When you get your prescription for these drugs filled the pharmacist tells you not to take Tylenol with it. Your doctor should be asking if you're taking Tylenol. They're doing their jobs.
The specific combination of drugs is also important. My husband requires brand name Vicodin (at a premium cost) because there's something about the way they make it that just works much better than generics for him. Getting hydrocodone and taking it with Tylenol isn't going to do that.
If people can't read the labels and aren't following instructions then they're going to find another way to fuck themselves up. If you sell the narcotic separately do you really think for one moment that they're not going to abuse that? "Take one of these with 2 Tylenol every 4 to 6 hours" = "Take a whole bunch of the good ones and screw the Tylenol" in those people's minds.
I don't see taking a highly useful class of drugs off the shelf because people are stupid. Who do I write to stop this idiocy?
Gee, and here I thought that a thoughtful response was more important than a mistake in the matter of a movie title. Silly me, this is Slashdot.
But then again some research shows that you're not exactly known for your thoughful and productive responses so you trolling/flaming my response essentially validates the point I was making.
Good thing I didn't have moderator points to review your recent comments, now isn't it?
I stand by my comment even though it is rather bad manners to reply in my own comment. The theme of selective reproduction in humans has been explored by many outstanding authors in the past and will be in the future. Another example in fiction is Dune and I really should have put that in my original response but the Larry Niven one was foremost in my memory.
Everyone seems to be using GATTICA as the potential 'what could go wrong' but Larry Niven actually hit this pretty hard in "A World Out of Time". In summary, all people with congenital/hereditary conditions were not allowed to have children and lifespans improved dramatically. There's a lot of other social issues in there but I think that one speaks more strongly about the potential for genetic screening being used in fertility clinics.
Back on topic. Why a person decides or doesn't decide to carry a child to term or even let the embryo develop is a private issue. It's that person's choice and decision. Yes, I'm pro-choice obviously. I don't feel every life is sacred or that life begins at conception. I'm not suggesting going back to the Roman practice of exposing (abandoning to the elements) an unwanted or unhealthy child. But as long as people are able and allowed to reproduce without any kind of oversight why should there be any kind of oversight for NOT reproducing? Seems a bit hypocritcal, doesn't it?
If someone doesn't want to emplant an embryo because the child may have brown eyes then there's a lot bigger problem there than the initial screening. It starts with a person who is so determined to have a child that they are at a fertility clinic but is refusing a potential child because of the color of their eyes. That's shallow beyond words.
This whole stupid idea was in an LA paper and written by a graduate student who has done 'research on cultural heritage in space'. What a load of crap.
The US Government retains ownership of anything they sent to the moon so if someone did make the trip and suddenly there were a bunch of Apollo items up for sale I think we all know what would happen.
The Apollo 11 landing site is an important historical landmark. There's no question about that. Until it can be properly protected, if it should be properly protected, then I agree with a number of posters who think it should be left alone. And when I say left alone I mean 'do not approach within X meters' so that the site is reasonably uncontaminated. That's just good sense.
I'm simply appalled that some crap-ass ideas of a graduate student are getting this much attention. If NASA, Neil, or any of that crew were making the statements then I might have a different opinion but for now this chick either needs to get her head back into the books and keep it there where she can't bother us or get some actual credentials so she has something to back up her 'concerns'.
If you're prone to obsessive behaviours then you're going to be prone to them in games as well as in real life. I can't see how game designers are somehow bad for catering to this. As long as the game is playable without the need to collect all the widgets then they're actually just creating extra features.
Speaking as someone who is prone to obsessive behaviours I can tell you that the most idiotic flash game can 'trap' me if I'm not on my guard. For me it isn't the need to collect widgets, it's the "One More Game" syndrome. Win or lose, it's the need to play just One More Game.
And that, dear readers, is why I won't play online games any more. Rather than battle the temptation I'll just avoid those things that could cause me problems. Bravo to the designers for giving people the option but I'll pass, thanks.
One last thought for all of you folks who have a ton of $ITEM in your house. After having to clear out the households of several deceased relatives I recommend that you GET RID OF YOUR CRAP! We're doing that ourselves since we discovered first-hand just how much stuff accumulates and how much space is being filled by completely useless $ITEM. Books have gotten cleared out to just the ones we really like, unused small appliances are gone, saved 'just in case' are gone. We're not only doing this as a favor to whoever has to clean out our house but to actually make it more livable. We've even got ~gasp~ empty space on the bookshelves.
