I really don't have to be. I mean, hey, people write a sizable chunk of the current climatology community now by saying things like: "Climatologist are unanimous on Global Warming" and when Al Gore says things like, "The debate is over."
This is a complete farce and attempt to skew the a generation of students to ensure a particular agenda is maintained. And no, public school is not the place for that. If they're going to teach methodology, I'm all for it. But you and I know that's not what this is about. There is no uniform consensus on the cause of climate change, despite what everyone who responds to this will say. The only thing we know for sure is the climate is changing, humans may be playing a part, but there are a ton of other factors involved including the fact that at many times in the history of Earth the climate has changed drastically. And yes, often in a very short span of time.
It's amazing to me how people piss and moan about education suffering at the hands of agendas but as soon as the masses agree with the agenda suddenly it's okay.
CNN, MSNBC, most have some kind of bias. The idea that Fox is somehow more so is simply playing for the team. But hey, it's a popular notion and ultimately that's what most people care about.
You do realize that Reuters is a news service and Fox is a network right? For all the talk about Fox's "bias" I see it mostly in the commentary, just like CNN and MSNBC. That's because its well....commentary. I read Foxnews.com a lot. A large portion of those stories are right off the AP wire and many times completely unedited. Yet, I bet if you read the same story to the great conspiracy minded and told them you got it from Foxnews.com they'd swear it was biased.
Okay, I'm sick of this anti-Microsoft propaganda! It's not called an "acquisition!" It's called innovation! And thank goodness Microsoft is willing to innovate! Where would we be without Microsoft's lawyers out there pushing innovation? I'll tell you where we'd be! We'd have to depend on independent-thinking coders, developers, and open-source maverick's for our software and hardware advances! Or (shudder the thought) small companies with "great ideas." Puhleez! Let's stick to reality here, Folks!
This would have been bigger news 5 years ago. You get the impression that Microsoft is so big and fat that by the time it gets it's fat bulk moving to the kitchen it's roommate has eaten all the ho-hos?
I almost feel bad for the engineers on this project. This type of system really looks like something you would have seen a few years ago. Even then you would likely come to the same conclusion. No one is going to use this. There may be a market among the disabled where motion is limited but the masses just won't give up seeing the whole screen at once. Not to mention the fact that generally split keyboards haven't done well. I've always loathed even the so-called ego-keyboards.
Okay, first my OP was to be taken tongue-in-cheek. However, had they not yelled and screamed we likely wouldn't have ever heard about this. I'm just sayin'. Second, yes yelling and screaming is taunting. In fact taunting implies a verbal assault. Look it up! Damn! Stop wearing your feelings on your sleeve or life will chew you up! Let it go, live a little, enjoy life!
According to police reports Paul Dhaliwal admitted to "standing atop a railing of the big cat enclosure and yelling and waving at the animal that would later maul them," killing Carlos Sousa Jr. on Christmas Day at the SF Zoo. BTW: That's from a newer article. Not saying which is true but there seems to be conflicting data.
I contend that the enclosure was just fine. The tiger was content until he was taunted. This story had less to do with "how to contain a tiger" than "don't taunt the potentially man-eating tiger!" Note, he only went after those who taunted him! I'm not saying it was justified, but given that the tiger could hardly go to the authorities and his predisposition to violence he did what a tiger does back home.
Actually, that is from census data and has been pretty reflective for quite some time. While there are shorter periods where this changes, over the long term it generally has shown that people move up the scale.
Statistically speaking the low is always in flux. The idea that the poor get poorer or even stay poor is not based in fact, rather is one of those things that gets said a lot so people accept it. In the U.S. at least, those who were poor 20 years ago are not any longer. Yes, there are exceptions, but statistically speaking the vast majority move up and this happens year by year. Think of the "classes" in the U.S. more like an escalator than a series of tiers with no ladders or even limited ladders.
I'm sure journalists in this country might very well like such a system. Thankfully, it doesn't exist here and I think that's a good thing. Certification gives an air of credibility but it's not always deserved.
Don't get me wrong, there are some good journalists out there. Many are supplanted or kept out of the mainstream or are the real writers and workers behind the anchormen and women who often have more education in theater than journalism. OTOH, what makes a journalism degree? Often you hear about journalistic integrity and very often bloggers work under a self-imposed ideal that is more steeped in integrity than what the mainstream seems to work under.
Ultimately, people have a remarkable ability to sift through crap and get the truth. Bloggers are doing far more to distribute information than the mainstream media. Again, this notion of unionizing bloggers is an attempt to control what the mainstream views as a threat!
My gut tells me this is nothing more than a way to draw in the more popular bloggers to a sort of pseudo-mainstream status. The media has long been searching for a way to contain blogging, podcasting, in short new media. This guy is a journalist. Probably a journalist first and therefore has more loyalties to mainstream media. Such is seen in his idea that there needs to be a way to separate those blogging for "fun" from those who essentially are popular:
Were bloggers to organize, a threshold would have to be established between blogging "for fun" and blogging in a way that should be considered "labor"--between amateurs and professionals, if you will.
