Oh look, if I look at CBS New York, there is a fuller article saying that it is a list of suggested words that may be banned from tests.
And the CBS story has the whole list of words being mulled over.
In other words, the debate over what should on the list is ongoing.
The reason for this is that you want to make tests that are fair to everyone. If you're going to make a math test with word problems, you don't bring up the subject of murder. The obvious drawback is that it makes tests boring. Big fucking deal.
TFS and The Post has taken this to mean they are already banned and that this is just more "educrat nonsense" and it's written in such breathless style (they even use the word bizarre to describe it) merely to be inflammatory. It's journalistic porn.
While I agree the list, as it stands, is sub-optimal, it doesn't mean that the list is final and that it's probably likely that the list is going to get a lot shorter.
>I'm not sure why you mock "then don't buy it posts"
Maybe I wasn't precisely clear. I'll clear up my rant a bit.
What I'm really mad at is the stuff after "That's the point."
The whole thread, when I wrote that, was non stop "get with the times, old man" nonsense.
Primitive copy protection in the late 80s early 90s was beaten by people who refused to buy software that was encumbered by artificially bad sectors, keydisks, codes in books, etc.
The descendant of this, DRM, can also be beaten the same way if people stopped being complacent and "dealing with it" and just refused to buy.
Well of course. That's the point. But likening this to the equivalent of the mandatory removal of leaded gasoline and then saying "deal with it"?
Bullshit.
Stuff like this needs to be voted down in the free market by customers buying competitors' products. Oh wait, the free market only matters when it fattens CEO wallets. Customers don't count. Right.
for mummification and/or embalming, is to make sure the person is actually, really, dead. This isn't mothballing. It's making sure Discovery doesn't fly again.
Reading the Bible without any sense of historical context leads to all sorts of stupid stuff, like the justification of holding slaves, stoning people for the littlest crimes, etc.
I've seen average-to-stupid bosses all over. I've seen the rare smart one too. Some of the ones that are "fun to work with" are also some of the ones with bad business sense. Then there are the assholes who you'd rather stab yourself in the eye with an icepick before you'd ever work for them again.
And then there are the bosses who can value employees *and* have good business sense, and their companies become icons of the industry.
And in none of these situations, has gender ever really mattered.
>There is really no justification for the current media pricing.
It's called collusion and price fixing, something that companies like Hynix and Hitachi and Samsung get his with fines for when they collude to keep prices artificially high on phones and RAM and whatnot.
But the Media companies are "different." Somehow collusion and price fixing and other Sherman Act violations are just fine with the Government when it comes to them.
Well, fuck them. Pirate away. Yo ho ho.
And I will continue to haunt used record and video stores. DVDs are good enough when they're cheap and their smaller size means a dd of the disk doesn't take long to put on the server. Suck it, MAFIAA.
An interesting concept perhaps, but one ultimately doomed to failure.
I would hazard to suggest that such a venture would be like fissling good seed onto barren ground, when one considers the target market for this ambitious venture.
Firstly, let us consider the target market. Those who would purchase a Dell computer with the linux installed, typically do so with one factor predominant in their mind's eye. That is - they choose the linux in order to save money. Any venture that invested resources in providing training services to this market is at a disadvantage from the first day, since that market has already classified itself as a penny pinching mob, collectively bereft of financial resources.
Secondly, one must consider the technical depth of this target market. The linux lacks the shine and technical sophistication of modern operating systems, such as Windows 7. There is only so much that can be taught to customers about the linux before one has exhausted it's technical abilities, let alone the shallow pockets of it's users. Selling training for advanced topics such as - Virus Protection, Disk Defragmentation Utilities, Job Scheduling, Windows Scripting, and Windows Clustering, Sequel Server.. all great topics that make a firm foundation for a lucrative training program.. but these opportnities are solely lacking in the linux world.
And Thirdly, let us consider the professional development of this target market. When one enters an University level course in advanced computing with a view to a productive future in the IT industry, what exactly do you think they teach students there ? They would hardly be teaching the linux, the unix, or the mainframe in this day and age. Nay - Its primarily Windows and Office that form the foundation of a professional career these days. One would only be doing a half hearted disservice to users if you limited the training program to the linux.
So whilst I find the idea of offering training to Dell's linux customers gregarious and even charitable, I think it is a venture doomed to failure, and surely one which most investors would be loathe to back with the resources required.