Linux distro. Virus to teach them not to trust strange* USB devices. Where's the fun ideas that the OP was asking for?
You already did the retro photo. Kind of a dup but more of an extension to do that with each of your family members in a different situation. Take the iconic Christmas pictures and 'Shop them into the appropriate places.
Slideshow of lovely Christmas scenes and you reading something like 'The Night Before Christmas'?
Make a set of relatively easy puzzles for them to solve before getting to the message?
Create a mocumentary of the history of the holiday. I recommend Terry Pratchett's 'Hogsfather' as a starting point for that one.
* How is it a strange drive when it's sent to you by someone you trust?
It's been suggested before but the only way the 'traditional' news media can compete is if they use technology to their advantage. By the time the newspaper is printed most of the information is stale. The perils of a connected society.
Now a subscription to a Kindle-like device that provides current information and also has investigative stories would be a winner. Timely information, serious reporting, targeted advertising, the whole deal. Publication costs would be minimal and they could expand on what they already do.
The old model is broken and will continue to be broken as long as there's instant access to information. Notice I didn't say news because newspapers aren't about news any more. They're about information. Angelina Jolie's latest shoe purchase isn't news. It's information but there's no way it should be on the front cover of anything that calls itself a newspaper.
If the price was right I'd get a subscription to my local paper using a Kindle. There's lots of things in there that I'd like to know and it would be darn handy to have a classified ad with me when I had time to call or a list of the yard sales I want to visit.
But they can't get their heads out of the business model that worked 100 years ago nor do they see the opportunities for this kind of change.
The 2D games some of us remember were our foundation and our base comparison for today's games. Yes, there is a certain sense of nostalgia in our remembrances but overall the play style of the games was suited to the evolution of games.
I remember playing my first FPS and while I was blown away by being immersed in the game it was also difficult to remember the variety of commands needed to play the game. I was used to a very limited set of options or infinite options (text based RPG). Having to remember key combinations was frustrating until I got used to it.
I got out of playing computer and console games years ago. I was lucky enough to completely skip the MMORPG thing and instead spend my time making and doing things away from the computer. But yes, I also remember many games fondly and still play my favorites on my Atari 2600 console from time to time. They're still fun and that's all that matters to me.
Now get of my intarwebz you young whipppersnappers.
I'm starting to look at putting up my own mail server and ssh soon and maybe this will be the best option out there. I have an aging notebook but I worry the thing will go into hibernation and make the server useless.
Your responsibility, assuming you did get the big cash, is to put a portion of that money toward starting someone else's startup
Bzzt. Capitalism failure. Their only responsibility is to use the money in whatever way they want. They earned it by putting themselves on the line so they should reap the rewards.
Would it be nice to put out a little venture capital? Maybe. Do they want to be venture capitalists or to pay people to handle that process? Probably not. From the question posed they want to develop and do stuff. Not sort through a bunch of half-developed business ideas.
I have no experience with this sort of thing but the suggestion of take the money, get stock options, work out a transition, and get out sounds perfect for you. Then you can do what you love, which will probably mean starting another company.
Lather, rinse, repeat. You'll be doing what you love and getting paid money for the end result.
The hardest thing is going to be letting go of your baby. Realize that as soon as you sign those papers you've turned it loose so you can't worry about what the new 'parents' do with it.
We had to send back a personal notebook under an in-warranty replacement. I used DBAN to make sure that disk was going back devoid of anything of potential use. I know there's a faint chance of someone using forensic tools to recover it but FFS at least it takes care of the casual user problem.
And yes, I was "assured" that they wipe the disks before refurbing them but a quick run of DBAN is just common sense.
Oh wait, we're talking about a government contractor here...
Two separate teachers, both with 50% failure rates.
Is this because Teacher A has a high expectation of what the students should learn and grades accordingly? Is this because Teacher B can't teach? Or is that reversed?
There's too many variables involved with trying to rate teachers based on students' academic performance. Let's face it. There's a lot of kids out there who either can't learn or just don't want to learn. To quote Caddyshack: "The world needs ditch diggers too."
