To add to that example, sometimes when a law actually is enforced, it's enforced in the dumbest, most counter-productive way imaginable - regarding DUIs, the continued use of unconstitutional, stationary checkpoints, when every study shows that increased patrols in areas where alcohol is consumed (the "bar districts") is a much more effective deterrent.
Second, there are some kids that like organization... you need to take the individual child's needs into consideration rather than assuming that one set of rules (or lack thereof) will fit all children.
Exactly - a 'one-size-fits-all' solution does not work in situations where "all" are of completely differing and wildly varying "sizes." The fact is, some kids learn better from cramming books; some learn from working with their hands; some can't fathom a complex schedule, and some can't fathom not having every aspect of their day planned out beforehand. But the government and schools either fail to recognize this fact, or just ignore it... were I a betting man, my money would be on the latter, as custom-tailoring education so that it actually works for everyone requires critical thought, and critical thinking is hard.
Much easier to just determine a 'standard' acceptable thought process, then dope the holy living fuck out of every kid who doesn't exhibit it.
More people need to be shitcanned over this but, really, the fact that these programs are event "arguably" legal is the major issue here. The laws that allow the NSA to snoop on all of us need to be repealed first and foremost.
Our country needs a 'legal audit' - basically, sit two (non-politically-affiliated, but well versed in Constitutional law) people down with red pens, have them go over every single statute in the USC, and determine if it's Constitutional or not.
There will be obvious "this is OK" and "this is unconstitutional" stuff, and anything that seems like a grey area can be bookmarked for further scrutiny and discussion.
Congress has the authority to remove people from positions in the federal government on their own. Why don't they use it?
Because the way they see it, if they lay it on the President's shoulders, come election time they can tell their constituents "Hey, we tried to do something, see? Obama obviously hates America."
Sadly, I've seen entirely too many situations where Corporation A still preferred the H1B (or illegal immigrant, depending on the jobs skill level), even though hiring an American had similar costs.
That's illegal. If an American is available for the job, they aren't allowed to use the foreigner, regardless of cost.
Well, thank goodness American corporations are champions of law, who would never break, skirt, or outright buy one just because they know they can get away with it.
Because it's labeled as a "science and health" article?
Surely the readership here is well aware of the religious roots of Creationism, and the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.
Sure, but this is a repost from Slate.com. Do you think Slate.com's audience understands that this is an opinion letter and not a news article?
It is appalling that this malarkey is taught in schools using public money.
For an attack piece nigh bereft of any actual science. Well shit, if that's what the uber-left-wingers consider "science," I don't guess I can fault the uber-right-wingers for disagreeing.
Why does opposition to teaching pseudoscience with public money need to be considered a "left-wing" thing? I don't consider myself a left-winger, but I am a scientist, and I certainly find it infuriating that we're wasting tax dollars on this shit.
You misunderstand - it's not the content I'm complaining about, it's the fact it is an obvious editorial intentionally mislabeled as a 'science' piece.
Not to mention the possibility of self designed cosmetic bodykits (although I admit how garish a huge wing on the back of a Toyota Yaris looks).
You realize the idea of every teenager out there having the ability to 'custom design' a bodykit for their rice rocket does not make me feel any better about this, right?
Have you ever seen what a 17-year-old considers tasteful?
The downside to this approach...is that the people who would use the equipment access to work on real projects are going to be stuck waiting in line behind 1,000 stay-at-home moms...
Maybe they should auction off some of the timeslots to use the equipment. The other timeslots would be free, either a waiting list or a lottery. Everyone who can afford a timeslot would get one quickly, and everyone who can't afford one would just wait their turn. Nobody would be overcharged because it's an auction, the equipment would never go idle unless nobody wants to use it, more people would get to use the equipment because everybody will always be in a hurry to finish up before the end of their timeslot, and taxpayers won't have to foot the whole bill for the equipment.
Plus, nobody's going to bid the timeslots up too high, since at a certain price point there's no reason to use the public facility - if you can afford $250 for an hour on the library's equipment, chances are you can afford to buy your own equipment outright.
Everybody wins when we get out of the mindset that everything at public libraries must be free all of the time.
I agree, seems reasonable. Thus, there has to be a stupid, probably bureaucratic reason it won't work.
On the other hand, having ridden one down from factory to near-junkyard, I can tell you which parts get harder to find replacements for over the years.
