Exactly what form of "fire" are you proposing? Projectiles, C4, napalm...? I don't think we could get them all before we'd be sued to death. (Or maybe we'd be diced by a flurry of injunctions...)
If tort reform means policing real fraud, like those fancy discounts the insurance companies get from the hospitals, labs, etc, and forcing open the books for all of us to see, real competition on insurance, then yes, I would be all for that.
Sorry, but that doesn't sound like tort to me. It sounds like skirting regulation, corruption or anti-trust perhaps, but not defrauding specific victims. Important to address, yes, but not tort (which is ruining much more than just the medical industry).
We don't need more lawyers. We need to simplify the law.
I'm with you here. I'm really surprised that the only "law" that's covered in school is the basic structure of government and (sometimes) driver's ed. How do they expect us to obey law that we're never taught? Where do we learn things that everyone is expected to know? (in school) Think about it-- most of the law that people learn is through hearsay! That's unacceptable in our modern age.
Are you kidding? Those lawyers are protecting them from other lawyers. It's cheaper this way in the long run. What you really want is tort reform.
(A great many lawyers on both sides of every potential lawsuit will get payed a lot less; Congress is full of lawyers; Ergo, real tort reform is every bit as unlikely as real health care reform. It does make a good talking point for the GOP, but most of them don't mean it. Sorry for the rant.)
No, no, no. Demons are chaotic evil, Devils are lawful evil, totally different things. DnD has taught me that much, at least. There's no indication that any of the demons in the band mentioned in that song were of the variety spoken of by Maxwell!
On the other hand, Maxwell's Demon brings order (law) to chaos. Maybe Maxwell misspoke and was talking about a devil?
Even when used as glorified typewriters, laptops can turn students into witless stenographers, typing a lecture verbatim without listening or understanding.
And they think this is going to get better, not worse, when those students switch to (slower) pencil and paper? If students can't learn AND take notes, then there is either something wrong with your style of lecturing, or they're not ready for the class (and will need to work very hard to keep up).
For me, my laptop greatly increased my ability to take notes. Since it's a tablet (T4210), and since several of my teachers posted their power points ahead of time, I could "print" to MS Journal and write my notes directly on their slides. This saved me time and effort in writing context for my notes, and allowed me to better pay attention. (Of course, classes still went way too slow; most teachers have no idea how to use ppt effectively, though it can be done.)
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You're half right. There's no way the teacher's unions want to lobby for "handing out computers and iPods". That's part of the reason why students aren't issued them.;)
The teacher's union (in CA, at least) is only interested in it's own power. It appeases the teachers, and claims to represent them, but it only cares about them as a base for it's power.
You mean accredited. You don't want to wind up saying that Berkley is on the arbitrary list, but Yale is not. (just grabbing two for illustrative purposes)
I agree with your general sentiment. I will note that one of those groups who uses teachers as a "political football" in CA is none other than the teacher's union.
(Yes, I mean that as an insult to them, and to every other union that places their own political power above the well being of their victims-- I mean "members".)
so your assumption that the only people to benefit are those that "happen to live nearby" doesn't take into account that everyone has the option of benefiting by moving closer to a train station.
No, you're right. It doesn't. Let me ask, though, how are home prices where you live as opposed to even just a few miles away? Are all of your destinations within walking distance of the rail? Do you really think that everyone could live that close to the rail, geographically? If all non-trivial roads were replaced with rail, do you not think that it would take longer to reach your destination? Take into account fixed routes that are not personally optimized and the time/hassle of changing trains.
Cars are not "the solution", but neither are trains. They can sometimes replace airlines and tractor-trailers. Trains aren't sufficiently versatile for most people and uses. It's that simple.
They like teaching being a low status career, because it makes it easier for them to argue with teachers and blame them for their own and their children's failures.
After all, what are parents if not caregivers and teachers!
