Would be a better headline. Not just the $500 or wahtever these things cost, but also the overhead to support them, the overhead to pay a hefty bonus to whoever thought this was a good idea (regardless of it it works well or not), etc.
Well in many states it's illegal to record government employees in public places. It's possible the kids recording the teachers could result in a bunch of legal issues for the kid.
I'll assume this is a public school, in which case they don't have any choice but to follow our Constitution, namely the First Amendment. These children said these things out of school, it's none of the school's business. If they go snooping and find out, then they can't do anything about it.
Bottom line is kids say things about teachers they don't like. They always have and always will. Punishing them for exercising their freedom of speech will only cause further resentment towards the school and teachers which will result in more severe verbal bashing of the institution. Not surprisingly, the article doesn't mention what the teacher did that may have resulted in this type of reaction from the students.
I wonder what the octane rating of biobutanol is. I'd love a high octane replacement for leaded gasoline that has the same energy per gallon. Would really be curious how it compares so far as jetting and timing curve in an engine built to run on 94 octane straight gas, or heaven forbid that ethanol laced junk they try to pass off as pump gas these days.
Given Beck's flip-flopping he needs to be taken with some scrutiny. He used to purport to be a liberal/communist and now he purports to be sort of cross between a libertarian and a conservative. I occasionally watch Beck but I don't take him seriously as a libertarian as he clearly pushed a somewhat neocon agenda. Given his history and neocon leanings it's just hard to take him seriously as a libertarian.
My point is it's a tax you choose to pay, it's not forced on you. It's only regressive for those middle class folks who choose to live beyond their means. You can be lower to median income and not buy new things. Don't buy new cars, don't buy new TVs and gadgets and gizmos and such. Under this method of taxation everyone pays as much tax as they are willing to pay since you can choose not to pay it. If it's entirely a voluntary tax it becomes a moot point who pays how much, but even considering that, actor in the taxes the rich will pay... Significantly more in dollars certainly, if not in percentage of income. Rich people buy more expensive things more expensive things while taxed at the same rate (perhaps 15% - 20%) will cost a lot more in taxes.
Income tax is essentially slavery. Slavery is ownership of your labor. Income tax is the assumption that government owns the fruit of your labor, and thus your time spent laboring to produce.
I think a sales tax as the only tax could be a good idea. Do not tax necessities (food, clothes, etc.) so the truly poor don't have to pay taxes. Technically no one would have to pay taxes, but buying nice things, luxuries, etc. would be taxed at a heavy rate. No more income tax, no slavery as that is waht an income tax is... The presumption that government owns you as they own the fruits of your labor and allow you to keep wahtever percentage of it.
So yes, I think a relatively high adn flat sales tax would benefit all of us as well as help to keep government in check. If government overspends, people can decide to buy fewer luxuries, or buy used "not as nice" things instead in private party deals. People can truly vote with their wallet and not be enslaved under a system like this.
Exactly. Why should I subsidize someone else's mobile phone/play toy? I don't need a mobile phone but I do have one. I also use it only for voice. It's not a necessity to have a mobile phone, let the private sector handle this. Government has no place in the mobile phone business.
I like this more so than the electric systems. It has promise of being a more simple and reliable system that's more cost effective. Seals wear out, hydraulic motors need rebuilding. The upside is hydraulics are generally pretty cheap and easy to repair. Time will tell the service life on these systems and the cost and complexity of repair. I'm glad to see some new technology being developed though.
Last time I did the math on an electric hybrid none of the available options would cost less to own over the life of the vehicle than a regular car. By the time you start to save money, batteries need replacing. It's far more cost effective to drive an older cheaper and reasonably efficient vehicle. If you want a status symbol, go ahead and get your hybrid of choice, or heaven forbid a "smart car" that gets no better MPG than a '60s compact car.
At the end of the day a well designed and built diesel takes the cake on fuel efficiency and money savings. Unfortunately thanks to the EPA and NHTSA, fuel efficient vehicles are pretty much illegal in the States as a result of safety and emissions requirements.
Nope, try AK, AZ, NH... they are some of the best.
FL and TX are some of the worst, TX much more so. FL is not terrible if you don't mind conceiling... But that's kind of a pain in the humid summer heat.
Unless your a "public servant", then you have every expectation of complete privacy in public places and if recording devices are used... Someone's likely to get arrested along with some hefty fines.
Let the yuppies keep their Apple products, but this is exactly the type of shenanigannery that keeps me away from Apple products. Heck, look at their computers. It's just overpriced Wintel running Linux. They don't make money by innovation, they slap an Earl Scheib paint job on a used car and sell it for top dollar. Then make a killing on the repairs and such. User can't even replace his own battery? That's just absurd.