Maybe an answer is to filter them out early in the process. By middle school it's fairly obvious who is going to advance to college, who is better working with their hands, and who is just there to cause as much trouble as possible. Send them down different education paths and play to their strengths.
My father dropped out of high school and went to vocational school because his strength is working with motors and electronics. He's been very successful at that. There's no way he would have done well in a college prep situation.
Back on topic. The only real way to objectively judge a teacher's performance is based on administration. Show up on time, teach the required syllabus, etc. Any review or subjective process lends itself to personal spite and politics.
The prize will be awarded for the entry (either through an app download or through the non-purchase online entry) sent immediately following the download of the 999,999,999th app.
So entering any time prior to JUST before the counter hits the magic number is completely pointless unless I'm reading this wrong or the counter is just there for show.
I've been hoarding these from work when they get tossed on the scrap pile because someone got a new one.
My feeling is that if you can't bludgeon someone to death with it and still use it, it isn't a real keyboard.
Plus there's the added bonus of snap off keycaps for pranking.
Seriously, I get an extra 10 words per minute on these keyboards and my hands don't get tired. Maybe it's because I learned to type on manual and electric typewriters so I'm used to the keys fighting back.
Here's two things that come to mind reading over the situation.
She is not an emancipated adult and therefore HAS NO RIGHTS except those explicitly granted to minors. So she has no X amendment rights to violate. They don't apply. I'm sick of hearing about minors and how their X amendment rights are supposedly being violated. They don't have those rights in the first place.
Zero tolerance is just another way of saying "We don't want to use our own judgment so therefore we say everything is bad." When I was in school we brought OTC medications with us and used them when we needed them. Now just having something they can buy at any corner store is violating some stupid blanket policy.
My biggest gripe is the assumption of rights for minors who don't actually have them, obviously. Zero tolerance is just a complete annoyance at the laziness and lack of accountability in the administration.
I can see the search of her possessions and turning out her pockets. Anything that required her to remove clothing is completely out of line. Send her home if you still think she's hiding something but for Spaghetti's sake have a shred of common sense.
Everyone here will happily accept beta and pre-beta software but as soon as someone comes up with a vehicle that can both drive and fly there's immediate "Unless I can park it in my driveway and..." flak.
Give it up! This is the first working vehicle of its type! Give them loads of credit for making it work.
Sure, right now it's an expensive toy but then again so were the first personal computers. See any parallels here?
Read what I wrote. They saw them as 'stupid, menial tasks' and I had to explain to them that they were actually small projects. With milestones and everything. That's why I reviewed their resumes and suggested corrections to make what they described match what they did.
Of the interns I monitored (I won't say mentored because I didn't) 2/3 of them came back for further internships and of those 1 hired on and stayed for 3 years until she moved away. Of the ones I didn't monitor, none came back.
Who said they were 15 year old kids? If you would have read and comprehended my comment you would have seen that these were college students.
And what's with your repeated take on 'menial'? Haven't you heard of the concept of paying your dues? No one is going to give you anything but menial stuff when you first start out. That's how you learn the basics and how you're judged. If all you do is whine about how boring your assignments are, how you should be working on Project Cool over there, how you think that it should be done in Language X, etc. then you're never going to get anywhere and you're never going to blame yourself. Which you should.
If you look beyond your own self-centeredness that your teachers said was good because it encouraged your self-esteem and made you feel like an important and special person you'll see that you're not special and you're not important. You're just another rookie with a sense of entitlement that's far too common.
Next time have the courage to sign in when you post. Such a telling sign.
I've had to deal with interns coming into the technology field after being coddled at college for a few years. I've tried to be friendly, polite and honest. Mostly that's been appreciated after a few months in 'the real workplace'.
I also took the time to talk to these interns at the end of their internship to go over how they would represent their work on their resumes. Invariably they didn't see what they really did. What they saw as a series of menial tasks was really "Performed X with minimal supervision" and "Completed project Y using blah blah blah". They weren't prepared to comprehend what a real project was.
