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Comment Re:Reflections from the UK (Score 1) 561

This sounds like an amazing strategy and I will advocate for it when I get around to starting a family (or a political career, whatever comes first). However, no matter what strategy is employed by charter schools there is a fundemental difference in the type of families that are present. I have a few teachers in the familiy and the sad stories I hear tend to center around enviromental issues. Abusive parents are the worst of it but the more common case is they're simply absent, physically in that they may be working two jobs and still not able to put food on the table seven days a week, or emotionally having succum to alchoholism or some other psycological disability.

It's a great idea, but it's just one tool in the tool box.

Comment Re:But what was the point? (Score 1) 1123

First, the utility of that message has no bearing on its truth value.
Second, as you point out, the bible is a story. If read chronologically the pattern of over embellishing becomes clear.
Christianity as an ethical guide isn't half bad, so long as we're talking about the Christianity of secular Europe that has discarded the superstition and dogma of its passed. Compare that to the Christianity of the USA which is largely a complete rework to better indoctrinate and abuse the ignorance of its followers. If you really want to understand the value of religion, three words, "the DARK ages"

Comment Re:Makes sense (Score 1) 1123

Far too many people look to science as a way to deny religion.

No. Those who understand science know that science and (most) religion(s) are mutually exclusive. You're ability to believe both is only evidence that humans are capable of holding logically inconsistent ideas simultaneously

They are manufacturing a discord when, apparently, even many top scientists don't have a problem doing both. It's pure bologna, and that's the entire point of the study.

The top scientists don't have a problem with religion. The most unscientific don't have a problem with religion. It's only those in the middle, those who think they know science but probably don't, which have a problem, statistically speaking. In other words, there shouldn't be a relationship.

No, there shouldn't, and yet billions of people believe the silliest stories about how the world works because.....FAITH

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"If there is any kind of supreme being, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior." -Vetinari

Comment Re:why use scrum in the first place (Score 1) 434

The problem with scrum (and agile in general) is the misconception. Too many people both users and critics don't bother to follow it properly. It's seen as cowboy coding when in fact done properly both scrum and agile are very disciplined methodologies.

More specific to scrum though is that things like "good documentation and good test cases/proofs" were taken out of scrum because it was hard to sell in Scrums infancy and are now only associated with XP. Which is why your always told to do both XP & Scrum

In all fairness though GP is write about the SM certification program. It is just a pirimid scam

Comment Re:Incompatibility Problems (Score 1) 233

First, quit trying to use lazy as an insult on /. it's a compliment here. Lazy is a highly positive trait in an industry were you build automation.

Second, IE 6 is so far behind that modern CSS, while at the same time holding so much of the market share that it not only makes the initial build more difficult; it makes all the advancements of web tech over the last 5-10 years pointless because you have to hack around it.

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