That is the same "Lowest Common Denominator" thinking that leads to Airport Security Theater and the whole Cover Your Ass mentality that has swept the nation. "Mom and Pop" are not infants - they are responsible adults who are accountable for their own acts and the repercussions there of. When you habitually treat people like children they begin to act like children. Risk is something that all people must face, accept, and deal with if they are to grow and learn.
"Mom and Pop" don't need to know the details of cryptography - most "geeks" don't know the details of the cryptography - but what the DO need to know they can learn in 5-10 minutes. If they do not make that modicum of effort that is their choice - they are choosing to accept higher risks. It denies them their dignity to take that choice from them, and ridiculous to deny the rest of the world a better experience because some subset of "Mom and Pop" decide they can live with a higher rate of risk.
Hmm, Well my rebuttal of an overly glib statement with my OWN overly glib post seems to have bitten me. I appreciate your correcting my understanding of the idea of Papal infallibility. I was aware that it wasn't that his every casual remark was authoritative but I didn't understand the detail that he had to explicitly invoke that he was making an announcement in that "mode."
While I don't accept the idea that Faith has any part to play in the domain of Reason, I see your point. I don't agree with it but it is good to see there is real thinking there. I think the place where we part is that there seems to be a hidden idea in your description of "human" that seems to correlate to "having a soul" or inherently good/worthwhile. In my mind an human is just a particularly clever animal that has great potential capacity for good or ill. There isn't anything really special or sacred about it at all. I'm rather partial to humans, as they are my species and more intersting to talk with than say kangaroos, but I don't think it makes them any more special in a grand scale.
I would also dispute that if there IS something special about being human, it can't be given up and that it exists from conception. I would suggest instead that that special "human" thing (lets call it a soul) never develops at all in some members of the homo sapient species. (Psychopaths, Sociopaths, those born in a vegetative state, etc.) One of the later Confucian philosophers actually suggested that no-one is BORN a person, but only became a real human after socializing/training/learning to understand that others are real as well as themselves. I would also think that it might be that those who act in a truly "inhumane" fashion might have waived their membership to the "club" by their actions. (Sponsors of Mass Murder, Republicans, Serial Rapists, torturers, etc). However that last part is a slippery slope to say the least.
No claims that any of this is "true" in some infallible sense. Just musings and introspection.
I applaud your academic study of these things... one thing though... Immaculate Conception refers to the idea in the Catholic belief system that _Mary_ was born without sin, thus making her a fitting mother for Jesus. Its a separate idea from the Virgin Birth concept. I had always thought it meant "without that messy sex part" too;)
I'm no fan of any of these monotheisms but one correction regarding Women's Rights issues in Islam - They had them LONG before Christians did.
AT THE TIME when Islam started its teachings were the most progressive towards women of any of the monotheistic religions. Women were considered people, could own land and property _as_individuals_ , could not be forced to marry, were guaranteed support by their husbands, were guaranteed the equivalent or alimony if divorced, were allowed to work and own their own business, were allowed to decide if they wanted children, were guaranteed support for their children by the child's father even after divorce, and could divorce her husband if he did not sexually satisfy her. (I'm not making any of this up.)
Now mind you her testimony in "court" carried only the fraction of the weight of a man's and there are a whole bunch of other chauvinistic rubbish as well, but up until the 18th Century in western Civil Law an Islamic women had more rights than most women in the western world (in Theory).
Now in practice a lot of these rights were voided and ignored by those who called themselves Muslim but still practiced their own tribal cultures, but according to the Koran and the teachings of Mohammed she had them. MOST of the practices we find so abhorrent and attribute to "Islam" are also considered abhorrent by the actual teachings of the religion and condemned. They are cultural artifacts, not religious ones. Sadly, like the teachings of Christ, mean spirited, bigoted, hate mongering, power grabbing, control freaks have thouroughly confused most people about what those teachings are and twisted them into an evil that would horrify the original prophet/divinity.
The ridiculous Scenario you described is more shaming for you than the religion you are so ignorantly trying to insult. The actions you described would have _by_religious_law_ sentenced the Man to death.
SO now... Who looks like a fool?
