That's a good idea too...I just usually burn something in the oven or on the stovetop. This gives me a weekly check of my smoke detector! No once can say I'm not doing my part for fire prevention!
Kinda, but not really. The line item veto does give legislative power to the President, which is no good. Congress has given away enough of its power to the President as it is. I think what he refers to is not allowing non-germane amendments on bills. This would reduce these sorts of tactics and probably a lot of porkbarrel legislation too. Hmmm...didn't the Republicans used to be the party of smaller federal government and states rights? I guess that's just whoever isn't in power.:)
I agree. And although a trade school may be more focused on what you are looking to do now, chances are you will probably change your mind at least some time in your career. I think trade school is a really good way to get "stuck" in your career and life. You may be taking too much of a short term perspective to your career. I think the Univ education and experience will help that out because you will probably have to (and should) take classes in other subjects. Although one of my problems with universities today is that they seem to be more and more just like an expensive trade school. But you would have a choice in whether you want to follow that route or not in your class selection. Everyone here who has been out of college for at least ten years raise your hand if you are doing the same thing you went to school for. I certainly am not. And most people I know aren't. But don't take that as a bad thing. My education has still been very valuable to me in my current career. And I wouldn't be surprised if I change again at least once or twice. And lets face it, you might hit a wall on promotions where a college degree is "required." You may just end up having to do this anyway at night while working, and that's just no fun.
I think the GED would probably be your best bet. Heck, I didn't even know there was such a thing as an online high school. Sure, you may not be able to get into a top-tier school with this. I'm not even sure where GED holders rate in terms of state university acceptance. But perhaps your best option after the GED would be going to a community college, which I think practically HAS to accept you. If you kick ass for two years there then I think you can get into many universities, even the top-tier ones.
Actually I believe there were at least a couple of occassions that terrorists tried to enter the U.S. across the Canadian-U.S. border. Ahmed Ressam was probably the most noteworthy.
I didn't know this issue was a big deal. In fact I thought it was already a done deal. Last time I went to Canada from Seattle the border agent told me that my Driver's License was not "adequate ID" to enter Canada and I may not be able to re-enter the U.S. This was two years ago. Of course the funny thing being right after he told me this he let me go on through. Yes, it was just a warning to get people like me prepared to need to use a passport. So I got one. No big deal. I'm not going to be able to go to Europe, South America, or Asia without one anyway, why not Canada?
Sure, sales tax is collected at the grocery store. But usually only on certain items and things that are "prepared" or whatnot by like the deli, etc. If it's on all items then that seems outrageous to me. That kind of tax is totally a regressive tax. I've only lived in four states: CA, NV, NY and WA but none of them have a sales tax on groceries. Doing a quick Google search it seems like a few states have it: OK, AR, VA. I guess it is a state by state thing, but thought it was fairly uniform across the country for the fact that groceries are a pretty basic need. I stand corrected. Rich people and poor people both need bread. Well if I find myself in the poorhouse some day I'm certainly not moving to SC.
Ummm...because groceries aren't taxed. I've never seen a place where it is taxed. Unless of course all you are buying are M&Ms and potato chips which, considering this is Slashdot, is not entirely out of the question. Some states do have a "Snack Tax" which will tax things like that. But the next time you go to Safeway and buy a loaf of bread or milk, check out the tax on the receipt. There won't be any.
Restaurants are a whole 'nother beast and are frequently taxed at higher rates as is the case here in lovely Seattle.
And even better, see if that large company will actually PAY for your MBA. Of course, that's working under the assumption that you are willing to go back to the same company. They usually pro-rate these sorts of things based on how many years you stay onboard after you get the degree. Something like 20% for each year, whatever. But it would still be a discount even if you didn't see it to the end.
