There is Windows 8.1 with Bing, a completely free full OEM version of Windows 8.1, with the only requirement that the system builder may not reset the default browser to anything other then IE or the default serch engine to anything other than Bing - the consumer is free to change either at will with no repurcussions...
Putting a MS OS on the system allows the vendo to collect MS advertising revenue AND pre-install all that bloatware with their install fee for putting them on the machines. Choosing to install an MS OS enables the vendor to recapture a lot/all of the MS license revenue AND offer a machine that consmers want, a machine that is just like 90%+ of the desktop market.
Pre-installing Linux results in a zero license cost BUT no bloatware revenue, and the machine will appeal to rughly 1.4% of the user base.
Linux still lags behind MS Vista, by a 2:1 margin (Vista enjoys about a 2.5% total market share, Linux about 1.4%), but still Linux advocates declare Linux is poinsed to take over the desktop market any day now!
most poor people are Repubican, yet they routinely vote against their immediate and long-term interests.
Defend this assertion please.
Do you imagine the nebulously-defined 'middle class' is the exclusive providence if the Democrats, and that all the 'poor' and the '1%ers' are all Republicans? That seems to be what you are saying...
Before extrapolating long-term outcome of PPACA remember that the vast majority of Americans have yet to be impacted by the legislation - at best 'only' 10 million of the estimated 43 million uninsured Americans at the time bill was passed have coverage, and the employer mandate has been delayed severs, times now (and the vast majority of Ameticans get their coverage from their employers).
Only when all Ameticans are insured AND the Employer mandate is in effect can we tell the real impact of Obamacare - as it stands right now, less than 1/4th of Americans are impacted by the legislation.
I wonder if the folks that did this study included the 'benefit' of the uninsured penalty/fee/tax some 33 million uninsured Ameticans will pay April 15, 2015?
n many European countries, non-citizens who are legal residents may vote in local elections for their listed town/district, but not for the national legislature.
The issue is how we vote - in the US each ballot combines local, state, and federal elections, and the constitution only allows US citizens to vote in federal elections. States could, if they chose, break out federal elections from others and allow non-citizens to vote for dog catcher, mayor, etc. heck, they could even allow people of all ages (0-18) also vote - states are free to run their own elections as they choose - they are not free to run federal elections anyway they want.
House Majority PAC is a Democrat PAC hoping to regain Democratic control of the House - if you go back and carefully read the original post, the writer indicates that it is a Democratic super PAC:
"OK, so one of the Democratic Party's Super PACs want me to vote"
"Formed in April 2011, House Majority PACâ(TM)s goal was to answer the barrage of GOP outside spending and ensure that never again would groups funded by Karl Rove, the Koch Brothers, Sheldon Adelson and the like be able to drown out Democratic candidates."
This is a decent idea, but it doesn't go far enough - every non-profit college and university shuld be held to the same standards if they get tax subsidies or federal loan money.
It's popular to bash the for-profit schools, but there are plenty of over-priced, in-effective 2 and 4 year schools that saddle their graduates with mediocre educations and excessive debt loads.
And what is YOUR current employer doing, anything? Are you embarrassed to be working for a company doing nothing for those 114 schools?
Go look up Microsoft's Dreamspark program, they have been giving away software for free for YEARS and the discounts MS previously offered every school in America were exceedingly generous (see a Educational Advantage). And through organizations like TechSoup charities can buy copies of Windows software for literally pennies on the dollar.
The problem is that in this country, schools are funded by local taxes, so the poor districts don't have any money.
I would invite you to look into so-called 'Abbott Districts' in the state of New Jersey - these are the poorest districts in the state, and as a result of the Abbott court decision they receive so much state aid that they are among the highest-funded districts in the state (dollars spent per child) and have been for decades, yet, oddly, even after all that money has been invested in thes districts, they are still among the poorest performing districts in NJ.
it would be an interesting experiment to exchange the entire student population at a successful suburban school with the entire student population from a struggling inner-city school. Do you imagine the inner-city kids would flourish or continue to fail in the suburban school? Such an exercise would, I suspect, underscore the reality that the issue isn't funding levels, the age of the school buildings, etc.
