You only get confirmation if you use a live telephone operator. The labor fees would cost a fortune; mailing letters is much cheaper. You could do robo-calls, but there's going to be some kind of cost associated with that as well.
You don't have to eliminate all possibility of profit for the fines to be an effective disincentive... you just have to reduce profit to the point where engaging in different kinds of business or modifying business practices becomes more profitable than the alternative.
A webcam could work but in my experience, pointing a webcam at a whiteboard or chalkboard gets you a pretty poor image quality in most web conferencing applications, because maximum resolutions are limited in those applications for bandwidth reasons. Screen sharing would be a good solution if the presenter is using some kind of on-screen drawing application. Another solution would be to use a document camera and hook that into some kind of lecture capture system.
He said "for the sake of your remote users." That implies live viewers or participants from another location. Taking a picture of the whiteboard with a camera is not a good solution for live remote viewers, you need a real-time video feed of everything taking place on the whiteboard.
I see a lot of people suggesting that you use a whiteboard and then use a digital camera to take pictures of the whiteboard. That might work as a low-budget solution, but if you have some money to spend and authorization to spend it, just get a document camera. You probably already have a digital projector in your meeting room. With a document camera, you can project anything on the screen. Many document cameras have built-in features for recording images or video, and you can also use it in conjunction with a lecture capture system if your meeting has remote participants or if you need to give an online presentation in that room.
If you have remote users, get a document camera. Hook the document camera, room computer, laptop VGA connection, etc., into a video switcher. Send the output of the video switcher to a video splitter. Hook the splitter up to your digital projector on one end and a lecture capture system on the other. Then your remote users can see video from whatever device you're currently showing on the projector to the in-person attendees.
For bonus points, hook up a camera in the room and send the camera signal to the lecture capture system as well. Set up a monitor at the desk for the presenter so they can also see what is currently being projected on the camera. You can even set up camera controls at the desk, maybe have a few buttons for pre-set camera angles to focus on points of interest in the room.
Source: 7 years of experience in distance learning applications.
There are also document cameras that can record full-motion video. The model I've linked to is somewhat expensive but there are cheaper options available.
So... you DON'T see the problem with men who convince women to have sex with them while those women are wasted on alcohol?
Yet... you think that women getting assaulted is somehow their fault for wanting to be with "bad boys" instead of "nice guys"... and you think of yourself as one of these "nice guys?" Even though you've basically just admitted that you don't think "date" rape is "real" rape.
You're right that most rapes occur at home by a perpetrator that the woman knows... but not all of them do, and women are constantly harassed in other ways. There are real reasons why they live in constant fear of being harassed... there is a whole culture of fear that is cultivated for women to live in, and your attitude doesn't really do anything to fix it. You're basically telling them to shut up and fall in line because you don't see the problem. Do YOU live in constant fear of being harassed by women who might be a danger to you? Yelled at, leered at, groped?
YOU are part of the problem. You feed into women's fear and paranoia, their hate of men, and their double-standards. Women want to be free to do anything and be treated like equals as long as every man everywhere watches their backs and makes sure nothing bad happens to them and no one says anything they don't like because they are helpless women who need protecting. -- just, wow, dude. Just wow. You sound like a grade-A asshole. Like one of these entitled assholes who sees themselves as a "nice guy" when they're really just an entitled douche.
Based on some statistics from the Department of Justice, "harassing a woman" is the one thing on your list that is wildly unlikely to result in a conviction or jail time.
I'm pretty sure that the biggest reason for our nation's poor health is the food that we eat, not our activity levels. If everybody ate reasonable portions of whole, organic food, then they wouldn't be overweight, regardless of their activity level.
All black people face discrimination and other challenges that white people don't, regardless of their family's personal wealth. Many black students from families with high incomes perform significantly worse on the SAT than white students, even when the white students come from families with lower incomes. So, yeah, even a white kid from the trailer park has some privileges when compared to a black kid who grew up in a high-rise condo. The black kid may be the one who has class privilege in this case, but the poor white kid still has white privilege. Class privilege and white privilege are two completely different things. You might find it valuable to read up on the idea of intersectionality of privilege.
There are many scholarships and grants that are available for low-income students, regardless of their race. The Pell grants given by the FAFSA are awarded based on family income alone. Having some additional private scholarships that are specifically available for only black students (or other racial minorities) isn't going to hurt anything
Your signature itself reinforces the idea that women are weak or inferior. How do you expect anyone to take you seriously?
a female assistant professor from UT Austin was talking about who women ask for raises and bonuses much less than men
Yes, that is part of the problem. Women are socialized to be less demanding and assertive than men... and then they get passed up for raises and promotions, because they weren't encouraged to ask for them. Because they are women. This actually supports the point you are arguing against.
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Spoken like someone who has never struggled with an addiction, but has an opinion about it anyway.
You only get confirmation if you use a live telephone operator. The labor fees would cost a fortune; mailing letters is much cheaper. You could do robo-calls, but there's going to be some kind of cost associated with that as well.
You don't have to eliminate all possibility of profit for the fines to be an effective disincentive ... you just have to reduce profit to the point where engaging in different kinds of business or modifying business practices becomes more profitable than the alternative.
Care to explain why you think so?
