Oh I'd absolutely agree, there should be plenty of opportunities for disadvantaged children to build the skills necessary for college. Not everybody is lucky enough to get them though, as public programs and schools are woefully off the radar of many Americans.
Affirmative Action is definitely a patch, not a solution. It's necessary right now, but there are so many better ways to accomplish what Affirmative Action tries to do. The reason it exists is because college-age people are important and can stand up for themselves; poor children aren't and can't.
Ahah! You are separating ethnicity from opportunity & environment. There are many lower-class white people who grow up with many strikes against them (sometimes called "white trash"). These people do not benefit from Affirmative Action because they are white, even though some of them are lower down on the social ladder than many blacks.
True, but also remember that African Americans are disproportionately poor.
I'm all for grants and opportunities for the lower class across the board, but not all class situations are equal. African Americans have the largest obstacles, so it's good they're getting a fairer shake. It's not good that this opportunity doesn't extend to other people who may be in a similar situation, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it's still mostly good.
Well, the OP was implying that the PhD that got admitted through AA is probably not going to be as talented as the PhD that was not; that suggests that AA gives the student a free ride.
Well, sure. But there's also a significant number of the wealthy who essentially pay their way through school, whether directly via corruption/contributions or indirectly through being able to afford things like super-expensive tutors to learn for them. They have the advantage. Programs like AA certainly aren't perfect, but they're better than just letting class decide who gets a chance. Maybe you are more qualified, but is that because you're a better person, or because you had the opportunities to become better qualified in the first place?
My first year of university I was one of those habitual slackers because I came from a poor neighbourhood with shitty schools that I breezed through and never taught me very basic study skills. One of my best friends, on the other hand, went to a significantly higher-class school system and did get taught more skills than were available to me. I'm doing much better now, but there's no question that my class gave me a competitive disadvantage.
Except that whole article is bullshit because Obama has never released his transcript, so anybody saying that he breezed through college is basing that solely on the fact that his skin is brown.
Affirmative Action doesn't hand the student a degree, it just gets them in the school. Just because someone was born into a shitty situation doesn't mean they shouldn't get the same opportunities as the upper class who never have to worry about discrimination.
...that's a good question, and I don't have a solid answer for it unfortunately. I think there's some sort of verification done, certainly an investigation. I'm fairly sure that if the vote results cannot be verified because they have been tampered with, they are simply thrown out and a new election is called for that riding.
Well, I suppose it is true that DoS will still work, but it works against all the candidates, not just one. So nobody really gets an advantage.
As far as "miscounts", while of course it's impossible to guarantee 100% that they don't happen, I neglected to mention a step in the process that helps to avoid them; each paper ballot has a tear-off section. The election officials tear it off, hand you the ballot part, and deposit it separately from your vote. A tally is kept of both counts to ensure they match -- think of it like two-stage security. Every party is permitted an official to oversee the counting of ballots.
Eh, the paper ballots don't work that way.
FYI, the process is like this: Walk into the public building; verify your ID with two officials; take voting card behind a small barrier; mark an X by the candidate you hate the least (all candidates are on the same page); walk back and hand folded vote to official; watch official put vote in locked box; go for Timmies.
Pretty hard to disrupt the process at any point. The only real vote fraud that happens is that people are cold-called and told the place they vote has changed, but most people are smart enough to know that's BS.
Yeah, no. That makes no sense, and that's not the joke. The joke comes from the very old myth that masturbating makes one grow hair on their palms (hence everyone will know you're a bad person). Don't explain if you don't know the explanation.
That's somewhat disputed. I remember at the end of Battle, when all seems to have changed, there's a shot of a statue of Ceasar while a voice-over questions what the future holds. The movie ends with the statue shedding a tear. It's quite ambiguous what the tear represents, but it's not a stretch to say that it means that, ultimately, Ceasar's plan for a unified planet fails and we end up with the apes in control again, giving the circular timeline.
Raise the cost of gas up to 6 dollars a gallon, and the fleet average will go up, from consumer demand.
No. The middle-class and the upper-echelon will adjust and stop using their vehicles as a luxury to drive their kids two blocks to school. Poor people who can't afford to live close to anything will once again be fucked over.
You would in no way expect the workers at your local McDonalds to be sporting iphones.
Actually, yes, I do. They're the same folks who post pictures on my facebook of them sitting in a leased $30,000 truck with a fan of $100 bills from a payday loan.
It's a status symbol. People buy it even if they can't afford it, because it makes it look like they can. Smartphones in general are an "investment" in social capital.
You don't take notes off your textbook? Writing information down in your own words is the best way to commit it to memory, and then you also have a copy of the important stuff in the textbook for studying/reference after you sell.
Shouldn't you be referencing your notes instead? I've sold every textbook I've ever bought, but I still have all the pertinent information in my own words in searchable document files on my computers.
They aren't hiding their terms, and the terms aren't unreasonable. If you want something stored safely and privately... store it safely and privately. Drive space is cheap. If you want convenience in the public space, put a lock on your stuff if it's important.
To me this is like complaining that your bicycle isn't safe when you leave it on your front lawn. If you want it truly safe, keep it in your garage. If you want it to stay outside, put a lock on it.
Personally, I really don't think some nefarious hacker is out to blackmail me by sifting through pictures of my dog in my free dropbox account.
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Oh I'd absolutely agree, there should be plenty of opportunities for disadvantaged children to build the skills necessary for college. Not everybody is lucky enough to get them though, as public programs and schools are woefully off the radar of many Americans.
Affirmative Action is definitely a patch, not a solution. It's necessary right now, but there are so many better ways to accomplish what Affirmative Action tries to do. The reason it exists is because college-age people are important and can stand up for themselves; poor children aren't and can't.
