The sad fact is the people who actually make calls about infrastructure like emergency alert, power and water have absolutely no idea what most of the words in your post actually mean.
Not all get Rumspringa (one of the most fun words to say, by the way). The community of >500 Amish individuals in my area does not allow Rumspringa. They do not speak English with outsiders as a rule - allowing only two individuals to interact with the English on a regular basis. BUT, they're almost always begging for rides and other modern conveniences.
with a super awesome facial tic. I am constantly lining the bridge of my nose up with opposite corners of squares when I'm walking around (OR MY FAMILY WILL DIE). So it constantly looks like I'm winking.
It's been mildly inconvenient so far in life, but apparently now it will be SUPER useful to unlock my phone constantly! Thank you science and technology for making me feel less like a social outcast!
OpenOffice or LibreOffice for those users who only need computers to browse, do e-mail, and produce documents and spread sheets if Microsoft did this with Windows?
Incidentally, I use OpenOffice on my Macs to produce documents and it's marvelous. It's got a couple very minor document painting glitches but on the whole it's a solid piece of software and I find it easier to use than Word.
The issue is that if you are working with both time and content sensitive documents/spreadsheets any glitch may be a deal breaker. The fact of the matter is that people use products from companies that they may despise (think MS and Adobe) because they're clean, orderly, and get the job done correctly the first time with no necessary tweaking to fix a minor error. Until opensource projects can do these things, they really are just a novelty for most businesses large, small or otherwise.
Holy shit that's it. I knew there was something off-putting here. It's going to be the blue-tooth 'try-hard to look young' of the next ten years. Someone mod this genius up.
I don't believe that we've ever done things because they were right. I honestly believe that our propensity to knee-jerk reactions is just a stem of the evolutionary tree that started with loud noises = excited monkeys. Name me one thing we've done because it was RIGHT, not because we were scared of something, or lack of something, or because it would profit us as a country. Just one.
I would argue that it does. I have been accused of several things in my on-line persona: being a female, being a male, having bias against females, having bias against males, being gay, being straight, being asexual (that was a weird day). I would argue that gender neutral, on-line, generally becomes masculine, simply because of the stereotype of on-line nerdy kids that still exists today.
My 'political correctness disease' in that post is a conscious choice to show that both females and males tend to overvalue their own skills where I teach.
I assume that you mean parents hold me accountable? I get calls on a semi-regular basis from parents. They want to know why Jonny/Jill isn't doing well. It happens. In my class, I publicly berate the student WHO IS AN ADULT for having their Mommy and Daddy call me. It's a matter of time before this gets me fired.
Does your Mommy make sure you go to work everyday?
Nope - she doesn't support my lifestyle at all.
This attitude that these are children to be coddled is not helping.
Why are you not failing these folks?
I think you missed my point. My point is that the attitude that students are there to be GIVEN information, not to earn it, and that EVERYONE is a genius is pervasive. I said nothing about how I do business (I fail the ones that earn it). I really don't think you understood what I said.
If a student could test out and get the credit hours, you and your 2 students who don't need it would be much happier.
At my school, we have CLEP tests. The two intro classes I teach are eligible for CLEP. SO. . . . The people taking this class have already failed those exams, and yet still, despite actual, concrete evidence to the contrary, believe that they are smarter than this class and don't need it. It's like there is no logic in a self-important, hand-held student these days.
I teach in college, and I see this attitude every fucking day.
I have students who will tell me that they already know the subject, that this class isn't giving them anything (entry-level/mid level English), and that they shouldn't have to take it at all. Throughout the course of the semester, almost every student will tell me this.
In the 6 sections I teach, of ~30 students, I would say 2 actually don't need this class. A VAST majority just see stuff like what you say spouted constantly on-line and by there ignorant ass friends. A VAST majority simply over-value their skills and abilities.
