Alright, I didn't think it would come to this on slashdot, but this must be understood.
For most families, homeschooling provides an option to help with constant travel (including military families), family changes, or just plain old bad local schools. I have a few friends who were home-schooled through HS, and they are some of the smartest and quickest people I know. In public school, classes move as fast as the slowest student (or just pass him/her by), at home, if you get it, you move on quickly and have plenty of time to be creative/play sports/do whatever.
This stigma against homeschooling has GOT to go already. Not all homeschoolers are teaching racial bias or inaccurate science. Not by far.
We know we're friends and all now... and you've grown up quite a bit, but still... prooobably shouldn't be taking risks with the whole (human rights) thing. Won't look good.
For the record, they sell access to the web site for $5 per week, while they sell the paper for $4.50 including access to the web site. Basically those 35 subscribers are paying 50 cents per day to not get the paper delivered. They also give free access to all people who subscribe to the local cable provider -- which is a lot of people for the local paper.
Plus it's Newsday.....
Likely, those 35 people are not on Long Island and can't get it delivered.
I guess the $0.50 is the online delivery charge... all those tubes and all...
It's a hell of a lot better than 75% of the news sites I come across (even Reuters has this annoying script that runs endlessly). I should note that with my bandwidth here it loaded pretty much instantly. I could see this taking forever on ma and pa's dialup.
I guess the better question: even if it's in the top-25% of sites, would you pay for it?
You should have seen it before they "settled" on the white background and made the text black-on-white...
Seems the wayback machine found it too horrible to archive, but here's the "before" to the current redesign's "after":
http://web.archive.org/web/20080513191349/http://www.newsday.com/
(Beware! stop loading after you can see it... some crazy scripts there)
Anyway, I think a lot of people are feeling insulted by the all-lowercase format on a newspaper site.
Horrible business model aside... it should be noted that anyone with Optimum Online (cablevision's ISP, basically the only cable ISP on Long Island) can access Newsday for free. (Newsday is owned by Cablevision.)
So it's not like 35 people are "subscribed".... 35 people are paying extra for it.
It wasn't as much for blocking competition from other companies but from blocking the public from speaking out. There's gotta be some law against this kind of thing...
Oh wait...
Now that you mention it, do you think that this could be the start of a gradual easing up between the big software makers?
Even if patents aren't done away with outright, as the WU economists say should occur, maybe at least in the field of software engineering they will become a moot point.
Heh, imagine that- Microsoft with nothing to complain about.
More details would have been nice in the article, but this is a huge breakthrough.
The current price of solar cells for households is far too high, even for new houses being built.
When the prices finally come down, we can cut our reliance on dirty combustion generation for power, and basically remove 25% of our greenhouse emissions annually.
If every house in America had these new dyes incorporated into its roof, we would be well off for the future, and might just outlast the running dry of the oil wells.
Just try getting the oil companies to look the other way, though.
"LONDON (Reuters) - Initial tests on an Italian contact of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko show no sign of radiation poisoning, a British hospital said on Saturday.
Mario Scaramella was admitted to hospital in London when polonium 210, the same radioactive substance that killed Litvinenko, was detected in his body.
...
"He is well. Preliminary tests so far show no evidence of radiation toxicity," a spokesman for London's University College Hospital said of Scaramella. Further tests are due to be carried out over the weekend."
Consider all the that could have been, had those plates been photovoltaic cells, or mirrors for a solar plant, instead of an ugly, shameless scar on the Earth.
True, but I think the point is that the people that needed the internet, content, and the portal all-together are now starting to "grow up" and out of the AOL system. Even if AOL becomes free, there are plenty of other free, ad-free ways to get all three elements seperately nowadays.
I'm of the opinion that AOL is dying, and because of a combination of inconvenience, ads, and bad maneuvers in the past, it won't make make up for itself, even if a format change happens soon.
My DAP plays... music. Accessories include: nearly any pair of headphones, any speakers that can plug into a 1/8" jack, a standard mini-USB to USB cable. Cost $50. My DAP is better than any iPod. Interface includes such complex buttons as Play/Pause and Vol Up. Hurray SanDisk!
But again, you're posting on/.
Chances are, you were/are the exception. And it's not a better-than-you thing, I'm 20. And not claiming to be an exception too, but I can safely say I have a good perspective over the typical myspace 15 year old. I've been there, I've grown up. There are plenty of teens out there that replaced me though.
Not really, no. The problem is none of them actually care / know what the fuck they are talking about. The vast majority know what they are told from outlets exactly like myspace and from others. Point is, kids "care" so much as they look a bit more interesting to their peers. There are very few who are actually concerned and involved with these issues.
Don't get me wrong, it'd be great if these kids were engaged and involved. It's just not happening.
So now I can hear from every teenager out there about how important things are in Sudan. And how much it means to them personally. "Hey, put this in your profile if you care about the Sudan cause! But don't forget to comment up. Because it means so much to me." Puke.
looks like us rads were right about globalization...
And just who are you are to say who is "right" in this matter? "Right" (for you) is in terms of U.S. success. Internationally, the shift to globalization is balancing the enonomies of rich and poor states in such matters, specifically, IT.
