What "race" were Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass (both of whom had white fathers)?
What "race" was Martin Luther King, Jr. (who had an Irish grandmother and some American Indian ancestry as well)?
(As to whether I've ever looked at a black & white side by side - I'm "white" (English), my wife is "black" (Ivoirienne) - what "race" are our children?)
Nuclear isn't mature enough yet. Basically, all the good research into making it not spew out tonnes of highly dangerous transuranic waste was killed off by politicians worried about what to do with tonnes f transuranic waste.
What planet are you living on? Meanwhile, back here on earth, 82.4% of my electricity is generated by nuclear power stations and the spent fuel is recycled to make new fuel rods. The small amount of leftover high-level waste will soon be buried in deep underground repositories.
Well, once upon a time there was this guy who had a printer, with a buggy printer driver, and he wanted the code for the printer driver so he could fix the bug, which the manufacturer didn't want to do, and they wouldn't give him the code, and because he, unlike you, did give a shit...
Scientists estimate that spent coffee grounds can potentially add 340 million gallons of biodiesel to the world's fuel supply.
I assume they mean 340 million gallons a year.
World oil production is around 83 million bbl a day (2004 est.), about 10 times as much (1bbl = 42 gal). So this would keep us going for about two hours and 20 minutes a year.
As I mentioned somewhere else Numericable, the surviving French cable TV company, sells Internet (100mbps down, 1mbps up) for 21,90 EUR/month with the option of unlimited telephone for the EU, US, Canada, Turkey and Israel for -2 EUR/month extra. (I.E. it's cheaper to have the telephone than not!)
And, by the way, I was originally replying to the kid who had the laptop stolen and had to talk to two department heads and all that. Just go to the police...
So you were, sorry.
The Vu1turEMaN story sounds a lot worse. And nearly as unbelievable.
It also sounds like it "happened" at some kind of college rather than school, so "in loco parentis" may not even apply.
Read the original story. She didn't temporarily "confiscate" the cds, she stole them
The article:
...observed one of my students with a group of other children gathered around his laptop. Upon looking at his computer, I saw he was giving a demonstration of some sort. The student was showing the ability of the laptop and handing out Linux disks. After confiscating the disks I called a confrence with the student and that is how I came to discover you and your organization. Mr. Starks, I am sure you strongly believe in what you are doing but I cannot either support your efforts or allow them to happen in my classroom. At this point, I am not sure what you are doing is legal. No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful. These children look up to adults for guidance and discipline. I will research this as time allows and I want to assure you, if you are doing anything illegal, I will pursue charges as the law allows. Mr. Starks, I along with many others tried Linux during college and I assure you, the claims you make are grossly over-stated and hinge on falsehoods. I admire your attempts in getting computers in the hands of disadvantaged people but putting linux on these machines is holding our kids back.
This is a world where Windows runs on virtually every computer and putting on a carnival show for an operating system is not helping these children at all. I am sure if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older verison of Windows and that way, your computers would actually be of service to those receiving them..."
Please show where it says she refused to return the CD's.
Okay, note to the other kids out there: if a teacher "confiscates" your property, you go file a police report. Then talk to the principal. They can reasonably confiscate a pack of cigarettes or a handgun, pretty much anything else constitutes strong-arm robbery.
He's wrong - a teacher has the right to confiscate just about anything they want to, and he has his response ass backwards - it should be first see the principal, and then if they don't give back the goods call the police.
By the way, in the original story it was (if you believe the story) CD's that were confiscated, not a laptop. No mention was made of whether the kid, or his parents, attempted to recover the disks.
Argh! The little bastards love red wine. Problem is, so do I, and fishing them out is boring. (Leaving them in is not an option as they have a horrible bitter taste).
ITYM Jerry Taylor, City Manager of Tuttle, Oklahoma.
Who gave you permission to invade my website and block me and anyone else from accessing it??? Please remove your software immediately before I report it to government officials!! I am the City Manager of Tuttle, Oklahoma
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Damn. Forgot my major point...
The only person who can reliably tell you what "race" somebody is is a racist.
That's why I consider "islamophobia" racism.
What "race" is Obama? Tiger Woods?
What "race" were Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass (both of whom had white fathers)?
What "race" was Martin Luther King, Jr. (who had an Irish grandmother and some American Indian ancestry as well)?
(As to whether I've ever looked at a black & white side by side - I'm "white" (English), my wife is "black" (Ivoirienne) - what "race" are our children?)
There are no races. "muslim" is exactly as much a race as "white" or "black".
Or to put it another way, if there is racism, there is a "race". There is no other way of telling.
People who like to say "hatred of x" is not racism "because 'x' is not a 'race'", well... guess.
Just exactly how would you breathe methane with no atmospheric pressure?
It's not dust - it's a future resource.
What planet are you living on? Meanwhile, back here on earth, 82.4% of my electricity is generated by nuclear power stations and the spent fuel is recycled to make new fuel rods. The small amount of leftover high-level waste will soon be buried in deep underground repositories.
Toeing. Not towing. Much less work.
Well, once upon a time there was this guy who had a printer, with a buggy printer driver, and he wanted the code for the printer driver so he could fix the bug, which the manufacturer didn't want to do, and they wouldn't give him the code, and because he, unlike you, did give a shit...
And the rest is history.
You want to "wean people off" "current fuels" by subsidising their price?
And Slashotters think this is "insightful"?
I assume they mean 340 million gallons a year.
World oil production is around 83 million bbl a day (2004 est.), about 10 times as much (1bbl = 42 gal). So this would keep us going for about two hours and 20 minutes a year.
As I mentioned somewhere else Numericable, the surviving French cable TV company, sells Internet (100mbps down, 1mbps up) for 21,90 EUR/month with the option of unlimited telephone for the EU, US, Canada, Turkey and Israel for -2 EUR/month extra. (I.E. it's cheaper to have the telephone than not!)
Is this why Americans are always whining that government is usless? Because they just lay there while they're being raped thinking of liberteria?
Grow some balls.
100 mb/s internet = 21,90 EUR/month
100 mb/s internet + unlimited telephone (France + EU + US + Canada + Israel) = 19,90 EUR a month
Negative pork?
http://numericable.fr/
You sure it's not Buttle. Wouldn't want to make another mistake. :-)
So you were, sorry.
The Vu1turEMaN story sounds a lot worse. And nearly as unbelievable.
It also sounds like it "happened" at some kind of college rather than school, so "in loco parentis" may not even apply.
Uh, think you mean "post-Columbine" there pardner. You know, "bowling" not "Farenheit".
WTF? If your school needs the cops to keep discipline you're fucked.
TT says:
The article:
Please show where it says she refused to return the CD's.
And the police tell you to go see the principal. If they're in a bad mood they threaten you for wasting police time.
Trailer trash said:
He's wrong - a teacher has the right to confiscate just about anything they want to, and he has his response ass backwards - it should be first see the principal, and then if they don't give back the goods call the police.
By the way, in the original story it was (if you believe the story) CD's that were confiscated, not a laptop. No mention was made of whether the kid, or his parents, attempted to recover the disks.
Ha. Ha Ha! Hahahhahah! giggle, choke. Snigger...
Argh! The little bastards love red wine. Problem is, so do I, and fishing them out is boring. (Leaving them in is not an option as they have a horrible bitter taste).
ITYM Jerry Taylor, City Manager of Tuttle, Oklahoma.
http://www.centos.org/127_story.html
Uh, I doubt there's much Linux at Berkley.
Minor children have no property.
How can someone who cannot sign a binding contract own something?
Please learn what "in loco parentis" means.