But California didn't "tighten up" anything. They make you go through an invasive background check, but they still allow dolts who graduated from fly-by-night, non-accredited law schools to take the bar. End result? Qualified, long-time practicioners can't take the exam because of a minor, but still criminalized, issue (i.e. smoking weed in high school in the 1960's), but Larry the Retard from Bargain Basement Law School gets admitted because he lucked out on the exam. I'd say that's far from being improved.
It wasn't as much of a mindfuck as people say it is, really. All of the religious elements were bullshit, thrown in there because they "looked cool". The final 2 eps are more...philosophical, I guess, than the rest of the series, but there's a reason for that. They're the *inward* representation of Instrumentality, the massive melding of the minds when everyone turns to goo (at least from Shinji's perspective). In the end, Shinji realizes he's been a whiny little bastard for no reason. The "Congratulations!" is Shinji congratulating himself for this revelation.
A-fucking-men. It's pathetic to see that the reaction to ANY government action, regardless of benefit or harm, is "OMG FUCK BUSH REPUBLICANS EVIL!!!1oneelven" Anyone who makes a comment like this is a moron who has no mind or thoughts of their own. Sure, this administration has majorly fucked up, but which one hasn't? Clinton was the one who got us involved in Somalia and Kosovo, "conflicts" that pissed off more than a few radicals. H.W. Bush backed off on crushing Saddam when he had the chance, and raised taxes after saying he wouldn't. Reagan had SDI and Iran-Contra. Carter had the Iran hostages. No one is clean. Both sides suck. End of story.
Mighty simplistic, but apparently people are too angry to care.
I may not be adding anything new or interesting to this discussion, but I might as well say it. This guy (and everyone like him), not the schools, is what is wrong with engineering today. People come in with inflated egos and bullshit GPAs from high school, thinking all of their old tricks will work in college too.
Newsflash: They won't .
I happen to go to one of the much reviled "public universities" (UC-Irvine, specifically). Thankfully, I have yet to have a lecture not taught by someone with a doctorate in their field. Sure, some of them had a less than optimal command of the English language, but you get used to it. Every single class I have taken required more than a last-minute cram session before the exams. I saw a TON of my classmates whine and moan about how the class was "too hard" or "too fast-paced", and that the professor "didn't care" or, my favorite, was "out to get them." All of those people either switched out of engineering/physics/math/etc. or failed. Why? They thought doing the bare minimum was enough, and they were wrong. The entire point of classes where you're working balls to the wall the entire term is to teach you not just the class material, but a decent work ethic as well. If you're not willing to work, especially in engineering, you need get the hell out so the real engineers can do their job.
Whining? I'm not whining. I'm irritated that money that the system claims is unavailable for improving my education is going to a luxury like a music service.
Also, I never EVER said the UCs were expensive in terms of tuition. You're right, they're more affordable than even other state universities. My beef is with how they USE my money, not that they're getting more of it.
This is the problem when one party has an unchallengable majority in a legislature like the Dems do in CA. They stack the committees and organizations with like-minded jackasses who immediately kowtow to the prevailing herd mentality of that party.
Disclaimer: This would happen no matter WHO was in power-Dems, GOP, or a third party.
Thanks, Pres. Dynes! You cut our financial aid by a couple million dollars, and spend it on a half-assed "legal" music service that I doubt will get popular at all. Or are you paying for it with the higher fees you instituted? Isn't there supposed to be a budget crisis?
It's really no surprise that this sort of thing would come out of AOL. Considering that they're much more concerened with profits than providing even a half-decent service at a fair price, it's a wonder they actually caught this tool.
Of course, AOL users bring a lot of this shit on themselves. If people used common sense (which I am convinced does not exist in most of the world), life would be so much easier.
Slashdot Mirror
really says it all. The stupidity on both sides is staggering.
Actually, yes, to most Japanese, we foreigners do look all alike. Japan is notorious for being racist like that.
