You are doing nothing but a HUGE disservice to your child(ren) by keeping them from their peers, sheltered from the world, and away from opinions that are different from yours. We all *NEED* these kinds of interactions in order to better cope with the world when we become adults and move out on our own.
On what are you basing your assumption that home-schoolers do not interact with children their own age? Yes, there are those that don't but the same can be said about some public school children. My cousins were home-schooled through most of their schooling. They would go to homeschool co-ops, do part-time public high school, and dual-credit college. They would also hang out with others outside of their schooling. Hell, they are more outgoing than I am. All three of them are bright, well-adjusted individuals who are going to a good college, making good grades, and have plenty of friends.
Maybe they want their child to have a better education. When I was home-schooled for two years, I learned faster and more than I could have in public school. When I started public school again, the school wanted me to skip ahead a grade. I wish I could have been home-schooled my whole childhood.
About the original question, there are home-school co-ops out there that might be able to help. Also, I have known some home-schoolers to go to public school part-time and do the rest of their classes at home. In the later years, some home-schoolers take classes at the local community college for dual credit.
Even if Google has the information needed to predict general outcomes, they don't necessarily have the processing power to make the necessary conclusions.
I would probably write an program to make searches off a list of things that will attract the police and then post it online for people to download and run. Police would run out of funds to deal with these blatant invasions of privacy rather quickly.
Countries which are truly not racist don't care if you describe an individual's skin color as black or white. Baseless discrimination is what makes racism racism.
How many "non-tech people" do you know who actually installed Windows from disk? Something tells me that if you were to ask most of these folks when they installed their OS, the response would be akin to "Uh, it was on there when I bought it."
While I don't like DRM, Steam is a good compromise. Steam is not that intrusive and it allows me to make a local backup of the game files, re-download the game files, automatically install most games, and chat with friends without leaving the game. Combine all that with awesome game sales and I am perfectly willing to buy from Steam. All the games that do not have non-Steam DRM added on top of Steam's DRM only require a single online start before they can be played offline. That said, I only buy Steam games when they are on sale. It is unlikely that I would pay $60 for a single game on Steam. I can't sell the game. Why should I pay full price?
I'm a Linux advocate, but come on! To suggest that Uncle Larry will switch to Linux because she doesn't like the tile interface is absurd!
PC gamers tend to be tech savvy enough to consider it if their games ran on Linux. Unfortunately, most game publishers will probably not bother porting their games to Linux even after Steam adds support.
Artists get special legal and financial treatment because the creation of artistic works is perhaps the highest expression of what is means to be human. Putting it another way a musical work might very well be played and loved long after the dancers at a particular wedding have turned to dust.
Art might be the most easily viewed form of human expression but I wouldn't call it the "highest" form of human expression. Even if it was, I still don't see why they should get special treatment.
Black markets form when there exists a market that is not being serviced through legal channels. By not competing with the pirates by addressing the desires of the populous, the content companies are actually encouraging piracy. Listen up content providers. We want use our content when, where, and how we want it all at a reasonable price. Yes, there are those that pirate because they don't want to pay but most of us are willing to pay but can't without going through major headaches. Make it simple. Netflix and Hulu are prime, albeit not perfect, examples. I think most people would be willing to pay more if the selection was bigger and we could save movies offline for later when we do not have a network connection. In other words, a TV/movie version of Spotify and Rdio.
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I tried to give KDE a chance years ago and didn't like it. Since Gnome 3 sucks, I looked around and am currently using Cinnamon.
It still needs a little polishing but overall it is a great desktop GUI.
Seven Lies about Homeschoolers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJHt-m3VX6o
You are doing nothing but a HUGE disservice to your child(ren) by keeping them from their peers, sheltered from the world, and away from opinions that are different from yours. We all *NEED* these kinds of interactions in order to better cope with the world when we become adults and move out on our own.
On what are you basing your assumption that home-schoolers do not interact with children their own age? Yes, there are those that don't but the same can be said about some public school children. My cousins were home-schooled through most of their schooling. They would go to homeschool co-ops, do part-time public high school, and dual-credit college. They would also hang out with others outside of their schooling. Hell, they are more outgoing than I am. All three of them are bright, well-adjusted individuals who are going to a good college, making good grades, and have plenty of friends.
