Funniest reviews ever. The "I watched 'Moonshiners' with this cable and it brought Popcorn Sutton back from the dead" one had me falling out of my chair. My office mates must think I'm crazy now from all the laughing.
Laughable. (Apparently, so is their space program)
Well it's not like their joke of a space program put up the first satellite in orbit, the first man (and woman) in space, the first person to orbit the earth, the first moon probe, the first Mars probe, the first Venus probe, or the first space station--or are currently the only country in the world with the capability of launching humans into space. They're SUCH a joke! Let's all laugh at their weak-ass space program. Ha ha ha.
Yeah, I never got that either. For the $200+ extra I would spend on a smart TV, I can buy an Xbox that will not only do all the same stuff, but let me play games too.
If my goddamned phone touchscreen doesn't stop getting wonky every time the relative humidity gets above "desert" then there's going to be a hidden danger of me throwing it against the fucking wall.
Automotive Mechanics is not just a vocation. It's a life skill. Nearly everyone uses a car daily, and everyones daily life could be improved by knowing a little auto repair. Even if you never rebuild a engine, understanding how auto repair work is done allows you to understand the kinds of things that can be done and helps you ask the right kinds of questions.
Automotive Mechanics is one of those skills everyone should at least be exposed to, in order to be a well rounded individual.
I'm fine with a mandatory "Basic Computer Science" class or something along those lines, one that *exposes* kids to programming. But actual programming classes are getting into a specific vocation. And that, like all specific vocational classes, should be optional. I wouldn't want my mechanic to be forced to take a programming class any more than *I* would want to be forced to take a mechanic class (even though both are quite useful skills to have).
Programming is not a fundamental skill in the same sense that mathematics, English, etc. are. It's a specific vocational skill. Sure you can learn some underlying skills from it, in the same way that you can learn underlying skills from any vocational training. You can learn some logic from a mandatory programming class, some physics from a mandatory engineering class, some fluid dynamics from a mandatory mechanic class, some geometry from a mandatory carpentry class, etc. But none of those are going to make you into a programmer, engineer, mechanic, or carpenter.
the current ICT curriculum will be scrapped in September this year, to be replaced by compulsory lessons in computer science and programming.
While I appreciate the need to expose students to computer classes in the same way they're exposed to other subjects, I don't think that something as specific as programming should be a *mandatory* requirement. Programming is a vocation, like many vocations, that some people are cut out for and other people are not. Those with a true passion for it will actively seek it out and those with no interest in it will hate it no matter how many programming classes you force them take. You can't MAKE a great programmer any more than you can MAKE a great engineer, mechanic, etc. Someone has to WANT it first. And forcing someone to take a programming class isn't going to make them a better programmer, any more than forcing me to take a class in shop is going to make me a better carpenter.
I think vocational classes should always be optional. Expose the kids to it, fine. Talk about vocations like programming in mandatory classes, but ultimately let the kids CHOOSE the optional classes based on their interests. The idea that you can turn your country into a tech giant just by forcing kids to take programming classes is ridiculous (if anything, you'll create a country that RESENTS programming).
Offer the classes, make them intensive and varied, and let the kids who WANT to be programmers come to YOU (and they will).
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The kind who knows that I go early every year and rub my balls on everything.
Funniest reviews ever. The "I watched 'Moonshiners' with this cable and it brought Popcorn Sutton back from the dead" one had me falling out of my chair. My office mates must think I'm crazy now from all the laughing.
Laughable. (Apparently, so is their space program)
Well it's not like their joke of a space program put up the first satellite in orbit, the first man (and woman) in space, the first person to orbit the earth, the first moon probe, the first Mars probe, the first Venus probe, or the first space station--or are currently the only country in the world with the capability of launching humans into space. They're SUCH a joke! Let's all laugh at their weak-ass space program. Ha ha ha.
You want to fuck with us, fine. Build your own rocket, yankees.
