The NRA and other teacher unions sold every state legislature the biggest falasy ever. You have to have a teaching degree to teach, not a major in what your teaching. When I was in school, (HS Grad '74) all the teachers had a degree in what they taught (math, english, history) and a minor in education. Today your lucky if they have a minor in the subject.
Add all the feel good crap like not flunking someone because it might damage their self esteem. Devaluing grades and diplomas by passing people through no matter what. No self discipline in the students(read lazy).
The problem is obvious, the solution will take a minimum of the 40 years it's taken to screw it up. Meanwhile we produce a couple generations of lazy people with no common sense or ability to think creativly.
I have an uncle that went through the whole process, it was a bitch. But, he had a good idea and is making some money now. Beats the heck out of farming!
Check out www.cleanfunnel.com/
I emailed both of mine and one from a previous state I lived in. I did the third because I know him and think he is fairly honest. If that gets three nay votes I'll take it. Sometimes congresscritters do the right thing either; by mistake or if enough pressure from voters is applied.
Not until this post. I have not even seen or heard of a TV with such a thing. Of course since no stations around here have HDTV yet, who cares? Even Direct TV only has a few. Check back in 10 years when it's half deployed.
When there is a standard, without built in DRM, I'll consider it. Not until then.
Except for the fact that a Bachelors degree today has the same worth as a high school diploma did 40 years ago. That also makes high school diplomas worthless.
but I was taught from childhood that success isn't only about money. There is also what you return to your community. It seems to me that jobs would be included in that.
We make the same amount as our parents did 40 years ago. Why can we only buy 1/4th as much? Seems to me that all CEO's forgot about paying a living wage.
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but the damn thing is just cool!
As AI improves people will start making more useful robots, but for now, publicity like this will spark interest. Some kid just got inspired and in 10 years will make millions of his robots.
This should be OPT-IN only, just like SPAM should be. It has to clearly state what it is and what it does, ie, it snoops and reports your every move whilr browsing and targets ads at you based on this. It should also be required to ask permission to install.
Any thing less and it should all be illegal, with large fines and loss of internet connection for that company, for 5 years. If that closes them down, so freakin what!
There are also definite concrete links to the Sudan wanting to turn Osama over to Clinton in 1996 and being refused, more than once.
There is also historical background to prove that the FBI and CIA have never played well together. Part institutional (one part trying to be sqeeky clean cops and one pat spies, defininatly a conflict), and Hoovers bruised ego over not being the spymaster himself.
Except for harboring and training Palistinian terrorists you might be right.
Don't forget, J. Edgar Hoovers paranoia new no bounds. This kind of thing was allowed to continue through 6 different presidents, FDR to Nixon. Political parties didn't matter. He was blackmailing enough of them to never be removed from office, this means congress too.
That many politicians had something bad enough to be blackmailed with? Says alot about who we elect, doesn't it?
It is foremost a priviledge, they grant it to you when you get a license. They take it away for a variety of reasons, DWI, too many tickets,.... When you signed the form for the license you agreed to the rules in that state.
The question of the right to reverse engineer. If reverse engineering becomes illegal and is applied retroactivly, wouldn't that invalidate about half of everything M$ claims or owns?
That any key can be cracked if enough computing power is thrown at it. Remember NSA does this as their job, now how many keys have been cracked? All or real close to it.
Almost right, One missed reason was that WP 6.0 was slow clunky and just sucked. I went back to 5.1 for Dos until I got Lotus SmartSuite r4. Never owned Office or wanted to, because during this time frame, all the Word Macro virii were let loose. In the last ten years I have never caught a virus, and never used any M$ product but Windows. Norton, Netscape, now Mozilla, Lotus, I can always get anything I need with giving Bill money. Of course, I do work on Linux and use Windows for games now.
In linux: none, everything I need comes with Suse or Red Hat. Things I want: firebird, download and install.
