That's fine unless sending the kids to private education takes even more away from the kids who can never get into private education.
I'm a product of both systems. I went to private education early on. I wish I had been able to stay with it. As it were, I became a victim of rapidly-declining public education at a critical time in my life.
I had no choice, being a child at the time. But I'll never forget the differences, and how things could have been different for me.
Unfortunately, the silver (or stainless-steel) spoons just never seem to have any empathy for the plastic-spoons.
Walk a mile, then come back and tell us how the world is.
Oh yes I'm serious.
The voucher system diverts funds from public schools and "allows parents to send their children to the schools of their choice".
That sounds peachy keen.
Until you realize that the children most in need of fully-funded public education come from families who, even with the voucher grants, can't afford to send the children to "proper" schools. So they're left with the public education system that gave rise to the voucher program, but is now in even worse shape due to the diversion of federal funds to these even more funded private schools.
Talk about Haves and Have-Nots.
France had 200+ years of a radically diverse social structure. It culminated in a whole bunch of orgies surrounding a popular invention called "The Guillotine".
As any security person (be he/she Guru or Technician) can tell you having a one-stop-shop app is A Bad Thing.
Almost all of the security systems I've implemented in the past 8 years have been open-source (where I can see what's up) or have been a collection of simple apps where I can directly test the effectiveness and determine for myself whether it meets my requirements.
Havine a monolithic black box for security just DOES NOT make me feel all warm and fuzzy. There is no amount of Saki which will do so in this case.
Unfortunately, the world is becoming so overly point-and-click. It's too easy to sell an IT manager a singular panacea now. Caveat emptor, you say? But what if that makes it easier for some asshole to create multiple launch points for attacks?
Being a good Netizen means making your system secure if for nothing else than to prevent it being perverted for use for attacking another's systems.
I dunno.. after having been a user of Peter Norton's software in the early and mid 80s, I just don't trust Symantec's stuff anymore. I've had to rescue too many people from grievous harm (Macs and PCs) due to Symantec "utilities".
They totally fucked up "AtGuard". And does anyone know what "Optimize your hard drive" really means?
For all their faults, I still like McAfee (been a user of their software since '86). I'm sorry that NetAss had to screw them up for so long.
Well, let's also face it -- just making the OS easier to install isn't the whole battle; it needs to be easier to USE. Mac OS X is a pretty good example of the direction to go. The overlying OS9 interface is totally usable for the majority of the Mac users, with the stability and power of the underlying BSD system. If the user wants to get fancy and start to fully exploit the system, he or she is easily able to do that. However, if the user just wants to trot merrily along with canned application installations and uses, that's available too!
This is where Linux needs to go for mass-adoption. Not just a quick-and-easy installation, but quick-and-easy installation and manipulation of applications as well.
The problem you have is that you are thinking that everyone wears the same shoe. While people like you or I have no problems with a command-line interface and arcane flags and whatnot, the Average Joe (or Jane) is not comfortable with that, and doesn't really assimilate information off the screen that easily (like he/she can with the extra tactile sensation of holding paper).
So to give these folks the "comfort" of a graphical screen with a few button choices (which allow the most common, robust, and safe installation options) you dramatically increase the acceptance of what we all already know to be a superior underlying OS.
We still live in the age of "The Magic Button"; the one single button on the keyboard that many people think will completely melt down the computer.
In the early age of automobiles, you had to be a part-time mechanic to keep the little beasties running. Consequently, most folks tended to keep their horses for which they knew how to adequately care. Once the things become more reliable and simpler to operate, adoption caught on.
Why do you think Microsoft is so big? It clearly wasn't the best, but it was easy to get going and do many things. As long as Linux stays dominated by command-line, it will always be regarded by The Masses as "that hacker OS I don't know how to work with so I'll just stay with easy Windows".
"And what about the robot? Prove to me that robots can't feel pain and then maybe I'll agree with you."
Are you SERIOUS?
Good Lord, man. Your over-anthropomorphizing leads me to believe you've obviously read too many Isaac Asimov short stories and watched "Toy Story" too many times.
And vouchers are the death of public education. It pains me to see you care more about inanimate objects than the growing disenfranchisement of the low-income working class.
Go ask countries like, oh, Brazil, how well a wide class-chasm supports a robust economy.
And lemme tell you, having taken the TGV from Laussaune, Switzerland to Paris, France, it was one hell of a ride. It just keeps accelerating for the longest time.. and it's an even more comfortable ride the faster it goes.
"I'm no military genius, but I think small, 700mph birds are a sign that something is afoot."
When birds get up to 700mph, they are actually then known as "B1RDs" and carry small biological-weapon payloads.
Sorry pal.. I drink a lot of beer. And most Canadian stuff is just lager piss.
You want a good American beer? Come on down to the Pacific Northwest and I'll show you truly tasty nectar.
You can even get Anchor Steam (brewed in good old San Francisco) up there in Canuckland.