But California didn't "tighten up" anything. They make you go through an invasive background check, but they still allow dolts who graduated from fly-by-night, non-accredited law schools to take the bar. End result? Qualified, long-time practicioners can't take the exam because of a minor, but still criminalized, issue (i.e. smoking weed in high school in the 1960's), but Larry the Retard from Bargain Basement Law School gets admitted because he lucked out on the exam. I'd say that's far from being improved.
It wasn't as much of a mindfuck as people say it is, really. All of the religious elements were bullshit, thrown in there because they "looked cool". The final 2 eps are more...philosophical, I guess, than the rest of the series, but there's a reason for that. They're the *inward* representation of Instrumentality, the massive melding of the minds when everyone turns to goo (at least from Shinji's perspective). In the end, Shinji realizes he's been a whiny little bastard for no reason. The "Congratulations!" is Shinji congratulating himself for this revelation.
:p
I would go more into detail, but I have class
Christ, 6ABC used to have some semblance of integrity.
Excuse me, I think you misplaced your tinfoil hat.
A-fucking-men. It's pathetic to see that the reaction to ANY government action, regardless of benefit or harm, is "OMG FUCK BUSH REPUBLICANS EVIL!!!1oneelven" Anyone who makes a comment like this is a moron who has no mind or thoughts of their own. Sure, this administration has majorly fucked up, but which one hasn't? Clinton was the one who got us involved in Somalia and Kosovo, "conflicts" that pissed off more than a few radicals. H.W. Bush backed off on crushing Saddam when he had the chance, and raised taxes after saying he wouldn't. Reagan had SDI and Iran-Contra. Carter had the Iran hostages. No one is clean. Both sides suck. End of story.
Mighty simplistic, but apparently people are too angry to care.
Because we don't want to take classes with arrogant politics majors?
I may not be adding anything new or interesting to this discussion, but I might as well say it. This guy (and everyone like him), not the schools, is what is wrong with engineering today. People come in with inflated egos and bullshit GPAs from high school, thinking all of their old tricks will work in college too. Newsflash: They won't . I happen to go to one of the much reviled "public universities" (UC-Irvine, specifically). Thankfully, I have yet to have a lecture not taught by someone with a doctorate in their field. Sure, some of them had a less than optimal command of the English language, but you get used to it. Every single class I have taken required more than a last-minute cram session before the exams. I saw a TON of my classmates whine and moan about how the class was "too hard" or "too fast-paced", and that the professor "didn't care" or, my favorite, was "out to get them." All of those people either switched out of engineering/physics/math/etc. or failed. Why? They thought doing the bare minimum was enough, and they were wrong. The entire point of classes where you're working balls to the wall the entire term is to teach you not just the class material, but a decent work ethic as well. If you're not willing to work, especially in engineering, you need get the hell out so the real engineers can do their job.
Whining? I'm not whining. I'm irritated that money that the system claims is unavailable for improving my education is going to a luxury like a music service. Also, I never EVER said the UCs were expensive in terms of tuition. You're right, they're more affordable than even other state universities. My beef is with how they USE my money, not that they're getting more of it.
This is the problem when one party has an unchallengable majority in a legislature like the Dems do in CA. They stack the committees and organizations with like-minded jackasses who immediately kowtow to the prevailing herd mentality of that party.
Disclaimer: This would happen no matter WHO was in power-Dems, GOP, or a third party.
Thanks, Pres. Dynes! You cut our financial aid by a couple million dollars, and spend it on a half-assed "legal" music service that I doubt will get popular at all. Or are you paying for it with the higher fees you instituted? Isn't there supposed to be a budget crisis?
Either way, we're all getting the shaft.
It's really no surprise that this sort of thing would come out of AOL. Considering that they're much more concerened with profits than providing even a half-decent service at a fair price, it's a wonder they actually caught this tool. Of course, AOL users bring a lot of this shit on themselves. If people used common sense (which I am convinced does not exist in most of the world), life would be so much easier.