as a student you should have a ms track or a f/oss track option. the ms track is for those that do not want to learn the low level details of operating systems or programming and the f/oss track is for those that do.
I had a teacher do this to a class but it was college not elementary. The situation was as follows; an irate student walked in an complained loudly to the teacher in front of her class. It was loud enough that some students in the class began to remove the student from the room. After the irate student left, the teacher looked upset and asked that everyone write down what they saw. When everyone handed in their version of the events the teacher informed the class that it was a stunt; much to everyone's surprise to say the least. The purpose of the stunt was to compare everyone's recount of the events; which were quite varied. Again, this was a college course and not elementary.
Sorry folks, but ethanol subsidies are not the problem. Our car culture is the problem. Yes, this includes me too. I own an suv. Although I live in a city and commute 5 miles to work one way. None the less we need a more sustainable way of living. Also I say this knowing that cities are very hard to live in, for instance crime, high costs, high taxes, and so on./.did not read the article:-)
Paying math teachers more might be a good idea but the problem with u.s. schools, imo, is the stranglehold that the unions have on education. Union marketing says more pay for teachers would be good but that has nothing to do with education. If a small window breaks you can't just fix it instead you have to call a union glazer. If the budget is rejected by voters administration has to trim pencils from the budget while teacher salaries still increase.
...but not using nanotech. Instead organizations who buy and sell electrical power pay people, like farmers, who have power lines running through their land to locate a sensor near the line to detect whether power is running or not. The obvious advantage to this is that if a known line that is connected to a known power generator is not running then they can bid up prices at another power generator.
Where I live, the 12345, if you want fast residential broadband your option is RoadRunner at ~$45 per month for a 5MB line or to go directly to the ISP for a fracture of a T1. The reason for this is that Time Warner has a negotiated deal with the city to allow service, where verizon does not have a similar deal and is unable to offer fios for instance. This deal with TW is a known political football in the city since TW pays for the local cable access channel. When TX allows the contract to expire for the public access channel and refuses to pay any further the city officials remind TX that there is now competition in the area and that they will cut a deal with them unless they pay for the public access channel. I am sure I am over simplifying the issue but you can get the gist of the broadband situation and competiton here in the 12345.
Considering the current Attorney General of New York State, Elliot Spitzer, was quoted in Business 2.0 a few months back as saying, admittedly I am paraphrasing but you get the idea, "don't put anything important in an email", I would say that this is about right that the alphabet boys do not have email.
"Everyone knows the alternating vs. direct current wars ended with Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla."
Well, I wasn't there at the time, but I think it was Charles Proteus Steinmetz who ended the DC vs. AC debate when he applied Complex Number mathematics to calculate the amount of load flowing over an AC line, which then gave power generators the ability to determine how to charge for power, something they did not know how to do up until that time for AC power.
Steinmetz WikiSteinmetz GoogleComplex Numbers
Sorry folks but the idea that I can get a ceasar salad shipped to me from 3000 miles away has come to the end. Belly up to the last drop saloon because it's a downer. The upside is that thin americans will begin to appear again on the landscape now that walking and local economies will be all the rage in the post cheap gas era...
started 2005 with 2 cellphones from cingular, ended the year with 2 cellphones from virgin mobile. we just don't use cellphones enough to justify the expense since we are surrounded by landlines.
although I appreciate the simplicity of your solution I doubt the federal govt is capable of implementing this when it's obvious they can barely man the phones they have now.
Not sure if deregulation is always the best route. Take for instance, and I am not sure it totally applies here but I throw it out there for food for thought, NY deregulated electric/gas utilities in the mid-90's after years of people shouting the need to deregulate. Fast forward 10 years, now electric utilities have raised electric rates 400% over the past 2 years. No joke or exageration, 400%. How could the utilities hike rates so high and so fast one might ask. Well deregulation of course, no one can stop them because there is no deregulation.
Do I have to pay for Opera Mini?
No, Opera Mini is free to download and use and does not require any registration fee. Your service provider may charge you for the text messages and network traffic. Pages are reformatted and compressed before being sent to the phone, so they only use about one fifth of their normal amount of traffic.
If I was Intermix, I would be nervous. Spitzer the NY AG is able to go after this California company using what is called the Martin Act.
