I would have cursed dad every second of the 100 or so straight hours I spent putting that baby together. And I would tell that story about 10,000 times before my death.
This needs to be modded up exponentially and reposted on every thread in this discussion. The amount of ignorance here concerning home schooling is pretty alarming. The/. crowd is supposed to be on the North side of average intelligence.
To those who think homeschooling means shy hermits living in the dark, have you not heard of: churches, the Y, neighborhood parks, public libraries, organized sports.
To those who think homeschooling means parents too lazy to get Johnny and Mary fed and to the bus on time. The time and emotional commitment required is tremendous. The expense is also not inconsiderable. I'm sure there are anecdotal stories of individuals who should not be trusted with a hamster, much less their child's education. However, statistically, the home schooled do better than their brick and mortar confined counterparts.
To those who think homeschooling means unprepared to sit in cubicles all day. Do you think homeschooling somehow removes the human capacity to adapt? I never, not once, didn't even think of it, humped 20+ miles with a 70 pound pack until the Marine Corps. How the hell did I ever learn to adapt to that? What magic of public school prepared me for that? What prepared me to work full time while taking a full university class load after the Marine Corps? How is this humanly possible?
To those who think homeschooling means lack of exposure. Take out all the crap time in a public school day. How many minutes (not hours) of pure instruction are left? Home schooled primary grade (1-5 US) material can be, and is, taught at a pace of 2 or 3 public school days per 1 home school day. Some subjects go even faster, especially when the child has the insight to reach the educational goals through their own volition. Imagine that: children equipped to think ahead of the presented material to reach the same conclusion the lesson is building up to. What a freakin concept! You'd think we could come up with a better word than 'learning' for that amazing leap in cognition.
So if the 4th charge is dropped and he is freed, can they keep him jailed? He could, at that point, still cause the same damage that he can now.
Yes. Megan's Computer Law says that once a network admin, always a network admin. Even after you pay your debt to society, you can still be held in custody and forced to answer level 1 help desk calls.
Note, this is sarcasm and there is not, _yet_, a Megan's Computer Law.
The issue is that of specificity, not gubmint control. The federal government is _supposed_ to defend the country. In that vein any bill needs to _specifically_ detail any grants or restraints.
Wow, that is some protagonist, an adopted depressed gender confused 6th grader confined to a wheel chair with biracial lesbian parents who only speak Spanish.
As a hypothetical, I wonder if such a blanket ownership assertion can turn around and bite a company on the butt?
Say some dev writes the Great Under The Firewall Pr0n downloader and gives it away free. Then some soccer mom sues the devs employer as the 'owner' of the program harming her child...
Perhaps another person could say why the bank account/paypal is free and the other stuff costs money.
Because it costs Paypal money to run your credit card. They have to pay processing/transaction fees for credit cards just like any other merchant. However, they are still making money. I guarantee that with their usage, they can negotiate CC transaction fees in the 5-15 cent range with a percentage take of 1.5-7%.
Bank and paypal accounts are 'free' because of the practices surrounding those types of transactions.
You can't. Trust me. I 'closed' my paypal account nearly a decade ago (and twice more since) yet it still spews emails now and again over service updates and other folderol.
Nostalgia has a way of Rockwell-ing everything. Do you remember that Bambi's mom was viciously murdered in the first few minutes of the film?
The Wizard of Oz has two brutal killings and a disembowelment in it.
The recent Pixar film, Up, was chock full of adult themes more akin to aging boomers than rambunctious toddlers. But I guess a tall funny fruitloop looking bird makes it all OK.
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Why should MS support anything older than that?
Because they are still selling it today?
You are forgetting that code ages overtime. I think it has something to do with the proteins and atoms. That is why they have to make new versions.
Close. Code depends on jacksons and benjamins for sustained life. Now if only Microsoft were still receiving some that for their code... :o
It's a common mistake. You can see Nevada and Delaware from Homer Simpson' house in Springfield.
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Yes, this post makes no sense, but is excused by the fact that I'm a new age journalist.
I would have cursed dad every second of the 100 or so straight hours I spent putting that baby together. And I would tell that story about 10,000 times before my death.
This needs to be modded up exponentially and reposted on every thread in this discussion. The amount of ignorance here concerning home schooling is pretty alarming. The /. crowd is supposed to be on the North side of average intelligence.
To those who think homeschooling means shy hermits living in the dark, have you not heard of: churches, the Y, neighborhood parks, public libraries, organized sports.