The lure would be to protect bloggers from those who would tread on blogger's IP:
A bloggers guild could also, of course, work to protect bloggers' intellectual property and help ensure they're compensated for it. In 2001, the Supreme Court heard The New York Times Co. v. Tasini, in which six freelance writers took on publications that had run their work in print, paying them for the copyright, and then republished that work in online databases. In a 7-2 vote, the Court found in favor of the freelancers, ruling that writers should be compensated for work published online in addition to their print compensation. It takes only the tiniest of logical leaps to apply this ruling to the work of bloggers.
Creative Commons should do this for bloggers now!
This is just another way to gain some control over something they see as a) out of control and b) a threat!
It's their data, we're their customers. How dare anyone try to gain market share in their market? Wooing their users? This story illustrates nearly everything that's wrong with Microsoft.
My position has always been cutting funding to education. The problem is we have continually increased spending and gotten less in return. I recall a couple of years back when a high school senior in a tiny West Virginia town blew the national curve. I imagine his school district placed higher priority on learning and less on social engineering curriculums. Teachers need to make more, administrative services at school need to be cut. And these social education programs need to be shit canned. Spending can be cut, moneys prioritized (read, teachers!) and we can finally focus on what matters!
My wife's family is from / still lives up there. I love it up there. But as a life-long Southerner, it's still a hoot listening to them. I'm sure they think the same about the South.
And what about factors that the system couldn't account for? Like someone like Lance Armstrong. He gets yanked from his bike because he's about to collapse only to find out his heart rate is naturally above normal due to an abnormally large heart. That's just the tip of the iceberg. There are far more privacy implications here. For all those who lament the Bush administration, this shit should scare the hell out of you!
Wisconsin, eh? Then it went something like this:
Tommy: "Ohhhhh...Looky 'dere, Billy! There's somethun' up in sky o'ver 'dere!"
Billy: "Ohhhh...that's one of them 'dere asteroids, don't ya know!"
They need to tell Ford to go pound sand. Then do some research. I wonder if Ford has either sued or had agreements with other car clubs and registries for things like Mustangs and Cobra's? I'm sure some of these clubs have raised money selling t-shirts, mugs, and other things bearing the likeness of Ford cars and trucks. Find 1+ that Ford hasn't sued and see how quickly they back pedal.
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Who knew the NSA is the least the vast conspiracy-minded unwashed have to fear.
I wonder who at eBay is high up the kook-chain in Scientology?
I really don't have to be. I mean, hey, people write a sizable chunk of the current climatology community now by saying things like: "Climatologist are unanimous on Global Warming" and when Al Gore says things like, "The debate is over."
This is a complete farce and attempt to skew the a generation of students to ensure a particular agenda is maintained. And no, public school is not the place for that. If they're going to teach methodology, I'm all for it. But you and I know that's not what this is about. There is no uniform consensus on the cause of climate change, despite what everyone who responds to this will say. The only thing we know for sure is the climate is changing, humans may be playing a part, but there are a ton of other factors involved including the fact that at many times in the history of Earth the climate has changed drastically. And yes, often in a very short span of time.
It's amazing to me how people piss and moan about education suffering at the hands of agendas but as soon as the masses agree with the agenda suddenly it's okay.
CNN, MSNBC, most have some kind of bias. The idea that Fox is somehow more so is simply playing for the team. But hey, it's a popular notion and ultimately that's what most people care about.
Damn that's funny!
You do realize that Reuters is a news service and Fox is a network right? For all the talk about Fox's "bias" I see it mostly in the commentary, just like CNN and MSNBC. That's because its well....commentary. I read Foxnews.com a lot. A large portion of those stories are right off the AP wire and many times completely unedited. Yet, I bet if you read the same story to the great conspiracy minded and told them you got it from Foxnews.com they'd swear it was biased.
Okay, I'm sick of this anti-Microsoft propaganda! It's not called an "acquisition!" It's called innovation! And thank goodness Microsoft is willing to innovate! Where would we be without Microsoft's lawyers out there pushing innovation? I'll tell you where we'd be! We'd have to depend on independent-thinking coders, developers, and open-source maverick's for our software and hardware advances! Or (shudder the thought) small companies with "great ideas." Puhleez! Let's stick to reality here, Folks!
What the hell does "but the scariest part of this is that Iran is now offline" mean? What exactly is "scary" about Iran but not the other countries?
This would have been bigger news 5 years ago. You get the impression that Microsoft is so big and fat that by the time it gets it's fat bulk moving to the kitchen it's roommate has eaten all the ho-hos?
I almost feel bad for the engineers on this project. This type of system really looks like something you would have seen a few years ago. Even then you would likely come to the same conclusion. No one is going to use this. There may be a market among the disabled where motion is limited but the masses just won't give up seeing the whole screen at once. Not to mention the fact that generally split keyboards haven't done well. I've always loathed even the so-called ego-keyboards.
Okay, first my OP was to be taken tongue-in-cheek. However, had they not yelled and screamed we likely wouldn't have ever heard about this. I'm just sayin'.
