So my High School had an "internal policy" disallowing students from checking email at school. Does that mean I could've been charged with "misdemeanor hacking" for emailing myself a powerpoint file for a class presentation??
I supported McCain and I'm a huge conservative, and I agree with you..... HOWEVER, in the media's defense, even FoxNews admits that the Obama staff was much easier to work with. I don't remember who said it (maybe Bill O'Reilly), but it was easy to call the staffers from the Obama campaign and get an official statement or whatever, but with McCain, they would get responses like "we will get back to you," or "we don't have a statement at this time," and other similar non-answers. So basically, I think along with the component of left-leaning bias of major newspapers and other news outlets, the helpfulness of the campaign staff was also a component in the Obama press frenzy.
Imagine being at a football game in a giant stadium when a cellphone-recognition camera (we've got facial recognition already) mounted at the top of the outer wall detects the cellphone you just pulled out of your pocket and triggers the ray gun to send a message to your head saying "Please put away your cellphone... and then go grab a hotdog from nearest vendor for only $9.99 plus tax"
Or, your driving your car at 46 MPH down the highway (with a speed limit of 45 MPH) when the voice in your head tells you "You are exceeding the speed limit and endangering others - please slow down before we email your license plate number and infraction details to the police department in your local jurisdiction"
how do you define 'not for profit' when administrators of charity organizations drive around in cars worth more than my annual salary?
That's very, very, rare. Besides, non-profit organizations can pay their staff whatever they like - that's how you get good staff. I'm guessing you're complaining about them being tax-exempt, but in all honesty, is it really the taxes on that Ferrari that's keeping you from buying it? No. It's the outrageous price in conjunction with your (relatively) low salary. Are you saying non-profit organizations should have limits on how much they can pay their staff? That would be ridiculous, and you know it.
Yeah, you're right. I have two 12" subwoofers in my car, and the slightest changes in compression can completely alter the amount of bass they get. Also, it seems as though some compressions sound better louder than other compressions (but I don't understand digital audio well enough to know if that's the case or not)
That's relying on the presupposition that video-recording a public place is a "wrong." I don't see how you can call either a wrong. You're in public, if you're going to do something you don't want everyone to see, you shouldn't be doing it in public. Do it in the privacy of your own home, where you can pick and choose who sees what.
So I'm curious how the colleges match IP Addresses with students. Particularly if they're using the school's wireless network. Do they make college students register their MAC Address or something with the school?
IANAMM (i'm not a music major), but: In the image shown, none of the "notes" are musically "correct". They do not have rhythms (because in music, the length of the note is determined by whether or not the not is shaded, whether or not the tail has one or two "flags", etc., and that cannot be distinguished based on the positioning of objects in a painting), only pitches. In the audio file, he plays whole notes, quarter notes, and a few other rhythms that are not in the painting. I mean, if you give me 20 random notes and let me pick the rhythms and dynamics, I could make it sound good too... Also, I could take many different paintings and draw a staff and music notes on it.
Let the NSA do their job, ACLU! They are protecting YOUR life too. They aren't snooping on John in the US talking to his wife Jane on vacation in Peru. They're snooping on Mohammad in the US talking to Abdul plotting a terrorist attack in Baghdad. It's called profiling and it has saved the lives of many Americans in the past. It's not racist or bigoted or infringing on anyone's civil liberties - it's an accurate and reliable way to find out about possible terror attacks.
To avoid being modded a "troll" in the future - make sure to back up your assertions with facts. For instance, you might say that "Social Media sites have no influence over privacy _because_ no one in making you post anything you don't want to. If you don't want your employer to know about your binge drinking habits - then don't join the [ficitious] 'i heart drinking' facebook group. Also, only make your profile visible to 'friends', so you can pick and choose exactly who you want to see it"
Thanks for the info! It's good to hear that someone else has done this and had a good experience with it. Hopefully I won't have to stay for longer than a year at community college, but I guess I'll see how it goes.
And on a side note: I had to read that second-to-last sentence like three times before I realized that you weren't saying that you had to show them "13 credits of straight BS..."
