It is dumb not to secure the machines but the kids are actively trying to circumvent what is in place. The fact that it's easier than it should be is immaterial with respect to whether the student's action should be permissible. If a janitor leaves his supplies closet open is it okay for the kids to go in there and start messing with stuff? Or should we pat them on the back for being creative in doing something they know they're not supposed to?
In both cases the lapses should be addressed but that doesn't excuse the behavior of exploiting it.
Camino is great and it runs faster than Firefox but it lacks certain options in the configuration that Firefox has. I don't know why they chose to only give it a subset of configuration options but it definitely makes it less usable. They would not need to tweak Firefox toward the Mac much more if they would just expand Camino's configuration.
I think people are too materialistic so we should raise the prices on 50"+ big screen TVs and fancy cars. An extra tax would be good too. That way people would start thinking about being more like me for a change! That'll show 'em good.
It's one thing to say that it's too hard for a skilled IT worker from India to come over here and get his green card or citizenship, and maybe that has some merit. However, that has absolutely nothing to do with the national debate over immigration which is focused on trying to grant amnesty to low-skilled illegal aliens who work under the table. While person A has spent money and probably years working through the immigration system legally to come over here, person B crossed on foot and they want to give him clemency and social security benefits.
I'm sure there are some good ones out there, no doubt. My wife used to work in an education department where they dealt with the education majors. The stories she would tell me were very disconcerting. One woman was quite excited about receiving her "bachelorette's degree" as she called it, others had failed the certification test several times and were quite dismayed that they couldn't grasp elementary math.
You bring up another good point. The people that want to become teacher essentially study around the bureaucratic maze of teacher certification. Otherwise qualified people who could make more for less hassle doing something else are ultimately very discouraged from jumping through all of the hoops it takes.
Honestly, you should see what it takes to become a teacher, it isn't much. Most of the people teaching math and science in schools today majored in "education" where they sit around imitating classroom environments. The teachers are college-level but learning math at the same level as they will teach their students. Often the teachers are just one lesson ahead of these kids up to the point where they've taught it so long they just have it memorized. Even then they are good at one subject but to call them competent in math or science might be a stretch. Then you have the fact that this is really the best you can attract because the pay is rather low. If you actually paid higher for somebody with a specific degree in these fields, or even better a graduate degree, then maybe you'd get higher quality education. You don't see people getting PhDs in Mathematics and teaching 2nd grade, they go off and teach graduate classes at universities. (Sure, some people do that but they have to really love teaching and that is rare). Add in the fact that so many kids are total shitheads who are allowed to run over their teachers and the teachers cannot discipline them (and the parents don't care either) and you haven't got much of an environment for excellence.
I agree with your point in general, however Amazon had the opportunity to review the sale before shipping it. The fact that it failed to rectify the situation before shipping the goods to the consumer basically shifts the liability over to them. They have no right to go looking for money after they deliver the goods and the payment is settled.
Look at how much trouble a loosely-organized rag-tag group of people willing to die for their agenda can cause an organized military machine orders of magnitudes more powerful than them.
And like you say, quality of care is low. Long waiting lines, huge gov't bureaucracy, etc. Many of the good Canadian physicians are moving to the US so they can get paid for all that grueling training they go through and their extremely valuable knowledge. Nobody in the US goes untreated either, if you go to an emergency room you will be treated and if you can't pay then the gov't eats the cost. Medicare is a half-ass attempt at socialized medicine and it sucks, I will take privatized insurance and free-market doctors any day of the week because they make what they make because they are the best at what they do.
You must not pay taxes if you think that you are not being squeezed for every penny with socialized medicine. But hey if having it taken out of your paycheck by force makes you feel like it's 'free' and better quality service... I have a bridge you may be interested in.
As well as Microsoft and the Xbox 360. The console is designed to also act as media access system where all you have to do is go into a menu and click on an available movie and it will start streaming it down to your TV at standard or even high definition for a few bucks. I don't know whether the PS3 does this but the 360 definitely makes it very simple.
It's because they believe (and are probably right) that when this all gets acknowledged as an indisputable fact by the public they will start electing left-wing environmentalists to start banning things left and right, even if those things' impact on this issue is of the most minute scale.
Or maybe he just has the mental capacity to realize soldiers fighting a war is not the same as a couple of punk teens murdering their defenseless classmates.
Although that gem seems like stating the obvious, look at DVD+R/W and DVD-R/W... we still have them both and the war's over. Everyone just started supporting them both.
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It is dumb not to secure the machines but the kids are actively trying to circumvent what is in place. The fact that it's easier than it should be is immaterial with respect to whether the student's action should be permissible. If a janitor leaves his supplies closet open is it okay for the kids to go in there and start messing with stuff? Or should we pat them on the back for being creative in doing something they know they're not supposed to?