I would never raise a daughter in Islam but I at least did the study to find out before making a jackass out of myself by spraying my bigotry around.
Is Christian Faith dangerous too? Hell yeah, and more so because while going to a fundamentalist Madrassa is considered a bad thing, going to a fundamentalist homeschool/bibleschool is a plus when running for US government office.
Many of the teachings are identical. Many of the ideas are equally terrifying for the future of humanity. Its like looking in a mirror. If your not looking its because your afraid of what you will see.
The pope is considered to be the mouthpiece of God, and as such, when speaking officially can not speak incorrectly in regards to religious matters. So if he is guided by his God and officially declares that X, Y, or Z is not in contradiction of the Catholicism, then that is the "divine truth." - If you accept that line of reasoning, then there really isn't any difference between God defining it and the man currently holding the office of Pope defining it.
As for God defining it... well he doesn't seem to be sharing that information with the rest of us very clearly. In the texts considered sacred by Christains and Jews you don't have any prophets declaring a direct divine opinion, nor are there any direct "And God Said X" accounts as per Moses at Mt. Sinai that are actually relevant (unless your looking to distort divine texts to justify your own bias...). All the accounts about God forming or knowing this or that person in the womb, from conceptions (is there a Hebrew/Aramaic word for this? If not then someone is playing fast and loose with translation... if you don't speak/read archaic Hebrew Aramaic then you have no idea what these books say anyway so its moot.) are all just one person or another making dramatic decelerations... and thus of no more weight that that you or me saying it.
In Muslim texts the soul does NOT enter the body at conception, so apparently there is a dissenting opinion even from other prophets of the same god.
While it is no replacement for doing real research and finding out where candidates stand relative to you on specific issues, there is a very interesting site called "Political Compass" at http://www.politicalcompass.org/ It gives a Cartesian representation (2 dimensional rather than just left/right) of your political values based on a questionnaire in terms of Authoritarian vs Personal Liberty AND Economic Right vs Left.
In addition to providing info on where you stand (you might be surprised) it shows were historical figures and the current candidates fall (based on their statements and voting records.)
You can also compare US politicians to the current crop in countries such as Canada, Australia, and England.
Even if the agreement _IS_ in writing it doesn't mean squat unless you have the ability to enforce it.
I learned this one the hard way doing a closing. We had secured an agreement from the developer regarding some compensation. We had it written up and he signed it. At the closing (which the seller almost never attends) we produced the signed agreement but the attorney would not honor it with out consulting the developer who was of course not answering his phone.
That left us the options of calling the whole thing off at the last minute, taking him to small claims court, or just eating the cost.
Because its one of fastest most effective mail clients out there?
Pine is awesome because anytime you have an SSH client, you have your mail. You also get to skip most spam, html crap in email, a easy text based interface, and no need for a gui.
The only thing annoying about it was its license, now Alpine has all that minimalistic goodness and is under the Apache license.
I think there is indeed a strong chance it could blow up in their face... The difference between screwing with universities, single mothers, 12 year olds, and VC dependent startups is that:
A) The broadcast insdustry has Much Much more money
B) They are the BROADCAST INDUSTRY - i.e. the filter through which all spin must pass. I somehow think that the version of this that reaches the public will be a bit less sympathetic to the RIAA than coverage of "MP3 Pirates," or the simple non-coverage that has left only geeky communities like Slashdot aware there even IS an issue.
While I would not QUITE so harshly condemn the WoT as you have... The first 3 books were really quite amazing, and I was very prepared for a really great finale in book 4... which never happened. I had always previously presumed that Jordan had planned a 3,4 or 5 book series and then his publishers saw the prospect of buckets of money and convinced him to continue.
Now, I'm not so sure... I think his illness may have played into the picture in a couple different ways.
Note: this is COMPLETE SPECULATION
1. The Heinlein Effect - As Heinlein grew more and more ill, he began to pump out books at a crazy rate both as sort of a way to postpone his passing (notice EVERYBODY is alive in the last books), and
2. to provide for his wife. When contemplating ones mortality you want to take care of you loved ones - providing more books provides more financial stability for your loved ones.
One other comment you made stuck out- your comment that "it is obvious that a much firmer editorial hand was required."