It amazes me that Virginia Tech is right up there with Carnegie Mellon and Stanford. I'm happy to say that I'm going to get to go there (after two years of community college, yielding me a guaranteed transfer - as long as I get a 3.0 GPA in CC)...
You're right, in that, they don't run around saying "Bush is Evil" (well, I'm pretty sure MSNBC does) or "Universal Healthcare is good", but their stance on each issue is reflected through their choice of stories. It's not the "vast left-wing conspiracy" as some may tell you, but it's a bias none-the-less. The ideological beliefs of the staff often bleed over into their writing, as would be expected from a mere human. That's why you see bias. You pretty much see it everywhere. I would argue that the only true completely objective reporter today is Anderson Cooper (who is actually on CNN - go figure). He tells the story how he sees it and then steps back and describes what happens while keeping opinion far, far, away from his reporting. On a side note, he was also very good on the old TV game show "The Mole"... (that used to be my favorite TV show until ABC canceled it)
But the point is, you're crazy if you say there's no bias on either side. CNN is left-of-middle and MSNBC is clearly left. FoxNews is no more right-of-middle than CNN is left-of-middle. If you disagree with me - then it's because you're not watching them. I watch both regularly - and I see the bias regularly. Sometime when you get a chance; watch both channels for like a week or two (FoxNews and CNN), look at what stories they cover, compare them both, and see what issues each network spends the most time on. I think you'll be surprised to see that CNN will not cover stories that reflect badly on the "progressives" (stories about negative impacts of national healthcare in places like cuba/canada, stories about progress being made in Iraq, etc.), and FoxNews will not cover stories that reflect badly on the "conservatives" (stories about the amount of deaths in Iraq, can't think of more at the moment, but i know they're there).
Unless you have some kind of alternate-universe definition of "left" and "right."
That's actually the one thing I'll agree with you on... You and I have very different interpretations of the terms "left" and "right."
To me, "left", is universal healthcare, the "Bush is Evil" mantra, the "you're a bigot because you want to keep out illegal immigrants" mindset, the "killing babies is acceptable" stance, the "secular is the only way to go" crowd, and many other "secular-progressive" ideological traits.
The right (to me), is the idea that "Universal healthcare would make private healthcare unreachable to lower to middle class citizens", the "Bush has a backbone and does what he feels is right" mindset, the fear that illegal immigration will lead to anarchy in the US, the idea that a fetus is life and noone should have the option to end life, the idea that the US was founded on Judeo-Christian values, and many other traditional US traits.
Now typically, media bias is usually only found in stories regarding healthcare, Bush, and immigration, but the more perspicacious individual will be able to spot them with the other issues as well. With CNN and especially MSNBC, it's usually villainizing critics of Universal Healthcare, redacting "positive" Iraq stories, and simply ignoring stories that involve crimes committed by illegal aliens. (or "undocumented workers", as Barbara Walters would tell you)
I'm sorry, but that's a presupposition I just refuse to believe.
You can't honestly tell me that these guys are saying "I hate these darn US troops walking around here trying to help us - so because of that - I'm gonna strap a bomb to my shoe and kill them"...
If that's your reasoning behind the suicide bombings and constant terror, then explain to me why they crashed two planes into the side of the Twin Towers? Was it because they wanted us to pull out of the United States?????
Supporting liberal Republicans who have no chance of winning doesn't count, because it just further supports _their_ candidates on the left by ensuring that a winnable GOP candidate doesn't gain momentum. Unless there is some isolated incident I don't know about - and if there is - I want to know about it. Tell me. I'll happily change my opinion of CNN. (Not my opinion of FoxNews, but CNN - sure...)
Also, you're still only debating CNN. I'm sure that even you won't admit that MSNBC is fair or balanced. And also, I realize that' this is just me justifying bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior, but FoxNews is Fair and Balanced. Unfortunately right now, with the mainstream media leaning so very far-left, FoxNews _is_ balanced by leaning ever-so-slightly to the right... (if that makes any sense at all...)
First of all - yes - I _am_ saying they are beginning to show support for the war. Secondly, it's not about WMDs anymore. It's about instability and anarchy in Iraq, and a heavy terrorist presence funded by the Iranian government.
