That's precisely my point. I think it's worthwhile to examine why. It is most likely that case that the problem is social constructs and norms that dissuade females from some careers. That can be corrected.
Right, but do females seem to prefer non-tech jobs. Could it just simply be that practically from birth, girls are brought up in a society that through it's norms and cultural values dissuades them from entering stuff like the sciences?
I think in any job the only people who should be there are those that have proven their worth.
Yes, and in an equal society each gender would be able to supply half of the qualified candidates. The fact that there so few female developers/sysadmins/etc illustrates that there's some underlying inequality.
You're right, using quotas can be unnecessary. More important is to find and eliminate the factors causing the imbalance in the first place.
Any teacher I know, and I know a number at different levels, does not work a six hour day. They frequently also work weekends. That 2-month break you're talking about? Most of that's spent preparing courses and taking classes.
To become a teacher, in this jurisidication, you need 2 under-grad degrees. To get to the top paylevel you need a Masters. Even after 25 years and 3 degrees a teacher makes less than someone with similar qualifications in a different field.
The entry level job I got after getting my B.Scs paid more than a friend who has a Master's and has been teaching for several years. I also have a far easier job.
No, no they're not. Let's say that provide your content would cost the cable providers $100/month. Not too many people will pay $100/month for cable. So the cable company charges $50/month for access and recoups the rest for advertising. It isn't double-dipping, it's saving you upfront costs.
Free-rider applies to public goods, which are non-excludable and non-rivalrous. If you're going to throw around economic theory at least get your definitions correct.
Non-excludable means the producer can't easily deny access to free-riders. If free-riders could easily be excluded then they wouldn't be to free-ride, right?
Non-rivalrous means that each consumer doesn't diminish the amount of the good available.
The Internet is fact both excludable and rival. Websites can easily restrict access to people, and firewalls can block out zones. Accessing websites requires bandwith and server resources, both of which are finite.
Keep up your econ studies, with a little effort you may just end up with a passing grade.
No. The article summary mentions Xeon, and when I think Xeon I think servers. In the server market there's more than two CPU manufacturers: Intel, AMD, IBM, Sun, Fujitsu, NEC, HP.
Ah, blame the victim; always the classy thing thing to do: "I can't write a logical sentence, but it's your fault you misunderstood me. It's not my fault you weren't able to decipher the meaning of my horribly mangled and confusing comparison".
I know who Pinnochio and Ellison are. The problem was that you mangled the common "A is so [blah] that he makes B look C".
In order for the phrase to make sense B has to be the opposite of C. If B is the same as a C (e.g. liars like Ellison and Pinnochio) than the phrase loses any impact and sense.
Hmm, last I checked US universities spent $33B on research in 2002. About $20B came from federal government research grants, about $2B from states, $6.5B from the universities themselves, and only about $4B combined from gifts and industrial sponsorship.
Two thirds of research grants is not what I would call "a very small amount".
Oh, and of the the $6.5B that universities contributed, $5.5B was spent by publically funded universities.
In dire, but rare, emergencies. More specifically, in instances where someone's life is in immediate and severe danger that requires they be removed from the situation immediately.
e.g. Someone get wounded in a remote area (say while camping), and needs to get to hospital.
e.g. Someone is in danger and needs to escape, say a women whose husband has become violent.
The times when someone will _need_ to drive while intoxicated are rare, but serious. More serious then if they didn't drive.
The government did not "invent" the internet as we know it. The network that makes up the Internet was originally designed for military communication redundancy. However, once academia got access to it,
Hmmm, isn't the military part of the government? Hey, aren't most research scientists either at state universities and/or receiving grants from the federal/state governments.
Gee, I dunno, the government really had no hand in creating the internet. Nope, none at all.
1000 deg physical life based on these laws cannot occur -- period
Why not? Life as we know it can't exist in those conditions, but that doesn't alternative life forms can't. Say instead of carbon based lifeforms there's silicon or some other type?
