Comment Shakedown... (Score 1) 99
Yearly "Shakedown" for donations?
Or it could just be that the Korean government doesn't like the competition.
Comment Re:Not so bad to have different systems. (Score 1) 2288
I can see why you would think this, given the "business is bad" meme going around these days.
The fact is that the piece of wood IS 2x4 when it is first cut from green logs. It is then dried (loses some size) and then run through a sizer to make 1.5 x 3.5 boards.
UK Police To Allow Gun Users To Renew Licenses With iPhone App 271
Sussex police are creating a number of iPhone apps for the public, including one to renew your gun license. Unsurprisingly, the plan has some anti-gun groups upset. Lyn Costello, of Mothers Against Murder and Aggression (MAMAA), said, "This isn't suitable, especially in light of what happened in Cumbria. We've got to be extra careful giving gun licenses. We have this attitude that gun murders don't happen very often so it's OK to be lax, but it is not OK and we've got to do everything in our power to stop it happening again. We can't put money before life and if you start to do that we are losing our humanity. It is a really stupid idea.''
Comment Re:understanding is critical here (Score 1) 376
T-Mobile lost the Starbucks contract to AT&T a couple years ago. AT&T wanted it so badly that they were willing to take terms that T-Mobile just wouldn't (wanting to actually keep making money off the service, crazy i know).
Requirements that the contract holder develop a method for people to order coffee from their iPhones was one of the driving forces in the decision. Another one was the required development to support their current "pay for coffee with a SBUX card, get free wifi for a couple hours" offering.
All that development work was/is expensive.
TL:DR Response:
The networks at SBUX are all run by AT&T now.
The HotSpot division of T-Mobile has been gutted.
Comment Re:the real threat will be government intervention (Score 1) 388
This kind of mentality is why cutting the federal budget is so difficult. Your case could be applied to any program funded by federal dollars (NFA and crosses floating in a cups of urine come to mind).
Oh no! You are not going to cut MY program! Besides its only of the federal budget!
This stuff adds up.
Comment Re:*First post.. (Score 4, Insightful) 590
"We should be paying teachers twice what they are now and expecting the very best for it."
I agree. But that is not going to happen until we can get rid of the teachers unions. They ensure that bad teachers do not get fired, and that all teachers are paid the same without regard to talent. Basically the opposite of a meritocracy.
Expecting anything other than mediocrity under those conditions is a denial of reality.
Comment Re:Finally (Score 3, Insightful) 575
Can't we go back and re-refine the nuclear waste for further use later once we get rid of the stupid "no breeder reactors allowed to prevent proliferation" laws?
Comment Re:to be fair... (Score 1, Interesting) 280
Entitlements cost money, you know.
It's a smart move, really. Go after successful foreign companies with the cash and avoid raising taxes at home.
Think of this as a tariff that is not regulated by the WTO.
Comment Re:When everyone is special, no one is special (Score 1) 284
I am shocked (well not really) that there are classes at a university where 90% of the students can get an A.
When i went to university, many classes were set such that a predetermined number of students would fail. The first day of class, the professor would state the grade breakdown:
10% : A
20% : B
30% : C
20% : D
20% : F
The percentages may have been a little different, but you get the picture.
Comment Re:Chuck'em out (Score 2, Insightful) 546
Yeah but he was not in the teachers union. Can't have non-union teachers running around out there causing problems.
How To Be A Geek Goddess 349
stoolpigeon writes "The geek world is dominated by those of the male persuasion. For those of us working in a technology related field, or who spend a considerable amount of time pursuing high tech leisure, we usually find women to be in the minority. I've seen considerable discussion over the years on how to change this imbalance but I think it is safe to say that right now that it remains. Many women are interested in using technology, they just don't want to dive in to quite the same depth. Or they may not be interested in the way most men approach it. Columnist and tech-writer Christina Tynan-Wood has attempted to come to their rescue with her book How To Be A Geek Goddess." Read below for the rest of JR's review.
Comment Re:Shocking (Score 1) 292
I dont see how that is going to happen. Last I checked, your average Indian citizen has been denied the gun ownership civil right.
Well, not counting "black money" bribes to the corrupt government agency that issues permits for gun ownership, but we are talking your "average" citizen who cannot afford such bribes.
Comment Re:Screw Balance. (Score 0, Flamebait) 377
Ah, the Wikipedia method.
Enough "independant sources" in collusion can sway history to one side or the other.
Do you think that perhaps that these "independant sources" might be biased, or in collusion?
Comment Re:Screw Balance. (Score 2, Insightful) 377
"Balance is bullshit, truth is paramount."
To whose truth, then, should i subscribe?
All I have to go on is what is reported in the media, and what I can see with my own eyes.
How can you EVER know that what is being reported is the truth?
Comment Re: Dropping Anchor (Score 5, Funny) 329
We dont have them.
As far as you know.
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