how poor a lot of students really are and how hard paying for college can be....but then again, who am I kidding. If Americans could get a cheap education the number of people enlisting in the Army would plummet.
Re:Of course people left
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before posting these emotional tirades? If you read the article before posting, you will see that a lot of the people being laid off are from marketing. Intel's sales fell significantly, so at the very least marketing didn't do their job and thus are really redundant. So it makes perfect sense to get rid of them, and it wasn't just done to make some fat cats on The Street.
They are not magic bullets nor will they, by themselves, cause a talented student to blow their potential. However I think that most schools look at them in one of those two lights. Some schools seem to take either of the two extremes and thus do a major disservice to their students.
Giving a kid a computer won't automatically grant them superior research skills or even get them interested in a topic they just aren't interested in. They can aid both of those. Laptops can make looking up a book in the library much easier when compared to a card catalog for instance. They can also allow students to explore materials that are not in their library if they find a topic that particularly sparks their interest.
That being said, computers can be used to goof off easily if the student is so inclined. Motivating the student is the job of the parents, teacher, and especially as time goes on the student themselves. The student who posts to myspace all day long probably isn't the student who 30 years ago would have been staying after school to learn how a slide rule works. They would have been the students that snuck a comic book inside their textbooks. Slacking is not a new phenomena.
But instead of taking responsibility, teachers and parents are blaming laptops or trying to use them to compensate for their own shortcomings. That is like trying to thread a screw with the hammer then when that fails, blaming the hammer manufacturer.
Getting more off topic, but iPods can actually boot after absorbing a large amount of water. I accidentally left mine in the washer once, and the thing actually booted, kinda sorta. The Apple came up but then I saw the sad iPod icon. In the end, I think the spinning knocked parts loose in the hd.
Why wait, why not write your own like Roland Piqupaille does. IE Flood slashdot with stories, but instead of linking to the original stories, link to a butchered summary on your ad-laden blog. Seems to work like a charm.
Well, in this case it seems the guy isn't going to jail, the summary says "supervised release" and the article doesn't really explain what that is, but I imagine he probably has to wear an ankle bracelet, and will only be allowed to leave the house for employment, and may be restricted in his computer activities. However, he won't be going to "Federal pound me in the ass prison". This seems like a fair sentence. He will have a much harder time getting a good job because of his criminal record, but I guess that is something he should have thought about before unleashing a botnet.... I guess he can always get a job as a security consultant.
This is anecdotal, I know, but I moved to Germany last June. The temperatures in August both this year and last have been quite cold(Low is around 10, high only about 15 or so). I was told this is unusual, but that is damn cold for being August. Of course one of the worst heat waves on record in Europe happened in August 2003, so this weather could just be a freak occurrence.
Well, she is an Iranian woman, not a country that is, how shall we say, enlightened when it comes to women's rights. Whether or not this will make a damn bit of difference to some 13 year old girl forced to wear a hijab and told she can't get a good education because of her gender remains to be seen.
He didn't take over as CEO till March 2005 which was after some of these batteries were already manufactured. Also, you seem to contradict yourself by saying "British born" and "First US-born CEO". I'm assuming you mean "foreign born" which if you do, you are wrong. Carlos Ghosn is the CEO of Nissan and has been crucial in turning that company around.
They are going to have to get rid of fraudelent auctions. The last time I bought anything off ebay was a year ago, and the only reason I did that is because it was an uncommon item(English-Chinese electronic dictionary) that is hard to find elsewhere. If I search for anything that isn't eclectic, at least half of the items are fraud, if not more. I have to do a lot of slogging through(usually by sorting by highest price first and then trying to find the items I want) just to get to legit auctions. No, I don't want a "free xbox 360, powerbook and more!!!!!!!!!!" which just turns into a bid for "information that is 110% legit on how to find free items online!". I end up having to do a lot of work just to find the item I want. If you can't be bothered to get rid of fraudelent auctions, then I can't be bothered to bid.
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Yes, I am "allowed" to use those terms. Free speech, plus, if you didn't realize, in the United States it is ultimately the CIVILIANS who have control over the military(the commander in chief is a civilian, not a military authority). So if I and my fellow Americans would vote for a president that said soldiers have to wear clown costumes into battle, that is what they would have to wear into battle.
I'm actually disgusted at Bush for saying that the war in Iraq should be totally up to the military(ie for withdrawal etc) and not up to politicians. That is rocking the very foundation of this country. The course of the war should be decided by civilians, if it isn't then we are fighting supposedly "restore democracy" abroad but we have lost it at home.
where do we get the energy to run around in circles?
Gerbils dude. Lots and lots of gerbils.