In reading the announcement it appears that his wife was his primary editor. That might work in some cases, but I don't think this was one of them. I think it would be really hard for a person to be firmly critical of beloved spouse's artistic work - especially when they are ill as well.
I'm glad the series will reach a conclusion. I hope the final work redeems the wandering that occured from about book 5 on - perhaps it will really benefit from a new voice working on it... And maybe an abridged edition will eventually be put out that, like say Stranger in a Strange land, is better than the unabridged version.
Lifenews.com is a rabidly anti-choice, pro-female-biological-slavery site that cherry picked parts of other reports by authors who may or may not have had an ideological axe to grind, perhaps like your self?
Claiming Levitt's theory is "discredited" is a bit over the top. Was there critical review? Yes, were there those who disagreed? Sure, but that is the nature of academic research. Overall the nitpicking did find some places where the research could be improved, but it has certainly not been proven wrong by any means.
Has it been proven "right?" No, but that is not unusual either. Howerver it DOES provide an excellent model and seem to jive with most other research so far - which is about the best you can hope for in a field like economics/sociology/psychology where its really hard and/or unethical to do the sort of "hard" experiments that are more likely to provide tangible results.
An oversimplification is "reward behavior resembling a desired behavior, and punish behavior that does not. Then become more specific in what you reward for a given subject."
Its one way how you train rats, dogs, and people to do things that are not part of their normal behavior but have predecessor behaviors that can lead to the behavior.
So, reward projects that become a little more open, thus encouraging the behavior, then reward it more as it becomes more open. Punish becoming less open to discourage it going farther.
My only advice is, you shouldn't be the one proposing this to the school board.
Get the principal, a board member you know, or someone else already in the administrative tree to propose the idea and suggest you as a good candidate for the position. Most government offices are required to do an open search to fill positions. Getting someone already inside to start the ball rolling and work with you will help you avoid political land mines, any union issues, and the perception that you are just trying to create a job for yourself. Realize you run the risk that if the job is created you may not be selected to fill it if a better candidate (or relative) is available.
You can't play hardball with an independent nation..
Tomrrows Headlines: Korea declares all Microsoft IP, Software and Copywrites to be in the Korean Public Domain. All Microsoft Offices Nationalized and documents seized for "National Security"
I sympathize with your apathy regarding the worth of your vote in federal elections, however the important thing to remember each november is that there are a LOT of races being decided on that ticket - Not just House/Senate/President. If you are dissatisfied with the Blue/Red dichotomy don't despair, instead vote for 3rd parties at a local level. These elections for treasurer, sherrif, secretary etc, are sometimes decided by just a few votes, because they go un-noticed. Once in the machine these people can start making 3rd party canidates seem more viable and serious. I really doubt a 3rd party canidate will ever become president. The system is just set up to prevent it. However a successful "Massive Political Movement" will not start at the top, it will start at the bottom, utherwise it is just so much media Sound and Fury. Elect enough minor judges, tax commisioners, and other "small offices" and you start building a lasting foundation for your pyramid rather than an unsupported tower. Eventually you you build a party that isn't a "3rd party" but "a party" and then can play ball with the big fish.
At the federal level? Bite the bullet and vote to minimize the damage done in the meantime. Register as a member of the party you oppose and vote down the most objectionable canidates in the primaries. Give money to your favorite PACs.
Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.
Dihydrogen monoxide: * is also known as hydric acid, and is the major component of acid
rain. * contributes to the "greenhouse effect." * may cause severe burns. * contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape. * accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals. * may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of
automobile brakes. * has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.
CONTAMINATION IS REACHING EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS!
Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have been found in almost every stream, lake, and reservoir in America today. But the pollution is global, and the contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. In the midwest alone DHMO has caused millions of dollars of property damage.
Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used: * as an industrial solvent and coolant. * in nuclear power plants. * in the production of styrofoam. * as a fire retardant. * in many forms of cruel animal research. * in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce
remains contaminated by this chemical. * as an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.
Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. The impact on wildlife is extreme, and we cannot afford to ignore it any longer!
THE HORROR MUST BE STOPPED!
