You have failed to provide any supporting evidence that being trained in the "Classics" is of any real tangible benefit and therefore your conclusion that the quality of education has been lessened is unsubstantiated at best.
Here's a template for you to use to prove a prima facie case: S - significance - how big is the problem? H - harm - is there any real harm? I - inherency - is the problem built into "the system" or is it just a coincidental occurance ? T - topicality - is your symptom really related to the problem? S - solvency - would the problem actually be solved?
bottom line is that you haven't shown us $HIT$ and therefore your argument falls flat.
The history of Pepsi was that it was introduced as a curative for dyspepsia, so the makers of Pepsi probably wouldn't mind a little publicity on their product's history.
On a related note - Dr. Pepper was created for the same purpose, using prune juice in their recipe.
Not so strange that your comment was improperly moderated with no recourse for you to protest - The broken moderation and karma systems used by slashdot has made the entire thing so useless for the most part that many of us with very low user IDs have moved on to use other sites like Digg.com.
I only pop in very occasionally - using linuxhomepage.com to spot the rare article that I might read (and even fewer that I'll comment on.)
as is apparent from the unfair modding of the parent as "Flamebait"
Take a look at my user # - I've been following Slashdot a long time and I can say that it is no longer worth a damn to really read... I'll just stick with Digg.
Given, this will go a long way toward *preventing* future cases of malaria.
But there is still no cure for it. People who contract malaria keep it for a lifetime. It would be nice to find a way to *cure* malaria in addition to *preventing* it.
We're starting to see a problem with accumulating "space junk" of objects in near-Earth orbit. Maybe this could pave the way to a space salvage operation ala the TV series "Salvage 1".
My son laid out just such an idea for a fourth-grade project. That was 1.5 years ago. So, if someone tries just such an obvious move - remember this comment and let me know. We'll get it nullified real quick.
According to the current research, the average middle class person actually only uses a vocabulary of 1251. An "impoverished" individual uses an average vocabulary of 615 words. A professional uses an average vocabulary of 2,153 words.
An idea for research would be to use a Statistical Language Model, with the Hidden Markov Modelling against "Brainwave Models", as opposed to "Acoustic Models", to create a system that does not need training. I'm thinking something like "Sphinx 4" - only for brainwaves, not soundwaves.
Discounting TFA, and reading the Press Release directly, this is *not* a case of Novell selling out or kissing up to Microsoft.
All you idiots with your whore, kneepad, and other irrelevant derisive appelations, should go back to school and learn how to do basic research.
The article was put out by ZDNet for christsake - that should have been a big enough cluestick that the article is going to be biased toward MS. There's a big history on why many people refer to ZDNet as MICROS~1.
But why only German? Why not Middle English as well?
The work of John Wycliffe preceded the work of Martin Luther by over a century. And any truly educated theologian knows that there is a treasure trove of scholarly work regarding early Christianity in both Old English and Middle English.
The fact that you don't have a mastery of Middle English tells me that just because you have an M.Div. doesn't necessarily make you more qualified as a theologian than someone who has made a serious study of the old languages and Church history without possession of any degree in them to speak of. But of course you should already know this because a M.Div. is more related to Ministry than Theology.
If you can't handle the fact that it was Katharine Harris (with her main support coming from Central Florida) that gave us the constitutional travesty that is the presidency of G.W. Bush, then stop moderating.
The First Amendment does not restrict itself to *political speech*. The word "political" is not used anywhere within the U.S. Constitution, much less the First Amendment, therefore there is no "explicit" about it. Perhaps you meant "implicit"? In either case, it *is* clear from the full text of the First Amendment that *all* speech was intended to be covered, not just "political speech".
To whit: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Notice the mention of religion? Notice the mention of the press? These are not necessarily related to "politics".
Of course, being from Central Florida, I don't expect you to really give much attention to the actual US Constitution - just the Katharine Harris Abridged Edition.
I believe at some point in time, in 2005, someone representing herself as "Pamela Jones" of Groklaw fame did in fact meet with Steven J Vaughn-Nichols in person.
I don't know to what extent SJVN verified the identity of that person, but I have no reason to doubt that such a meeting did in fact take place.
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Obviously he's a little more knowledgeable than you gave him credit for - he issued his correction four minutes before you made your post.
You have failed to provide any supporting evidence that being trained in the "Classics" is of any real tangible benefit and therefore your conclusion that the quality of education has been lessened is unsubstantiated at best.
Here's a template for you to use to prove a prima facie case:
S - significance - how big is the problem?
H - harm - is there any real harm?
I - inherency - is the problem built into "the system" or is it just a coincidental occurance ?
T - topicality - is your symptom really related to the problem?
S - solvency - would the problem actually be solved?
bottom line is that you haven't shown us $HIT$ and therefore your argument falls flat.
You missed the 'a' at the end.
