And let me tell you, when your design for threads in a micro-kernel written in Object Pascal starts getting closer and closer to continuations, it pays to know the ideas of Scheme.
You still can't get past the left/right labellings. Even though that chart attempts to provide four labels instead of two, you still called libertarians "right wing". I call them that because, according to the set of axises I used, they are right-wing. They're opinions lay on the right half of the graph, rather far into it in fact.
Besides, the Nolan Chart is still too simplistic. Nearly everyone is in favor of more economic freedom. The problem is how you define it. Freedom for individuals, or businesses too? And what about the right to bargain collectively for wages? Actually, the chart is quite sufficient. Not everyone favors the further ability of private property to do whatever it wants, a.k.a. economic freedom.
I'm using the split from PoliticalCompass.org. It graphs opinions on two axises (spelling?): Socially Authoritarian/Libertarian (Up/Down), and Economically Liberal/Conservative (Left/Right). A capital-L, Libertarian Party libertarian fits neatly into the very bottom-right of the graph.
I thought it was safe to assume that you knew the American system still builds from one class to another. If you can't multiply, of course you'll fail your calculus exam!
Point taken, but part of the reason American kids don't work so hard in Physics is because they don't see a good career in it. So they don't go/get-into Physics grad-school. Foreign students dominate. The effects feed into themselves. Eventually (hopefully soon) the pendulum starts to swing the other way.
The sweet spot lies where enough native students earn their place in grad school (and later make good money) to make the field attractive without locking out foreignors or flooding the market.
It's just a difference of what gets assessed and where extra credit goes. The American system only assesses knowledge you learned in the class in question, and equates 100% expected knowledge with a 100% grade.
I hate to burst your bubble, but simply having brains and talent for programming does not imply receiving any sort of scholarship. Here's why: scholarships are given for high grades, tribal membership (OMG! Black/Male/Female/Jewish/Latino/Asian kid in college!), or financial aid. Brains and programming talent do not imply any of those.
Well, my experience with university grads has been all over the map. We had one person who graduated in CS from a reputable school (Queen's). She didn't know HTML, PHP, C, or more than a smidgen of Java. No database skills. No software lifecycle, UML, quality control, or even the basics of unit testing. She was a Chinese immigrant, and her oral and written English skills were atrocious. That stuff is not Computer Science. You want a Software Engineering degree.
You could legitimately complain about the English issues (Bruchim habaim l'artzeinu. Daber et Anglit.), but you hired a Chinese computer scientist when you wanted an English-speaking software engineer. Your bad!
Right, but none of that justifies H-1B visa slavery.
In the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States had really free immigration laws. Millions came in because of how great America supposedly was (along with the lack of attempts at genocide) a great place to live. Then people got racist and tightened the immigration laws.
If we let skilled labor into the country, they should be able to compete on a level playing field with American workers. That means visas that let guest workers stay here while say... they look for a new job if fired. When unemployment insurance runs out, then go home.
Then we'll even see immigrant labor demanding equal wages for equal work, and the natives can celebrate.
Different people learn/remember things in different ways, and therefore must study in different ways. For some kids, flash cards work. For others, diagrams help them learn. I put my notes to singsong melodies and sing them to engrave the words on my memory.
Try as public schools might, you can't teach one thing to a thousand people.
I can attest to this! With regional and national youth-group events aside, these past two have been the most sexually deprived years of my life. Of course, it's not like I got laid in high school, but home-schooling even further reduced my chances.
I grew up an extremely rebellious child, completely unwilling to wait for adulthood. To make matters worse, I had the intelligence to see when people or the world in general were bullshitting me. I'm not willing to disclose certain consequences of all this online.
However, at age 17 I became the second most religious person in my family. The only guy more religious than me is currently training to become a cantor, had a near-Orthodox wedding and took his honeymoon in Israel.
OK, it's not a large sample size. However, if it were one allele for obedience causing religiosity as a side effect, you wouldn't get anyone like me.
That's not a sudden deviation from normal stupidity. It's also not normal stupidity. It's Massachusetts Malevolence. They've always been the first to experiment with new, pernicious educational ideas that later get forced on the entire country.
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You just say that because you think she's hot.
