Funny, I see it as less transparency at the moment. Unless there's going to be some sort of raw data posted on there. Raw data that can already be round on.gov websites. So, I guess there really isn't any more transparency than before, just more marketing. Which, in my book, is less openness.
Yes. If he tells you what he's doing, but does not provide every detail in XML format, then that is obfuscation. It's less openness than you want, not less than we had before.
This is neither proof of or against truth unless I missed the part where Obama was elected on the "change" of hanging one big ass "suggestions" box for the country to fill.
So are you complaining that EVERY politician has done this, or are you complaining that he is not doing this using the correct, preapproved way? Is there a an official document describing a repeatable way to be different?
Don't worry; he's lied several times about his relationships, religion, and childhood.
Yes. He is a muslim, which is why he goes to the crazy christian church. His had sex with William Ayers, and, he spent his childhood as a giant radioactive spider.
Thank you for letting us know about all the crazy lies you saw on the internet.
One of the interesting things about political correctness is that even racists do not want to appear racist.
Instead, they are amateur sociologists who only care about the aspects of sociology that justify racial disparity.
They are also amateur historians who only care about Nazi and Confederate history.
There are also the amateur biologists who love to discuss genetic inferiority, and how that observant the 16th century slavers must have been to have cracked the genome 500 years ago...
And now, we have amateur political scientists who specialize in the unfairness of black people getting elected.
<sarcasm>It's amazing that so many of these people are self-taught. </sarcasm>
I second this idea... especially the grad student part. Better yet, find a way to make this work part of a thesis for one of these students... then you might not have to pay them at all.:)
The problem with GPs suggestion of giving the project to a CS department is that the programmers are mostly inexperienced, not putting in forty hour weeks, are dividing their time between working for you and studying for the test (with the test getting a higher priority), and are given a relatively short time to crank out a product.
What I like about your idea, is that, although it is probably a lone effort, getting a grad student to devote three semesters to the project will ensure that by the end, you will be seeing quality work. It will cost a great deal of time, but it will also provide some grad student with a very valuable experience.
But, if there is a nearby CS department like the one at my alma-mater, then they offered an undergrad class in Software engineering, and graduate level courses in requirements elicitation, validation & verification (testing), Software Design, three semester thesis options for grad students, and three semester capstones to their students. This department was very interested in getting ideas for projects that they could pass on to these classes.
He could consider breaking the project up, proposing the test plan as a project for the V&V class, a set of design candidates as a project for a design class, etc...If he does not have a great deal of money to throw at the project, then he could probably get a great deal done by investing a little time. At least then, you could get some preliminary ideas fleshed out, which could be handed off to whoever you are hoping could produce the final product.
P.S. That makes me think...I had a project management class, which pretty much became "Software Engineering III". I'm wondering how that would have worked out, if one of our projects had been to take the professor's idea, to determine what his options are (on campus, looking for existing open source projects that could be adapted, etc), and to figure out a way to get the project started (even if it simply means developing a plan for how the project will be undertaken next semester). But I haven't really put enough thought into this to know if it could work. I'm just floating this thought out there, in case someone else finds the notion interesting.
Ok, so the pimps would become managers, the Johns would become customers, and the drug dealers would remain drug dealers.
But, what about human trafficking? Do honestly believe that women are being kidnapped from Nevada brothels and sold into slavery? Do you have any evidence?
As for sadism, well, if you walk into Wal-Mart and just start destroying things, what do you think would happen? There is no guarantee that nobody is going to run on a crazed rampage through Wal-Mart tomorrow, but the legitimacy of the business ensures that anyone who does such things is more likely to get arrested, and banned from the store.
As for deregulating immorality, welcome to America! Morality should have never been regulated in the first place. The attempt to do so has only strengthened organized crime and underground subcultures.