In Windows: 1. F-Prot the best AV. 2. Norton Systemworks 3. Mozilla 4. Open Office 5. Battlefield 1942, R to R, SW 6. Battlefield Vietnam 7. Medal of Honor AA, S, B, 8. Harry Potter for the kids 9. Enigma Rising tide 10. other games
After all real work is done in a secure environment and games are played on toys.
Lets sue everyone for any concievable reason. This is killing productivity in any form of industry. More time spent on liability worries than on putting out a product. In every frivolous lawsuit, the plaintif should be charged double the asked for damages. Since half of all civil cases are frivolous, this might reduce court congestion.
That is a good solution with one flaw. Most people can't read the source because most are not programmers. The ones that need to run this are the ones that cause the problems, click on everything, by from SPAM, get in fected with virii, and infested with adware/malware. This would highlight the biggest problems. Otherwise it won't help much of anything.
Some of us have said for years thar M$ Office constantly growing list of "features" is just bloatware personified. I doubt if many people use more than a third of them. The rest are fluff, makes an impressive list, but useless.
I have used Office at school, but at home I used Lotus Smart Suite for ten years. I learned on WP5.1 for Dos(which all word peocessors are a developed clone of) and Lotus 123 for Dos. Now I use Open Office. Never owned or pirated M$ Office, never will.
I would pay for OO just to never see clippy again.
Rubber bags are correct. Just like the fuel cell bladder in most forms of racing you can think of. Normally reinforced with kevlar and othe fibers to make them punture resistant. They just plain work.
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The NRA and other teacher unions sold every state legislature the biggest falasy ever. You have to have a teaching degree to teach, not a major in what your teaching. When I was in school, (HS Grad '74) all the teachers had a degree in what they taught (math, english, history) and a minor in education. Today your lucky if they have a minor in the subject.
Add all the feel good crap like not flunking someone because it might damage their self esteem. Devaluing grades and diplomas by passing people through no matter what. No self discipline in the students(read lazy).
The problem is obvious, the solution will take a minimum of the 40 years it's taken to screw it up. Meanwhile we produce a couple generations of lazy people with no common sense or ability to think creativly.
I have an uncle that went through the whole process, it was a bitch. But, he had a good idea and is making some money now. Beats the heck out of farming! Check out www.cleanfunnel.com/
I emailed both of mine and one from a previous state I lived in. I did the third because I know him and think he is fairly honest. If that gets three nay votes I'll take it. Sometimes congresscritters do the right thing either; by mistake or if enough pressure from voters is applied.
The 3 of them know that I'm a veteran and I vote!
Not until this post. I have not even seen or heard of a TV with such a thing. Of course since no stations around here have HDTV yet, who cares? Even Direct TV only has a few. Check back in 10 years when it's half deployed.
When there is a standard, without built in DRM, I'll consider it. Not until then.
We don't have any more morons in our govt. than you do. Anyone who would run for the top positions have verifiably questioned their own sanity.
Yes, diploma inflation is here. I think it's because of the advance of technology being so fast that High Achools can't keep up.
Of course the other part is the devaluing of grade in all schools. Can't hurt anyones selfesteem, and other feel good no results crap.
The truth of it is a degree just prove that you are trainable. I was told that at an Engineering school 24 years ago, by a Dept Head.
Except for the fact that a Bachelors degree today has the same worth as a high school diploma did 40 years ago. That also makes high school diplomas worthless.
but I was taught from childhood that success isn't only about money. There is also what you return to your community. It seems to me that jobs would be included in that.
We make the same amount as our parents did 40 years ago. Why can we only buy 1/4th as much? Seems to me that all CEO's forgot about paying a living wage.
but the damn thing is just cool!
As AI improves people will start making more useful robots, but for now, publicity like this will spark interest. Some kid just got inspired and in 10 years will make millions of his robots.
This should be OPT-IN only, just like SPAM should be. It has to clearly state what it is and what it does, ie, it snoops and reports your every move whilr browsing and targets ads at you based on this. It should also be required to ask permission to install.
