, they have become intolerant and exclusive. No doubt others have similar misgivings, but are keeping their mouth shut now that Googles intolerance of dissenting views has been exposed. Google has become the very thing the claim to stand against.
Seems to be a common theme in the SJW Universe.
We could always contact each individual who voted to affirm their decision.
Whether you are suggesting that is something we should do or something we could do if we wanted...no.
Your vote is anonymous. Always.
Sure.
Fuck you. You never were a libertarian and no one sits around trying to figure out how to say stuff without actually saying stuff.
Asshole. Fuck Off and Die.
Nothing is more fucking annoying than clicking a link toa news story and seeing just the headline and a fucking video.
Otherwise known as, "Dog Whistles", which are imaginary constructs conjured up by the left when they have no evidence to back up their claims of some kind of cultural transgression such as racism, sexism, any ind of phobia, etc.
What was especially appalling was those people who were trying to "infer" the way the voter wanted to vote based on minute marks and folders.
Voting carries responsibilities, one of which is to fucking mark the ballots correctly.
Several Biographies of Lyndon Johnson famously discuss him meeting with various South Texas Precinct Captains the day after the election with a trunk full of boxes containing ballots. You had to bribe the Captains back then.
He didn't during his first election and lost. He did during the second election and won.
Local corruption was rampant back then and there is little evidence it has improved.
...that my brand new workstation, running the latest Windows 10 became unresponsive just prior to opening Slashdot this morning and had to be rebooted, I think I'll stay with the stick and rudder guys.
Fly-By-Wire is only good when you are sitting in an ejection seat.
So hell!
Lets make our power dependent on one huge collection of transmission lines that can be taken down with one well placed bomb.
And lets place that in one of the most war torn regions in the world.
That will work out just great.
...did a road trip become rocket science that requires a computer?
REI still hawks and provides a course on using a compass. They charge quite a bit for it and push it pretty hard in all their emails.
But the REI stores don't carry paper Topo navigation maps anymore. All the store help knows is "get a Garmin".
Just because you find a nickle in the mud doesn't mean you should wallow in the mud hole.
Abandoning lectures is stupid.
Lectures aren't to "teach" you how to do something, they are to explain what it is you are about to learn, provide the context, provide a process map to that learning.
The ACTUAL learning is done by you, at your desk, alone or with a group of people. and even then the actual learning comes right down to YOU performing the task, not just hanging out with others who are performing the task.
"Sources Say"
Probably the biggest Fake news provider in History.
Any news without attribution of a real person should automatically be classified as "Fake News".
I bet WaPo ruses the day it first used that term.
If we went through that very same exercise with every geology department in every university, I bet they contribute more to Global Warming than do pets
There is a big difference between looking up what something does and looking up what the damned switch is to get it do do something you want it to do.
Same with most other languages and utilities. Expecting people to keep the syntax diagrams and all the options in the heads is ridiculous. If they were at work and broke out the manual to look up function references, would that be acceptable?
the V.C. Summer nuclear project in South Carolina had been plagued by disputes with regulators...
Well, THERE'S yer problem, right thar!
Eight years of an Administration dead set against nuclear power.
Don't know why some asshat modded this down. AC has a good point.
Does someone at Slashdot want to be the Next Huffington Post?
That's if the union boss or management had access to the mail in ballots. I guess they could collect, verify the correct vote and the send it in themselves, "for you".
All the more reason mail in ballots suck and should be limited only to those who cannot physically make it to the polls.
No matter what kind of Rube Goldberg system they come up with, it will always be at the mercy of those who implement and run it.
You know what the most secure voting system is? Paper ballots. But they are subject to manipulation just as are electronic voting systems.
The primary "flaw" in voting systems is also their primary strength...the voter is ultimately disconnected from their vote. You don't know who voted for who.
It would be nice if there were a way I could confirm that the vote I cast is actually cast for who I voted. But then someone would be able to force me to vote a particular way...management, union bosses, etc. because they could confirm they way I voted.
I'm afraid it all comes down t the integrity and honesty of the people running the election.