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So my High School had an "internal policy" disallowing students from checking email at school. Does that mean I could've been charged with "misdemeanor hacking" for emailing myself a powerpoint file for a class presentation??
I supported McCain and I'm a huge conservative, and I agree with you..... HOWEVER, in the media's defense, even FoxNews admits that the Obama staff was much easier to work with. I don't remember who said it (maybe Bill O'Reilly), but it was easy to call the staffers from the Obama campaign and get an official statement or whatever, but with McCain, they would get responses like "we will get back to you," or "we don't have a statement at this time," and other similar non-answers. So basically, I think along with the component of left-leaning bias of major newspapers and other news outlets, the helpfulness of the campaign staff was also a component in the Obama press frenzy.
There was also a spike on InTrade (intrade.com) around that time...
You mean like, creating a world without apostrophes?
Imagine being at a football game in a giant stadium when a cellphone-recognition camera (we've got facial recognition already) mounted at the top of the outer wall detects the cellphone you just pulled out of your pocket and triggers the ray gun to send a message to your head saying "Please put away your cellphone... and then go grab a hotdog from nearest vendor for only $9.99 plus tax" Or, your driving your car at 46 MPH down the highway (with a speed limit of 45 MPH) when the voice in your head tells you "You are exceeding the speed limit and endangering others - please slow down before we email your license plate number and infraction details to the police department in your local jurisdiction"
I'm sorry, this is Slashdot and your post has too much common sense... we don't allow posts of that kind here.
Yeah, you're right. I have two 12" subwoofers in my car, and the slightest changes in compression can completely alter the amount of bass they get. Also, it seems as though some compressions sound better louder than other compressions (but I don't understand digital audio well enough to know if that's the case or not)
That's relying on the presupposition that video-recording a public place is a "wrong." I don't see how you can call either a wrong. You're in public, if you're going to do something you don't want everyone to see, you shouldn't be doing it in public. Do it in the privacy of your own home, where you can pick and choose who sees what.
So I'm curious how the colleges match IP Addresses with students. Particularly if they're using the school's wireless network. Do they make college students register their MAC Address or something with the school?
IANAMM (i'm not a music major), but: In the image shown, none of the "notes" are musically "correct". They do not have rhythms (because in music, the length of the note is determined by whether or not the not is shaded, whether or not the tail has one or two "flags", etc., and that cannot be distinguished based on the positioning of objects in a painting), only pitches. In the audio file, he plays whole notes, quarter notes, and a few other rhythms that are not in the painting. I mean, if you give me 20 random notes and let me pick the rhythms and dynamics, I could make it sound good too... Also, I could take many different paintings and draw a staff and music notes on it.
Let the NSA do their job, ACLU! They are protecting YOUR life too. They aren't snooping on John in the US talking to his wife Jane on vacation in Peru. They're snooping on Mohammad in the US talking to Abdul plotting a terrorist attack in Baghdad. It's called profiling and it has saved the lives of many Americans in the past. It's not racist or bigoted or infringing on anyone's civil liberties - it's an accurate and reliable way to find out about possible terror attacks.
No, see, I didn't say "use bigger words and better sentence structure"... I said provide backup to your assertions. But better, I guess...
To avoid being modded a "troll" in the future - make sure to back up your assertions with facts. For instance, you might say that "Social Media sites have no influence over privacy _because_ no one in making you post anything you don't want to. If you don't want your employer to know about your binge drinking habits - then don't join the [ficitious] 'i heart drinking' facebook group. Also, only make your profile visible to 'friends', so you can pick and choose exactly who you want to see it"
Thanks for the info! It's good to hear that someone else has done this and had a good experience with it. Hopefully I won't have to stay for longer than a year at community college, but I guess I'll see how it goes.
And on a side note: I had to read that second-to-last sentence like three times before I realized that you weren't saying that you had to show them "13 credits of straight BS..."
Y'all?? That's a "word" that I only hear where I live, here in Virginia...
It amazes me that Virginia Tech is right up there with Carnegie Mellon and Stanford. I'm happy to say that I'm going to get to go there (after two years of community college, yielding me a guaranteed transfer - as long as I get a 3.0 GPA in CC)...
