but let's summarize the summary. A political guy says people will come to his side because they wont like what a politician from the other side will do. A business guy says both political guys are clueless. What makes this a Republican issue? Sounds like a politicians are stupid issue. (And I already knew that.)
It is warm here in Florida - and my family uses AC pretty much year round. The funny thing is that it isn't nearly as sunny as I thought it would be. We had many, many more days of sun per year when we were in Arizona. And there it got cool in the winter, though it was a bit hotter in the summer.
So this does bring up some interesting issues. I can't imagine they could get by purely on solar alone unless they have some truly massive battery capacity that could allow them to run for days without generating new power. And of course the ability to generate a lot of surplus power when it is sunny.
I do think a possible use for this kind of thing that is going to be needed in Florida if the population here keeps growing is desalination plants. We use a lot of electricity and a lot of water and right now I don't know how they plan to keep up on the water side.
My dad told my mom he was going to get her a Yamaha and she was very excited. She even cleared a spot for it in the living room. When he rode up on his motorcycle she didn't find it to be funny at all.
He was in a huge wreck within a couple years that nearly took his life. After that they did get a piano and dad never did get another motorcycle.
You have a good point. Also - cheating isn't the biggest issue. The primary issue I see is that depending on the crowd to find and recognize all valuable effort is misplaced trust. Often what get's the most attention has nothing to do with real value to the group at all. And many things that could be very valuable are overlooked. How long will someone work for your open company when no one notices what they do or rewards them for it?
Want a glimpse of how this works out? Think about Karma on slashdot or karma on reddit. If you've participated attentively in either of those systems you already know how problematic this will be.
First time I read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, I thought the idea of huffy was pretty cool. Since then, seeing how such popularity systems work on the web has made me realize it may not be that great a system.
It's hard to be as funny as I am and yet so misunderstood. I dig deep for these precious pearls of humour. I cast them out to slashdot and how do you act? Like undeserving farm animals that don't even appreciate what they've been given. Like chickens, or cows or something. A good word picture escapes me at the moment - but I think (despite your post to the contrary) that you will figure it out.
Well - I'd agree with you but how many people feel that way about religion and politics? Most of them. So I'd say FOSS/Closed is controversial because there are a number of people on both sides of the issue. Head on over to somewhere like stack overflow and see if you can drum up some controversy - bet you can.
That is the best part of the joke. The first part is a little snarky - the second part is pure comedic gold. Saying this pretty much kills it though. And I wouldn't say anything - but the point of the joke is not to oppose electronic voting and so I've got to correct that misunderstanding.
The whole thing hinges on the fact that here at the dot we regularly rail against things that are considered 'new' because there is an electronic component. Well - what happened in this case is just good old election fraud, and a computer happened to be involved. So it is ironic that we, who complain about this very thing, are now involved in carrying it out.
So I am just trying to use humour to point that out. I am not really for or against electronic voting. I just want the best tool for the job - whatever that is. I'm not really for or against either of our two major parties in the U.S. Though I do tend to think they both stink.
The fact that people think I'm making a statement about either of those things means I was a little too clever for my own good I guess. That it is currently modded funny leads me to believe at least a couple people got it though.
But basically - your post is an exact summary of what I was trying to say.
One of the things I like about slashdot, after the number of people with true expertise, is the wide representation of many view points. On a few other popular sites I visit things feel much more slanted in one direction or another. Here in discussions of politics or religion (to name a couple of the more inflammatory topics) there seems to be a good number of people from all over the spectrum. I prefer that to an echo chamber. (Yes, we are pretty bad about the FOSS thing - but I'm willing to let that slide.)
My opinion is that the education community is pretty poor. I'm biased I guess, but I spent a year in a post-bac secondary ed. certification program and I was astonished. It's all subjective and soft - really not much science backing up any of it. So I don't hold out a lot of hope for educational reform that originates with our government. They have a vested interested in maintaining the current system in some way or they lose control. All I've heard from Obama is throwing more money at the problem. If he has other solutions I'm unaware of them.
