The InClass RFID system was developed by two local high school teachers in Sutter, California, who helped found the company, InCom, that markets the system. Last year, the company approached the principal and superintendent of Brittan Elementary School District with the idea of testing InClass. The company offered the elementary school a donation of "a couple thousand dollars," according to the school's attorney, Paul Nicholas Boylan, as compensation for possible inconveniences caused by the test.
Why the hell are they allowed to keep a dossier on me if they don't have any mechanism in place to allow them to track how it is used and by whom? This is insane!
If ChoicePoint keeps tabs on your FICO Expansion score (Fair Isaac started selling this on July 27, 2004), then the "other information" mentioned in the write up probably includes your checking account information.
The only reason the music industry has rights to a monopoly on 'their' music is because Congress is allowed to legislate one for limited times. We the People have the power to take those 'rights' away, especially if it stands in the way of the true intent of copyright: To promote progress in the useful arts and sciences. Given the power of computerized distribution, collaborative filtering, and content creation tools, WE DO NOT NEED to grant the music industry those rights any longer. Copyright is no longer a tool of musicians, but a weapon wielded by corporations against musicians.
there is nothing preventing anyone else from inspecting whatever packets happen to be passing through their system.
IANAL, so I may be misinformed, but there is something that prevents most ISPs from peeking: common carrier status. As long as they don't know what is being transmitted, they cannot be held liable for illegal material like MP3s that infringe copyright. Once they start peeking into the traffic on their network, they are now responsible for policing their entire network, a very difficult and expensive task. They may peek, but they sure won't admit to it, because it opens them up to all kinds of criminal and civil liability. Besides that, it's bad for the bottom line. Would you subscribe to an ISP whose slogan is, "We read all your email for your own good!" Nah, neither would I.
Now, if you are at work or school, then that's a whole new can of worms. Most of what you say holds true in that respect. If this ruling changes things at the ISP level, then there is just cause for concern.
Actually I spent about 30 grand on my four year degree (i went to a state school), and I utilize my knowledge everyday at work.
Perhaps my estimate on cost is a little high, but CNN says the average for 2004 is 11,354/year. So let's meet in the middle: $45,000 for a 4 year degree.
And I do not know ANY highschool grads who are making at least 80 grand a year
80,000 in 4 years. Approximately 20000 per year. Not unrealistic for someone straight out of high school, though I'm sure that would vary based on where you lived.
And I'm sorry, what does a person with a BA in Medievial history have to do with being the CEO of a tech company?
I'm sorry, but both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs dropped out of college. What does a piece of paper have to do with being successful or intelligent?
If we were talking about a medical doctor or some other field that required a relevant degree to participate, then sure, that person needs a degree. But for most of America, college is of little value. First there is the law of diminishing returns. More kids in college doesn't mean more smart kids. It just means more dumb kids are in college. Either dropout rates increase or the competency of the average graduate declines. Then there is the law of supply and demand. More college graduates does not produce more good jobs. It creates more competition for the good jobs available. That in turn reduces the amount your perspective employer is willing to pay. So take your pick:
Go get a four year degree that most graduates never put to any direct use and spend somewhere on the order of $60,000.
OR
Go get a job, 4 years 'real world experience' in something, and make at least $80,000.
Having gotten a 4 year college degree myself, I know which one I would choose if I had it to do all over again. Being a plumber, construction worker, or whatever has other advantages too. You won't have college debt. You can't be outsourced. Of course, there is the argument that college grads make more money in the long run. So allow me to make one final observation. 80000 - (-60000) = 140,000. Given historical data: 140,000 invested in a mutual fund for 30 years > average college grad lifetime wage - average high school grad lifetime wage.
Kids today should seriously evaluate their plan in life before attending college. Most go without a second thought for two reasons. They have been drilled with the mantra 'no college degree == no good job' their entire lives, and frankly because college is depicted as party central.
Assuming we could warm the planet, and assuming there is enough water for the place to be habitable, how do we get around other factors. There's no big moon so Mars wobbles a lot. Too much to be habitable? Enough to cause major problems I would think. Then there's the whole general lack of a magnetic field thing. Last I heard, there were only small pockets of magnetic fields left. So what happens when the Sun fires a huge flare right at you? Death? Radiation sickness? Planetary SPF-45 day? You sure won't be getting the pretty light show we get here on Earth. Studying terraforming is fine, but making the place warm looks like one of many problems to overcome before habitation would be possible.
Maintaining a large standing army only became American policy after WWII. Let us all overlook the fact that a large army is useless against ICBMs and terrorists.