If one makes the presumption that the modern IT is all about the internets, then you have to ask yourself 'Does the Linux even have a choice in this matter ?'
A modern computing system is not one that is run from the DOS command line - it is a system that is tied in with the internet instead. Just have a look at Windows 7 with Aero for an example of this done right.
You need the outlook to connect in with the mass of email flowing around us every day. And then there is document collaboration - the sharing of Wordfiles and Excels between users across state boundries ! Voice over IP, internet enabled 'surface' computing, and voice command interfaces - all tied together with.NET and the Aero interface.
The driving force behind this internet is the Microsoft Sharepoint Server - a central peice of systems software which connects all these end points together, in a synergistic kaleidoscope that achieves both balance and symmetry.
The smart Vendors know that in order to get ahead in the future IT, that means integrating with the internet.
And so, we will see more and vendors of the Linux remit their legal obligations to Microsoft, and then benefit by getting onboard the.NET revolution.
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Oh look, if I look at CBS New York, there is a fuller article saying that it is a list of suggested words that may be banned from tests.
And the CBS story has the whole list of words being mulled over.
In other words, the debate over what should on the list is ongoing.
The reason for this is that you want to make tests that are fair to everyone. If you're going to make a math test with word problems, you don't bring up the subject of murder. The obvious drawback is that it makes tests boring. Big fucking deal.
TFS and The Post has taken this to mean they are already banned and that this is just more "educrat nonsense" and it's written in such breathless style (they even use the word bizarre to describe it) merely to be inflammatory. It's journalistic porn.
While I agree the list, as it stands, is sub-optimal, it doesn't mean that the list is final and that it's probably likely that the list is going to get a lot shorter.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/war-on-words-nyc-dept-of-education-wants-50-forbidden-words-removed-from-standardized-tests/
I told you there was more to this, but hey, let everyone believe the fucking Post. The Post is in the business of selling newspapers, not news.
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It's the fucking New York Post.
The Post is the Fox News of NYC newspapers.
Putting this story on Slashdot is bullshit and more suitable for Fark, where I saw it *the first time*
Protip for everyone: There's a lot missing to this story.
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Interesting that this Mac exploit only applies to Mac users who use Microsoft Word
When you include a scripting language in your document spec, expect people to use it.
Good people and bad people.
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>I'm not sure why you mock "then don't buy it posts"
Maybe I wasn't precisely clear. I'll clear up my rant a bit.
What I'm really mad at is the stuff after "That's the point."
The whole thread, when I wrote that, was non stop "get with the times, old man" nonsense.
Primitive copy protection in the late 80s early 90s was beaten by people who refused to buy software that was encumbered by artificially bad sectors, keydisks, codes in books, etc.
The descendant of this, DRM, can also be beaten the same way if people stopped being complacent and "dealing with it" and just refused to buy.
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So much corporate cock sucking in this thread.
"Herp derp, don't buy it then"
Well of course. That's the point. But likening this to the equivalent of the mandatory removal of leaded gasoline and then saying "deal with it"?
Bullshit.
Stuff like this needs to be voted down in the free market by customers buying competitors' products. Oh wait, the free market only matters when it fattens CEO wallets. Customers don't count. Right.
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for mummification and/or embalming, is to make sure the person is actually, really, dead. This isn't mothballing. It's making sure Discovery doesn't fly again.
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You can bet if they do, Robert Enderle will be there to cheer them on and say that this is the death knell for Linux.
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It's called piercing the corporate veil, and if that happens, the principals are directly responsible for any and all judgments against the company.
It has to be pretty serious fiduciary irresponsibility, though, at the criminal level.
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>Truth marked as troll
As if the Treaty of Tripoli means nothing.
As if the Letter to the Danbury Baptists means nothing.
As if the Letter to the Touro Synagogue means nothing.
As if William Penn and Roger Williams never existed.
As if the Rhode Island Charter of 1663 granted by Charles II never existed.
As if the Lively Experiment never happened.
Right.
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Fixed.
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Reading the Bible without any sense of historical context leads to all sorts of stupid stuff, like the justification of holding slaves, stoning people for the littlest crimes, etc.
If you are feeble minded, the Bible is poisonous.
If this makes me a bigot, then so be it.
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But everything to do with competence.
