A school is a lot more than just a teacher and students. This myopic attitude needs to go away as it is detrimental to the well being of a lot of children out there who's parents are either too busy or too stupid to teach their kids themselves.
So you think the purpose of a school is to limit parents' influence on their children. I think the purpose of a school should be learning and the parents should be free to decide more-or-less everything because they're rightfully free citizens, not government subjects.
Unfortunately, the people that actually control the government schools think the purpose is to maximize payroll. So we both lose, and the kids especially lose.
What's missing? Not enough opportunity for graft? Not enough administrative overhead? No way to use politics to divide people? No union dues and slush funds? No way to censor "bad" ideas? No way to indoctrinate people into your belief system? No way to force bullies and their victims together? No one to tell the parents they're teaching their children wrong? No way for non-teachers to skim money out of the "system"? No one to fill out forms and do compliance paperwork?
How? Hasn't every society that's ever held an election proven their inability to consistently elect individuals worthy of power? Do you have the answer that's eluded the rest of mankind throughout history? (Even if you do, you're outvoted by everyone who doesn't. So it won't work.)
The only safe choice is to very strictly limit government power, so when unworthy people get elected, they can't hurt anyone.
What's a "school system"? I thought a school was a teacher, teaching students something they want to learn. Anyone can hire a teacher to teach anything they want. This "school system" concept you're talking about seems to be a lot of extra nonsense that's only loosely related to teaching or learning. Why do we need to give up our freedom to have a "system" when teachers can teach and students can learn at least as well without it (and for a lot less money)?
Personally, I've never understood the idea of needing to be "trained" to program or build software or systems. Why not just figure out how to do it? If you can't figure out how to solve problems and be valuable in something besides VB.NET, then maybe age isn't really the issue.
Only if you don't ever need to use them as a toilet. If they're just for show or for a ritual sacrifice to get you into environmentalist heaven, then sure. But if you actually plan on people using the toilet, go with real toilets. (If you still need a way to get into environmentalist heaven, go with electric vehicle charging stations. No one will use them, but at least they won't cause everyone daily problems.)
Why do you think the government should buy you subsidized broadband service with money stolen (taken, taxed, confiscated, use whatever word you want) from your neighbors?
Post a link for a guy to click on. He clicks on it. It goes to a page you publish on your server. You look in the server logs. You know his IP address. Then you can find his city and possibly his neighborhood from that. And you know his ISP.
After that it can become more difficult. But it's hardly impossible. If a friend at the guy's ISP will do you a favor (the troll in the story is local), or if you can simply guess the right answer and check it, it's easy again. If you can read someone's cookies with a cross-site scripting vulnerability or trick them into installing malware, it's not going to be too hard to find them.
Paragraph 13 of the original story. It's a good read.
The cops can't protect anyone. They just show up after you're dead and string up crime scene tape. In the UK you're not allowed to protect yourself either -- it undermines government authority.
This is why content delivery systems need to be licensed by governments. This wouldn't have happened if Twitter were prohibited because it's unlicensed.
Leo Traynor should be ashamed for having an unlicensed conversation with his Troll. Is he a certified criminal counselor? He should have gotten the authorities involved, because they should always be involved. In everything.
No one ever got food poisoning from a properly licensed food preparer, right? Also, licensed drivers never crash.
This safety we traded our freedom for is great. We'll all live long obedient lives, until the government decides our health care will cost them a higher amount than the value they assign to our remaining years of life.
Content delivery will not send you to the ER with salmonella.
It could infect your PC with malware though. And then the malware will empty out your bank account. There's your safety angle. Also, doctors use computers. Your content delivery system could install malware on doctors' computers and change drug prescriptions. It could kill hundreds of people.
You already surrendered when you decided that anything involving "safety" meant you have to beg the government for special permission to act. It's trivially easy to imagine a fanciful safety-related reason to prohibit anything. You've shown that with your justification of barber licenses.