The point of war is not winning. War is an end unto itself. Believe it or not, the founding fathers understood this and specifically outlined their suggested course of action if ever the situation were to arise. See the Federalist Papers, Article 26:
Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community REQUIRE TIME to mature them for execution. An army, so large as seriously to menace those liberties, could only be formed by progressive augmentations; which would suppose, not merely a temporary combination between the legislature and executive, but a continued conspiracy for a series of time. Is it probable that such a combination would exist at all? Is it probable that it would be persevered in, and transmitted along through all the successive variations in a representative body, which biennial elections would naturally produce in both houses? Is it presumable, that every man, the instant he took his seat in the national Senate or House of Representatives, would commence a traitor to his constituents and to his country? Can it be supposed that there would not be found one man, discerning enough to detect so atrocious a conspiracy, or bold or honest enough to apprise his constituents of their danger? If such presumptions can fairly be made, there ought at once to be an end of all delegated authority. The people should resolve to recall all the powers they have heretofore parted with out of their own hands, and to divide themselves into as many States as there are counties, in order that they may be able to manage their own concerns in person.
Why not look a little closer to home? 2000 nuclear weapons were detonated over a period of about 40 years by the United States government. About 500 were above ground tests. That averages one test every two weeks with one above ground every two months for a period of four decades.
I also hate it when people say stem cells can cure disease X. It isn't true, yet. Stem cells have yet to cure anything. If stem cells could cure diabetes or paralysis or brain damage or nerve damage, don't you think you'd hear a lot more about it in the press?
Yeah, nobody reputable is reporting success in any of these areas. I'm just glad that poor people can't afford a trip halfway around the world for treatment. Fortunately though, if Jenna Bush needs an abortion or brain surgery, she can drop the whole moral authority thing and fly to the appropriate country. I'm also thankful that a nation like China can still hand America its ass on a platter. I really like having my country upstaged in front of the world.
dude - you're an idiot if you dont know that 20% of women under 18 have been molested.
it's in every freaking clinical study ever done about child molestation in the last 30 years.
Well, according to the article (Since you seem to take it as the gospel), the percentage varies A LOT. Between 10 and 40 percent for girls depending on methodology and how molestation is defined. +/- 15% doesn't sound like a very good margin of error to me. Without reference to an particular study, that 20% number is very arbitrary, and I find it highly unlikely that 1 in 5 women were forcibly raped as a child. Maybe I'm naive, but I certainly don't see any convincing evidence in this article.
The NYT spends 20+ paragraphs relating an anecdote about Roy the pedophile and how the internet made him proposition his stepdaughter. Assuming you haven't quit reading out of revulsion or disinterest by now you'll find
Over the past decade, with the surge in Internet use, there has been no spike in the overall number of cases of sexual abuse against children. (There has been, it appears, a
significant decrease, attributed by some to the success of harsher sentences and offender registries and by others, in part, to the possibility that those sentences and registries discourage victims, who tend to know their abusers, from reporting the crimes.)
Phrases like "no solid research" and "There is nothing coherent that's been established" also pepper this section implying that there really is a problem even though there is no proof. Then it's back to finish up the story with three or four more pages about Roy the internet pedophile.
Wow, what a surprise. The actual number of child molestation cases is falling and the NYT spins it like chicken little. "We can't prove it, but the sky IS falling. Don't let your children near the internet, it's evil. If you use it, you're probably a pedophile." I'm sticking to my guns on this one. This article is sensationalist garbage. It is material for the likes of Jerry Springer, not journalists.
Does that stat sound really disturbing to anyone else?
No, that stat sounds really false. Is it reproducible? Find out: Put together a representative sample of women and simply ask them if they had ever been molested as a child. Do it in an anonymous fashion. (Get a ballot box and give one questionnaire per lady) I guarantee you 1 in 5 were not molested as a child. It sounds like the NYT is afraid of the internet again. Their article is sensationalist garbage. Most mainstream news is these days. I would say that is the real issue here. How do we address the prevalent yellow journalism in mainstream American media?
Sir, may I ask you exactly how you're going to get your Java framework of choice to connect, comprehend, and dynamically bind to a SQL table in only 2 lines of code?
You have to write code? WebObjects can handle a basic task like that with no code. Have a look. I mean, I guess if you want to count the project templates, there's code in there somewhere. It's very simple really: Create a project, select a model file, and build immediately. You don't even have to know any SQL. EOModeler will create the tables for you. Relationships are cake: just a string of names.connected.with.dots. Serve it up with a web browser or a Java WebStart client. Oh, and the developer version is free, just like the rest of Apple's developer products.
Having said that though, this Rails thing sounds pretty nice too. It should be a real boon for those among us who already know a little bit about Ruby.
OK, just be sure to include a sticker that says "This product contains DRM that is the digital equivelant of the burning of the Library of Alexandria."
I seem to remember Phillips threatening lawsuits for any RIAA bozos bold enough to use the CDDA trademark on a DRM'ed disk. Does this mean Phillips has changed its tune? If Phillips continues to stick to its guns, the answer is simple: Don't buy audio disks without the CDDA trademark.
