teachers need to be fired, the good ones leave for private and charter schools, the rest work just enough to make a long term contract then sit on their fat worthless asses.
There are all kinds of ways you could theoretically get more for your money in regard to education, but just arbitrarily slashing education budgets is unlikely to have that effect.
Every system of organized people I've ever personally witnessed on a long time period has had its share of entrenched people who demand seniority despite contributing the bare minimum. That's just the way people are, it has nothing to do with government, management, or budget. I suspect that if you knew of a way to solve this problem, you'd be making millions as a management guru.
Everyone votes as if they are the fabulously wealthy fat cat, that they dream about being.
You'd think Americans would start to notice a pattern when -- at every election cycle -- the winner-take-all types have to come up with the next flavor of the week economic hypothesis to "prove" that everyone wins when we fire another round of teachers and police so that rich people can buy another mansion or two.
But this shouldn't be a surprise, Americans have serious trouble with long-term thinking these days.
Had that been the case, them including the service of consulting, repairing, recommending, or selling Apple (Cupertino) branded products or accessories, that probably would have given Apple (Cupertino) the necessary ammunition to sue them to change their name... even if the apple (fruit) products were the primary function of the store still.
How about selling "Eye Pad Cider"? That way they could rake in cash from confused customers.
You might want to wait on that. At this time, there's only ~100 titles available for Linux, and many of them have aleady been out for a year or so.
Maybe one day Linux will be a platform hardcore gamers will use, but Steam for Linux is just a baby step in that direction. Remember, they've had Steam for OS X for a while now, and there's still only a tiny trickle of games for that platform.
That's all very true in the world of single tasking. Remember the days of DOS? When a file transfer said it would take 10 minutes, it took 10 minutes, dammit!
But once you enter the world of multitasking, your program has no idea what slice of the CPU pie it's going to get in the future. And surprise, in every modern OS, those file transfer time estimates tend to be significantly off.
The question is whether or not it's a marketing strategy. Was someone at Microsoft wise enough to say "Hey, Apple and Nintendo made headlines by limiting supply..."?
The ability to use a single codebase, in any language, to run on your desktop AND on your phone?
So Ubuntu brings to the table what Microsoft has brought to the table for about a decade? Interesting strategy. And look how well it's worked for Microsoft!
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There are all kinds of ways you could theoretically get more for your money in regard to education, but just arbitrarily slashing education budgets is unlikely to have that effect.
Every system of organized people I've ever personally witnessed on a long time period has had its share of entrenched people who demand seniority despite contributing the bare minimum. That's just the way people are, it has nothing to do with government, management, or budget. I suspect that if you knew of a way to solve this problem, you'd be making millions as a management guru.
You'd think Americans would start to notice a pattern when -- at every election cycle -- the winner-take-all types have to come up with the next flavor of the week economic hypothesis to "prove" that everyone wins when we fire another round of teachers and police so that rich people can buy another mansion or two.
But this shouldn't be a surprise, Americans have serious trouble with long-term thinking these days.
And his next Tweet: https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/303807080433860608
Scary!
That's "Windouws," you silly Yankee.
Cheap gas, plus almost our entire infrastructure was (unfortunately) built for private automobiles.
Glenn Beck posts at Slashdot?! Who knew?
Every city with a combined sewer system smells like the sewer.
Then what the hell are you doing using the web?
How about selling "Eye Pad Cider"? That way they could rake in cash from confused customers.
Care to explain what the federal government has to do with the California DMV?
In fact, this very scenario has happened a decade before, albet with Oracle instead of HP.
You might want to wait on that. At this time, there's only ~100 titles available for Linux, and many of them have aleady been out for a year or so.
Maybe one day Linux will be a platform hardcore gamers will use, but Steam for Linux is just a baby step in that direction. Remember, they've had Steam for OS X for a while now, and there's still only a tiny trickle of games for that platform.
You might think it's funny, but Watson is still sensitive about screwing up on Jeopardy a couple years ago.
That's all very true in the world of single tasking. Remember the days of DOS? When a file transfer said it would take 10 minutes, it took 10 minutes, dammit!
But once you enter the world of multitasking, your program has no idea what slice of the CPU pie it's going to get in the future. And surprise, in every modern OS, those file transfer time estimates tend to be significantly off.
Yes, it's almost like the meaning of a word can change over time.
But it's not 1993 anymore. Instead of "cyberspace," just say "in the cloud" and you'll sound like you're living in 2013.
Ukraine is game to you? How about I take your little board and smash
it!
The question is whether or not it's a marketing strategy. Was someone at Microsoft wise enough to say "Hey, Apple and Nintendo made headlines by limiting supply..."?
Or how about a label that just says "Yes, this packaged was dropped" applied to every package prior to delivery?
Based on my experience, that would have near-perfect accuracy. Also it's cheaper than an electronic solution.
Unfortunately, that's also the reasonining behind a number of open source projects.
The incompatability between ARM and x86 affects both Ubuntu and Microsoft. Ubuntu is not magic.
At any rate, it seems you don't know what the word "codebase" means. It refers to source, not binaries.
So Ubuntu brings to the table what Microsoft has brought to the table for about a decade? Interesting strategy. And look how well it's worked for Microsoft!
Kramer: I got three Pottery Barn catalogs in one day. That makes eight this month.
Jerry: Why don't you just throw 'em out?
Kramer: Oh, no. I've been saving them up here in your apartment. And now, it's payback time. Pottery Barn is in for a world of hurt.
Yes, but you have to wash it down with hot dog flavored water.
Also, you have to listen to shrill, horrible music.
Right, because if they learn Javascript they'll NEVER move to Qt! ...oh wait.