The history of Pepsi was that it was introduced as a curative for dyspepsia, so the makers of Pepsi probably wouldn't mind a little publicity on their product's history.
On a related note - Dr. Pepper was created for the same purpose, using prune juice in their recipe.
Before Hormel introduced the canned meat (a combination of pork shoulder and ham,) the word 'Spam' did not exist.
What this ruling says is that the creators of an original work really have no control over their work.
It doesn't surprise me that the current bunch of Slashdotters obviously are clueless and have been so ever since Robin Miller's crew took over.
This is a case of arrogant GPL-nazis doing EXACTLY what they castigated the BSD group for.
It's ironic justice, kharma, or whatever you want to call it.
What goes around comes around.
Not so strange that your comment was improperly moderated with no recourse for you to protest -
The broken moderation and karma systems used by slashdot has made the entire thing so useless for the most part that many of us with very low user IDs have moved on to use other sites like Digg.com.
I only pop in very occasionally - using linuxhomepage.com to spot the rare article that I might read (and even fewer that I'll comment on.)
as is apparent from the unfair modding of the parent as "Flamebait"
... I'll just stick with Digg.
Take a look at my user # - I've been following Slashdot a long time and I can say that it is no longer worth a damn to really read
I for one welcome news of our new Martian overlords.
>This could be a very good thing...
absolutely.
Given, this will go a long way toward *preventing* future cases of malaria.
But there is still no cure for it. People who contract malaria keep it for a lifetime. It would be nice to find a way to *cure* malaria in addition to *preventing* it.
The parent is right.
Dump the RIAA and its minions - in the the true American spirit, give these independants a shot:
http://www.rpmchallenge.com/
We're starting to see a problem with accumulating "space junk" of objects in near-Earth orbit. Maybe this could pave the way to a space salvage operation ala the TV series "Salvage 1".
I don't see any reason that production costs couldn't be comparable with India ...
We've got Japanese, Korean, and French made economy cars in the US - why not Indian?
Of course that would drive the demand for petroleum way down and then we'd have to subsidize Halliburton, et al.
You can start here:a %20Diamond%20IRA%202006.pps
http://www.corelearn.com/IRA%20Presentations/Lind
My son laid out just such an idea for a fourth-grade project. That was 1.5 years ago. So, if someone tries just such an obvious move - remember this comment and let me know. We'll get it nullified real quick.
No.
According to the current research, the average middle class person actually only uses a vocabulary of 1251. An "impoverished" individual uses an average vocabulary of 615 words. A professional uses an average vocabulary of 2,153 words.
An idea for research would be to use a Statistical Language Model, with the Hidden Markov Modelling against "Brainwave Models", as opposed to "Acoustic Models", to create a system that does not need training. I'm thinking something like "Sphinx 4" - only for brainwaves, not soundwaves.
And if I have to explain why, then you obviously don't understand the court system well enough.
Discounting TFA, and reading the Press Release directly, this is *not* a case of Novell selling out or kissing up to Microsoft.
All you idiots with your whore, kneepad, and other irrelevant derisive appelations, should go back to school and learn how to do basic research.
The article was put out by ZDNet for christsake - that should have been a big enough cluestick that the article is going to be biased toward MS. There's a big history on why many people refer to ZDNet as MICROS~1.
Greek, Latin, and Hebrew I understand.
But why only German? Why not Middle English as well?
The work of John Wycliffe preceded the work of Martin Luther by over a century. And any truly educated theologian knows that there is a treasure trove of scholarly work regarding early Christianity in both Old English and Middle English.
The fact that you don't have a mastery of Middle English tells me that just because you have an M.Div. doesn't necessarily make you more qualified as a theologian than someone who has made a serious study of the old languages and Church history without possession of any degree in them to speak of. But of course you should already know this because a M.Div. is more related to Ministry than Theology.
Thank you.
Hey Mr. Moderator - you're an idiot ... Why don't you email directly you dullwitted imbecile?
My post was definitely not a troll.
If you can't handle the fact that it was Katharine Harris (with her main support coming from Central Florida) that gave us the constitutional travesty that is the presidency of G.W. Bush, then stop moderating.
The First Amendment does not restrict itself to *political speech*. The word "political" is not used anywhere within the U.S. Constitution, much less the First Amendment, therefore there is no "explicit" about it. Perhaps you meant "implicit"? In either case, it *is* clear from the full text of the First Amendment that *all* speech was intended to be covered, not just "political speech".
To whit:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Notice the mention of religion? Notice the mention of the press? These are not necessarily related to "politics".
Of course, being from Central Florida, I don't expect you to really give much attention to the actual US Constitution - just the Katharine Harris Abridged Edition.
I believe at some point in time, in 2005, someone representing herself as "Pamela Jones" of Groklaw fame did in fact meet with Steven J Vaughn-Nichols in person.
I don't know to what extent SJVN verified the identity of that person, but I have no reason to doubt that such a meeting did in fact take place.