One of the truly sad things was their lack of ability to troubleshoot. I know I've said this in the past but I feel it bears repeating. Everything these kids have done has been multiple choice. Their tests, their games, everything has presented them with a list of choices. Our games gave us a problem and then we were on our own to come up with what might work as a solution. Does anyone remember "You're in a maze of twisty passages, all alike." and a command prompt? Not a lot of pre-chosen answers there. I spent quite a bit of time helping them learn how to solve problems.
Lastly, here's the advice I have yet to see an intern use. "Find the job that no one wants to do, do it well, and you'll be employed for life." Seriously, everyone wants the fun and happy jobs. But someone has to clean the crap out of the corners and keep the place running. Fun and happy candidates are lined up out the door and around the corner. The one who is willing to do the jobs that require doing is going to stand out.
Women are the gender that have children. There are fewer women in X and Y fields/occupations than men. Let's start with the assumption that this is because women have children and find some reasons that fit our already-determined conclusion.
If the expectations are said to be so freakin' unrealistic then why not address the root cause - make the expectations realistic? If someone can only succeed in a certain field/occupation if they put in 80 hour weeks for 6 years then something is certainly broken.
What about the people who do take the 'necessary time' to succeed? The rest of their lives must suffer horribly because of it. Working that much, that intensely means there's nothing left for a life outside of work and there's little opportunity to build a foundation to subsequently build one after the milestone has been reached. The habits are in place. If you've been working that much, for that long, you're not going to suddenly flip a switch and do the 40 hour weeks.
I know this is off-track for the generic "Math is hard, girls can't do math" conclusion but what about the families of those people who do decide to go into these fields/occupations? What kind of spouse and/or parent can that person be if their entire focus is on their work? And what kind of damage does that do to the social fabric?
Sorry. I'll get off my soapbox now but this sort of nonsense is a waste of everyone's time and money. Not only has it been done to death but every single stinkin' time it seems like the researchers have a conclusion they build a case to support and the easiest way to do that is to decide that womens' biological makeup is the determining factor.
For example, an anonymous post on a web page regarding this chick and her alleged std situation is essentially the same as someone having spray-painted graffiti to that effect on the side of a building. Now, IANAL, but I believe that if the woman in question could prove that the graffiti had a negative effect on her reputation (I think the key is that she'd have to prove some sort of financial harm, like losing her job or something along those lines) AND was false, then the owner of the building would not only have to remove the graffiti but would probably also have to compensate her for her losses.
Why should the owner of a building that was vandalized have anything to do with compensating the woman? They're a victim of an actual crime - vandalism. So as the victim they're responsible for the crime?
Analogy fail. Try putting it into an automobile reference.
Sadly, there's far too many people who think this ability is 'cute' and will gladly tag every image they've ever taken and then send it out into the ether. How many chain e-mails do you still get because people just don't understand that they're stupid and useless?
Multiply that by a very large number when it comes to Picasa. A parent who takes reasonable care in protecting their child will think nothing of tagging every photo they have online with little Johnny's name and an e-mail address, probably a new GMail address they created just for little Johhny. Thanks caring parent, you just set up little Johnny for online image tracking for the rest of his little life.
I'm not going to go so far as to call this ability creepy. I will tag it as 'unnecessarily intrusive' and hope to Spaghetti that any of my friends that have pictures that include me will be sane enough not to join the tagging frenzy.
They sell polarizing films. Unless you're looking at just the right angle, all you see is a black shape where the film covers. Put a piece of this behind your plate holder, in front of your plate, and suddenly the traffic cameras have no way to get a picture of your plates.
Of course, I'm not advocating such a thing. That might be illegal. I'm just sayin'...
Even better. If the bill can't be summarized on a single page (12 pt type, etc.) then it has to be broken out. Every item a bullet point. Anything not listed on the front page is not legal. It sure would make for interesting reading.
$200 million for education reform
$100 million for job retraining
$300 million for North Virginia Museum of Dung
The press would have a field day with that kind of simplicity. Oh wait, the press doesn't like reporting on real news any more.
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When you get your prescription for these drugs filled the pharmacist tells you not to take Tylenol with it. Your doctor should be asking if you're taking Tylenol. They're doing their jobs.
The specific combination of drugs is also important. My husband requires brand name Vicodin (at a premium cost) because there's something about the way they make it that just works much better than generics for him. Getting hydrocodone and taking it with Tylenol isn't going to do that.