The American government has refused to ban the production, distribution, or use of this damaging chemical due to its "importance to the economic health of this nation." In fact, the navy and other military organizations are conducting experiments with DHMO, and designing multi-billion dollar devices to control and utilize it during warfare situations. Hundreds of military research facilities receive tons of it through a highly sophisticated underground distribution network. Many store large quantities for later use.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE!
Act NOW to prevent further contamination. Find out more about this dangerous chemical. What you don't know CAN hurt you and others throughout the world. Send email to no_dhmo#NoSpam.circus.com, or a SASE to:
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(from http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/3_8.html I can take no credit for this one. just reposting someone elses genius... this page contains many other wonderful versions) For the chemistry challenged... Dihydrogen Monoxide = H20 = water
Wouldn't it be TERRIBLE if the source code was STOLEN by Software PIRATES and put on a P2P network! All those years of work Free to download for anyone without any control by the original authors...
All those people out there using the software and the people who volunteered all their time for the love of the game wouldn't be able to do a thing about it! How tragic.
Having gone through this in the past. I'm telling you the answer. You have not set, or you have incorrectly set your WEP key on the client.
To do an encrypted connection there must be a key on your side. Some WAP's may be able to provide it transparently but in your case the WAP is not, and your computer does not have it configured or not configured correctly. Some WAP's will give you a "text" key but it may not be interpreted the same by your client. Use the hex version.
Slashdot Mirror
Hmm... Wouldn't it be easier to just put a thin layer of copper/brass on the keys?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_properties_of_copper
Hmm maybe I should have kept that to myself..
Idea
?
?
profit?
Open source the code, provided it with your product, put up a site for it and let your users fix it for you ;)
No. Just No.
That is the same "Lowest Common Denominator" thinking that leads to Airport Security Theater and the whole Cover Your Ass mentality that has swept the nation. "Mom and Pop" are not infants - they are responsible adults who are accountable for their own acts and the repercussions there of. When you habitually treat people like children they begin to act like children. Risk is something that all people must face, accept, and deal with if they are to grow and learn.
"Mom and Pop" don't need to know the details of cryptography - most "geeks" don't know the details of the cryptography - but what the DO need to know they can learn in 5-10 minutes. If they do not make that modicum of effort that is their choice - they are choosing to accept higher risks. It denies them their dignity to take that choice from them, and ridiculous to deny the rest of the world a better experience because some subset of "Mom and Pop" decide they can live with a higher rate of risk.
Hmm, Well my rebuttal of an overly glib statement with my OWN overly glib post seems to have bitten me. I appreciate your correcting my understanding of the idea of Papal infallibility. I was aware that it wasn't that his every casual remark was authoritative but I didn't understand the detail that he had to explicitly invoke that he was making an announcement in that "mode."
While I don't accept the idea that Faith has any part to play in the domain of Reason, I see your point. I don't agree with it but it is good to see there is real thinking there. I think the place where we part is that there seems to be a hidden idea in your description of "human" that seems to correlate to "having a soul" or inherently good/worthwhile. In my mind an human is just a particularly clever animal that has great potential capacity for good or ill. There isn't anything really special or sacred about it at all. I'm rather partial to humans, as they are my species and more intersting to talk with than say kangaroos, but I don't think it makes them any more special in a grand scale.
I would also dispute that if there IS something special about being human, it can't be given up and that it exists from conception. I would suggest instead that that special "human" thing (lets call it a soul) never develops at all in some members of the homo sapient species. (Psychopaths, Sociopaths, those born in a vegetative state, etc.) One of the later Confucian philosophers actually suggested that no-one is BORN a person, but only became a real human after socializing/training/learning to understand that others are real as well as themselves. I would also think that it might be that those who act in a truly "inhumane" fashion might have waived their membership to the "club" by their actions. (Sponsors of Mass Murder, Republicans, Serial Rapists, torturers, etc). However that last part is a slippery slope to say the least.
No claims that any of this is "true" in some infallible sense. Just musings and introspection.
I applaud your academic study of these things... one thing though... Immaculate Conception refers to the idea in the Catholic belief system that _Mary_ was born without sin, thus making her a fitting mother for Jesus. Its a separate idea from the Virgin Birth concept. I had always thought it meant "without that messy sex part" too ;)
I'm no fan of any of these monotheisms but one correction regarding Women's Rights issues in Islam - They had them LONG before Christians did.