I'm not saying that you aren't different, I'm just saying that in a majority of cases where 'the student knows the subject already' it really is 'the student believes that s/he knows the subject already, but really doesn't know his/her ass from a hole in the ground, but because s/he is such an entitled, self-important precious little snowflake, s/he can't make wise decisions'. Believe me when I tell you this - in most cases where the student is acting out because "he is bored with the coursework," in all actuality, "he just has piss-poor self-control and his parents don't hold him accountable." The little geniuses that parents see are really just average kids who are supremely lazy in most cases. (Keep in mind that I acted out in school because I was an advanced learner, they do exist, just not as often as you would be led to believe by parents.)
Somewhere along the way, the attitude in college shifted from the very collegiate ---I'm here to learn--- to the very secondary school ---you have to teach me, good luck---. What you see with this - where instructors can track the number of pages read, is just the simplest form of teacher-student coercion to do actual God Damned work that happens every day in various forms.
Honestly, other than an ego boost, what is the point of buying followers? I thought the idea was to get eyes onto your information, not numbers. . . Anyone have input here?
Like it or not, you are simply denying the fact that most people, if they even know what linux is, assume that it's only for someone who is very tech savvy and technical minded. Most people see Linux as a neat hobby for hardcore nerds. Most people believe it is damned near impossible to use unless you have countless hours to devote to fixing compatibility/other sundry issues. For many, many years, Linux was only spoken about on-line, and if you actually ran across a conversation in real life, it was in some sort of deep-tech/troubleshooting capacity.
Denying that there isn't a stigma attached to Linux doesn't make it go away. And, waving away the very real stigma attached to this product, while simultaneously calling the end-users stupid (which you essentially do by saying that the only reason people don't run linux is because they don't understand it) just makes you come across as an arrogant fan-boy. Which, by the way is about 99% of the image problem here. You want people to use it, don't be an ass.
There doesn't seem to be much of a middle ground for some reason.
Because you base your opinion on television and media in general. For fuck's sake, how have you not figured out that people are generally the same, regardless of arbitrary country designation. We're mostly just people trying to get by, worrying about family and the weather and work and the same kinds of things.
The fact that you can't find a middle ground tells me that you've never traveled in the states, and that you're as ignorant as the stereotype you're touting. Educate yourself. Travel. Talk to people. Or, remain ignorant and smug - you know, whatever works.
It was the White Castle Diatribe. Do be completely honest, that comes across as a bit serial-killeresque. It made me giggle, but it was still a bit disconcerting.
Jobs and economy are not a banner under which businesses can steamroll our rights as citizens to choose whether or not we sell our home. They want my property? They offer what they believe it's worth. If I think it's worth more, then they're shit out of luck, and should maybe try offering more money.
Being a corporation and 'job-creator' does not exempt you from playing by the rules the rest of us play by.
I'm going to agree with you on number 1, but add an asterisk. Right direction will have a huge number of people that vehemently disagree, but please apply common sense. A right direction is one that leads to the greatest good for the greatest number of people. NOT the greatest good for a select number.
2. Are you seriously implying that government has a long term outlook while businesses do not? It's not even 2 years now that the politicians start their quest of the next election cycle. Of-course inheritance taxes pretty much destroyed the long term prospects for private companies while government created inflation prevents people from thinking in the long term completely in a more general way.
No, what I'm implying is that whether or not government is short or long sighted doesn't matter, and don't try to imply anything from what I said - read it at face value (too many problems in communication occur when people try to understand what the speaker really meant). What I said was that government is SO LARGE that even if they tried to move in the short term, it moves REALLY slowly, and will be nearly impossible. It's not about short or long term. It's about size and agility.
Also. . . . I've had conversations with you before. We are polar opposites in economic and political belief. Look at your comment history. Look at mine. I understand that nothing I say will sway you, but I honestly believe that your viewpoints are wrong.
Silicon valley, and more about economic theory. Do free-markets drive the world in the right direction, or does the government? This, as in most things, seems to boil down to a compromise.
We need agile markets, able to open and close companies overnight, therefore allowing for innovation, failure and re-birth. BUT, we also need big, slow-moving government to keep those businesses from harvesting short-term profits and dumping losses on investors/governments.