Content delivery presumed illegal unless you get a specific license? What's next, requiring a specific license to drive your own car on public roads? Being forced to get a certification before you can become a barber or an interior decorator? Having to get a permit before you can sell cookies you baked yourself?
The guys at wehateapple.com are saying it's the worst thing in history and that Apple will finally get what's coming to them for all teh evils. But the guys at appleisgreat.com are saying it's no big deal and stuff like this happens all the time.
Meanwhile, the guys at mindyourownbusiness.com don't have a report about it at all, but they do have some good reports that seem relevant to my own life. At mindsomeoneelsesbusiness.com, they're extremely interested in whether African tribes that make their own beer are at a greater risk for gout from too much yeast and they think it's the fault of the US government for some reason.
At newsfornerds.com, they're just trolling for clicks, so they put up a story with no information to get Apple haters and Apple fanboys sniping at each other. Later, they'll be posting stories about evolution, Mitt Romney's failure to announce any female cabinet members, an ask newsfornerds.com question about whether Dragon Age 3 will be more heterosexual-friendly than Dragon Age 2, and a statement from RMS about how the government should stop paying school teachers because they should be sharing their knowledge for free.
This is Slashdot. You created and released the video. The Slashdot crowd decrees that you have no rights to it. And everyone else has an absolute rights to do whatever they want with it.
Too bad. Next time, don't make the mistake of creating a video.
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A school is a lot more than just a teacher and students. This myopic attitude needs to go away as it is detrimental to the well being of a lot of children out there who's parents are either too busy or too stupid to teach their kids themselves.
So you think the purpose of a school is to limit parents' influence on their children. I think the purpose of a school should be learning and the parents should be free to decide more-or-less everything because they're rightfully free citizens, not government subjects.
Unfortunately, the people that actually control the government schools think the purpose is to maximize payroll. So we both lose, and the kids especially lose.
I thought freedom was the purpose.
What does "making a difference" mean anyway? Pol Pot made a difference.
What's missing? Not enough opportunity for graft? Not enough administrative overhead? No way to use politics to divide people? No union dues and slush funds? No way to censor "bad" ideas? No way to indoctrinate people into your belief system? No way to force bullies and their victims together? No one to tell the parents they're teaching their children wrong? No way for non-teachers to skim money out of the "system"? No one to fill out forms and do compliance paperwork?
How? Hasn't every society that's ever held an election proven their inability to consistently elect individuals worthy of power? Do you have the answer that's eluded the rest of mankind throughout history? (Even if you do, you're outvoted by everyone who doesn't. So it won't work.)
The only safe choice is to very strictly limit government power, so when unworthy people get elected, they can't hurt anyone.
What's a "school system"? I thought a school was a teacher, teaching students something they want to learn. Anyone can hire a teacher to teach anything they want. This "school system" concept you're talking about seems to be a lot of extra nonsense that's only loosely related to teaching or learning. Why do we need to give up our freedom to have a "system" when teachers can teach and students can learn at least as well without it (and for a lot less money)?
Electrions are particles that always travel in the direction of the majority. That direction might change, but only in an electrion year.
So let's make government small enough so U.S. Congressmen's opinions don't matter.
A free people in a free country wouldn't care what some Congressman thought about evolution.
Because government is too big and has too much money and power.
Personally, I've never understood the idea of needing to be "trained" to program or build software or systems. Why not just figure out how to do it? If you can't figure out how to solve problems and be valuable in something besides VB.NET, then maybe age isn't really the issue.
Only if you don't ever need to use them as a toilet. If they're just for show or for a ritual sacrifice to get you into environmentalist heaven, then sure. But if you actually plan on people using the toilet, go with real toilets. (If you still need a way to get into environmentalist heaven, go with electric vehicle charging stations. No one will use them, but at least they won't cause everyone daily problems.)
More money every year, with less accountability. It'll work for sure.
Why?