AT THE TIME when Islam started its teachings were the most progressive towards women of any of the monotheistic religions. Women were considered people, could own land and property _as_individuals_ , could not be forced to marry, were guaranteed support by their husbands, were guaranteed the equivalent or alimony if divorced, were allowed to work and own their own business, were allowed to decide if they wanted children, were guaranteed support for their children by the child's father even after divorce, and could divorce her husband if he did not sexually satisfy her. (I'm not making any of this up.)
Now mind you her testimony in "court" carried only the fraction of the weight of a man's and there are a whole bunch of other chauvinistic rubbish as well, but up until the 18th Century in western Civil Law an Islamic women had more rights than most women in the western world (in Theory).
Now in practice a lot of these rights were voided and ignored by those who called themselves Muslim but still practiced their own tribal cultures, but according to the Koran and the teachings of Mohammed she had them. MOST of the practices we find so abhorrent and attribute to "Islam" are also considered abhorrent by the actual teachings of the religion and condemned. They are cultural artifacts, not religious ones. Sadly, like the teachings of Christ, mean spirited, bigoted, hate mongering, power grabbing, control freaks have thouroughly confused most people about what those teachings are and twisted them into an evil that would horrify the original prophet/divinity.
The ridiculous Scenario you described is more shaming for you than the religion you are so ignorantly trying to insult. The actions you described would have _by_religious_law_ sentenced the Man to death.
SO now... Who looks like a fool?
I would never raise a daughter in Islam but I at least did the study to find out before making a jackass out of myself by spraying my bigotry around.
Is Christian Faith dangerous too? Hell yeah, and more so because while going to a fundamentalist Madrassa is considered a bad thing, going to a fundamentalist homeschool/bibleschool is a plus when running for US government office.
Many of the teachings are identical. Many of the ideas are equally terrifying for the future of humanity. Its like looking in a mirror. If your not looking its because your afraid of what you will see.
Um... yes he can. And No He/she/it/ doesn't.
:P
The pope is considered to be the mouthpiece of God, and as such, when speaking officially can not speak incorrectly in regards to religious matters. So if he is guided by his God and officially declares that X, Y, or Z is not in contradiction of the Catholicism, then that is the "divine truth." - If you accept that line of reasoning, then there really isn't any difference between God defining it and the man currently holding the office of Pope defining it.
As for God defining it... well he doesn't seem to be sharing that information with the rest of us very clearly. In the texts considered sacred by Christains and Jews you don't have any prophets declaring a direct divine opinion, nor are there any direct "And God Said X" accounts as per Moses at Mt. Sinai that are actually relevant (unless your looking to distort divine texts to justify your own bias...). All the accounts about God forming or knowing this or that person in the womb, from conceptions (is there a Hebrew/Aramaic word for this? If not then someone is playing fast and loose with translation... if you don't speak/read archaic Hebrew Aramaic then you have no idea what these books say anyway so its moot.) are all just one person or another making dramatic decelerations... and thus of no more weight that that you or me saying it.
In Muslim texts the soul does NOT enter the body at conception, so apparently there is a dissenting opinion even from other prophets of the same god.
So, well. Your wrong
While it is no replacement for doing real research and finding out where candidates stand relative to you on specific issues, there is a very interesting site called "Political Compass" at http://www.politicalcompass.org/ It gives a Cartesian representation (2 dimensional rather than just left/right) of your political values based on a questionnaire in terms of Authoritarian vs Personal Liberty AND Economic Right vs Left.
In addition to providing info on where you stand (you might be surprised) it shows were historical figures and the current candidates fall (based on their statements and voting records.)
You can also compare US politicians to the current crop in countries such as Canada, Australia, and England.
Very neat site!
Supposedly the VHS/Betamax war was decided by the adult video houses rather than the "big" publishers... which way are they going?
Even if the agreement _IS_ in writing it doesn't mean squat unless you have the ability to enforce it.
