If schools were interested in testing if people know how to do something, rather than testing if they know what something is, cheating would not be a problem. Besides, knowing how to do something is more useful than knowing what something is.
Everyone should pay their fair share, the poor, the rich, and those in between.
I'm pretty sure everyone would agree with your statement. The question is, what is fair?
Is it fair that 40 hours per week at a minimum wage job is not a living wage for most people in most areas?
Is it fair that the tax rate is lower for people who make more money?
Is it fair to declare bankruptcy due to health care expenses even with an expensive insurance program?
I used to think just like you: my money, my choice. Though I doubt this post will change your mind, my perspective of what is fair has changed with age and experience. I have grown up with many advantages which, though once transparent, are now revealed. Everyone deserves the high quality education and state sponsored health care I had the benefit of growing up with (mom was a teacher).
We are all brothers and sisters. It is wise to pool our resources to nurture our collective quality of life.
Would this NOT give extra incentive to learn the language of the land, and assimilate into the greater US culture, as past generations of immigrants did?
Yes, the original immigrants assimilated and adopted the languages and ways of the native peoples of North America.
Link goes to one of my all time favorite Ted videos, because I often find myself asking the same questions as Catherine Mohr; except, where I guess, she has quantitative answers!
I recently picked up a 2TB WD Black drive with a 5 year warranty. DoA. RMA. DoA again.
Decided to try my luck with Seagate F4 2TB. Received two drives hoping at least one would work. Both passed extended tests.
If you look at the number of "1 egg" ratings on newegg, especially skewed for the past 6 months or so, it seems to me that WD is having quality control issues. But yes, it could just be completely random.
PC-BSD does what you want. Each package installer includes everything that piece of software needs - library versions, etc. The end of DLL hell.
There's a catch; multiple applications using the same libraries have those libraries loaded into memory multiple times. Also, library bugfixes, etc., must be applied across each individual package.
Perhaps a free ad campaign is in order? I know I'd be willing to donate space on my personal site. My boss could possibly be talked into donating space...
I'll be honest, the 40 minute savings doesn't really seem to be worth 10 billion dollars, until you realize that the USA could have built 70 of these things instead of the Iraq war...
I don't know, I'm supporting 2 kids, a dog, a house, two cars and a stay-at-home wife on my salary.
I see this sort of comment frequently. It seems to imply, hey, I'm doing just fine, so what if everyone else is struggling? If only they worked as hard as I do, they could have what I have!
But it's possible that you have what you have because you were in the right place at the right time, got lucky, were born into a nurturing family, etc., in addition to being talented and hard working, and best of all, a slashdot contributor.
Anyway, my point is that we're all interdependent, and we should be concerned for each other's well being.
I'm with feepness... I think the money supply could be carefully managed to grow with the economy without inflation.
I guess my main gripe is mainly not with inflation per se but with the idea that the economy must grow indefinitely forever.
My feeling is that, at some point, we're going to have to learn to live in harmony with our environment. It seems to me that our economic growth is entirely based on population growth.
It also seems as though all of our amazing improvements in efficiency have not led to more leisure hours for all, as would have been assumed, but has actually led to less jobs, with the few remaining workers going crazy with overtime and a decrease in purchasing power.
I'm not an economist, but does anyone else think inflation is a bad idea?
A friend of mine thinks inflation will always arise because there will always be people and institutions willing to pay interest, even if the primary, government regulated currency resisted inflation.
I remember reading about a bank in the 70s which would accept deposits in USD and then store them in a commodity-backed currency (i.e., one unit = x barrels of hay + y bushels of corn + z barrels of oil)... sounds like an interesting idea, but I never found out what happened to that institution.
Anyway, anyone want to sell me on the idea of inflation? The worst effect of an inflation-proof currency I can imagine is that people would save their money instead of investing, which is potentially bad if you're trying to borrow money.
Grades should be used to differentiate students so that they can they can know their weaknesses, strengths, and where they stand amongst their peers. Then teachers can use this information to better help the students, or the students can use it to help themselves. My justification is that time is always limited, so it is in everyone's best interest to make the best use of limited resources.
it could be extremely attractive to businesses mostly run off of web applications
It's awful how many web apps require Internet Explorer on Windows. MLXChange and Paychex come to mind. Combine this with Quickbooks and a huge library of custom apps and you have a situation where Windows absolutely owns the small business market.
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If schools were interested in testing if people know how to do something, rather than testing if they know what something is, cheating would not be a problem. Besides, knowing how to do something is more useful than knowing what something is.
Everyone should pay their fair share, the poor, the rich, and those in between.
I'm pretty sure everyone would agree with your statement. The question is, what is fair?
Is it fair that 40 hours per week at a minimum wage job is not a living wage for most people in most areas?
Is it fair that the tax rate is lower for people who make more money?
Is it fair to declare bankruptcy due to health care expenses even with an expensive insurance program?
