but the effectiveness is never clearly defined. what is stopping teachers from giving all students an A as long as they cut them in on the bonus money?
'as a taxpayer, i don't think it's fair that i'm already paying for your child's education,...'
You're not; you are paying back the cost of your education. That is being invested in the education of the current students, who will, in turn, pay it back.
hey, retard... do you know what the word "AND" means? next time you quote me, don't cut off a sentence and change the context.
as a taxpayer, i don't think it's fair that i'm already paying for your child's education, and now i must also pay to motivate them to receive it.
i have no problem with paying for the education however you want to justify it. my problem is with paying EXTRA to motivate children to receive it. the free availability should be motivation enough. it was for me.
it's not a job. someone else provides the children with food and a home. those providers have expectations of the children. no further motivation should be expected, let alone required.
Getting straight A's and B's has always been optional. C's are a passing grade; why do any better if you don't have any real motivation to?
if we know that all "C" students are really just "A" students who haven't been sufficiently greased to do the required work, then what's the motivation of society to make that happen? are the children any more useful to society because they completed more busy work in elementary school to get a few extra gold stars to increase their letter grade?
how about this: if every student gets an A, then everyone gets an equal share of the money... if anyone doesn't get an A, then no one gets any money and it is refunded to tax payers.
so little Delray is going to make more money from this program than he can make "hanging" with a bad crowd and stealing...
do you understand how much money can be made stealing, or the more lucrative drug dealing? society is expected to make a better offer? i'd rather take my chances and see how close little Delray gets to anything i own.
teaching children that work ethic is not simply about pride is going to be a disaster for all of their future employers now AND later.
"Purely"... so you've bought into this plan so much that you think that it's the only way to get someone to work up to their potential?
i understand the economics of it, and that it's cheaper than other programs... but then the students aren't getting the other programs. they are getting LESS of an education, even if they can convince the standardized testers that it's been more effective.
as a taxpayer, i don't think it's fair that i'm already paying for your child's education, and now i must also pay to motivate them to receive it. the burden of motivation should land completely on the parents.
i know many parents that believe that education isn't something you do because you are being paid. i also know many parents that pay their children to do everything.
how is letting them both do what they feel is best for their children in any way hating science? how is promoting the freedom of parents in any way hating freedom?
an IP address is not an engine. it is not an elevator. it is the lowest common denominator... the simplest of tools that make the internet work. if you don't know how to start a car, you shouldn't receive a drivers license.
so it's ludicrous to expect every person on the internet to know how to get on the internet?
IP addresses are not always hidden from the people, even with DHCP... you still have to set it up. web sites that use domains are not using it to hide IP information, they are using it to allow the IP information to change without having to inform the people relying on the domain for addressing.
so keep expecting people to delve deeper into ignorance of the underlying systems they rely on. if you want to talk to me about a computer issue, i have every right to expect you to understand IP addresses, and i will.
but 123 fake st is as detailed as it gets, but still addressable from anywhere. NAT is as simple to explain as forwarded mail. the zoning board data only maters if you work for the post office or franchise tax board.
we already know the difference between "the garage" and "123 fake st."... one is relative to the object at 123 fake st. and the other is the pointer to the object relative to the city which is a member of cities and states with standardized addressing formats.
people are expected to understand their mailing address in kindergarten... i don't see how IP addressing is any more complicated or less applicable to daily life.
they can if you let them... there was a recent story about a webcam app that could detect when you were looking at a headline and popup relevant information.
the problem for the advertisers is i'm never going to let them. why would i? i tried that back in the day with alladvantage.com... they screwed me out of $1,000s. advertisers lie.
I hate spam as much as the next guy but why should something that is easily remedied with technology be a concern of government? I'm also not convinced that talking people into sending e-mails to a Judge should qualify as spam in the classical sense. When I think of spam I think of UCE -- unsolicited commercial e-mail.
What's next, will it be called spam if some activist/interest group convinces it's members to flood their Congress-critters in-boxes with messages?
seriously, you need to think a little bit more before you start worrying.
the judge didn't call it spam... 2 headline writers called it spam. the judge called it an act of "contempt"... so if you want to spend time analyzing the definitions of words, perhaps you should start with that one.
i also don't see how you make the jump to assume that all executive branch members are somehow protected or are destined to be protected in all the same ways as members of the judicial branch.
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but the effectiveness is never clearly defined. what is stopping teachers from giving all students an A as long as they cut them in on the bonus money?
using a fiat currency to instill work ethic instills fiat work ethic.