If people can't read the labels and aren't following instructions then they're going to find another way to fuck themselves up. If you sell the narcotic separately do you really think for one moment that they're not going to abuse that? "Take one of these with 2 Tylenol every 4 to 6 hours" = "Take a whole bunch of the good ones and screw the Tylenol" in those people's minds.
I don't see taking a highly useful class of drugs off the shelf because people are stupid. Who do I write to stop this idiocy?
Gee, and here I thought that a thoughtful response was more important than a mistake in the matter of a movie title. Silly me, this is Slashdot.
But then again some research shows that you're not exactly known for your thoughful and productive responses so you trolling/flaming my response essentially validates the point I was making.
Good thing I didn't have moderator points to review your recent comments, now isn't it?
I stand by my comment even though it is rather bad manners to reply in my own comment. The theme of selective reproduction in humans has been explored by many outstanding authors in the past and will be in the future. Another example in fiction is Dune and I really should have put that in my original response but the Larry Niven one was foremost in my memory.
Everyone seems to be using GATTICA as the potential 'what could go wrong' but Larry Niven actually hit this pretty hard in "A World Out of Time". In summary, all people with congenital/hereditary conditions were not allowed to have children and lifespans improved dramatically. There's a lot of other social issues in there but I think that one speaks more strongly about the potential for genetic screening being used in fertility clinics.
Back on topic. Why a person decides or doesn't decide to carry a child to term or even let the embryo develop is a private issue. It's that person's choice and decision. Yes, I'm pro-choice obviously. I don't feel every life is sacred or that life begins at conception. I'm not suggesting going back to the Roman practice of exposing (abandoning to the elements) an unwanted or unhealthy child. But as long as people are able and allowed to reproduce without any kind of oversight why should there be any kind of oversight for NOT reproducing? Seems a bit hypocritcal, doesn't it?
If someone doesn't want to emplant an embryo because the child may have brown eyes then there's a lot bigger problem there than the initial screening. It starts with a person who is so determined to have a child that they are at a fertility clinic but is refusing a potential child because of the color of their eyes. That's shallow beyond words.
This whole stupid idea was in an LA paper and written by a graduate student who has done 'research on cultural heritage in space'. What a load of crap.
The US Government retains ownership of anything they sent to the moon so if someone did make the trip and suddenly there were a bunch of Apollo items up for sale I think we all know what would happen.
The Apollo 11 landing site is an important historical landmark. There's no question about that. Until it can be properly protected, if it should be properly protected, then I agree with a number of posters who think it should be left alone. And when I say left alone I mean 'do not approach within X meters' so that the site is reasonably uncontaminated. That's just good sense.
I'm simply appalled that some crap-ass ideas of a graduate student are getting this much attention. If NASA, Neil, or any of that crew were making the statements then I might have a different opinion but for now this chick either needs to get her head back into the books and keep it there where she can't bother us or get some actual credentials so she has something to back up her 'concerns'.
If you're prone to obsessive behaviours then you're going to be prone to them in games as well as in real life. I can't see how game designers are somehow bad for catering to this. As long as the game is playable without the need to collect all the widgets then they're actually just creating extra features.
Speaking as someone who is prone to obsessive behaviours I can tell you that the most idiotic flash game can 'trap' me if I'm not on my guard. For me it isn't the need to collect widgets, it's the "One More Game" syndrome. Win or lose, it's the need to play just One More Game.
And that, dear readers, is why I won't play online games any more. Rather than battle the temptation I'll just avoid those things that could cause me problems. Bravo to the designers for giving people the option but I'll pass, thanks.
One last thought for all of you folks who have a ton of $ITEM in your house. After having to clear out the households of several deceased relatives I recommend that you GET RID OF YOUR CRAP! We're doing that ourselves since we discovered first-hand just how much stuff accumulates and how much space is being filled by completely useless $ITEM. Books have gotten cleared out to just the ones we really like, unused small appliances are gone, saved 'just in case' are gone. We're not only doing this as a favor to whoever has to clean out our house but to actually make it more livable. We've even got ~gasp~ empty space on the bookshelves.
Linux distro. Virus to teach them not to trust strange* USB devices. Where's the fun ideas that the OP was asking for?
