Even if you can get your federal and state income taxes back, you can't get back SS and Medicare. That's not even counting if you are lucky enough to get health insurance, which is probably also deducted from your paycheck.
And yes, you can get some grants and such, but qualifying can be a real PITA. If you're under 24, you still have to base your eligibility off your parents' filed income, in addition to your own. If you're 24 or over, you miss out on a lot of scholarship opportunities. In Tennessee, we have a nice HOPE scholarship using state lottery money. The kicker? It's only available to students immediately after the graduate from high school. A lot of private schools also offer scholarships with similar requirements.
People are also willing to give "kids" a lot of slack with various things. But if you're an adult trying to get a degree, you usually don't get that either -- in addition to have to borrow/pay your own way through.
Otherwise, study your ass in high school and get there on scholarship.
This is great advice. Unfortunately when you're 13-15 and just starting in High School, you're not exactly of the mind to fully appreciate the wisdom of this.
You realize that $30k loans for a $6k/semester school leaves $18k the student had to come up with some other way -- probably out of pocket. That's assuming he was actually able to complete his program in 8 semesters.
That's over $4k a year the student is paying for his own expenses. If we assumed full time work at $10 an hour -- not too bad for college work -- that's not even $20k a year before taxes. You're talking about over 25% of the student's free income from a full time job. JUST TO PAY for what the student loans wouldn't.
And you're questioning why would someone borrow $30k total for a $6k/year school?
I'm seriously wondering how could they not? And in fact, how did the manage to pay for it all ONLY borrowing $30k?
Exactly what I was thinking - For most Windows users, the user is a major bottle-neck.
HAHAHA! I am laughing my ass off over here. I'm sure you mean, "the user interface is a major bottle-neck," but the way you said it is much, much funnier. (And probably more accurate.)
Haha, I realized what was going on -- someone took and old, old post and replaced some text with Windows 7. However my brain immediately replaced 64 Megs with 64 Gigs, which would be rather appropriate. I didn't realize the GP had left "Megs" until I read he did so in your post. xD
And really even more than that, the poor fill a niche in society. Can you imagine if there were no minimum wage jobs? No unemployment? The worker would have a tremendous amount of power.
Businesses would have to cut back significantly in how many people they could afford to hire -- or more likely, no one would be getting rich off a business. It would just basically pay the salaries of those who work there.
Actually, it sounds a lot like communism when you think of it like that. Everyone works. Everyone makes the same pay. Everyone is equal.
What was my point? Oh yeah -- Capitalism as we know it probably can't exist without poor people. That is to say, the people at the top are absolutely at the top on the backs of the labour of those at the bottom. Or more generally; every person participates in the economic system that allows the well-off folks to be well-off.
I don't think it's asking too much for those who can afford it to turn around and give a little bit to the little guy who is essential to the economy, and their being well-off in it.
That's IF Microsoft can get the specs it needs from the manufacturer. If you have some old HP printer and you want it to work with Windows n, either HP or Microsoft is going to have to make a driver for it.
Chances are, there is some old code that can be easily reused and repackaged for Windows n, but Microsoft isn't going to have that old code -- HP does. Microsoft might have the code, but not know how to use it, because it doesn't have any access to HP's engineers.
I feel like Microsoft does a LOT to accommodate third parties who want to make their hardware work on Windows, but in some cases, they just can't.
It's pretty much expected that there will be a new release of Windows every 3 years, and your old stuff might not work with it. I've gold some old ISA devices sitting around the office here that won't work anymore unless I load up Windows 95 on an old machine. Should I be upset at Microsoft or the manufacturer for that?
(BTW, we still actually use that hardware here for real work. I'm IT for a physics lab, and it's an hardware interface for an old spectrometer.)
Cultural differences correlate along racial lines. That doesn't mean they're racial differences. "Racism" has become a dishonest term used to force acceptance of willful, culturally-motivated actions under the guise of inherent qualities once cannot avoid, such as skin color.
It's not about entitlement, it's about being hackers. We find a way to do what we want, the way we want to do it. And we try to preach that religion to everyone else.
Right, the Republicans have one tactic: Increase Republican voters while not adding to Democrat voters.
The Democrats have two tactics: Increase Democrat voters while not adding to Republican voters -AND- add as many voters as possible. The first tactic is better, but the second still works most of the time, because there are more Democrats and Republicans.