It IS an established fact of microbiology that life cannot exist outside the rather narrow temperature range where liquid water can exist and that the only atom we know that can sustain the incredibly complex molecules of living systems is carbon
No, it is an observation the life as developed on planet earth is restricted to carbon based systems. That does not mean that on some 1000 degree planet of molton rock some completely different and alien type of lifeform could develop. Just cause we haven't seen it doesn't mean it isn't possible.
"I started using an electronic can opener, and I've never looked back!"
"I've switch from a 286 to a Xeon, and I've never looked back!"
"I upgraded to a 19" monitor, and I've never looked back!".
The "I've never backed phrase" indicates that the new way is better than the old way, and there are no-second thoughts about the decision. How is that fanaticism?
It doesn't mean that I'm going to use a Xeon forever, or never investigate other options. It just means that the Xeon is better for my needs and I have no cause to switch back.
The difference with cheaper, slower hardware is that people need more of it to run than with more expensive equipment. More computers means more system administrators.
I've seen people say "Hey, I can make a cluster out of my 16 old P3-400MHz computers, it's cheap". You can, sure, but a single 3GHz dual-xeon will both be faster and save you time, electricity, and space.
An upfront cheap may lead to far higher support costs.
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And the prize for the day's most sexist remark by a bitter, lonely guy goes to...
jlseagull!!
Why don't we tell him what he's won?
"jlseagull's won the right to remain bitter and lonely, as no self respecting female would want to date his misygonist ass!"
That's precisely my point. I think it's worthwhile to examine why. It is most likely that case that the problem is social constructs and norms that dissuade females from some careers. That can be corrected.
Right, but do females seem to prefer non-tech jobs. Could it just simply be that practically from birth, girls are brought up in a society that through it's norms and cultural values dissuades them from entering stuff like the sciences?
No, never that.
I think in any job the only people who should be there are those that have proven their worth.
Yes, and in an equal society each gender would be able to supply half of the qualified candidates. The fact that there so few female developers/sysadmins/etc illustrates that there's some underlying inequality.
You're right, using quotas can be unnecessary. More important is to find and eliminate the factors causing the imbalance in the first place.
Haha, funny. Off-base though.
Any teacher I know, and I know a number at different levels, does not work a six hour day. They frequently also work weekends. That 2-month break you're talking about? Most of that's spent preparing courses and taking classes.
To become a teacher, in this jurisidication, you need 2 under-grad degrees. To get to the top paylevel you need a Masters. Even after 25 years and 3 degrees a teacher makes less than someone with similar qualifications in a different field.
The entry level job I got after getting my B.Scs paid more than a friend who has a Master's and has been teaching for several years. I also have a far easier job.
Why? Because of some outdated concept that murder is wrong?
So you're saying it's right? I see where you're coming from now, you're extrapolating your insanity onto other people.
double-dipping.
No, no they're not. Let's say that provide your content would cost the cable providers $100/month. Not too many people will pay $100/month for cable. So the cable company charges $50/month for access and recoups the rest for advertising. It isn't double-dipping, it's saving you upfront costs.
Free-rider applies to public goods, which are non-excludable and non-rivalrous. If you're going to throw around economic theory at least get your definitions correct.
Non-excludable means the producer can't easily deny access to free-riders. If free-riders could easily be excluded then they wouldn't be to free-ride, right?
Non-rivalrous means that each consumer doesn't diminish the amount of the good available.
The Internet is fact both excludable and rival. Websites can easily restrict access to people, and firewalls can block out zones. Accessing websites requires bandwith and server resources, both of which are finite.
Keep up your econ studies, with a little effort you may just end up with a passing grade.
article knows that we're talking about PCs.
No. The article summary mentions Xeon, and when I think Xeon I think servers. In the server market there's more than two CPU manufacturers: Intel, AMD, IBM, Sun, Fujitsu, NEC, HP.
lack of capitals doesn't alter the understanding/possible meaning of the sentence.
It affects readability. Things that affect readability also affect understanding, and that's no different than incorrect use of punctuation.