Any thing less and it should all be illegal, with large fines and loss of internet connection for that company, for 5 years. If that closes them down, so freakin what!
There are also definite concrete links to the Sudan wanting to turn Osama over to Clinton in 1996 and being refused, more than once.
There is also historical background to prove that the FBI and CIA have never played well together. Part institutional (one part trying to be sqeeky clean cops and one pat spies, defininatly a conflict), and Hoovers bruised ego over not being the spymaster himself.
Except for harboring and training Palistinian terrorists you might be right.
Don't forget, J. Edgar Hoovers paranoia new no bounds. This kind of thing was allowed to continue through 6 different presidents, FDR to Nixon. Political parties didn't matter. He was blackmailing enough of them to never be removed from office, this means congress too.
That many politicians had something bad enough to be blackmailed with? Says alot about who we elect, doesn't it?
It is foremost a priviledge, they grant it to you when you get a license. They take it away for a variety of reasons, DWI, too many tickets,.... When you signed the form for the license you agreed to the rules in that state.
They can pass tax laws that cover back to Jan 1 this year, so don't bet on it.
The question of the right to reverse engineer. If reverse engineering becomes illegal and is applied retroactivly, wouldn't that invalidate about half of everything M$ claims or owns?
That any key can be cracked if enough computing power is thrown at it. Remember NSA does this as their job, now how many keys have been cracked? All or real close to it.
Almost right, One missed reason was that WP 6.0 was slow clunky and just sucked. I went back to 5.1 for Dos until I got Lotus SmartSuite r4. Never owned Office or wanted to, because during this time frame, all the Word Macro virii were let loose. In the last ten years I have never caught a virus, and never used any M$ product but Windows. Norton, Netscape, now Mozilla, Lotus, I can always get anything I need with giving Bill money. Of course, I do work on Linux and use Windows for games now.
In linux:
none, everything I need comes with Suse or Red Hat. Things I want: firebird, download and install.
In Windows:
1. F-Prot the best AV.
2. Norton Systemworks
3. Mozilla
4. Open Office
5. Battlefield 1942, R to R, SW
6. Battlefield Vietnam
7. Medal of Honor AA, S, B,
8. Harry Potter for the kids
9. Enigma Rising tide
10. other games
After all real work is done in a secure environment and games are played on toys.
Lets sue everyone for any concievable reason. This is killing productivity in any form of industry. More time spent on liability worries than on putting out a product. In every frivolous lawsuit, the plaintif should be charged double the asked for damages. Since half of all civil cases are frivolous, this might reduce court congestion.
An open season on lawyers might help too.
That is a good solution with one flaw. Most people can't read the source because most are not programmers. The ones that need to run this are the ones that cause the problems, click on everything, by from SPAM, get in fected with virii, and infested with adware/malware. This would highlight the biggest problems. Otherwise it won't help much of anything.
So somebody needs to write a universal DRM. Then get the laws passed that M$ has to use it as is with no mods.
Damn, what a dream I just had.
Some of us have said for years thar M$ Office constantly growing list of "features" is just bloatware personified. I doubt if many people use more than a third of them. The rest are fluff, makes an impressive list, but useless.
I have used Office at school, but at home I used Lotus Smart Suite for ten years. I learned on WP5.1 for Dos(which all word peocessors are a developed clone of) and Lotus 123 for Dos. Now I use Open Office. Never owned or pirated M$ Office, never will.
I would pay for OO just to never see clippy again.
I don't know. But combat aircraft have self sealing tanks, this works on small holes but not large ones. Developed before WW II.
Rubber bags are correct. Just like the fuel cell bladder in most forms of racing you can think of. Normally reinforced with kevlar and othe fibers to make them punture resistant. They just plain work.
it allows us to go after spammers, fraud, and others(419). Then it might be ok, otherwise NO. The invasion of privacy would be intolerable.