The problems that we have today (a bit off topic here) are related to business being tied a bit too close to government. Why do we have the lowest congressional approval rating that I can remember? Because they all seem to be bought and sold by the same companies. In reality, though, they're not outright bought and sold, they're just trying to secure a sweet, sweet consulting deal after they retire from government. But I digress.
This article isn't about the hypocrisy in silicon valley in particular, and more about the hypocrisy in people lauding free-market capitalism.
I live in the country, I have wireless. I have two neighbors within one mile. One is Amish, he lives ~ 3/4 of a mile away. One is my uncle, he lives ~ 1/2 a mile away. I have a basic wireless router, which of course is only transmitting signal to about the edge of my yard. My uncle is CONVINCED that the internet on his phone is run through my wireless. I've told him that my connection is password protected (I'm paranoid). He is still convinced that the data he is receiving from his cell phone routes through my system first.
The Amish, on the other hand, don't seem to notice my connection.
Anyway, I agree - this is the only way to safely use wireless. Live where no one else does.
If you watch a nationally, and internationally lauded show that is intended as entertainment and expect to be able to use the results as a review/in place of research, then the fault is yours, my friend. And that rule applies to any show, not just Top Gear.
Back to the video, the REAL point that was being made was that billions of YOUR tax dollars have been flushed down failed companies who have far more talent in kicking back their government investments rather than actually producing energy.
I hate to tell you this, but I'm fairly certain this is how pretty-well everything runs. What can I get from the government to give to these special interest groups, who will then contribute to my campaign, so I can get them more.
In a sick sort of way, that system makes sense. In theory, the representatives do what's best for their constituents, their constituents do well and contribute to the representatives and the cycle repeats.
The issue is that we have what amounts to a ruling class that is soooooo disconnected from middle- to low-income families that (I believe) they genuinely believe the things they are doing are what the people want.
Remember, to someone completely disconnected from life, $1 = 1 voice.
Slashdot Mirror
Holy crap who modded this up? It's called research and development, and it's actually quite costly.
And just what in God's name does the NSA have to do with this discussion?
The sad fact is the people who actually make calls about infrastructure like emergency alert, power and water have absolutely no idea what most of the words in your post actually mean.
Not all get Rumspringa (one of the most fun words to say, by the way). The community of >500 Amish individuals in my area does not allow Rumspringa. They do not speak English with outsiders as a rule - allowing only two individuals to interact with the English on a regular basis. BUT, they're almost always begging for rides and other modern conveniences.
with a super awesome facial tic. I am constantly lining the bridge of my nose up with opposite corners of squares when I'm walking around (OR MY FAMILY WILL DIE). So it constantly looks like I'm winking.
It's been mildly inconvenient so far in life, but apparently now it will be SUPER useful to unlock my phone constantly! Thank you science and technology for making me feel less like a social outcast!
OpenOffice or LibreOffice for those users who only need computers to browse, do e-mail, and produce documents and spread sheets if Microsoft did this with Windows?
Incidentally, I use OpenOffice on my Macs to produce documents and it's marvelous. It's got a couple very minor document painting glitches but on the whole it's a solid piece of software and I find it easier to use than Word.
The issue is that if you are working with both time and content sensitive documents/spreadsheets any glitch may be a deal breaker. The fact of the matter is that people use products from companies that they may despise (think MS and Adobe) because they're clean, orderly, and get the job done correctly the first time with no necessary tweaking to fix a minor error. Until opensource projects can do these things, they really are just a novelty for most businesses large, small or otherwise.
Holy shit that's it. I knew there was something off-putting here. It's going to be the blue-tooth 'try-hard to look young' of the next ten years. Someone mod this genius up.
I don't believe that we've ever done things because they were right. I honestly believe that our propensity to knee-jerk reactions is just a stem of the evolutionary tree that started with loud noises = excited monkeys. Name me one thing we've done because it was RIGHT, not because we were scared of something, or lack of something, or because it would profit us as a country. Just one.
And the only reason they're listening to Justin Timberlake is because Justin Timberlake is busy marketing him and his amazing album.
FTFY, he is a shameless self-promoter - google that, I'm too lazy to provide proof.
