Why is that?? I believe it is because colleges have to compete with each other.
Maybe that is a factor. The larger factors are 1) Generally folks in college want to be in college. If a person doens't like school, he generally won't enroll in college, or will get himself flunked out quickly. 2) With college, it is your money, coming out of your pocket in many cases. My experience hass been that students who are paying their own way outperform (as a whole) over those who have mommy and daddy paying their way (as a whole). Competition, in my mind, is a tetrary reason for colleges getting a bigger bang for the buck.
Let's see. Google sued Microsoft because of some defaults set in their software and operating system that favored Microsoft's own search. If you go to Google' all of their defaults are Google services. You don't even get the option to change those links to say Yahoo or the like. Yet Google felt the need to sue Microsoft for something the user COULD change.
As Google gets bigger, they will behave more like Microsoft. It is simple human nature. And hopefully, this will wake up another generation of Americans and make them realize that corporations are simply there to make money, and should be kept on a short leash.
Your reply is the only logical response I have seen yet:) I agree with you wholeheartedly, though it is very disheartening as well. The US's success has been based on freedoms, and welcoming anyone who wants to be a part of that freedom. With the laws we have passed, we have pissed on that legacy.
I voted for Bush in the first term. And for that, I am very sorry. Sadly, the other party isn't any better. I don't see things improving.
So while your reply makes me sad, it is the logical response to what we have told the world.
British Airlines, to my knowledge, has to comply with the laws of the U.K. If I am incorrect in this, please let me know. I am always willing to admit I'm wrong (I'm married after all).
By the same logic, I blame the US for lax identity theft laws when I hear about ABC company divulging information about tens of thousands of their customers. A company will do what is profitable. It is their job. When governments let companies get away with murder, I place the blame on the gov't for not having a tight enough leash.
British Airlines has a crap system. The U.K. apparently is not doing enough to ensure their companies take this stuff seriously.
Maybe you shouldn't automatically suck down everything a news article tells you. I did RTFA. However, the US is allowed to make lawas about who can come into their country. Other countries have to respect those rules. If those countries choose to allow insecure systems like this to come into place, then that is THEIR problem, not ours.
Our problem is that we have elected people who put moronic rules into place.
Wow. Dutch citiczen. UK government. Still US's fault.
No, I am not a fan on the war on freedom^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hterrorism. But get over it. Both countries are capable of putting together a more secure system. Quit blaming the US for all the world's problems.
This assumes the guardian is reporting a true story. They have been know to be free with the truth.
I'd expect the real reason notice is being paid is the potential for money laundering. Anyone around the world can "produce" "goods" for sale. A U.S. based person pays a price for the "item". Real money flows overseas.When dealing wth other types of business, it is easy to set a range of expected revenue. What is the "fair market value" for a +15 sword of the undead? Hard to know if something is a legitimate transacation, or a money laundering scheme.
Expect more scrutiny from homeland security. Expect this to be a recurring theme for the rest of your life.
Oh no. You mean, you might actually have to pay MONEY for things you enjoy. You mean, if you derive thousands of hours of pleasure from music, you might have to pony up a week's worth of pay for it?
If you want something that someone else produces, it is not unreasonable to pay for it. A buck for a song? If I like the song, I am likely to listen to it hundreds of times. After taxes, a dollar is like four minutes of work for me. I don't find it an unreasonable price to pay. If you do, don't buy. Simple as that.
And if you end up soending a lot more money than you planned, then I suggest a remedial budgeting course. Life in western civilization demands a rudimentary knowledge of managing money. iTunes is hardly the biggest corporate baddy out there looking to steal your money (that would be Congress).
...has been cloaked until now, is becoming a voice against America's culture of overwork....
I, for one, am tired of this culture of overwork in America. Occassionally I have to close my browser and answer a phone call. This is intruding into my social life entirely too much.
As a rough estimate, to save $30,000 at those rates you'd have to drive somewhere in the neighborhood of 11,000 miles (3*11000-.25*11000=30250).
Pssst.... you just calculated GALLONS of gas, not miles. Even assuming you only get 20 miles per gallon, you won't spend $30,000 on gas in the lifetime of most cars.
The first clue when doing any kind of math project is to ask yourself if the answer makes sense. Your caclulations just showed that the average american spends more than $30K per year on gasoline. When you get an answer like that, it is time to doublecheck the math.
Thanks for the reply! While you mistyped, I more put any blame on the editorial crew. The unwashed minions here (namely, everyone with a user id except me) are not doing this for a living. The editors are the ones who should catch these things and doublecheck things. Hence the term 'editor'. Add to this the fact that they were notified of the error and still got the guy's name wrong demonstrates their total lack of caring about their job.
Okay. Now there is a blurb from Z: "Tim Burton no longer cofounding Tivo". How the hell do you no longer cofound something? I can see no longer being a president of a company. Or not even having anything to do with a company. But once you found something, you can't UNfound it.
"Hi, Son. I am no longer your daddy. I unprocreated you"
Have you ever seen them in the same room together? Huh? Didn't think so. I find it more plausible that they ARE the same person than that Slashdot's journalistic integrity is so low.
How does a space elevator negate the speed of the earth? Whether you get it to space via rocket, elevator, or goat on steroids, the sun orbits the sun at the same speed.
Slashdot Mirror
Why is that?? I believe it is because colleges have to compete with each other.
Maybe that is a factor. The larger factors are 1) Generally folks in college want to be in college. If a person doens't like school, he generally won't enroll in college, or will get himself flunked out quickly. 2) With college, it is your money, coming out of your pocket in many cases. My experience hass been that students who are paying their own way outperform (as a whole) over those who have mommy and daddy paying their way (as a whole). Competition, in my mind, is a tetrary reason for colleges getting a bigger bang for the buck.
