Well if Bill is so evil he can't die. Instead he will just rise as one of the Forsaken Scourge. We will then have to find, each geek on his own, the questgiver (noted with the ! over his head). Then head to Bill's tomb and vanquish this foe. Collect his head and bring it back to the quest giver (who will not have a ? over his head). Only one head can be collected per raid group and this is a 40 man raid.
MS doesn't own all of its code? Is there some patent/tm they forgot to file? And if so, what are the steps for me to file it, cause I will just sell it to MS for a mere 10 million.
While there may be some aberrant piece of code that MS forgot to patent/tm (i doubt it) I am pretty sure MS owns its own code. Until the laws change that is, assuming they do, which you know I don't see in the near future.
What is naive and narrow-minded? The fact the fed has our personal information? The fact that/. posters love to blow things out of proportion by making it sound like the big bad evil boogie-man is trying a new tactic for the first time and his goal is to steal your babies?
Just because you worked for the fed and had clearance (oh look, and so did i) does not mean much. Oh and I am sure you can think about committing a crime without getting caught....I am pretty sure Professor X doesn't work for the gov't.
A number is just a number and nothing more? How naive. Numbers tell us a lot. They link to other bits of information. For example if through your credit card number I traced that you bought 1000 lbs of TnT, your license # rented a Ryder truck, and as a gov't employee I traced your social to find out you were in jail for holding people hostage...Hmm Social security # and credit card # and license #told me a lot. That potentially your are going to blow someone up. I like numbers, they give us information.
But simply visting neo-nazi/black power/etc. websites does not make one evil. And while I do not like the republicans - and think our president is a moron, to act like they are the root of all evil is naive of you - especially a former fed employee and clearance holder.
I am glad the internet never forgets...because I don't want the world to forget that a 60 year old terrorist - who killed a bunch of people 40 years ago - is out there, and maybe we can find him with 40 year old information.
I have not comitted any crimes, let the gov't investigate at will. What are you scared of them finding? If it's your pr0n commercial, don't worry they really don't care that you masterbate 5 times a day.
As-if the federal gov't didn't already have personal information about all of it's citizens and most non-citizens. I mean come on guys - let's not spin another scare tactic. Social Security numbers - the fed has access to your criminal records, financial records, work records, purchase records, etc. This has been the case for many many years - way before the Internet.
This is nothing new. The only thing we need to do is to make sure the gov't does not misuse the information. Yes there are cases where it has been misused, and in instances where it was maliciously done so we should punish the culprits so heavily as to scare the crap out of any would-be evil-doer. In the case of accident, fix the mistake and put in prevantative measures.
Except on Mannoroth, where we PUG Onyxia and Ragnaros weekly.
Really? So how do you handle who gets what items? Do you guys use DKP? What website is that managed?
That is definitly a rare thing...Onyxia is not that hard, my friend was telling me of a video showing like 12 people downing ONY - though I am sure they were pretty epic'd out to do that. But Rag - that guy is a bear (his son's make it hard)
What's an "end game instance"? Is that where you beat the game? Or is it where you quit? If it's the former, then hey weren't even talking about that. If it's the latter, then "yes it is".
It's neither. Think dungeons and dragons. End-game instances are area's that you get to when you reach level 60 (presently the highest level). People do end-game instances for years at a time because there are amazing items that drop...the only thing is they don't always drop, and there are 40 other people who may be interested in your items so everyone has to take turns (actually it's a point buy system called DKP). Even once you are done doing an end-game instnace there are other such instances (presently there is ZG, MC, Ony, BWL, AQ20, AQ40) and then Blizzard is coming out with another one soon. AND even when you are done those there are other things to do: 1)battle ground pvp so you can get higher rank, which gives items/prestige, 2) start a new character, 3) help people out. As to "where you quit", well you can quit at level 10, 20 or 60 or never. Getting to level 60 is when most of the amazing stuff in the game opens up.
I don't want to be in a guild. At least, not necessarily. I just want to hop on and play once in a while, in a world that isn't the same every time I get there.