Very unfortunate, but true. The best teacher that I had was almost fired because the school refused to give him tenure. His problem (besides a "bad habit" of telling the truth), he didn't publish often enough.
a Halfway decent analogy, here's where it falls down:
The "source code" for a book would be the author's imagination and creative ability.
Do not programmers have imagination and creative ability? I also think you overlooked the authors notes (and other "source" material) and the process of "compiling" them into a cohesive book . A vast majority of books go through this process. Those rare few that don't would be like coding in assembly.;)
(That's ignoring commissioned works for the time being.)
You mention moral rights. Those are very weak in the US. I hypothesize that you live in another country, and what your lawyer told you has no bearing on a large percentage of Slashdot programmers.
... most also have a clause which says if you create code *not* for the company, but while being employed *by* the company at a salary, then anything you write while not at work is also company property, due to you very likely using company time, resources, training, best practices, or something else to do so.
I'm sure this is a widespread practice. It's also highly unethical.
That's funny. Between "women folk" and "character of the game", I didn't even think about violence. It too fits, just not quite as obvious. (I still think it could easily be a legit gripe. It depends on the details.)
I thought that they turned that off because it was no longer working (ie commercial vendors had worked around it). I know commercial vendors had made a huge dent in that. Maybe it was turned off to discourage them from further "fixing the problem"?
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Fire ALL the lawyers.. We don't need them .
Exactly what form of "fire" are you proposing? Projectiles, C4, napalm...? I don't think we could get them all before we'd be sued to death. (Or maybe we'd be diced by a flurry of injunctions...)
If tort reform means policing real fraud, like those fancy discounts the insurance companies get from the hospitals, labs, etc, and forcing open the books for all of us to see, real competition on insurance, then yes, I would be all for that.
Sorry, but that doesn't sound like tort to me. It sounds like skirting regulation, corruption or anti-trust perhaps, but not defrauding specific victims. Important to address, yes, but not tort (which is ruining much more than just the medical industry).
We don't need more lawyers. We need to simplify the law.
I'm with you here. I'm really surprised that the only "law" that's covered in school is the basic structure of government and (sometimes) driver's ed. How do they expect us to obey law that we're never taught? Where do we learn things that everyone is expected to know? (in school) Think about it-- most of the law that people learn is through hearsay! That's unacceptable in our modern age.
Ah, but in the hands of a lawyer, the word "reasonable" is quite malleable. Unreasonably so, in fact.
Are you kidding? Those lawyers are protecting them from other lawyers. It's cheaper this way in the long run. What you really want is tort reform.
(A great many lawyers on both sides of every potential lawsuit will get payed a lot less; Congress is full of lawyers; Ergo, real tort reform is every bit as unlikely as real health care reform. It does make a good talking point for the GOP, but most of them don't mean it. Sorry for the rant.)
No, no, no. Demons are chaotic evil, Devils are lawful evil, totally different things. DnD has taught me that much, at least. There's no indication that any of the demons in the band mentioned in that song were of the variety spoken of by Maxwell!
On the other hand, Maxwell's Demon brings order (law) to chaos. Maybe Maxwell misspoke and was talking about a devil?
*Sits down to think on the subject*
You're probably right, but it's not what the article says ("one direction"). One can always hope that Maxwell's Demon will eventually be sighted...
Even when used as glorified typewriters, laptops can turn students into witless stenographers, typing a lecture verbatim without listening or understanding.
And they think this is going to get better, not worse, when those students switch to (slower) pencil and paper? If students can't learn AND take notes, then there is either something wrong with your style of lecturing, or they're not ready for the class (and will need to work very hard to keep up).
For me, my laptop greatly increased my ability to take notes. Since it's a tablet (T4210), and since several of my teachers posted their power points ahead of time, I could "print" to MS Journal and write my notes directly on their slides. This saved me time and effort in writing context for my notes, and allowed me to better pay attention. (Of course, classes still went way too slow; most teachers have no idea how to use ppt effectively, though it can be done.)
.. but the vulnerability is entirely Apache's fault...