And when I step back and look at the bigger picture, I'm pretty confident that we are on the downward side of what was a great ride. But nothing lasts forever. Places like China and India are full of millions of intelligent people who know that it is compete or starve. They are motivated, information is more available than ever before, and almost all of our industrial base has been moved inside their borders.
Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but I don't think so. I think the only big question is if we fade quietly or we just get the shit kicked out of us in open conflict.
Funny that we both chose the same title. I think you are 100% correct obviously. I don't think it would hurt to get rid of bad teachers, but I don't think more money is going to really make a difference.
I think our problems are primarily cultural and I really doubt merit pay for teachers is going to make a huge amount of difference. Giving teachers more money (based on some system that is assuredly going to be arbitrary at best) will not fix parents who are ignorant and apathetic.
On top of that we need people who are science experts. People with advanced degrees and even if we are giving our primary and secondary teachers bonuses how does that help the issue of young people who have no interest and see no future in careers in science? We keep cranking out film and psychology majors. And they are great to have around when retail places are doing a lot of hiring, but they don't really move the nation forward.
And all the while we will keep focusing on building up self-esteem of the children while Asia pushes right past us in every way that matters. The sun is setting on the American empire and this is just one more sign. How many science and engineering graduates is China cranking out a year? How does it compare to the U.S.? And where does future power lie in every category that matters? In knowledge.
The problem is in the summary - not the article. The article has it right. The survey accepted anything between 65 and 75 percent as correct. 47% of the people in the survey got it right.
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but let's summarize the summary. A political guy says people will come to his side because they wont like what a politician from the other side will do. A business guy says both political guys are clueless. What makes this a Republican issue? Sounds like a politicians are stupid issue. (And I already knew that.)
Once you figure out that you are, then the next question comes up.
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It is warm here in Florida - and my family uses AC pretty much year round. The funny thing is that it isn't nearly as sunny as I thought it would be. We had many, many more days of sun per year when we were in Arizona. And there it got cool in the winter, though it was a bit hotter in the summer.
So this does bring up some interesting issues. I can't imagine they could get by purely on solar alone unless they have some truly massive battery capacity that could allow them to run for days without generating new power. And of course the ability to generate a lot of surplus power when it is sunny.
I do think a possible use for this kind of thing that is going to be needed in Florida if the population here keeps growing is desalination plants. We use a lot of electricity and a lot of water and right now I don't know how they plan to keep up on the water side.
My dad told my mom he was going to get her a Yamaha and she was very excited. She even cleared a spot for it in the living room. When he rode up on his motorcycle she didn't find it to be funny at all.
He was in a huge wreck within a couple years that nearly took his life. After that they did get a piano and dad never did get another motorcycle.
oops - not the 3 times part. Not close - but that Germany is ahead of China at all is surprising and impressive to me.
I did not know that - and was curious. Found this and it seems to back up the claim.
It's funny you mention that on a day that facebook has been up and down like a yo-yo.
Red vs. Blue
Why name it after some mythical creature when it clearly looks more like a warthog?
Built by a company called Yamaha.
There should be a little maker achievement to go with it.
You have a good point. Also - cheating isn't the biggest issue. The primary issue I see is that depending on the crowd to find and recognize all valuable effort is misplaced trust. Often what get's the most attention has nothing to do with real value to the group at all. And many things that could be very valuable are overlooked. How long will someone work for your open company when no one notices what they do or rewards them for it?
Want a glimpse of how this works out? Think about Karma on slashdot or karma on reddit. If you've participated attentively in either of those systems you already know how problematic this will be.
First time I read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, I thought the idea of huffy was pretty cool. Since then, seeing how such popularity systems work on the web has made me realize it may not be that great a system.