Since dollars are no longer backed by gold and only backed by confidence in America (rapidly dropping these days), they could well be the equivalent of the Cuban peso in 30 years.
Under Clinton the budget was balanced and the deficit was gone.
Q: Then why did the national debt continue to increase? A: Clinton did not balance the budget. TV lied to you. It never happened.
This "spendocrats" myth is just that. Historically, Democratic Presidents have been much more fiscally responsible.
Historically, we've had one Democratic president in a quarter century. Just because he had us heading in the right direction does not mean Democrats, as a whole, have a clue. Look at the last candidate they fielded. Bush said "I'll balance the budget in 5 years!" to which Kerry replied "I'll do it in 4!" Well whoopie! We only have to blow another 1,500,000,000,000 dollars to teach you guys how to balance a check book? What a deal!
America is addicted to debt. Bad times are coming.
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Clinton did so only by further increasing the disproportionate tax burden of "the wealthy".
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I said it monday, but it's worth repeating.
What about eBay... Everything there costs $1 + $200 S&H. Sure, you can have my 5 cents use tax. ;-)
If ChoicePoint keeps tabs on your FICO Expansion score (Fair Isaac started selling this on July 27, 2004), then the "other information" mentioned in the write up probably includes your checking account information.
The only reason the music industry has rights to a monopoly on 'their' music is because Congress is allowed to legislate one for limited times. We the People have the power to take those 'rights' away, especially if it stands in the way of the true intent of copyright: To promote progress in the useful arts and sciences. Given the power of computerized distribution, collaborative filtering, and content creation tools, WE DO NOT NEED to grant the music industry those rights any longer. Copyright is no longer a tool of musicians, but a weapon wielded by corporations against musicians.
IANAL, so I may be misinformed, but there is something that prevents most ISPs from peeking: common carrier status. As long as they don't know what is being transmitted, they cannot be held liable for illegal material like MP3s that infringe copyright. Once they start peeking into the traffic on their network, they are now responsible for policing their entire network, a very difficult and expensive task. They may peek, but they sure won't admit to it, because it opens them up to all kinds of criminal and civil liability. Besides that, it's bad for the bottom line. Would you subscribe to an ISP whose slogan is, "We read all your email for your own good!" Nah, neither would I.
Now, if you are at work or school, then that's a whole new can of worms. Most of what you say holds true in that respect. If this ruling changes things at the ISP level, then there is just cause for concern.
I feel it is appropriate to mention this page. It can also help with the spam filtering. Spammers don't sign their email :-)
Perhaps my estimate on cost is a little high, but CNN says the average for 2004 is 11,354/year. So let's meet in the middle: $45,000 for a 4 year degree.
And I do not know ANY highschool grads who are making at least 80 grand a year
80,000 in 4 years. Approximately 20000 per year. Not unrealistic for someone straight out of high school, though I'm sure that would vary based on where you lived.
I'm sorry, but both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs dropped out of college. What does a piece of paper have to do with being successful or intelligent?
If we were talking about a medical doctor or some other field that required a relevant degree to participate, then sure, that person needs a degree. But for most of America, college is of little value. First there is the law of diminishing returns. More kids in college doesn't mean more smart kids. It just means more dumb kids are in college. Either dropout rates increase or the competency of the average graduate declines. Then there is the law of supply and demand. More college graduates does not produce more good jobs. It creates more competition for the good jobs available. That in turn reduces the amount your perspective employer is willing to pay. So take your pick:
- Go get a four year degree that most graduates never put to any direct use and spend somewhere on the order of $60,000.
OR- Go get a job, 4 years 'real world experience' in something, and make at least $80,000.
Having gotten a 4 year college degree myself, I know which one I would choose if I had it to do all over again. Being a plumber, construction worker, or whatever has other advantages too. You won't have college debt. You can't be outsourced. Of course, there is the argument that college grads make more money in the long run. So allow me to make one final observation. 80000 - (-60000) = 140,000. Given historical data: 140,000 invested in a mutual fund for 30 years > average college grad lifetime wage - average high school grad lifetime wage.Kids today should seriously evaluate their plan in life before attending college. Most go without a second thought for two reasons. They have been drilled with the mantra 'no college degree == no good job' their entire lives, and frankly because college is depicted as party central.
Go ahead, but don't complain when your taxes increase.
Assuming we could warm the planet, and assuming there is enough water for the place to be habitable, how do we get around other factors. There's no big moon so Mars wobbles a lot. Too much to be habitable? Enough to cause major problems I would think. Then there's the whole general lack of a magnetic field thing. Last I heard, there were only small pockets of magnetic fields left. So what happens when the Sun fires a huge flare right at you? Death? Radiation sickness? Planetary SPF-45 day? You sure won't be getting the pretty light show we get here on Earth. Studying terraforming is fine, but making the place warm looks like one of many problems to overcome before habitation would be possible.
only incomplete. Like every other major upgrade to the Mac OS, Tiger will only add 'must have' new features to AppleScript.
