Go in with a few other families and purchase a cow or pig at your local county fair. They're hand-raised by 4H kids and sold at auction once a year. Since the kids are both judged and make more money based on the health and appearance of the animal it behooves them (aha ha) to make sure it gets plenty of exercise and attention.
It's fantastic food, you're supporting a local seller, and you can see exactly where your money is going. 1/3 of a pig or 1/4 of a cow will last a family a long time.
Keep in mind that behind every obnoxious law is some complete asshole who just had to go and do what he did. Anarchy would work if it wasn't for all the people.
You're making the opposite point from the one that you think you're making.
I don't really have any stake in this argument, but I just thought you might like to know before you went out and made a fool of yourself in front of people who actually matter to you.
To this you should add that you don't know the precision of clocks involved
I don't know why more people don't latch onto this point. It seems like one of the many obvious pitfalls in any law dealing with automatically generated data.
Just ask any admin if they'd guarantee 100% accuracy if they risked jail time for being wrong.
Was there a difference in the first place?
"He's just selling a book!"
"You're just selling a paper"
"Well, he doesn't have, um, quite as large a staff as I do?"
I was thinking of the byzantine local, state, national, and international tax codes they have to deal with. Picture a company that straddles two counties and has employees working in different countries. EVERYONE wants a piece of the pie, and they don't go out of their way to make it easy.
Well, every payroll company works with data that's at least an order of magnitude more complicated. I'm not saying it isn't a nightmare, but at least it's possible.
The distinction between draconian and "needlessly irritating" is made with good reason. No notes for students tests memory, not comprehension.
That being said, I don't know why this joker can't just have a few grad students roaming the room proctoring the exam like every other institution does. Combine this with a "one strike and you're really, honestly out" policy and your problem is solved. Make it obvious that failing a class is less of an issue than being kicked out of your school.
Actually, now that I think about this a bit more, I think a better "ask slashdot" question would be how could you predict the students most likely to deserve an extra amount of "attention" during exams. At a guess I'd say it would be the ones who have inconsistent grades, as opposed to, say, a steady C- GPA. But then I aced the classes I was interested in and failed the ones I wasn't, so maybe it's not a great idea.
If I remember correctly the group felt a strong connection to the planet, not unlike Earth First does for the Earth. In fact they might have been modeled on that organization.
I saw that in the theater. For those of you fortunate enough to have missed it, it is every bit as bad as advertised. It's the worst movie I've ever seen.
I'd totally agree that the threat of imminent physical danger was blown way out of proportion, if it even existed. Things like people not getting paid for a few months or having your medical records unavailable seem minor in comparison, but if you have a whole series of "annoyances" like these hit at once you'll be an unhappy person indeed.
As one of the countless people who paid in blood and tears* to modernize systems in anticipation of the Y2K problem, I'd like to invite you to go fuck yourself. The reason that wasn't a "problem" is because people worked to solve it.
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Yeah, can you please just go back to quietly drinking yourselves to death away from the cameras?
the ideological battle between capitalism and socialism
That's a funny way to spell communism.
Go in with a few other families and purchase a cow or pig at your local county fair. They're hand-raised by 4H kids and sold at auction once a year. Since the kids are both judged and make more money based on the health and appearance of the animal it behooves them (aha ha) to make sure it gets plenty of exercise and attention.
It's fantastic food, you're supporting a local seller, and you can see exactly where your money is going. 1/3 of a pig or 1/4 of a cow will last a family a long time.
Keep in mind that behind every obnoxious law is some complete asshole who just had to go and do what he did. Anarchy would work if it wasn't for all the people.
You're making the opposite point from the one that you think you're making.
I don't really have any stake in this argument, but I just thought you might like to know before you went out and made a fool of yourself in front of people who actually matter to you.
When both parties are involved in targeting and hiding behind civilian populations, "he started it" ceases to carry any weight.
Both groups are acting like total fuckheads. Please don't ask which fuckhead we prefer.
To this you should add that you don't know the precision of clocks involved
I don't know why more people don't latch onto this point. It seems like one of the many obvious pitfalls in any law dealing with automatically generated data.
Just ask any admin if they'd guarantee 100% accuracy if they risked jail time for being wrong.
Hollywood sees Kevin Bacon as damage and routes around him?
Was there a difference in the first place? "He's just selling a book!" "You're just selling a paper" "Well, he doesn't have, um, quite as large a staff as I do?"
I was thinking of the byzantine local, state, national, and international tax codes they have to deal with. Picture a company that straddles two counties and has employees working in different countries. EVERYONE wants a piece of the pie, and they don't go out of their way to make it easy.
I'm not sure why you'd want to punish the sort of behavior you're trying to reinforce in the first place.
Like an ipad with a charging dock that doubles as a keyboard. That's a pretty good idea. It's mine now.
I'd have preferred to see "get over it or do something about it, you lazy asshole", but yeah, spot on.
Well, every payroll company works with data that's at least an order of magnitude more complicated. I'm not saying it isn't a nightmare, but at least it's possible.
The distinction between draconian and "needlessly irritating" is made with good reason. No notes for students tests memory, not comprehension.
That being said, I don't know why this joker can't just have a few grad students roaming the room proctoring the exam like every other institution does. Combine this with a "one strike and you're really, honestly out" policy and your problem is solved. Make it obvious that failing a class is less of an issue than being kicked out of your school.
Actually, now that I think about this a bit more, I think a better "ask slashdot" question would be how could you predict the students most likely to deserve an extra amount of "attention" during exams. At a guess I'd say it would be the ones who have inconsistent grades, as opposed to, say, a steady C- GPA. But then I aced the classes I was interested in and failed the ones I wasn't, so maybe it's not a great idea.
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?
That's not gonna keep justin beiber's handler in cocaine, now, is it?
The spores in the rainwater, therefore, most probably are of local origin."
Or, since we're keeping an open mind, the local lichen could be a result of spores in the rainwater. "most probably" is not science.
If I remember correctly the group felt a strong connection to the planet, not unlike Earth First does for the Earth. In fact they might have been modeled on that organization.
I saw that in the theater. For those of you fortunate enough to have missed it, it is every bit as bad as advertised. It's the worst movie I've ever seen.
Hehe none taken, I was a little harsh there =)
I'd totally agree that the threat of imminent physical danger was blown way out of proportion, if it even existed. Things like people not getting paid for a few months or having your medical records unavailable seem minor in comparison, but if you have a whole series of "annoyances" like these hit at once you'll be an unhappy person indeed.
John Muir to banker friend: "I'm richer than you'll ever be. I have everything I want."
It's interesting to note which people oppose the simple solutions to this problem: sex education, contraceptives, and abortion.
Generally it's the same people complaining about the situation.
As one of the countless people who paid in blood and tears* to modernize systems in anticipation of the Y2K problem, I'd like to invite you to go fuck yourself. The reason that wasn't a "problem" is because people worked to solve it.
(* I had to take a COBOL class)
Well, you could make the argument that power companies are also in the business of not being rooted by chinese script kiddies.