Obama also plans to seek funding for training teachers to utilize this infusion of technology.
So the administration is 'planning' to to get funding to teach teachers how to use all the technology they are dumping into the classroom AFTER committing to putting the tech in the classroom?
Christy won NJ *twice* without any significant support from the unions.
That no Democrat was able to mount a reasonable challenge to him is very telling in a state like NJ. Dems have 'installed' some real questionable Gov. In the past (Corzine & the 'Machiavellian' candidate whose name escapes me at the moment), that no one of that caliber could be found in NJ to take on Christy is amazing to me...
However, if we assume that the average spent amount on the purchase of this year's Surface Pro 3 was around $1000, then we have less than 1 million units sold, which isn't that impressive, but it's a good start.
On what planet is selling a million units at about $1,000/ea not "impressive" or just a "good start"?
Windows server 2012 r2 has three install modes: no GUI (core), minimal GUI, and Full GUI... And you can flip between them at will - install without GUI, and later when you find you want/need GUI you simply install that feature. Later, when you realize it was a mistake to install GUI, you can then remove the GUI feature.
The Chili's Ziosk is okay but it will lead to lower tips since the wait person has fewer service tasks.
Which means a given waitstaff-worker can serve more tables, meaning they'll get more tips.. Each tip might be smaller, but the increased numbers of customers served during the shift may even out the tip total or even bump it up a little...
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There is Windows 8.1 with Bing, a completely free full OEM version of Windows 8.1, with the only requirement that the system builder may not reset the default browser to anything other then IE or the default serch engine to anything other than Bing - the consumer is free to change either at will with no repurcussions...
Putting a MS OS on the system allows the vendo to collect MS advertising revenue AND pre-install all that bloatware with their install fee for putting them on the machines. Choosing to install an MS OS enables the vendor to recapture a lot/all of the MS license revenue AND offer a machine that consmers want, a machine that is just like 90%+ of the desktop market.
Pre-installing Linux results in a zero license cost BUT no bloatware revenue, and the machine will appeal to rughly 1.4% of the user base.
You understand you could click on the hyperlink and see where the stats came from...
Linux still lags behind MS Vista, by a 2:1 margin (Vista enjoys about a 2.5% total market share, Linux about 1.4%), but still Linux advocates declare Linux is poinsed to take over the desktop market any day now!
Defend this assertion please.
Do you imagine the nebulously-defined 'middle class' is the exclusive providence if the Democrats, and that all the 'poor' and the '1%ers' are all Republicans? That seems to be what you are saying...
Before extrapolating long-term outcome of PPACA remember that the vast majority of Americans have yet to be impacted by the legislation - at best 'only' 10 million of the estimated 43 million uninsured Americans at the time bill was passed have coverage, and the employer mandate has been delayed severs, times now (and the vast majority of Ameticans get their coverage from their employers).
Only when all Ameticans are insured AND the Employer mandate is in effect can we tell the real impact of Obamacare - as it stands right now, less than 1/4th of Americans are impacted by the legislation.
I wonder if the folks that did this study included the 'benefit' of the uninsured penalty/fee/tax some 33 million uninsured Ameticans will pay April 15, 2015?
Define 'efficient'?
Whole industries have been created because of lax oversight by Medicare - like, for instance, the personal 'scooter' (chair) industry.
The fraud in Medicare is staggering, it is a multiple of the 'fraud, waste, and abuse' of even the worst 'for profit' insurance company.
For example, two people, over 7 years, committed $258M in Medicare fraud - http://www.miamiherald.com/new...
Even Planned Parenthood was charged with Medicare fraud:
Texas - http://online.wsj.com/articles...
Ad Naseaum...
The lists have existed 'forever' and have been used in elections for decades. Where do you think campaigns get their lists if voters from?
n many European countries, non-citizens who are legal residents may vote in local elections for their listed town/district, but not for the national legislature.