You already did the retro photo. Kind of a dup but more of an extension to do that with each of your family members in a different situation. Take the iconic Christmas pictures and 'Shop them into the appropriate places.
Slideshow of lovely Christmas scenes and you reading something like 'The Night Before Christmas'?
Make a set of relatively easy puzzles for them to solve before getting to the message?
Create a mocumentary of the history of the holiday. I recommend Terry Pratchett's 'Hogsfather' as a starting point for that one.
* How is it a strange drive when it's sent to you by someone you trust?
It's been suggested before but the only way the 'traditional' news media can compete is if they use technology to their advantage. By the time the newspaper is printed most of the information is stale. The perils of a connected society.
Now a subscription to a Kindle-like device that provides current information and also has investigative stories would be a winner. Timely information, serious reporting, targeted advertising, the whole deal. Publication costs would be minimal and they could expand on what they already do.
The old model is broken and will continue to be broken as long as there's instant access to information. Notice I didn't say news because newspapers aren't about news any more. They're about information. Angelina Jolie's latest shoe purchase isn't news. It's information but there's no way it should be on the front cover of anything that calls itself a newspaper.
If the price was right I'd get a subscription to my local paper using a Kindle. There's lots of things in there that I'd like to know and it would be darn handy to have a classified ad with me when I had time to call or a list of the yard sales I want to visit.
But they can't get their heads out of the business model that worked 100 years ago nor do they see the opportunities for this kind of change.
Ah, time for the old mechanic joke. To summarize.
Yuppie takes his car to the mechanic. Mechanic spends 30 minutes looking over the car and then smacks it with a hammer. Car is working perfectly.
Yuppie complains about the bill. "You just whacked it with a hammer. I could have done that for free!"
Mechanic smiles knowingly. "The bill is for knowing where to hit it."
Same thing with doing computer work. Sure we're just pointing and clicking but we know where to point and what to click.
The 2D games some of us remember were our foundation and our base comparison for today's games. Yes, there is a certain sense of nostalgia in our remembrances but overall the play style of the games was suited to the evolution of games.
I remember playing my first FPS and while I was blown away by being immersed in the game it was also difficult to remember the variety of commands needed to play the game. I was used to a very limited set of options or infinite options (text based RPG). Having to remember key combinations was frustrating until I got used to it.
I got out of playing computer and console games years ago. I was lucky enough to completely skip the MMORPG thing and instead spend my time making and doing things away from the computer. But yes, I also remember many games fondly and still play my favorites on my Atari 2600 console from time to time. They're still fun and that's all that matters to me.
Now get of my intarwebz you young whipppersnappers.
I'm starting to look at putting up my own mail server and ssh soon and maybe this will be the best option out there. I have an aging notebook but I worry the thing will go into hibernation and make the server useless.
Discuss.
Your responsibility, assuming you did get the big cash, is to put a portion of that money toward starting someone else's startup
Bzzt. Capitalism failure. Their only responsibility is to use the money in whatever way they want. They earned it by putting themselves on the line so they should reap the rewards.
Would it be nice to put out a little venture capital? Maybe. Do they want to be venture capitalists or to pay people to handle that process? Probably not. From the question posed they want to develop and do stuff. Not sort through a bunch of half-developed business ideas.
I have no experience with this sort of thing but the suggestion of take the money, get stock options, work out a transition, and get out sounds perfect for you. Then you can do what you love, which will probably mean starting another company.
Lather, rinse, repeat. You'll be doing what you love and getting paid money for the end result.
The hardest thing is going to be letting go of your baby. Realize that as soon as you sign those papers you've turned it loose so you can't worry about what the new 'parents' do with it.
We had to send back a personal notebook under an in-warranty replacement. I used DBAN to make sure that disk was going back devoid of anything of potential use. I know there's a faint chance of someone using forensic tools to recover it but FFS at least it takes care of the casual user problem.
And yes, I was "assured" that they wipe the disks before refurbing them but a quick run of DBAN is just common sense.
Oh wait, we're talking about a government contractor here ...
Again it comes back to correlation and causation.
Two separate teachers, both with 50% failure rates.
Is this because Teacher A has a high expectation of what the students should learn and grades accordingly? Is this because Teacher B can't teach? Or is that reversed?
