Fuck real people, I prefer the Internet where the world is at my fingertips.-
I can't help but wonder if that attitude is because someone hurt you deeply at some point in your life, generating feelings of mistrust that eventually caused you to disown all human contact.
You're much better off just treating a credit card like a debit card & paying it off monthly, and using your debit card ONLY as an ATM card.
I agree with this, but you have to be VERY careful not to overspend. It's ridiculously easy to spend more than you can afford with credit cards, that's why so many people get into debt.
I personally don't believe that at 18 years old most people are qualified to act as adults. College is a pretty good way of teaching them that in a softer fashion then the real world.
Miss a test? Well you might fail the class, which is a real world consequence, but you have a chance to retake it later on. Miss something that serious in a job? You're fired. College, I think, is supposed to teach people how to be responsible adults. They shouldn't have to be totally responsible and understanding of the world when they come in.
Currently at the University I went to, tuition is $4,000 per quarter. That's $12,000 per year. In four years a student could rack up $48,000 in loans and that's just to pay for tuition. Then (if they aren't lucky enough to live near a good university) they will probably pay extra for housing. That goes for another $3,000 a quarter if you live on campus, or another $36,000. If you live off campus, average rent is about $600-$900 for a room (its a college town), and often you can only find rooms for $600 if you split with someone else. At ten months for a school year (September-June, I think I counted that right?), that can be as high as $9,000 a year, still $36,000, and at the low end its still $24,000 a year. And, bear in mind, this is assuming a full course-load. If students want to take only 2 classes then their tuition drops... to $3000 a quarter. And they have to go to school for longer because they don't have enough time in 4 years to finish their degrees. Going to school full time, you CAN work part time, but its difficult (I know because I did it, and was lucky enough to get a job in my field of study). That can pay for rent, maybe, and food/utilities/ect.
School is very difficult to afford for those who's parents are rich enough to disqualify them for grants, but not rich enough to actually be able to push them through college (my parents are this way-I was disqualified for grants because they own a second property, a property that they can't sell because of the market).
The last year I was in school, an entire major was removed, due to budget constraints. It was social sciences, which, from your post above, I can see you think is useless. However, right after, they created a new major: Judaism. You can currently get a Bachelors degree in Judaism from this University. How is that any more useful then social studies (which actually does have SOME uses)?
So tell me, who's fault is it that tuition is so high? Even people who are in "useful" majors like myself had to get loans, and I was one of the lucky ones who could get a job (again, college town, even little jobs in coffee shops get snapped up very quickly). I could go on to contrast the cost against the quality of education I received, but that's not really the point.
While I agree that if you're going to go $60,000 into debt for a history degree, you should stop and rethink what you're doing, but it is very very easy to get that much into debt simply by going to a University, no matter what your major. Maybe it's different where you come from?
Well, isn't it better to elect someone who is "better than the other two choices", then not be able to vote for that someone at all and have to deal with the two other choices who are shitty? Gotta start improving somewhere.
I'm not sure that is the same. The ability to drive the car is the main feature of the car. Limiting that limits the main feature, ie the whole point of buying a car for most people. The ability to install a third party operating system was not the main feature of a PS3, and does not affect its main feature, ie playing games. So it would be more like removing the ability to fold down the back seats-something that does not affect the main feature of the car, but really annoys people who do use it.
I suspect that at some point these consoles will fail. And at that point they would have to buy new ones, which would come with updated firmware. Unless they bought a warehouse full of replacements at the time, which is not impossible.
By the majority of people in the US, for starters. And probably hate is not a good word. Misunderstood is a better one. Many people I meet assume that I'm a die-hard fundamentalist like the Westboro Baptists (spelling).
Oh please tell me you aren't serious. That sexist "wives should submit to their husbands" is a bullshit view fostered during a time when a male-dominated society was prevalent. Christianity needs to grow up (and yes I say that as a Christian myself) and learn to live in this century. These views that so many of the faith hold from centuries ago are the main reason that we are so hated now in the world. Do you want that? I don't.
Where I grew up (large ranching community) if a cow wanders onto your property it doesn't become yours. In fact if you want to keep cows out it's your responsibility to fence off your land. I personally feel its ridiculous, but if similar laws apply here, they weren't allowed to keep the cows.
That's the main problem with "public" or "open" land. If you buy some woodland, and declare it totally free and open, someone will come along and cut down all the trees. It's a great idea, but you'd have to lay ground rules to prevent abuse. And then it's not really "open" anymore.
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I would guess that she never really was that religious
Especially if she was already in an "atheist think tank"
Fuck real people, I prefer the Internet where the world is at my fingertips.-
I can't help but wonder if that attitude is because someone hurt you deeply at some point in your life, generating feelings of mistrust that eventually caused you to disown all human contact.
You're much better off just treating a credit card like a debit card & paying it off monthly, and using your debit card ONLY as an ATM card.
I agree with this, but you have to be VERY careful not to overspend. It's ridiculously easy to spend more than you can afford with credit cards, that's why so many people get into debt.