The push of the Martin Act is to arm the New York attorney general to combat financial fraud. It empowers him to subpoena any document he wants from anyone doing business in the state; to keep an investigation totally secret or to make it totally public; and to choose between filing civil or criminal charges whenever he wants. People called in for questioning during Martin Act investigations do not have a right to counsel or a right against self-incrimination. Combined, the act's powers exceed those given any regulator in any other state.
Now for the scary part: To win a case, the AG doesn't have to prove that the defendant intended to defraud anyone, that a transaction took place, or that anyone actually was defrauded. Plus, when the prosecution is over, trial lawyers can gain access to the hoards of documents that the act has churned up and use them as the basis for civil suits. "It's the legal equivalent of a weapon of mass destruction," said a lawyer at a major New York firm who represents defendants in Martin Act cases (and who didn't want his name used because he feared retribution by Spitzer). "The damage that can be done under the statute is unlimited."
I agree with the lawsuit against intermix. Sneak software installs and that very annoying FlowGo email newsletter suck. If fraud can be established then whether it occurred on the Internet or over the phone or in the cash register at the local grocery store then it should be put down. On the other hand, I am not sure how much better I feel knowing what the martin act can do. Although, I doubt Spitzer would have been able to stop Wall Street dead in its tracks without the Martin.
I saw an interview with the test pilot of a personal flying jetpack. When asked why the product did not take off the test pilot cited two reasons, the cost of fuel and the test pilot said, "can you imagine a world where any person could be flying these things around in any direction over your head."
but then that is what I think. But I am sure others here will tell me different. I am not for protectionism. I see the failings of that. But I would like to see less tax-breaks going to companies who outsuorce.
when can we begin outsourcing teachers, K-12? I live in a school district with high tax rate and absolutely zero performance. We could begin re-structuring the district immediately if we could cut costs like this.
I am getting my money back a year later since IT sales have gone south. I have been on the bench for 6 weeks. Best tan for and Irish/Italian American who works in IT and lives in the Northeast, I might add.:)
Despite the grim sales forecast HQ still plans to retain me based on my performance last year. Which in large part I owe to the concepts I found in the book. Previously in years past, I found my interest in the industry waning because of draconian tactics used by management. This book rejuvenated me. It gave me the mental tools to deal with the PHB's and brought me a whole great deal more understanding of my situation as a trench programmer. Can't say enough about the book and have reread parts since I first purchased.
telecommute that is. Seriously, my home is for living not working. I think people underestimate how important this is to ones mental well being. Also, the family's well being too.
As far as what someone makes in another part of the world is fine with me. I am still in the US and could probably make a mint mining the side of a mountain that a lot of people just built their cute little cul de sac to face.:)
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play video games? ok, maybe but it seems like librarians should start using p2p to become familiar.
as a student you should have a ms track or a f/oss track option. the ms track is for those that do not want to learn the low level details of operating systems or programming and the f/oss track is for those that do.
omg, thz kidz r spendin a metric ton moneyz on sms... :-) howz 2 capitalize???
I had a teacher do this to a class but it was college not elementary. The situation was as follows; an irate student walked in an complained loudly to the teacher in front of her class. It was loud enough that some students in the class began to remove the student from the room. After the irate student left, the teacher looked upset and asked that everyone write down what they saw. When everyone handed in their version of the events the teacher informed the class that it was a stunt; much to everyone's surprise to say the least. The purpose of the stunt was to compare everyone's recount of the events; which were quite varied. Again, this was a college course and not elementary.
At some point people have to realize that it is our (read everyone in the world not just the u.s.a.) car culture that has a high environmental impact.
Sorry folks, but ethanol subsidies are not the problem. Our car culture is the problem. Yes, this includes me too. I own an suv. Although I live in a city and commute 5 miles to work one way. None the less we need a more sustainable way of living. Also I say this knowing that cities are very hard to live in, for instance crime, high costs, high taxes, and so on. /.did not read the article :-)
Paying math teachers more might be a good idea but the problem with u.s. schools, imo, is the stranglehold that the unions have on education. Union marketing says more pay for teachers would be good but that has nothing to do with education. If a small window breaks you can't just fix it instead you have to call a union glazer. If the budget is rejected by voters administration has to trim pencils from the budget while teacher salaries still increase.
