Even more destructive is the tendency for pupils to use their god-given mouths to undermine their teachers! This needs to be corrected by legislation and luckily enough, Great Britain does not have that pesky First Ammendment to get in the way!
the First Amemdment does not "get in the way.".
undisciplined behavior in class is not protected speech. libel and slander is not protected speech.
harassment of a teacher in or out of school is not protected speech. vandalism of a teacher's property is not protected speech. posting the video of your rock-throwing to YouTube is not protected speech.
Welcome to the egotistical world of ratbaggery that is the teaching profession
If I wanted a return to a world of pure ego, I wouldn't have to go back to school, I could simply sit back and see it paraded on Slashdot
--- and modded up to +5.
Maybe if teachers were more educators than prison wardens, kids would love them instead of hating them.
and maybe if the yob who through a brick through a plate glass window didn't behave like he needed a warden more than a teacher he would be easier to love and to easier to teach.
there's no reason those people need to be sitting in the same room together more than once about every five years or so. Maybe ten.
I'm sure Bush would agree with you:
an end to those inconvenient checks and balances woven into the Constitution, unlimited power to the Executive.
It's ironic that although the Founders of this country realized the dangers that having a standing Army presented, they evidently never realized those posed by a sitting Legislature.
The first concern of the Founders was to make damn sure that there could never again be a dissolution of the Legislature. Their second concern was to keep this new limited government quick, strong and agile.
The Bill of Rights is passed.
But the Whiskey Rebellion is decisively suppressed.
Jefferson believes in a small Republic of independent farmers. The Commerce Clause, as interpreted by a Federalist Court, and his own Louisiana Purchase end that world forever.
"Those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin Smart man.
It is interesting that you should quote Franklin.
The man who spent a lifetime trying to make the American city liveable and safe. The man who in 1771 fought for the essentials of a modern police force.
Describes the first Police Patrol {Autobiography}
I have a right to video my property for security, and I have the right to assist the police in an investigation of a murderer in my neighborhood.
Why shouldn't local government have the right to monitor public spaces--- to maintain order, protect lives and property, to assist in the investigation of crimes?
What is the fundamental difference betweeen setting up system of cameras and organizing a night watch or armed patrol as cities and villages have done since the beginning of time?
whether it's right or legal or should be legal to turn over, without a warrant or subpoena, a video record to the police when there has been no crime committed on the property the camera is installed to protect is another matter. I'm of mixed feelings on that.
Would your feelings still be mixed if a chance witness to a crime didn't report what he had seen to the police?
ZDNet blogger Steve O'Hear [claims] that users may soon tire of social networks -- if they don't open up and embrace standards allowing greater interoperability among the different networks
The commons hasn't embraced standards in IM, why should social networking be any different? You build a successful on-line community by appealing directly to your target audience:
Countries and Cultures, Age and Sex, Income and Interests. The commons won't care that you've built a walled garden, if the garden is where they need and want to be.
I believe the explanation lies in companies having "Affirmative Action" policies that make an attribute that has nothing to do with ability a determining factor in choosing who to hire.
I can't recall a time when "ability" (narrowly defined) was the only thing that mattered to your employer.
"He has the technical skills, but not the social skills we require." Translation: He is arrogant SOB who will be constantly at war with his team mates and his supervisors. He can't be trusted to keep his hands off any woman within his reach.
Correct. A good analogy of copyright violation is that, instead of taking your car, I simply make a copy of your car that looks and runs the same.
no. it means you built a factory and showroom in Russia for the production and distribution of the counterfeit. which you are now offering to buyers in the U.S. for shipment at a cut-rate price.
the intangible property right of exclusive distribution is something that can be stolen.
So should we sack all government employees who receive a speeding ticket?
We aren't talking about all government employees. We are talking about employees at facilities that require high-level security clearances. People whose lives will be very closely monitored both on and off campus.
Isn't it kind of obvious when someone's personal life is interfering with their professional life?
Not always, and, more importantly, not always soon enough.
The point of random drug testing in a facility like Los Almos is to identify the user before he becomes a security risk, before he becomes a danger to himself and others.
I would guess that the main reason is that, since [Linux] is free and easily downloaded, statistics based on sales have no meaning.
Sales statistics have meaning in the markets where the OEM or POS system install is the norm for users. The home and SOHO markets, small business, small business.
I can't believe that non-technical end users are downloading and burning Linux ISOs in any significant numbers.
I imagine going the Linux route as a smaller business or individual is going to help a lot -- you have tons of free forums and enthusiasts to help you.
what you do not have in small business is time. time to spend on the forums. time to trust in the enthusiast's solution which may or may not work.
Sounds strange, but how would a potential terrorist do it?
Keep it simple, stupid. The successful terrorist does nothing out of the ordinary. He builds a plausible civilian identity, becomes a working stiff, marries, raises a family, applies for a passport and takes the red-eye flight into Boston like everyone else.
If he reads Slashdot, he will be laughing inside at the Geek's naivety, the ridiculous schemes conceived out of paranoia and inexperience that in his own part of the world would almost certainly get you shot.
I try hard not to travel to countries such as North Korea and USA where there is a basic assumption that I am a criminal and not to be trusted.
It is the basic assumption of the border guard or customs agent anywhere, anytime. You learn very quickly that you every reason to be cynical. I'm sorry, but that is just the way it is.
Instead of paying cash, fly to Canada or Mexico and then take a ground route into the US.
as someone who lives on the U.S.-Canadian border. let me offer you some free advice: it ain't that easy. nothing is more likely to end in you spending some quality time with the friendly folks of the Border Patrol.