Yeah, I never got that either. For the $200+ extra I would spend on a smart TV, I can buy an Xbox that will not only do all the same stuff, but let me play games too.
But don't you want the 3D, Smellovision, 2,000,000 Mhz refresh rate, Google-enhanced, OLED-CD-SUV, smart TV--with optional voice control, heated seats, and OnStar?
Hello commercials that start with the announcer screaming "Volume up! Volume up! Volume up!"
Well, there goes my plan. Now I'm just a guy with a shitload of rats in his basement.
If my goddamned phone touchscreen doesn't stop getting wonky every time the relative humidity gets above "desert" then there's going to be a hidden danger of me throwing it against the fucking wall.
they are no less crooked than their American counter parts
That's the problem.
It's even in the capital for short walking distance to transport the bribe.
In their defense, do you realize how heavy a suitcase full of cash really is?
Automotive Mechanics is not just a vocation. It's a life skill. Nearly everyone uses a car daily, and everyones daily life could be improved by knowing a little auto repair. Even if you never rebuild a engine, understanding how auto repair work is done allows you to understand the kinds of things that can be done and helps you ask the right kinds of questions.
Automotive Mechanics is one of those skills everyone should at least be exposed to, in order to be a well rounded individual.
the only foreign speakers around here are from Quebec and they're usually chased out of the state as soon as we see them.
I think the same is true in all self-respecting parts of Canada.
I would use Genghis Khan, but it turns out that the Dutch never fought him.
Everyone can benefit from a basic knowledge of carpentry and automotive mechanics too. Would you like to make those mandatory as well?
And from a country where a man once gave his life for freedom of speech, no less.
They once fought the Nazi's, but now they drop to their knees before the entertainment industry.
Apple recently patented "methods of extracting monetary compensation by engaging in litigation over patent rights."
I always thought crackers was a derogatory term for white people.
That was one of the coolest hacks since that Lightman kid almost started WWIII back in the 80's.
I'm fine with a mandatory "Basic Computer Science" class or something along those lines, one that *exposes* kids to programming. But actual programming classes are getting into a specific vocation. And that, like all specific vocational classes, should be optional. I wouldn't want my mechanic to be forced to take a programming class any more than *I* would want to be forced to take a mechanic class (even though both are quite useful skills to have).
Programming is not a fundamental skill in the same sense that mathematics, English, etc. are. It's a specific vocational skill. Sure you can learn some underlying skills from it, in the same way that you can learn underlying skills from any vocational training. You can learn some logic from a mandatory programming class, some physics from a mandatory engineering class, some fluid dynamics from a mandatory mechanic class, some geometry from a mandatory carpentry class, etc. But none of those are going to make you into a programmer, engineer, mechanic, or carpenter.
the current ICT curriculum will be scrapped in September this year, to be replaced by compulsory lessons in computer science and programming.
While I appreciate the need to expose students to computer classes in the same way they're exposed to other subjects, I don't think that something as specific as programming should be a *mandatory* requirement. Programming is a vocation, like many vocations, that some people are cut out for and other people are not. Those with a true passion for it will actively seek it out and those with no interest in it will hate it no matter how many programming classes you force them take. You can't MAKE a great programmer any more than you can MAKE a great engineer, mechanic, etc. Someone has to WANT it first. And forcing someone to take a programming class isn't going to make them a better programmer, any more than forcing me to take a class in shop is going to make me a better carpenter.
I think vocational classes should always be optional. Expose the kids to it, fine. Talk about vocations like programming in mandatory classes, but ultimately let the kids CHOOSE the optional classes based on their interests. The idea that you can turn your country into a tech giant just by forcing kids to take programming classes is ridiculous (if anything, you'll create a country that RESENTS programming).
Offer the classes, make them intensive and varied, and let the kids who WANT to be programmers come to YOU (and they will).
Awwh, cannot get your ship out.
In the next expansion, you'll be able to play as a jumping shark.
A parachute.