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  1. Re:Grants? Scholarships? on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 1

    The economy doesn't grow because it has 10 more scientists

    It grows because the research those 10 scientists do creates new areas of industry and new technologies for products.

  2. Re:Tuition should be lower /period/ on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 0

    and ... that's why Minnesota is trying to ban them.

    This has been debunked completely.

  3. Re:Tuition should be lower /period/ on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 1

    But then you run into problems where people feel they have to have a full time job while studying just in case they don't do well, and they aren't able to afford that. Thus, because of that extra bullshit, they aren't able to focus on their studies as much, and their grades drop.

  4. Re:Tuition should be lower /period/ on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 1

    I absolutely disagree. The inevitable result of low tuition is lowering the bar, vastly more students who don't take it seriously, and a drastic educational quality reduction for everyone, diluting all degrees.

    That only happens if those people graduate.

  5. Re:Just happy to see a Republican supporting scien on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 1

    They kinda do, because in most companies, the engineering track dries up after a few years.

  6. Re:Just happy to see a Republican supporting scien on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 1

    I think it's better to do nothing and let the market decide.

    Quite possibly the worst possible idea.

  7. Re:Just happy to see a Republican supporting scien on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 1

    They could simply price the credit hours differently based on what type of class it is. Gen ed credits are a base price, STEM credits are a discount of that, and some other stuff will be at a premium.

  8. Re:Just happy to see a Republican supporting scien on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 1

    Except reality doesn't allow that to happen. Social issues still come up, and they are still going to have to have a stance on them.

  9. Re:Just happy to see a Republican supporting scien on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Republicans who are against abortion are almost always also against any kind of welfare or assistance program that would help the mother actually raise the child in something other than complete and abject poverty.

  10. Re:Just happy to see a Republican supporting scien on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 1

    I'd rather see no government loan backing at all.

    I'm sure you would. I'm sure your fantasy world also has banks not fucking students over. But here in reality, stuff like this is necessary to allow lower income students to go to school without working themselves to death while doing it, allowing them to actually do some LEARNING while in school, and pull themselves up compared to how they grew up.

    Loans would only end up going to people that banks actually thought would be willing an able to pay back the loan.

    So not a single poor person would get one. I can't see any way that would be bad /s.

  11. Re:Just happy to see a Republican supporting scien on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 1

    Sounds like short sighted bad parenting

    Or a case of not having piles of money sitting around.

    And no, college should not be a "privilege". Unless you want to remove any kind of competitive advantage this country has.

  12. Re:Just happy to see a Republican supporting scien on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 1

    And I find this idea that, "I got completely fucked, so you should be fucked as well" to be absolutely retarded. Doing what would be better for the country and the economy should take precedence over some dick measuring contest over who paid more that you seem to be obsessed with.

  13. Re:Dear Apple on Apple Considering Switch Away From Intel For Macs · · Score: 2

    If your future plans include replacing BSD UNIX with your shitass iOS, I am so fucking gone

    And nothing of value would be lost.

    Also, you might want to look into what iOS actually is. It's running the same fucking kernel as your Mac Mini.

  14. Re:Why? on Apple Considering Switch Away From Intel For Macs · · Score: 1

    Gone are the days where the typical Mac user was a power user, why do you think the Pro line has been all but forgotten?

    Because 1. The Mac Pro is still alive, just a little bit stagnated. And 2. Most people who thought they needed Mac Pros are being served just fine with MacBook Pros and iMacs.

  15. Re:Why? on Apple Considering Switch Away From Intel For Macs · · Score: 1

    Space?

  16. Re:Cryptographic lockout on Apple Considering Switch Away From Intel For Macs · · Score: 1

    That's why you specifically buy devices with unlocked bootloaders now, and be vocal about the opposition to locked bootloaders. That way companies will see there is still a market for them.

  17. Re:Missed one... on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 1

    Because the members of the union decided they wanted it that way. Unions are a democratic institution; don't like what the union is doing? Then vote for better leaders.

  18. Re:Missed one... on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 1

    Further, no one said that the union has to dictate pay scales. The union could simply negotiate for better working conditions and benefits.

  19. Re:Missed one... on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 1

    That is absolutely false. The members of the union get to decide on the rules. Why does it automatically have to be seniority based unless the people who work there want it that way?

  20. Re:Teaching operates just fine without unions on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 1

    And at the same time, they pay the teachers less

    Why is that seen as a good thing?

  21. Re:Teaching operates just fine without unions on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 1

    Anyone can afford to home school.

    No they can't, and by making that statement, you've shown that you're a complete idiot. A single mother with multiple kids who has to work multiple jobs is NOT going to be able to afford to home school.

    Or if you give parents a choice with vouchers since anyone can afford a private school when given the same funds public schools get.

    And those that can't afford to go to the private schools get stuck with public schools with even less funding. Sounds like a great recipe for improving education in this country.

  22. Re:I meant what I said, exactly. on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 1

    And I'd estimate that you're full of crap.

  23. Re:Teaching operates just fine without unions on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 1

    Except that statement is horse shit. For one, charter schools and private schools get to select who they educate. Public schools do not. So private schools can take the best students around, and leave the public schools with all of the special needs and problem kids.

  24. Re:Wouldn't This Exacerbate Outsourcing Concerns? on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 1

    I am anti-union when it comes to goods and services that are not a critical need for society and should survive by their own objective merit and quality.

    Why? Why can the company band themselves together to negotiate against individual workers, but the workers can't band together to restore some kind of balance of power?

  25. Re:contradictio in terminis: Union for more autono on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 1

    Sounds nice in theory, but in reality it doesn't really work like that. Most employers won't give a shit if one guy leaves; they'll just overwork the rest of the staff while the guy struggles to find work.