I agree, the Georgian crisis is a good example of what the Cuba Missile Crisis could be in reverse. How would Russia react if we started to arm these Georgians? You can bet they would react with force. Unless we want to reinstitute the draft we need to give diplomacy a chance here.
Correction: Republicans prefer wars outside our shores, as to waiting for wars to be brought to within our own borders. That's why most republicans favored Iraq, and the War on Terror in general. It really isn't necessarily a purely conservative position though. Even FDR and some other Presidents of the past have been forced to get involved in foreign wars, even though it really goes against what many of the found fathers would have wanted.
I saw this last night, and for the first time, the concerns about CO2 emissions were presented in a way that I have seen that was inherently balanced, and showed just how fragile the Climate of the planet is. Something I've long argued, and that the climate is also more complex then we think.
I'm still not into the eco-crazies wanting to stop everything right now at the expense of economics, but I've definitely moved left on this issue since seeing that program last night. I still believe the best way to get around this is to find the next cleaner form of energy to take most of this stuff away, and we need to find it really quick, if that NOVA documentary is indeed correct.
Why do you think that "judged" sports are not likely to be watched by slashdotters. Just to give you an idea in the Summer Olympics the following I believe get judged:
Platform Diving
Board Diving
Gymnastics
Rhythmic Gymnastics
In the Winter olympics sports like:
Ski Jump
Moguls
Freestyle Skiing
Figure Skating
Ice Dancing
Among other things.
I've always found some of those sports to be the best to watch of the olympics.
Bush has been trying to get some sensible energy reform passed through congress since Jumping Jim Jeffereds went Indy and gave the Senate back to Partisan control effectively. Its not like this is a new issue, but just like so many other issues, partisanship is taking precedence over pragmatism
I can attest to that, Memorizing formulas in highschool for physic seems such a waste after seeing it taught with calculus in college. Frankly, I learned more about physics from a elective called "Principles of Technology" then I probably did from Physics.
Who are you to tell Parent's what is better for their children? What makes bureaucrats better able to take care of and educate their children? The government can't solve all problems, and thinking that more government would fix education is a fallacy.
Pass a parent/student bill of rights guaranteeing the legal guardian or student (in the event of emancipation) to make better decisions about schooling:
1. Noone should be able to compel you to send your child to a school you believe has failed.
2. Noone should be able to prevent you from sending your child to a public school due to some man made drawn boundry (see county and district lines)
3. Each student should be given a fixed amount of money as determined by the cost per student for normal public school to apply to attendance of any school, whether public, private, charter, or home school.
4. Schools accepting such money should be accountable to the consumers, that being the parents and students of these schools.
5. The Traditional bureaucracy should be abolished or prohibited from interfering in the educational desires of the parents and students.
6. Schools should be run by an oversight board comprised of all able parents who wish to serve on a governance board to help set the school's curriculum and goals. This way Parents will be able to steer schools in the direction they need to go.
There was a rumor on some sites about possibly David Tennant (Of Doctor Who) as the Riddler. Not sure if he has what you'd expect there or not, but he might be able to pull it off. Of course, some folks have argued about the "mad hatter" as a possible next villain.
I understand what your saying, but in my experience, its better to use braces even for one liners, because you never know when a simple single function call will need to be augmented to have more than one statement following the if. If you put the braces in ahead of time, you don't have to worry about making that change when it comes time for maintenance.
Point of order, if you put the open brace on the end of any meaningful If Line, unless you indent all your code to line up to with it, then the indentation for finding the brace doesn't work. Sure it has no effect on the code, but that's not the point. Code needs to be easy for someone to come in and maintain. Furthermore when scrolling in code, its equally possible that while looking for the statement that lines up, you could skip up into a section of a code that is unrelated. Ergo. Putting it on a new line would help alleviate that.
My point is, where did mankind first learn how to adapt? Do we even have that in the historical record anywhere? That's my question. I use man as a plain example, it may not be a perfect one, but then I'm not one I'd consider to be perfect either:D
Why are we so concerned about the origin of species being taught in schools? In my highschool we spent less than 40 minutes on Evolution and Creationism was mentioned (in Bio class). Why are we so concerned about this? Isn't it better to focus on the constructs of the science and focus on its real purpose then in debating the dogmas behind the two points of views? Its not like we aren't already finding it difficult to teach kids enough in School now already, why waste too much time on this issue, when the scope of most secondary science classes is to instruct about how to study and use science in those areas, rather than bringing these issues to light. I just have never understood it.
