1: People have fears about GM food. 2. State proposes regulation based on fears. 3. Industry proves GM food is safe. 4. State insists that industry label GM food anyway. 5. People see label on GM food; fears persist.
If the idea is to simply replace textbooks (as suggested by the headline) there are better options than the iPad. Every school district I contracted at was already very restrictive with their IT policies.
"By signing this petition, you are demanding the Obama Administration to add an amendment to the Constitution that limits the power of the Government from being able to censor the Internet."
So now Slashdot is promoting the political agendas of semi-literate cranks who lack even a basic understanding of how our government works?
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors.. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt.45 and a.38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
As I'm certain you know, the Preamble doesn't authorize the federal government to do anything. At all. You also conveniently ignore the relevant part of clause 8 in A1S8 "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries". That's specifically referring to patents and copyrights, not direct funding of research.
I'm on board if you can show me what part of the Constitution authorizes the federal government to fund scientific research.
Assuming that role is not an enumerated power, I'd be 100% in support of an Amendment authorizing the federal government to fund and carry out scientific research.
I wish people would take more than 5 seconds before replying in these threads to stop and consider what precisely the federal government does better than either private industry or state governments.
Yes, there are plenty of things that require a national scope, and oddly enough, a lot of those federal roles are defined in the Constitution.
However when it comes to departments that exist on shaky Constitutional grounds and/or duplicate efforts of state departments, you'll find that they provide the least benefit and are the most vigorously defended.
So with all the places career executives can work you want to make hospitals, of all places, less attractive?
Considering that "career executives" have a nasty habit of running organizations into the ground and jumping ship with a golden parachute, I think I'd prefer our hospital administrators be more interested in providing better health care than getting rich off of it.
Precisely. If the number of jobless degree-holders teaches us anything, it should be that the current supply of them far exceeds the demand. There's no reason for a young person to saddle him or her self with a pile of debt when there are few prospects of an eventual payoff.
People can still make good money in a trade, and get started with a significantly smaller investment in training/education.
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1: People have fears about GM food.
2. State proposes regulation based on fears.
3. Industry proves GM food is safe.
4. State insists that industry label GM food anyway.
5. People see label on GM food; fears persist.
That's some fine circular logic there, Lou.
And the farms/companies that produce these crops have a right not to have to pay to indulge people's irrational fears.
"I'm not aware of any plants that have naturally built man-made pesticides into their DNA sequences..."
Perhaps because that's not what's happening in the lab either.
People speaking from an assumed position of authority without sufficient knowledge to do so are a big part of the problem.
"But label the damn things so people can choose."
To what purpose? Making sure people see that GM food is "different" and perpetuating the hysteria?
If the idea is to simply replace textbooks (as suggested by the headline) there are better options than the iPad. Every school district I contracted at was already very restrictive with their IT policies.
What's wrong with setting up a device for students that is restricted to approved educational uses?
I don't think anyone is pushing the idea that tablets can fulfill every need of every computer user. I'm not sure what you are responding to.
Had you lived 150 years ago, you would have said the same about telegraphese
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"By signing this petition, you are demanding the Obama Administration to add an amendment to the Constitution that limits the power of the Government from being able to censor the Internet."
So now Slashdot is promoting the political agendas of semi-literate cranks who lack even a basic understanding of how our government works?
"I definitely don't think that the it should be imperative on the State to provide individuals hardware so they can connect to the Internet..."
Good thing that's not what uncensored access to the Internet means. This is more about preventing another "Great Firewall of China".
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors .. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt .45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
"Due diligence"
...for a replacement battery?
I'm guessing that GP was referring to support for QuickSync, which is only available in the i5 and i7.
"The only outcome of this would be even fewer Americans with higher education - which is exactly what the country needs - right?"
I don't suppose you've considered the idea that perhaps there are TOO MANY Americans with post-secondary degrees, have you?
This must be today's "X cannot happen without a federal subsidy" article.
Since when does "subsidy" == "regulation"?
As I'm certain you know, the Preamble doesn't authorize the federal government to do anything. At all. You also conveniently ignore the relevant part of clause 8 in A1S8 "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries". That's specifically referring to patents and copyrights, not direct funding of research.
(Cue the "baww, federal government doesn't get to trample on states' rights!" Libertarian shitstorm)
Either you're superbly ignorant of the libertarian philosophy, or you're maliciously and deliberately misrepresenting it.
I'm on board if you can show me what part of the Constitution authorizes the federal government to fund scientific research.
Assuming that role is not an enumerated power, I'd be 100% in support of an Amendment authorizing the federal government to fund and carry out scientific research.
I wish people would take more than 5 seconds before replying in these threads to stop and consider what precisely the federal government does better than either private industry or state governments.
Yes, there are plenty of things that require a national scope, and oddly enough, a lot of those federal roles are defined in the Constitution.
However when it comes to departments that exist on shaky Constitutional grounds and/or duplicate efforts of state departments, you'll find that they provide the least benefit and are the most vigorously defended.
So with all the places career executives can work you want to make hospitals, of all places, less attractive?
Considering that "career executives" have a nasty habit of running organizations into the ground and jumping ship with a golden parachute, I think I'd prefer our hospital administrators be more interested in providing better health care than getting rich off of it.
"And when is education ever NOT necessary?.."
...you say as if the states have no involvement in managing public education.
Precisely. If the number of jobless degree-holders teaches us anything, it should be that the current supply of them far exceeds the demand. There's no reason for a young person to saddle him or her self with a pile of debt when there are few prospects of an eventual payoff.
People can still make good money in a trade, and get started with a significantly smaller investment in training/education.
I've said it before (and been modded "troll") and I'll say it again.
Stuff like this is why Italy is still a third-world country.