They do... but they exist only so long as the schools have the flexibility to do what is right for their specific school. Every community is different.

The great danger is setting national standards that force schools to do everything the same way which will mean most people won't get what they need.

There is a lot of truth to that, however some of those old codgers have knowledge and skill sets you can't find anymore.

There are a few new tech companies that have seeded their start up with poached old codgers from some of these companies. The result is a much greater depth of technical knowledge. And that has resulted in some products that are profoundly more innovative.

Maybe they just like to subsidise programmers?

... right? We really need to stop treating all high school students as equals because it hurts all of them.

The students that are having a hard time mastering literacy need a lot of remedial help. The ones that are doing very well need access to accelerated programs and additional subjects.

Do NOT group these kids together. You will make sure the kids that are behind learn NOTHING and the kids that are ahead will achieve less.

I'm not so sure the military pensions are outside the defense pie actually.

Do it the same way DNS works. Publish your location to a shared live database that associates given domain names or users with specific IPs and port numbers.

Then when you need to call someone, your app or whatever checks the database for which IP that name is linked to... and then calls that system directly.

The NSA and government can compromise the list or monitor who calls for specific domains but keep in mind that the list is not in one centralized system but is instead shared around thousands of disconnected systems that the NSA might not have access to... and if you call for a domain name from one of those systems then the NSA knows nothing of the request. Furthermore, if they start poisoning the list you can duplicate the system so there are trusted associations and non-trusted associations.

If you wanted to be ultra secret, you could just take a hint from the deep web and not publish to those systems at all... leaving the task DNS typically does to a more secure system that is more difficult for the NSA to tamper with...

Point being, you can make the system secure. It just requires a few people to get slapped in the face until they've had the pride knocked out of them.

I dunno, I kind of like it. I have 11 level 90's, but I'm not addicted.
I could give it up any time. Seriously.
No, really.

if its bullcrap then obviously not.

I said, welfare, entitlements, and pensions.

And if you look at that graph, I just cited about 75 percent of the national budget.

The fact that you think you're in the role of the wise patient sage in this situation is frankly pathetic. Look at the graph again.

I officially have no more time for you... you clearly are willfully ignorant and there is nothing I can do to help you. What is more, you're both condescending and boring.

So... Good day, sir.

Right, its all evil walmart's fault. Never mind that you see the same thing throughout much of europe where walmart doesn't really operate.

What is more, walmart etc offer a competitive wage... not a living one. The difference is that a competitive wage is an empirically derived figure set by market forces. Where as "living wage" is a made up political buzz word that you can goal post move at will at any time for any reason.

Furthermore, lets say walmart etc did offer whatever it is you want... you'd still have sky high entitlements because a lot of it goes to people that aren't even working AT ALL.

And guess what, genius... if you started jacking up what American business has to pay for labor what do you think will happen to our already low employment figures? Oh that's right... they'd go down. You'd have more unemployed people.

Would that make you happy? Higher wages but higher unemployment?

Notice a fucking pattern? You cannot game the system. Stop trying. It like trying to box a wave. You dance around making these little jabs like you think you're hitting weak spot or something. Its a god damn force of nature. It gives zero shits for you sad little attempts to avoid the inevitable.

Anyone find it more then a little self serving that the leaders of dense urban cities are saying suburbs are bad?

Why then does anyone move to them? Why do people live in them? Sure, cities have lots of nice things. But they also have things that suburbs do not. Such as backyards. Parks that aren't full of hobos. Quiet streets where your children can play without instantly dying.

How many people in NYC enjoy a weekend BBQ with friends? Pretty much none.

So why is google in one place rather then another? Space... building their complexes in San Francisco would be prohibitive. And more importantly... san francisco is a hassle. You have problems there that you don't have in the suburbs. Such as thousands of bicyclists intentionally trying to slow traffic down... ON PURPOSE. Which is a thing in san francisco.

And so with that and the various transit unions acting up... google decided to run their own shuttle service to help their employees get to work.

Reasonable.

And what do we get out of the urban leaders? "this" shit.

I hope cartoon lightening strikes them from comic little thunder clouds... and gets them all sooty.

http://www.usgovernmentspendin...

Literally the first link when I typed in "percentage of US budget welfare" into google.

I just showed you how to use the internet.

The above is common knowledge. You just asked if the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

Yes. Yes it does.

Inherent in security is what you are trying to keep something secure from... A child safety lock on a container of pills is an example of this... it keeps the pills out of the reach of small children that lack the strength or mental capacity to open the bottle. Once you get old enough to open the bottle it probably isn't as dangerous because you're probably not stupid enough to eat them like m&ms at that point.

There is security on ATMs and banking systems to keep thieves out internal or external. But they do not secure the system from government oversight or even employees of the bank.

Its about trust and control.

Who do you want kept out? What do you want controlled? Itemize it all. Then design your system.

If you wish to keep the NSA out... you need to decentralize. The NSA thrives on exploiting centralized information systems. Decentralize and they have to compromise a cloud of shifting unreliable systems each with information of no to very limited value. They won't do it. Its too much work for too little return.

If you want to keep some person you sent pictures of your genitals from uploading the information to a public gallery... Well... best option is to not send that message. But if you really feel you must... something like snap chat or similar will work against not terribly bright people. Anyone with a clue shouldn't have any trouble finding a program on the net advertised as being specifically able to scrape messages out of those programs.

So yeah... NSA... decentralize... stop that person from sharing your genital photos around... good luck. Just don't do it, dummy.

No... the money will just be spent on food stamps and welfare.

The real complex in the US is the welfare-entitlement complex. And it is devouring my country.... cracking the bones and sucking the marrow out.

They'll never have enough money. They're already spending far more then we take in tax revenue... and so they're cutting things.

Why do you think our infrastructure is crumbling? Because they took the money ear marked for infrastructure and spent it on welfare and entitlements... public unions and pensions.

And why? Power. They buy votes with our money. They they get money by giving ours away to companies as well. Want 1 million in campaign donations? Give a company 500 million in US tax dollars. Want 50,000 union votes in an election that might only have 500000 people voting? Increase their benefits... union bosses will pass the message along and they'll all vote as a block in your favor.

It is eating my country alive. Its cancer.

And for those that will disagree... you're just talking tumors. Its the cancer calling to say it isn't cancer... but it is... Its a science fiction horror story.

It has been eating the military for over a generation. It has long ago hollowed out our manufacturing industry. And now its just rooting around in our guts for another organ to masticate.

America with her guts ripped open with a swarm of zombies feeding on the innards.

Nothing more or less.

It wasn't molasses, honest. If it appeared slow, then perhaps we were just ramping distance at the time. Up or down? Dunno, check the sign.