I'm thinking more of a situation where you have 12 people or whatever and a few people drink a lot, where others don't. Or in the case where you might go to a place that is cash-only. One person has cash and all you have is your debit/credit card. So they could cover you and you owe them whatever. I run into this a lot when I go to a club and there is a cover. Typically they don't take cards at the door. Sure, you could plan on going to the ATM beforehand, yada, yada, yada. But that's not the point. And you know, sometimes things aren't perfectly planned, not in my life anyway.:) Just think of it as an offline version of PayPal.
Who knows how this could work...you transfer some sort of secure token or whatever from one card to another and the next time you visit the ATM it deposits the money. Almost like an EFT or something. I am definitely not a [whatever profession it would take to get this to actually work.]
I would love to see this sort of feature in the future. Gone would be the days when there are 12 debit cards piled up on the check at a restaurant. One guy pays, the others just "swipe each other's cards" and presto, you got the money. Of course the (secure) implementation of such a system is the problem. I suspect it will get to this eventually though as cash becomes less and less used.
You are so right. The Earth is far from fragile. I've always had problems with people trying to "Save the Earth." What they are trying to do is Save the Humans. The Earth will be around LOOOONG after we are, but it will probably not be inhabitable by humans as we are today. Since our brief view of Earth during our lifetime makes us see it as a static thing (i.e. it is always rainy in Seattle and Northern Africa will always be a desert), it is incredibly dynamic. This has been one of the scariest things to me (but only during moments of random paranoia). Civilization as we know it today relies on the Earth being a static entity.
I'm sure the 20% number comes from the simple 80/20 rule that seems to apply to many things. 20% of your customers give you 80% of your revenue...or in this case, 20% of your customers give you 80% of your problems. And frankly I think they are probably right. Even though you are being humous, you KNOW someone has come in and asked the same question. I'm sure many have in fact. The only news here is the fact that they've actually seemed to state this publicly, which is weird, but hey, don't we want our corporations to be honest with us?:)
Yes we are a two party system, but a third party has history of being able to create change by changing the dialogue. A perfect example is is Ross Perot. He changed the conversation. It became about balancing the budget and such. It has been the case throughout American history too, sadly, I can't give examples, I just remember it has.:) Any history buffs out there to support this with real historical info? The unfortunate thing is the fact that you have to be a billionaire to get that much access nowadays. And that's what it really comes down to, access. If more candidates had access then it probably would remain Republican and Democrat dominated, but these other parties could change the dialogue a bit.
It's almost like in the case of a business partnership. One partner has 49% of the business, the second has 49% of the business and a third has 2% of the business. Who is the most powerful person in this scenario when the two disagree?
Too much? I'd say it's just the opposite. We don't put enough into their brains at this time. I don't see why people always discount children for being ONLY children. This is the BEST time to be filling their heads with information. It's been shown time and time again that this is when people are most adept at learning. In fact if anything I would almost think that 9-10 might be at the outer reaches of that time span.
That being said, I do have to agree that there tends to be too much focus on teaching technology for the sake of teaching technology. While it is definitely an important part of society today I don't want primary schools turning into trade schools. Teach fundamentals, teach concepts. Applied learning is for the later years.
That's easy to say now. Try back in the early 1900's or for that matter in other developing countries today. Take your libertarian crap to Easter Island.
I was thinking the exact same thing. I mean I think it's getting close to the point where something like the mini iPod could just be compact flash and not a HD. Of course there will always be want for huge amounts of storage and won't render useles the hard drives (at least not in the near future). But I envision that it will morph into flash memory at least in part of the productline. I would think phones, needing to be even smaller will do just the same. The limiting factor in how small it could be would be the interface. I think I'd prefer a super small 5GB player/phone with no moving parts over a 20GB player/phone with a hard drive. But then that's just me and it would be pretty dumb if that's ALL a manufacturer would produce.
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Perhaps you didn't realize that pretty much every Toyota bought in the U.S. is also built in the U.S.
That's a good idea too...I just usually burn something in the oven or on the stovetop. This gives me a weekly check of my smoke detector! No once can say I'm not doing my part for fire prevention!
I bet it would be good for keeping out that pesky dust though. Maybe a good idea for computers on construction sites and the like!