I'm reminded of what Colnel Kurtz said
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in Apocalypse now, " As long as our officers and troups (sic) perform tours of duty limited to one year, they will remain dilletantes in war and tourists in Vietnam. As long as cold beer, hot food, rock and roll and all the other amenities remain the expected norm, our conduct of the war will gain only impotence. (In the document, but not read aloud - The wholesale and indiscriminate use of firepower will only increase the effectiveness of the enemy and strengthen their resolve to prove the superiority of an agrarian culture against the world's greatest technocracy...The central tragedy of our effort in this conflict has been the confusion of a sophisticated technology with human commitment. Our bombs may in time destroy the geography, but they will never win the war...)...We need fewer men, and better; if they were committed, this war could be won with a fourth of our present force..."
While I have been against the Iraq war from the begining, I wonder how much truth there is to this. Are short stints and relatively comfortable surroundings really not motivating the troops to do their job? A quote from Captain Willard: "Charlie didn't get much USO. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R and R was cold rice and a little rat meat. He had only two ways home: death or victory."
Just take the above quotes and replace "Vietnam" with "Iraq" and "Charlie" with the insurgency and you have quotes that apply as much to this war as it did 'Nam....
In this case detecting HIV antibodies could very well prove useless. The body may develop HIV antibodies from the vaccine and still not have HIV. You have to measure viral load in the blood, which can be quite tricky.
How about Edward, the weak cowardly prince-bard from FFIV? He can get beat up a lot then hide, adding nothing to the battle. He can also cause his beard to get killed because he cannot admit he is gay! How is that for a super power?
Isn't the definition of "freedom" choice? So apparently this guy has made a choice to use proprietary software. How is that not freedom? I hate when Open Source software people get all preachy about "freedom" because to me it just comes off as "You are not free unless you do what we tell you to do". Which doesn't strike me as particularly "free"....
should read "PS2 to lead through 2011". That is my armchair prediction anyway. Microsoft has a nice niche market for themselves but cannot seem to grow. Nintendo will carve out a potentially bigger niche, and Sony will shoot themselves in the foot, but honestly I don't think that any of the next gens will reach anywhere near the market penetration of the playstation 2.
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how poor a lot of students really are and how hard paying for college can be....but then again, who am I kidding. If Americans could get a cheap education the number of people enlisting in the Army would plummet.
And apparently, code too
before posting these emotional tirades? If you read the article before posting, you will see that a lot of the people being laid off are from marketing. Intel's sales fell significantly, so at the very least marketing didn't do their job and thus are really redundant. So it makes perfect sense to get rid of them, and it wasn't just done to make some fat cats on The Street.
They are not magic bullets nor will they, by themselves, cause a talented student to blow their potential. However I think that most schools look at them in one of those two lights. Some schools seem to take either of the two extremes and thus do a major disservice to their students.
Giving a kid a computer won't automatically grant them superior research skills or even get them interested in a topic they just aren't interested in. They can aid both of those. Laptops can make looking up a book in the library much easier when compared to a card catalog for instance. They can also allow students to explore materials that are not in their library if they find a topic that particularly sparks their interest.
That being said, computers can be used to goof off easily if the student is so inclined. Motivating the student is the job of the parents, teacher, and especially as time goes on the student themselves. The student who posts to myspace all day long probably isn't the student who 30 years ago would have been staying after school to learn how a slide rule works. They would have been the students that snuck a comic book inside their textbooks. Slacking is not a new phenomena.
But instead of taking responsibility, teachers and parents are blaming laptops or trying to use them to compensate for their own shortcomings. That is like trying to thread a screw with the hammer then when that fails, blaming the hammer manufacturer.
if I just ejaculate into a pool of these things?
He does claim to be meeting a girl he met on WoW. Draw your own conclusions from that....
Getting more off topic, but iPods can actually boot after absorbing a large amount of water. I accidentally left mine in the washer once, and the thing actually booted, kinda sorta. The Apple came up but then I saw the sad iPod icon. In the end, I think the spinning knocked parts loose in the hd.
Why wait, why not write your own like Roland Piqupaille does. IE Flood slashdot with stories, but instead of linking to the original stories, link to a butchered summary on your ad-laden blog. Seems to work like a charm.
Well, in this case it seems the guy isn't going to jail, the summary says "supervised release" and the article doesn't really explain what that is, but I imagine he probably has to wear an ankle bracelet, and will only be allowed to leave the house for employment, and may be restricted in his computer activities. However, he won't be going to "Federal pound me in the ass prison". This seems like a fair sentence. He will have a much harder time getting a good job because of his criminal record, but I guess that is something he should have thought about before unleashing a botnet.... I guess he can always get a job as a security consultant.
