More likely that Visa (and others) will make up the difference by raising rates on smaller retailers. They will be forced to raise their prices, which will make WalMart's prices look better.

There is also the problem of "not in my backyard". Many people living or working near facilities (both in the the US and in other countries) where any of these prisoners might be moved to have been very opposed to "their" facility receiving any of the Gitmo prisoners.

Besides the possibility of a match to a similar name, even if only "official" copies of the the no-fly list are consulted, I would not be surprised if copies of her entry linger in the various copies of that list.

(A friend of mine who has a name similar to someone on a sex offenders' list was mistakenly added as a variant spelling of the original listing. Even after getting a court order to remove his listing, it had propagated to other copies and was eventually merged back in to the original as updates were passed around the various government agencies. He then got an order to amend his listing to state it was invalid, but (A) that merely added a new entry, with no guarantee which entry would show first, and (B), most checkers don't look beyond seeing of there is a match.)

Oculus isn't the only VR headset. They may be the current best (I don't actually know). At least conceptually, the inputs and outputs are reasonably understood. So what makes it hard for an application that supports the Oculus headset to support others?

There also was "Robot War" and "Droid Arena" (after RSL was added to the game) My girlfriend used to be one of the top players on DA.

Corewars was fun when I was a kid in the 80s. I even wrote a Red Code simulator for the Apple //e, using the low res graphics to show the status of the battle "ground". (Had to a delay in the main interpreter so people could watch watch the battle.)

Very true. And very sad. My nephew has seen this happen to smart kids.

They also don't need to be held back - or worse, labeled as ADD.

The kids that can advance faster should be allowed to advance faster.

Stupid, yes.

How much of an obstacle?

The most difficult requirement is the franchise agreement. Maybe if Tesla split itself in to 2 companies, one for manufacturing, the other for retail and service operations, they could satisfy this requirement.

A 1000 sq ft "show room" in a mall is possible. Every Apple store I have been in has had at least 1000 sq ft of sales floor, plus back room space.

On site servicing could be possible depending on how strict the definition of "on site" is. Example, when Circuit City still had stores, the one near me had a store in the mall with an installation facility in a corner of the mall's parking lot. ("Anchor stores" like Sears often have attached auto service facilities, but I seriously doubt any mall would allow Tesla to do that.)

English I and II are almost certainly required by any accredited school. Most accredited schools also have a humanities requirement, so Government and Anthropology are not unreasonable.

I would consider Algebra I a remedial course, so I agreed, replace it.

I also agree the programming tools class can be covered in other classes, including Project Management (Software).

Move Intro to Unix to the first semester. Or maybe second, if Intro to Computers is needed. This will give them a foundation for the suggested web server admin class.

Intro to Programming Logic should include a programming language. One very different from Javascript, so the students get a broader perspective. (I started programming at a very early age, so I don't know what would be good for some one starting post high school, or even in high school.)

And I agree with others that a fifth course per semester should be added. Include a third programming language.

We also didn't allow cameras in our daughter's room or other private rooms in the house.

An image taken in IR is as good as the resolution of the camera. Of course, some details important details will be missing, but many ordinary photographs also miss important details.

News to me

Actually, flow charts are a form of programming. A good place to start. Something like a simple variant of Simulink or LabView would even allow the computer to run the logic depicted in the diagram.

Why not freshman? Why not even earlier? I learned how to do cleaning and cooking by the age of 8. Long before Home Ec was offered in my middle school (I took wood shop, instead, but I had already learned a lot of that before, too).

(Unfortunately, liability issues have driven most "hands on" activities out of schools (and out of what parents teach their children).)

That depends on how it is taught. Unfortunately, at least in the US, these classes often end up being "how to MS Office", which was easy for the teachers. Then MS radically changed the UI of Office. It is not a good idea to teach the details of a specific version of a specific tool set so early in a student's education.

As for programming, once children have gotten the basics of arithmetic, they can start learning programming. And programming has the potential to improve actual understanding of math over memorization of formulas and cranking out calculations.

It not just those in solitary who are denied physical contact with visitors - at least in some prisons - even minimum security prisons. A friend of mine was imprisoned (for disorderly conduct) for a month in a minimum security prison. The visitation rooms had a plexiglass partition separating the inmate from the visitors. The prison had no provisions for allowing visitors to have physical contact with inmates - not even spouses or children. The inmates were allowed contact with other inmates. Nevertheless, it was hard on my friend to not be able to hug his children and wife for that time.