That's a damn good point.
Well probably if this became popular they wouldn't have to login, the social networking sites would grant them a "backdoor" pass.
I personally don't believe that at 18 years old most people are qualified to act as adults. College is a pretty good way of teaching them that in a softer fashion then the real world.
Miss a test? Well you might fail the class, which is a real world consequence, but you have a chance to retake it later on. Miss something that serious in a job? You're fired. College, I think, is supposed to teach people how to be responsible adults. They shouldn't have to be totally responsible and understanding of the world when they come in.
Currently at the University I went to, tuition is $4,000 per quarter. That's $12,000 per year. In four years a student could rack up $48,000 in loans and that's just to pay for tuition. Then (if they aren't lucky enough to live near a good university) they will probably pay extra for housing. That goes for another $3,000 a quarter if you live on campus, or another $36,000. If you live off campus, average rent is about $600-$900 for a room (its a college town), and often you can only find rooms for $600 if you split with someone else. At ten months for a school year (September-June, I think I counted that right?), that can be as high as $9,000 a year, still $36,000, and at the low end its still $24,000 a year. And, bear in mind, this is assuming a full course-load. If students want to take only 2 classes then their tuition drops... to $3000 a quarter. And they have to go to school for longer because they don't have enough time in 4 years to finish their degrees. Going to school full time, you CAN work part time, but its difficult (I know because I did it, and was lucky enough to get a job in my field of study). That can pay for rent, maybe, and food/utilities/ect.
School is very difficult to afford for those who's parents are rich enough to disqualify them for grants, but not rich enough to actually be able to push them through college (my parents are this way-I was disqualified for grants because they own a second property, a property that they can't sell because of the market).
The last year I was in school, an entire major was removed, due to budget constraints. It was social sciences, which, from your post above, I can see you think is useless. However, right after, they created a new major: Judaism. You can currently get a Bachelors degree in Judaism from this University. How is that any more useful then social studies (which actually does have SOME uses)?
So tell me, who's fault is it that tuition is so high? Even people who are in "useful" majors like myself had to get loans, and I was one of the lucky ones who could get a job (again, college town, even little jobs in coffee shops get snapped up very quickly). I could go on to contrast the cost against the quality of education I received, but that's not really the point.
While I agree that if you're going to go $60,000 into debt for a history degree, you should stop and rethink what you're doing, but it is very very easy to get that much into debt simply by going to a University, no matter what your major. Maybe it's different where you come from?
Well, isn't it better to elect someone who is "better than the other two choices", then not be able to vote for that someone at all and have to deal with the two other choices who are shitty? Gotta start improving somewhere.
No reason, just never heard of it before.
Wait, you put only the first three chapters out under CC (Creative Commons)? I didn't know it was possible to split up a book's copyright like that.
Look at REAMDE, cited in the article.
Heh I read that first as README and wondered why a README was being sold on Amazon.
"Facebook, it seems, doesn't think much of the Delete key and continued to hold copies of the data on its servers."
This really shouldn't come as a surprise for anyone here.
I'm not sure that is the same. The ability to drive the car is the main feature of the car. Limiting that limits the main feature, ie the whole point of buying a car for most people. The ability to install a third party operating system was not the main feature of a PS3, and does not affect its main feature, ie playing games. So it would be more like removing the ability to fold down the back seats-something that does not affect the main feature of the car, but really annoys people who do use it.
I suspect that at some point these consoles will fail. And at that point they would have to buy new ones, which would come with updated firmware. Unless they bought a warehouse full of replacements at the time, which is not impossible.
That's a good point.
By the majority of people in the US, for starters. And probably hate is not a good word. Misunderstood is a better one. Many people I meet assume that I'm a die-hard fundamentalist like the Westboro Baptists (spelling).
Oh please tell me you aren't serious. That sexist "wives should submit to their husbands" is a bullshit view fostered during a time when a male-dominated society was prevalent. Christianity needs to grow up (and yes I say that as a Christian myself) and learn to live in this century. These views that so many of the faith hold from centuries ago are the main reason that we are so hated now in the world. Do you want that? I don't.
Where I grew up (large ranching community) if a cow wanders onto your property it doesn't become yours. In fact if you want to keep cows out it's your responsibility to fence off your land. I personally feel its ridiculous, but if similar laws apply here, they weren't allowed to keep the cows.
Aren't they producing a TV show now? (pretty sure I saw a ./ article on that a few days ago)
pro-fag? Or a dumb-het I guess.
Ah, you're right. I misunderstood.
That's the main problem with "public" or "open" land. If you buy some woodland, and declare it totally free and open, someone will come along and cut down all the trees. It's a great idea, but you'd have to lay ground rules to prevent abuse. And then it's not really "open" anymore.
You'd have to use a quantum circuit....
Shouldn't Beethoven's 8th be public domain by now?
Its human nature, not contract law
And that matters to you and me. It only matters to a corporation when it starts to affect their bottom line.