I've seen average-to-stupid bosses all over. I've seen the rare smart one too. Some of the ones that are "fun to work with" are also some of the ones with bad business sense. Then there are the assholes who you'd rather stab yourself in the eye with an icepick before you'd ever work for them again.
And then there are the bosses who can value employees *and* have good business sense, and their companies become icons of the industry.
And in none of these situations, has gender ever really mattered.
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>There is really no justification for the current media pricing.
It's called collusion and price fixing, something that companies like Hynix and Hitachi and Samsung get his with fines for when they collude to keep prices artificially high on phones and RAM and whatnot.
But the Media companies are "different." Somehow collusion and price fixing and other Sherman Act violations are just fine with the Government when it comes to them.
Well, fuck them. Pirate away. Yo ho ho.
And I will continue to haunt used record and video stores. DVDs are good enough when they're cheap and their smaller size means a dd of the disk doesn't take long to put on the server. Suck it, MAFIAA.
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>modded flamebait
What. It's a Police song.
For those who have their panties in a twist about the C- word:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap0D9PXTeLA
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>should be censored.
Your speech is not sufficiently patriotic, citizen. Your speaking out against people who would defend our tribe will be censored forthwith.
See how quick that gets turned around?
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Sarkozy's joined the National Front
He always was a little runt
He's got his hand in the air
With the other cunts.
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Coward.
Umad
Deal with it.
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>I thought a lot of PCs that came with bundled Windows also came with bundled Office Home and Student.
Trial versions that you have to pay for and activate.
Nice try.
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Probably what every fratboy at the NSA would do.
After the automated equipment picks up the phone call, they would troll each other with the gay porn audio.
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I think you need to read this.
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An interesting concept perhaps, but one ultimately doomed to failure.
I would hazard to suggest that such a venture would be like fissling good seed onto barren ground, when one considers the target market for this ambitious venture.
Firstly, let us consider the target market. Those who would purchase a Dell computer with the linux installed, typically do so with one factor predominant in their mind's eye. That is - they choose the linux in order to save money. Any venture that invested resources in providing training services to this market is at a disadvantage from the first day, since that market has already classified itself as a penny pinching mob, collectively bereft of financial resources.
Secondly, one must consider the technical depth of this target market. The linux lacks the shine and technical sophistication of modern operating systems, such as Windows 7. There is only so much that can be taught to customers about the linux before one has exhausted it's technical abilities, let alone the shallow pockets of it's users. Selling training for advanced topics such as - Virus Protection, Disk Defragmentation Utilities, Job Scheduling, Windows Scripting, and Windows Clustering, Sequel Server .. all great topics that make a firm foundation for a lucrative training program .. but these opportnities are solely lacking in the linux world.
And Thirdly, let us consider the professional development of this target market. When one enters an University level course in advanced computing with a view to a productive future in the IT industry, what exactly do you think they teach students there ? They would hardly be teaching the linux, the unix, or the mainframe in this day and age. Nay - Its primarily Windows and Office that form the foundation of a professional career these days. One would only be doing a half hearted disservice to users if you limited the training program to the linux.
So whilst I find the idea of offering training to Dell's linux customers gregarious and even charitable, I think it is a venture doomed to failure, and surely one which most investors would be loathe to back with the resources required.
If one makes the presumption that the modern IT is all about the internets, then you have to ask yourself 'Does the Linux even have a choice in this matter ?'
A modern computing system is not one that is run from the DOS command line - it is a system that is tied in with the internet instead. Just have a look at Windows 7 with Aero for an example of this done right.
You need the outlook to connect in with the mass of email flowing around us every day. And then there is document collaboration - the sharing of Wordfiles and Excels between users across state boundries ! Voice over IP, internet enabled 'surface' computing, and voice command interfaces - all tied together with .NET and the Aero interface.
The driving force behind this internet is the Microsoft Sharepoint Server - a central peice of systems software which connects all these end points together, in a synergistic kaleidoscope that achieves both balance and symmetry.
The smart Vendors know that in order to get ahead in the future IT, that means integrating with the internet.
And so, we will see more and vendors of the Linux remit their legal obligations to Microsoft, and then benefit by getting onboard the .NET revolution.
While Apple and Microsoft ship their OSes with a set of working apps that cover most of the average user's needs,
They most certainly do not. Office and all that is extra. You have to pay for it. Separately.
And you got modded insightful. Idiot. Shill.
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That brings a whole new level of '"ick" to the concept.
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