Ahhh, but you are forgetting Gates' Law:
;-)
Maintaining a large standing army only became American policy after WWII. Let us all overlook the fact that a large army is useless against ICBMs and terrorists.
Why not look a little closer to home? 2000 nuclear weapons were detonated over a period of about 40 years by the United States government. About 500 were above ground tests. That averages one test every two weeks with one above ground every two months for a period of four decades.
Yeah, nobody reputable is reporting success in any of these areas. I'm just glad that poor people can't afford a trip halfway around the world for treatment. Fortunately though, if Jenna Bush needs an abortion or brain surgery, she can drop the whole moral authority thing and fly to the appropriate country. I'm also thankful that a nation like China can still hand America its ass on a platter. I really like having my country upstaged in front of the world.
it's in every freaking clinical study ever done about child molestation in the last 30 years.
Well, according to the article (Since you seem to take it as the gospel), the percentage varies A LOT. Between 10 and 40 percent for girls depending on methodology and how molestation is defined. +/- 15% doesn't sound like a very good margin of error to me. Without reference to an particular study, that 20% number is very arbitrary, and I find it highly unlikely that 1 in 5 women were forcibly raped as a child. Maybe I'm naive, but I certainly don't see any convincing evidence in this article.
The NYT spends 20+ paragraphs relating an anecdote about Roy the pedophile and how the internet made him proposition his stepdaughter. Assuming you haven't quit reading out of revulsion or disinterest by now you'll find
- Over the past decade, with the surge in Internet use, there has been no spike in the overall number of cases of sexual abuse against children. (There has been, it appears, a
- significant decrease, attributed by some to the success of harsher sentences and offender registries and by others, in part, to the possibility that those sentences and registries discourage victims, who tend to know their abusers, from reporting the crimes.)
Phrases like "no solid research" and "There is nothing coherent that's been established" also pepper this section implying that there really is a problem even though there is no proof. Then it's back to finish up the story with three or four more pages about Roy the internet pedophile.Wow, what a surprise. The actual number of child molestation cases is falling and the NYT spins it like chicken little. "We can't prove it, but the sky IS falling. Don't let your children near the internet, it's evil. If you use it, you're probably a pedophile." I'm sticking to my guns on this one. This article is sensationalist garbage. It is material for the likes of Jerry Springer, not journalists.
No, that stat sounds really false. Is it reproducible? Find out: Put together a representative sample of women and simply ask them if they had ever been molested as a child. Do it in an anonymous fashion. (Get a ballot box and give one questionnaire per lady) I guarantee you 1 in 5 were not molested as a child. It sounds like the NYT is afraid of the internet again. Their article is sensationalist garbage. Most mainstream news is these days. I would say that is the real issue here. How do we address the prevalent yellow journalism in mainstream American media?
Who said anything about pistols at 10 paces? =)
You have to write code? WebObjects can handle a basic task like that with no code. Have a look. I mean, I guess if you want to count the project templates, there's code in there somewhere. It's very simple really: Create a project, select a model file, and build immediately. You don't even have to know any SQL. EOModeler will create the tables for you. Relationships are cake: just a string of names.connected.with.dots. Serve it up with a web browser or a Java WebStart client. Oh, and the developer version is free, just like the rest of Apple's developer products.
Having said that though, this Rails thing sounds pretty nice too. It should be a real boon for those among us who already know a little bit about Ruby.
:-)
I seem to remember Phillips threatening lawsuits for any RIAA bozos bold enough to use the CDDA trademark on a DRM'ed disk. Does this mean Phillips has changed its tune? If Phillips continues to stick to its guns, the answer is simple: Don't buy audio disks without the CDDA trademark.
Since dollars are no longer backed by gold and only backed by confidence in America (rapidly dropping these days), they could well be the equivalent of the Cuban peso in 30 years.
Q: Then why did the national debt continue to increase?
A: Clinton did not balance the budget. TV lied to you. It never happened.
This "spendocrats" myth is just that. Historically, Democratic Presidents have been much more fiscally responsible.
Historically, we've had one Democratic president in a quarter century. Just because he had us heading in the right direction does not mean Democrats, as a whole, have a clue. Look at the last candidate they fielded. Bush said "I'll balance the budget in 5 years!" to which Kerry replied "I'll do it in 4!" Well whoopie! We only have to blow another 1,500,000,000,000 dollars to teach you guys how to balance a check book? What a deal!
America is addicted to debt. Bad times are coming.
Really? You coulda fooled me.