There used to be an Escher-licious image situation for downtown Seattle wherein the good folks at Google felt the best way to deal with the buildings going in all different directions was to, well, "disappear" the building I work in. They've fixed it now, so I guess I don't need to submit this.
I have a very difficult time with this. No corporation should have any say whatsoever in how students are taught at public schools. That should be entirely up to the students, the instructors and the parents. Instructors should never be in a position to be influenced by corporations. Schools are for learning life skills, not corporate training grounds.
That Microsoft put so much money into this school is fine. But, they should have ZERO say as to the curriculum or how the students are taught, especially when this is a public school.
Any corporation or corporate executive that claims public schools are not being run properly should consider anonymous donations to schools, rather than treating their "kindly" donations as public relations moves or influence peddling. They might also, one would think, be less screamy when it comes to paying their local taxes which support public schools.
I turned off Automatic Updates about 6 months ago. Then I got worried that my unpatched Windoze system might get hacked. So I blocked the Windoze PC at the firewall.
Which isn't to suggest that I distrust Microsoft, or anything silly like that.
In 2004 we bought 48 PCs from Dell -- each with Maxtor SATA hard drives. They were model 6Y120M0. 25 of the drives failed within one year. We worked with Dell to proactively replace the remaining drives. At first, Dell was replacing them with model 6Y160M0, which also had a high failure rate. We finally asked Dell to give us ALL non-Maxtor drives. We got a mix of Seagates and Western Digital drives: no problems since.
Maxtor used to be a good brand. All of our older Dell's have Maxtor drives that are approaching 7-8 years of reliable use. They work great. It's just the drives in the past few years, I guess.
Now, whenever anything in our office breaks, we joke that it must be a Maxtor.
People: Reverend Sun Myung Planet
Cults: Planeties
Sports: Planetshot
Classic TV: One of these days, Alice... POW! Straight to the planet!
Urban Legends: The planet is made of green cheese
Songs: By the light, of the silvery planet
Okay, one more and then I'll stop:
Stuff bored redneck kids do on the highway: Chuck a planet
Slashdot Mirror
There used to be an Escher-licious image situation for downtown Seattle wherein the good folks at Google felt the best way to deal with the buildings going in all different directions was to, well, "disappear" the building I work in. They've fixed it now, so I guess I don't need to submit this.
FTA: The rovers Spirit and Opportunity arrived on Mars three years ago with planned mission lifetime of 90 days.
;-)
Are you sure these rovers were made in America??
I keep reading it as "A Fake Man's Take on Vista."
I need to search craigslist for a new pair of glasses.
But the other 3 are telling the truth.
I can't seem to open the containers without some of it splattering all over my glasses.
I can't afford a room with a nice view. I'll probably get one at the back of the hotel...facing the moon. Ick. :-(
Not "Steam Computing"...
Senators from red states complained, so Microsoft went back to blue.
There's some secret code that should surround the "11". Try this:
:P
OMG!!! PONIES!!!!!!11!!!!
That should do the trick.
Let's all celebrate by getting drunk and harassing Klingons!
Invade Iraq, of course.
I have a very difficult time with this. No corporation should have any say whatsoever in how students are taught at public schools. That should be entirely up to the students, the instructors and the parents. Instructors should never be in a position to be influenced by corporations. Schools are for learning life skills, not corporate training grounds.
That Microsoft put so much money into this school is fine. But, they should have ZERO say as to the curriculum or how the students are taught, especially when this is a public school.
Any corporation or corporate executive that claims public schools are not being run properly should consider anonymous donations to schools, rather than treating their "kindly" donations as public relations moves or influence peddling. They might also, one would think, be less screamy when it comes to paying their local taxes which support public schools.
(Here come the mod police...)
I turned off Automatic Updates about 6 months ago. Then I got worried that my unpatched Windoze system might get hacked. So I blocked the Windoze PC at the firewall.
Which isn't to suggest that I distrust Microsoft, or anything silly like that.
Poor Window... After taking this beating from Slashdotters, you look a bit tired. You should go into the break room and crash.
Those students receiving federal loans/grants who fail to get good grades will be charged higher rates for loans and fewer grants.
;-)
In 2004 we bought 48 PCs from Dell -- each with Maxtor SATA hard drives. They were model 6Y120M0. 25 of the drives failed within one year. We worked with Dell to proactively replace the remaining drives. At first, Dell was replacing them with model 6Y160M0, which also had a high failure rate. We finally asked Dell to give us ALL non-Maxtor drives. We got a mix of Seagates and Western Digital drives: no problems since.
Maxtor used to be a good brand. All of our older Dell's have Maxtor drives that are approaching 7-8 years of reliable use. They work great. It's just the drives in the past few years, I guess.
Now, whenever anything in our office breaks, we joke that it must be a Maxtor.
OMG!!! PONIES???
You should, like, totally go to www.slashdot.org on April 1st...It's like THE BEST EVER website!!!1
> ...Try some Bawls, Mt. Dew, and Skittles.
Put all of the above into a blender....MMMmmmmmmmmm!
Pluto may not be a planet anymore, but he's still my favorite Dog Star.
People: Reverend Sun Myung Planet
Cults: Planeties
Sports: Planetshot
Classic TV: One of these days, Alice... POW! Straight to the planet!
Urban Legends: The planet is made of green cheese
Songs: By the light, of the silvery planet
Okay, one more and then I'll stop:
Stuff bored redneck kids do on the highway: Chuck a planet
...but some extraterrestrial's gotta be laughing at us.
:P
Why, because he/she uses Opera?
Blow it up!
I'm not even going to read TFA.
Terrific! And Beethoven is much more worthy of a spot on my new iPhone* than that old Mary hag (lamb or no lamb).
* if exist
My phone plays music, and it's not even DRM protected:
:P
Dial:
6,5,4,5,6,6,6
5,5,5...6,6,6
6,5,4,5,6,6,6,6,5,5,6,5,4
(By the way, I am not responsible for any long distance or airtime charges you may incur)