You don't have to be in a guild. Though I don't understand what you mean by "At least, not necessarily" other then to say you are not forced to join - it is your freedom, there will just be less things you can do. Chances are you will not be going on in an end-game instance (though potentially if you make a friend in a guild and the guild happens to need someone they may let you tag along). Also, guilds provide a way for you to get to know people. While you can easily get to know people randomly, being in a guild increases the chances you will stay in contact with certain people and thusly make for a more social experience. If that is not what you want then buy yourself a non-online based game.
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The problem with that is finding said group, organizing them, keeping them there long enough, before I decide I need to go to bed, blah, blah, blah.
That is NOT the problem with end game instances. Once you are in a guild that is of sufficient quality to do an instance then you guys schedule time. For 20 man and 40 man instances - if you have a guild of 100 people it is easy (in fact people are begging to get on the teams).
The problem with the end game instances is the sheer amount of time to finish them. I think MC, assuming you don't wipe, is about 4-6 hours. Usually MC is split into two night events.
The only instance I have ever had problems with, that I generally do not get a guild for, is UBRS. PUG groups (pick-up groups) are nightmares and are almost NEVER done for 20-40 man raids. In fact, whenever someone tries to organize a PUG 20-40 man group everyone laughs.
WoW has a TON of soloable quests, from level 1-60. Just a lot of the more rewarding quests (i.e. slaying the big huge dragon, or defeating the creature that is near god-like in power) requires a group of 20-40 people. You do not have to do it, but you will not get those rewards...and some of the best rewards in the game are soloable (battlegrounds ranks Marshal/Field Marshal/Grand Marshal gear, Cenarian Hold rewards, and more).
a government employee was allowed to walk out of a government installation
This is very misleading. Considering it sounds like he took it in electronic format, there are a TON of ways he could have taken this home and I doubt people are strip searched everyday they leave the office.
It is probably against policy to take these documents home without permission. So saying he was "allowed" to do it is very misleading...he was not allowed to do it, he was just a trusted employee who has security clearance (hence the trust) and he did something stupid.
Shareholders = investers...Typically the investers (you know the people who fronted the cash to make the business) should be the most important people to the business. While it sucks people lose their jobs, one could say they would never have gotten taht job if nobody invested in the company. Oh and by keeping the doors open, this ensures that all of the employees of the company keep their jobs while the investers have a chance of getting their investment back (with some reward for taking the risk).
Now what I think should happens it the CEO not take salary for two years, and that all of his upper management take 1/2 pay cut. But that would never happen.
But the church does--- the church can kick the bully out of the flock. The school can do the same thing.
If you don't fight back, you allow yourself to be a victim
You need to be careful on this territory...there are many rape victims who could not fight back....they didn't allow themselves to be a victim, someone made them a victim. Just because you do not fight back does not mean you let yourself be a victim. If someone puts a gun to your head, are you going to fight back? Probably not...does that mean you let yourself be a victim, hell no.
Fighting is not the way. If a person can defend himself then great, but at no point will I EVER fault someone who cant defend themselves --- why, because at one point in my life I could not do so. Not to mention - you may know how to fight, but you may encounter someone who is bigger, tougher and way more skilled then you...and when you try and defend yourself he will end up causing you more pain.
Responsibility for your safety rests squarely in your hands. If the bully was attacking you at the bowling alley, drive in, or McDonalds, you need to report it to the responsible authorities - the management of the establishment and the police. You also need to learn how to defend yourself by taking martial arts or some other form of self-defense.
Except for the one key factor...I knew the school bully through the school. This is not joe-random guy i met on the street - this is a kid who goes to my school and only knew me because of the school. So yea it is the schools responsibility to intervene. Especially when you are talking about 8 and 10 year olds where the most will happen is the cops ask the bullies parents to dicipline their kid...and then the bully will pursue vengeance.
You also need to learn how to defend yourself by taking martial arts or some other form of self-defense.
