.. the third class should prepare juniors and seniors to enter the workforce and start a career in computers.
The point of high school is not (or should not be) to prepare kids to be mindless worker drones. The point of high school is (or should be) to give them a good, basic education.
what a quaint starry-eyed aspiration.
sadly, it hasn't been true since the record was the dominant audio medium.
Back then they taught a good, well rounded education.
This included math, science, and all that other "good stuff", but also things like shop which helped people build and maintain their own furnishings and tools.
Shop went the way of the dodo (I wonder how many lobbies benefitted from that), and now PE and art are following.
Quote: A maladaptive pattern of substance use, leading to a clinically significant impairment or distress, asmanifested by three (or more) of the following, occurring at any time in the same 12 month period;
**tolerance, as defined by either of the following: a need for markedly increased amounts of the substance to achieve intoxification or desired effect, or
**markedly diminished effect with continued use of the substance
people who play MMO's for extended periods find the need to branch out into "alts" to achieve the same amusement, and/or increase the intensity of both the content and rewards through regular raiding, even then the effective happiness derived diminishes, yet they continue playing.
withdrawal as manifested by either of the following:
*the characteristic withdrawal syndrome for the substance, or
*the same(or closely related) substance is taken to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms
people moving to other MMO's from the first one, people feeling compelled to get back in game when "inconveniences" such as meals, interaction with spouses, jobs get in the way.
* the substance is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than was intended
people "call in sick" for WoW for instance because they must have that next level, that last bit of rep.
* there is a persistent desire or unsuccesful efforts to cut down or control substance use
A - "didn't you quit?" B - "yeah" A - "why are you here then?" B - "No comment, when's the next raid?"
* a great deal of time is spent in activities necessary to obtain the substance (e.g., visiting multiple doctors (or driving long distances), use the substance (e.g., chain smoking), or recover from its effects
please refer to the penny arcade strip on the burning crusade for reference.
* important social, occupational or recreational activities are given up or reduced because of substance use
if you haven't read a story about such a thing with MMO's you've been under a rock. Even my grandmother who has no internet knows about that.
* the substance use is continued despite knowledge of having a perstent or recurrent physical or psychological problem that is likely to have been caused or exacerbated by the substance (e.g., current cocaine use despite recognition of cocaine-induced depression, or continued drinking despite recognition that an ulcer was made worse by alcohol consumption) Unquote
people lose their jobs, their academic positions, their spouses to MMO's. They know it's happening and don't stop.
this is why the one thing I like about WoW is the "arena" system.
you are capped at 10 matches a week before your rewards diminish precipitously.
You play competitively, and generally gravitate toward your true level over the course of a season, so over the long term, playing more than 10 matches a week will produce no more net reward than the initial 10.
Perhaps this should be applied with other aspects of the game as well.
right now I use safari, but since about 1.5 years ago the browser has also drifted toward bloat.
If they include a separate stop and reload icon, both of which work at all times rather than "after the page has already loaded", they have me as a user.
I wonder how many thousands of accounts telecoms have procured to make sure their sock puppets have enough mod points at any one time to shift conversations toward apologists like this.
do you think the next "youtube" of bandwidth will actually work with a 250 gb cap in place?
How about the habits i keep now, where i'll do upwards of half a tb one month, then trickle for 3-5?
the point of the internet is to be a level playing field.
finally, I absolutely will not tolerate even the slightest trend toward cell-phone style rate plans..
bandwidth caps, then charge for overages, then have "night and weekend bytes", then start creeping the caps down.
this is opening a door which will never close unless it is stopped now by universal boycott.
others have claimed my insistence on coverage is false.. I know people out in rural nowhere who can get satellite internet. Between DSL and satellite, the vast majority have an alternative to swap to and make comcast suffer.
If you are not covered by either, chances are comcast doesn't reach that far and it doesn't impact you.
those 20+ must be in collusion if you still have caps then, probably as corrupt and in bed with the government as big pharma and the car insurance industry is here..
in my area of the nation (southeast) the speed has been 6 x 2 mbps for some time now.