Of course I'm the type who keeps things for a long time... Until they are genuinely won't do waht I need them to, or breaks and is cost prohibitive to repair. I have an old flip phone, it makes phone calls. I might do an Android based phone in the next couple years whenever mine finally bites the dust. My last computer I had for 8 years. Only upgraded because I wanted to watch and edit high def videos from my new camera. Apply makes disposable products and their marketing strategy is to force those on the bandwagon to buy a new Apple products every 1-3 years to replace their "old" one.
I pretty much agree with your sentiment. I used to take lots of pictures on vacations and trips but not so much anymore. I actually wish I had more pictures than the occasional hastily snapped pic of some scenery or a couple friends. But normally I choose to live the moment without the stress of getting pictures of everything. There's a balance. Personally I want to take a little time out of trips/events/gatherings to snap a couple pictures so I have a few good shots to help stimulate the memories of living it. I think it's about finding the balance, for me that balance is heavily in favor of not worrying about pictures more than snapping a few here and there.
Good call. There a lot of other expenses that can be cut as well, but this is one piece of the puzzle. I hate it when there's always "bigger fish to fry". That's called ignoring problems. As with many things in life there's no magic bullet to cure the problem, but this is a good start. It's worse to keep looking for that silver bullet and stagnate while the problem stays the same or gets worse.
The unfortunate thing is those who need cell phones to effectively do their job will likely have theirs taken away. Welcome to the yuppie culture where a cell phone is a status symbol and not a tool.
are lazy. Get a real guitar and learn to play it. Stop being antisocial and make some friends, start a band. Lots of kids used to do this, me included. It was fun and a learning experience. Much more so than the many hours of my youth I wasted on video games.
I generally avoid wireless devices like the plague. I don't like dealing with interference, batteries, signal, random flaking out, latency, etc. For a little home theater machine maybe this would be useful... But we already have ways to make those silent or near silent.
The problem with such incentives is 9 times out of 10 it's government paying them. Where does government get it's money? From the people it would be "paying". Let them keep their money in the first place.
In all honesty most families in my part of the country have one or two kids. The only times I see massive families is low income inner city dwellers, the type that don't have jobs or never stay at a job for long. These people are paid to have children. Money is taken from my pocket and put in theirs, and additional sums for each additional child these typically single mothers have. Stop subsidizing these massive poor families and they'll think a bit more before having kids. Maybe a few bucks for some condoms really is cheaper than having another kid.
If private companies are payiong to sterilize these folks as you say, I think that's great. It's all voluntary and helps everyone. Less taxes needed for schools (that the parents won't pay) and less crime (look at inner city crime rates among single parent famillies), and of course less people altogether to help stem rapid polulation growth. In a free society this is perfectly fine.
If these "slaves" and liberal yuppies want racial tensions to stop they can start by eliminating affirmative action and other discrimatory programs that are mandated by government. In our current society all the handouts, entitlements and affirmative action type mandates are the only cause of racial tension I see.
Agreed, this is exactly what it is. This country has become a fascist police state. I don't think it'll lead to "genocide" of those on the lists, but it does get worse every year and it wouldn't surprise me if people start disappearing. You have no rights anymore, I wish our communist government would just openly disregard the Constitution, perhaps our president could burn it at the next "beer summit". That'll never happen though, as then all the fools who are too blind to see what is happening might wake up and smell the coffee.
Smoking has proven long term effects from second hand smoke in enclosed areas. It's insane for government to ban this in private businesses as it is a choice of the business owner ot allow it or not. It's their business, their property, and they aren't forcing anyone to come patronize them. A prime example in my neck of the woods before the smoking ban... There are a lot of diners around here, and some did not allow smoking inside and were clearly advertised as such. Most did, and segregated smokers from non smokers. If smoke bothered you that much, you could just go to one of the many "smoke free" diners or restaurants. This worked fine, but isn't good enough for out communist overlords who need to meddle in all private affairs.
Laptops in classrooms are extremely useful though. If you are distracted by someone typing (not angrily pounding out each letter, mind you), or looking at web sites, then that is your problem. You'd clearly go insane in a cube farm and are not suited for many office jobs. In that case, find a different career path that has training suitable for that environment. Like it or not, computers are here to stay.
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Would be a better headline. Not just the $500 or wahtever these things cost, but also the overhead to support them, the overhead to pay a hefty bonus to whoever thought this was a good idea (regardless of it it works well or not), etc.