I learned this one the hard way doing a closing. We had secured an agreement from the developer regarding some compensation. We had it written up and he signed it. At the closing (which the seller almost never attends) we produced the signed agreement but the attorney would not honor it with out consulting the developer who was of course not answering his phone.
That left us the options of calling the whole thing off at the last minute, taking him to small claims court, or just eating the cost.
Because its one of fastest most effective mail clients out there?
Pine is awesome because anytime you have an SSH client, you have your mail. You also get to skip most spam, html crap in email, a easy text based interface, and no need for a gui.
The only thing annoying about it was its license, now Alpine has all that minimalistic goodness and is under the Apache license.
I think there is indeed a strong chance it could blow up in their face... The difference between screwing with universities, single mothers, 12 year olds, and VC dependent startups is that:
A) The broadcast insdustry has Much Much more money
B) They are the BROADCAST INDUSTRY - i.e. the filter through which all spin must pass. I somehow think that the version of this that reaches the public will be a bit less sympathetic to the RIAA than coverage of "MP3 Pirates," or the simple non-coverage that has left only geeky communities like Slashdot aware there even IS an issue.
While I would not QUITE so harshly condemn the WoT as you have... The first 3 books were really quite amazing, and I was very prepared for a really great finale in book 4... which never happened. I had always previously presumed that Jordan had planned a 3,4 or 5 book series and then his publishers saw the prospect of buckets of money and convinced him to continue.
Now, I'm not so sure... I think his illness may have played into the picture in a couple different ways.
Note: this is COMPLETE SPECULATION
1. The Heinlein Effect - As Heinlein grew more and more ill, he began to pump out books at a crazy rate both as sort of a way to postpone his passing (notice EVERYBODY is alive in the last books), and
2. to provide for his wife. When contemplating ones mortality you want to take care of you loved ones - providing more books provides more financial stability for your loved ones.
One other comment you made stuck out- your comment that "it is obvious that a much firmer editorial hand was required."
In reading the announcement it appears that his wife was his primary editor. That might work in some cases, but I don't think this was one of them. I think it would be really hard for a person to be firmly critical of beloved spouse's artistic work - especially when they are ill as well.
I'm glad the series will reach a conclusion. I hope the final work redeems the wandering that occured from about book 5 on - perhaps it will really benefit from a new voice working on it... And maybe an abridged edition will eventually be put out that, like say Stranger in a Strange land, is better than the unabridged version.
Update the link in the original front page post.
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/ is NOT http://www.linux-foundation.org/
The first is just a traffic collector page.
The Linux Foundation mentioned in the story is at
http://www.linux-foundation.org/
Thats where you will find the article/survey.
Hmm... cut-and-paste much?
Lifenews.com is a rabidly anti-choice, pro-female-biological-slavery site that cherry picked parts of other reports by authors who may or may not have had an ideological axe to grind, perhaps like your self?
Claiming Levitt's theory is "discredited" is a bit over the top. Was there critical review? Yes, were there those who disagreed? Sure, but that is the nature of academic research. Overall the nitpicking did find some places where the research could be improved, but it has certainly not been proven wrong by any means.
Has it been proven "right?" No, but that is not unusual either. Howerver it DOES provide an excellent model and seem to jive with most other research so far - which is about the best you can hope for in a field like economics/sociology/psychology where its really hard and/or unethical to do the sort of "hard" experiments that are more likely to provide tangible results.
Pie in the face.
Its classic. Its humiliating. It makes them a laughing stock.
Its what undergrads are for!
Its called shaping. Psych 101.
:P
An oversimplification is "reward behavior resembling a desired behavior, and punish behavior that does not. Then become more specific in what you reward for a given subject."
Its one way how you train rats, dogs, and people to do things that are not part of their normal behavior but have predecessor behaviors that can lead to the behavior.
So, reward projects that become a little more open, thus encouraging the behavior, then reward it more as it becomes more open.
Punish becoming less open to discourage it going farther.
Basic carrot and stick
My only advice is, you shouldn't be the one proposing this to the school board.
Get the principal, a board member you know, or someone else already in the administrative tree to propose the idea and suggest you as a good candidate for the position. Most government offices are required to do an open search to fill positions. Getting someone already inside to start the ball rolling and work with you will help you avoid political land mines, any union issues, and the perception that you are just trying to create a job for yourself. Realize you run the risk that if the job is created you may not be selected to fill it if a better candidate (or relative) is available.