And get this, I am a Christian, I believe in Micro-Evolution, but not Macro, at least so far, that Macro Can't happen on its own (If God wanted it to happen who am I to say it couldn't), but for high school biology and anatomy, shouldn't they be focusing on things that actually prepare those kids for college and allow those who want to specialize in such areas to have the opportunity at the College level to learn as much as they want?
Let's use a counter example here. If for example a major Ice Age came along and you found human beings starting to either grow more hair, or wear more clothing, is that as a result of mutation? Or is it more likley the ability of humans as organisms to adapt to their surroundings? How long do you think it would take us to realize that we need warmer/thicker clothing in the cold? Likely it seems fast because millenia ago our forefathers figured out that it was necessary. Question is how long do you think it would have taken to figure out?
When I was young, i read a few Star Trek books, as well as go the novel version of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Back then our schools had a number of publications that you could order such books from. The two I remember most were Troll and Trumpet. Later in life I discovered Battletech Books (which will be making a come back at some point), and I really wish I could have gotten into them well back in my pre-teen years, a lot of good fiction has gone out of print, but what can you do?
Another tactic might be to look at certain publishers, like Zondervahn for instance (think I spelled that right), that's just a suggestion though
in a world where not everyone can design software with free Open Source Software, it is impossible for a company to provide different tools for the same job to different people like that. The costs of IDEs in particularly Microsoft IDEs are just too high. I'm sorry, but I'm a manager, and my project is developing on.Net Framework X.X. If you want the job you have to use the tools I supply.
Now if you find a third party application or controls package that works within those confines, then I'd consider it, but I'm not going to go bust my tail or my IS staff to maintain systems with such vast arrays of development software on it.
The Cost Factor alone is enough to discourage such. Now if there are systems to do things differently using the same framework and the cost investment in said tool is minimal in the long run, then sure I'd probably allow it, but when you have a team of 16 developers. You can't have 8 Coding.Net, 2 on ANSI, 1 on Java, 3 on Flash, etc, unless there is a good mechanism to make all of those technologies work well seamlessly enough.
Now its true, that there are some technologies, particularly where web applications are concerned. That can be leveraged to get more out of what you are doing, but in the end I'm going to provide a standard tool set developers. If I know I need Flash Developers on a project, I will provide them flash, not Silver light, or some other sort of tool. It just would not make any sense, never mind that you can't let programmers have too much say over the tools and hardware they have because we are not coming at this from the business angle most times. That would only result in more cost overruns and delays in fixing bugs and releasing the final product.
Or for the sake of simplicity you can forgo the spray and can, and use a Lysol or Clorox Disinfectant Wipe. Warning, I would not use it on the screen though.
In the Words of Andrew Jackson.
"Justice Marshall has made his decision. Let him enforce it."
For those who don't know American History, this came after a decision was made by Chief Justice Marshall of the US Supreme Court.
Frankly, I don't see why bush can't do the same thing...
I'm not opposed to making use of the VAST resources this country has. Whether its drilling for new sources of oil and natural gas, mining coal or other ores, or looking for lumber, but lets not look at this as a purely one sided supply problem. The problem with Gas prices is not just tied to the supply of crude. We can pump all the crude we want, but there are a finite number of refineries, many of which have been running without proper maintenance for years.
Does that mean we should call off the resource dogs? No, what we need is a balanced approach, spending money to add a few refineries here in the US, allowing the Oil Companies to begin to look for new sources of natural gas and petroleum, and while they are doing that, funneling as much money into alternative fuels. I'm not talking corn based ethanol here either. There is no reason we can't have a balanced approach that will get us through the near term problem of crude prices, as well as opening up new sources of power.
That's what the US should be doing. My generation and the one coming up now are increasingly interested in trying to help the environment any way we can, but we are not stupid either. We can't invest billions into new battery technology, or nuclear plants, we can't develop new bio-fuel technology either. It is going to take a surge of funding into academia and industry to get this car jump started. If the US companies and such can find a solid reliable means to replace these internal combustion engines, then my generation and those that follow will be happy to adopt them, (once the market for them makes them more cost effective then the current batch of cars).
We will not get out of this mess by taxing profits, we won't get out of this mess by raising standards. The Internal Combustion engine is just over a Century or so old as far as it stands in our current iteration of automobiles. Its time for a new energy revolution, and it has to start somewhere.
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I agree, the Georgian crisis is a good example of what the Cuba Missile Crisis could be in reverse. How would Russia react if we started to arm these Georgians? You can bet they would react with force. Unless we want to reinstitute the draft we need to give diplomacy a chance here.