I used to think just like you: my money, my choice. Though I doubt this post will change your mind, my perspective of what is fair has changed with age and experience. I have grown up with many advantages which, though once transparent, are now revealed. Everyone deserves the high quality education and state sponsored health care I had the benefit of growing up with (mom was a teacher).
We are all brothers and sisters. It is wise to pool our resources to nurture our collective quality of life.
Would this NOT give extra incentive to learn the language of the land, and assimilate into the greater US culture, as past generations of immigrants did?
Yes, the original immigrants assimilated and adopted the languages and ways of the native peoples of North America.
Actually, it may be more efficient to replace the existing house with a more energy efficient house.
Link goes to one of my all time favorite Ted videos, because I often find myself asking the same questions as Catherine Mohr; except, where I guess, she has quantitative answers!
Samsung has a 320gig single platter single arm drive called F4. One might hope the mechanical simplicity results in extended life...
err, not Seagate; rather, Samsung F4
I recently picked up a 2TB WD Black drive with a 5 year warranty. DoA. RMA. DoA again.
Decided to try my luck with Seagate F4 2TB. Received two drives hoping at least one would work. Both passed extended tests.
If you look at the number of "1 egg" ratings on newegg, especially skewed for the past 6 months or so, it seems to me that WD is having quality control issues. But yes, it could just be completely random.
PC-BSD does what you want. Each package installer includes everything that piece of software needs - library versions, etc. The end of DLL hell.
There's a catch; multiple applications using the same libraries have those libraries loaded into memory multiple times. Also, library bugfixes, etc., must be applied across each individual package.
But, it does exist!
Perhaps a free ad campaign is in order? I know I'd be willing to donate space on my personal site. My boss could possibly be talked into donating space...
I'll be honest, the 40 minute savings doesn't really seem to be worth 10 billion dollars, until you realize that the USA could have built 70 of these things instead of the Iraq war...
Cut out the middlemen and give it directly to recording industry lobbyists.
And then what? Hope to eventually make some of it back as tax revenue?
Why not cut out the middleperson - pay the money directly to themselves as tax income!
Genius!
Why don't I work on Wall Street?
I think this is the sort of thing that google wave was supposed to be helpful for, if it only had a chance.
I don't know, I'm supporting 2 kids, a dog, a house, two cars and a stay-at-home wife on my salary.
I see this sort of comment frequently. It seems to imply, hey, I'm doing just fine, so what if everyone else is struggling? If only they worked as hard as I do, they could have what I have!
But it's possible that you have what you have because you were in the right place at the right time, got lucky, were born into a nurturing family, etc., in addition to being talented and hard working, and best of all, a slashdot contributor.
Anyway, my point is that we're all interdependent, and we should be concerned for each other's well being.
You could stick with LTS.
I'm with feepness... I think the money supply could be carefully managed to grow with the economy without inflation.
I guess my main gripe is mainly not with inflation per se but with the idea that the economy must grow indefinitely forever.
My feeling is that, at some point, we're going to have to learn to live in harmony with our environment. It seems to me that our economic growth is entirely based on population growth.
It also seems as though all of our amazing improvements in efficiency have not led to more leisure hours for all, as would have been assumed, but has actually led to less jobs, with the few remaining workers going crazy with overtime and a decrease in purchasing power.
So... now what?
I'm not an economist, but does anyone else think inflation is a bad idea?
A friend of mine thinks inflation will always arise because there will always be people and institutions willing to pay interest, even if the primary, government regulated currency resisted inflation.
I remember reading about a bank in the 70s which would accept deposits in USD and then store them in a commodity-backed currency (i.e., one unit = x barrels of hay + y bushels of corn + z barrels of oil)... sounds like an interesting idea, but I never found out what happened to that institution.
Anyway, anyone want to sell me on the idea of inflation? The worst effect of an inflation-proof currency I can imagine is that people would save their money instead of investing, which is potentially bad if you're trying to borrow money.
Grades should be used to differentiate students so that they can they can know their weaknesses, strengths, and where they stand amongst their peers. Then teachers can use this information to better help the students, or the students can use it to help themselves. My justification is that time is always limited, so it is in everyone's best interest to make the best use of limited resources.
so... product reviews?
I'm a netbook user. I just saw a lot of comments in this thread to the tune of, "well I can't get an iPad because I need a keyboard."
I guess the "be" to strive for is "accomplished to my potential." Surely the Germans have some word for it...
it could be extremely attractive to businesses mostly run off of web applications
It's awful how many web apps require Internet Explorer on Windows. MLXChange and Paychex come to mind. Combine this with Quickbooks and a huge library of custom apps and you have a situation where Windows absolutely owns the small business market.
it's AIs all the way down...
to me there is a difference between memorizing (learning verbatim/rote) and just remembering something
Memorize means commit to memory. So if you can remember something, then you have committed it to memory, and thus, you have memorized it.
If you need a physical keyboard for lots of data input, an iPad (or any tablet with a touchscreen) isn't ever going to fit the bill.
Even using a bluetooth keyboard?
Just thought I'd point out that Apple supports bluetooth keyboard connectivity on the iPad.
I say this as a netbook user.