There's too many variables involved with trying to rate teachers based on students' academic performance. Let's face it. There's a lot of kids out there who either can't learn or just don't want to learn. To quote Caddyshack: "The world needs ditch diggers too."
Maybe an answer is to filter them out early in the process. By middle school it's fairly obvious who is going to advance to college, who is better working with their hands, and who is just there to cause as much trouble as possible. Send them down different education paths and play to their strengths.
My father dropped out of high school and went to vocational school because his strength is working with motors and electronics. He's been very successful at that. There's no way he would have done well in a college prep situation.
Back on topic. The only real way to objectively judge a teacher's performance is based on administration. Show up on time, teach the required syllabus, etc. Any review or subjective process lends itself to personal spite and politics.
Per the official rules:
The prize will be awarded for the entry (either through an app download or through the non-purchase online entry) sent immediately following the download of the 999,999,999th app.
So entering any time prior to JUST before the counter hits the magic number is completely pointless unless I'm reading this wrong or the counter is just there for show.
I've been hoarding these from work when they get tossed on the scrap pile because someone got a new one.
My feeling is that if you can't bludgeon someone to death with it and still use it, it isn't a real keyboard.
Plus there's the added bonus of snap off keycaps for pranking.
Seriously, I get an extra 10 words per minute on these keyboards and my hands don't get tired. Maybe it's because I learned to type on manual and electric typewriters so I'm used to the keys fighting back.
Long live the Model M!
Here's two things that come to mind reading over the situation.
She is not an emancipated adult and therefore HAS NO RIGHTS except those explicitly granted to minors. So she has no X amendment rights to violate. They don't apply. I'm sick of hearing about minors and how their X amendment rights are supposedly being violated. They don't have those rights in the first place.
Zero tolerance is just another way of saying "We don't want to use our own judgment so therefore we say everything is bad." When I was in school we brought OTC medications with us and used them when we needed them. Now just having something they can buy at any corner store is violating some stupid blanket policy.
My biggest gripe is the assumption of rights for minors who don't actually have them, obviously. Zero tolerance is just a complete annoyance at the laziness and lack of accountability in the administration.
I can see the search of her possessions and turning out her pockets. Anything that required her to remove clothing is completely out of line. Send her home if you still think she's hiding something but for Spaghetti's sake have a shred of common sense.
Everyone here will happily accept beta and pre-beta software but as soon as someone comes up with a vehicle that can both drive and fly there's immediate "Unless I can park it in my driveway and ..." flak.
Give it up! This is the first working vehicle of its type! Give them loads of credit for making it work.
Sure, right now it's an expensive toy but then again so were the first personal computers. See any parallels here?
~sigh~ I don't normally reply to AC but ...
Read what I wrote. They saw them as 'stupid, menial tasks' and I had to explain to them that they were actually small projects. With milestones and everything. That's why I reviewed their resumes and suggested corrections to make what they described match what they did.
Of the interns I monitored (I won't say mentored because I didn't) 2/3 of them came back for further internships and of those 1 hired on and stayed for 3 years until she moved away. Of the ones I didn't monitor, none came back.
Who said they were 15 year old kids? If you would have read and comprehended my comment you would have seen that these were college students.
And what's with your repeated take on 'menial'? Haven't you heard of the concept of paying your dues? No one is going to give you anything but menial stuff when you first start out. That's how you learn the basics and how you're judged. If all you do is whine about how boring your assignments are, how you should be working on Project Cool over there, how you think that it should be done in Language X, etc. then you're never going to get anywhere and you're never going to blame yourself. Which you should.
If you look beyond your own self-centeredness that your teachers said was good because it encouraged your self-esteem and made you feel like an important and special person you'll see that you're not special and you're not important. You're just another rookie with a sense of entitlement that's far too common.
Next time have the courage to sign in when you post. Such a telling sign.
I've had to deal with interns coming into the technology field after being coddled at college for a few years. I've tried to be friendly, polite and honest. Mostly that's been appreciated after a few months in 'the real workplace'.
I also took the time to talk to these interns at the end of their internship to go over how they would represent their work on their resumes. Invariably they didn't see what they really did. What they saw as a series of menial tasks was really "Performed X with minimal supervision" and "Completed project Y using blah blah blah". They weren't prepared to comprehend what a real project was.