This is anecdotal, I know, but I moved to Germany last June. The temperatures in August both this year and last have been quite cold(Low is around 10, high only about 15 or so). I was told this is unusual, but that is damn cold for being August. Of course one of the worst heat waves on record in Europe happened in August 2003, so this weather could just be a freak occurrence.
Well, she is an Iranian woman, not a country that is, how shall we say, enlightened when it comes to women's rights. Whether or not this will make a damn bit of difference to some 13 year old girl forced to wear a hijab and told she can't get a good education because of her gender remains to be seen.
He didn't take over as CEO till March 2005 which was after some of these batteries were already manufactured. Also, you seem to contradict yourself by saying "British born" and "First US-born CEO". I'm assuming you mean "foreign born" which if you do, you are wrong. Carlos Ghosn is the CEO of Nissan and has been crucial in turning that company around.
They are going to have to get rid of fraudelent auctions. The last time I bought anything off ebay was a year ago, and the only reason I did that is because it was an uncommon item(English-Chinese electronic dictionary) that is hard to find elsewhere. If I search for anything that isn't eclectic, at least half of the items are fraud, if not more. I have to do a lot of slogging through(usually by sorting by highest price first and then trying to find the items I want) just to get to legit auctions. No, I don't want a "free xbox 360, powerbook and more!!!!!!!!!!" which just turns into a bid for "information that is 110% legit on how to find free items online!". I end up having to do a lot of work just to find the item I want. If you can't be bothered to get rid of fraudelent auctions, then I can't be bothered to bid.
Yes, I am "allowed" to use those terms. Free speech, plus, if you didn't realize, in the United States it is ultimately the CIVILIANS who have control over the military(the commander in chief is a civilian, not a military authority). So if I and my fellow Americans would vote for a president that said soldiers have to wear clown costumes into battle, that is what they would have to wear into battle.
I'm actually disgusted at Bush for saying that the war in Iraq should be totally up to the military(ie for withdrawal etc) and not up to politicians. That is rocking the very foundation of this country. The course of the war should be decided by civilians, if it isn't then we are fighting supposedly "restore democracy" abroad but we have lost it at home.
where do we get the energy to run around in circles?
Gerbils dude. Lots and lots of gerbils.
in Apocalypse now, " As long as our officers and troups (sic) perform tours of duty limited to one year, they will remain dilletantes in war and tourists in Vietnam. As long as cold beer, hot food, rock and roll and all the other amenities remain the expected norm, our conduct of the war will gain only impotence. (In the document, but not read aloud - The wholesale and indiscriminate use of firepower will only increase the effectiveness of the enemy and strengthen their resolve to prove the superiority of an agrarian culture against the world's greatest technocracy...The central tragedy of our effort in this conflict has been the confusion of a sophisticated technology with human commitment. Our bombs may in time destroy the geography, but they will never win the war...)...We need fewer men, and better; if they were committed, this war could be won with a fourth of our present force..."
While I have been against the Iraq war from the begining, I wonder how much truth there is to this. Are short stints and relatively comfortable surroundings really not motivating the troops to do their job? A quote from Captain Willard: "Charlie didn't get much USO. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R and R was cold rice and a little rat meat. He had only two ways home: death or victory."
Just take the above quotes and replace "Vietnam" with "Iraq" and "Charlie" with the insurgency and you have quotes that apply as much to this war as it did 'Nam....
And if they do, well, I'm going to the whorehouse!
In this case detecting HIV antibodies could very well prove useless. The body may develop HIV antibodies from the vaccine and still not have HIV. You have to measure viral load in the blood, which can be quite tricky.
How about Edward, the weak cowardly prince-bard from FFIV? He can get beat up a lot then hide, adding nothing to the battle. He can also cause his beard to get killed because he cannot admit he is gay! How is that for a super power?
lysing
Isn't the definition of "freedom" choice? So apparently this guy has made a choice to use proprietary software. How is that not freedom? I hate when Open Source software people get all preachy about "freedom" because to me it just comes off as "You are not free unless you do what we tell you to do". Which doesn't strike me as particularly "free"....
Just out of curiosity(well, I'm considering something similiar) how did you find this job?
I will gladly trade in my old iPod for one of those Chinese women that work in their factories!
I'm a horrible human being for saying that, aren't I?
should read "PS2 to lead through 2011". That is my armchair prediction anyway. Microsoft has a nice niche market for themselves but cannot seem to grow. Nintendo will carve out a potentially bigger niche, and Sony will shoot themselves in the foot, but honestly I don't think that any of the next gens will reach anywhere near the market penetration of the playstation 2.
No, they didn't. They used a gamecube case, thats all. The insides were the Wii.