I dont need 6 mbps bursts.. 2 will do just fine, but i dont want caps, and despite any resignation shown, nobody else does either. Sooner or later everyone will hit them, and it will stifle the internet over time.
I recently started using usenet and went through half a terabyte in one week, then used very little for the next month, and back and forth.
cramming people into 1 size fits all caps is not the way to do business. I will deny anyone who tries my money, even if it means crawling into a cave and lighting candles.
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The point of high school is not (or should not be) to prepare kids to be mindless worker drones. The point of high school is (or should be) to give them a good, basic education.
what a quaint starry-eyed aspiration.
sadly, it hasn't been true since the record was the dominant audio medium.
Back then they taught a good, well rounded education.
This included math, science, and all that other "good stuff", but also things like shop which helped people build and maintain their own furnishings and tools.
Shop went the way of the dodo (I wonder how many lobbies benefitted from that), and now PE and art are following.
Are any employers anywhere willing to hire high schoolers in any tech jobs in today's economy?
Ar any employers anywhere willing to hire college educated individuals in any tech jobs in todays economy?
on what machine?
It may not be safari getting better, it may just be the hardware getting faster.
All i know is:
when i started using safari, the stop button worked, now it just reloads the page a second time when I didn't want it to load even once.
safari will often take its sweet time loading some pages.. completely at random, while other net apps will be just fine.
safari crashes routinely browsing slashdot.
your story is missing an anti-climax and an "end"
the job market is in free fall: Check
there are talks of bank failures a-la 1929: Check
graduating with 2 degrees means jack-squat: Check
Quote:
A maladaptive pattern of substance use, leading to a clinically significant impairment or distress, asmanifested by three (or more) of the following, occurring at any time in the same 12 month period;
**tolerance, as defined by either of the following: a need for markedly increased amounts of the substance to achieve intoxification or desired effect, or
**markedly diminished effect with continued use of the substance
people who play MMO's for extended periods find the need to branch out into "alts" to achieve the same amusement, and/or increase the intensity of both the content and rewards through regular raiding, even then the effective happiness derived diminishes, yet they continue playing.
withdrawal as manifested by either of the following:
*the characteristic withdrawal syndrome for the substance, or
*the same(or closely related) substance is taken to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms
people moving to other MMO's from the first one, people feeling compelled to get back in game when "inconveniences" such as meals, interaction with spouses, jobs get in the way.
* the substance is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than was intended
people "call in sick" for WoW for instance because they must have that next level, that last bit of rep.
* there is a persistent desire or unsuccesful efforts to cut down or control substance use
A - "didn't you quit?"
B - "yeah"
A - "why are you here then?"
B - "No comment, when's the next raid?"
* a great deal of time is spent in activities necessary to obtain the substance (e.g., visiting multiple doctors (or driving long distances), use the substance (e.g., chain smoking), or recover from its effects
please refer to the penny arcade strip on the burning crusade for reference.
* important social, occupational or recreational activities are given up or reduced because of substance use
if you haven't read a story about such a thing with MMO's you've been under a rock. Even my grandmother who has no internet knows about that.
* the substance use is continued despite knowledge of having a perstent or recurrent physical or psychological problem that is likely to have been caused or exacerbated by the substance (e.g., current cocaine use despite recognition of cocaine-induced depression, or continued drinking despite recognition that an ulcer was made worse by alcohol consumption) Unquote
people lose their jobs, their academic positions, their spouses to MMO's. They know it's happening and don't stop.
can i have this "work" you speak of?
it's the predictable reward system which generally speaking is directly proportional to time invested, coupled with unlimited access.
Your boss wont let you work every waking hour of the week for more cash, but MMO's reward and encourage such behavior.
this is why the one thing I like about WoW is the "arena" system.
you are capped at 10 matches a week before your rewards diminish precipitously.
You play competitively, and generally gravitate toward your true level over the course of a season, so over the long term, playing more than 10 matches a week will produce no more net reward than the initial 10.
Perhaps this should be applied with other aspects of the game as well.
for me it's not about "addiction".
i play wow during my free time because i'm intellectually starved.