Correction: Republicans prefer wars outside our shores, as to waiting for wars to be brought to within our own borders. That's why most republicans favored Iraq, and the War on Terror in general. It really isn't necessarily a purely conservative position though. Even FDR and some other Presidents of the past have been forced to get involved in foreign wars, even though it really goes against what many of the found fathers would have wanted.
I agree, I'm a Christian myself, but there has to be a balance in life. Going to much in either direction just never has seemed write to me.
I saw this last night, and for the first time, the concerns about CO2 emissions were presented in a way that I have seen that was inherently balanced, and showed just how fragile the Climate of the planet is. Something I've long argued, and that the climate is also more complex then we think. I'm still not into the eco-crazies wanting to stop everything right now at the expense of economics, but I've definitely moved left on this issue since seeing that program last night. I still believe the best way to get around this is to find the next cleaner form of energy to take most of this stuff away, and we need to find it really quick, if that NOVA documentary is indeed correct.
Why do you think that "judged" sports are not likely to be watched by slashdotters. Just to give you an idea in the Summer Olympics the following I believe get judged: Platform Diving Board Diving Gymnastics Rhythmic Gymnastics In the Winter olympics sports like: Ski Jump Moguls Freestyle Skiing Figure Skating Ice Dancing Among other things. I've always found some of those sports to be the best to watch of the olympics.
The Governator is hardly a conservative last I checked.
Bush has been trying to get some sensible energy reform passed through congress since Jumping Jim Jeffereds went Indy and gave the Senate back to Partisan control effectively. Its not like this is a new issue, but just like so many other issues, partisanship is taking precedence over pragmatism
I can attest to that, Memorizing formulas in highschool for physic seems such a waste after seeing it taught with calculus in college. Frankly, I learned more about physics from a elective called "Principles of Technology" then I probably did from Physics.
Who are you to tell Parent's what is better for their children? What makes bureaucrats better able to take care of and educate their children? The government can't solve all problems, and thinking that more government would fix education is a fallacy.
Pass a parent/student bill of rights guaranteeing the legal guardian or student (in the event of emancipation) to make better decisions about schooling:
1. Noone should be able to compel you to send your child to a school you believe has failed.
2. Noone should be able to prevent you from sending your child to a public school due to some man made drawn boundry (see county and district lines)
3. Each student should be given a fixed amount of money as determined by the cost per student for normal public school to apply to attendance of any school, whether public, private, charter, or home school.
4. Schools accepting such money should be accountable to the consumers, that being the parents and students of these schools.
5. The Traditional bureaucracy should be abolished or prohibited from interfering in the educational desires of the parents and students.
6. Schools should be run by an oversight board comprised of all able parents who wish to serve on a governance board to help set the school's curriculum and goals. This way Parents will be able to steer schools in the direction they need to go.
There was a rumor on some sites about possibly David Tennant (Of Doctor Who) as the Riddler. Not sure if he has what you'd expect there or not, but he might be able to pull it off. Of course, some folks have argued about the "mad hatter" as a possible next villain.
I understand what your saying, but in my experience, its better to use braces even for one liners, because you never know when a simple single function call will need to be augmented to have more than one statement following the if. If you put the braces in ahead of time, you don't have to worry about making that change when it comes time for maintenance.
Point of order, if you put the open brace on the end of any meaningful If Line, unless you indent all your code to line up to with it, then the indentation for finding the brace doesn't work. Sure it has no effect on the code, but that's not the point. Code needs to be easy for someone to come in and maintain. Furthermore when scrolling in code, its equally possible that while looking for the statement that lines up, you could skip up into a section of a code that is unrelated. Ergo. Putting it on a new line would help alleviate that.
My point is, where did mankind first learn how to adapt? Do we even have that in the historical record anywhere? That's my question. I use man as a plain example, it may not be a perfect one, but then I'm not one I'd consider to be perfect either :D
Why are we so concerned about the origin of species being taught in schools? In my highschool we spent less than 40 minutes on Evolution and Creationism was mentioned (in Bio class). Why are we so concerned about this? Isn't it better to focus on the constructs of the science and focus on its real purpose then in debating the dogmas behind the two points of views? Its not like we aren't already finding it difficult to teach kids enough in School now already, why waste too much time on this issue, when the scope of most secondary science classes is to instruct about how to study and use science in those areas, rather than bringing these issues to light. I just have never understood it. And get this, I am a Christian, I believe in Micro-Evolution, but not Macro, at least so far, that Macro Can't happen on its own (If God wanted it to happen who am I to say it couldn't), but for high school biology and anatomy, shouldn't they be focusing on things that actually prepare those kids for college and allow those who want to specialize in such areas to have the opportunity at the College level to learn as much as they want?