It's not just liberals, but conservatives as well. Why do you think the GOP spent eight years rabidly attacking Clinton? But as for the president, his power is not in control of the government. I've said elsewhere that the President is an over glorified salesman. He decides what issue will dominate the media next, and promotes one specific stance. Republicans have had plenty of politicians who were good at putting on their cowboy suit and promoting one stance or another, but democrats have usually been to verbose and uninspiring to promote their views. Obama is different in that he has good ideas and is able to make convincing arguments for them (and without dressing like a cowboy).
As for "not being able to blame republicans for everything", well, it will be great to not have republicans screwing everything up. It's a fair trade.
As for the notion of one man having to much power, no we believe strongly in checks and balances, which republicans have spent the last eight years trying to erode. In my life time, republicans have always been the party that believed that abuse of power is not a bad thing, and that "accountability", or placing more power in the hands of one guy, and hoping he's honest, is the best way to run the government.
Also, as for the patriot act, that was passed by a republican president and a republican congress. It may not dissapear any time soon, especially with republicans fighting tooth and nail to keep it around, but how is that Obama's fault?
As for taxes, well, McCain is going to make health insurance illegal. There, I said it. If republicans get to claim that Obama is going to raise taxes on the middle class, based on no evidence, and on his constant claims to the contrary, then we should be allowed to make similar claims about John McCain. After all, you have dropped the bar so low that you can now just make shit up, so it should apply on both sides of the table.
The words in question begin with the letters "F" and "S." The Associated Press typically does not use them.
"The reason these words shock is because of their association with a literal meaning," Chief Justice John Roberts said, suggesting his support for the policy
Then why are we allowed to say copulation and feces on TV?
I wish you could be modded higher than 5. The whole point of censorship is to control what people say in an attempt to control how they think. The problem is that these words exist out of necessity. So, when we remove one, we MUST have a synonym or euphemism ready to take its place.
And also, you did not ask about the distinction between one medium and another. If we just let the FCC censor broadcasts, then why can't they extend that to internet, cable, and satellite tv? The distinction is quite arbitrary.
What if the phone number in the manual is only 9 characters instead of 10?
Well, you guess. In this case guessing might be a lot more fun.
You: "Huh? Only 9 digits...let's try lucky 7 for the last number." Phone: *ring* Phone: "Helllloooo. You've reached the HOTline, where sexy women are waiting to hear from you. Please press 1 nowwww...."
If you don't think the president matters, then I hope that you didn't vote. After all, why expend all the time and energy to even pay attention to politics. Just let us silly liberals run everything and tell yourself that it doesn't matter who is in charge.
Remember, we were selected by the best judges in England...
The difference between the USA and Australia - first, England rounded up all of it's religious fanatics, and sent them to the American colonies, then they rounded up all of these criminals, and send those to the Australian colonies....
guyongirlonsheep37.jpg would probably be OK. I wouldn't want to try to explain guyongirlonsheep17.jpg however...
By an incredible coincidence, that happens to be the only username left untaken on yahoo! mail. I keep trying variations on my name and all I get is "That name is taken. May we suggest "guyongirlonsheep17.jpg@yahoo.com".
But I wish I hadn't told you my new email address. Now I'm going to get spam.
No, it did not WHOOSH over my head. He stated that the VP does not teach classes, so therefore is not relevant, and I disagree both with him, and with your assumptions (which seems quite a bit different from GPs).
As for the critical thinking part, you are sounding a bit like a conspiracy theorist. So, I would suggest that before you remove the "misinformation" from a subject, spend a great deal of time learning about that subject. Whether you agree or disagree on global warming, or any subject that you wish to dismiss, at least look at the evidence before you assume that everyone who disagrees with you is either a lemming or part of a vast world-wide conspiracy.
Why should Obama encourage homeschooling? This push toward homeschooling and vouchers amounts to giving up on the public schools we have. But the problem is that private schools get results by selective recruitment, and that homeschooling solves the problem by providing an excellent student to teacher ratio.
When we get classroom sizes down to the same size as a home schooled class, then you can accuse the public education system of being too extravagant.
Unless you happen to believe in creationism (like many do in the USA) then this is the trigger to vote for McCain/Palin.
