All this namby-pamby politically correct bullshit is sickening.
The unfortunate thing is that it is so heavily ingrained in the education systems of all developed countries.
My wife is a secondary school (US translation: 'college' maybe?) teacher who has to put up with this sort of crap day in and day out. God forbid she tries to teach some kids free thought, no way. She either:
Gets slapped down by a senior teacher for not toeing the line, or
Gets labelled as a 'bad teacher' because her kids get marked badly in external exams for questioning presumptions or attempting free thought
I don't have kids, but geeze, home schooling has never looked so inviting.
Man, that's my idea!
I've also always maintained that technology goes: Military -> Porn -> General Public.
The day we discover ET's, the military will be thinking "What weapons do they have.", while the 'adult entertainers' will say "how can we sell them porn?".
Paul you skank! Trolling for idg hits on slashdot:-P
No, you don't know me but I've seen your little photo in Computerworld mag! Nice to see a fellow NZer posting though.
Oh and yes - come to NZ: we may have a female prime minister, but at least she can find the 'W' on her keyboard.
Yeah gotta agree there.
I'm a born and bred New Zealander, and many of my friends have buggered off to USA and UK to make megabucks - and they do: $1 of mine only buys $0.45 (USA) or $0.30 (UK)!!
But then again they gotta contend with shit like smelly, dirty, cold London; or worrying about being shot and contending with an arsewipe president in USA;-)
My $0.02 (or $0.01 in your dollars).
B.
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Yeah man, you've got it.
They don't need any vc. Just set up a pre-orders site - I'll be the first one there to order!
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The unfortunate thing is that it is so heavily ingrained in the education systems of all developed countries.
My wife is a secondary school (US translation: 'college' maybe?) teacher who has to put up with this sort of crap day in and day out. God forbid she tries to teach some kids free thought, no way. She either:
- Gets slapped down by a senior teacher for not toeing the line, or
- Gets labelled as a 'bad teacher' because her kids get marked badly in external exams for questioning presumptions or attempting free thought
I don't have kids, but geeze, home schooling has never looked so inviting.--
Man, that's my idea!
I've also always maintained that technology goes: Military -> Porn -> General Public.
The day we discover ET's, the military will be thinking "What weapons do they have.", while the 'adult entertainers' will say "how can we sell them porn?".
Paul you skank! Trolling for idg hits on slashdot :-P
No, you don't know me but I've seen your little photo in Computerworld mag! Nice to see a fellow NZer posting though.
Oh and yes - come to NZ: we may have a female prime minister, but at least she can find the 'W' on her keyboard.
B.
Yeah gotta agree there. I'm a born and bred New Zealander, and many of my friends have buggered off to USA and UK to make megabucks - and they do: $1 of mine only buys $0.45 (USA) or $0.30 (UK)!! But then again they gotta contend with shit like smelly, dirty, cold London; or worrying about being shot and contending with an arsewipe president in USA ;-)
My $0.02 (or $0.01 in your dollars).
B.
Yeah man, you've got it. They don't need any vc. Just set up a pre-orders site - I'll be the first one there to order!
Thank you! I desperately scanned the comments list for an ounce of sanity and found it!