Maybe they want their child to have a better education. When I was home-schooled for two years, I learned faster and more than I could have in public school. When I started public school again, the school wanted me to skip ahead a grade. I wish I could have been home-schooled my whole childhood.
About the original question, there are home-school co-ops out there that might be able to help. Also, I have known some home-schoolers to go to public school part-time and do the rest of their classes at home. In the later years, some home-schoolers take classes at the local community college for dual credit.
If curiosity is a felony and the police interrogate you because they are "curious" why you are curious, do they have to arrest themselves?
Or he could be 100 million bad tacos away from mayhem.
A) We aren't talking about arresting.
But you are talking about an invasion of privacy and possibly public embarrassment.
B) The internet is public.
Not everything on the internet is public. I use online banking but I don't want people looking at my bank statements or transferring my money.
The police should not even have access to your searches without a warrant.
Even if Google has the information needed to predict general outcomes, they don't necessarily have the processing power to make the necessary conclusions.
I would probably write an program to make searches off a list of things that will attract the police and then post it online for people to download and run. Police would run out of funds to deal with these blatant invasions of privacy rather quickly.
You can send the police your searches then. I don't want them anywhere near mine.
I honestly never know what to put on those stupid forms. My parents are from two different "racial" categories. Why does the government even care?
How do you know he doesn't do validation on both sides?
Countries which are truly not racist don't care if you describe an individual's skin color as black or white. Baseless discrimination is what makes racism racism.
Some would. Just not enough.
Sorry. I think I changed how I was going to write the sentence in mid-sentence.
How many "non-tech people" do you know who actually installed Windows from disk? Something tells me that if you were to ask most of these folks when they installed their OS, the response would be akin to "Uh, it was on there when I bought it."
I doubt most people don't even know what a OS is.
While I don't like DRM, Steam is a good compromise. Steam is not that intrusive and it allows me to make a local backup of the game files, re-download the game files, automatically install most games, and chat with friends without leaving the game. Combine all that with awesome game sales and I am perfectly willing to buy from Steam. All the games that do not have non-Steam DRM added on top of Steam's DRM only require a single online start before they can be played offline. That said, I only buy Steam games when they are on sale. It is unlikely that I would pay $60 for a single game on Steam. I can't sell the game. Why should I pay full price?
I'm a Linux advocate, but come on! To suggest that Uncle Larry will switch to Linux because she doesn't like the tile interface is absurd!
PC gamers tend to be tech savvy enough to consider it if their games ran on Linux. Unfortunately, most game publishers will probably not bother porting their games to Linux even after Steam adds support.
Next up. Robo-pets made from actually pets. Your pets death getting you down? Stuff him with a chip so that he can follow you around!
And if he did it, thats a case for animal rights.
Why? We kill chickens, cows, pigs, ducks, squirrel, deer, and such all the time. What makes cats special?
A truck with nine wheels on each side.
Artists get special legal and financial treatment because the creation of artistic works is perhaps the highest expression of what is means to be human. Putting it another way a musical work might very well be played and loved long after the dancers at a particular wedding have turned to dust.
Art might be the most easily viewed form of human expression but I wouldn't call it the "highest" form of human expression. Even if it was, I still don't see why they should get special treatment.
Black markets form when there exists a market that is not being serviced through legal channels. By not competing with the pirates by addressing the desires of the populous, the content companies are actually encouraging piracy. Listen up content providers. We want use our content when, where, and how we want it all at a reasonable price. Yes, there are those that pirate because they don't want to pay but most of us are willing to pay but can't without going through major headaches. Make it simple. Netflix and Hulu are prime, albeit not perfect, examples. I think most people would be willing to pay more if the selection was bigger and we could save movies offline for later when we do not have a network connection. In other words, a TV/movie version of Spotify and Rdio.
Well of course if you dance, you're getting more enjoyment from the music. And if you enjoy it more, you should pay more.
By that logic, artists should owe me money if I hear their music and it annoys me ... Anyone got Justin Beiber's number?