I am faced with a choice: read/watch mindless dreck, or experience mindless dreck with at least the minimal requirement of interactivity.
it's simply more stimulating than most of what's out there.
let me know when cocaine costs 15 bucks a month : P
not to mention the fact that high humidity present in bathrooms and caused by severe temperature differences could exacerbate this.
Hope there's a mac version.
i'm very big on the kiss principle.
right now I use safari, but since about 1.5 years ago the browser has also drifted toward bloat.
If they include a separate stop and reload icon, both of which work at all times rather than "after the page has already loaded", they have me as a user.
the purpose of the government is to protect me from people and corporations trampling my liberty, not to provide "security".
They do it because they bought the god damn regulators!
there is no such thing as competition, and when you kill competition you become.. *fanfare*.. a monopoly!
There's a reason theyre supposed to be illegal.
Slashdot accounts like mad..
I wonder how many thousands of accounts telecoms have procured to make sure their sock puppets have enough mod points at any one time to shift conversations toward apologists like this.
"So this is how liberty dies, to thunderous applause"
at least that's how this summary paints it.
They've had this in london for a while, and it's been a severe invasion of privacy.
There have been several instances where the police have used cameras to follow people home and actually gaze through their windows.
One particular man was so horrified he started protesting it, dressing up in bizarre costumes and skulking the streets provoking police responses.
note to self: scratch newark off potential career location list.
then the point of corruption is telstra.
honestly, i'm going to shut my mouth now. I don't want to inspire the kind of cynicism which has destroyed my patriotism.
I think you put too much blind starry-eyed faith in our kind corporate overlords.
Recent studies on canada's isp's show nobody is "running out of capacity"
this is a money grab, plain and simple.
how much bandwidth did you use in 1995?
how much do you use now?
how much will you use in 2015?
do you think those caps will rise in this market?
do you think the next "youtube" of bandwidth will actually work with a 250 gb cap in place?
How about the habits i keep now, where i'll do upwards of half a tb one month, then trickle for 3-5?
the point of the internet is to be a level playing field.
finally, I absolutely will not tolerate even the slightest trend toward cell-phone style rate plans..
bandwidth caps, then charge for overages, then have "night and weekend bytes", then start creeping the caps down.
this is opening a door which will never close unless it is stopped now by universal boycott.
others have claimed my insistence on coverage is false..
I know people out in rural nowhere who can get satellite internet. Between DSL and satellite, the vast majority have an alternative to swap to and make comcast suffer.
If you are not covered by either, chances are comcast doesn't reach that far and it doesn't impact you.
those 20+ must be in collusion if you still have caps then, probably as corrupt and in bed with the government as big pharma and the car insurance industry is here..
in my area of the nation (southeast) the speed has been 6 x 2 mbps for some time now.
I dont need 6 mbps bursts.. 2 will do just fine, but i dont want caps, and despite any resignation shown, nobody else does either. Sooner or later everyone will hit them, and it will stifle the internet over time.
They "cant afford" it?
they make stupid profits, hand over fist!
they developed their infrastructures with huge grants!
they OWE us for all the free cash they got from tax payers.
It would be like paying BBC taxes, and being told you can only watch 1 hour a day.
please refer to various anti-australian rants on this subject.
stop congratulating us for a complete and utter failure of our markets to develop competition, and the rise of such abusive behavior.
i'm sorry if you live in ISP hell, but you should not be welcoming us.
I filled an 80 gb drive on torrents in one day.
I recently started using usenet and went through half a terabyte in one week, then used very little for the next month, and back and forth.
cramming people into 1 size fits all caps is not the way to do business. I will deny anyone who tries my money, even if it means crawling into a cave and lighting candles.
Every area covered by cable is also covered by DSL and satellite.
Don't tolerate bandwidth caps.. when your ISP imposes them, jump ship!
Even if the other ISP has caps it impacts the bottom line on your original.
Enough people do this and they won't dare try that crap.
Also, FYI, my bandwidth usage annually is rather spiky .. i'll use minimal browsing 2 months, then fill up a 300 gig drive the next.
I wont tolerate comcast pulling this cap crap, and neither should you.