As for the rest of your post: Obama has a clear and significant lead among independent voters. I'm not sure where you're coming from. Sure, some go McCain, some go Obama, but more are going Obama.
My personal opinion is that they both suck, as usual. I've been telling people, "Hey, did you see the latest polls? Well, it looks like it's gonna be a win for either McCain or Obama, and we're fucked either way."
Anyone who wants everyone to vote, and everyone's vote to count is a Democrat. It's a commonlyknownfact that there are more democrats than republicans.
It wouldn't make strategic sense for Republicans to support any attempt at massive, non-partisan voter turnout. Their only sound strategy is to try and rally Republican voters to go to the polls while trying their best to avoid suggesting that Democrat voters go.
Just because it "serves" half a million homes per market doesn't mean that people actually watch it. I haven't looked at broadcast in years, since I've had cable. I think most people are in the same boat.
Yeah, I was really wondering why it wasn't listed as one of the "obvious choices", considering it's probably the most open platform.
I definitely agree on the web-based app part. You can target the browser for whatever phone you end up dealing with -- and it wouldn't be too hard to write it for multiple different phone browsers, by just changing some of the presentation code.
I have an HTC phone now (Apache) with a custom firmware on it. I've been running one for two years. It came shipped with WM5, and I'm running a hacked together version of WM6.1. I could put anything I wanted on there.
Of course, Windows Mobile is pretty darn open, and I'm pretty sure there's no kill switch. It's one of those rare cases where the source isn't open, but the product is less restrictive than open source alternatives.
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Even if you can get your federal and state income taxes back, you can't get back SS and Medicare. That's not even counting if you are lucky enough to get health insurance, which is probably also deducted from your paycheck.
And yes, you can get some grants and such, but qualifying can be a real PITA. If you're under 24, you still have to base your eligibility off your parents' filed income, in addition to your own. If you're 24 or over, you miss out on a lot of scholarship opportunities. In Tennessee, we have a nice HOPE scholarship using state lottery money. The kicker? It's only available to students immediately after the graduate from high school. A lot of private schools also offer scholarships with similar requirements.
People are also willing to give "kids" a lot of slack with various things. But if you're an adult trying to get a degree, you usually don't get that either -- in addition to have to borrow/pay your own way through.
Otherwise, study your ass in high school and get there on scholarship.
This is great advice. Unfortunately when you're 13-15 and just starting in High School, you're not exactly of the mind to fully appreciate the wisdom of this.
You realize that $30k loans for a $6k/semester school leaves $18k the student had to come up with some other way -- probably out of pocket. That's assuming he was actually able to complete his program in 8 semesters.
That's over $4k a year the student is paying for his own expenses. If we assumed full time work at $10 an hour -- not too bad for college work -- that's not even $20k a year before taxes. You're talking about over 25% of the student's free income from a full time job. JUST TO PAY for what the student loans wouldn't.
And you're questioning why would someone borrow $30k total for a $6k/year school?
I'm seriously wondering how could they not? And in fact, how did the manage to pay for it all ONLY borrowing $30k?
Exactly what I was thinking - For most Windows users, the user is a major bottle-neck.
HAHAHA! I am laughing my ass off over here. I'm sure you mean, "the user interface is a major bottle-neck," but the way you said it is much, much funnier. (And probably more accurate.)
Haha, I realized what was going on -- someone took and old, old post and replaced some text with Windows 7. However my brain immediately replaced 64 Megs with 64 Gigs, which would be rather appropriate. I didn't realize the GP had left "Megs" until I read he did so in your post. xD
Don't forget about Windows Mobile!
And really even more than that, the poor fill a niche in society. Can you imagine if there were no minimum wage jobs? No unemployment? The worker would have a tremendous amount of power.
Businesses would have to cut back significantly in how many people they could afford to hire -- or more likely, no one would be getting rich off a business. It would just basically pay the salaries of those who work there.
Actually, it sounds a lot like communism when you think of it like that. Everyone works. Everyone makes the same pay. Everyone is equal.
What was my point? Oh yeah -- Capitalism as we know it probably can't exist without poor people. That is to say, the people at the top are absolutely at the top on the backs of the labour of those at the bottom. Or more generally; every person participates in the economic system that allows the well-off folks to be well-off.
