I find this process of "mix and match" confusing and frustrating when trying to keep a budget down. Sure if you've got money to burn you can choose whatever perfect component to fit in every little part of the machine. But if you are restricted by price or by operating system, then that becomes a labor of research. Balancing between different components becomes rapidly tiresome and in my case I throw in the towel and purchase a pre-configured solution.

I waste more time researching what the 'best' parts are than if I just worked my job and bought something someone else made.

The problem isn't that they will survive and get to the top, it is that they will do this at the expense of others, whether those in their way or exploitable other parties.

If the role of a banker was to get rich off everyone, then it is no hindrance. If the job is to look after someone else's money while being economically compensated for their time, then it is a hindrance.

If we were talking loan sharks or con men, then such an illness does not hinder economic performance at all, but social cohesive performance will be similarly hindered, with the (socially cohesive) upside of legislatively upheld penalization for such actions.

It's less selective when there are prep schools involved. Sure the new intake might be smart, but some rather idiotic individuals might make it through to engineering, law or medical courses in college.

In my country the expensive schools have shorter terms and achieve better academic results. I don't think it's a simple case of how much time you spend, but how you spend it.

It's an interesting point that due to its size, its power output has been very consistent (presumably areas of higher output than the norm are cancelled out by alternate areas of lower output).

Alas regarding Global Warming, we pay more attention to areas of lower temperature than the mean as proof that GW doesn't exist, than the average itself which is steadily rising higher. Which is strange since the energy entering the system isn't rising to a similar degree at all.

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but does a School not have a duty of care towards the students - and thus all mature and most social media sites should be blocked, not just to prevent access by the majority, but to avoid offending the minority who might see over another student's shoulder.

Also I hear a lot of "have the computers facing the teacher" comments, but nobody is discussing one-to-one laptop programs where the screen is a lot easier to hide.

I don't see why there should be a relationship between handset repayments and base carrier plans. Surely the carriers can't be so stupid as to value consistent customers over consistent (and consistently funded) service to them? After all, look at Apple. Apple dicks it's users over from time to time, but they keep coming back because of the high level of service.

So... iPad?

You can type up notes, draw diagrams, and if you get orders barked at you later, you can dictate them to reminders.

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So basically Science isn't the car, it's not the driver, it's the act of driving the car.

Baseball bats have an alternate use. Hard drive arrays have plenty of uses. Guns are just low-skill high-efficiency weapons. Show me examples of guns used for non-weapon purposes. I'm pretty sure a chihuahua can't defend a home against someone wearing boots.

Extending this argument, guns should be illegal, because nobody should really have a use for them. Only criminals or people planning on committing a crime would have a use for such weaponry. A baseball bat can defend a home, why be excessive?

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I'm pretty sure lower tax levels have never garnered more respect for a Government.
Nobody respects a girl just because it takes less effort to get her to sleep with you.

Does that mean that politics should be led by an elite, hence being (almost) completely open, transparent, accountable, and allowing for input from the general populace within reason?