The issue is how we vote - in the US each ballot combines local, state, and federal elections, and the constitution only allows US citizens to vote in federal elections. States could, if they chose, break out federal elections from others and allow non-citizens to vote for dog catcher, mayor, etc. heck, they could even allow people of all ages (0-18) also vote - states are free to run their own elections as they choose - they are not free to run federal elections anyway they want.
House Majority PAC is a Democrat PAC hoping to regain Democratic control of the House - if you go back and carefully read the original post, the writer indicates that it is a Democratic super PAC:
From their website
King George wanted to treat everyone the same? Where you paying attention in history class?
The colonists were most definitely NOT treated the same as citizens back in England - I encourage you to look up the Stamp Act and the Tea Act.
This is a decent idea, but it doesn't go far enough - every non-profit college and university shuld be held to the same standards if they get tax subsidies or federal loan money.
It's popular to bash the for-profit schools, but there are plenty of over-priced, in-effective 2 and 4 year schools that saddle their graduates with mediocre educations and excessive debt loads.
And what is YOUR current employer doing, anything? Are you embarrassed to be working for a company doing nothing for those 114 schools?
Go look up Microsoft's Dreamspark program, they have been giving away software for free for YEARS and the discounts MS previously offered every school in America were exceedingly generous (see a Educational Advantage). And through organizations like TechSoup charities can buy copies of Windows software for literally pennies on the dollar.
I would invite you to look into so-called 'Abbott Districts' in the state of New Jersey - these are the poorest districts in the state, and as a result of the Abbott court decision they receive so much state aid that they are among the highest-funded districts in the state (dollars spent per child) and have been for decades, yet, oddly, even after all that money has been invested in thes districts, they are still among the poorest performing districts in NJ.
it would be an interesting experiment to exchange the entire student population at a successful suburban school with the entire student population from a struggling inner-city school. Do you imagine the inner-city kids would flourish or continue to fail in the suburban school? Such an exercise would, I suspect, underscore the reality that the issue isn't funding levels, the age of the school buildings, etc.
Yep, kids are always stealing 'better textbooks'!
Apoarently you think a science textbook is as appealing a theft target to a school-age child as, say, a MacBook or an iPad...
Uh-huh.
So the administration is 'planning' to to get funding to teach teachers how to use all the technology they are dumping into the classroom AFTER committing to putting the tech in the classroom?
Christy won NJ *twice* without any significant support from the unions.
That no Democrat was able to mount a reasonable challenge to him is very telling in a state like NJ. Dems have 'installed' some real questionable Gov. In the past (Corzine & the 'Machiavellian' candidate whose name escapes me at the moment), that no one of that caliber could be found in NJ to take on Christy is amazing to me...
And if there's a discrepancy, then what? Ignore the e-vote or ignore the traditional results?
It's the same issue with e-voting with a paper-trail - what happens when the paper trail and the e-vote results don't match?
...is a clue that leads to the FreeMason treasure! (Hint, it's behind Mt. Rushmore. ;^)
On what planet is selling a million units at about $1,000/ea not "impressive" or just a "good start"?
Windows server 2012 r2 has three install modes: no GUI (core), minimal GUI, and Full GUI... And you can flip between them at will - install without GUI, and later when you find you want/need GUI you simply install that feature. Later, when you realize it was a mistake to install GUI, you can then remove the GUI feature.
Go to metro desktop (press the Windows key), click on your name in the upper right corner, choose 'sign out'.
Which means a given waitstaff-worker can serve more tables, meaning they'll get more tips.. Each tip might be smaller, but the increased numbers of customers served during the shift may even out the tip total or even bump it up a little...
Obama Administration cut payments for charity care to help fund Obamacare subsidies...
We should open the borders so we can get more high-skilled workers from Central and Southern America!
Don't forget the accelerated depreciation schedule for capital investments, part of our economic stimulus packages...