A webcam could work but in my experience, pointing a webcam at a whiteboard or chalkboard gets you a pretty poor image quality in most web conferencing applications, because maximum resolutions are limited in those applications for bandwidth reasons. Screen sharing would be a good solution if the presenter is using some kind of on-screen drawing application. Another solution would be to use a document camera and hook that into some kind of lecture capture system.
The judge needs to be de-benched and sent to prison for being a constitutional terrorist.
Right, because that's not reactionary at all ...
Which is funny, because when those electronic devices become obsolete, they'll get junked, and they are WAY harder to dispose of than paper.
He said "for the sake of your remote users." That implies live viewers or participants from another location. Taking a picture of the whiteboard with a camera is not a good solution for live remote viewers, you need a real-time video feed of everything taking place on the whiteboard.
I see a lot of people suggesting that you use a whiteboard and then use a digital camera to take pictures of the whiteboard. That might work as a low-budget solution, but if you have some money to spend and authorization to spend it, just get a document camera. You probably already have a digital projector in your meeting room. With a document camera, you can project anything on the screen. Many document cameras have built-in features for recording images or video, and you can also use it in conjunction with a lecture capture system if your meeting has remote participants or if you need to give an online presentation in that room.
Low-budget option: IPEVO Point 2 View USB Camera
Mid-budget option: Elmo MO-1 Visual Presenter
High-budget option: Elmo TT-12 Document Camera
If you have remote users, get a document camera. Hook the document camera, room computer, laptop VGA connection, etc., into a video switcher. Send the output of the video switcher to a video splitter. Hook the splitter up to your digital projector on one end and a lecture capture system on the other. Then your remote users can see video from whatever device you're currently showing on the projector to the in-person attendees.
For bonus points, hook up a camera in the room and send the camera signal to the lecture capture system as well. Set up a monitor at the desk for the presenter so they can also see what is currently being projected on the camera. You can even set up camera controls at the desk, maybe have a few buttons for pre-set camera angles to focus on points of interest in the room.
Source: 7 years of experience in distance learning applications.
Why not get a document camera that can record still images to an SD card?
Elmo 1341-64 model Classroom Doc-Tor AP TT-12i Interactive Document Camera and ASK Proxima C3327W-A LCD Portable Projector Bundle System
There are also document cameras that can record full-motion video. The model I've linked to is somewhat expensive but there are cheaper options available.
If women wouldn't reward the behavior of bad men, then there wouldn't be so many bad men - so, you're saying that it's their fault, somehow?
It's scary, and also completely indicative of the problem, when something this ignorant and hateful gets modded up to "+5 insightful."
So ... you DON'T see the problem with men who convince women to have sex with them while those women are wasted on alcohol?
Yet ... you think that women getting assaulted is somehow their fault for wanting to be with "bad boys" instead of "nice guys" ... and you think of yourself as one of these "nice guys?" Even though you've basically just admitted that you don't think "date" rape is "real" rape.
You're right that most rapes occur at home by a perpetrator that the woman knows ... but not all of them do, and women are constantly harassed in other ways. There are real reasons why they live in constant fear of being harassed ... there is a whole culture of fear that is cultivated for women to live in, and your attitude doesn't really do anything to fix it. You're basically telling them to shut up and fall in line because you don't see the problem. Do YOU live in constant fear of being harassed by women who might be a danger to you? Yelled at, leered at, groped?
YOU are part of the problem. You feed into women's fear and paranoia, their hate of men, and their double-standards. Women want to be free to do anything and be treated like equals as long as every man everywhere watches their backs and makes sure nothing bad happens to them and no one says anything they don't like because they are helpless women who need protecting. -- just, wow, dude. Just wow. You sound like a grade-A asshole. Like one of these entitled assholes who sees themselves as a "nice guy" when they're really just an entitled douche.
or harass a woman
Based on some statistics from the Department of Justice, "harassing a woman" is the one thing on your list that is wildly unlikely to result in a conviction or jail time.
I'm pretty sure that the biggest reason for our nation's poor health is the food that we eat, not our activity levels. If everybody ate reasonable portions of whole, organic food, then they wouldn't be overweight, regardless of their activity level.
All black people face discrimination and other challenges that white people don't, regardless of their family's personal wealth. Many black students from families with high incomes perform significantly worse on the SAT than white students, even when the white students come from families with lower incomes. So, yeah, even a white kid from the trailer park has some privileges when compared to a black kid who grew up in a high-rise condo. The black kid may be the one who has class privilege in this case, but the poor white kid still has white privilege. Class privilege and white privilege are two completely different things. You might find it valuable to read up on the idea of intersectionality of privilege.
There are many scholarships and grants that are available for low-income students, regardless of their race. The Pell grants given by the FAFSA are awarded based on family income alone. Having some additional private scholarships that are specifically available for only black students (or other racial minorities) isn't going to hurt anything
cowardly pussy
Your signature itself reinforces the idea that women are weak or inferior. How do you expect anyone to take you seriously?
a female assistant professor from UT Austin was talking about who women ask for raises and bonuses much less than men
Yes, that is part of the problem. Women are socialized to be less demanding and assertive than men ... and then they get passed up for raises and promotions, because they weren't encouraged to ask for them. Because they are women. This actually supports the point you are arguing against.