You're right, in that, they don't run around saying "Bush is Evil" (well, I'm pretty sure MSNBC does) or "Universal Healthcare is good", but their stance on each issue is reflected through their choice of stories. It's not the "vast left-wing conspiracy" as some may tell you, but it's a bias none-the-less. The ideological beliefs of the staff often bleed over into their writing, as would be expected from a mere human. That's why you see bias. You pretty much see it everywhere. I would argue that the only true completely objective reporter today is Anderson Cooper (who is actually on CNN - go figure). He tells the story how he sees it and then steps back and describes what happens while keeping opinion far, far, away from his reporting. On a side note, he was also very good on the old TV game show "The Mole"... (that used to be my favorite TV show until ABC canceled it)
But the point is, you're crazy if you say there's no bias on either side. CNN is left-of-middle and MSNBC is clearly left. FoxNews is no more right-of-middle than CNN is left-of-middle. If you disagree with me - then it's because you're not watching them. I watch both regularly - and I see the bias regularly. Sometime when you get a chance; watch both channels for like a week or two (FoxNews and CNN), look at what stories they cover, compare them both, and see what issues each network spends the most time on. I think you'll be surprised to see that CNN will not cover stories that reflect badly on the "progressives" (stories about negative impacts of national healthcare in places like cuba/canada, stories about progress being made in Iraq, etc.), and FoxNews will not cover stories that reflect badly on the "conservatives" (stories about the amount of deaths in Iraq, can't think of more at the moment, but i know they're there).
and I'd like to see some evidence that they favor the Democratic party
Well, I wish I had the time to draw up my own list, however, I don't, so my response to this would have to be the book: _Bias_, by Bernard Goldberg.
Unless you have some kind of alternate-universe definition of "left" and "right."
That's actually the one thing I'll agree with you on... You and I have very different interpretations of the terms "left" and "right."
To me, "left", is universal healthcare, the "Bush is Evil" mantra, the "you're a bigot because you want to keep out illegal immigrants" mindset, the "killing babies is acceptable" stance, the "secular is the only way to go" crowd, and many other "secular-progressive" ideological traits.
The right (to me), is the idea that "Universal healthcare would make private healthcare unreachable to lower to middle class citizens", the "Bush has a backbone and does what he feels is right" mindset, the fear that illegal immigration will lead to anarchy in the US, the idea that a fetus is life and noone should have the option to end life, the idea that the US was founded on Judeo-Christian values, and many other traditional US traits.
Now typically, media bias is usually only found in stories regarding healthcare, Bush, and immigration, but the more perspicacious individual will be able to spot them with the other issues as well. With CNN and especially MSNBC, it's usually villainizing critics of Universal Healthcare, redacting "positive" Iraq stories, and simply ignoring stories that involve crimes committed by illegal aliens. (or "undocumented workers", as Barbara Walters would tell you)
"which further increases the instability..."
I'm sorry, but that's a presupposition I just refuse to believe.
You can't honestly tell me that these guys are saying "I hate these darn US troops walking around here trying to help us - so because of that - I'm gonna strap a bomb to my shoe and kill them"...
If that's your reasoning behind the suicide bombings and constant terror, then explain to me why they crashed two planes into the side of the Twin Towers?
Was it because they wanted us to pull out of the United States?????
Supporting liberal Republicans who have no chance of winning doesn't count, because it just further supports _their_ candidates on the left by ensuring that a winnable GOP candidate doesn't gain momentum. Unless there is some isolated incident I don't know about - and if there is - I want to know about it. Tell me. I'll happily change my opinion of CNN. (Not my opinion of FoxNews, but CNN - sure...)
Also, you're still only debating CNN. I'm sure that even you won't admit that MSNBC is fair or balanced. And also, I realize that' this is just me justifying bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior, but FoxNews is Fair and Balanced. Unfortunately right now, with the mainstream media leaning so very far-left, FoxNews _is_ balanced by leaning ever-so-slightly to the right... (if that makes any sense at all...)
First of all - yes - I _am_ saying they are beginning to show support for the war. Secondly, it's not about WMDs anymore. It's about instability and anarchy in Iraq, and a heavy terrorist presence funded by the Iranian government.