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That's fine unless sending the kids to private education takes even more away from the kids who can never get into private education. I'm a product of both systems. I went to private education early on. I wish I had been able to stay with it. As it were, I became a victim of rapidly-declining public education at a critical time in my life. I had no choice, being a child at the time. But I'll never forget the differences, and how things could have been different for me. Unfortunately, the silver (or stainless-steel) spoons just never seem to have any empathy for the plastic-spoons. Walk a mile, then come back and tell us how the world is.
Oh yes I'm serious. The voucher system diverts funds from public schools and "allows parents to send their children to the schools of their choice". That sounds peachy keen. Until you realize that the children most in need of fully-funded public education come from families who, even with the voucher grants, can't afford to send the children to "proper" schools. So they're left with the public education system that gave rise to the voucher program, but is now in even worse shape due to the diversion of federal funds to these even more funded private schools. Talk about Haves and Have-Nots. France had 200+ years of a radically diverse social structure. It culminated in a whole bunch of orgies surrounding a popular invention called "The Guillotine".
As any security person (be he/she Guru or Technician) can tell you having a one-stop-shop app is A Bad Thing. Almost all of the security systems I've implemented in the past 8 years have been open-source (where I can see what's up) or have been a collection of simple apps where I can directly test the effectiveness and determine for myself whether it meets my requirements. Havine a monolithic black box for security just DOES NOT make me feel all warm and fuzzy. There is no amount of Saki which will do so in this case. Unfortunately, the world is becoming so overly point-and-click. It's too easy to sell an IT manager a singular panacea now. Caveat emptor, you say? But what if that makes it easier for some asshole to create multiple launch points for attacks? Being a good Netizen means making your system secure if for nothing else than to prevent it being perverted for use for attacking another's systems.
I dunno.. after having been a user of Peter Norton's software in the early and mid 80s, I just don't trust Symantec's stuff anymore. I've had to rescue too many people from grievous harm (Macs and PCs) due to Symantec "utilities". They totally fucked up "AtGuard". And does anyone know what "Optimize your hard drive" really means? For all their faults, I still like McAfee (been a user of their software since '86). I'm sorry that NetAss had to screw them up for so long.
Well, let's also face it -- just making the OS easier to install isn't the whole battle; it needs to be easier to USE. Mac OS X is a pretty good example of the direction to go. The overlying OS9 interface is totally usable for the majority of the Mac users, with the stability and power of the underlying BSD system. If the user wants to get fancy and start to fully exploit the system, he or she is easily able to do that. However, if the user just wants to trot merrily along with canned application installations and uses, that's available too!
This is where Linux needs to go for mass-adoption. Not just a quick-and-easy installation, but quick-and-easy installation and manipulation of applications as well.
The problem you have is that you are thinking that everyone wears the same shoe. While people like you or I have no problems with a command-line interface and arcane flags and whatnot, the Average Joe (or Jane) is not comfortable with that, and doesn't really assimilate information off the screen that easily (like he/she can with the extra tactile sensation of holding paper).
So to give these folks the "comfort" of a graphical screen with a few button choices (which allow the most common, robust, and safe installation options) you dramatically increase the acceptance of what we all already know to be a superior underlying OS.
We still live in the age of "The Magic Button"; the one single button on the keyboard that many people think will completely melt down the computer.
In the early age of automobiles, you had to be a part-time mechanic to keep the little beasties running. Consequently, most folks tended to keep their horses for which they knew how to adequately care. Once the things become more reliable and simpler to operate, adoption caught on.
Why do you think Microsoft is so big? It clearly wasn't the best, but it was easy to get going and do many things. As long as Linux stays dominated by command-line, it will always be regarded by The Masses as "that hacker OS I don't know how to work with so I'll just stay with easy Windows".
"And what about the robot? Prove to me that robots can't feel pain and then maybe I'll agree with you."
Are you SERIOUS?
Good Lord, man. Your over-anthropomorphizing leads me to believe you've obviously read too many Isaac Asimov short stories and watched "Toy Story" too many times.
And vouchers are the death of public education. It pains me to see you care more about inanimate objects than the growing disenfranchisement of the low-income working class.
Go ask countries like, oh, Brazil, how well a wide class-chasm supports a robust economy.
And lemme tell you, having taken the TGV from Laussaune, Switzerland to Paris, France, it was one hell of a ride. It just keeps accelerating for the longest time.. and it's an even more comfortable ride the faster it goes.
I truly wish one would be built in the US.
"I'm no military genius, but I think small, 700mph birds are a sign that something is afoot." When birds get up to 700mph, they are actually then known as "B1RDs" and carry small biological-weapon payloads.
I thought that was an instrumental by The Ventures..?
Sorry pal.. I drink a lot of beer. And most Canadian stuff is just lager piss. You want a good American beer? Come on down to the Pacific Northwest and I'll show you truly tasty nectar. You can even get Anchor Steam (brewed in good old San Francisco) up there in Canuckland.