The "go" parts tend to be pretty generic, and in modern cars with everything packed in tight and assembled by machine, the expensive component of the repair is generally the labor. The "pretty" parts, on the other hand, are changed often on a yearly basis and even something as basic as rubber window trim gets hard to find after a decade when the original has rotted out. Much less stuff like taillight lenses. So if you could print up a an exact replacement without having to scour junkyards, it would be great.
You had me at "rubber window trim." Damn but that stuff is hard to find for obscure vintage vehicles.
Might I suggest that if you have a "real" project, maybe you should be getting your own equipment instead of tying up public infrastructure which is specifically designed and intended to be accessible by people who aren't already skilled craftspeople.
Having skill and being able to afford thousands of dollars in equipment are two very, very different horses, you know. Yea, I've built some amazing shit with hand tools, because that's all I can afford - just think what I could do if I had access to a CNC mill, or laser cutter, or 3D printer, or something else I can't afford and have no space for.
Your complaint sounds vaguely like a Ferrari owner complaining they can't go 150mph on public freeways.
The cost for an H1-B should be more than a scholarship for someone to be trained to that job.
FTFY.
Sadly, I've seen entirely too many situations where Corporation A still preferred the H1B (or illegal immigrant, depending on the jobs skill level), even though hiring an American had similar costs.
Point is, coming home is suicide, and he'd be a moron to trust the same government he outed to give him a fair hearing as they are legally obligated to.
You're right that Russia has no obligation to respect his rights, yet they do, and his own government does not. That's telling, but not in the way you're thinking it is.
To be fair, what the image is showing is deceptive. Both states you mention have "teach the controversy" laws that apply to Public Schools, while Texas is showing the specific charter schools.
To be fair, no one has ever accurately characterized Slate.com as being biased towards red states.
I can tell you're not a lawyer. Probably not a busy-body, either.
Let me answer your question with a question: To date, not one person has been killed or harmed by a 3D printed gun; so why are busy-bodies and politicians already trying to regulate the 3D printing of guns?
Meanwhile in the responsible world high end 3D printers will make custom parts for cars/rockets/etc that can't readily be made any other way, and they'll be subjected to all the usual fitness tests before actually being used somewhere that puts human lives on the line.
I don't disagree; hell, if I had one that's precisely what I'd be using it for - prototyping designs before I risk my ass in the full-sized version. I just recognize that, in a population this size, there will be people out there with nothing better to do than dream up worst case scenarios, and demand legislators take action. "For the Children," or "To Stop the Terrorists," or some other bullshit like that. I don't doubt they'll come up with a reason.
This era of lead-free solder further complicates things. It can be a real bitch to do even a basic solder/un-solder job on modern equipment. A lot of modern equipment just isn't even made to be repaired.
It can, but on the other hand, some people might be surprised how easy it is to find, say, complete television logic boards in working condition. Ebay is a good resource, lots of "busted screen but otherwise functional" stuff out there. Just gotta know where to look.
Side note: Why does my mind always read that as "led" free, when you so obviously mean "leed" free? We've had lead-free solder for decades, Brain, get with it!
If you're concerned about damaging the screen during dis-/re-assembly, you may want to buy a whole screen assembly.
FYI, that thing (HP G60) has a damn expensive screen - most of the replacements I put in cost between $50-80, but looking at laptopscreens.com, it appears yours would cost a few hundred bucks for a stock replacement*. Depending on the age of the laptop (by which I mean it's obsolecense) you may indeed be wise to just buy a new one.
* Of course, if you can live with a slightly smaller screen (15.6" vs 16"), they have an LED conversion kit for the G60, pre-assembled and ready to go, for $100.
How many hours (total, including disassembly, research, ordering the chip, repairing, and reassembly) did you spend from pickup to repaired an working?
Maybe 2-3? It was pretty obvious what the issue was once I got the big bastard apart.
Even at $50/hr, it still would have been a quarter the full replacement cost of a brand new 60" HDTV in 2009.
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To add to that example, sometimes when a law actually is enforced, it's enforced in the dumbest, most counter-productive way imaginable - regarding DUIs, the continued use of unconstitutional, stationary checkpoints, when every study shows that increased patrols in areas where alcohol is consumed (the "bar districts") is a much more effective deterrent.
Note, I never said we need more laws. In fact, if anything we need less, and yes, equal enforcement of the laws already on the books.
Second, there are some kids that like organization... you need to take the individual child's needs into consideration rather than assuming that one set of rules (or lack thereof) will fit all children.
