to offset the idiotic masses, voting power should be based on knowledge. for example, before each election, voter would take aptitude and knowledge test. that person's vote would then be multiplied by appropriate 'voting power'.
It only helps the 'squatters' that have been at a particular place for a long time. This obviously encourages inefficient use of space. New renters face higher rents because supply is artificially constricted by people not moving from their rent control apartments. Rent control also leads landlords into many unethical means of evicting tenants in order to get fair market value for their property. GET RID OF RENT CONTROL. The free market is far from perfect but it's much better than BS government regulation.
It's true! This probably was true ~2 yrs ago. I live in SF for social reasons but housing is not exactly cheap either. A decent 1 bedroom in same bulding as my condo just got rented for 1800/month.
One factor that needs to be controlled when discussing the value of degrees is IQ! I'd rather hire a MIT grad than some State U grad not because the wonderful course work but because he is statistically likely to have higher IQ. However, I'd take the State U grad (or high school dropout) if I knew his IQ was higher.
The reaction by school admins is mindless. If some other Goth dressing person was contemplating murder, would banning certain types of clothing make that person less or MORE likely to snap?
My employer tests at start of employment. When I was told of this, I told HR what an stupid policy this was (esp. in San Francisco) and ineffective drug tests were. The HR lady dropped her jaw when I admitted to being a pot smoker. I was still able to pass the stupid pee test...
aside from stress and age, another reason drug use could be high in tech is that tech people think independently and reject much of the govt BS about drugs and am willing to 'experiment'. I'm not saying drugs are safe... just that much of the "just say no" stuff has no real science behind it.
College is IMHO an inefficient means of obtaining knowledge. Intelligence is pretty much static at this point of one's life and real work teaches much more knowledge than class room environment. Geez... I learned more in first 6 months of work than in 4 yrs of school.
I doubt the various idiotic remarks were intended for the slashdot audience. For better or worse, the avg American voter is clueless and they will likely be fooled by Gore. The housewife in Peoria probably thinks Gore is 'cutting edge', 'plugged into the Info Highway', etc.
I hope some slashdot readers have/will send emails to mainstream news organizations so they might start potraying Gore accurately as the ignorant oppotunist that he is.
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to offset the idiotic masses, voting power should be based on knowledge. for example, before each election, voter would take aptitude and knowledge test. that person's vote would then be multiplied by appropriate 'voting power'.
It only helps the 'squatters' that have been at a particular place for a long time. This obviously encourages inefficient use of space. New renters face higher rents because supply is artificially constricted by people not moving from their rent control apartments. Rent control also leads landlords into many unethical means of evicting tenants in order to get fair market value for their property. GET RID OF RENT CONTROL. The free market is far from perfect but it's much better than BS government regulation.
It's true! This probably was true ~2 yrs ago. I live in SF for social reasons but housing is not exactly cheap either. A decent 1 bedroom in same bulding as my condo just got rented for 1800/month.
come on Al, fess up!
One factor that needs to be controlled when
discussing the value of degrees is IQ!
I'd rather hire a MIT grad than some State U
grad not because the wonderful course work
but because he is statistically likely to have
higher IQ. However, I'd take the State U grad
(or high school dropout) if I knew his IQ was
higher.
The reaction by school admins is mindless. If
some other Goth dressing person was contemplating
murder, would banning certain types of clothing
make that person less or MORE likely to snap?
My employer tests at start of employment. When ...
I was told of this, I told HR what an stupid policy this was (esp. in San Francisco) and ineffective drug tests were. The HR lady
dropped her jaw when I admitted to being a pot
smoker. I was still able to pass the stupid
pee test
hehehe .. amen brother! God bless you!
... just that much of the "just say no"
aside from stress and age, another reason
drug use could be high in tech is that tech
people think independently and reject much
of the govt BS about drugs and am willing
to 'experiment'. I'm not saying drugs are
safe
stuff has no real science behind it.
-Lin
College is IMHO an inefficient means of ... I learned
obtaining knowledge. Intelligence is pretty
much static at this point of one's life and
real work teaches much more knowledge than
class room environment. Geez
more in first 6 months of work than in 4 yrs
of school.
I doubt the various idiotic remarks were
intended for the slashdot audience. For better
or worse, the avg American voter is clueless and
they will likely be fooled by Gore. The
housewife in Peoria probably thinks Gore
is 'cutting edge', 'plugged into the Info Highway', etc.
I hope some slashdot readers have/will send
emails to mainstream news organizations so
they might start potraying Gore accurately as
the ignorant oppotunist that he is.
-Lin