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the First Amemdment does not "get in the way." .
undisciplined behavior in class is not protected speech. libel and slander is not protected speech.
harassment of a teacher in or out of school is not protected speech. vandalism of a teacher's property is not protected speech. posting the video of your rock-throwing to YouTube is not protected speech.
If I wanted a return to a world of pure ego, I wouldn't have to go back to school, I could simply sit back and see it paraded on Slashdot --- and modded up to +5.
The "brag" is the payoff. Something that the Geek shouldn't have to be told.
and maybe if the yob who through a brick through a plate glass window didn't behave like he needed a warden more than a teacher he would be easier to love and to easier to teach.
I'm sure Bush would agree with you:
an end to those inconvenient checks and balances woven into the Constitution, unlimited power to the Executive.
It's ironic that although the Founders of this country realized the dangers that having a standing Army presented, they evidently never realized those posed by a sitting Legislature.
The first concern of the Founders was to make damn sure that there could never again be a dissolution of the Legislature. Their second concern was to keep this new limited government quick, strong and agile.
The Bill of Rights is passed.
But the Whiskey Rebellion is decisively suppressed.
Jefferson believes in a small Republic of independent farmers. The Commerce Clause, as interpreted by a Federalist Court, and his own Louisiana Purchase end that world forever.
It is interesting that you should quote Franklin.
The man who spent a lifetime trying to make the American city liveable and safe. The man who in 1771 fought for the essentials of a modern police force. Describes the first Police Patrol {Autobiography}
Why shouldn't local government have the right to monitor public spaces--- to maintain order, protect lives and property, to assist in the investigation of crimes?
What is the fundamental difference betweeen setting up system of cameras and organizing a night watch or armed patrol as cities and villages have done since the beginning of time?
whether it's right or legal or should be legal to turn over, without a warrant or subpoena, a video record to the police when there has been no crime committed on the property the camera is installed to protect is another matter. I'm of mixed feelings on that.
Would your feelings still be mixed if a chance witness to a crime didn't report what he had seen to the police?
New evidence could crack Germantown kidnapping case, Surveillance video to be Exhibit A at Florida murder trial (Carlie Brucia, 11, abduction, rape and murder)
The commons hasn't embraced standards in IM, why should social networking be any different? You build a successful on-line community by appealing directly to your target audience:
Countries and Cultures, Age and Sex, Income and Interests. The commons won't care that you've built a walled garden, if the garden is where they need and want to be.
I can't recall a time when "ability" (narrowly defined) was the only thing that mattered to your employer.
"He has the technical skills, but not the social skills we require." Translation: He is arrogant SOB who will be constantly at war with his team mates and his supervisors. He can't be trusted to keep his hands off any woman within his reach.
Shakespeare pulls Falstaff out of retirement for The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Hollywood begins with remakes, sequels, and adaptations in the silent era. Zorro, Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, The Three Musketeers.
The Wizard of Oz on film doesn't begin with July Garland.
The basic conventions of action-adventure, the cliffhanger serial, were well-established on stage in the 1890s.
Audiences love this stuff, always have, always will.
What you think doesn't matter.
What matters is what the government decides are reasonable grounds for termination of your employment at a top-secret nuclear lab.
an even more hilarious response would be if Putin decides membership in the WTO is worth more than the applause of the Slashdot Geek.
that mp3 sales are not the prime driver of the Russian economy.
no. it means you built a factory and showroom in Russia for the production and distribution of the counterfeit. which you are now offering to buyers in the U.S. for shipment at a cut-rate price.
the intangible property right of exclusive distribution is something that can be stolen.
clueless is thinking you can reclaim the meaning of a word once a new definition becomes common usage in a larger world
We aren't talking about all government employees. We are talking about employees at facilities that require high-level security clearances. People whose lives will be very closely monitored both on and off campus.
no one is indispensable.
Not always, and, more importantly, not always soon enough.
The point of random drug testing in a facility like Los Almos is to identify the user before he becomes a security risk, before he becomes a danger to himself and others.
Sales statistics have meaning in the markets where the OEM or POS system install is the norm for users. The home and SOHO markets, small business, small business.
I can't believe that non-technical end users are downloading and burning Linux ISOs in any significant numbers.
This kind of talk will win you a mod up on Slashdot.
To the small businessman it defines you as an adolescent nincompoop still writing his missives on the men's room wall.
what you do not have in small business is time. time to spend on the forums. time to trust in the enthusiast's solution which may or may not work.
You do understand that freedom from contagious disease has always been a condition for entry into the United States?
Keep it simple, stupid. The successful terrorist does nothing out of the ordinary. He builds a plausible civilian identity, becomes a working stiff, marries, raises a family, applies for a passport and takes the red-eye flight into Boston like everyone else.
If he reads Slashdot, he will be laughing inside at the Geek's naivety, the ridiculous schemes conceived out of paranoia and inexperience that in his own part of the world would almost certainly get you shot.
It is the basic assumption of the border guard or customs agent anywhere, anytime.
You learn very quickly that you every reason to be cynical. I'm sorry, but that is just the way it is.
as someone who lives on the U.S.-Canadian border. let me offer you some free advice: it ain't that easy. nothing is more likely to end in you spending some quality time with the friendly folks of the Border Patrol.
Before the ideologically motivated suicide bomber there was the insurance scam. The million-dollar payout on your accidental death.
Cash and the One-Way ticket has raised red flags for the airlines since the 1950s.