Not all baptists are literalists. Now Fundamental Baptists, that may likely be more true of.
Let's use a counter example here. If for example a major Ice Age came along and you found human beings starting to either grow more hair, or wear more clothing, is that as a result of mutation? Or is it more likley the ability of humans as organisms to adapt to their surroundings? How long do you think it would take us to realize that we need warmer/thicker clothing in the cold? Likely it seems fast because millenia ago our forefathers figured out that it was necessary. Question is how long do you think it would have taken to figure out?
When I was young, i read a few Star Trek books, as well as go the novel version of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Back then our schools had a number of publications that you could order such books from. The two I remember most were Troll and Trumpet. Later in life I discovered Battletech Books (which will be making a come back at some point), and I really wish I could have gotten into them well back in my pre-teen years, a lot of good fiction has gone out of print, but what can you do? Another tactic might be to look at certain publishers, like Zondervahn for instance (think I spelled that right), that's just a suggestion though
in a world where not everyone can design software with free Open Source Software, it is impossible for a company to provide different tools for the same job to different people like that. The costs of IDEs in particularly Microsoft IDEs are just too high. I'm sorry, but I'm a manager, and my project is developing on .Net Framework X.X. If you want the job you have to use the tools I supply.
.Net, 2 on ANSI, 1 on Java, 3 on Flash, etc, unless there is a good mechanism to make all of those technologies work well seamlessly enough.
Now if you find a third party application or controls package that works within those confines, then I'd consider it, but I'm not going to go bust my tail or my IS staff to maintain systems with such vast arrays of development software on it.
The Cost Factor alone is enough to discourage such. Now if there are systems to do things differently using the same framework and the cost investment in said tool is minimal in the long run, then sure I'd probably allow it, but when you have a team of 16 developers. You can't have 8 Coding
Now its true, that there are some technologies, particularly where web applications are concerned. That can be leveraged to get more out of what you are doing, but in the end I'm going to provide a standard tool set developers. If I know I need Flash Developers on a project, I will provide them flash, not Silver light, or some other sort of tool. It just would not make any sense, never mind that you can't let programmers have too much say over the tools and hardware they have because we are not coming at this from the business angle most times. That would only result in more cost overruns and delays in fixing bugs and releasing the final product.
Or for the sake of simplicity you can forgo the spray and can, and use a Lysol or Clorox Disinfectant Wipe. Warning, I would not use it on the screen though.
Not in West Virginia, though we are working on it. what is it 4-5% tax on groceries now?
Define Rich. Liberals running for office always talk about the rich, but what they call rich I don't see as being anything but upper middle class.
What will be interesting, is to see how this ruling affects cases such as gun possession on state or federal property, on college campuses, etc.
In the Words of Andrew Jackson. "Justice Marshall has made his decision. Let him enforce it." For those who don't know American History, this came after a decision was made by Chief Justice Marshall of the US Supreme Court. Frankly, I don't see why bush can't do the same thing...
I'm not opposed to making use of the VAST resources this country has. Whether its drilling for new sources of oil and natural gas, mining coal or other ores, or looking for lumber, but lets not look at this as a purely one sided supply problem. The problem with Gas prices is not just tied to the supply of crude. We can pump all the crude we want, but there are a finite number of refineries, many of which have been running without proper maintenance for years. Does that mean we should call off the resource dogs? No, what we need is a balanced approach, spending money to add a few refineries here in the US, allowing the Oil Companies to begin to look for new sources of natural gas and petroleum, and while they are doing that, funneling as much money into alternative fuels. I'm not talking corn based ethanol here either. There is no reason we can't have a balanced approach that will get us through the near term problem of crude prices, as well as opening up new sources of power. That's what the US should be doing. My generation and the one coming up now are increasingly interested in trying to help the environment any way we can, but we are not stupid either. We can't invest billions into new battery technology, or nuclear plants, we can't develop new bio-fuel technology either. It is going to take a surge of funding into academia and industry to get this car jump started. If the US companies and such can find a solid reliable means to replace these internal combustion engines, then my generation and those that follow will be happy to adopt them, (once the market for them makes them more cost effective then the current batch of cars). We will not get out of this mess by taxing profits, we won't get out of this mess by raising standards. The Internal Combustion engine is just over a Century or so old as far as it stands in our current iteration of automobiles. Its time for a new energy revolution, and it has to start somewhere.