Prior comments about competing against lower salaries in the world market are right on target.
I don't know if you've looked at salary.com yet, but that will give you statistical ranges of what people at a similar skill level are making in your geographic area. That will help you verify whether or not what you're being offered is within reason.
I don't quite agree with characterization of where "the Right" moves. They may talk a good game about power to the people, but in reality, corporations are the ones that end up with the power that government gives up.
Why? Because they fund the political campaigns. They do it so they can sure that they'll be looked after when legislation is written. Whenever there's any sort of conflict between individual rights and corporate priorities, count on individual rights to lose every single time in this administration.
The field of athletics is one of the few where whites are in the minority. But move from the playing field or the basketball court and the vast majority of head coaches, general managers and team owners are white. For that reason, I'd hardly see it as a disadvantage to be white in the field of sports.
Somehow I doubt that anyone hates "Dubya" as much as some people hate Clinton (or hated Nixon). Saying that "Dubya" has integrity and Gore doesn't conveniently ignores Bush's actions during the Republican primary.
If this election were about qualifications (I know it's not), it should be a walkaway for Gore. 8 years as VP and many years of service in Congress vs. 6 years as governor in a state where that office is constitutionally weaker than most in the U.S.
What's sad is Bush is the guy the Republicans chose to put up. If the powers that be had any stones at all, they would have gotten behind someone like McCain, or even Colin Powell. Even Bush's brother Jeb is more ready to be president than he is.
If anyone deserves the vitriol, it's Bush the elder, for foisting Clarence Thomas on us.
The system you describe in the opening of your comment sounds a lot like the DivX format. Were something like that to be implemented for CDs, I have no doubt it would meet the same fate.
Because a number of the members of SDMI manufacture hardware, it seems to me that they intend to implement this in hardware as well. This could of course be used to prevent the playing of copies in such players.
I certainly don't have any problem with artists making money off their music. However, I think their interests would be better served by selling CDs, singles, individual mp3 files, etc. directly to the fans. The record companies aren't looking out for the artists, so why trust them to create a secure format? Because they say so?
I've seen a lot of great comments on the value of college. I think the value of college (or university) goes far beyond whatever you major in.
In the 4-5 years you spend as an undergraduate, you'll probably meet more interesting people and form more lasting friendships than you will for the rest of your life. 4 years after graduating from the University of Maryland, I keep in better touch with college classmates in California than I do with high school classmates where I live. The fraternities, sororities, honor societies and campus clubs you join create networks that you'll be able to contribute to and benefit from throughout your career. While such things are possible to do without going to college, if you can afford it, GO!
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Prior comments about competing against lower salaries in the world market are right on target.
I don't know if you've looked at salary.com yet, but that will give you statistical ranges of what people at a similar skill level are making in your geographic area. That will help you verify whether or not what you're being offered is within reason.
I don't quite agree with characterization of where "the Right" moves. They may talk a good game about power to the people, but in reality, corporations are the ones that end up with the power that government gives up. Why? Because they fund the political campaigns. They do it so they can sure that they'll be looked after when legislation is written. Whenever there's any sort of conflict between individual rights and corporate priorities, count on individual rights to lose every single time in this administration.
The field of athletics is one of the few where whites are in the minority. But move from the playing field or the basketball court and the vast majority of head coaches, general managers and team owners are white. For that reason, I'd hardly see it as a disadvantage to be white in the field of sports.
Somehow I doubt that anyone hates "Dubya" as much as some people hate Clinton (or hated Nixon). Saying that "Dubya" has integrity and Gore doesn't conveniently ignores Bush's actions during the Republican primary. If this election were about qualifications (I know it's not), it should be a walkaway for Gore. 8 years as VP and many years of service in Congress vs. 6 years as governor in a state where that office is constitutionally weaker than most in the U.S. What's sad is Bush is the guy the Republicans chose to put up. If the powers that be had any stones at all, they would have gotten behind someone like McCain, or even Colin Powell. Even Bush's brother Jeb is more ready to be president than he is. If anyone deserves the vitriol, it's Bush the elder, for foisting Clarence Thomas on us.
The system you describe in the opening of your comment sounds a lot like the DivX format. Were something like that to be implemented for CDs, I have no doubt it would meet the same fate. Because a number of the members of SDMI manufacture hardware, it seems to me that they intend to implement this in hardware as well. This could of course be used to prevent the playing of copies in such players. I certainly don't have any problem with artists making money off their music. However, I think their interests would be better served by selling CDs, singles, individual mp3 files, etc. directly to the fans. The record companies aren't looking out for the artists, so why trust them to create a secure format? Because they say so?
I've seen a lot of great comments on the value of college. I think the value of college (or university) goes far beyond whatever you major in. In the 4-5 years you spend as an undergraduate, you'll probably meet more interesting people and form more lasting friendships than you will for the rest of your life. 4 years after graduating from the University of Maryland, I keep in better touch with college classmates in California than I do with high school classmates where I live. The fraternities, sororities, honor societies and campus clubs you join create networks that you'll be able to contribute to and benefit from throughout your career. While such things are possible to do without going to college, if you can afford it, GO!