'as a taxpayer, i don't think it's fair that i'm already paying for your child's education,...'
You're not; you are paying back the cost of your education. That is being invested in the education of the current students, who will, in turn, pay it back.
hey, retard... do you know what the word "AND" means? next time you quote me, don't cut off a sentence and change the context.
as a taxpayer, i don't think it's fair that i'm already paying for your child's education, and now i must also pay to motivate them to receive it.
i have no problem with paying for the education however you want to justify it. my problem is with paying EXTRA to motivate children to receive it. the free availability should be motivation enough. it was for me.
it's not a job. someone else provides the children with food and a home. those providers have expectations of the children. no further motivation should be expected, let alone required.
Getting straight A's and B's has always been optional. C's are a passing grade; why do any better if you don't have any real motivation to?
if we know that all "C" students are really just "A" students who haven't been sufficiently greased to do the required work, then what's the motivation of society to make that happen? are the children any more useful to society because they completed more busy work in elementary school to get a few extra gold stars to increase their letter grade?
how about this: if every student gets an A, then everyone gets an equal share of the money... if anyone doesn't get an A, then no one gets any money and it is refunded to tax payers.
maybe it's failing because of ignorant programs like this one that place the value of a dollar above all else.
do you understand how much money can be made stealing, or the more lucrative drug dealing? society is expected to make a better offer? i'd rather take my chances and see how close little Delray gets to anything i own.
teaching children that work ethic is not simply about pride is going to be a disaster for all of their future employers now AND later.
i don't want to pay children to do what they are expected to do, when they aren't penalized in the same form for not doing it.
i understand the economics of it, and that it's cheaper than other programs... but then the students aren't getting the other programs. they are getting LESS of an education, even if they can convince the standardized testers that it's been more effective.
as a taxpayer, i don't think it's fair that i'm already paying for your child's education, and now i must also pay to motivate them to receive it. the burden of motivation should land completely on the parents.
It's how we motivate adults at work so why not kids in school?
because kids aren't adults, and school isn't optional work?
why do you think adults require motivation?
how is letting them both do what they feel is best for their children in any way hating science? how is promoting the freedom of parents in any way hating freedom?
you are retarded.
yes.
an IP address is not an engine. it is not an elevator. it is the lowest common denominator... the simplest of tools that make the internet work. if you don't know how to start a car, you shouldn't receive a drivers license.
IP addresses are not always hidden from the people, even with DHCP... you still have to set it up. web sites that use domains are not using it to hide IP information, they are using it to allow the IP information to change without having to inform the people relying on the domain for addressing.
so keep expecting people to delve deeper into ignorance of the underlying systems they rely on. if you want to talk to me about a computer issue, i have every right to expect you to understand IP addresses, and i will.
well... the design and manufacturing process are still generated stateside. a lot of people on slashdot seem to think of those as inevitable.
but 123 fake st is as detailed as it gets, but still addressable from anywhere. NAT is as simple to explain as forwarded mail. the zoning board data only maters if you work for the post office or franchise tax board.
people are expected to understand their mailing address in kindergarten... i don't see how IP addressing is any more complicated or less applicable to daily life.
may they don't want an efficient browser as much as they want a modular one.
the problem for the advertisers is i'm never going to let them. why would i? i tried that back in the day with alladvantage.com... they screwed me out of $1,000s. advertisers lie.
is it ludicrous to expect every person on the internet to understand the concept of an IP address?
now you can order iPad direct from china through apple.com
Second, Spamming in general should be a crime!
I hate spam as much as the next guy but why should something that is easily remedied with technology be a concern of government? I'm also not convinced that talking people into sending e-mails to a Judge should qualify as spam in the classical sense. When I think of spam I think of UCE -- unsolicited commercial e-mail.
What's next, will it be called spam if some activist/interest group convinces it's members to flood their Congress-critters in-boxes with messages?
seriously, you need to think a little bit more before you start worrying.
the judge didn't call it spam... 2 headline writers called it spam. the judge called it an act of "contempt"... so if you want to spend time analyzing the definitions of words, perhaps you should start with that one.
i also don't see how you make the jump to assume that all executive branch members are somehow protected or are destined to be protected in all the same ways as members of the judicial branch.
balances AND checks.
this is not tautology.
perhaps you are one of the admittedly illiterates?
so then the only difference between the verbs cue and queue is the assumption of something else having priority.