The United States is a major 'rich' country, but the dozens of 'developing poor' countries out there are more than willing to take wage cuts (vs. US wages) if it means jobs and income for more growth. To me, the closest anyone will be coming to saying who is 'right' will be the Indians, the Chinese, the South Asians, and the rest of the "developing" nations. Not sure how the IT field is going? Just ask Samhir from Bombay how your old job is going these days, chances are he is pretty satisfied with his (50%-of-your-old-wage) income, which, in places such as India, can make a hell of a difference- not just for his life, but for more jobs, industry, and, in turn, national economy.
To say that globalization is (anything) completely depends on where you're standing, and what you are/are not willing to give up in terms of standards of living and income.
Seems that this time, the U.S. is getting undercut and losing jobs-- problem is, there is no choice in the matter for the Americans unless we are willing to compromise. That... or our economy will have to pull through with lower costs of living as a result.
Perhaps it's simply our time.
Electronic voting (if untampered, hacked, yada) can provide *actual* unbiased counting and 1:1 vote reporting direct to a central (X) of (whatever) district. Eliminating human factor as much as possible will, in turn, eliminate as much chance for corruption as possible.
This is, of course, an issue that will probably end up going down all the way to the manufacturer of the evoting machines and who holds shares.
While Windows has it's devotees, you're much more likely to find die-hard Mac users than fanatical Windows users. Despite increased sales, Macintosh is still a cult / non-conforming sort of thing, so chances are better at finding 'stupid' fanatics who don't know anything besides it's not Win.
This just isn't the same as Windows fans, who *generally* either buy the cheapest (Dell) machine or need it for work. So don't say there are many / more Mac idiots, just more outspoken and obvious ones... partly -because- it is Mac and not Windows.
Yeah, but subtracting the current costs of energy production, waste, oil imports, (anything imports, really), and adding any funds possibly made by selling extra solar production to Canada or Mexico (example), and we could be saving a ton of money.
A very good insight into the potential of such technologies is HBO's "Too Hot to Handle" documentary. In part 4, it is brought up that a theoretical solar power plant 100 miles long by 100 miles wide in the Mojave desert would cover 100% of U.S. energy demands. This is using existing technology and under existing energy standards.
You wouldn't even need to change bulbs!
You can find the documentary and download it for free through the iTunes store.
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Alright, I didn't think it would come to this on slashdot, but this must be understood.
For most families, homeschooling provides an option to help with constant travel (including military families), family changes, or just plain old bad local schools. I have a few friends who were home-schooled through HS, and they are some of the smartest and quickest people I know. In public school, classes move as fast as the slowest student (or just pass him/her by), at home, if you get it, you move on quickly and have plenty of time to be creative/play sports/do whatever.
This stigma against homeschooling has GOT to go already. Not all homeschoolers are teaching racial bias or inaccurate science. Not by far.
We know we're friends and all now... and you've grown up quite a bit, but still... prooobably shouldn't be taking risks with the whole (human rights) thing. Won't look good.
For the record, they sell access to the web site for $5 per week, while they sell the paper for $4.50 including access to the web site. Basically those 35 subscribers are paying 50 cents per day to not get the paper delivered. They also give free access to all people who subscribe to the local cable provider -- which is a lot of people for the local paper.
Plus it's Newsday.....
Likely, those 35 people are not on Long Island and can't get it delivered. I guess the $0.50 is the online delivery charge... all those tubes and all...
It's a hell of a lot better than 75% of the news sites I come across (even Reuters has this annoying script that runs endlessly). I should note that with my bandwidth here it loaded pretty much instantly. I could see this taking forever on ma and pa's dialup.
I guess the better question: even if it's in the top-25% of sites, would you pay for it?
You should have seen it before they "settled" on the white background and made the text black-on-white... Seems the wayback machine found it too horrible to archive, but here's the "before" to the current redesign's "after": http://web.archive.org/web/20080513191349/http://www.newsday.com/ (Beware! stop loading after you can see it... some crazy scripts there) Anyway, I think a lot of people are feeling insulted by the all-lowercase format on a newspaper site.
Horrible business model aside... it should be noted that anyone with Optimum Online (cablevision's ISP, basically the only cable ISP on Long Island) can access Newsday for free. (Newsday is owned by Cablevision.) So it's not like 35 people are "subscribed" .... 35 people are paying extra for it.
It wasn't as much for blocking competition from other companies but from blocking the public from speaking out. There's gotta be some law against this kind of thing...
Oh wait...
Now that you mention it, do you think that this could be the start of a gradual easing up between the big software makers?
Even if patents aren't done away with outright, as the WU economists say should occur, maybe at least in the field of software engineering they will become a moot point.
Heh, imagine that- Microsoft with nothing to complain about.
Haha, nice timing then, the author was a guest on yesterday's episode
Way to watch the Colbert Report, bookworm
More details would have been nice in the article, but this is a huge breakthrough.
The current price of solar cells for households is far too high, even for new houses being built.