My 'political correctness disease' in that post is a conscious choice to show that both females and males tend to overvalue their own skills where I teach.
That is called bait. . . . But the missing hyphen isn't - see the AC response to your post - it does make me laugh, though.
Why would parents hold an adult accountable?
I assume that you mean parents hold me accountable? I get calls on a semi-regular basis from parents. They want to know why Jonny/Jill isn't doing well. It happens. In my class, I publicly berate the student WHO IS AN ADULT for having their Mommy and Daddy call me. It's a matter of time before this gets me fired.
Does your Mommy make sure you go to work everyday?
Nope - she doesn't support my lifestyle at all.
This attitude that these are children to be coddled is not helping.
Why are you not failing these folks?
I think you missed my point. My point is that the attitude that students are there to be GIVEN information, not to earn it, and that EVERYONE is a genius is pervasive. I said nothing about how I do business (I fail the ones that earn it). I really don't think you understood what I said.
If a student could test out and get the credit hours, you and your 2 students who don't need it would be much happier.
At my school, we have CLEP tests. The two intro classes I teach are eligible for CLEP. SO. . . . The people taking this class have already failed those exams, and yet still, despite actual, concrete evidence to the contrary, believe that they are smarter than this class and don't need it. It's like there is no logic in a self-important, hand-held student these days.
I teach in college, and I see this attitude every fucking day.
I have students who will tell me that they already know the subject, that this class isn't giving them anything (entry-level/mid level English), and that they shouldn't have to take it at all. Throughout the course of the semester, almost every student will tell me this.
In the 6 sections I teach, of ~30 students, I would say 2 actually don't need this class. A VAST majority just see stuff like what you say spouted constantly on-line and by there ignorant ass friends. A VAST majority simply over-value their skills and abilities.
I'm not saying that you aren't different, I'm just saying that in a majority of cases where 'the student knows the subject already' it really is 'the student believes that s/he knows the subject already, but really doesn't know his/her ass from a hole in the ground, but because s/he is such an entitled, self-important precious little snowflake, s/he can't make wise decisions'. Believe me when I tell you this - in most cases where the student is acting out because "he is bored with the coursework," in all actuality, "he just has piss-poor self-control and his parents don't hold him accountable." The little geniuses that parents see are really just average kids who are supremely lazy in most cases. (Keep in mind that I acted out in school because I was an advanced learner, they do exist, just not as often as you would be led to believe by parents.)
Somewhere along the way, the attitude in college shifted from the very collegiate ---I'm here to learn--- to the very secondary school ---you have to teach me, good luck---. What you see with this - where instructors can track the number of pages read, is just the simplest form of teacher-student coercion to do actual God Damned work that happens every day in various forms.
Honestly, other than an ego boost, what is the point of buying followers? I thought the idea was to get eyes onto your information, not numbers. . . Anyone have input here?
Like it or not, you are simply denying the fact that most people, if they even know what linux is, assume that it's only for someone who is very tech savvy and technical minded. Most people see Linux as a neat hobby for hardcore nerds. Most people believe it is damned near impossible to use unless you have countless hours to devote to fixing compatibility/other sundry issues. For many, many years, Linux was only spoken about on-line, and if you actually ran across a conversation in real life, it was in some sort of deep-tech/troubleshooting capacity.
Denying that there isn't a stigma attached to Linux doesn't make it go away. And, waving away the very real stigma attached to this product, while simultaneously calling the end-users stupid (which you essentially do by saying that the only reason people don't run linux is because they don't understand it) just makes you come across as an arrogant fan-boy. Which, by the way is about 99% of the image problem here. You want people to use it, don't be an ass.
There doesn't seem to be much of a middle ground for some reason.
Because you base your opinion on television and media in general. For fuck's sake, how have you not figured out that people are generally the same, regardless of arbitrary country designation. We're mostly just people trying to get by, worrying about family and the weather and work and the same kinds of things.
The fact that you can't find a middle ground tells me that you've never traveled in the states, and that you're as ignorant as the stereotype you're touting. Educate yourself. Travel. Talk to people. Or, remain ignorant and smug - you know, whatever works.