Let's be honest here. Unless Palin is actually teaching the class her outlook on evolution has zero to do with her relation to education. Infact, keeping her in as a governor is probably more likely to get creationism pushed on more students than her being a vice president. On the federal level all she's going to do is go on and on about budgets. That's it.
I disagree. Modern presidents and vice presidents are basically salesmen with veto power. If we elect a 72 year old man with a history of skin cancer, then there is a distinct possibility that Palin will become president, so we must ask for either candidate, "would we vote for their running mate?"
In the case of Palin, she could, either as President or as VP, support so-called academic freedom bills. Once a republican administration starts spending time and money convincing people that creationist indoctrination is a first Amendment right, the Sean Hannitys and Rush Limbaughs of the world would fall in line, hitting that drum much harder and more often.
It may take time, and it may not be guaranteed, but a President can influence much more than just laws.
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I lift for about an hour 5 days/week and run about 30-40mpw. When I work out, I want to be unpluged. I don't want to see a screen, don't want to interact.
It's my mind, my body and me. Nothing else. Everyone needs it.
And that's why you don't need these products. You have to realize, however, that you are in the minority.
You can register with the post office, so that they forward your mail to the new address. Most people wouldn't consider filling out a change of address form as "registering with the government", but it sounds a great deal like what you're talking about.
But don't tell me that you are not already in 10 different databases from the moment you are born. I assume you guys also have to register for a birth certificate, you need to pay taxes at some point so you have a social security number, etc. I really don't see the point.
In my case, I was in eleven different databases, twelve spam-lists, and, some how, signed up for Troll Book of the Month Club...Go figure.
That may be true, but if the number of people we have in prison is large enough for politicians to risk being accused of "pandering to convicts", then doesn't that say something about our prison system?
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Funny, I see it as less transparency at the moment. Unless there's going to be some sort of raw data posted on there. Raw data that can already be round on .gov websites. So, I guess there really isn't any more transparency than before, just more marketing. Which, in my book, is less openness.
Yes. If he tells you what he's doing, but does not provide every detail in XML format, then that is obfuscation. It's less openness than you want, not less than we had before.
This is neither proof of or against truth unless I missed the part where Obama was elected on the "change" of hanging one big ass "suggestions" box for the country to fill.
So are you complaining that EVERY politician has done this, or are you complaining that he is not doing this using the correct, preapproved way? Is there a an official document describing a repeatable way to be different?
Don't worry; he's lied several times about his relationships, religion, and childhood.
Yes. He is a muslim, which is why he goes to the crazy christian church. His had sex with William Ayers, and, he spent his childhood as a giant radioactive spider.
Thank you for letting us know about all the crazy lies you saw on the internet.
Why do you hate america?
Are you a terrorist?
Are you a socialist?
Ummm...You thing democrats are accusing republicans of this? Do you keep up with politics?
One of the interesting things about political correctness is that even racists do not want to appear racist.
Instead, they are amateur sociologists who only care about the aspects of sociology that justify racial disparity.
They are also amateur historians who only care about Nazi and Confederate history.
There are also the amateur biologists who love to discuss genetic inferiority, and how that observant the 16th century slavers must have been to have cracked the genome 500 years ago...
And now, we have amateur political scientists who specialize in the unfairness of black people getting elected.
<sarcasm>It's amazing that so many of these people are self-taught. </sarcasm>
I second this idea... especially the grad student part. Better yet, find a way to make this work part of a thesis for one of these students... then you might not have to pay them at all. :)
The problem with GPs suggestion of giving the project to a CS department is that the programmers are mostly inexperienced, not putting in forty hour weeks, are dividing their time between working for you and studying for the test (with the test getting a higher priority), and are given a relatively short time to crank out a product.
What I like about your idea, is that, although it is probably a lone effort, getting a grad student to devote three semesters to the project will ensure that by the end, you will be seeing quality work. It will cost a great deal of time, but it will also provide some grad student with a very valuable experience.