Yes that is the answer, fight violence with violence. Yea there we go. I would rather my future children not know or need to fight - especially at the age of 8 years old.
And the teacher working at a school is not in the workplace? Sexual harassment does not extend to just the work place. You can sexually harass your neighbor and be sued. The only difference is your place of business will probably not fire you (they actually may depending on the type of job and the public visibility of the lawsuit).
This isn't true.
In addition to any legal consquences/punishments, the school will also impose their own.
Schools also tend to have a court system (I know I have experienced it). If you bring to them precedent (i.e. "look what the judge said") that should help your case.
You want stupid...on my 21st birthday i went to a bar and got drunk. I got back to my dorm room and went to sleep. Got a knock on my door at 4 am...someone told the building i had been drinking (they probably saw me at a party)....The resident directory asked the city police officer if there is a fine or ticket he needs to give me (the cop told her since i was sleeping and over 21 there is nothing he could or should do). The school forced me to go to AA and write an essay about drinking and why it is bad or they wouldn't let me register for next semester. Now THAT is stupid...Over 21, sleeping in bed and I have to deal with that.
But c'est la vie, I could have fought it, but didn't know better...that is how schools get the kids...they use the fact that young people don't understand (for the most part) how the system works.
Seems like a bit of favoritism...who wants to get rid of the schools best jock? Obviously, given your age at the time you didnt know all you could do, but knowing what you know these days you could have taken the matter above the principles head, and even to the media...that would have been nice.
Shame you didnt get help from the school. One thing that happend, which was crappy. My cousin lived accross the street from school. She was sitting on her lawn and some girl (who didnt like her) came up and started fighting her. My cousin got suspended...my cousin was sitting on her home porch!
If this actually happens, there will be no more new teachers. The best and the brightest aren't going into education these days.
"If this actually happens"??? I went to Shippensburg University (in Pennsylvania) which started up as a teacher college...one of the best teacher colleges in the state. I was not an education major but I remember my friends, who were, telling me that if they get caught underage drinking they are hosed. Same thing with those who want to go into law enforcement.
Now given, if you get busted the cop might be nice and reduce the charge to something that won't make you lose your career of choice. Or if you fight it in court....but that is circumventing the required punishments.
I could definitly understand the sentiment. One day I will be a parent, I do not want my kids learning from a person that feels breaking the law is OK...and underage drinking is breaking the law....does that make me a hippocrit---yea, but when it comes to my unborn children I don't care.
Actually, I would say none of those activities are grounds for expulsion. Lawsuits, maybe, by the math teacher, but not expulsion.
What's next? Kid cuts in front of their english teacher in the grocery store line and that teacher gets them expelled for it?
Schools should only have jurisdiction over students when on their grounds or in their care, such as at school functions off-campus. Otherwise, it's not their problem nor their business.
Well that is a matter of opinion and why it is brought to a hearing. Personally I think it would be grounds for expulsion. Another example: If Person A sexually harasses Person B in the workplace....Person B not only can sue Person A, but Person A can get fired. This is not much different. Student writes false stuff about Teacher. Teacher can sue Student and school can expel student. See not that different from sexual harassment case.
I wholely disagree with your last part also. When in school there was this bully. I met him through school. He would not beat me up before during or after school. He would wait until he saw me at the bowling ally on saturday night and beat me up. It is the schools business to help protect me, and I am glad they did.
While I agree what they are doing to this kid is wrong, please note schools have always had a large discretion as to what happens to their students even when not on school time/grounds.
If you fight another student, say on the weekend - at a park...if your school hears about it, they will suspsend you and the other student.
In college, there are many majors where if you get caught underage drinking you better drop the major because you will never get certified (think education majors).
There are many such situations, some legit (i think my first example is legit, the second is arguable) but things like this kid and his blog...
I have not seen the blog --- did he write any libel (sp) information about people? If that is the case I could see that as grounds for expulsion. If he said his math teacher was a XYZ and said math teacher is not...