To those who think homeschooling means parents too lazy to get Johnny and Mary fed and to the bus on time. The time and emotional commitment required is tremendous. The expense is also not inconsiderable. I'm sure there are anecdotal stories of individuals who should not be trusted with a hamster, much less their child's education. However, statistically, the home schooled do better than their brick and mortar confined counterparts.
To those who think homeschooling means unprepared to sit in cubicles all day. Do you think homeschooling somehow removes the human capacity to adapt? I never, not once, didn't even think of it, humped 20+ miles with a 70 pound pack until the Marine Corps. How the hell did I ever learn to adapt to that? What magic of public school prepared me for that? What prepared me to work full time while taking a full university class load after the Marine Corps? How is this humanly possible?
To those who think homeschooling means lack of exposure. Take out all the crap time in a public school day. How many minutes (not hours) of pure instruction are left? Home schooled primary grade (1-5 US) material can be, and is, taught at a pace of 2 or 3 public school days per 1 home school day. Some subjects go even faster, especially when the child has the insight to reach the educational goals through their own volition. Imagine that: children equipped to think ahead of the presented material to reach the same conclusion the lesson is building up to. What a freakin concept! You'd think we could come up with a better word than 'learning' for that amazing leap in cognition.
Cogitate, don't regurgitate.
Amen.
So if the 4th charge is dropped and he is freed, can they keep him jailed? He could, at that point, still cause the same damage that he can now.
Yes. Megan's Computer Law says that once a network admin, always a network admin. Even after you pay your debt to society, you can still be held in custody and forced to answer level 1 help desk calls.
Note, this is sarcasm and there is not, _yet_, a Megan's Computer Law.
Me, I'm trademarking tourists blowing dog whistles that are inaudible to humans.
And how would you enforce this? Send dogs to law school? They are already pretty good at chasing ambulances...
The issue is that of specificity, not gubmint control. The federal government is _supposed_ to defend the country. In that vein any bill needs to _specifically_ detail any grants or restraints.
The bill is scary because of it's vagueness.
But they did take over radio and the newspapers...
Mod parent up. Sane immigration policy (with enforcement) is great for America, or any other nation for that matter.
Wow, that is some protagonist, an adopted depressed gender confused 6th grader confined to a wheel chair with biracial lesbian parents who only speak Spanish.
As opposed to the emotional effect of failing when you thought you'd blow right through it? :)
As a hypothetical, I wonder if such a blanket ownership assertion can turn around and bite a company on the butt?
Say some dev writes the Great Under The Firewall Pr0n downloader and gives it away free. Then some soccer mom sues the devs employer as the 'owner' of the program harming her child...
People have been writing things on walls since (approximately) the invention of walls.
Evidence suggests people learned wall writing before wall building. :)
Perhaps another person could say why the bank account/paypal is free and the other stuff costs money.
Because it costs Paypal money to run your credit card. They have to pay processing/transaction fees for credit cards just like any other merchant. However, they are still making money. I guarantee that with their usage, they can negotiate CC transaction fees in the 5-15 cent range with a percentage take of 1.5-7%.
Bank and paypal accounts are 'free' because of the practices surrounding those types of transactions.
I think I'm just going to close my Paypal now
You can't. Trust me. I 'closed' my paypal account nearly a decade ago (and twice more since) yet it still spews emails now and again over service updates and other folderol.
The key and hologram thingy are useless. They want proof of moneys paid for the licenses, not licenses themselves.
This is a major issue in psychology because so much research has used white male college students as subjects.
They should quit paying participants with cheap beer to attract a more diverse pool of rats.
Nostalgia has a way of Rockwell-ing everything. Do you remember that Bambi's mom was viciously murdered in the first few minutes of the film?
The Wizard of Oz has two brutal killings and a disembowelment in it.
The recent Pixar film, Up, was chock full of adult themes more akin to aging boomers than rambunctious toddlers. But I guess a tall funny fruitloop looking bird makes it all OK.
I could go on all day...
My New York EDL came with a foil-lined protective sleeve.
That's funny, so did my pizza last night.
Look around. See any typewriters? That's because MS Word made it so convenient fro writers to use a computer. Auto spelling correction,
Tell me again how far we've progressed? ;)
Hmm. I disagree. I think conflict and churn are helpful in the long run.
The lure of meritocracy draws in young brilliant minds from all over. Fresh ideas, fresh motivation, and fresh itches to scratch all help FOSS.
Mod parent up. Welcome to life in the cubicle farm.
Dude, I LOVE operator overloading. Seriously though, you are not alone.