There haven't been wars fought in the name of Jefferson or Gandhi to my knowledge.
When a government such as in the US which was founded on freedom begins to erode the rights of it's citizenry just sit idly by and let them get away with it. It's clearly the better solution. My children have no right to know what it's like to travel without being patted down, or to know that some idiot won't try and sue them for using a piece of prior work in a school project.
In fact it was those same 270 year old dead guys that fought for these freedoms that we are just sitting by and letting the government take.
Welcome to America, land of the formerly free, home of the apathetic.
All browsers are insecure. IE beats out Firefox in some aspects as does Firefox beat IE, same with Opera and Safari. I love my Firefox. I think it just comes down to preference. I also used to be one of those that claimed Firefox was the most secure browser, until I found out it wasn't.
I agree with that. How long have we had a "centralized" in the sense of kids going to a class not home schooled, schools? Why do we need to add computers to the mix. A person that excels at problem solving with zero computer literacy will most likely take to a computer with little trouble.
Mine doesn't use facebook, she is 14. One of the pretenses of her having her own computer is we have access and randomly check, we have never done so as there is no need. She uses her computer to watch videos, and to draw in photoshop. She is currently working with some of her friends on their first animated short story.
Regardless the language or syntax it's the same concepts no matter the language. A for loop is a for loop in anything, unless it's a while loop because there is no for.
I don't think you could count the case for twins. For twins the genetic code is probably more similar than say my brother who is 5 years younger than I and myself. There is probably more of a genetic difference than us than say twins.
Yes but from my findings the number of computer literate 14 year olds outweighs the number of MBA's I've seen that can't do something as simple as format cells in an Excel spreadsheet, and these are people that are maybe 5 years older than me so I don't think age is the issue. I have a user that has worked at the company I currently work at for well over 20 years, using a computer to input data 5 days a week 7 hours a day, yet he is a two finger typer and still hunt 'n' pecks.
Anything you think you own is not yours. At anytime the government can claim in in the name of eminent domain.
Don't want to take their offer to sell your house? Next thing you know it's condemned for being a health hazard and you have no compensation.
A better example is, if you think it's yours don't pay your taxes. In my state we have personal property tax, don't pay and they can take it in lieu of, if it's a vehicle your license can be revoked.
Were you not alive in the 80's and 90's? Sniffer dogs and metal detectors have pretty much always been present. If the government thought that was adequate we wouldn't have the Transportation Safety Gestapo.
Very true, as a country we are infants, as history and culture goes there is no "American culture" since we are comprised of immigrants from all over. The good thing about it is the diversity. It seems like this diversity is celebrated more today than ever before. How can this be a bad thing?
My kid is taking something similar to an IB program in school, one of her assignments is to go to cultural events. The first one we went to was an Indian festival (with a dot not a feather). I had never been to anything like that before. I have to say I really enjoyed it, and I was taken aback by how large the Indian population is in my area. It was really a fun time.
I think this inter connectivity is erasing boundaries that existed before. It's truly a great time to be alive.
Why is the US pointed at as the reason for their culture loss? I'd agree that the internet is causing some culture loss, but you could also counter by saying it is causing culture gains. I know personally my life has been impacted by the culture of different nations due to the readily accessible nature of information on the computer. In my house you would think it more Asian than American due to the internet.
I also see this at my kids school. Both in style of dress and the behavior of the kids.
While I do agree that it is important to know where you come from, I don't think it is wrong to embrace other cultures. In essence isn't that pretty much where all culture stems from, the exchange of ideas?
People should not have a gun on a plane. Quarters are far too close to fire. Had someone on one of the planes had a handgun, do you fire at a terrorist 20 or 30 feet from you with passengers to the left and right of the terrorist less than 2 feet from? Take a chance on a bullet going through the cockpit into the pilot or other flight crew? Or how about missing them and damaging flight gear? Say the landing gear.
1 Federal agent with a weapon is plenty on a flight. Not every citizen needs one on a plane.
Before you go crying that I'm an anti-gun person. I've held a concealed carry permit for the last 20 years.
This scanner is a dumb idea. The premise that it lowers the risk to officers is bullshit, either frisking a detainee or scanning one, if something is found the officer still has to make contact in order to make the weapon safe (this means the officer assumes possession of the weapon).
@pecosdave I get your point. I was also raised with a healthy respect for weapons. At 5 I was going to the range on weekends with my father. He taught me to shoot properly and safely, and to handle any weapon in a safe responsible manner. He never had gun locks and at age 8 I had ready access to a variety of guns. I never messed with them, there was no mystery no magic. I knew what they could do, and I knew that the moment you fail to respect that weapon it will kill you.
Police Commissioner Kelly said the scanner would only be used in reasonably suspicious circumstances and could cut down on the number of stop-and-frisks on the street.
This is worrisome, how bad is crime there that they have a large number of stop and frisks, and at what point did the police get the power to randomly stop someone to frisk them, I understand reasonable suspicion and probable cause but the way it was phrased made it sound like Gestapo random checks.
There is absolutely no way anyone can justify OC'ing with today's hardware. Back when you could squeeze 50 - 100 MHz out of a CPU, that's a bit different. Today there is really no need to unless you have older hardware and are trying to avoid a pricey upgrade.
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Talk about a hell of an "off by one error".
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There haven't been wars fought in the name of Jefferson or Gandhi to my knowledge.
When a government such as in the US which was founded on freedom begins to erode the rights of it's citizenry just sit idly by and let them get away with it. It's clearly the better solution. My children have no right to know what it's like to travel without being patted down, or to know that some idiot won't try and sue them for using a piece of prior work in a school project.
