OTOH, if the degrees and certifications are being sold as personal enrichment, then that's a different matter...
Nobody should be taking on debt for "personal enrichment". If you need to borrow money to go to college, then you need a degree that justifies the expense.
The art history and philosophy degrees are for students with rich parents.
Also, the purpose of employment is the production of goods and services, not "keeping people busy". If AT&T can provide the same services with fewer people, that is a GOOD THING, because these people can be redeployed in other jobs were they will contribute to productivity.
There is no type of proof that cannot be warped into the Global Warming Armageddon myth.
"Proof" is a mathematical concept. In science, there is only evidence.
The evidence is that the very deepest ocean water, in the Marianas, Philippine, and Bougainville trenches, is getting colder. A plausible hypothesis is the one made in TFA: A lag of Antarctic bottom water from the Little Ice Age, because of the deep basins in the Southern Ocean.
This is supported by models, and (most importantly) is falsifiable: If the hypothesis is correct, the water in the southern basins should be getting warmer. Surface waters should also be warming. Only the extreme depths should be getting colder.
If you have an alternative hypothesis, then please tell us, and explain how it can be falsified.
Other "contradictory" evidence, such as expanding sea ice around Antarctica, is also best explained within the context of global warming: As air temperatures rise, they hold more moisture, which means more snowfall onto the ice pack. So the ice pack is expanding even as measured air temperatures rise. Notably, this is NOT happening in the Arctic, since temperatures there are already higher. The northern ice pack has shrunk by over a million square miles. Feel free to post an alternative falsifiable hypothesis.
During the Little Ice Age, surface temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere dropped by about 2C, and sea ice expanded while snowfall decreased. The coldest and densest water in the ocean is Antarctic bottom water, which forms as ice freezes on the surface. The ice is nearly salt free, which means the seawater left behind is extra salty, and thus dense, so it sinks. When it reaches the bottom, it can't just immediately flow toward the deepest part of the sea, because there is no monotonic slope. Instead it fills basins close to the ice shelf, and only flows to deeper water when those are full. Yes, this can take centuries. Reason: The ocean is big. Really big.
Silicon Valley isn't in LA. The air is generally very clean.
Meanwhile, in Nebraska, the combine drivers have to stop every hour or so to cough the dust out of their lungs. The life expectancy of a farmer is lower than most other professions.
wait for a cell phone call from within your house. Now I have your cell number.
How can a common thief get my phone number by parking in front of my house?
A thief is not going to have access to a Stingray. Even if he did, it is difficult to distinguish a phone call from one house from another next door or across the street,
Patterns, sure. But is it worthwhile to know them?
If you already have the data, then processing it is not expensive. If you are already pre-processing it for other reasons, then it is even cheaper.
Using a security camera to detect someone buying groceries may not be useful, but using an automated drone camera to detect someone placing an IED is obviously valuable.
A few years back the "International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology" published a paper that was nothing but "get me off your fucking mailing list" repeated over and over again.
That is a pay-to-publish open access journal. You email your paper, pay the fee, and it is published. Since the journal is garbage, nobody subscribes to it, so the papers only appear online, and it costs the publishers almost nothing to run it. But it does give the authors a plausible looking citation to include in their publication history.
The journals in TFA are different. They are some of the leading journals in their fields. Although, to be fair, they did reject 13 out of the 20 papers.
My mom raises bees on her farm, and has a half acre dedicated to wildflowers, buckwheat for the bees, and thousands of milkweed plants. If more people would do the same, the world would have more butterflies.
If you have a backyard, you should consider scrapping your lawnmower, and getting some wildflower and milkweed seeds.
She might own a computer that works fine for her personal stuff, but doesn't measure up to whatever the job requires - like running a Java-based word processor and spreadsheet.:-P
The summary says she needs a browser and "office-like" functionality. A $29 Raspberry Pi can run a browser and Google Docs. Any laptop under a decade old should "measure up".
.... a single light rail train track, which doesn't really go to places it is desparately needed (like the college campus.)
That is the problem with rail. It goes where it goes when it was built. It can't adapt. It is also far more expensive than more flexible options like buses.
But discussing passenger rail with a liberal is like discussing the border wall with a conservative. Neither is able to think rationally.
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That just sounds like slavery with extra steps.
It differs from slavery in the same way that making love differs from rape: consent.
OTOH, if the degrees and certifications are being sold as personal enrichment, then that's a different matter ...
Nobody should be taking on debt for "personal enrichment". If you need to borrow money to go to college, then you need a degree that justifies the expense.
The art history and philosophy degrees are for students with rich parents.
Well, AT&T was already subjected to that fate
The AT&T that was broken up in 1984 was a DIFFERENT COMPANY.
SBC bought the rights to the AT&T brand and logo in 2005.
The heart of the original AT&T became Lucent Technologies, and then later Alcatel-Lucent, and I believe they are now part of Nokia.
Also, the purpose of employment is the production of goods and services, not "keeping people busy". If AT&T can provide the same services with fewer people, that is a GOOD THING, because these people can be redeployed in other jobs were they will contribute to productivity.
Make work jobs are not "good for the economy".
If the water is cooling then ...
The water is NOT cooling. Warmer water is being displaced by colder/saltier/denser water flowing in from further south.
This is called thermohaline circulation, and it is a well know phenomena.
There is no type of proof that cannot be warped into the Global Warming Armageddon myth.
"Proof" is a mathematical concept. In science, there is only evidence.
The evidence is that the very deepest ocean water, in the Marianas, Philippine, and Bougainville trenches, is getting colder. A plausible hypothesis is the one made in TFA: A lag of Antarctic bottom water from the Little Ice Age, because of the deep basins in the Southern Ocean.
