...Easy for you to say on a cop's salary.

It figures. Medicare, Porn, Gambling, and the Protection Racket can all afford to pay ridiculous ransoms because its what they do best... take your money!

....turds and cock

1) BlowMeDailyMillin.com
2) MillinEatMyTrollTurds.com

Millin4Millions.com is not for sale, no matter how much you beg and gobble....

I'm always fascinated by the details which seem somewhat abstract (i.e. 450 in 3 days in 3 cities with 90% market share). Is it numerological or statistical in its significance to the Chinese? Oh, I can make up a million wrong reasons why, but I though maybe someone might know...

Yes, indeed. Fluorinated chemistry is potentially lethal - Fluorine is the most reactive of all elements and has martyred many chemists.

Mod parent up.

This sounds like a thoughtful reflection on parental experience and it rings true.

Either way you decide to go with a child's education, the issues raised here are sensible considerations.

...Aha! Perhaps therein lies the answer: The parents.

Education is best implemented with effective parenting, but rarely benefits the student without it. The Family's value for learning has more to do with the success and/or failure of a child's education than the quality of the school or the faculty. In other words, an education will be as effective as the parents ability to instil its value to the child. Rewards and incentives transform over time, and each student is ultimately self motivated regardless of the quality of carrots and sticks. In a sense, all schooling is ultimately home schooling. Perhaps the school provides the extra-curricular opportunities of most value; beyond the minimum public standard of curricula.

I thought they called them Mousekateers.

I find the Dufflepuds scrumptious and chewy, but then I fart a lot and start killing things.
Vituperative ranting ensues, as always and then I just dream about:

Raw Cherry Stone Clams

They are superior in every way and I want them now.

But noooooooooooooo....
   

Soon you'll have to Google him.
 

You can't immunize employees and expect them to be cured of regular paychecks. The only withholding should be employee benefits, salary and morale. If you treat them like people their sense of self worth is inflated, which can be epidemic and highly contagious. Must neuter the anima-tronic flesh-bot slaves, its as simple as ABC and corporate slave policy.

....or can't be purchased or paid in full... you just pay forever and its never yours.

So that must be The Quantum of Solace ... its just like armchair quark-barking

Say what..?

Amsterdam is a wonderful city for so many reasons. The intellectual, creative, and entrepreneurial capacity of its citizens and visitors has been apparent for centuries. This particular project won't influence Amsterdam's reputation much one way or the other.

My observation is that there is very little response from the slashdot community on this particular topic. That might be an indication that many slashdotters have not had the opportunity to go there.

It is true that back when I went, last millennium, marijuana was not legal in the US and the Bulldog Cafe's world renown was a great enticement to the land of orange, while in Europe. That reputation was never one of great intellectual value, and perhaps neither is this story. Nevertheless, I encourage every geek or non geek to make it a priority to burn some jet fuel and get your ass over to Europe and spend a few weeks with a first class Euro Rail train pass. Its way better for you and your intellect than a new car, and you will be a better, smarter person as a result of the experience.

If you can't manage to go at this time then try to appreciate the geek perspective of dutch sensibility in Teller's film "Tim's Vermeer"

Amsterdam is a very smart city, and you should see it and think about it if you can!