Well in many states it's illegal to record government employees in public places. It's possible the kids recording the teachers could result in a bunch of legal issues for the kid.
I'll assume this is a public school, in which case they don't have any choice but to follow our Constitution, namely the First Amendment. These children said these things out of school, it's none of the school's business. If they go snooping and find out, then they can't do anything about it.
Bottom line is kids say things about teachers they don't like. They always have and always will. Punishing them for exercising their freedom of speech will only cause further resentment towards the school and teachers which will result in more severe verbal bashing of the institution. Not surprisingly, the article doesn't mention what the teacher did that may have resulted in this type of reaction from the students.
Alternative to downloading 500+ MB .tif from overwhelmed server...
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It was the other way around last week, no? If you really care about privacy you encrypt your personal data, so irrevelant for most folks here.
I wonder what the octane rating of biobutanol is. I'd love a high octane replacement for leaded gasoline that has the same energy per gallon. Would really be curious how it compares so far as jetting and timing curve in an engine built to run on 94 octane straight gas, or heaven forbid that ethanol laced junk they try to pass off as pump gas these days.
Oh never mind... This is just one of the many examples of why I'm ashamed of what this country has become.
Given Beck's flip-flopping he needs to be taken with some scrutiny. He used to purport to be a liberal/communist and now he purports to be sort of cross between a libertarian and a conservative. I occasionally watch Beck but I don't take him seriously as a libertarian as he clearly pushed a somewhat neocon agenda. Given his history and neocon leanings it's just hard to take him seriously as a libertarian.
My point is it's a tax you choose to pay, it's not forced on you. It's only regressive for those middle class folks who choose to live beyond their means. You can be lower to median income and not buy new things. Don't buy new cars, don't buy new TVs and gadgets and gizmos and such. Under this method of taxation everyone pays as much tax as they are willing to pay since you can choose not to pay it. If it's entirely a voluntary tax it becomes a moot point who pays how much, but even considering that, actor in the taxes the rich will pay... Significantly more in dollars certainly, if not in percentage of income. Rich people buy more expensive things more expensive things while taxed at the same rate (perhaps 15% - 20%) will cost a lot more in taxes.
Income tax is essentially slavery. Slavery is ownership of your labor. Income tax is the assumption that government owns the fruit of your labor, and thus your time spent laboring to produce.
I think a sales tax as the only tax could be a good idea. Do not tax necessities (food, clothes, etc.) so the truly poor don't have to pay taxes. Technically no one would have to pay taxes, but buying nice things, luxuries, etc. would be taxed at a heavy rate. No more income tax, no slavery as that is waht an income tax is... The presumption that government owns you as they own the fruits of your labor and allow you to keep wahtever percentage of it.
So yes, I think a relatively high adn flat sales tax would benefit all of us as well as help to keep government in check. If government overspends, people can decide to buy fewer luxuries, or buy used "not as nice" things instead in private party deals. People can truly vote with their wallet and not be enslaved under a system like this.
Exactly. Why should I subsidize someone else's mobile phone/play toy? I don't need a mobile phone but I do have one. I also use it only for voice. It's not a necessity to have a mobile phone, let the private sector handle this. Government has no place in the mobile phone business.
I like this more so than the electric systems. It has promise of being a more simple and reliable system that's more cost effective. Seals wear out, hydraulic motors need rebuilding. The upside is hydraulics are generally pretty cheap and easy to repair. Time will tell the service life on these systems and the cost and complexity of repair. I'm glad to see some new technology being developed though.
Last time I did the math on an electric hybrid none of the available options would cost less to own over the life of the vehicle than a regular car. By the time you start to save money, batteries need replacing. It's far more cost effective to drive an older cheaper and reasonably efficient vehicle. If you want a status symbol, go ahead and get your hybrid of choice, or heaven forbid a "smart car" that gets no better MPG than a '60s compact car.
At the end of the day a well designed and built diesel takes the cake on fuel efficiency and money savings. Unfortunately thanks to the EPA and NHTSA, fuel efficient vehicles are pretty much illegal in the States as a result of safety and emissions requirements.
Nope, try AK, AZ, NH ... they are some of the best.
FL and TX are some of the worst, TX much more so. FL is not terrible if you don't mind conceiling... But that's kind of a pain in the humid summer heat.
Unless your a "public servant", then you have every expectation of complete privacy in public places and if recording devices are used... Someone's likely to get arrested along with some hefty fines.
Lies, LIES!!