...but not using nanotech. Instead organizations who buy and sell electrical power pay people, like farmers, who have power lines running through their land to locate a sensor near the line to detect whether power is running or not. The obvious advantage to this is that if a known line that is connected to a known power generator is not running then they can bid up prices at another power generator.
Where I live, the 12345, if you want fast residential broadband your option is RoadRunner at ~$45 per month for a 5MB line or to go directly to the ISP for a fracture of a T1. The reason for this is that Time Warner has a negotiated deal with the city to allow service, where verizon does not have a similar deal and is unable to offer fios for instance. This deal with TW is a known political football in the city since TW pays for the local cable access channel. When TX allows the contract to expire for the public access channel and refuses to pay any further the city officials remind TX that there is now competition in the area and that they will cut a deal with them unless they pay for the public access channel. I am sure I am over simplifying the issue but you can get the gist of the broadband situation and competiton here in the 12345.
Considering the current Attorney General of New York State, Elliot Spitzer, was quoted in Business 2.0 a few months back as saying, admittedly I am paraphrasing but you get the idea, "don't put anything important in an email", I would say that this is about right that the alphabet boys do not have email.
"Everyone knows the alternating vs. direct current wars ended with Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla." Well, I wasn't there at the time, but I think it was Charles Proteus Steinmetz who ended the DC vs. AC debate when he applied Complex Number mathematics to calculate the amount of load flowing over an AC line, which then gave power generators the ability to determine how to charge for power, something they did not know how to do up until that time for AC power. Steinmetz Wiki Steinmetz Google Complex Numbers
Sorry folks but the idea that I can get a ceasar salad shipped to me from 3000 miles away has come to the end. Belly up to the last drop saloon because it's a downer. The upside is that thin americans will begin to appear again on the landscape now that walking and local economies will be all the rage in the post cheap gas era...
started 2005 with 2 cellphones from cingular, ended the year with 2 cellphones from virgin mobile. we just don't use cellphones enough to justify the expense since we are surrounded by landlines.
although I appreciate the simplicity of your solution I doubt the federal govt is capable of implementing this when it's obvious they can barely man the phones they have now.
Not sure if deregulation is always the best route. Take for instance, and I am not sure it totally applies here but I throw it out there for food for thought, NY deregulated electric/gas utilities in the mid-90's after years of people shouting the need to deregulate. Fast forward 10 years, now electric utilities have raised electric rates 400% over the past 2 years. No joke or exageration, 400%. How could the utilities hike rates so high and so fast one might ask. Well deregulation of course, no one can stop them because there is no deregulation.
Yup, cellphones. Opera has a large mobile browser following, where I believe the opera mobile browser has always been free.
I saw an interview with the test pilot of a personal flying jetpack. When asked why the product did not take off the test pilot cited two reasons, the cost of fuel and the test pilot said, "can you imagine a world where any person could be flying these things around in any direction over your head."
...is that people had to pay for this info when all they had to do was tune into Jay Leno People Say The Funniest Things bit. :~(
but then that is what I think. But I am sure others here will tell me different. I am not for protectionism. I see the failings of that. But I would like to see less tax-breaks going to companies who outsuorce.
when can we begin outsourcing teachers, K-12? I live in a school district with high tax rate and absolutely zero performance. We could begin re-structuring the district immediately if we could cut costs like this.
maybe if spam was better and had more success for each email then there would be less email they would have to send out...
I am getting my money back a year later since IT sales have gone south. I have been on the bench for 6 weeks. Best tan for and Irish/Italian American who works in IT and lives in the Northeast, I might add. :)
Despite the grim sales forecast HQ still plans to retain me based on my performance last year. Which in large part I owe to the concepts I found in the book. Previously in years past, I found my interest in the industry waning because of draconian tactics used by management. This book rejuvenated me. It gave me the mental tools to deal with the PHB's and brought me a whole great deal more understanding of my situation as a trench programmer. Can't say enough about the book and have reread parts since I first purchased.
telecommute that is. Seriously, my home is for living not working. I think people underestimate how important this is to ones mental well being. Also, the family's well being too. As far as what someone makes in another part of the world is fine with me. I am still in the US and could probably make a mint mining the side of a mountain that a lot of people just built their cute little cul de sac to face. :)