I recently made a post about first amendment rights, where it applies and where it does not.
This is where 1st amendment rights apply. The school is being a bully. They handeled this poorly, and it leads me to believe they actually have treated this kid bad previously.
Then maybe, just MAYBE - the journalist, his publisher and the newspaper itself should use some common sense. Maybe, just MAYBE - they should do a bit more research. And maybe, just MAYBE - they should consult with an expert in the field of national security. And if the expert says "uhm, maybe you should bury the story because this story could put innocent peoples lives in danger" they should just MAYBE listen to this expert.
Everyone must be responsible. Gov't must be responsible to not over-reach, and the people should be responsible to not abuse. We have many freedoms in this country, and many countries do not enjoy these freedoms. Do we really want more draconion laws? One of these days, some journalist is going to publish the wrong piece of information and a lot of people are going to get hurt/killed. Then our gov't is going to create some laws that ARE draconion, and they will say "well we didn't want to, but apparantly if we don't you guys are going to kill yourselves."
Again, life is not absolute, and we do not need to treat it as such - we do, however, must exercise some judgement and responsibility.
I think you're way off here. For example, what if I have written an article on "cracking software" and called it "crackz". If google filters that type stuff, my article would be included in the filter. When you start filtering, or in this case not suggesting, results based on search terms, then you run the risk of leaving out valid result sets.
You're basically talking about conspiracy, which in most cases requires intent on behalf of both parties. How can it be illegal to automatically suggest search terms based on user input? Go search google for how to commit the perfect murder you'll get detailed results on how to do it. Does that mean google needs to install a murder filter? Then what?
Google, can put in filters and if that means it filters your article, well then it filters your article. I do not know where you got a "conspiracy" angle because I at no point mentioned it or implied it...what I did say is that google spoke without thinking. Someone, in some department - who is not a techno geek - said impossible when it very well is possible. Not a conspiracy, just a mistake.
I have to side with "it depends" group. If someone is publishing the nuclear launch codes, the names of our spy agents (or any other covert team, like Navy seals and their accomplishments), plans for a strategic strike, etc (basically something that can cost people their lives if the news got out) then I am for - yea your ass is going to jail for being a dick. This includes things like "we are investigating a known terrorist, and since you just published his face in the paper he went so far underground he won't even be able to find his asshole to wipe it after he takes a dump"...
I understand what the otherside is doing "but what if the gov't names granny apple as a terrorist when she really is a sweet old lady who gives people apples...who can help her if we cant talk about it." Well this is where the gov't is wrong and the journalist should be allowed.
We get in trouble when we speak of absolutes, and there are people on one side of the fence who say 100% 1st amendment right trumps. and people on the other side of the fence who say 100% National Security trumps. They are both wrong - it needs to be a depends. The journalist needs to use common sense, and the courts can prevail. If the journalist was doing something in the best act for our nation then kudos for him/her...if the jurnalist was only thinking about the Pulitzer Prize - well depending on the damage he/she may have caused they may be rightfully getting it post humously.
Google, can upon notice put in filters. I would understand your complaint if nobody reported this probem with this particular company and then the company sues, but google said they couldnt filter the content when they can. They f'd up. Personally, I think fixing it and paying for ServerChecks legal fee's should be enough.
I just don't understand why companies, individuals and interest groups keep going after the messenger.
Google is just not a messenger, google is a guide and it can guide you to legal and illegal things. What happens if you want to comit murder and I show you the way to your target? I became an accessory to murder. Now in Google's case they can claim innocence on a lot of things "Hey we didnt know people were linking to servercheck cracks - we have millions of sites, you gotta TELL us that something is up and then we can fix it." But they didn't, they said "nothing we can do".
I do not think this is frivolous, but keep in mind, to your last question - some companies (not necessarily this one) sue other companies to make a quick buck.
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Well if Bill is so evil he can't die. Instead he will just rise as one of the Forsaken Scourge. We will then have to find, each geek on his own, the questgiver (noted with the ! over his head). Then head to Bill's tomb and vanquish this foe. Collect his head and bring it back to the quest giver (who will not have a ? over his head). Only one head can be collected per raid group and this is a 40 man raid.
