Comment Re:The reason Christianity has this problem. (Score 1) 1359
It was taught in science class when I was in Catholic grade school. And that was several decades ago.
It was taught in science class when I was in Catholic grade school. And that was several decades ago.
Not that recently. When I was in grade school (also, not that recently), that's the way the nuns presented the material. Evolution was also taught in science class.
"and the current Pope seems like the kind to reverse that position"
And you base your opinion on, what, exactly? Your ignorance smacks of irony in this context.
"The measure is intended to curb violent crime in Venezuela, where 78% of homicides are linked to firearms."
That's what Venezuela claims. In reality, the government prefers a citizenry armed with sticks and rocks when the inevitable revolt comes to pass.
Catholic dogma treats the book of Genesis as an allegorical work.
If the boss thinks he's getting any savings by offloading menial tasks to an offshore consulting team, he is sorely mistaken. It will still be an ongoing cost, without even considering the rework that will need to be managed and done.
This type of work can almost always be largely eliminated through better automation and better engineering practices.
Not only that, you only get what you pay for, for that billed hour. The billing rate of an offshore developer may be half what you would pay someone in-house, but you get billed 4x the hours.
I love douchebags like you who get all butthurt over the imposition of rules. In what world do you live where keeping teachers and students from being friends on Facebook is considered "punishment?" I don't believe that word means what you think it means.
Furthermore, explain to me what is appropriate about child students and adult teachers engaging in social relationships. Because I can think of plenty of reasons that make it not so. Namely, blurring the boundary of the student-teacher relationship undermines the teacher's authority, and therefore the student's education. It's similar to parenting. The worst thing a parent can be is his/her kid's "buddy."
These are things you will understand much better when you're a grownup.
So basically, an entire group of people should be banned from doing something merely because some people in that group may do things that some people do not agree with? You only speak of possibilities here. This is a perfect example of a collective punishment mentality.
Wrong. This is an example of setting boundaries. It is generally inappropriate for students and teachers to have social relationships. Ethics 101.
Ding ding ding.
Software engineering is a career that requires constant dedication, and continuous self-education. In other jobs, you can get away with not keeping current. In software, those people either move to management or change careers entirely rather than maintain skills.
My company is a small company that develops and markets a software product. We just hired two new software developers. Both of them are over 40. Being in my 30s, I'm actually at the lower portion of the mid-range as far as age is concerned. Yet the skill sets of my colleagues are far from stale, and all have been dedicated to keeping their skills current on their own time.
I read once that the thing a PhD in English prepares you for is creating other PhDs in English...
Sounds like an Amway pitch.
Your naivete is adorable.
Actually it's your argument that's BS. The "indirect benefits" argument is usually the last resort when all others have been trounced.
The fact is, if you were to eliminate the UF athletic department entirely, it would not change the situation with academics one bit. Well, that's not true. There would be 6+ million fewer dollars flowing into the university's general fund. But that aside, people are making it a guns/butter situation. But it's not. There is no hard financial opportunity cost to some academic program associated with the operation of the university athletics program. And there certainly is no opportunity cost where these intangibles are concerned, either.
You've just justified tearing the entire university system asunder.
If student tuition could keep academic departments afloat, we would never hear about budget cuts. But it's fantasy. The University of Florida, for example, after budget cuts, will be getting over $800 million dollars in the next academic year. Divide that by roughly 50,000 undergrad + grad, and that's about $18K/student. Tuition is $4K in-state, $24K out-of-state, and the student body definitely skews more toward in-state students. So money received from tuition pales in comparison to what the state sends.
In higher education academics, departments are funded, and justify their existences, through grants. Unfortunate as it may be, that's the way of life. And UF's CS department was not taking in enough grant money to justify remaining a standalone department.
IMO, people are looking at this a bit backwards. This should be highlighting what poor stewards of tax money public colleges and university have been and continue to be. A lot of attention is put on the athletic department, which subsists without state or university funding, turns a profit, and is a major donor to its host school. Yet a blind eye is turned to the fact that this school is raking in billions, yet cannot find a way to keep legitimate academic programs intact.
Why not do some research instead of postulating on a message board. Because if you did, you'd know that the athletic department donates over $6 million to the university per year.
The athletic department does not receive funding from the university. In fact, the UAA is one of the University of Florida's largest benefactors, donating in the neighborhood of $6 million annually.
Waste not, get your budget cut next year.