Let's see. Google sued Microsoft because of some defaults set in their software and operating system that favored Microsoft's own search. If you go to Google' all of their defaults are Google services. You don't even get the option to change those links to say Yahoo or the like. Yet Google felt the need to sue Microsoft for something the user COULD change.
As Google gets bigger, they will behave more like Microsoft. It is simple human nature. And hopefully, this will wake up another generation of Americans and make them realize that corporations are simply there to make money, and should be kept on a short leash.
Probably not.
Well, the original moderator just got metamodded down. I just clicked the button. One less humorless guy getting mod points.
Or, perhaps, the gp came up with his own quote?
Your reply is the only logical response I have seen yet :) I agree with you wholeheartedly, though it is very disheartening as well. The US's success has been based on freedoms, and welcoming anyone who wants to be a part of that freedom. With the laws we have passed, we have pissed on that legacy.
I voted for Bush in the first term. And for that, I am very sorry. Sadly, the other party isn't any better. I don't see things improving.
So while your reply makes me sad, it is the logical response to what we have told the world.
reference please.
British Airlines, to my knowledge, has to comply with the laws of the U.K. If I am incorrect in this, please let me know. I am always willing to admit I'm wrong (I'm married after all).
By the same logic, I blame the US for lax identity theft laws when I hear about ABC company divulging information about tens of thousands of their customers. A company will do what is profitable. It is their job. When governments let companies get away with murder, I place the blame on the gov't for not having a tight enough leash.
British Airlines has a crap system. The U.K. apparently is not doing enough to ensure their companies take this stuff seriously.
Maybe you shouldn't automatically suck down everything a news article tells you. I did RTFA. However, the US is allowed to make lawas about who can come into their country. Other countries have to respect those rules. If those countries choose to allow insecure systems like this to come into place, then that is THEIR problem, not ours.
Our problem is that we have elected people who put moronic rules into place.
Wow. Dutch citiczen. UK government. Still US's fault.
No, I am not a fan on the war on freedom^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hterrorism. But get over it. Both countries are capable of putting together a more secure system. Quit blaming the US for all the world's problems.
This assumes the guardian is reporting a true story. They have been know to be free with the truth.
I'd expect the real reason notice is being paid is the potential for money laundering. Anyone around the world can "produce" "goods" for sale. A U.S. based person pays a price for the "item". Real money flows overseas.When dealing wth other types of business, it is easy to set a range of expected revenue. What is the "fair market value" for a +15 sword of the undead? Hard to know if something is a legitimate transacation, or a money laundering scheme.
Expect more scrutiny from homeland security. Expect this to be a recurring theme for the rest of your life.
Oh no. You mean, you might actually have to pay MONEY for things you enjoy. You mean, if you derive thousands of hours of pleasure from music, you might have to pony up a week's worth of pay for it?
If you want something that someone else produces, it is not unreasonable to pay for it. A buck for a song? If I like the song, I am likely to listen to it hundreds of times. After taxes, a dollar is like four minutes of work for me. I don't find it an unreasonable price to pay. If you do, don't buy. Simple as that.
And if you end up soending a lot more money than you planned, then I suggest a remedial budgeting course. Life in western civilization demands a rudimentary knowledge of managing money. iTunes is hardly the biggest corporate baddy out there looking to steal your money (that would be Congress).
No. There is only one ad. We belong to it. Damn polytheists.
Actually, it means we all belong to the ad. All hail the ad.
...has been cloaked until now, is becoming a voice against America's culture of overwork....
I, for one, am tired of this culture of overwork in America. Occassionally I have to close my browser and answer a phone call. This is intruding into my social life entirely too much.
As a rough estimate, to save $30,000 at those rates you'd have to drive somewhere in the neighborhood of 11,000 miles (3*11000-.25*11000=30250).
Pssst.... you just calculated GALLONS of gas, not miles. Even assuming you only get 20 miles per gallon, you won't spend $30,000 on gas in the lifetime of most cars.
The first clue when doing any kind of math project is to ask yourself if the answer makes sense. Your caclulations just showed that the average american spends more than $30K per year on gasoline. When you get an answer like that, it is time to doublecheck the math.
Do code monkeys talk like fucking cavemen
Yeah... they can talk like virgin cavemen, but FUCKING cavemen... no way.
Keep making brilliant insights like this and you could be well on your way to the second billion.
As soon as there is content on this site.
Pshaw. The new games are just as cool as ever.
Thanks for the reply! While you mistyped, I more put any blame on the editorial crew. The unwashed minions here (namely, everyone with a user id except me) are not doing this for a living. The editors are the ones who should catch these things and doublecheck things. Hence the term 'editor'. Add to this the fact that they were notified of the error and still got the guy's name wrong demonstrates their total lack of caring about their job.
Except that it is Jim Barton. You'd think they'd at least get the correction correct.
Okay. Now there is a blurb from Z: "Tim Burton no longer cofounding Tivo". How the hell do you no longer cofound something? I can see no longer being a president of a company. Or not even having anything to do with a company. But once you found something, you can't UNfound it.
"Hi, Son. I am no longer your daddy. I unprocreated you"
Have you ever seen them in the same room together? Huh? Didn't think so. I find it more plausible that they ARE the same person than that Slashdot's journalistic integrity is so low.
I just can't believe you people.
Okay
How does a space elevator negate the speed of the earth? Whether you get it to space via rocket, elevator, or goat on steroids, the sun orbits the sun at the same speed.