Second, yes yelling and screaming is taunting. In fact taunting implies a verbal assault. Look it up! Damn! Stop wearing your feelings on your sleeve or life will chew you up! Let it go, live a little, enjoy life!
According to police reports Paul Dhaliwal admitted to "standing atop a railing of the big cat enclosure and yelling and waving at the animal that would later maul them," killing Carlos Sousa Jr. on Christmas Day at the SF Zoo.
BTW: That's from a newer article. Not saying which is true but there seems to be conflicting data.
RE: idlemind (760102) - Tongue in cheek, Dude.
I contend that the enclosure was just fine. The tiger was content until he was taunted. This story had less to do with "how to contain a tiger" than "don't taunt the potentially man-eating tiger!" Note, he only went after those who taunted him! I'm not saying it was justified, but given that the tiger could hardly go to the authorities and his predisposition to violence he did what a tiger does back home.
Is the Oslo "stack" exchange in Chicago? Or are they exchanging stacks?
Actually, that is from census data and has been pretty reflective for quite some time. While there are shorter periods where this changes, over the long term it generally has shown that people move up the scale.
Statistically speaking the low is always in flux. The idea that the poor get poorer or even stay poor is not based in fact, rather is one of those things that gets said a lot so people accept it. In the U.S. at least, those who were poor 20 years ago are not any longer. Yes, there are exceptions, but statistically speaking the vast majority move up and this happens year by year. Think of the "classes" in the U.S. more like an escalator than a series of tiers with no ladders or even limited ladders.
I'm sure journalists in this country might very well like such a system. Thankfully, it doesn't exist here and I think that's a good thing. Certification gives an air of credibility but it's not always deserved.
Don't get me wrong, there are some good journalists out there. Many are supplanted or kept out of the mainstream or are the real writers and workers behind the anchormen and women who often have more education in theater than journalism. OTOH, what makes a journalism degree? Often you hear about journalistic integrity and very often bloggers work under a self-imposed ideal that is more steeped in integrity than what the mainstream seems to work under.
Ultimately, people have a remarkable ability to sift through crap and get the truth. Bloggers are doing far more to distribute information than the mainstream media. Again, this notion of unionizing bloggers is an attempt to control what the mainstream views as a threat!
Excellent point!
My gut tells me this is nothing more than a way to draw in the more popular bloggers to a sort of pseudo-mainstream status. The media has long been searching for a way to contain blogging, podcasting, in short new media. This guy is a journalist. Probably a journalist first and therefore has more loyalties to mainstream media. Such is seen in his idea that there needs to be a way to separate those blogging for "fun" from those who essentially are popular:
Were bloggers to organize, a threshold would have to be established between blogging "for fun" and blogging in a way that should be considered "labor"--between amateurs and professionals, if you will.
The lure would be to protect bloggers from those who would tread on blogger's IP:
A bloggers guild could also, of course, work to protect bloggers' intellectual property and help ensure they're compensated for it. In 2001, the Supreme Court heard The New York Times Co. v. Tasini, in which six freelance writers took on publications that had run their work in print, paying them for the copyright, and then republished that work in online databases. In a 7-2 vote, the Court found in favor of the freelancers, ruling that writers should be compensated for work published online in addition to their print compensation. It takes only the tiniest of logical leaps to apply this ruling to the work of bloggers.
Creative Commons should do this for bloggers now!
This is just another way to gain some control over something they see as a) out of control and b) a threat!
It's their data, we're their customers. How dare anyone try to gain market share in their market? Wooing their users? This story illustrates nearly everything that's wrong with Microsoft.
My position has always been cutting funding to education. The problem is we have continually increased spending and gotten less in return. I recall a couple of years back when a high school senior in a tiny West Virginia town blew the national curve. I imagine his school district placed higher priority on learning and less on social engineering curriculums. Teachers need to make more, administrative services at school need to be cut. And these social education programs need to be shit canned. Spending can be cut, moneys prioritized (read, teachers!) and we can finally focus on what matters!
My wife's family is from / still lives up there. I love it up there. But as a life-long Southerner, it's still a hoot listening to them. I'm sure they think the same about the South.
And what about factors that the system couldn't account for? Like someone like Lance Armstrong. He gets yanked from his bike because he's about to collapse only to find out his heart rate is naturally above normal due to an abnormally large heart. That's just the tip of the iceberg. There are far more privacy implications here. For all those who lament the Bush administration, this shit should scare the hell out of you!
Wisconsin, eh? Then it went something like this:
Tommy: "Ohhhhh...Looky 'dere, Billy! There's somethun' up in sky o'ver 'dere!"
Billy: "Ohhhh...that's one of them 'dere asteroids, don't ya know!"
They need to tell Ford to go pound sand. Then do some research. I wonder if Ford has either sued or had agreements with other car clubs and registries for things like Mustangs and Cobra's? I'm sure some of these clubs have raised money selling t-shirts, mugs, and other things bearing the likeness of Ford cars and trucks. Find 1+ that Ford hasn't sued and see how quickly they back pedal.