But, if there is a nearby CS department like the one at my alma-mater, then they offered an undergrad class in Software engineering, and graduate level courses in requirements elicitation, validation & verification (testing), Software Design, three semester thesis options for grad students, and three semester capstones to their students. This department was very interested in getting ideas for projects that they could pass on to these classes.
He could consider breaking the project up, proposing the test plan as a project for the V&V class, a set of design candidates as a project for a design class, etc...If he does not have a great deal of money to throw at the project, then he could probably get a great deal done by investing a little time. At least then, you could get some preliminary ideas fleshed out, which could be handed off to whoever you are hoping could produce the final product.
P.S. That makes me think...I had a project management class, which pretty much became "Software Engineering III". I'm wondering how that would have worked out, if one of our projects had been to take the professor's idea, to determine what his options are (on campus, looking for existing open source projects that could be adapted, etc), and to figure out a way to get the project started (even if it simply means developing a plan for how the project will be undertaken next semester). But I haven't really put enough thought into this to know if it could work. I'm just floating this thought out there, in case someone else finds the notion interesting.
Ok, so the pimps would become managers, the Johns would become customers, and the drug dealers would remain drug dealers.
But, what about human trafficking? Do honestly believe that women are being kidnapped from Nevada brothels and sold into slavery? Do you have any evidence?
As for sadism, well, if you walk into Wal-Mart and just start destroying things, what do you think would happen? There is no guarantee that nobody is going to run on a crazed rampage through Wal-Mart tomorrow, but the legitimacy of the business ensures that anyone who does such things is more likely to get arrested, and banned from the store.
As for deregulating immorality, welcome to America! Morality should have never been regulated in the first place. The attempt to do so has only strengthened organized crime and underground subcultures.
It's not just liberals, but conservatives as well. Why do you think the GOP spent eight years rabidly attacking Clinton? But as for the president, his power is not in control of the government. I've said elsewhere that the President is an over glorified salesman. He decides what issue will dominate the media next, and promotes one specific stance. Republicans have had plenty of politicians who were good at putting on their cowboy suit and promoting one stance or another, but democrats have usually been to verbose and uninspiring to promote their views. Obama is different in that he has good ideas and is able to make convincing arguments for them (and without dressing like a cowboy).
As for "not being able to blame republicans for everything", well, it will be great to not have republicans screwing everything up. It's a fair trade.
As for the notion of one man having to much power, no we believe strongly in checks and balances, which republicans have spent the last eight years trying to erode. In my life time, republicans have always been the party that believed that abuse of power is not a bad thing, and that "accountability", or placing more power in the hands of one guy, and hoping he's honest, is the best way to run the government.
Also, as for the patriot act, that was passed by a republican president and a republican congress. It may not dissapear any time soon, especially with republicans fighting tooth and nail to keep it around, but how is that Obama's fault?
As for taxes, well, McCain is going to make health insurance illegal. There, I said it. If republicans get to claim that Obama is going to raise taxes on the middle class, based on no evidence, and on his constant claims to the contrary, then we should be allowed to make similar claims about John McCain. After all, you have dropped the bar so low that you can now just make shit up, so it should apply on both sides of the table.
How about this?
The words in question begin with the letters "F" and "S." The Associated Press typically does not use them.
"The reason these words shock is because of their association with a literal meaning," Chief Justice John Roberts said, suggesting his support for the policy
Then why are we allowed to say copulation and feces on TV?
I wish you could be modded higher than 5. The whole point of censorship is to control what people say in an attempt to control how they think. The problem is that these words exist out of necessity. So, when we remove one, we MUST have a synonym or euphemism ready to take its place.
And also, you did not ask about the distinction between one medium and another. If we just let the FCC censor broadcasts, then why can't they extend that to internet, cable, and satellite tv? The distinction is quite arbitrary.
What if the phone number in the manual is only 9 characters instead of 10?
Well, you guess. In this case guessing might be a lot more fun.
You: "Huh? Only 9 digits...let's try lucky 7 for the last number."
Phone: *ring*
Phone: "Helllloooo. You've reached the HOT line, where sexy women are waiting to hear from you. Please press 1 nowwww...."
ummm...I'd like to command and conquer you...