Ahah! You are separating ethnicity from opportunity & environment. There are many lower-class white people who grow up with many strikes against them (sometimes called "white trash"). These people do not benefit from Affirmative Action because they are white, even though some of them are lower down on the social ladder than many blacks.
True, but also remember that African Americans are disproportionately poor.
I'm all for grants and opportunities for the lower class across the board, but not all class situations are equal. African Americans have the largest obstacles, so it's good they're getting a fairer shake. It's not good that this opportunity doesn't extend to other people who may be in a similar situation, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it's still mostly good.
In context it's fine.
Well, the OP was implying that the PhD that got admitted through AA is probably not going to be as talented as the PhD that was not; that suggests that AA gives the student a free ride.
Well, sure. But there's also a significant number of the wealthy who essentially pay their way through school, whether directly via corruption/contributions or indirectly through being able to afford things like super-expensive tutors to learn for them. They have the advantage. Programs like AA certainly aren't perfect, but they're better than just letting class decide who gets a chance. Maybe you are more qualified, but is that because you're a better person, or because you had the opportunities to become better qualified in the first place?
My first year of university I was one of those habitual slackers because I came from a poor neighbourhood with shitty schools that I breezed through and never taught me very basic study skills. One of my best friends, on the other hand, went to a significantly higher-class school system and did get taught more skills than were available to me. I'm doing much better now, but there's no question that my class gave me a competitive disadvantage.
Except that whole article is bullshit because Obama has never released his transcript, so anybody saying that he breezed through college is basing that solely on the fact that his skin is brown.
Affirmative Action doesn't hand the student a degree, it just gets them in the school. Just because someone was born into a shitty situation doesn't mean they shouldn't get the same opportunities as the upper class who never have to worry about discrimination.
Because blowing people up is better than creating goodwill in the world?
...that's a good question, and I don't have a solid answer for it unfortunately. I think there's some sort of verification done, certainly an investigation. I'm fairly sure that if the vote results cannot be verified because they have been tampered with, they are simply thrown out and a new election is called for that riding.
Well, I suppose it is true that DoS will still work, but it works against all the candidates, not just one. So nobody really gets an advantage.
As far as "miscounts", while of course it's impossible to guarantee 100% that they don't happen, I neglected to mention a step in the process that helps to avoid them; each paper ballot has a tear-off section. The election officials tear it off, hand you the ballot part, and deposit it separately from your vote. A tally is kept of both counts to ensure they match -- think of it like two-stage security. Every party is permitted an official to oversee the counting of ballots.
Eh, the paper ballots don't work that way.
FYI, the process is like this: Walk into the public building; verify your ID with two officials; take voting card behind a small barrier; mark an X by the candidate you hate the least (all candidates are on the same page); walk back and hand folded vote to official; watch official put vote in locked box; go for Timmies.
Pretty hard to disrupt the process at any point. The only real vote fraud that happens is that people are cold-called and told the place they vote has changed, but most people are smart enough to know that's BS.
Yeah, no. That makes no sense, and that's not the joke. The joke comes from the very old myth that masturbating makes one grow hair on their palms (hence everyone will know you're a bad person).
Don't explain if you don't know the explanation.
What if the movie he downloaded caused his blindness in the first place!? Check his palms!
If they can disrupt service for a few days, I know more than a few narcissists that will jump over to G+ to spout their drivel and never turn back.
That's somewhat disputed. I remember at the end of Battle, when all seems to have changed, there's a shot of a statue of Ceasar while a voice-over questions what the future holds. The movie ends with the statue shedding a tear. It's quite ambiguous what the tear represents, but it's not a stretch to say that it means that, ultimately, Ceasar's plan for a unified planet fails and we end up with the apes in control again, giving the circular timeline.
What kind of output will your home antenna need to reach back to a tower that's 50 miles away?
I'm guessing this will be the same kind of deal as satellite internet: dialup for upstream.
Raise the cost of gas up to 6 dollars a gallon, and the fleet average will go up, from consumer demand.
No. The middle-class and the upper-echelon will adjust and stop using their vehicles as a luxury to drive their kids two blocks to school. Poor people who can't afford to live close to anything will once again be fucked over.
You would in no way expect the workers at your local McDonalds to be sporting iphones.
Actually, yes, I do. They're the same folks who post pictures on my facebook of them sitting in a leased $30,000 truck with a fan of $100 bills from a payday loan.
It's a status symbol. People buy it even if they can't afford it, because it makes it look like they can. Smartphones in general are an "investment" in social capital.
Unless you're downloading OSX_Lion_4_Windows.exe, I doubt you're going to have a malware problem.
You don't take notes off your textbook? Writing information down in your own words is the best way to commit it to memory, and then you also have a copy of the important stuff in the textbook for studying/reference after you sell.
Shouldn't you be referencing your notes instead? I've sold every textbook I've ever bought, but I still have all the pertinent information in my own words in searchable document files on my computers.
Um... printscreen + paint?
At least it's only a $30 service pack
FTFY
Dude, you're talking to someone who owns a Mac.
They aren't hiding their terms, and the terms aren't unreasonable. If you want something stored safely and privately... store it safely and privately. Drive space is cheap. If you want convenience in the public space, put a lock on your stuff if it's important.
To me this is like complaining that your bicycle isn't safe when you leave it on your front lawn. If you want it truly safe, keep it in your garage. If you want it to stay outside, put a lock on it.
Personally, I really don't think some nefarious hacker is out to blackmail me by sifting through pictures of my dog in my free dropbox account.