They were doing it to spite him and show him that they are not closed minded. It was an empty gesture that almost all of us see through.
he thinks MS owns all of its code
MS doesn't own all of its code? Is there some patent/tm they forgot to file? And if so, what are the steps for me to file it, cause I will just sell it to MS for a mere 10 million.
While there may be some aberrant piece of code that MS forgot to patent/tm (i doubt it) I am pretty sure MS owns its own code. Until the laws change that is, assuming they do, which you know I don't see in the near future.
What is naive and narrow-minded? The fact the fed has our personal information? The fact that /. posters love to blow things out of proportion by making it sound like the big bad evil boogie-man is trying a new tactic for the first time and his goal is to steal your babies?
Just because you worked for the fed and had clearance (oh look, and so did i) does not mean much. Oh and I am sure you can think about committing a crime without getting caught....I am pretty sure Professor X doesn't work for the gov't.
A number is just a number and nothing more? How naive. Numbers tell us a lot. They link to other bits of information. For example if through your credit card number I traced that you bought 1000 lbs of TnT, your license # rented a Ryder truck, and as a gov't employee I traced your social to find out you were in jail for holding people hostage...Hmm Social security # and credit card # and license #told me a lot. That potentially your are going to blow someone up. I like numbers, they give us information.
But simply visting neo-nazi/black power/etc. websites does not make one evil. And while I do not like the republicans - and think our president is a moron, to act like they are the root of all evil is naive of you - especially a former fed employee and clearance holder.
I am glad the internet never forgets...because I don't want the world to forget that a 60 year old terrorist - who killed a bunch of people 40 years ago - is out there, and maybe we can find him with 40 year old information.
I have not comitted any crimes, let the gov't investigate at will. What are you scared of them finding? If it's your pr0n commercial, don't worry they really don't care that you masterbate 5 times a day.
all-embracing personal profiles of individuals.
As-if the federal gov't didn't already have personal information about all of it's citizens and most non-citizens. I mean come on guys - let's not spin another scare tactic. Social Security numbers - the fed has access to your criminal records, financial records, work records, purchase records, etc. This has been the case for many many years - way before the Internet.
This is nothing new. The only thing we need to do is to make sure the gov't does not misuse the information. Yes there are cases where it has been misused, and in instances where it was maliciously done so we should punish the culprits so heavily as to scare the crap out of any would-be evil-doer. In the case of accident, fix the mistake and put in prevantative measures.
dag...got a link to that per chance? I wouldnt mind showing it to my guild :D Make the palies happy.
Except on Mannoroth, where we PUG Onyxia and Ragnaros weekly.
Really? So how do you handle who gets what items? Do you guys use DKP? What website is that managed?
That is definitly a rare thing...Onyxia is not that hard, my friend was telling me of a video showing like 12 people downing ONY - though I am sure they were pretty epic'd out to do that. But Rag - that guy is a bear (his son's make it hard)
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What's an "end game instance"? Is that where you beat the game? Or is it where you quit? If it's the former, then hey weren't even talking about that. If it's the latter, then "yes it is".
It's neither. Think dungeons and dragons. End-game instances are area's that you get to when you reach level 60 (presently the highest level). People do end-game instances for years at a time because there are amazing items that drop...the only thing is they don't always drop, and there are 40 other people who may be interested in your items so everyone has to take turns (actually it's a point buy system called DKP). Even once you are done doing an end-game instnace there are other such instances (presently there is ZG, MC, Ony, BWL, AQ20, AQ40) and then Blizzard is coming out with another one soon. AND even when you are done those there are other things to do: 1)battle ground pvp so you can get higher rank, which gives items/prestige, 2) start a new character, 3) help people out. As to "where you quit", well you can quit at level 10, 20 or 60 or never. Getting to level 60 is when most of the amazing stuff in the game opens up.
