I recently had a spam quoting from Lord of the Rings. Author is dead, but still the copyright is alive and well, and it's not very old, either, as literature goes. I don't think copyright is a consideration for a spammer using this method. More likely, they use what text is widely available on the net. Often public domain text like the classics, but anything with extended quotes available is usable.
One thing I learned in the 100+ hours of Lord of the Rings Trilogy EE DVD bonus features is that a vast percentage of dialogue needs to be redubbed because clean dialogue is nearly impossible on a live set.
A minor quibble, but motion detection is very much a predator ability as well. Consider dogs and cats, who lack the cones for color vision, replacing them with plenty of rods for black-and-white vision. Most often rods are spoken of for night vision, but motion is really what they are sensing, when there's not enough light to fire the color cones. Black-and-white vision "is" motion detection, and works very well for a predator day or night.
From TFA,
"They then took his Motorola L6 Slvr (iTunes compatible). Cocker told us, "I chased them -- two of them threw me against a wall and took everything. It's lucky I didn't have my usual stash of gadgets on me -- my iPod, my Archos AV500 or my laptop."
We have learned these facts, to wit:
1. They stole his iTunes compatible phone. Yawn.
2. He did not even have his actual iPod with him at the time.
3. HE CHASED THEM DOWN and got more stuff stolen.
Suddenly the article is not so compelling.
My public school social experience exposed me to foul language, substance abuse, and sexual harrassment, and threats of physical abuse...for starters..every day...on the way to home room.
I experience none of those things in my work (except the foul language--though there's more of it on slashdot than at work), home or recreational environment as an adult.
Why not? Because I have chosen my workplace, home companions and recreational opportunities to avoid that crap.
From my experience, while some charter school students are the excellent learners of which you speak, there are also many who struggled in the classroom because of disabilities or inability to cope in the school environment. So, with the good students you enjoy, you also lose students who may otherwise take a disproportionate amount of your attention.
And yes, by definition a virtual charter school requires an active parent who takes a strong interest in their child's education. Is it fair to that family to insist that they keep their child in traditional public school classroom to give the teacher satisfaction, or uplift the overall learning atmosphere of the classroom? Shall we insist that a child with supportive parents be limited in their access to the supporting parents in order to serve a greater good?
The first public schools were essentially a group of parents in the community who hired a teacher. They chose the teacher, supervised the teacher, supported the teacher, fired the teacher when necessary.
All schools, public or private or even a one-on-one tutor are version of this model. We pay our money, we hire a teacher.
There is nothing sacred about the traditional public school that should trump all other formats. No advocate of the public school will claim they are perfect, nor would the advocate of any other format. In the end, if the tax payers want a charter school, then they should have them. It's their money, their kids.
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The singular of "sparrows" should be "sparf"
His eye is on the sparf.
The singular of "barrows" should be "barf"
The king was buried in a barf.
The singular of "arrows" should "arf."
Curses! I've shot my last arf!
English is such fun!
And, when mixed with an otherwise harmless clear liquid, can blow up a plane...
I recently had a spam quoting from Lord of the Rings. Author is dead, but still the copyright is alive and well, and it's not very old, either, as literature goes. I don't think copyright is a consideration for a spammer using this method. More likely, they use what text is widely available on the net. Often public domain text like the classics, but anything with extended quotes available is usable.
One thing I learned in the 100+ hours of Lord of the Rings Trilogy EE DVD bonus features is that a vast percentage of dialogue needs to be redubbed because clean dialogue is nearly impossible on a live set.
Where is my Dodge Caravan with cracker crumbs and baby puke stains?
A minor quibble, but motion detection is very much a predator ability as well. Consider dogs and cats, who lack the cones for color vision, replacing them with plenty of rods for black-and-white vision. Most often rods are spoken of for night vision, but motion is really what they are sensing, when there's not enough light to fire the color cones. Black-and-white vision "is" motion detection, and works very well for a predator day or night.
How many light years away is the suspect star? The article did not say. There's a good chance it already happened!
Data will use biometric spoofing to take over the Enterprise in 2367: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_(TNG_episode )
So, this problem is apparently here to stay.
From TFA, "They then took his Motorola L6 Slvr (iTunes compatible). Cocker told us, "I chased them -- two of them threw me against a wall and took everything. It's lucky I didn't have my usual stash of gadgets on me -- my iPod, my Archos AV500 or my laptop." We have learned these facts, to wit: 1. They stole his iTunes compatible phone. Yawn. 2. He did not even have his actual iPod with him at the time. 3. HE CHASED THEM DOWN and got more stuff stolen. Suddenly the article is not so compelling.
My public school social experience exposed me to foul language, substance abuse, and sexual harrassment, and threats of physical abuse...for starters..every day...on the way to home room. I experience none of those things in my work (except the foul language--though there's more of it on slashdot than at work), home or recreational environment as an adult. Why not? Because I have chosen my workplace, home companions and recreational opportunities to avoid that crap.
And yes, by definition a virtual charter school requires an active parent who takes a strong interest in their child's education. Is it fair to that family to insist that they keep their child in traditional public school classroom to give the teacher satisfaction, or uplift the overall learning atmosphere of the classroom? Shall we insist that a child with supportive parents be limited in their access to the supporting parents in order to serve a greater good?
The first public schools were essentially a group of parents in the community who hired a teacher. They chose the teacher, supervised the teacher, supported the teacher, fired the teacher when necessary. All schools, public or private or even a one-on-one tutor are version of this model. We pay our money, we hire a teacher. There is nothing sacred about the traditional public school that should trump all other formats. No advocate of the public school will claim they are perfect, nor would the advocate of any other format. In the end, if the tax payers want a charter school, then they should have them. It's their money, their kids.