I'll be in freshman year of undergrad next year. If I get a team together and everything, can I apply as a student for SoC 2007?
You'll also need at least Samuel L. Jackson and Chuck Norris.
And let me tell you, when your design for threads in a micro-kernel written in Object Pascal starts getting closer and closer to continuations, it pays to know the ideas of Scheme.
Now if I can just get into college...
Why do you engage in theology in a story about physics?
I get this weird urge to mod you "Foolish", but I don't have mod points and that option doesn't even exist. WTF?
I'm using the split from PoliticalCompass.org. It graphs opinions on two axises (spelling?): Socially Authoritarian/Libertarian (Up/Down), and Economically Liberal/Conservative (Left/Right). A capital-L, Libertarian Party libertarian fits neatly into the very bottom-right of the graph.
Doesn't that depend on your region? I think NTSC runs at 24 fps, while PAL (or somewhere else) runs at 60fps.
Or I could have them reversed, but you get the basic point.
Libertarians actually are right-wing, when it comes to economic policies.
s/Microsoft's defenders/Microsoft
Anyone who defends Microsoft must be astroturfing.
I thought it was safe to assume that you knew the American system still builds from one class to another. If you can't multiply, of course you'll fail your calculus exam!
Point taken, but part of the reason American kids don't work so hard in Physics is because they don't see a good career in it. So they don't go/get-into Physics grad-school. Foreign students dominate. The effects feed into themselves. Eventually (hopefully soon) the pendulum starts to swing the other way.
The sweet spot lies where enough native students earn their place in grad school (and later make good money) to make the field attractive without locking out foreignors or flooding the market.
It's just a difference of what gets assessed and where extra credit goes. The American system only assesses knowledge you learned in the class in question, and equates 100% expected knowledge with a 100% grade.
Problem with that plan? Try to enter a math/science-oriented grad-school program, and you can't move for foreign students.
I hate to burst your bubble, but simply having brains and talent for programming does not imply receiving any sort of scholarship. Here's why: scholarships are given for high grades, tribal membership (OMG! Black/Male/Female/Jewish/Latino/Asian kid in college!), or financial aid. Brains and programming talent do not imply any of those.
You could legitimately complain about the English issues (Bruchim habaim l'artzeinu. Daber et Anglit.), but you hired a Chinese computer scientist when you wanted an English-speaking software engineer. Your bad!
Part of the reason they didn't is that Unix Is Not The Answer For Everything.
Right, but none of that justifies H-1B visa slavery.
In the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States had really free immigration laws. Millions came in because of how great America supposedly was (along with the lack of attempts at genocide) a great place to live. Then people got racist and tightened the immigration laws.
If we let skilled labor into the country, they should be able to compete on a level playing field with American workers. That means visas that let guest workers stay here while say... they look for a new job if fired. When unemployment insurance runs out, then go home.
Then we'll even see immigrant labor demanding equal wages for equal work, and the natives can celebrate.
Different people learn/remember things in different ways, and therefore must study in different ways. For some kids, flash cards work. For others, diagrams help them learn. I put my notes to singsong melodies and sing them to engrave the words on my memory.
Try as public schools might, you can't teach one thing to a thousand people.
I can attest to this! With regional and national youth-group events aside, these past two have been the most sexually deprived years of my life. Of course, it's not like I got laid in high school, but home-schooling even further reduced my chances.
Of course, oftentimes trying to play with integrity just means losing.
If you think trying a new operating system presents difficulties, try creating one!
It's also just plain wrong, at least in my case.
I grew up an extremely rebellious child, completely unwilling to wait for adulthood. To make matters worse, I had the intelligence to see when people or the world in general were bullshitting me. I'm not willing to disclose certain consequences of all this online.
However, at age 17 I became the second most religious person in my family. The only guy more religious than me is currently training to become a cantor, had a near-Orthodox wedding and took his honeymoon in Israel.
OK, it's not a large sample size. However, if it were one allele for obedience causing religiosity as a side effect, you wouldn't get anyone like me.
That's not a sudden deviation from normal stupidity. It's also not normal stupidity. It's Massachusetts Malevolence. They've always been the first to experiment with new, pernicious educational ideas that later get forced on the entire country.
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I'm home-schooled, and I damn well will home-school my own kids.