No, you're not looking at the big picture. The weapons that you say are killing many people are saving the lives of 10x as many at the same time. The wars are going to happen no matter what, it's inevitable. The weapons they are fought with, however, are the key point that saves the lives of both civilians and our soldiers. When the United States Air Force is able to destroy an Iraqi tank that's sitting underneath a bridge, without damaging the bridge....that's amazing. Not only is it amazing, but it's proof of how the pinpoint accuracy of our technology can sidestep civilian casualties.
Along the same lines, nuclear weapons have saved hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives.
The US is the major innovator and inventor in the world. Hundreds of countries livelihood is entirely dependent on the ongoing success of our economy. Our illness-fighting drugs are the lifeblood of many developing nations. Our military inventions save the lives of thousands of lives everytime our soldiers go into the field. The list is too long to do justice to in a single commented paragraph such as this, but suffice it to say...
...Our economic base is slowly deteriorating from the "producer" of worldwide products, and is moving more towards "services" based offerings. A sad reality, but a fact we must become accustomed to nonetheless.
Let's not kid ourselves here boys and girls, the school will not be the ones eating the cost for these enhancements to higher education.
Whether it be iPods, iTunes, or Napster; none of these are "free". The cost for these will be taken either by A.) raising tuition costs slightly, or B.) taking it from current tuition costs (which strips funding away from other programs), but let's not split hairs here...the school is not a charity.
With an incoming class size of about 1,500 students, Duke will shell out roughly half a million dollars for a program such as this. (1500 x $300). What is Duke getting for this? Are they actually expecting students to load up their iPods with educational content?? C'mon...
...I hate to be the pessimist, but this is only a gimmick to get themselves in the news. There's no actual longterm educational value to giving the highest statistic of illegal downloaders their own utilities to play this illegal music on.
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Rediculous.
Was there oil involved in Kosovo?
How about Grenada?
How about Panama?
How about Mogadishu?
No, you're not looking at the big picture. The weapons that you say are killing many people are saving the lives of 10x as many at the same time. The wars are going to happen no matter what, it's inevitable. The weapons they are fought with, however, are the key point that saves the lives of both civilians and our soldiers. When the United States Air Force is able to destroy an Iraqi tank that's sitting underneath a bridge, without damaging the bridge....that's amazing. Not only is it amazing, but it's proof of how the pinpoint accuracy of our technology can sidestep civilian casualties.
Along the same lines, nuclear weapons have saved hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives.
The US is the major innovator and inventor in the world. Hundreds of countries livelihood is entirely dependent on the ongoing success of our economy. Our illness-fighting drugs are the lifeblood of many developing nations. Our military inventions save the lives of thousands of lives everytime our soldiers go into the field. The list is too long to do justice to in a single commented paragraph such as this, but suffice it to say...
...Our economic base is slowly deteriorating from the "producer" of worldwide products, and is moving more towards "services" based offerings. A sad reality, but a fact we must become accustomed to nonetheless.
Let's not kid ourselves here boys and girls, the school will not be the ones eating the cost for these enhancements to higher education.
Whether it be iPods, iTunes, or Napster; none of these are "free". The cost for these will be taken either by A.) raising tuition costs slightly, or B.) taking it from current tuition costs (which strips funding away from other programs), but let's not split hairs here...the school is not a charity. With an incoming class size of about 1,500 students, Duke will shell out roughly half a million dollars for a program such as this. (1500 x $300). What is Duke getting for this? Are they actually expecting students to load up their iPods with educational content?? C'mon...
...I hate to be the pessimist, but this is only a gimmick to get themselves in the news. There's no actual longterm educational value to giving the highest statistic of illegal downloaders their own utilities to play this illegal music on.