When the prices finally come down, we can cut our reliance on dirty combustion generation for power, and basically remove 25% of our greenhouse emissions annually.
If every house in America had these new dyes incorporated into its roof, we would be well off for the future, and might just outlast the running dry of the oil wells.
Just try getting the oil companies to look the other way, though.
The UN's getting involved, so that means it will probably take until 2036 for anything to actually happen.
So I guess it's good we get started now.
According to Reuters...
"LONDON (Reuters) - Initial tests on an Italian contact of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko show no sign of radiation poisoning, a British hospital said on Saturday.
Mario Scaramella was admitted to hospital in London when polonium 210, the same radioactive substance that killed Litvinenko, was detected in his body.
...
"He is well. Preliminary tests so far show no evidence of radiation toxicity," a spokesman for London's University College Hospital said of Scaramella. Further tests are due to be carried out over the weekend."
Consider all the that could have been, had those plates been photovoltaic cells, or mirrors for a solar plant, instead of an ugly, shameless scar on the Earth.
True, but I think the point is that the people that needed the internet, content, and the portal all-together are now starting to "grow up" and out of the AOL system. Even if AOL becomes free, there are plenty of other free, ad-free ways to get all three elements seperately nowadays.
I'm of the opinion that AOL is dying, and because of a combination of inconvenience, ads, and bad maneuvers in the past, it won't make make up for itself, even if a format change happens soon.
My DAP plays... music. Accessories include: nearly any pair of headphones, any speakers that can plug into a 1/8" jack, a standard mini-USB to USB cable. Cost $50. My DAP is better than any iPod. Interface includes such complex buttons as Play/Pause and Vol Up. Hurray SanDisk!
iPod shuffle?
But again, you're posting on /.
Chances are, you were/are the exception. And it's not a better-than-you thing, I'm 20. And not claiming to be an exception too, but I can safely say I have a good perspective over the typical myspace 15 year old. I've been there, I've grown up. There are plenty of teens out there that replaced me though.
Not really, no. The problem is none of them actually care / know what the fuck they are talking about. The vast majority know what they are told from outlets exactly like myspace and from others. Point is, kids "care" so much as they look a bit more interesting to their peers. There are very few who are actually concerned and involved with these issues.
Don't get me wrong, it'd be great if these kids were engaged and involved. It's just not happening.
So now I can hear from every teenager out there about how important things are in Sudan. And how much it means to them personally. "Hey, put this in your profile if you care about the Sudan cause! But don't forget to comment up. Because it means so much to me." Puke.
If all nations/states have nuclear capibilities, there will be a permanant peace between nations.
looks like us rads were right about globalization...
And just who are you are to say who is "right" in this matter? "Right" (for you) is in terms of U.S. success. Internationally, the shift to globalization is balancing the enonomies of rich and poor states in such matters, specifically, IT.
The United States is a major 'rich' country, but the dozens of 'developing poor' countries out there are more than willing to take wage cuts (vs. US wages) if it means jobs and income for more growth. To me, the closest anyone will be coming to saying who is 'right' will be the Indians, the Chinese, the South Asians, and the rest of the "developing" nations. Not sure how the IT field is going? Just ask Samhir from Bombay how your old job is going these days, chances are he is pretty satisfied with his (50%-of-your-old-wage) income, which, in places such as India, can make a hell of a difference- not just for his life, but for more jobs, industry, and, in turn, national economy.
To say that globalization is (anything) completely depends on where you're standing, and what you are/are not willing to give up in terms of standards of living and income.
Seems that this time, the U.S. is getting undercut and losing jobs-- problem is, there is no choice in the matter for the Americans unless we are willing to compromise. That... or our economy will have to pull through with lower costs of living as a result.
Perhaps it's simply our time.
Electronic voting (if untampered, hacked, yada) can provide *actual* unbiased counting and 1:1 vote reporting direct to a central (X) of (whatever) district. Eliminating human factor as much as possible will, in turn, eliminate as much chance for corruption as possible.
This is, of course, an issue that will probably end up going down all the way to the manufacturer of the evoting machines and who holds shares.
While Windows has it's devotees, you're much more likely to find die-hard Mac users than fanatical Windows users. Despite increased sales, Macintosh is still a cult / non-conforming sort of thing, so chances are better at finding 'stupid' fanatics who don't know anything besides it's not Win.
This just isn't the same as Windows fans, who *generally* either buy the cheapest (Dell) machine or need it for work. So don't say there are many / more Mac idiots, just more outspoken and obvious ones... partly -because- it is Mac and not Windows.
Yeah, but subtracting the current costs of energy production, waste, oil imports, (anything imports, really), and adding any funds possibly made by selling extra solar production to Canada or Mexico (example), and we could be saving a ton of money.
A very good insight into the potential of such technologies is HBO's "Too Hot to Handle" documentary. In part 4, it is brought up that a theoretical solar power plant 100 miles long by 100 miles wide in the Mojave desert would cover 100% of U.S. energy demands. This is using existing technology and under existing energy standards.
You wouldn't even need to change bulbs!
You can find the documentary and download it for free through the iTunes store.