Sure. That school is probably being funded by a levy that passed years ago. In fact, I would bet dollars-to-donuts that the time from 'hey we need a new school' to 'here's your new school' is measured in decades.
And regarding private schools, they draw people to them. They are not like Quiznos and put in the middle of densely populated area. More like golf courses that are built rural areas and, over time, draw a community.
True. And giving each public school ~$2500/student(money available for schools if NASA funding was diverted for a single year) would be an even greater return. Imagine every student being taught in classrooms with only a dozen or so kids.
Me-OW! No reason to go all space-program fangurl on me. And regarding the cost, remember the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter did not get into space powered by love and unicorns (though admittedly, that would have been awesome). There's that whole tax-funded NASA thing....
The 720 million mentioned on Wikipedia as the 'cost' was just the cost of the physical craft, not all the infrastructure required to make it more than a 720 million dollar paperweight.
720 Million was just to cost of the physical craft. That pales in comparison to the billions up billions of dollars worth of infrastructure required to even get the thing off the ground.
And why are schools closing again? I squee about space coolness as much as any nerd, but it's like otherwise rational people just ignore the cost-to-benefit ratio on things like this. Cognitive dissonance I guess. They rail against bailouts that sucked but probably did save the economy from a total collapse. But then things like pretty pictures of Mars it's all 'whatever it takes!'.
But here's the thing...it takes years and years to build a school for even a few hundred students (even longer to build a high school). Parents move into a neighborhood and 'demand' more schools. So, the 'supply' side says 'sure no problem!, expect it in about 3 years!'. Long before then, those parents' children have moved on to other schools, or just moved away. Not to mention the time it would take to staff the school with seasoned teachers.
Supply and demand works well for commodities and general goods. Not so much for organizational entities that provide a basic service. Unless of course we do away with free education altogether, then sure, go nuts. I'm sure that won't create a caste system at all ~sarcasm
And didn't I hear a while ago there was a move to make all phone chargers universal? Does that mean that this funtionality would eventually apply to all new phone chargers. Also, why do I care about the $0.15/yr extra I spend to keep a charger plugged into the wall....when many, many more higher juice devices have been plugged in for years (i.e. TVs, stereo systems)?
it added a human resources department, hired an internal IT staff and built a call center to dissuade its victims from seeking credit card refunds
That's why it's called organized crime. Anotehr example is the architypical Sicilian Mafia. They had accountants, caporegimes (aka 'executive managers'), and even compliance control officers (aka 'button men').
Yeah. I mean I used my car to totally kick ass in last years Boston Marathon. I finished it in like 15 minutes. The officcial were real d-bags though and refused to declare me the winner.
Are you kidding? Every credit card app I've ever filled out asked more invasive questions like how much I make annually, my SSN, and my work and address history. Hell, activating my Google adsense account asked more questions.
Has it always been this fucked and we just have the means to know about it now? Or were things truly better back int he day?
Yes. Yes it has. As have all countries, everywhere, since the dawn of man. The only real difference now is information flows faster than ever before in history. So the general populace is aware of all the f'ed up stuff much, much faster. In the past it could take months, if not years or even decades, for this information to reach the ears of the people.
Because what is called monetising in the summary I call money grubbing.
Sure the mans painting sell for a lot, but calling the founder of French impressionist painting 'money grubbing', especially since he's been dead for some time, seems rather harsh.
Cruelty to animals, it is said, is often a precursor to graver crimes.
Yeah, right. What orifice was that pulled out of.
Um, that's kind of like basic criminology and stuff. Just read through the histories of a few killers on Wikipedia and see how many 'got their start' killing neighbors cats (Edward Emil Kemper lll) or burning the eyes out of crabs with matches (Andrew Cunanan).
The Mac runs a long-term OS for a desktop computer costing thousands of dollars. The iPhone is a $400 toy/phone that runs an OS that might go 18 months between major updates. Any intern with even a marginal level of skill can "develop" and app for the iPhone. When the big boys put out their games, etc it's less likely because they are thinking 'what a great platform!'. It's far more likely they are told by Apple 'put this game on our platform and we will give your company X number of $$'s'.
Since developing an app for such a nubile platform is something they could do in a week or two with maybe two FTE, why not?
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Just doing my part to bring knowledge to the unenlightened.
Sure. That school is probably being funded by a levy that passed years ago. In fact, I would bet dollars-to-donuts that the time from 'hey we need a new school' to 'here's your new school' is measured in decades.