I don't think it's asking too much for those who can afford it to turn around and give a little bit to the little guy who is essential to the economy, and their being well-off in it.
So if we carry that logic a step further, and accept the GP's statistics -- do we conclude that the black voters have "small minds"?
That's IF Microsoft can get the specs it needs from the manufacturer. If you have some old HP printer and you want it to work with Windows n, either HP or Microsoft is going to have to make a driver for it.
Chances are, there is some old code that can be easily reused and repackaged for Windows n, but Microsoft isn't going to have that old code -- HP does. Microsoft might have the code, but not know how to use it, because it doesn't have any access to HP's engineers.
I feel like Microsoft does a LOT to accommodate third parties who want to make their hardware work on Windows, but in some cases, they just can't.
It's pretty much expected that there will be a new release of Windows every 3 years, and your old stuff might not work with it. I've gold some old ISA devices sitting around the office here that won't work anymore unless I load up Windows 95 on an old machine. Should I be upset at Microsoft or the manufacturer for that?
(BTW, we still actually use that hardware here for real work. I'm IT for a physics lab, and it's an hardware interface for an old spectrometer.)
Cultural differences correlate along racial lines. That doesn't mean they're racial differences. "Racism" has become a dishonest term used to force acceptance of willful, culturally-motivated actions under the guise of inherent qualities once cannot avoid, such as skin color.
Don't fall into the trap.
You're asking this on Slashdot?
It's not about entitlement, it's about being hackers. We find a way to do what we want, the way we want to do it. And we try to preach that religion to everyone else.
Dear gods, where are you buying 80 proof forties of malt liquor?!
Why not just use Window's built in management interface, WMI?
Right, the Republicans have one tactic: Increase Republican voters while not adding to Democrat voters.
The Democrats have two tactics: Increase Democrat voters while not adding to Republican voters -AND- add as many voters as possible. The first tactic is better, but the second still works most of the time, because there are more Democrats and Republicans.
As for the rest of your post: Obama has a clear and significant lead among independent voters. I'm not sure where you're coming from. Sure, some go McCain, some go Obama, but more are going Obama.
My personal opinion is that they both suck, as usual. I've been telling people, "Hey, did you see the latest polls? Well, it looks like it's gonna be a win for either McCain or Obama, and we're fucked either way."
Well duh.
Anyone who wants everyone to vote, and everyone's vote to count is a Democrat. It's a commonly known fact that there are more democrats than republicans.
It wouldn't make strategic sense for Republicans to support any attempt at massive, non-partisan voter turnout. Their only sound strategy is to try and rally Republican voters to go to the polls while trying their best to avoid suggesting that Democrat voters go.
Just because it "serves" half a million homes per market doesn't mean that people actually watch it. I haven't looked at broadcast in years, since I've had cable. I think most people are in the same boat.
Google "bloodninja".
Yeah, I was really wondering why it wasn't listed as one of the "obvious choices", considering it's probably the most open platform.
I definitely agree on the web-based app part. You can target the browser for whatever phone you end up dealing with -- and it wouldn't be too hard to write it for multiple different phone browsers, by just changing some of the presentation code.
You don't have to buy a copy of Visual Studio to use the SDK. You can compile through the command line tools. It's just harder that way.
You can also use .NET on Windows Mobile phones, so your code can be portable to Windows and Mono -- which pretty much covers all the bases.
It is also possible to install a JVM on a Windows Mobile phone, and write your app in Java. Then you could probably use Eclipse, or what have you.
Nuclear.
And the 'N' word doesn't have any relationship to slavery, but usually to dark skin or more likely, particular cultures and behaviors.
Oh well... batch scripts are much easier to write.
Are you kidding. VBScript is way easier, once you learn it.
I have an HTC phone now (Apache) with a custom firmware on it. I've been running one for two years. It came shipped with WM5, and I'm running a hacked together version of WM6.1. I could put anything I wanted on there.
Of course, Windows Mobile is pretty darn open, and I'm pretty sure there's no kill switch. It's one of those rare cases where the source isn't open, but the product is less restrictive than open source alternatives.
We're all slaves to the man with the power.
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
This is 100% about trying to keep control . . .in the hands of a very rich, very corrupt few.
I thought that was the purpose of government, corporations, religions, and the economy.