Why do you think the government should buy you subsidized broadband service with money stolen (taken, taxed, confiscated, use whatever word you want) from your neighbors?
Post a link for a guy to click on. He clicks on it. It goes to a page you publish on your server. You look in the server logs. You know his IP address. Then you can find his city and possibly his neighborhood from that. And you know his ISP.
After that it can become more difficult. But it's hardly impossible. If a friend at the guy's ISP will do you a favor (the troll in the story is local), or if you can simply guess the right answer and check it, it's easy again. If you can read someone's cookies with a cross-site scripting vulnerability or trick them into installing malware, it's not going to be too hard to find them.
Paragraph 13 of the original story. It's a good read.
The cops can't protect anyone. They just show up after you're dead and string up crime scene tape. In the UK you're not allowed to protect yourself either -- it undermines government authority.
This is why content delivery systems need to be licensed by governments. This wouldn't have happened if Twitter were prohibited because it's unlicensed.
It's a safety issue. Just like the license you need before you can drive your own car. Just like the license you need to be a barber. Or the permit that those kids should have gotten before the cops shut down their lemonade stand. Or the license that that guy in North Carolina needs to publish dietary advice on his blog. Or the law license that Elizabeth Warren doesn't need because she's one of the special people.
Leo Traynor should be ashamed for having an unlicensed conversation with his Troll. Is he a certified criminal counselor? He should have gotten the authorities involved, because they should always be involved. In everything.
No one ever got food poisoning from a properly licensed food preparer, right? Also, licensed drivers never crash.
This safety we traded our freedom for is great. We'll all live long obedient lives, until the government decides our health care will cost them a higher amount than the value they assign to our remaining years of life.
It could infect your PC with malware though. And then the malware will empty out your bank account. There's your safety angle. Also, doctors use computers. Your content delivery system could install malware on doctors' computers and change drug prescriptions. It could kill hundreds of people.
You already surrendered when you decided that anything involving "safety" meant you have to beg the government for special permission to act. It's trivially easy to imagine a fanciful safety-related reason to prohibit anything. You've shown that with your justification of barber licenses.
Content delivery presumed illegal unless you get a specific license? What's next, requiring a specific license to drive your own car on public roads? Being forced to get a certification before you can become a barber or an interior decorator? Having to get a permit before you can sell cookies you baked yourself?
What's the world coming to?
Why haven't you noticed that we're already there?
Romney's policy on anything: Start by not already being a complete failure for the past 3.7 years.
Wouldn't anything of value be off topic?
The guys at wehateapple.com are saying it's the worst thing in history and that Apple will finally get what's coming to them for all teh evils. But the guys at appleisgreat.com are saying it's no big deal and stuff like this happens all the time.
Meanwhile, the guys at mindyourownbusiness.com don't have a report about it at all, but they do have some good reports that seem relevant to my own life. At mindsomeoneelsesbusiness.com, they're extremely interested in whether African tribes that make their own beer are at a greater risk for gout from too much yeast and they think it's the fault of the US government for some reason.
At newsfornerds.com, they're just trolling for clicks, so they put up a story with no information to get Apple haters and Apple fanboys sniping at each other. Later, they'll be posting stories about evolution, Mitt Romney's failure to announce any female cabinet members, an ask newsfornerds.com question about whether Dragon Age 3 will be more heterosexual-friendly than Dragon Age 2, and a statement from RMS about how the government should stop paying school teachers because they should be sharing their knowledge for free.
Unfair. Those litigious monsters at Apple are hiring guys away from Google. Google should sue them to protect their vital IP.
Also unfair: companies mutually agreeing not to poach each others' employees. And we don't believe in imaginary property.
The Ministry of Truth will decide which is true and which is a lie. The Ministry of Love will punish the liars.
This is Slashdot. You created and released the video. The Slashdot crowd decrees that you have no rights to it. And everyone else has an absolute rights to do whatever they want with it.
Too bad. Next time, don't make the mistake of creating a video.