In fact it was those same 270 year old dead guys that fought for these freedoms that we are just sitting by and letting the government take.
Welcome to America, land of the formerly free, home of the apathetic.
Governments fear their citizenry knowing how to combat them in the event that it came down to the citizens vs the government.
I invented the Spore Camera Monster.
It's been done and about 9 years ago at that. http://www.netcarshow.com/rinspeed/2002-presto_concept/
The name PUMA, it made me think of Red vs Blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo7QCC2EDtk
All browsers are insecure. IE beats out Firefox in some aspects as does Firefox beat IE, same with Opera and Safari. I love my Firefox. I think it just comes down to preference. I also used to be one of those that claimed Firefox was the most secure browser, until I found out it wasn't.
I agree with that. How long have we had a "centralized" in the sense of kids going to a class not home schooled, schools? Why do we need to add computers to the mix. A person that excels at problem solving with zero computer literacy will most likely take to a computer with little trouble.
Then they are ahead of some of the managers I work with.
Mine doesn't use facebook, she is 14. One of the pretenses of her having her own computer is we have access and randomly check, we have never done so as there is no need. She uses her computer to watch videos, and to draw in photoshop. She is currently working with some of her friends on their first animated short story.
Regardless the language or syntax it's the same concepts no matter the language. A for loop is a for loop in anything, unless it's a while loop because there is no for.
I don't think you could count the case for twins. For twins the genetic code is probably more similar than say my brother who is 5 years younger than I and myself. There is probably more of a genetic difference than us than say twins.
My father became computer literate when I showed him how to do a proper Google search. It was like he was a bottle rocket and I had lit the fuse.
Yes but from my findings the number of computer literate 14 year olds outweighs the number of MBA's I've seen that can't do something as simple as format cells in an Excel spreadsheet, and these are people that are maybe 5 years older than me so I don't think age is the issue. I have a user that has worked at the company I currently work at for well over 20 years, using a computer to input data 5 days a week 7 hours a day, yet he is a two finger typer and still hunt 'n' pecks.
Anything you think you own is not yours. At anytime the government can claim in in the name of eminent domain.
Don't want to take their offer to sell your house? Next thing you know it's condemned for being a health hazard and you have no compensation.
A better example is, if you think it's yours don't pay your taxes. In my state we have personal property tax, don't pay and they can take it in lieu of, if it's a vehicle your license can be revoked.
Were you not alive in the 80's and 90's? Sniffer dogs and metal detectors have pretty much always been present. If the government thought that was adequate we wouldn't have the Transportation Safety Gestapo.
Perhaps a Senator is high enough on the food chain to bring the beast down.
Could this be the beginning of the end for the TSA?
Very true, as a country we are infants, as history and culture goes there is no "American culture" since we are comprised of immigrants from all over. The good thing about it is the diversity. It seems like this diversity is celebrated more today than ever before. How can this be a bad thing?
My kid is taking something similar to an IB program in school, one of her assignments is to go to cultural events. The first one we went to was an Indian festival (with a dot not a feather). I had never been to anything like that before. I have to say I really enjoyed it, and I was taken aback by how large the Indian population is in my area. It was really a fun time.
I think this inter connectivity is erasing boundaries that existed before. It's truly a great time to be alive.
Barrustin Bieberbama?
Dubstep is just a longer way to say trance.
Why is the US pointed at as the reason for their culture loss? I'd agree that the internet is causing some culture loss, but you could also counter by saying it is causing culture gains. I know personally my life has been impacted by the culture of different nations due to the readily accessible nature of information on the computer. In my house you would think it more Asian than American due to the internet.
I also see this at my kids school. Both in style of dress and the behavior of the kids.
While I do agree that it is important to know where you come from, I don't think it is wrong to embrace other cultures. In essence isn't that pretty much where all culture stems from, the exchange of ideas?
People should not have a gun on a plane. Quarters are far too close to fire. Had someone on one of the planes had a handgun, do you fire at a terrorist 20 or 30 feet from you with passengers to the left and right of the terrorist less than 2 feet from? Take a chance on a bullet going through the cockpit into the pilot or other flight crew? Or how about missing them and damaging flight gear? Say the landing gear.
1 Federal agent with a weapon is plenty on a flight. Not every citizen needs one on a plane.
Before you go crying that I'm an anti-gun person. I've held a concealed carry permit for the last 20 years.
This scanner is a dumb idea. The premise that it lowers the risk to officers is bullshit, either frisking a detainee or scanning one, if something is found the officer still has to make contact in order to make the weapon safe (this means the officer assumes possession of the weapon).
@pecosdave I get your point. I was also raised with a healthy respect for weapons. At 5 I was going to the range on weekends with my father. He taught me to shoot properly and safely, and to handle any weapon in a safe responsible manner. He never had gun locks and at age 8 I had ready access to a variety of guns. I never messed with them, there was no mystery no magic. I knew what they could do, and I knew that the moment you fail to respect that weapon it will kill you.
This is worrisome, how bad is crime there that they have a large number of stop and frisks, and at what point did the police get the power to randomly stop someone to frisk them, I understand reasonable suspicion and probable cause but the way it was phrased made it sound like Gestapo random checks.
There is absolutely no way anyone can justify OC'ing with today's hardware. Back when you could squeeze 50 - 100 MHz out of a CPU, that's a bit different. Today there is really no need to unless you have older hardware and are trying to avoid a pricey upgrade.