Let the yuppies keep their Apple products, but this is exactly the type of shenanigannery that keeps me away from Apple products. Heck, look at their computers. It's just overpriced Wintel running Linux. They don't make money by innovation, they slap an Earl Scheib paint job on a used car and sell it for top dollar. Then make a killing on the repairs and such. User can't even replace his own battery? That's just absurd.
Of course I'm the type who keeps things for a long time... Until they are genuinely won't do waht I need them to, or breaks and is cost prohibitive to repair. I have an old flip phone, it makes phone calls. I might do an Android based phone in the next couple years whenever mine finally bites the dust. My last computer I had for 8 years. Only upgraded because I wanted to watch and edit high def videos from my new camera. Apply makes disposable products and their marketing strategy is to force those on the bandwagon to buy a new Apple products every 1-3 years to replace their "old" one.
I pretty much agree with your sentiment. I used to take lots of pictures on vacations and trips but not so much anymore. I actually wish I had more pictures than the occasional hastily snapped pic of some scenery or a couple friends. But normally I choose to live the moment without the stress of getting pictures of everything. There's a balance. Personally I want to take a little time out of trips/events/gatherings to snap a couple pictures so I have a few good shots to help stimulate the memories of living it. I think it's about finding the balance, for me that balance is heavily in favor of not worrying about pictures more than snapping a few here and there.
Good call. There a lot of other expenses that can be cut as well, but this is one piece of the puzzle. I hate it when there's always "bigger fish to fry". That's called ignoring problems. As with many things in life there's no magic bullet to cure the problem, but this is a good start. It's worse to keep looking for that silver bullet and stagnate while the problem stays the same or gets worse.
The unfortunate thing is those who need cell phones to effectively do their job will likely have theirs taken away. Welcome to the yuppie culture where a cell phone is a status symbol and not a tool.
are lazy. Get a real guitar and learn to play it. Stop being antisocial and make some friends, start a band. Lots of kids used to do this, me included. It was fun and a learning experience. Much more so than the many hours of my youth I wasted on video games.
I generally avoid wireless devices like the plague. I don't like dealing with interference, batteries, signal, random flaking out, latency, etc. For a little home theater machine maybe this would be useful... But we already have ways to make those silent or near silent.
Sounds like an HR problem to me. Hire people who are competent and trustworthy, compensate them well. Problem solved.
The problem with such incentives is 9 times out of 10 it's government paying them. Where does government get it's money? From the people it would be "paying". Let them keep their money in the first place.
In all honesty most families in my part of the country have one or two kids. The only times I see massive families is low income inner city dwellers, the type that don't have jobs or never stay at a job for long. These people are paid to have children. Money is taken from my pocket and put in theirs, and additional sums for each additional child these typically single mothers have. Stop subsidizing these massive poor families and they'll think a bit more before having kids. Maybe a few bucks for some condoms really is cheaper than having another kid.
If private companies are payiong to sterilize these folks as you say, I think that's great. It's all voluntary and helps everyone. Less taxes needed for schools (that the parents won't pay) and less crime (look at inner city crime rates among single parent famillies), and of course less people altogether to help stem rapid polulation growth. In a free society this is perfectly fine.
If these "slaves" and liberal yuppies want racial tensions to stop they can start by eliminating affirmative action and other discrimatory programs that are mandated by government. In our current society all the handouts, entitlements and affirmative action type mandates are the only cause of racial tension I see.
Agreed, this is exactly what it is. This country has become a fascist police state. I don't think it'll lead to "genocide" of those on the lists, but it does get worse every year and it wouldn't surprise me if people start disappearing. You have no rights anymore, I wish our communist government would just openly disregard the Constitution, perhaps our president could burn it at the next "beer summit". That'll never happen though, as then all the fools who are too blind to see what is happening might wake up and smell the coffee.
Smoking != using laptop is a class
Smoking has proven long term effects from second hand smoke in enclosed areas. It's insane for government to ban this in private businesses as it is a choice of the business owner ot allow it or not. It's their business, their property, and they aren't forcing anyone to come patronize them. A prime example in my neck of the woods before the smoking ban... There are a lot of diners around here, and some did not allow smoking inside and were clearly advertised as such. Most did, and segregated smokers from non smokers. If smoke bothered you that much, you could just go to one of the many "smoke free" diners or restaurants. This worked fine, but isn't good enough for out communist overlords who need to meddle in all private affairs.
Laptops in classrooms are extremely useful though. If you are distracted by someone typing (not angrily pounding out each letter, mind you), or looking at web sites, then that is your problem. You'd clearly go insane in a cube farm and are not suited for many office jobs. In that case, find a different career path that has training suitable for that environment. Like it or not, computers are here to stay.