i'm all for whistle-blowers and transparency. but how often does/. scoop some kind of significant corruption story or something similar? i don't think the/. crew really needs to consider this angle for subscribers.
not necessarily arguing with you, but in general here. COPS are supposed to be presenting a just, ethical and responsible persona while on the job. yet they do all sorts of crazy shit on the job that they should be arrested for and but a lot of time don't face any type of punishment. this lady, on her free time, makes a JOKE. i don't see what kind of price she should have to pay at all. sure, like everyone points out, it's there on the web forever. so what? she didn't do it a) seriously or b) on the clock. there is no comparison to some of the actions come cops have taken, yet she is treated far more harshly. easily read/available or not, what makes her bosses think that her personal (i'm not saying "private", that seems like another argument) activities in this case are anywhere near the level of improper that they justify termination. she did not commit a crime. humor (worthwhile or not) is everywhere. since when it is cause for loss of a job?
from the little bit i know about investing, the big picture is intended to be a long-term, i.e. year-long or decade-long, activity. one high volatility event that lasted for a few hours should barely be an asterisk.
if banks "know" that the customers are infected, why do they blithely sell online access and transactions as a benefit, without any cautions about security?
perhaps the banks have realized this could be a new way for them to make money: they could start making and selling some kind of secured, dedicated routers or something, for those customers that have to take care of their banking online. no router, no access.
the elected officials are worried about what's happening in fucking Facebook? perhaps they could do something a little more important for the Internet, like fix the FCC's mandate or whatever, so that they're able to ensure net neutrality.
oh, wait, i forgot: this is Facebook we're talking about! was there an Internet before Facebook? someone, fix Facebook fast or the Internet will break!
come to think of it, let them deal with Facebook. maybe that will keep them from fucking something else up. i don't give a whit about Facebook.
but seriously, i waste A LOT of time that should be spent writing papers surfing the web. and most of the time, it's checking my email or reading/. problem is when i get focused enough to write, then i hit a snag and need to look up something, like a reference, and i'm back at staring at/. (sure, cue the porn jokes)
i'm constantly amazed by the drivel i hear from people who walk by me when they're using a cell. when cells were still car battery-sized and less common, my father used to say that people who constantly talked about inane topics had diarrhea of the mouth. it seems to me that cells have caused a pandemic of oral Giardia at this point.
if they don't setting these kids up to be felons now, who is gonna make all the chair-o-sizers and meat product in the for-profit prisons that Florida is building?
the folks in power are trying to make sure there is an underclass to play fear games with. first step: make sure people are un- or undereducated. then establish a criminal record early. set up a convenient factor/house for these folks. i'm sure someone will add the profit punchline in here...
While making some of the work put into past efforts a waste, I don't think that, given all the other issues facing the country, putting together a space station or another manned mission are really priorities.
i'll get modded troll or something, but i actually slept when i was a teen. i wasn't up until all hours of the early morning during the week. even on weekends, i usually was asleep by 1a. but that was because i knew i could sleep in. i wasn't walking around like a zombie during the week. i guess some kids did, because they'd get on the bus with dark circles under their eyes. don't know when they went to sleep to get that. there is no reason for kids to do that due to sleep deprivation because of their hobbies or recreation. work or some kind responsibility causing some sleep loss, well that's a different story.
thanks for that explanation. i was one of the folks who was under the impression that FCC had no jurisdiction.
now, since it seems they do have jurisdiction, assume that FCC wants to maintain net neutrality, it seems like the death knell that many headlines were announcing earlier is not the case. since FCC has jurisdiction, if they establish the policy correctly, net neutrality could be alive and well, correct?
... is not data, blah, blah, blah. regardless, i have an example. my 10 y.o. nephew has done well throughout most of his elementary schooling, receiving mostly As. he does so because his parents are hard working and set a good example for him. he tries to please them, but he is also very defiant at times. a typical kid. he is not bribed. he has toys and diversions, but his mom makes sure there is homework time after school.
i understand generalizing can be useless, but i'll generalize anyway. i think, generally, a lot of the problems of students underperforming are caused by people who do a poor job at being parents. parents don't have to send their kid knowing how to do addition and subtractions, but their children should know that you can't go to school thinking you can walk into class yelling "where my baby mama at?". (that happened in middle school classroom i was teaching in.) i know some parents have a hard time finding time to watch their kid and make sure there is homework time. regardless, it's up to them to find a way. people have families, tutors exist and there are places that try to help.
what's your point? war isn't political? call it combat, call it war. this fracas was started for political reasons and is being maintained for political reasons. there is no defense for what has transpired in Iraq.
the U.S. attempt to suppress this atrocity is political.
this was wrong. if the gunner thought he was in the right to begin with, why didn't he finish off the "terrorist" that was still crawling around? one second the guy's fair game, next he isn't? he already shot him, with intent to kill. maybe he realize he fucked up? speculation, but this is/., the land of knee-jerks and conclusion jumpers.
