If you've read "The Selfish Gene" or are familiar with the topic of memes, perhaps here's an explanation. I see something that is wrong or incomplete. I want to spread my point of view. I go edit. I see related links. Oh no, those are shitty too. Edit more. Loop for a few hours...
There are also a good number of folks who gain value in non-monetary terms. Think of the tremendous number of volunteers there are. I would imagine retired people would love to write articles. There *is* value in giving back for some people, and the beauty of wikipedia (as opposed to formal volunteering programs) is that it's highly flexible. Surely that is of value; not having to commit certain hours or a level of dedication.
your answer sounds a bit like an econ homework assignment though:)
A government-funded station is currenctly experienceing a chilling effect because government regulations that have been in place for years prevent said government-funded station from broadcasting certain words over airwaves allocated to it by the government but ultimately belonging to the People of the United States of America (hence the term "public airwaves").
interesting. I thought the idea of going to a big i-bank was to get the blue blood name and the "training program". I gather you just started i-banking, what are you looking to get out of it?
Science is not exclusive to this. In business it's also important to have connections and to have timing on your side. Yes I would be frustrated as a newly minted post-doc making $47k a year, esp. since one of my friends dropped out of community college and is now making $50k in the real estate industry. But often times, your super knowledge is not a substitute for your people skills and well...luck.
There should be no reason to recruit outside the USA for PhD programs. We should be able to have a good pool of undergrads in the USA to fill almost every PhD seat.
Yes there is. If you want the *best* and *most promising* undergrads, you'll want to find people outside the US too. I agree you can find a group of undergrads in the US that can hack it, but the best? probably not. (disclaimer: I am an undergrad at UC Berkeley)
I think the take-home point is that while there may be a demand for such, the supply of people wanting to do a PhD is tremendous. Even I would like to stay at Berkeley and do a PhD. I love reading, research, etc....
I agree with you that the "conveyor belt education" concept is not working out for a lot of people.
but you have to consider that many many students go university because it's expected of them. because it will get them a better job, etc. education is already widely accessible (see your local community college) but there's still the idea of a college graduation requirement for most good jobs...
Alex (the astron god) also puts out a lecture series provided by The Teaching Company. The price is high but it seems like it's top quality.
Of course you can also see the berkeley webcast archive. be careful because they only show the last two semester's worth of courses. for example the astro 10 I took in 2001 isn't online anymore. also uses real player iirc. astro 10 is taught as a general interest course and is quite interesting even if you don't care about astronomy at all.
actually judging from the attendance at some of my math lectures in berkeley, that might be all you need to learn some subjects.
many cs majors ditch their classes too..only doing the homework and taking tests/doing projects. it may be closer to the "real college experience" than you think. if you want answers, get a solutions guide..
I believe you. But wouldn't expansion from a franchising company (i.e. McDonalds) increase cash flows? I am pretty sure that franchisees must pay a set fee at the beginning.
How's i-banking?:) I'm a college student and several of my friends are trying to get in/or are already in...
Sounds like what I've heard union representatives saying. And you make some good points and the bottom line is that different people want different things out of their jobs.
But the guy says he's happy. Personally if I see a happy poor kid, I don't point out all the problems with his life and all the adversities he's going to come across.
Don't get so caught up in your strategy towards the goal of happiness...
While your comment may be on the mark, it struck me that it sounds exactly like the OTC stock spam I've been getting via fax and email lately:) As an aside, are you a shareholder or are you looking to get into SBUX?
exhibit A:
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The last line of your sentence, "So much for the free market and consumer choice" has no relevance to what you said at all.
If you had planned your route in advance, carefully, instead of just winging it, you might have taken the right bus. For example, I can drive to "University Ave" and be miles away from the actual University.
The cabs aren't there because, as you say, you were in the "middle of nowhere". If this were a cab driver forum, you'd find no sympathy. Plus, if you happened upon a pay phone or thought ahead to bring a cell phone while traveling, you could call a taxi dispatcher. Or lacking a phone number for taxi dispatch, called local directory service (hint: 411 isn't just asking for girls' numbers) and a taxi would come.