Exactly - a 'one-size-fits-all' solution does not work in situations where "all" are of completely differing and wildly varying "sizes." The fact is, some kids learn better from cramming books; some learn from working with their hands; some can't fathom a complex schedule, and some can't fathom not having every aspect of their day planned out beforehand. But the government and schools either fail to recognize this fact, or just ignore it... were I a betting man, my money would be on the latter, as custom-tailoring education so that it actually works for everyone requires critical thought, and critical thinking is hard.
Much easier to just determine a 'standard' acceptable thought process, then dope the holy living fuck out of every kid who doesn't exhibit it.
Obama won't be up for election next term.
Doesn't matter - if they can blame someone else, they don't have to take responsibility for their own (in)actions.
More people need to be shitcanned over this but, really, the fact that these programs are event "arguably" legal is the major issue here. The laws that allow the NSA to snoop on all of us need to be repealed first and foremost.
Our country needs a 'legal audit' - basically, sit two (non-politically-affiliated, but well versed in Constitutional law) people down with red pens, have them go over every single statute in the USC, and determine if it's Constitutional or not.
There will be obvious "this is OK" and "this is unconstitutional" stuff, and anything that seems like a grey area can be bookmarked for further scrutiny and discussion.
Congress has the authority to remove people from positions in the federal government on their own. Why don't they use it?
Because the way they see it, if they lay it on the President's shoulders, come election time they can tell their constituents "Hey, we tried to do something, see? Obama obviously hates America."
Sadly, I've seen entirely too many situations where Corporation A still preferred the H1B (or illegal immigrant, depending on the jobs skill level), even though hiring an American had similar costs.
That's illegal. If an American is available for the job, they aren't allowed to use the foreigner, regardless of cost.
Well, thank goodness American corporations are champions of law, who would never break, skirt, or outright buy one just because they know they can get away with it.
Why does it have to contain actual science?
Because it's labeled as a "science and health" article?
Surely the readership here is well aware of the religious roots of Creationism, and the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.
Sure, but this is a repost from Slate.com. Do you think Slate.com's audience understands that this is an opinion letter and not a news article?
It is appalling that this malarkey is taught in schools using public money.
I completely agree.
For an attack piece nigh bereft of any actual science. Well shit, if that's what the uber-left-wingers consider "science," I don't guess I can fault the uber-right-wingers for disagreeing.
Why does opposition to teaching pseudoscience with public money need to be considered a "left-wing" thing? I don't consider myself a left-winger, but I am a scientist, and I certainly find it infuriating that we're wasting tax dollars on this shit.
You misunderstand - it's not the content I'm complaining about, it's the fact it is an obvious editorial intentionally mislabeled as a 'science' piece.
Not to mention the possibility of self designed cosmetic bodykits (although I admit how garish a huge wing on the back of a Toyota Yaris looks).
You realize the idea of every teenager out there having the ability to 'custom design' a bodykit for their rice rocket does not make me feel any better about this, right?
Have you ever seen what a 17-year-old considers tasteful?
Maybe they should auction off some of the timeslots to use the equipment. The other timeslots would be free, either a waiting list or a lottery. Everyone who can afford a timeslot would get one quickly, and everyone who can't afford one would just wait their turn. Nobody would be overcharged because it's an auction, the equipment would never go idle unless nobody wants to use it, more people would get to use the equipment because everybody will always be in a hurry to finish up before the end of their timeslot, and taxpayers won't have to foot the whole bill for the equipment.
Plus, nobody's going to bid the timeslots up too high, since at a certain price point there's no reason to use the public facility - if you can afford $250 for an hour on the library's equipment, chances are you can afford to buy your own equipment outright.
Everybody wins when we get out of the mindset that everything at public libraries must be free all of the time.
I agree, seems reasonable. Thus, there has to be a stupid, probably bureaucratic reason it won't work.
Most cars are more plastic than metal.
Not the important parts.
On the other hand, having ridden one down from factory to near-junkyard, I can tell you which parts get harder to find replacements for over the years.
The "go" parts tend to be pretty generic, and in modern cars with everything packed in tight and assembled by machine, the expensive component of the repair is generally the labor. The "pretty" parts, on the other hand, are changed often on a yearly basis and even something as basic as rubber window trim gets hard to find after a decade when the original has rotted out. Much less stuff like taillight lenses. So if you could print up a an exact replacement without having to scour junkyards, it would be great.
