Many of the most notorious political machines used paper ballots for their elections.
As opposed to what? A Babbage difference engine? They used what they had. There will be plenty more electronic voting fraud once electronic voting has been in place for a while. All the paper ballot idea calls for is not spending millions on an ineffective "solution."
Some places, yes, but what places? Consider where JQP is likely to shop. Check Dell's and HP's regular consumer lines -- not only are they all Windows XP, but you'll also notice at the top "____ recommends Windows® XP Professional." Linux only appears in the business sections, not where JQP is likely to look for a new computer.
In case people haven't noticed, linux has not only caught up, but surpassed Windows, in terms of stability, modularity, customizability, ease of install, maintainability of the code base, etc.
In John Q. Public's mind, Linux will only surpass Windows regarding ease of installation when the hardware vendors sell computers with Linux preinstalled.
The ability to be re-elected is supposed to be a check on such behavior; it is supposed to incentivize good performance by offering an extension. Unfortunately, when the majority doesn't care enough about what's being done in office to know a person's track record, that incentive isn't worth much.
Not only that, but the focus moves from being a good public servant to running a good campaign (and getting the money needed to do so).
Looks like it depends how systemized your process gets; some can get more systemized than others. Either way, there remains plenty of stuff that cannot be taught effectively, and experience cannot be completely replaced by pedagogy.
It really depends on the article you edit. Low-profile articles, such as the articles about these ferry companies, will receive far less attention (so much for highly active revision wars). Not only that, but vandalism (since that's the accusation here) is generally planned to such a rigorous standard. Whoever made the edits in question obviously didn't care about NPOV. As far as grammar/style goes... I assume that a fair number of Badger employees grew up speaking English. Editing this article wouldn't exactly require a lot of difficult work.
People are not ripping on her for having a PhD (actually, she has a ScD, but that doesn't really seem important). Everyone is ripping on her because that PhD seems to be the strongest support for her conclusions -- stronger support than her study, at least.
The proper response to, "This standard is wrong because..." is, "It is a good standard because...." All we seem to get in response from defenders of her study is, "You don't have a doctorate, so shut up." This includes no explanation of why the attempt to refute the standard is incorrect. The interview is quite reassuring. Dr. Thompson herself stresses that parents need to make the decision for their own kids; the "violence levels" given by the study do not seem to draw much comment in the interview.
BTW, I couldn't find misuse of the word "flare" in TFA. Would you mind pointing it out for me?
No, it wasn't steganography, at least in the conventional useage of the term. Basically when you installed your *nix distro, you would not partition the entire disk. This program would write your files to the uninitialized portion of the disk.
I'm a little fuzzy on terms here. Remind me why this isn't steganography?
Do you really expect me to go out of my way to download third-party drivers (who knows how well they'll work?) to replace drivers that came with my machine (which have always worked just fine).
If you really think third party Wi-Fi drivers pose a threat to mac users, you'd better explain how they get on the macs in the first place.
What kind of car, computer, etc. I should buy is a decision I should make for myself, so it makes sense that I see lots of ads for cars, computers, etc. What prescription drugs I should take is a decision a doctor should make. So, why am I seeing so many ads for prescription drugs?
If a Green or Libertarian voter does not wish either the Republicans or the Democrats to win, how does it harm her cause to vote for the party she does want to win, thereby raising its profile?
By making the major party with whom she disagrees most more likely to win.
"Conservative" as in... ? Small government, fiscal discipline ?
"Conservative" as in "neoconservative." Neocons focus more on law enforcement, the military, pro-business initiatives, etc. than they do on small gov't and fiscal discipline, which are now the domain of classical conservatives and Democrats (although lots of them are just posturing).
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Some places, yes, but what places? Consider where JQP is likely to shop. Check Dell's and HP's regular consumer lines -- not only are they all Windows XP, but you'll also notice at the top "____ recommends Windows® XP Professional." Linux only appears in the business sections, not where JQP is likely to look for a new computer.
Yep, and we all know the USPTO puts every patent application it receives through a rigorous screening process. Right.
Yes, they do. The .gov URL redirects to the .com URL.
Actually, I think it's about high-crime areas.
Even so, the RIAA probably has enough clout through the content that does involve them that they can demand blanket DRM-ing.
Looks like it depends how systemized your process gets; some can get more systemized than others. Either way, there remains plenty of stuff that cannot be taught effectively, and experience cannot be completely replaced by pedagogy.
It really depends on the article you edit. Low-profile articles, such as the articles about these ferry companies, will receive far less attention (so much for highly active revision wars). Not only that, but vandalism (since that's the accusation here) is generally planned to such a rigorous standard. Whoever made the edits in question obviously didn't care about NPOV. As far as grammar/style goes... I assume that a fair number of Badger employees grew up speaking English. Editing this article wouldn't exactly require a lot of difficult work.
People are not ripping on her for having a PhD (actually, she has a ScD, but that doesn't really seem important). Everyone is ripping on her because that PhD seems to be the strongest support for her conclusions -- stronger support than her study, at least. ..." is, "It is a good standard because ...." All we seem to get in response from defenders of her study is, "You don't have a doctorate, so shut up." This includes no explanation of why the attempt to refute the standard is incorrect. The interview is quite reassuring. Dr. Thompson herself stresses that parents need to make the decision for their own kids; the "violence levels" given by the study do not seem to draw much comment in the interview.
The proper response to, "This standard is wrong because
BTW, I couldn't find misuse of the word "flare" in TFA. Would you mind pointing it out for me?
Ok, there's the clarification I needed.
I'm a little fuzzy on terms here. Remind me why this isn't steganography?
Do you really expect me to go out of my way to download third-party drivers (who knows how well they'll work?) to replace drivers that came with my machine (which have always worked just fine).
If you really think third party Wi-Fi drivers pose a threat to mac users, you'd better explain how they get on the macs in the first place.
Even quite a few Wal-Marts have food sections, complete with bakery, deli line and produce.
Just remember that the smaller your income is, the greater the percentage of it that a consumption tax will take.
What kind of car, computer, etc. I should buy is a decision I should make for myself, so it makes sense that I see lots of ads for cars, computers, etc. What prescription drugs I should take is a decision a doctor should make. So, why am I seeing so many ads for prescription drugs?
FYI, most student loans being offered these days are the unsubsidized Stafford loans and loans from (private) banks.
Not only that, but who do you think would hire a manager whose only qualification is a U.N.-operated management training program?