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  1. Re:Take it public on Security Researcher Makes His Point By Hacking Into Zuckerberg's Facebook Page · · Score: 1
    So you would fire someone because they were hypothesizing that someone may not want to do work, and that if they did not want to do work they would be vague about setting up the documentation?

    He did not claim he did not want to do the work....

  2. Re:the real problem.. on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    My department has to give all the money it gets to the university, and it gets a lot, in return we get 6% back for our budget, and we just got a cut.

  3. Re:the real problem.. on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    Of course someone would like to off shore someone elses job... But even with that, it would, again, lower the quality by itself, add more students to the ratio and you have a larger issue. What do you do about questions, obviously the teachers will not be able to take many questions that way. Then there is the tech, having a network issues will cause the video feed to have issues as well. Then there is the interactivity, some students learn that way over just listening... I can go on and on about issues you did not see.

  4. Re:It is very simple ... on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    Actually before before they made it undischargeable there was a much lower default rate, about 1/3 what it is now.

  5. Re:No incentive to lower costs on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    Yea, they sub about 50% or more. If you take too many classes they stop though.

  6. Re:the real problem.. on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    an industry such as in your analogy typically does not have to replace all their factories to create better devices, they can retool what they have. In Education you are constantly have to upgrade hardware and software to keep up with teaching the newest techniques. Even still if you look at how we "innovate" to lower the cost of production for that newest bit density, we typically offshore the process, something you cannot do with education.

  7. Re:No incentive to lower costs on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    A professor at a state school get paid close to 150k alone, I would assume more for a private school. A grad student will get substantially less. Also again they do not teach 5 classes each, they teach 4, anything more is credited back so they can have free time later. also only part of that 6k tuition, at least at a state school, goes to actual tuition. At UNC Pembroke the tuition for a year is 4k, at NC State it is 6k. The food is normally bundled into the cost of school in the tuition and fees. If you live on campus you are typically required to have a meal plan.

  8. Re:the real problem.. on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    And how low do we go? There is a a floor before the education becomes worthless.

  9. Re:It is very simple ... on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    You cant now make them dis-chargeable in bankruptcy, as the government is guaranteeing to many of them. Well you can but there will be a giant loss by the government.

  10. Re:LEFTIST MARXIST EXTERMIST JIHADIST S.T.O.R.Y. ! on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    The issue with course articulation has nothing to do with accreditation. Second there is nothing stopping a private university from entering an articulation agreement with other schools other than the private schools not wanting students to leave. In addition there is nothing to make private schools want to have an agreement because without one they require the students to spend more money taking classes.. That being said articulation between state schools is not all it is cracked up to be.. Here in NC there is an agreement between schools on what is taken, and you can transfer an ass of x to a general ed requirements fulfilled, but in general it is severly lacking. If I take calc 1 at UNC Pembroke NC State is not likely to take it as calc 1 credit.

  11. Re:No incentive to lower costs on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    Your math is way off.First that student taking those 10 classes are going to need more than just that 1 professor and grad student. More than likely they will need 10 professors/grad students, since those classes, even if related, are typically spread across professors. Also most professors at the schools I a have been at only handle 8 classes max in the year, which means you will need to add another set of teachers. In addition you have things like computers, projectors, desks, chairs, student services, IT staff, all related to just having the class. Lets also remember that a good portion of that money goes to feeding the student, none of which goes to education.

  12. Re:No incentive to lower costs on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    it is supply and demand in that department. Easy access to loans causes more people to go to school. More people going to school is an increase in demand. Ad demand increases prices go up.

  13. Re:No incentive to lower costs on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 2

    The NC university system, one of the best in the country (arguably) has been getting high year over year cuts.

  14. Re:Yay! on New Treatment From Australia For All Cancers · · Score: 1

    good thing it did not say cure, but treat...

  15. Re:Well finally on NSA Broke Privacy Rules Thousands of Times Per Year, Audit Finds · · Score: 1

    they take the laws they arent breaking and make them legal?

  16. Re:Well finally on NSA Broke Privacy Rules Thousands of Times Per Year, Audit Finds · · Score: 2

    No, you change the laws they are not obeying so they are now obeying them...

  17. Re:Take a breath, get some perspective. on NSA Broke Privacy Rules Thousands of Times Per Year, Audit Finds · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So you take a small subset, bout 20%, and because it *lists* personnel mistakes you assume that a lie agency is telling the truth, then with that assumption you say all is ok, while neglecting the other 80% of the cases?

  18. Re:Excellent on IAB Urges People To Stop "Mozilla From Hijacking the Internet" · · Score: 1

    we already pay for most content that matters. Nothing says a website has to serve you content if you dont accept their cookie.

  19. Re:Because of race? on Federal Judge Rules NYC "Stop and Frisk" Violated Rights · · Score: 1

    You are correct, it is either constitutional or not, you can have no other options. In this case it is unconstitutional, however done in another way it can be constitutional. In other words racial profiling is unconstitutional, hence why this one is unconstitutional, however *random stop and frisks are not unconstitutional, therefore they would need to stop and frisk more whites to at least pretend it is random.

  20. Re:I don't understand on Federal Judge Rules NYC "Stop and Frisk" Violated Rights · · Score: 2

    He is insinuating that statistically the poster is probably male, and as such should be stopped and frisked according to his own arguments.

  21. Re:Apple has not dodged any taxes on Samsung Infringed On Apple Patents, Says ITC · · Score: 1

    Its both of their fault.. Asking for an exception is just as bad as actually giving the exception.

  22. Re:Not necessarily firing people? on NSA Firing 90% of Its Sysadmins · · Score: 1

    AC's head just imploded over a joke. I guess a republican with a sense of humor would be too much to ask for.

  23. Re:NSA-National Storage Agency? on NSA Firing 90% of Its Sysadmins · · Score: 1

    (5 - a)(a + 3) = 5a + 15 - a^2 - 3a = -(a^2) + 2a +15

  24. Re:Citizen... on Silent Circle Follows Lavabit By Closing Encrypted E-mail Service · · Score: 1

    In addition, if you are one of the first 100,000 to sign up, we will give you an expedited TSA search pass to use when you travel. (Good for a single one-way trip only, limit one per citizen.)

    To a location of the governments choosing, some place with a federal pen.

  25. Re:Comcast and Mail Servers on Silent Circle Follows Lavabit By Closing Encrypted E-mail Service · · Score: 2

    This does not stop it. You just cant give access to anyone outside your network. If the server is just for your personal email you are good.