In both cases the lapses should be addressed but that doesn't excuse the behavior of exploiting it.
Camino is great and it runs faster than Firefox but it lacks certain options in the configuration that Firefox has. I don't know why they chose to only give it a subset of configuration options but it definitely makes it less usable. They would not need to tweak Firefox toward the Mac much more if they would just expand Camino's configuration.
Looks like we do it all the time, and to many different countries. Next please.
Go figure!
But if you want to be fair then OpenBSD should take notes from Microsoft on how to be *successful*.
The problem with both points is they assume that these two entities are striving to be like each other when they are not. At all.
You should redirect it to that JPEG of Chris Hansen that says "Why don't you have a seat right over there..."
May he be touched by His noodly appendage. Ramen.
I think people are too materialistic so we should raise the prices on 50"+ big screen TVs and fancy cars. An extra tax would be good too. That way people would start thinking about being more like me for a change! That'll show 'em good.
I normally wake up to the light but thanks to DST I am now waking up in the dark... And I work 8:30-5:30 so that's pretty standard.
It's one thing to say that it's too hard for a skilled IT worker from India to come over here and get his green card or citizenship, and maybe that has some merit. However, that has absolutely nothing to do with the national debate over immigration which is focused on trying to grant amnesty to low-skilled illegal aliens who work under the table. While person A has spent money and probably years working through the immigration system legally to come over here, person B crossed on foot and they want to give him clemency and social security benefits.
I'm sure there are some good ones out there, no doubt. My wife used to work in an education department where they dealt with the education majors. The stories she would tell me were very disconcerting. One woman was quite excited about receiving her "bachelorette's degree" as she called it, others had failed the certification test several times and were quite dismayed that they couldn't grasp elementary math.
You bring up another good point. The people that want to become teacher essentially study around the bureaucratic maze of teacher certification. Otherwise qualified people who could make more for less hassle doing something else are ultimately very discouraged from jumping through all of the hoops it takes.
Honestly, you should see what it takes to become a teacher, it isn't much. Most of the people teaching math and science in schools today majored in "education" where they sit around imitating classroom environments. The teachers are college-level but learning math at the same level as they will teach their students. Often the teachers are just one lesson ahead of these kids up to the point where they've taught it so long they just have it memorized. Even then they are good at one subject but to call them competent in math or science might be a stretch. Then you have the fact that this is really the best you can attract because the pay is rather low. If you actually paid higher for somebody with a specific degree in these fields, or even better a graduate degree, then maybe you'd get higher quality education. You don't see people getting PhDs in Mathematics and teaching 2nd grade, they go off and teach graduate classes at universities. (Sure, some people do that but they have to really love teaching and that is rare). Add in the fact that so many kids are total shitheads who are allowed to run over their teachers and the teachers cannot discipline them (and the parents don't care either) and you haven't got much of an environment for excellence.
Now the Flying Spaghetti Monster will be angry that he isn't getting taught in science class. The repercussions of this could be quite devastating.
When I switched over to VoIP I insisted on getting the cellular backup system installed for my alarm system.
I agree with your point in general, however Amazon had the opportunity to review the sale before shipping it. The fact that it failed to rectify the situation before shipping the goods to the consumer basically shifts the liability over to them. They have no right to go looking for money after they deliver the goods and the payment is settled.
Not only would they, they pretty much have to if they don't want law enforcement just coming in and confiscating all of their hardware.
I would love a game where I can hunt down this elusive Haliburton Weather Machine and put a stop to it!
Look at how much trouble a loosely-organized rag-tag group of people willing to die for their agenda can cause an organized military machine orders of magnitudes more powerful than them.
And like you say, quality of care is low. Long waiting lines, huge gov't bureaucracy, etc. Many of the good Canadian physicians are moving to the US so they can get paid for all that grueling training they go through and their extremely valuable knowledge. Nobody in the US goes untreated either, if you go to an emergency room you will be treated and if you can't pay then the gov't eats the cost. Medicare is a half-ass attempt at socialized medicine and it sucks, I will take privatized insurance and free-market doctors any day of the week because they make what they make because they are the best at what they do.
You must not pay taxes if you think that you are not being squeezed for every penny with socialized medicine. But hey if having it taken out of your paycheck by force makes you feel like it's 'free' and better quality service... I have a bridge you may be interested in.
It's because they believe (and are probably right) that when this all gets acknowledged as an indisputable fact by the public they will start electing left-wing environmentalists to start banning things left and right, even if those things' impact on this issue is of the most minute scale.
Or maybe he just has the mental capacity to realize soldiers fighting a war is not the same as a couple of punk teens murdering their defenseless classmates.
Although that gem seems like stating the obvious, look at DVD+R/W and DVD-R/W... we still have them both and the war's over. Everyone just started supporting them both.