To paraphrase the central figure of a major western religion:
You have heard that it was said, "Go forth and rape and murder all the rapists and murderers." But I say to you, Do not resist a rapist or murderer. If anyone murders your wife, turn to him your cheeks.
He even goes on to explicitly state that if someone sues you, you should give them more than they ask for! If Tenenbaum was a good Christian, he would willingly give the RIAA at least double the $675k they won. And Rasset shouldn't feel right giving less than $3 million!
When the porn makers come for your money and your dignity, give them your Constitutional rights too! It's what Obama or Bush would do, right? Because they're Christians, right?
This is what I'm talking about. Warren Buffett said money is just a way of keeping score. Money will never just be "a way of keeping score" for me or anyone I've ever met. Ever.
How does this not fall under the "get lucky" column? Additionally, if more people become millionaires during a recession, aren't they profiting off of the loses of others? Are those others the wealthy, or the poor? Lastly, you would be surprised how "liberal" I am not.
Um, no, rich people are rich because their parents are rich, and their friends are rich, and they get lucky. Poor people are typically poor because they don't know any rich people they can get rich off of.
Like, say you live in a shanty town in Kenya. How are you supposed to get rich by "valuing your time" more than everyone else?
Um, no. I just think it's unreasonable to cry foul at obviously beneficial ventures like space travel when the expense is trivial next to the senseless slaughter committed elsewhere. The entire idea of a $100 billion space station is a ridiculous straw man next to our obscene military spending.
The cost of the space station is a pittance to what we already spend on welfare concerns, which is a pittance to what we spend on killing the unborn, sick and dying off on the other side of the world.
Beside that, it is beyond foolish to assume that this meager "viable ecosystem" we happen to live on will last forever. Right now we have only one basket, and nearly 7 billion eggs. Seems like a bad plan. The trifle we put into space travel is, in fact, much less than a sane person should consider worthwhile.
No, the point is that it will better prepare those who do choose to become doctors, ultimately enabling more American students to choose better degree paths than "fry cook."
I went to high school 6 years ago, and we learned nothing. Absolutely nothing at all. The entire day was a complete and utter waste. The problem was the pace. Everyone assumes kids are stupid, so they teach us slowly. If they did a better job teaching, it would be trivial to reach a meaningful depth in every subject.
I'm not promoting math at the expensive of other subjects. I'm saying every subject is woefully under taught.
Actually, I think we should pull back on subjects like "standardized test preparation." We're taught to pass idiotic tests, so all we ever learn is idiocy.
I think this is a question of definitions. I consider having a basic knowledge of various schools of logic and mathematics such as you list to be the bare minimum, and much less than we should be teaching. We should be pushing for everyone to learn differential equations by the time they finish high school. The problem is that people are afraid of math, not that they really can't do it. Less math won't fix that.
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To paraphrase the central figure of a major western religion:
You have heard that it was said, "Go forth and rape and murder all the rapists and murderers." But I say to you, Do not resist a rapist or murderer. If anyone murders your wife, turn to him your cheeks.
He even goes on to explicitly state that if someone sues you, you should give them more than they ask for! If Tenenbaum was a good Christian, he would willingly give the RIAA at least double the $675k they won. And Rasset shouldn't feel right giving less than $3 million!
When the porn makers come for your money and your dignity, give them your Constitutional rights too! It's what Obama or Bush would do, right? Because they're Christians, right?
To be honest, I really don't see the existence or non-existence of Star Wars as having a major impact on my life.
Will you be able to afford a $6 million dollar legal fee just to prove a point? What, never? Okay then, you aren't rich and never will be.
Piracy will never prevent the next great opus. Society will ever place media created for profit in the same category as real art.
Why do so many American children die young?
I would posit that all American children who die do so while young.
This is what I'm talking about. Warren Buffett said money is just a way of keeping score. Money will never just be "a way of keeping score" for me or anyone I've ever met. Ever.
How does this not fall under the "get lucky" column? Additionally, if more people become millionaires during a recession, aren't they profiting off of the loses of others? Are those others the wealthy, or the poor? Lastly, you would be surprised how "liberal" I am not.
Some of us have real jobs, you know.
Um, no, rich people are rich because their parents are rich, and their friends are rich, and they get lucky. Poor people are typically poor because they don't know any rich people they can get rich off of.
Like, say you live in a shanty town in Kenya. How are you supposed to get rich by "valuing your time" more than everyone else?
Well, as our great founding father said on the topic of income tax: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
Ridiculous and arbitrary laws like that is why your third world hell hole doesn't have any wonderful profitable ventures like the RIAA.
.. there are a huge number of people that think that pro-privacy things like NoScript are stupid ...
It's true, though. If you have nothing to hide, privacy is a total non-issue.
Even then it can be... disappointing...
And the extensive user base of IE so that all the sites are written to operate properly in it!
Um, no. I just think it's unreasonable to cry foul at obviously beneficial ventures like space travel when the expense is trivial next to the senseless slaughter committed elsewhere. The entire idea of a $100 billion space station is a ridiculous straw man next to our obscene military spending.
The cost of the space station is a pittance to what we already spend on welfare concerns, which is a pittance to what we spend on killing the unborn, sick and dying off on the other side of the world.
Beside that, it is beyond foolish to assume that this meager "viable ecosystem" we happen to live on will last forever. Right now we have only one basket, and nearly 7 billion eggs. Seems like a bad plan. The trifle we put into space travel is, in fact, much less than a sane person should consider worthwhile.
Boy are you misinformed.
Where exactly do you think all our oil and coal came from in the first place?
If the odds of a $140 million jackpot were 1 in 50 million, I'd buy into that.
Right, and the purpose of learning trig is so you can prove that the graphical bisection of two angles cuts it in half.
Or maybe there's more to it than that.
Wow, thanks for all the great info! My son now loves PoissonRouge.
No, the point is that it will better prepare those who do choose to become doctors, ultimately enabling more American students to choose better degree paths than "fry cook."
What party do you suppose I'm in favor of here? And how is voting in general not party loyalism over the good of the country?
No.
I went to high school 6 years ago, and we learned nothing. Absolutely nothing at all. The entire day was a complete and utter waste. The problem was the pace. Everyone assumes kids are stupid, so they teach us slowly. If they did a better job teaching, it would be trivial to reach a meaningful depth in every subject.
I'm not promoting math at the expensive of other subjects. I'm saying every subject is woefully under taught.
Actually, I think we should pull back on subjects like "standardized test preparation." We're taught to pass idiotic tests, so all we ever learn is idiocy.
I think this is a question of definitions. I consider having a basic knowledge of various schools of logic and mathematics such as you list to be the bare minimum, and much less than we should be teaching. We should be pushing for everyone to learn differential equations by the time they finish high school. The problem is that people are afraid of math, not that they really can't do it. Less math won't fix that.