Ok, I know that's a little wierd...
Fifteen years ago, I really tried to find God. Now I know he was in Kenya.
If you don't think the president matters, then I hope that you didn't vote. After all, why expend all the time and energy to even pay attention to politics. Just let us silly liberals run everything and tell yourself that it doesn't matter who is in charge.
Yeah, there was:
This is fun. Are there any others?
I prefer Bush Vista
Remember, we were selected by the best judges in England...
The difference between the USA and Australia - first, England rounded up all of it's religious fanatics, and sent them to the American colonies, then they rounded up all of these criminals, and send those to the Australian colonies....
So where did they send the dentists?
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guyongirlonsheep37.jpg would probably be OK. I wouldn't want to try to explain guyongirlonsheep17.jpg however ...
By an incredible coincidence, that happens to be the only username left untaken on yahoo! mail. I keep trying variations on my name and all I get is "That name is taken. May we suggest "guyongirlonsheep17.jpg@yahoo.com".
But I wish I hadn't told you my new email address. Now I'm going to get spam.
No, it did not WHOOSH over my head. He stated that the VP does not teach classes, so therefore is not relevant, and I disagree both with him, and with your assumptions (which seems quite a bit different from GPs).
As for the critical thinking part, you are sounding a bit like a conspiracy theorist. So, I would suggest that before you remove the "misinformation" from a subject, spend a great deal of time learning about that subject. Whether you agree or disagree on global warming, or any subject that you wish to dismiss, at least look at the evidence before you assume that everyone who disagrees with you is either a lemming or part of a vast world-wide conspiracy.
Why should Obama encourage homeschooling? This push toward homeschooling and vouchers amounts to giving up on the public schools we have. But the problem is that private schools get results by selective recruitment, and that homeschooling solves the problem by providing an excellent student to teacher ratio.
When we get classroom sizes down to the same size as a home schooled class, then you can accuse the public education system of being too extravagant.
Troops in Iraq: 152,850
Population of Chicago: 2,842,518
Casualties per thousand (Iraq) 1.8
Murders per thousand (Chicago) 0.14
Just thought I'd put that in perspective for you...
Unless you happen to believe in creationism (like many do in the USA) then this is the trigger to vote for McCain/Palin.
Let's be honest here. Unless Palin is actually teaching the class her outlook on evolution has zero to do with her relation to education. Infact, keeping her in as a governor is probably more likely to get creationism pushed on more students than her being a vice president. On the federal level all she's going to do is go on and on about budgets. That's it.
I disagree. Modern presidents and vice presidents are basically salesmen with veto power. If we elect a 72 year old man with a history of skin cancer, then there is a distinct possibility that Palin will become president, so we must ask for either candidate, "would we vote for their running mate?"
In the case of Palin, she could, either as President or as VP, support so-called academic freedom bills. Once a republican administration starts spending time and money convincing people that creationist indoctrination is a first Amendment right, the Sean Hannitys and Rush Limbaughs of the world would fall in line, hitting that drum much harder and more often.
It may take time, and it may not be guaranteed, but a President can influence much more than just laws.
I lift for about an hour 5 days/week and run about 30-40mpw. When I work out, I want to be unpluged. I don't want to see a screen, don't want to interact.
It's my mind, my body and me. Nothing else. Everyone needs it.
And that's why you don't need these products. You have to realize, however, that you are in the minority.
You can register with the post office, so that they forward your mail to the new address. Most people wouldn't consider filling out a change of address form as "registering with the government", but it sounds a great deal like what you're talking about.
But don't tell me that you are not already in 10 different databases from the moment you are born. I assume you guys also have to register for a birth certificate, you need to pay taxes at some point so you have a social security number, etc. I really don't see the point.
In my case, I was in eleven different databases, twelve spam-lists, and, some how, signed up for Troll Book of the Month Club...Go figure.
That may be true, but if the number of people we have in prison is large enough for politicians to risk being accused of "pandering to convicts", then doesn't that say something about our prison system?