i'm not arguing with You, but i do take a difference to the idea of this as "war". this was never a war. it was a farce of an invasion that has since just been an occupation. on top of that, it's been nothing but one fuck up after another. this is truly ugly, but "war" has nothing to do with this.
i was wondering what makes 7th grade a better time to start teaching math? i've seen a report or two that says that teens think impulsively and don't consider results. they're short-circuiting on some logic somewhere. is teaching math to them then going to work any more smoothly than when that person was 8 y.o.?
judging by how much math and stats i've forgotten since my younger years though, it might be a better idea to just put off math instruction until you're in university. it'd be much fresher and relevant for advanced learning.
hopefully EU non-participation can be some kind of dealbreaker. but who knows, the other parties in the ACTA talks might go ahead without the EU and then attempt embargoes against the and things like that against the EU after passing ACTA.
that or maybe the ACTA committees will water down certain parts to assuage the EU, getting it passed with certain "understandings" for EU nations. let's hope not.
what i want to know is: how soon before Google starts collecting taxes or has its own judicial system?
they're becoming as pervasive as government. people complain about the government having its hand in all parts of one's daily life, yet there are not major outcries against Google starting down that path. because it's a company? and there is a "choice" not to deal with them? what happens when the choice disappears? Google interwebs, Google phone, Google energy... Google grocery, Google utilities, Google mediation (courts might let the little guy win every now and then).
you have good points. i'm not trying to argue with you, just giving an unrelated opinion.
being a "non-traditional" student and thus having a little life experience, e.g. having had to work in a few different fields and learning to understand responsibility and work ethic, my experience with most of my classmates in undergrad was mostly negative. the students thought that university is supposed be some magic ticket to $70,000+/year and fringe benefits, without any effort. these are the average high school students who are accepted into school, whether they're freshmen or junior/senior. (i'm ignoring the academically ill-prepared part of the story) so, with this mentality, kids who are in high school and advanced enough to get through the crap that high school can dish out are probably not at that big a disadvantage to the typical high school grad turned uni student.
i just read PDFs, i don't design or write docs in them. Foxit works just as well for that purpose as Adobe. i can open multiple window/copies of a PDF with Foxit. i don't know if i can do that with Adobe.
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there's an old saying:
"a lot of truth comes in a joke"
with that in mind, i don't know if there needs to be an additional funny mod, since it's already kind of common knowldge.
i'm all for whistle-blowers and transparency. but how often does /. scoop some kind of significant corruption story or something similar? i don't think the /. crew really needs to consider this angle for subscribers.
not necessarily arguing with you, but in general here. COPS are supposed to be presenting a just, ethical and responsible persona while on the job. yet they do all sorts of crazy shit on the job that they should be arrested for and but a lot of time don't face any type of punishment. this lady, on her free time, makes a JOKE. i don't see what kind of price she should have to pay at all. sure, like everyone points out, it's there on the web forever. so what? she didn't do it a) seriously or b) on the clock. there is no comparison to some of the actions come cops have taken, yet she is treated far more harshly.
easily read/available or not, what makes her bosses think that her personal (i'm not saying "private", that seems like another argument) activities in this case are anywhere near the level of improper that they justify termination. she did not commit a crime. humor (worthwhile or not) is everywhere. since when it is cause for loss of a job?
from the little bit i know about investing, the big picture is intended to be a long-term, i.e. year-long or decade-long, activity. one high volatility event that lasted for a few hours should barely be an asterisk.
if banks "know" that the customers are infected, why do they blithely sell online access and transactions as a benefit, without any cautions about security?
perhaps the banks have realized this could be a new way for them to make money: they could start making and selling some kind of secured, dedicated routers or something, for those customers that have to take care of their banking online. no router, no access.
the elected officials are worried about what's happening in fucking Facebook? perhaps they could do something a little more important for the Internet, like fix the FCC's mandate or whatever, so that they're able to ensure net neutrality.
oh, wait, i forgot: this is Facebook we're talking about! was there an Internet before Facebook? someone, fix Facebook fast or the Internet will break!
come to think of it, let them deal with Facebook. maybe that will keep them from fucking something else up. i don't give a whit about Facebook.
but seriously, i waste A LOT of time that should be spent writing papers surfing the web. and most of the time, it's checking my email or reading /. problem is when i get focused enough to write, then i hit a snag and need to look up something, like a reference, and i'm back at staring at /. (sure, cue the porn jokes)
i'm constantly amazed by the drivel i hear from people who walk by me when they're using a cell. when cells were still car battery-sized and less common, my father used to say that people who constantly talked about inane topics had diarrhea of the mouth. it seems to me that cells have caused a pandemic of oral Giardia at this point.
if they don't setting these kids up to be felons now, who is gonna make all the chair-o-sizers and meat product in the for-profit prisons that Florida is building?
the folks in power are trying to make sure there is an underclass to play fear games with. first step: make sure people are un- or undereducated. then establish a criminal record early. set up a convenient factor/house for these folks. i'm sure someone will add the profit punchline in here...
