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Comment Re:vintage computers (Score 1) 231

Many models of Color Computer II?

I think there was just one, with maybe a few different options for how much RAM you got.

There were two different looking versions of the original Color Computer though, as I recall, one silver and one beige, with maybe different keyboards. But the Color Computer 2 (roman numerals were for the Apple) looked pretty much like the Color Computer 3.

Comment Re:Why is 'church' in quotes? (Score 1) 628

Sure it's off the wall and only for gullible people... but do you think early Christianity, or any religion, wasn't?

Give it a few thousand years and people might be saying this new XYZ religion is obviously crazy, and not like the respectable air and tradition about Christianity or Scientology. Look at how mainstream LDS is already... we have a presidential candidate.

Comment Re:No course work? (Score 1) 232

I had a classmate who did a semester in Germany, and he explained their system was that they had no coursework and didn't keep tabs on attendance or even enrolment. Tuition was free, so basically you would show up for final exams, and if you passed you got a certificate (your entire grade for the entire semester being from that one exam). It was your job to hold on to the certificates for the classes because it was the only record that you did it. Then once you did enough for a degree you would present all the proof of your exams and get your degree.

I don't know which college this was, if some of this was exaggerated, or if its normal in Germany. But at the very least, it might be that they don't have the same concept of coursework thats normal at American institutions.

Comment Re:U turn (Score 3, Insightful) 472

I hate to tell you this but there is no such thing as "free". When I was young you were supposed to support your family and that meant feeding them. I fed my kids and I resent having to feed other people kids. There used to be a thing in society called responsibility. That meant you were responsible for you and your's. That free healthcare and free meals you allude to are paid for by taking money away from me and mine.

That's a pretty sickening attitude. Really, society only survives because thankfully not everyone thinks the way you do.

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