Kinda, but not really. The line item veto does give legislative power to the President, which is no good. Congress has given away enough of its power to the President as it is. I think what he refers to is not allowing non-germane amendments on bills. This would reduce these sorts of tactics and probably a lot of porkbarrel legislation too. Hmmm...didn't the Republicans used to be the party of smaller federal government and states rights? I guess that's just whoever isn't in power. :)
I agree. And although a trade school may be more focused on what you are looking to do now, chances are you will probably change your mind at least some time in your career. I think trade school is a really good way to get "stuck" in your career and life. You may be taking too much of a short term perspective to your career. I think the Univ education and experience will help that out because you will probably have to (and should) take classes in other subjects. Although one of my problems with universities today is that they seem to be more and more just like an expensive trade school. But you would have a choice in whether you want to follow that route or not in your class selection. Everyone here who has been out of college for at least ten years raise your hand if you are doing the same thing you went to school for. I certainly am not. And most people I know aren't. But don't take that as a bad thing. My education has still been very valuable to me in my current career. And I wouldn't be surprised if I change again at least once or twice. And lets face it, you might hit a wall on promotions where a college degree is "required." You may just end up having to do this anyway at night while working, and that's just no fun.
I think the GED would probably be your best bet. Heck, I didn't even know there was such a thing as an online high school. Sure, you may not be able to get into a top-tier school with this. I'm not even sure where GED holders rate in terms of state university acceptance. But perhaps your best option after the GED would be going to a community college, which I think practically HAS to accept you. If you kick ass for two years there then I think you can get into many universities, even the top-tier ones.
Actually I believe there were at least a couple of occassions that terrorists tried to enter the U.S. across the Canadian-U.S. border. Ahmed Ressam was probably the most noteworthy.
I didn't know this issue was a big deal. In fact I thought it was already a done deal. Last time I went to Canada from Seattle the border agent told me that my Driver's License was not "adequate ID" to enter Canada and I may not be able to re-enter the U.S. This was two years ago. Of course the funny thing being right after he told me this he let me go on through. Yes, it was just a warning to get people like me prepared to need to use a passport. So I got one. No big deal. I'm not going to be able to go to Europe, South America, or Asia without one anyway, why not Canada?
Do people notice you singing the same song to yourself every morning when you login? I know I would do that just about everytime...:)
Sure, sales tax is collected at the grocery store. But usually only on certain items and things that are "prepared" or whatnot by like the deli, etc. If it's on all items then that seems outrageous to me. That kind of tax is totally a regressive tax. I've only lived in four states: CA, NV, NY and WA but none of them have a sales tax on groceries. Doing a quick Google search it seems like a few states have it: OK, AR, VA. I guess it is a state by state thing, but thought it was fairly uniform across the country for the fact that groceries are a pretty basic need. I stand corrected. Rich people and poor people both need bread. Well if I find myself in the poorhouse some day I'm certainly not moving to SC.
Ummm...because groceries aren't taxed. I've never seen a place where it is taxed. Unless of course all you are buying are M&Ms and potato chips which, considering this is Slashdot, is not entirely out of the question. Some states do have a "Snack Tax" which will tax things like that. But the next time you go to Safeway and buy a loaf of bread or milk, check out the tax on the receipt. There won't be any.
Restaurants are a whole 'nother beast and are frequently taxed at higher rates as is the case here in lovely Seattle.
And even better, see if that large company will actually PAY for your MBA. Of course, that's working under the assumption that you are willing to go back to the same company. They usually pro-rate these sorts of things based on how many years you stay onboard after you get the degree. Something like 20% for each year, whatever. But it would still be a discount even if you didn't see it to the end.
I'm thinking more of a situation where you have 12 people or whatever and a few people drink a lot, where others don't. Or in the case where you might go to a place that is cash-only. One person has cash and all you have is your debit/credit card. So they could cover you and you owe them whatever. I run into this a lot when I go to a club and there is a cover. Typically they don't take cards at the door. Sure, you could plan on going to the ATM beforehand, yada, yada, yada. But that's not the point. And you know, sometimes things aren't perfectly planned, not in my life anyway. :) Just think of it as an offline version of PayPal.