You had me at "rubber window trim." Damn but that stuff is hard to find for obscure vintage vehicles.
Might I suggest that if you have a "real" project, maybe you should be getting your own equipment instead of tying up public infrastructure which is specifically designed and intended to be accessible by people who aren't already skilled craftspeople.
Having skill and being able to afford thousands of dollars in equipment are two very, very different horses, you know. Yea, I've built some amazing shit with hand tools, because that's all I can afford - just think what I could do if I had access to a CNC mill, or laser cutter, or 3D printer, or something else I can't afford and have no space for.
Your complaint sounds vaguely like a Ferrari owner complaining they can't go 150mph on public freeways.
Only if you suck at analogies. And understanding.
The cost for an H1-B should be more than a scholarship for someone to be trained to that job.
FTFY.
Sadly, I've seen entirely too many situations where Corporation A still preferred the H1B (or illegal immigrant, depending on the jobs skill level), even though hiring an American had similar costs.
Point is, coming home is suicide, and he'd be a moron to trust the same government he outed to give him a fair hearing as they are legally obligated to.
You're right that Russia has no obligation to respect his rights, yet they do, and his own government does not. That's telling, but not in the way you're thinking it is.
I'm not surprised - it's Slate.
Did you notice what category they placed this obvious political editorial into? Not Opinions, not Editorials, not Politics, but "Science and Health."
For an attack piece nigh bereft of any actual science.
Well shit, if that's what the uber-left-wingers consider "science," I don't guess I can fault the uber-right-wingers for disagreeing.
If Christ turns water into wine, does the Anti-Christ turn wine into water?
Cold Coors Light.
To be fair, what the image is showing is deceptive. Both states you mention have "teach the controversy" laws that apply to Public Schools, while Texas is showing the specific charter schools.
To be fair, no one has ever accurately characterized Slate.com as being biased towards red states.
What nightmare?
I can tell you're not a lawyer. Probably not a busy-body, either.
Let me answer your question with a question: To date, not one person has been killed or harmed by a 3D printed gun; so why are busy-bodies and politicians already trying to regulate the 3D printing of guns?
Meanwhile in the responsible world high end 3D printers will make custom parts for cars/rockets/etc that can't readily be made any other way, and they'll be subjected to all the usual fitness tests before actually being used somewhere that puts human lives on the line.
I don't disagree; hell, if I had one that's precisely what I'd be using it for - prototyping designs before I risk my ass in the full-sized version. I just recognize that, in a population this size, there will be people out there with nothing better to do than dream up worst case scenarios, and demand legislators take action. "For the Children," or "To Stop the Terrorists," or some other bullshit like that. I don't doubt they'll come up with a reason.
This era of lead-free solder further complicates things. It can be a real bitch to do even a basic solder/un-solder job on modern equipment. A lot of modern equipment just isn't even made to be repaired.
It can, but on the other hand, some people might be surprised how easy it is to find, say, complete television logic boards in working condition. Ebay is a good resource, lots of "busted screen but otherwise functional" stuff out there. Just gotta know where to look.
Side note: Why does my mind always read that as "led" free, when you so obviously mean "leed" free? We've had lead-free solder for decades, Brain, get with it!
If you're concerned about damaging the screen during dis-/re-assembly, you may want to buy a whole screen assembly.
FYI, that thing (HP G60) has a damn expensive screen - most of the replacements I put in cost between $50-80, but looking at laptopscreens.com, it appears yours would cost a few hundred bucks for a stock replacement*. Depending on the age of the laptop (by which I mean it's obsolecense) you may indeed be wise to just buy a new one.
* Of course, if you can live with a slightly smaller screen (15.6" vs 16"), they have an LED conversion kit for the G60, pre-assembled and ready to go, for $100.
How many hours (total, including disassembly, research, ordering the chip, repairing, and reassembly) did you spend from pickup to repaired an working?
Maybe 2-3? It was pretty obvious what the issue was once I got the big bastard apart.
Even at $50/hr, it still would have been a quarter the full replacement cost of a brand new 60" HDTV in 2009.
They're hoping for ignorance, that the workers won't know their rights.
OK, now that I can believe.
Most cars are more plastic than metal.
Not the important parts.
Well to be fair, he can't get many of those rights if he's in Russia
He won't get any of them if he comes home, so what's your point? At least the Russians have a vested interest in not letting anything happen to him.