One of the truly sad things was their lack of ability to troubleshoot. I know I've said this in the past but I feel it bears repeating. Everything these kids have done has been multiple choice. Their tests, their games, everything has presented them with a list of choices. Our games gave us a problem and then we were on our own to come up with what might work as a solution. Does anyone remember "You're in a maze of twisty passages, all alike." and a command prompt? Not a lot of pre-chosen answers there. I spent quite a bit of time helping them learn how to solve problems.
Lastly, here's the advice I have yet to see an intern use. "Find the job that no one wants to do, do it well, and you'll be employed for life." Seriously, everyone wants the fun and happy jobs. But someone has to clean the crap out of the corners and keep the place running. Fun and happy candidates are lined up out the door and around the corner. The one who is willing to do the jobs that require doing is going to stand out.
Now get off my intarwebz.
How many times does this need to be said??
Women are the gender that have children. There are fewer women in X and Y fields/occupations than men. Let's start with the assumption that this is because women have children and find some reasons that fit our already-determined conclusion.
If the expectations are said to be so freakin' unrealistic then why not address the root cause - make the expectations realistic? If someone can only succeed in a certain field/occupation if they put in 80 hour weeks for 6 years then something is certainly broken.
What about the people who do take the 'necessary time' to succeed? The rest of their lives must suffer horribly because of it. Working that much, that intensely means there's nothing left for a life outside of work and there's little opportunity to build a foundation to subsequently build one after the milestone has been reached. The habits are in place. If you've been working that much, for that long, you're not going to suddenly flip a switch and do the 40 hour weeks.
I know this is off-track for the generic "Math is hard, girls can't do math" conclusion but what about the families of those people who do decide to go into these fields/occupations? What kind of spouse and/or parent can that person be if their entire focus is on their work? And what kind of damage does that do to the social fabric?
Sorry. I'll get off my soapbox now but this sort of nonsense is a waste of everyone's time and money. Not only has it been done to death but every single stinkin' time it seems like the researchers have a conclusion they build a case to support and the easiest way to do that is to decide that womens' biological makeup is the determining factor.
For example, an anonymous post on a web page regarding this chick and her alleged std situation is essentially the same as someone having spray-painted graffiti to that effect on the side of a building. Now, IANAL, but I believe that if the woman in question could prove that the graffiti had a negative effect on her reputation (I think the key is that she'd have to prove some sort of financial harm, like losing her job or something along those lines) AND was false, then the owner of the building would not only have to remove the graffiti but would probably also have to compensate her for her losses.
Why should the owner of a building that was vandalized have anything to do with compensating the woman? They're a victim of an actual crime - vandalism. So as the victim they're responsible for the crime?
Analogy fail. Try putting it into an automobile reference.
Sadly, there's far too many people who think this ability is 'cute' and will gladly tag every image they've ever taken and then send it out into the ether. How many chain e-mails do you still get because people just don't understand that they're stupid and useless?
Multiply that by a very large number when it comes to Picasa. A parent who takes reasonable care in protecting their child will think nothing of tagging every photo they have online with little Johnny's name and an e-mail address, probably a new GMail address they created just for little Johhny. Thanks caring parent, you just set up little Johnny for online image tracking for the rest of his little life.
I'm not going to go so far as to call this ability creepy. I will tag it as 'unnecessarily intrusive' and hope to Spaghetti that any of my friends that have pictures that include me will be sane enough not to join the tagging frenzy.
I had been working in technology for 4 years.
I had been programming off and on for 20 years.
I'm old.
But I feel it warrants posting it again.
They sell polarizing films. Unless you're looking at just the right angle, all you see is a black shape where the film covers. Put a piece of this behind your plate holder, in front of your plate, and suddenly the traffic cameras have no way to get a picture of your plates.
Of course, I'm not advocating such a thing. That might be illegal. I'm just sayin' ...
Even better. If the bill can't be summarized on a single page (12 pt type, etc.) then it has to be broken out. Every item a bullet point. Anything not listed on the front page is not legal. It sure would make for interesting reading.
The press would have a field day with that kind of simplicity. Oh wait, the press doesn't like reporting on real news any more.