I don't want to be in a guild. At least, not necessarily. I just want to hop on and play once in a while, in a world that isn't the same every time I get there.
You don't have to be in a guild. Though I don't understand what you mean by "At least, not necessarily" other then to say you are not forced to join - it is your freedom, there will just be less things you can do. Chances are you will not be going on in an end-game instance (though potentially if you make a friend in a guild and the guild happens to need someone they may let you tag along). Also, guilds provide a way for you to get to know people. While you can easily get to know people randomly, being in a guild increases the chances you will stay in contact with certain people and thusly make for a more social experience. If that is not what you want then buy yourself a non-online based game.
The problem with that is finding said group, organizing them, keeping them there long enough, before I decide I need to go to bed, blah, blah, blah.
That is NOT the problem with end game instances. Once you are in a guild that is of sufficient quality to do an instance then you guys schedule time. For 20 man and 40 man instances - if you have a guild of 100 people it is easy (in fact people are begging to get on the teams).
The problem with the end game instances is the sheer amount of time to finish them. I think MC, assuming you don't wipe, is about 4-6 hours. Usually MC is split into two night events.
The only instance I have ever had problems with, that I generally do not get a guild for, is UBRS. PUG groups (pick-up groups) are nightmares and are almost NEVER done for 20-40 man raids. In fact, whenever someone tries to organize a PUG 20-40 man group everyone laughs.
WoW has a TON of soloable quests, from level 1-60. Just a lot of the more rewarding quests (i.e. slaying the big huge dragon, or defeating the creature that is near god-like in power) requires a group of 20-40 people. You do not have to do it, but you will not get those rewards...and some of the best rewards in the game are soloable (battlegrounds ranks Marshal/Field Marshal/Grand Marshal gear, Cenarian Hold rewards, and more).
a government employee was allowed to walk out of a government installation
This is very misleading. Considering it sounds like he took it in electronic format, there are a TON of ways he could have taken this home and I doubt people are strip searched everyday they leave the office.
It is probably against policy to take these documents home without permission. So saying he was "allowed" to do it is very misleading...he was not allowed to do it, he was just a trusted employee who has security clearance (hence the trust) and he did something stupid.
Shareholders = investers...Typically the investers (you know the people who fronted the cash to make the business) should be the most important people to the business. While it sucks people lose their jobs, one could say they would never have gotten taht job if nobody invested in the company. Oh and by keeping the doors open, this ensures that all of the employees of the company keep their jobs while the investers have a chance of getting their investment back (with some reward for taking the risk).
Now what I think should happens it the CEO not take salary for two years, and that all of his upper management take 1/2 pay cut. But that would never happen.
The church has no authority to intervene
But the church does--- the church can kick the bully out of the flock. The school can do the same thing.
If you don't fight back, you allow yourself to be a victim
You need to be careful on this territory...there are many rape victims who could not fight back....they didn't allow themselves to be a victim, someone made them a victim. Just because you do not fight back does not mean you let yourself be a victim. If someone puts a gun to your head, are you going to fight back? Probably not...does that mean you let yourself be a victim, hell no.
Fighting is not the way. If a person can defend himself then great, but at no point will I EVER fault someone who cant defend themselves --- why, because at one point in my life I could not do so. Not to mention - you may know how to fight, but you may encounter someone who is bigger, tougher and way more skilled then you...and when you try and defend yourself he will end up causing you more pain.
Responsibility for your safety rests squarely in your hands. If the bully was attacking you at the bowling alley, drive in, or McDonalds, you need to report it to the responsible authorities - the management of the establishment and the police. You also need to learn how to defend yourself by taking martial arts or some other form of self-defense.
Except for the one key factor...I knew the school bully through the school. This is not joe-random guy i met on the street - this is a kid who goes to my school and only knew me because of the school. So yea it is the schools responsibility to intervene. Especially when you are talking about 8 and 10 year olds where the most will happen is the cops ask the bullies parents to dicipline their kid...and then the bully will pursue vengeance.