Combined with improper use of punctuation, non-use of capitals turns:
"I helped my Uncle Jack off the horse"
into:
"I helped my uncle jack off the horse"
Ah, blame the victim; always the classy thing thing to do: "I can't write a logical sentence, but it's your fault you misunderstood me. It's not my fault you weren't able to decipher the meaning of my horribly mangled and confusing comparison".
Have you ever flown on an airplane? Chances are that no two people on the plane paid the same amount for their tickets.
Under your silly rules haggling over prices would be illegal? Ever bough a car? Have you truly never haggled?
I know who Pinnochio and Ellison are. The problem was that you mangled the common "A is so [blah] that he makes B look C".
In order for the phrase to make sense B has to be the opposite of C. If B is the same as a C (e.g. liars like Ellison and Pinnochio) than the phrase loses any impact and sense.
He makes Larry Ellison look like Pinochio.
I don't think that sentence means what think it means.
Hmm, last I checked US universities spent $33B on research in 2002. About $20B came from federal government research grants, about $2B from states, $6.5B from the universities themselves, and only about $4B combined from gifts and industrial sponsorship.
Two thirds of research grants is not what I would call "a very small amount".
Oh, and of the the $6.5B that universities contributed, $5.5B was spent by publically funded universities.
world wide web, thank the universities.
Oh, and are they funded by?
In dire, but rare, emergencies. More specifically, in instances where someone's life is in immediate and severe danger that requires they be removed from the situation immediately.
e.g. Someone get wounded in a remote area (say while camping), and needs to get to hospital.
e.g. Someone is in danger and needs to escape, say a women whose husband has become violent.
The times when someone will _need_ to drive while intoxicated are rare, but serious. More serious then if they didn't drive.
The government did not "invent" the internet as we know it. The network that makes up the Internet was originally designed for military communication redundancy. However, once academia got access to it,
Hmmm, isn't the military part of the government? Hey, aren't most research scientists either at state universities and/or receiving grants from the federal/state governments.
Gee, I dunno, the government really had no hand in creating the internet. Nope, none at all.
1000 deg physical life based on these laws cannot occur -- period
Why not? Life as we know it can't exist in those conditions, but that doesn't alternative life forms can't. Say instead of carbon based lifeforms there's silicon or some other type?
It IS an established fact of microbiology that life cannot exist outside the rather narrow temperature range where liquid water can exist and that the only atom we know that can sustain the incredibly complex molecules of living systems is carbon
No, it is an observation the life as developed on planet earth is restricted to carbon based systems. That does not mean that on some 1000 degree planet of molton rock some completely different and alien type of lifeform could develop. Just cause we haven't seen it doesn't mean it isn't possible.
"I started using an electronic can opener, and I've never looked back!"
"I've switch from a 286 to a Xeon, and I've never looked back!"
"I upgraded to a 19" monitor, and I've never looked back!".
The "I've never backed phrase" indicates that the new way is better than the old way, and there are no-second thoughts about the decision. How is that fanaticism?
It doesn't mean that I'm going to use a Xeon forever, or never investigate other options. It just means that the Xeon is better for my needs and I have no cause to switch back.
The difference with cheaper, slower hardware is that people need more of it to run than with more expensive equipment. More computers means more system administrators.
I've seen people say "Hey, I can make a cluster out of my 16 old P3-400MHz computers, it's cheap". You can, sure, but a single 3GHz dual-xeon will both be faster and save you time, electricity, and space.
An upfront cheap may lead to far higher support costs.
then you passwords would be $tret43fHELLO, GFH#$VHELLO, and DSgb45HELLO. You get 3 secure passwords but only have to remember one.
tactile (feel of the paper & book), auditory (sound of the pages turning) and olfactory (smell of the book) senses
Gee, way to talk down to your audience.
Most software I've worked with in industry and private either supports a myriad of file formats, or else has easily parsible files.
You still haven't addressed the issue of inflated prices for commercial software