In fact, it seems like your case is an excellent example of consumer choice--except you made some pretty naive choices. But since you were a tourist, I suppose it's excusable. Just plan ahead when you travel next time...you're a student, so you should be good at researching these kinds of things!
Also, the alternatives to rail are cheaper in the US. Roads are bigger and are generally subsidized by your tax dollars, gas is comparatively cheaper, cars are more plentiful, air can often cost less than taking the train.
You bring up some good points. I have some reading to do. But about this point:
Furthermore, by itemizing the bill (which would be several hundred pages long), they are making the inference that you can line item veto services you don't want. Which is again absurd. Everybody agrees we need a welfare assistance program but nobody wants their cash going to freeloaders. Allowing people to vote with their dollars would mean having to advertise and hard sell each social program, of which there are thousands.
I noticed on your website you mentioned yourself as libertarian. How does this passage and your philosophy mesh? Isn't the standard libertarian position on paying for government "user fees"?
I'm not sure everyone agrees we should have a welfare assistance program, also.
Personally I feel that any person that can't manage to park their car shouldn't be allowed to drive it at all.
I understand your sentiment: if someone can't even park their car, how can they drive?
But consider that parallel parking, in particular, might be a skill completely independent of actually driving. Here in Orange County you can have a complete and fulfilling driving life without EVER having to parallel park. There is some subset of those folks who are safe drivesr. Are you implying that they can't drive? Of course that's not the case.
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Wow, thoughtful.
:)
If you've read "The Selfish Gene" or are familiar with the topic of memes, perhaps here's an explanation. I see something that is wrong or incomplete. I want to spread my point of view. I go edit. I see related links. Oh no, those are shitty too. Edit more. Loop for a few hours...
There are also a good number of folks who gain value in non-monetary terms. Think of the tremendous number of volunteers there are. I would imagine retired people would love to write articles. There *is* value in giving back for some people, and the beauty of wikipedia (as opposed to formal volunteering programs) is that it's highly flexible. Surely that is of value; not having to commit certain hours or a level of dedication.
your answer sounds a bit like an econ homework assignment though
and you wanted to play in a planned community, why? In Irvine the cops will come by if you're just walking on the wrong side of the street.
(exaggeration)
you forgot a part:
A government-funded station is currenctly experienceing a chilling effect because government regulations that have been in place for years prevent said government-funded station from broadcasting certain words over airwaves allocated to it by the government but ultimately belonging to the People of the United States of America (hence the term "public airwaves").
That's funny that you point it out.
Notice how the public debate was shifted from "Should we be in Iraq" to "Michael Moore, etc etc"?
Interesting re-framing, and probably beneficial to Bush as the latter can't possibly be as damaging as the former.
"tactile" ... "jackito" ... oh my.
let's hope it's not a "pda"
original lyrics
interesting. I thought the idea of going to a big i-bank was to get the blue blood name and the "training program". I gather you just started i-banking, what are you looking to get out of it?
Science is not exclusive to this. In business it's also important to have connections and to have timing on your side. Yes I would be frustrated as a newly minted post-doc making $47k a year, esp. since one of my friends dropped out of community college and is now making $50k in the real estate industry. But often times, your super knowledge is not a substitute for your people skills and well...luck.
There should be no reason to recruit outside the USA for PhD programs. We should be able to have a good pool of undergrads in the USA to fill almost every PhD seat.
Yes there is. If you want the *best* and *most promising* undergrads, you'll want to find people outside the US too. I agree you can find a group of undergrads in the US that can hack it, but the best? probably not. (disclaimer: I am an undergrad at UC Berkeley)
I think the take-home point is that while there may be a demand for such, the supply of people wanting to do a PhD is tremendous. Even I would like to stay at Berkeley and do a PhD. I love reading, research, etc....
you're assuming that if I'm home, that I want to answer the phone, reply to IM's, etc.