You also need to learn how to defend yourself by taking martial arts or some other form of self-defense.
Yes that is the answer, fight violence with violence. Yea there we go. I would rather my future children not know or need to fight - especially at the age of 8 years old.
Yes it is. The key phrase is "in the workplace."
And the teacher working at a school is not in the workplace? Sexual harassment does not extend to just the work place. You can sexually harass your neighbor and be sued. The only difference is your place of business will probably not fire you (they actually may depending on the type of job and the public visibility of the lawsuit).
This isn't true. In addition to any legal consquences/punishments, the school will also impose their own.
Schools also tend to have a court system (I know I have experienced it). If you bring to them precedent (i.e. "look what the judge said") that should help your case.
You want stupid...on my 21st birthday i went to a bar and got drunk. I got back to my dorm room and went to sleep. Got a knock on my door at 4 am...someone told the building i had been drinking (they probably saw me at a party)....The resident directory asked the city police officer if there is a fine or ticket he needs to give me (the cop told her since i was sleeping and over 21 there is nothing he could or should do). The school forced me to go to AA and write an essay about drinking and why it is bad or they wouldn't let me register for next semester. Now THAT is stupid...Over 21, sleeping in bed and I have to deal with that.
But c'est la vie, I could have fought it, but didn't know better...that is how schools get the kids...they use the fact that young people don't understand (for the most part) how the system works.
bullied by the #1 school jock
Seems like a bit of favoritism...who wants to get rid of the schools best jock? Obviously, given your age at the time you didnt know all you could do, but knowing what you know these days you could have taken the matter above the principles head, and even to the media...that would have been nice.
Shame you didnt get help from the school. One thing that happend, which was crappy. My cousin lived accross the street from school. She was sitting on her lawn and some girl (who didnt like her) came up and started fighting her. My cousin got suspended...my cousin was sitting on her home porch!
If this actually happens, there will be no more new teachers. The best and the brightest aren't going into education these days.
"If this actually happens"??? I went to Shippensburg University (in Pennsylvania) which started up as a teacher college...one of the best teacher colleges in the state. I was not an education major but I remember my friends, who were, telling me that if they get caught underage drinking they are hosed. Same thing with those who want to go into law enforcement.
Now given, if you get busted the cop might be nice and reduce the charge to something that won't make you lose your career of choice. Or if you fight it in court....but that is circumventing the required punishments.
I could definitly understand the sentiment. One day I will be a parent, I do not want my kids learning from a person that feels breaking the law is OK...and underage drinking is breaking the law....does that make me a hippocrit---yea, but when it comes to my unborn children I don't care.
Actually, I would say none of those activities are grounds for expulsion. Lawsuits, maybe, by the math teacher, but not expulsion. What's next? Kid cuts in front of their english teacher in the grocery store line and that teacher gets them expelled for it? Schools should only have jurisdiction over students when on their grounds or in their care, such as at school functions off-campus. Otherwise, it's not their problem nor their business.
Well that is a matter of opinion and why it is brought to a hearing. Personally I think it would be grounds for expulsion. Another example: If Person A sexually harasses Person B in the workplace....Person B not only can sue Person A, but Person A can get fired. This is not much different. Student writes false stuff about Teacher. Teacher can sue Student and school can expel student. See not that different from sexual harassment case.
I wholely disagree with your last part also. When in school there was this bully. I met him through school. He would not beat me up before during or after school. He would wait until he saw me at the bowling ally on saturday night and beat me up. It is the schools business to help protect me, and I am glad they did.
While I agree what they are doing to this kid is wrong, please note schools have always had a large discretion as to what happens to their students even when not on school time/grounds.
If you fight another student, say on the weekend - at a park...if your school hears about it, they will suspsend you and the other student.
In college, there are many majors where if you get caught underage drinking you better drop the major because you will never get certified (think education majors).
There are many such situations, some legit (i think my first example is legit, the second is arguable) but things like this kid and his blog...