And regarding private schools, they draw people to them. They are not like Quiznos and put in the middle of densely populated area. More like golf courses that are built rural areas and, over time, draw a community.
True. And giving each public school ~$2500/student(money available for schools if NASA funding was diverted for a single year) would be an even greater return. Imagine every student being taught in classrooms with only a dozen or so kids.
Me-OW! No reason to go all space-program fangurl on me. And regarding the cost, remember the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter did not get into space powered by love and unicorns (though admittedly, that would have been awesome). There's that whole tax-funded NASA thing....
The 720 million mentioned on Wikipedia as the 'cost' was just the cost of the physical craft, not all the infrastructure required to make it more than a 720 million dollar paperweight.
720 Million was just to cost of the physical craft. That pales in comparison to the billions up billions of dollars worth of infrastructure required to even get the thing off the ground.
And why are schools closing again? I squee about space coolness as much as any nerd, but it's like otherwise rational people just ignore the cost-to-benefit ratio on things like this. Cognitive dissonance I guess. They rail against bailouts that sucked but probably did save the economy from a total collapse. But then things like pretty pictures of Mars it's all 'whatever it takes!'.
You tax dollars at work?
I use NoScript and AdBlock so noticed none of those.
But here's the thing...it takes years and years to build a school for even a few hundred students (even longer to build a high school). Parents move into a neighborhood and 'demand' more schools. So, the 'supply' side says 'sure no problem!, expect it in about 3 years!'. Long before then, those parents' children have moved on to other schools, or just moved away. Not to mention the time it would take to staff the school with seasoned teachers.
Supply and demand works well for commodities and general goods. Not so much for organizational entities that provide a basic service. Unless of course we do away with free education altogether, then sure, go nuts. I'm sure that won't create a caste system at all ~sarcasm
I think my hot water tank, which certainly doesn't have to be heating water all night long, is using a couple orders of magnitude more than that.
Does Nvidia not know there are literally dozens of Linux users out there clamoring for a stable, high-end gaming environment?
And didn't I hear a while ago there was a move to make all phone chargers universal? Does that mean that this funtionality would eventually apply to all new phone chargers. Also, why do I care about the $0.15/yr extra I spend to keep a charger plugged into the wall....when many, many more higher juice devices have been plugged in for years (i.e. TVs, stereo systems)?
No, no...that's the exploding battery. Which, depending on how liberal one is with symbolism, could also be caused by pr0n.
That's why it's called organized crime. Anotehr example is the architypical Sicilian Mafia. They had accountants, caporegimes (aka 'executive managers'), and even compliance control officers (aka 'button men').
Totally. It's like Wikipedia. If a lot of believe something, then it's a fact.
Yeah. I mean I used my car to totally kick ass in last years Boston Marathon. I finished it in like 15 minutes. The officcial were real d-bags though and refused to declare me the winner.
Are you kidding? Every credit card app I've ever filled out asked more invasive questions like how much I make annually, my SSN, and my work and address history. Hell, activating my Google adsense account asked more questions.
Yes. Yes it has. As have all countries, everywhere, since the dawn of man. The only real difference now is information flows faster than ever before in history. So the general populace is aware of all the f'ed up stuff much, much faster. In the past it could take months, if not years or even decades, for this information to reach the ears of the people.
Sure the mans painting sell for a lot, but calling the founder of French impressionist painting 'money grubbing', especially since he's been dead for some time, seems rather harsh.
Jehovah! Jehovah! Jehovah!
"...better suited to the Internet than a conventional website." What?
...to avoid using Facebook.
Um, that's kind of like basic criminology and stuff. Just read through the histories of a few killers on Wikipedia and see how many 'got their start' killing neighbors cats (Edward Emil Kemper lll) or burning the eyes out of crabs with matches (Andrew Cunanan).
Don't waive your hand! You're going to need it someday!
Mac != iPhone
The Mac runs a long-term OS for a desktop computer costing thousands of dollars. The iPhone is a $400 toy/phone that runs an OS that might go 18 months between major updates. Any intern with even a marginal level of skill can "develop" and app for the iPhone. When the big boys put out their games, etc it's less likely because they are thinking 'what a great platform!'. It's far more likely they are told by Apple 'put this game on our platform and we will give your company X number of $$'s'.
Since developing an app for such a nubile platform is something they could do in a week or two with maybe two FTE, why not?
...not to buy an iPhone.