Who knows how this could work...you transfer some sort of secure token or whatever from one card to another and the next time you visit the ATM it deposits the money. Almost like an EFT or something. I am definitely not a [whatever profession it would take to get this to actually work.]
I would love to see this sort of feature in the future. Gone would be the days when there are 12 debit cards piled up on the check at a restaurant. One guy pays, the others just "swipe each other's cards" and presto, you got the money. Of course the (secure) implementation of such a system is the problem. I suspect it will get to this eventually though as cash becomes less and less used.
Dammit, where did my mod points go? This man deserves an insightful or two or five.
You are so right. The Earth is far from fragile. I've always had problems with people trying to "Save the Earth." What they are trying to do is Save the Humans. The Earth will be around LOOOONG after we are, but it will probably not be inhabitable by humans as we are today. Since our brief view of Earth during our lifetime makes us see it as a static thing (i.e. it is always rainy in Seattle and Northern Africa will always be a desert), it is incredibly dynamic. This has been one of the scariest things to me (but only during moments of random paranoia). Civilization as we know it today relies on the Earth being a static entity.
They have storage algorythms that work quite well.
Just make sure you tip your storage algorithm well.
I for one welcome our new Google Overlords...
How about buying your color laser printer second hand...you know...almost like the gun shows loophole.
I'm sure the 20% number comes from the simple 80/20 rule that seems to apply to many things. 20% of your customers give you 80% of your revenue...or in this case, 20% of your customers give you 80% of your problems. And frankly I think they are probably right. Even though you are being humous, you KNOW someone has come in and asked the same question. I'm sure many have in fact. The only news here is the fact that they've actually seemed to state this publicly, which is weird, but hey, don't we want our corporations to be honest with us? :)
...and I repeat, Never bet on Big 6 or Big 8. They're sucker bets! Even more so than any other bet in Vegas
Yes we are a two party system, but a third party has history of being able to create change by changing the dialogue. A perfect example is is Ross Perot. He changed the conversation. It became about balancing the budget and such. It has been the case throughout American history too, sadly, I can't give examples, I just remember it has. :) Any history buffs out there to support this with real historical info? The unfortunate thing is the fact that you have to be a billionaire to get that much access nowadays. And that's what it really comes down to, access. If more candidates had access then it probably would remain Republican and Democrat dominated, but these other parties could change the dialogue a bit.
It's almost like in the case of a business partnership. One partner has 49% of the business, the second has 49% of the business and a third has 2% of the business. Who is the most powerful person in this scenario when the two disagree?
Too much? I'd say it's just the opposite. We don't put enough into their brains at this time. I don't see why people always discount children for being ONLY children. This is the BEST time to be filling their heads with information. It's been shown time and time again that this is when people are most adept at learning. In fact if anything I would almost think that 9-10 might be at the outer reaches of that time span.
That being said, I do have to agree that there tends to be too much focus on teaching technology for the sake of teaching technology. While it is definitely an important part of society today I don't want primary schools turning into trade schools. Teach fundamentals, teach concepts. Applied learning is for the later years.
FreeBeer is dying...
That's easy to say now. Try back in the early 1900's or for that matter in other developing countries today. Take your libertarian crap to Easter Island.
I was thinking the exact same thing. I mean I think it's getting close to the point where something like the mini iPod could just be compact flash and not a HD. Of course there will always be want for huge amounts of storage and won't render useles the hard drives (at least not in the near future). But I envision that it will morph into flash memory at least in part of the productline. I would think phones, needing to be even smaller will do just the same. The limiting factor in how small it could be would be the interface. I think I'd prefer a super small 5GB player/phone with no moving parts over a 20GB player/phone with a hard drive. But then that's just me and it would be pretty dumb if that's ALL a manufacturer would produce.