Sometimes that's just not the case...
that's like assuming that if I'm in the office, then I must be reading my e-mail.
I agree with you that the "conveyor belt education" concept is not working out for a lot of people.
but you have to consider that many many students go university because it's expected of them. because it will get them a better job, etc. education is already widely accessible (see your local community college) but there's still the idea of a college graduation requirement for most good jobs...
Alex (the astron god) also puts out a lecture series provided by The Teaching Company. The price is high but it seems like it's top quality.
Of course you can also see the berkeley webcast archive. be careful because they only show the last two semester's worth of courses. for example the astro 10 I took in 2001 isn't online anymore. also uses real player iirc. astro 10 is taught as a general interest course and is quite interesting even if you don't care about astronomy at all.
actually judging from the attendance at some of my math lectures in berkeley, that might be all you need to learn some subjects.
many cs majors ditch their classes too..only doing the homework and taking tests/doing projects. it may be closer to the "real college experience" than you think. if you want answers, get a solutions guide..
have you ever played simcity? it's tough to get rail in there sometimes :)
yes there is probably some kind of influence going on, but I don't think it's the sole cause. you're oversimplifying.
I believe you. But wouldn't expansion from a franchising company (i.e. McDonalds) increase cash flows? I am pretty sure that franchisees must pay a set fee at the beginning.
:) I'm a college student and several of my friends are trying to get in/or are already in...
How's i-banking?
Sounds like what I've heard union representatives saying. And you make some good points and the bottom line is that different people want different things out of their jobs.
But the guy says he's happy. Personally if I see a happy poor kid, I don't point out all the problems with his life and all the adversities he's going to come across.
Don't get so caught up in your strategy towards the goal of happiness...
exhibit A:
thanks. colin's method is flawed too, try "slashdot" and you'll get "slashdot effect"
actually Wikipedia is busier than slashdot, according to Alexa.
And for good reason. (disclaimer: I am a Wikipedia contributor.) Also recommend Wikitravel.
The last line of your sentence, "So much for the free market and consumer choice" has no relevance to what you said at all.
If you had planned your route in advance, carefully, instead of just winging it, you might have taken the right bus. For example, I can drive to "University Ave" and be miles away from the actual University.
The cabs aren't there because, as you say, you were in the "middle of nowhere". If this were a cab driver forum, you'd find no sympathy. Plus, if you happened upon a pay phone or thought ahead to bring a cell phone while traveling, you could call a taxi dispatcher. Or lacking a phone number for taxi dispatch, called local directory service (hint: 411 isn't just asking for girls' numbers) and a taxi would come.
In fact, it seems like your case is an excellent example of consumer choice--except you made some pretty naive choices. But since you were a tourist, I suppose it's excusable. Just plan ahead when you travel next time...you're a student, so you should be good at researching these kinds of things!
Also, the alternatives to rail are cheaper in the US. Roads are bigger and are generally subsidized by your tax dollars, gas is comparatively cheaper, cars are more plentiful, air can often cost less than taking the train.
You bring up some good points. I have some reading to do. But about this point:
Furthermore, by itemizing the bill (which would be several hundred pages long), they are making the inference that you can line item veto services you don't want. Which is again absurd. Everybody agrees we need a welfare assistance program but nobody wants their cash going to freeloaders. Allowing people to vote with their dollars would mean having to advertise and hard sell each social program, of which there are thousands.
I noticed on your website you mentioned yourself as libertarian. How does this passage and your philosophy mesh? Isn't the standard libertarian position on paying for government "user fees"?
I'm not sure everyone agrees we should have a welfare assistance program, also.
anti-terrorism is working out quite popularly :)
Personally I feel that any person that can't manage to park their car shouldn't be allowed to drive it at all.
I understand your sentiment: if someone can't even park their car, how can they drive?
But consider that parallel parking, in particular, might be a skill completely independent of actually driving. Here in Orange County you can have a complete and fulfilling driving life without EVER having to parallel park. There is some subset of those folks who are safe drivesr. Are you implying that they can't drive? Of course that's not the case.