Good luck.
Will it do the automagical plug in your USB/FlashDrive and it pops up on your desktop ready to use thing yet?
You can't play hardball with an independent nation..
Tomrrows Headlines:
Korea declares all Microsoft IP, Software and Copywrites to be in the Korean Public Domain. All Microsoft Offices Nationalized and documents seized for "National Security"
I sympathize with your apathy regarding the worth of your vote in federal elections, however the important thing to remember each november is that there are a LOT of races being decided on that ticket - Not just House/Senate/President. If you are dissatisfied with the Blue/Red dichotomy don't despair, instead vote for 3rd parties at a local level. These elections for treasurer, sherrif, secretary etc, are sometimes decided by just a few votes, because they go un-noticed. Once in the machine these people can start making 3rd party canidates seem more viable and serious. I really doubt a 3rd party canidate will ever become president. The system is just set up to prevent it. However a successful "Massive Political Movement" will not start at the top, it will start at the bottom, utherwise it is just so much media Sound and Fury. Elect enough minor judges, tax commisioners, and other "small offices" and you start building a lasting foundation for your pyramid rather than an unsupported tower. Eventually you you build a party that isn't a "3rd party" but "a party" and then can play ball with the big fish.
At the federal level? Bite the bullet and vote to minimize the damage done in the meantime. Register as a member of the party you oppose and vote down the most objectionable canidates in the primaries. Give money to your favorite PACs.
BAN DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE! THE INVISIBLE KILLER
Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills
uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are
caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen
monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes
severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive
sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea,
vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become
dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.
Dihydrogen monoxide:
* is also known as hydric acid, and is the major component of acid
rain.
* contributes to the "greenhouse effect."
* may cause severe burns.
* contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.
* accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.
* may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of
automobile brakes.
* has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.
CONTAMINATION IS REACHING EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS!
Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have been found in almost every
stream, lake, and reservoir in America today. But the pollution is
global, and the contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. In
the midwest alone DHMO has caused millions of dollars of property
damage.
Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:
* as an industrial solvent and coolant.
* in nuclear power plants.
* in the production of styrofoam.
* as a fire retardant.
* in many forms of cruel animal research.
* in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce
remains contaminated by this chemical.
* as an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.
Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can
be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. The impact
on wildlife is extreme, and we cannot afford to ignore it any longer!
THE HORROR MUST BE STOPPED!
The American government has refused to ban the production,
distribution, or use of this damaging chemical due to its "importance
to the economic health of this nation." In fact, the navy and other
military organizations are conducting experiments with DHMO, and
designing multi-billion dollar devices to control and utilize it
during warfare situations. Hundreds of military research facilities
receive tons of it through a highly sophisticated underground
distribution network. Many store large quantities for later use.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE!
Act NOW to prevent further contamination. Find out more about this
dangerous chemical. What you don't know CAN hurt you and others
throughout the world. Send email to no_dhmo#NoSpam.circus.com, or a SASE to:
Coalition to Ban DHMO
211 Pearl St.
Santa Cruz CA, 95060
(from http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/3_8.html I can take no credit for this one. just reposting someone elses genius... this page contains many other wonderful versions)
For the chemistry challenged... Dihydrogen Monoxide = H20 = water
I will have to admit, the sneaky wacky part of my mind did start wondering. Maybe Regan got his Starwars space lasers after all?
Wouldn't it be TERRIBLE if the source code was STOLEN by Software PIRATES and put on a P2P network! All those years of work Free to download for anyone without any control by the original authors...
All those people out there using the software and the people who volunteered all their time for the love of the game wouldn't be able to do a thing about it! How tragic.
Having gone through this in the past. I'm telling you the answer. You have not set, or you have incorrectly set your WEP key on the client.
To do an encrypted connection there must be a key on your side. Some WAP's may be able to provide it transparently but in your case the WAP is not, and your computer does not have it configured or not configured correctly. Some WAP's will give you a "text" key but it may not be interpreted the same by your client. Use the hex version.
That will solve your problem.