Probably not, actually. From the documentation:
Summary
This module implements the Internet Server extension API. It allows Internet Server extensions (e.g. ISAPI .dll modules) to be served by Apache for Windows, subject to the noted restrictions.
ISAPI extension modules (.dll files) are written by third parties. The Apache Group does not author these modules, so we provide no support for them. Please contact the ISAPI's author directly if you are experiencing problems running their ISAPI extension. Please do not post such problems to Apache's lists or bug reporting pages.
Emphasis theirs.
That depends. If they really want to teach, it's punishment. If they simply want their paycheck, it's a dream job. Either way, there's a problem here.
You're half right. There's no way the teacher's unions want to lobby for "handing out computers and iPods". That's part of the reason why students aren't issued them. ;)
The teacher's union (in CA, at least) is only interested in it's own power. It appeases the teachers, and claims to represent them, but it only cares about them as a base for it's power.
... and only the approved ones...
You mean accredited. You don't want to wind up saying that Berkley is on the arbitrary list, but Yale is not. (just grabbing two for illustrative purposes)
I don't think that vouchers are the "only way", but I agree that they're probably the easiest effective solution.
I agree with your general sentiment. I will note that one of those groups who uses teachers as a "political football" in CA is none other than the teacher's union.
(Yes, I mean that as an insult to them, and to every other union that places their own political power above the well being of their victims-- I mean "members".)
so your assumption that the only people to benefit are those that "happen to live nearby" doesn't take into account that everyone has the option of benefiting by moving closer to a train station.
No, you're right. It doesn't. Let me ask, though, how are home prices where you live as opposed to even just a few miles away? Are all of your destinations within walking distance of the rail? Do you really think that everyone could live that close to the rail, geographically? If all non-trivial roads were replaced with rail, do you not think that it would take longer to reach your destination? Take into account fixed routes that are not personally optimized and the time/hassle of changing trains.
Cars are not "the solution", but neither are trains. They can sometimes replace airlines and tractor-trailers. Trains aren't sufficiently versatile for most people and uses. It's that simple.
Oh, I like this emphasis better:
They like teaching being a low status career, because it makes it easier for them to argue with teachers and blame them for their own and their children's failures.
After all, what are parents if not caregivers and teachers!
Very unfortunate, but true. The best teacher that I had was almost fired because the school refused to give him tenure. His problem (besides a "bad habit" of telling the truth), he didn't publish often enough.
???
Copyright, contract, or other?
a Halfway decent analogy, here's where it falls down:
The "source code" for a book would be the author's imagination and creative ability.
Do not programmers have imagination and creative ability? I also think you overlooked the authors notes (and other "source" material) and the process of "compiling" them into a cohesive book . A vast majority of books go through this process. Those rare few that don't would be like coding in assembly. ;)
(That's ignoring commissioned works for the time being.)
You mention moral rights. Those are very weak in the US. I hypothesize that you live in another country, and what your lawyer told you has no bearing on a large percentage of Slashdot programmers.
He mentions moral rights. I suspect he's not in the US. Others on Slashdot who have used the term have made the distinction in the past.
... most also have a clause which says if you create code *not* for the company, but while being employed *by* the company at a salary, then anything you write while not at work is also company property, due to you very likely using company time, resources, training, best practices, or something else to do so.
I'm sure this is a widespread practice. It's also highly unethical.
There seems to be an echo in here.
Oh, and please compare:
waker
wacker
That's funny. Between "women folk" and "character of the game", I didn't even think about violence. It too fits, just not quite as obvious. (I still think it could easily be a legit gripe. It depends on the details.)
No, no, no. He needed to realize that space itself was moving! (from the perspective of the equation derived by him in the alternate timestream)
Interesting. Makes sense, I guess.
I thought that they turned that off because it was no longer working (ie commercial vendors had worked around it). I know commercial vendors had made a huge dent in that. Maybe it was turned off to discourage them from further "fixing the problem"?