I have not seen the blog --- did he write any libel (sp) information about people? If that is the case I could see that as grounds for expulsion. If he said his math teacher was a XYZ and said math teacher is not...
I recently made a post about first amendment rights, where it applies and where it does not.
This is where 1st amendment rights apply. The school is being a bully. They handeled this poorly, and it leads me to believe they actually have treated this kid bad previously.
Then maybe, just MAYBE - the journalist, his publisher and the newspaper itself should use some common sense. Maybe, just MAYBE - they should do a bit more research. And maybe, just MAYBE - they should consult with an expert in the field of national security. And if the expert says "uhm, maybe you should bury the story because this story could put innocent peoples lives in danger" they should just MAYBE listen to this expert.
Everyone must be responsible. Gov't must be responsible to not over-reach, and the people should be responsible to not abuse. We have many freedoms in this country, and many countries do not enjoy these freedoms. Do we really want more draconion laws? One of these days, some journalist is going to publish the wrong piece of information and a lot of people are going to get hurt/killed. Then our gov't is going to create some laws that ARE draconion, and they will say "well we didn't want to, but apparantly if we don't you guys are going to kill yourselves."
Again, life is not absolute, and we do not need to treat it as such - we do, however, must exercise some judgement and responsibility.
I think you're way off here. For example, what if I have written an article on "cracking software" and called it "crackz". If google filters that type stuff, my article would be included in the filter. When you start filtering, or in this case not suggesting, results based on search terms, then you run the risk of leaving out valid result sets. You're basically talking about conspiracy, which in most cases requires intent on behalf of both parties. How can it be illegal to automatically suggest search terms based on user input? Go search google for how to commit the perfect murder you'll get detailed results on how to do it. Does that mean google needs to install a murder filter? Then what?
Google, can put in filters and if that means it filters your article, well then it filters your article. I do not know where you got a "conspiracy" angle because I at no point mentioned it or implied it...what I did say is that google spoke without thinking. Someone, in some department - who is not a techno geek - said impossible when it very well is possible. Not a conspiracy, just a mistake.
I have to side with "it depends" group. If someone is publishing the nuclear launch codes, the names of our spy agents (or any other covert team, like Navy seals and their accomplishments), plans for a strategic strike, etc (basically something that can cost people their lives if the news got out) then I am for - yea your ass is going to jail for being a dick. This includes things like "we are investigating a known terrorist, and since you just published his face in the paper he went so far underground he won't even be able to find his asshole to wipe it after he takes a dump"...
I understand what the otherside is doing "but what if the gov't names granny apple as a terrorist when she really is a sweet old lady who gives people apples...who can help her if we cant talk about it." Well this is where the gov't is wrong and the journalist should be allowed.
We get in trouble when we speak of absolutes, and there are people on one side of the fence who say 100% 1st amendment right trumps. and people on the other side of the fence who say 100% National Security trumps. They are both wrong - it needs to be a depends. The journalist needs to use common sense, and the courts can prevail. If the journalist was doing something in the best act for our nation then kudos for him/her...if the jurnalist was only thinking about the Pulitzer Prize - well depending on the damage he/she may have caused they may be rightfully getting it post humously.
Google, can upon notice put in filters. I would understand your complaint if nobody reported this probem with this particular company and then the company sues, but google said they couldnt filter the content when they can. They f'd up. Personally, I think fixing it and paying for ServerChecks legal fee's should be enough.
I just don't understand why companies, individuals and interest groups keep going after the messenger.
Google is just not a messenger, google is a guide and it can guide you to legal and illegal things. What happens if you want to comit murder and I show you the way to your target? I became an accessory to murder. Now in Google's case they can claim innocence on a lot of things "Hey we didnt know people were linking to servercheck cracks - we have millions of sites, you gotta TELL us that something is up and then we can fix it." But they didn't, they said "nothing we can do".
I do not think this is frivolous, but keep in mind, to your last question - some companies (not necessarily this one) sue other companies to make a quick buck.