You mean like the US Federal Government has no power unless explicitly permitted? The 10th Amendment?

Yeah, that's not going to fly.

Max, the spaceship from Flight of the Navigator always makes me whimsically nostalgic.

Because I have English for a native tongue, the answer is unfortunately yes.

Only Androids are defined to be human-like, not robots. So exactly what IS your definition of a robot, and why does it prevent a spaceship from being a robot?

You describe so well, how "God" apparently sees us as no more than a breed of dog, putting down all the curs.

Atheist here, but I would assume neither, since only the individuals that Jesus acknowledges in his book will be permitted in. Asking for salvation was never a guarantee to receive it.

Hmm, so being in the "in crowd" isn't enough to promote a healthier, longer life all by itself? There must be an imaginary sky friend involved?

Like it or not, there will be a percentage of parents who cannot or will not maintain an electronic point of contact (phones included). Schools default to paper notices because it's a SINGLE systems that can work with EVERYBODY. Tacking an electronic system on top of that is certainly nice for the techies, but it consumes time from either teaching your children, or an underpaid teacher's private life. Remember that the next time you ask for another "service" from your public schools.

Uh huh. Yeah right. You're gonna spend that money on private schooling. Sure. I believe you. You look like an honest guy. You and the crowd of other honest parents behind you who would also opt out of taxes. Sure.

Your courage is showing as well, AC. My observation comes from my wife's attendance, not my own. In other words, STUFF IT!

+1.

There is absolutely no need for the textbooks to be revisioned as often as they are. Each year students are forced to purchase a new presentation of the same subject and material that has been available and defined for decades. I mean really, is there any NEW Calculus 101 research being done within the last 3 decades? Publishers ensure a new purchase every year by revisioning their books with no value updates. I think it amounts to industry abuse.

The problem is made worse by the rapid evolution of supporting software, hardware, and the operating systems they run on. I can't wait until our computer tools mature enough to be as least as stable, reliable, and long-lived to last through a four-year degree course without putting the user at a disadvantage near the end of the degree.

Formation does not equal swarm. A swarm of insects doesn't have a known predetermined formation, nor does a flock of birds (not talking about duck v's). Impressive flight characteristics and preprogrammed flight formations, but I don't see anything that suggests you can tell it a destination in the wild and the group will be able to navigate there around random trees, buildings and other obstacles. For example the brick wall pass did not need the whole swarm to pass through the one window. A natural swarm would have flowed around as well as through, because each member would make an effectively random choice about which path to take.

Semantics. Acts of God only count if God can be convicted. While I still think "natural accident" would be a better description, an naturally caused fire IS a perfectly natural cause.

You say this like you've been to the county budget meetings.

You mean yours doesn't?