Comment Re:Of the Century... (Score 1) 299
Of course, saying "of the Millennium" would have been ten times worse.
Of course, saying "of the Millennium" would have been ten times worse.
You are assuming a degree in computer science and computer engineering are the same thing, though it is not necessarily your fault. . Some Comp Sci programs in the US do not require students to write a single line of code. The thinking is that Comp Sci is about a higher level view of the concepts and principles of computing. There is a disconnect between what Academia and Industry think a Comp Sci degree is. Until that gets sorted out, there will continue to be problems such as the one you have encountered.
The problem is, there is no legal document that states how much debt there was to begin with, so there is no way to legally state how much debt was forgiven. That is actually the crux of the lawsuit- no legal paperwork that defines the financial terms (nor amount) of the loan contract.
And yet, this does little to prevent compulsion. In fact, this punishes the voter, not the one compelling the "proof." The voter can be screwed both ways. If you want the law to prevent employers or whomever from compelling voters to show their ballots, punish the compelling party, not the compelled.
>Do you believe rehabilitation is impossible or do you want revenge?
I don't believe that someone who commits mass murder can be rehabilitated, no. It isn't about revenge; it's about public safety.
Someone once pointed out that hoping a rapist gets raped in prison isn't a victory for his victim(s), because it somehow gives him what he had coming to him, but it's actually a victory for rape and violence. I wish I could remember who said that, because they are right. The score doesn't go Rapist: 1 World: 1. It goes Rape: 2.
What this man did is unspeakable, and he absolutely deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison. If he needs to be kept away from other prisoners as a safety issue, there are ways to do that without keeping him in solitary confinement, which has been shown conclusively to be profoundly cruel and harmful.
Putting him in solitary confinement, as a punitive measure, is not a victory for the good people in the world. It's a victory for inhumane treatment of human beings. This ruling is, in my opinion, very good and very strong for human rights, *precisely* because it was brought by such a despicable and horrible person. It affirms that all of us have basic human rights, even the absolute worst of us on this planet.
This is precisely why I lost all interest in Oculus the instant I heard that it had been acquired by Facebook.
"The mouse was the Slashdot submitter."
So...not very. At least s/he was smarter than a SD editor.
Now THIS is how you do April Fools. Wait, what? It's June 3rd you say? We should only be so lucky.
Then I must be insane because I mentally stack 22 and 22 and learned top carry numbers in my head if necessary. I see my kids do math by the common core standards and I scratch my head why? Common core shouldn't be about the method, only the result. Can they add? Good! Move on.
The money from my employer that I will gladly waist is my per diem.
Good points. I would add one more- people lie. There is nothing to stop the human comparison from lying and saying he was a computer as well. If both say they are a computer that should level the playing field so that they both need to judged on the merits of the debate.
Um, talk about bad math. Look at the two graphs. One is the mean and the other is the average. Mean is not average. So while you do make a good point about looking all test takers compared to just those entering college, your evidence is irrelevant.
Homeopathic displays?
"Just think, with VLSI we can have 100 ENIACS on a chip!" -- Alan Perlis