It's hard to be as funny as I am and yet so misunderstood. I dig deep for these precious pearls of humour. I cast them out to slashdot and how do you act? Like undeserving farm animals that don't even appreciate what they've been given. Like chickens, or cows or something. A good word picture escapes me at the moment - but I think (despite your post to the contrary) that you will figure it out.
Well - I'd agree with you but how many people feel that way about religion and politics? Most of them. So I'd say FOSS/Closed is controversial because there are a number of people on both sides of the issue. Head on over to somewhere like stack overflow and see if you can drum up some controversy - bet you can.
That is the best part of the joke. The first part is a little snarky - the second part is pure comedic gold. Saying this pretty much kills it though. And I wouldn't say anything - but the point of the joke is not to oppose electronic voting and so I've got to correct that misunderstanding.
The whole thing hinges on the fact that here at the dot we regularly rail against things that are considered 'new' because there is an electronic component. Well - what happened in this case is just good old election fraud, and a computer happened to be involved. So it is ironic that we, who complain about this very thing, are now involved in carrying it out.
So I am just trying to use humour to point that out. I am not really for or against electronic voting. I just want the best tool for the job - whatever that is. I'm not really for or against either of our two major parties in the U.S. Though I do tend to think they both stink.
The fact that people think I'm making a statement about either of those things means I was a little too clever for my own good I guess. That it is currently modded funny leads me to believe at least a couple people got it though.
But basically - your post is an exact summary of what I was trying to say.
One of the things I like about slashdot, after the number of people with true expertise, is the wide representation of many view points. On a few other popular sites I visit things feel much more slanted in one direction or another. Here in discussions of politics or religion (to name a couple of the more inflammatory topics) there seems to be a good number of people from all over the spectrum. I prefer that to an echo chamber. (Yes, we are pretty bad about the FOSS thing - but I'm willing to let that slide.)
We never had it before electronic voting systems. And it is impossible to catch because there is no paper trail.
thank you for pointing that out.
My opinion is that the education community is pretty poor. I'm biased I guess, but I spent a year in a post-bac secondary ed. certification program and I was astonished. It's all subjective and soft - really not much science backing up any of it. So I don't hold out a lot of hope for educational reform that originates with our government. They have a vested interested in maintaining the current system in some way or they lose control. All I've heard from Obama is throwing more money at the problem. If he has other solutions I'm unaware of them.
And when I step back and look at the bigger picture, I'm pretty confident that we are on the downward side of what was a great ride. But nothing lasts forever. Places like China and India are full of millions of intelligent people who know that it is compete or starve. They are motivated, information is more available than ever before, and almost all of our industrial base has been moved inside their borders.
Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but I don't think so. I think the only big question is if we fade quietly or we just get the shit kicked out of us in open conflict.
Funny that we both chose the same title. I think you are 100% correct obviously. I don't think it would hurt to get rid of bad teachers, but I don't think more money is going to really make a difference.
I think our problems are primarily cultural and I really doubt merit pay for teachers is going to make a huge amount of difference. Giving teachers more money (based on some system that is assuredly going to be arbitrary at best) will not fix parents who are ignorant and apathetic.
On top of that we need people who are science experts. People with advanced degrees and even if we are giving our primary and secondary teachers bonuses how does that help the issue of young people who have no interest and see no future in careers in science? We keep cranking out film and psychology majors. And they are great to have around when retail places are doing a lot of hiring, but they don't really move the nation forward.
And all the while we will keep focusing on building up self-esteem of the children while Asia pushes right past us in every way that matters. The sun is setting on the American empire and this is just one more sign. How many science and engineering graduates is China cranking out a year? How does it compare to the U.S.? And where does future power lie in every category that matters? In knowledge.
The problem is in the summary - not the article. The article has it right. The survey accepted anything between 65 and 75 percent as correct. 47% of the people in the survey got it right.
Just need to print a copy of the article and keep it with me. I've gotten into troubling quite a few times for doodling.