This is supported by models, and (most importantly) is falsifiable: If the hypothesis is correct, the water in the southern basins should be getting warmer. Surface waters should also be warming. Only the extreme depths should be getting colder.
If you have an alternative hypothesis, then please tell us, and explain how it can be falsified.
Other "contradictory" evidence, such as expanding sea ice around Antarctica, is also best explained within the context of global warming: As air temperatures rise, they hold more moisture, which means more snowfall onto the ice pack. So the ice pack is expanding even as measured air temperatures rise. Notably, this is NOT happening in the Arctic, since temperatures there are already higher. The northern ice pack has shrunk by over a million square miles. Feel free to post an alternative falsifiable hypothesis.
During the Little Ice Age, surface temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere dropped by about 2C, and sea ice expanded while snowfall decreased. The coldest and densest water in the ocean is Antarctic bottom water, which forms as ice freezes on the surface. The ice is nearly salt free, which means the seawater left behind is extra salty, and thus dense, so it sinks. When it reaches the bottom, it can't just immediately flow toward the deepest part of the sea, because there is no monotonic slope. Instead it fills basins close to the ice shelf, and only flows to deeper water when those are full. Yes, this can take centuries. Reason: The ocean is big. Really big.
Here is an excellent description of the topology of the ocean bottom. Especially look at the last map, showing the deep basins around Antarctica.
Silicon Valley isn't in LA. The air is generally very clean.
Meanwhile, in Nebraska, the combine drivers have to stop every hour or so to cough the dust out of their lungs. The life expectancy of a farmer is lower than most other professions.
They think it means a professional kidnapper, like Boba Fett.
Bullcrap. Boba Fett was working within the legal jurisdiction of the Empire. He was just as legitimate as any other bounty hunter.
wait for a cell phone call from within your house. Now I have your cell number.
How can a common thief get my phone number by parking in front of my house?
A thief is not going to have access to a Stingray. Even if he did, it is difficult to distinguish a phone call from one house from another next door or across the street,
How about your insurance company ? .
Let's take a look at where you've been eating for the past year. . .
When I eat out with my daughter, she insists we go to the vegan salad bar. So I am looking forward to a reduction in my insurance rates.
Patterns, sure. But is it worthwhile to know them?
If you already have the data, then processing it is not expensive. If you are already pre-processing it for other reasons, then it is even cheaper.
Using a security camera to detect someone buying groceries may not be useful, but using an automated drone camera to detect someone placing an IED is obviously valuable.
If flying a drone is all that it takes to bring Heathrow down to its knees ...
It doesn't even take that. There is no physical or photographic evidence that there was actually a drone. It was just a reported "sighting".
You don't even need the drones. Just claim you saw one. You can even phone it in anonymously.
A few years back the "International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology" published a paper that was nothing but "get me off your fucking mailing list" repeated over and over again.
That is a pay-to-publish open access journal. You email your paper, pay the fee, and it is published. Since the journal is garbage, nobody subscribes to it, so the papers only appear online, and it costs the publishers almost nothing to run it. But it does give the authors a plausible looking citation to include in their publication history.
The journals in TFA are different. They are some of the leading journals in their fields. Although, to be fair, they did reject 13 out of the 20 papers.
My mom raises bees on her farm, and has a half acre dedicated to wildflowers, buckwheat for the bees, and thousands of milkweed plants. If more people would do the same, the world would have more butterflies.
If you have a backyard, you should consider scrapping your lawnmower, and getting some wildflower and milkweed seeds.
Women had suffrage in NJ from 1776 to 1807.
Interesting. I didn't know that.
According to several sources, it was limited to unmarried women who owned property. But that is still very enlightened for the times.
So apparently 1807 was when things in New Jersey started going downhill.
they should be LOWERING rates to stop the bleeding, win back some customers, and re-build their customer base.
Are you serious?
Here is a full count of all the cord cutters that have ever changed their mind and gone back to paying for cable-TV: 0.
Slightly lower rates are not going to change anything.
She might own a computer that works fine for her personal stuff, but doesn't measure up to whatever the job requires - like running a Java-based word processor and spreadsheet. :-P
The summary says she needs a browser and "office-like" functionality. A $29 Raspberry Pi can run a browser and Google Docs. Any laptop under a decade old should "measure up".
Spend a few hundred bucks and get one of the tens of thousands of like new refurbs out there.
Or she can buy a brand new 15-inch Chromebook for $149.
Perhaps you should have hired someone who already owns a laptop.
You hired someone to work all day on a computer ... who doesn't own a computer. This is not an auspicious beginning.
That's why it's almost childishly simple. It's not a policy, it's a memory trick to keep him from going too far off script.
That's what I thought during the campaign: It was just a trick to get the votes of stupid people.
But now the whole point of the shutdown is a concerted attempt by the GOP to turn it into ACTUAL POLICY.
There is now a very good chance that the wall will be at least partially built ... and the Mexico won't be paying for it.
states that allowed Blacks and women (yep, NJ did even in the late 1700s) to vote
The first state to give women the vote was Wyoming, in 1890.
.... a single light rail train track, which doesn't really go to places it is desparately needed (like the college campus.)
That is the problem with rail. It goes where it goes when it was built. It can't adapt. It is also far more expensive than more flexible options like buses.
But discussing passenger rail with a liberal is like discussing the border wall with a conservative. Neither is able to think rationally.
Naturally, the world's population has a tendency to double every 40 years or so. These people need jobs
Nearly all of that increase is happening in Africa, not New York.