Bush (and Obama seems headed down the same path) wanted to make everything a state secret.
While making some of the work put into past efforts a waste, I don't think that, given all the other issues facing the country, putting together a space station or another manned mission are really priorities.
i'll get modded troll or something, but i actually slept when i was a teen. i wasn't up until all hours of the early morning during the week. even on weekends, i usually was asleep by 1a. but that was because i knew i could sleep in. i wasn't walking around like a zombie during the week. i guess some kids did, because they'd get on the bus with dark circles under their eyes. don't know when they went to sleep to get that. there is no reason for kids to do that due to sleep deprivation because of their hobbies or recreation. work or some kind responsibility causing some sleep loss, well that's a different story.
thanks for that explanation. i was one of the folks who was under the impression that FCC had no jurisdiction.
now, since it seems they do have jurisdiction, assume that FCC wants to maintain net neutrality, it seems like the death knell that many headlines were announcing earlier is not the case. since FCC has jurisdiction, if they establish the policy correctly, net neutrality could be alive and well, correct?
... is not data, blah, blah, blah. regardless, i have an example. my 10 y.o. nephew has done well throughout most of his elementary schooling, receiving mostly As. he does so because his parents are hard working and set a good example for him. he tries to please them, but he is also very defiant at times. a typical kid. he is not bribed. he has toys and diversions, but his mom makes sure there is homework time after school.
i understand generalizing can be useless, but i'll generalize anyway. i think, generally, a lot of the problems of students underperforming are caused by people who do a poor job at being parents. parents don't have to send their kid knowing how to do addition and subtractions, but their children should know that you can't go to school thinking you can walk into class yelling "where my baby mama at?". (that happened in middle school classroom i was teaching in.) i know some parents have a hard time finding time to watch their kid and make sure there is homework time. regardless, it's up to them to find a way. people have families, tutors exist and there are places that try to help.
what's your point? war isn't political? call it combat, call it war. this fracas was started for political reasons and is being maintained for political reasons. there is no defense for what has transpired in Iraq.
the U.S. attempt to suppress this atrocity is political.
this was wrong. if the gunner thought he was in the right to begin with, why didn't he finish off the "terrorist" that was still crawling around? one second the guy's fair game, next he isn't? he already shot him, with intent to kill. maybe he realize he fucked up? speculation, but this is /., the land of knee-jerks and conclusion jumpers.
i'm not arguing with You, but i do take a difference to the idea of this as "war". this was never a war. it was a farce of an invasion that has since just been an occupation. on top of that, it's been nothing but one fuck up after another. this is truly ugly, but "war" has nothing to do with this.
it's quadruple taxed: the products and services that the company sells are taxed too.
i was wondering what makes 7th grade a better time to start teaching math? i've seen a report or two that says that teens think impulsively and don't consider results. they're short-circuiting on some logic somewhere. is teaching math to them then going to work any more smoothly than when that person was 8 y.o.?
judging by how much math and stats i've forgotten since my younger years though, it might be a better idea to just put off math instruction until you're in university. it'd be much fresher and relevant for advanced learning.
i was gonna ask what's the point of chat? but i suppose if it could more than 2 people at a time, that could be useful.
that was pretty funny. thanks for the laugh.
this adds some context to the accusations made against the East Anglia staff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nnVQ2fROOg
hopefully EU non-participation can be some kind of dealbreaker. but who knows, the other parties in the ACTA talks might go ahead without the EU and then attempt embargoes against the and things like that against the EU after passing ACTA.
that or maybe the ACTA committees will water down certain parts to assuage the EU, getting it passed with certain "understandings" for EU nations. let's hope not.
what i want to know is: how soon before Google starts collecting taxes or has its own judicial system?
they're becoming as pervasive as government. people complain about the government having its hand in all parts of one's daily life, yet there are not major outcries against Google starting down that path. because it's a company? and there is a "choice" not to deal with them? what happens when the choice disappears? Google interwebs, Google phone, Google energy... Google grocery, Google utilities, Google mediation (courts might let the little guy win every now and then).
you have good points. i'm not trying to argue with you, just giving an unrelated opinion.
being a "non-traditional" student and thus having a little life experience, e.g. having had to work in a few different fields and learning to understand responsibility and work ethic, my experience with most of my classmates in undergrad was mostly negative. the students thought that university is supposed be some magic ticket to $70,000+/year and fringe benefits, without any effort. these are the average high school students who are accepted into school, whether they're freshmen or junior/senior. (i'm ignoring the academically ill-prepared part of the story) so, with this mentality, kids who are in high school and advanced enough to get through the crap that high school can dish out are probably not at that big a disadvantage to the typical high school grad turned uni student.
i just read PDFs, i don't design or write docs in them. Foxit works just as well for that purpose as Adobe. i can open multiple window/copies of a PDF with Foxit. i don't know if i can do that with Adobe.