It was the White Castle Diatribe. Do be completely honest, that comes across as a bit serial-killeresque. It made me giggle, but it was still a bit disconcerting.
You're not normal, are you?
Seriously, though. This seems like a relatively good solution to a shitty problem. But, I do have to ask, why did you resign yourself to the fact that
And while we all know they should, and they could, it takes twenty minutes and then they don't
Really, if we know they can, and know they should, why aren't they?
Just wondering what your thoughts are. I have ideas, but they mostly revolve around hell-spawn and hatred of humanity.
Jobs and economy are not a banner under which businesses can steamroll our rights as citizens to choose whether or not we sell our home. They want my property? They offer what they believe it's worth. If I think it's worth more, then they're shit out of luck, and should maybe try offering more money.
Being a corporation and 'job-creator' does not exempt you from playing by the rules the rest of us play by.
I'm going to agree with you on number 1, but add an asterisk. Right direction will have a huge number of people that vehemently disagree, but please apply common sense. A right direction is one that leads to the greatest good for the greatest number of people. NOT the greatest good for a select number.
2. Are you seriously implying that government has a long term outlook while businesses do not? It's not even 2 years now that the politicians start their quest of the next election cycle. Of-course inheritance taxes pretty much destroyed the long term prospects for private companies while government created inflation prevents people from thinking in the long term completely in a more general way.
No, what I'm implying is that whether or not government is short or long sighted doesn't matter, and don't try to imply anything from what I said - read it at face value (too many problems in communication occur when people try to understand what the speaker really meant). What I said was that government is SO LARGE that even if they tried to move in the short term, it moves REALLY slowly, and will be nearly impossible. It's not about short or long term. It's about size and agility.
Also. . . . I've had conversations with you before. We are polar opposites in economic and political belief. Look at your comment history. Look at mine. I understand that nothing I say will sway you, but I honestly believe that your viewpoints are wrong.
Silicon valley, and more about economic theory. Do free-markets drive the world in the right direction, or does the government? This, as in most things, seems to boil down to a compromise.
We need agile markets, able to open and close companies overnight, therefore allowing for innovation, failure and re-birth. BUT, we also need big, slow-moving government to keep those businesses from harvesting short-term profits and dumping losses on investors/governments.
The problems that we have today (a bit off topic here) are related to business being tied a bit too close to government. Why do we have the lowest congressional approval rating that I can remember? Because they all seem to be bought and sold by the same companies. In reality, though, they're not outright bought and sold, they're just trying to secure a sweet, sweet consulting deal after they retire from government. But I digress.
This article isn't about the hypocrisy in silicon valley in particular, and more about the hypocrisy in people lauding free-market capitalism.
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE NOBEL IS ONLY FOR SCIENCE. HOW DARE YOU, SIR. How dare you try to use your logic and reasoning.
Please ignore this line, apparently this website thinks I'm yelling too much. So judgmental.
The Amish, on the other hand, don't seem to notice my connection.
Anyway, I agree - this is the only way to safely use wireless. Live where no one else does.
Too bad the internet blows out here.
If you watch a nationally, and internationally lauded show that is intended as entertainment and expect to be able to use the results as a review/in place of research, then the fault is yours, my friend. And that rule applies to any show, not just Top Gear.
It's entertainment, remember that.
Back to the video, the REAL point that was being made was that billions of YOUR tax dollars have been flushed down failed companies who have far more talent in kicking back their government investments rather than actually producing energy.
I hate to tell you this, but I'm fairly certain this is how pretty-well everything runs. What can I get from the government to give to these special interest groups, who will then contribute to my campaign, so I can get them more.
In a sick sort of way, that system makes sense. In theory, the representatives do what's best for their constituents, their constituents do well and contribute to the representatives and the cycle repeats.
The issue is that we have what amounts to a ruling class that is soooooo disconnected from middle- to low-income families that (I believe) they genuinely believe the things they are doing are what the people want.
Remember, to someone completely disconnected from life, $1 = 1 voice.