I think the best solution for students and to resolve budget issues, is to extend the school year more days but reduce the time per day that students spend in school. This has multiple benefits:

1) Students won't get flooded with hours of info each day and be given more time to absorb what they learn on a daily basis.

2) Students will have more time for after school studying which is equally important

3) Students will have more time for extra-curricular activities outside of school. More time to get out there and do sports and stuff so they don't get fat

4) The number of hours per year for school teachers would remain fairly unchanged since we'd be stretching what we already have out more. Which means budget concerns would be mostly alleviated.


The only downside I see to such a change would be parents wouldn't be able to use school as a substitute for daycare as much anymore. And honestly, while I know for some families that *is* a legitimately hard thing to do with both spouses working or single parents, it is very much a trend we need to be getting away from. Instead, we need parents more active in their children's lives and development, and such a school system change would allow for that too.

It's worth noting, as well, that starting with Snow Leopard, OS X archive and installs by default through the installer. The only other option is erase and install which has been moved to the disk utility application off the install disk in order to prevent accidental erasure.

It's part of the natural life cycle of anti-virus software. Anti-virus software gets really good -> geeks and techies jump on the bandwagon -> they spread this to their non-techie friends -> AV software gets bloated/crappy over time -> geeks abandon it slowly over time -> regular consumers continue to use it forever until a geek comes along to force them to use the current hotness.

It's actually, apparently, all well explained. Including other stuff like the Enterprise being built on the ground instead of in space.

Luckily most serious caffeine addicts just sit in front of their computers 24/7 and have no muscle definition what-so-ever to worry about.

Yes you can get a withdrawal headache and feel a little tired. But two days or so and you're golden. Never mind that all you need to do is pop a Tylenol or other headache reliever and you won't even notice that part of the withdrawal.

Even trying to put "caffeine addiction" on the same level as Nicotine and other drug addictions is insulting to those trying to quit substances with serious drug addiction and withdrawal symptoms.

I mean that's exactly what you said about the iphone 3 months ago, that it needed to be open since closed systems are things of the past....

Queue expected sarcastic eye roll.

Best part is there is a darksucker born every minute.

More or less a matter of market share I'd imagine. Google has wanted maximum exposure for its beta phase, which still means windows. For OS X, at least, the transition should be fairly simple(comparatively anyway) since Safari, like Google Chrome, is based around webkit. Which means its more about translating the shell of the browser.

- Turning green
- developing more animalistic tendencies and features
- flying through the air in a rolled up ball
- and an uncontrollable urge to participate in fighting tournaments

Should one or more of these symptoms occur, please see a medical professional or martial arts trainer immediately.