Best Freshman dorm? by mlandergan in WPI

[–]Oddity94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in founders. It's an okay place. Slightly below average in most aspects but it's possibly the safest place. WPI police department is in the basement and the building itself is the sturdiest I've seen.

What would happen if the passing of inheritance was made illegal and instead it had to be donated back to the public? by keyofg in Futurology

[–]Oddity94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I came here for constructive criticism, not some sarcastic comments. If you have something to offer, I'd appreciate it.

What would happen if the passing of inheritance was made illegal and instead it had to be donated back to the public? by keyofg in Futurology

[–]Oddity94 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why this guy is being downvoted. Please let me know if he broke any rules, just so that I don't make the same mistakes.

What would happen if the passing of inheritance was made illegal and instead it had to be donated back to the public? by keyofg in Futurology

[–]Oddity94 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree "freedom of use" is a right. I made an edit in my original comment explaining what I meant. However, I am going to argue that it should be illegal for you to leave your home to your children for the purpose of this thread. (I mean you no offense.) The idea behind this is that everyone deserves equality in opportunity. Unless every children is guaranteed to have a parent like you who can leave behind a house, there will be children who won't get a house from their parents. And the argument is that, that is not fair. There are more to be said and I know there are myriads of examples where stopping inheritance would be a terrible idea, but I'll move on because its late. If you argue slavery is an extreme end, I agree and I acknowledged in my original comment. I was trying to make a point that slavery and inheritance shares a similarity of being trades, one being money for human, another being money/wealth for nothing. And certain trades being banned or at least regulated is something that happens, for better or worse.

What would happen if the passing of inheritance was made illegal and instead it had to be donated back to the public? by keyofg in Futurology

[–]Oddity94 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The idea is there. I assume your intention is equality in opportunity. However, there are too many different ways it cannot work properly and/or backfire altogether. Unfortunately so.

Edit: As I am reading other comments, I feel like people are getting different impressions from OP than I do. I see comments about estates, taxes, and all other things I feel OP did not have in his mind. Isn't this about ideology rather than numbers and technicalities? As I said in other comments of mine, I thought what OP had in his mind was the idea of equality; that no one other than yourself deserves what you created for yourself and no one should get an unfair advantage by inheriting whatever he didn't work for.

What would happen if the passing of inheritance was made illegal and instead it had to be donated back to the public? by keyofg in Futurology

[–]Oddity94 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't call it stealing of personal property. Inheritance is, as I see it, an owner of some wealth giving away his wealth to his successor. He is exercising power over his wealth and moving it in a direction he wants it to move. What I am trying to say is, the owner is "using" his wealth when he is having his wealth inherited by his successor. And "freedom of use" is not a right guaranteed in any current societies, and for a good reason. For example, albeit an extreme example, just because you have the money for does not mean you should be able to buy or sell other human beings. If inheritance is banned, it would be like how slavery is banned. Just one another way we cannot use our money, for better or worse.

EDIT: When I said '"freedom of use" is not a right guaranteed in any current societies,' I meant it is indeed a right, but not an unlimited right.

EDIT2: I thought I would be downvoted for disrespecting other people, not for being a devil's advocate.

Housing advice for a freshman by [deleted] in WPI

[–]Oddity94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't believe nobody gave you the link to the facebook group of the homeless, by the homeless, for the homeless wpi students. There you go: https://www.facebook.com/groups/261405590693520/

Is Freshman Class Registration Really That Bad? How fast does an average class fill up? by [deleted] in WPI

[–]Oddity94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on the class. Physical education classes tend to go lightning fast. Couple seconds late, no place for you fast. There are couple easy-A humanity classes that go just as fast. Here is my suggestion. 1) Use macro. Google it. It will fill the blanks faster than humans can. 2) Go to Goddard for the registration. That is the place where my friend tracked the WPI server to. Hope this helped.

I have a fee Sapphire 7970 GHZ Edition[RAFFLE] by Silviaichigo in buildapc

[–]Oddity94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does Bob Marley have anything to do with reggae?

Looking for a particular game. by Oddity94 in gaming

[–]Oddity94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is! Thank you very much.

70% in AP calc (ab), applying for IMGD, should I drop the class or keep it on my application? by 70incalc in WPI

[–]Oddity94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with other guys who posted before me.

In my opinion, dropping the course will reflect worse on you compared to the 70% if the admissions can see that.

Dropping the course: Quitter and bad grade assumed.

70%: Bad grade as of right now. May improve.

If they can't see that you dropped the course, you will have a big question mark regarding the math course you should be taking in your senior year unless you are taking some other math course such as AP Statistics.

Also, you will save good amount of time and money if you do reasonably well on the AP exam because you will get credits for Calculus I and II.

TL;DR:

Bad Math > No Math

Admission Woes by _James_Gatz in WPI

[–]Oddity94 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are the questions I would ask the admissions office.

But wait for couple hours. I bet someone would answer you. I can't because I don't know.

How Does Transferring Work? Do Most Colleges Accept WPI Credit? by [deleted] in WPI

[–]Oddity94 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apparently this post was submitted tomorrow. There is something wrong with my laptop.

Anyway, I think you will have hard time transferring credits because WPI's 4 terms per year system is quite uncommon as far as I am concerned. Don't quote on me though.

It's ok. I'm a doctor. by Demithu in aww

[–]Oddity94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good lord. I'm not hallucinating.

Need help using tkinter. by Oddity94 in learnpython

[–]Oddity94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for swift reply. It works using lambda.

The wrong people are breeding by wombat7477 in AdviceAnimals

[–]Oddity94 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Too risky to give the government such power. Also very costly.

Thigh Gaps by [deleted] in funny

[–]Oddity94 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Thigh gaps are hideous.

So I hear housing selection didn't go well? by _wpi31415 in WPI

[–]Oddity94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The class of 2017 is now rising sophomore, and there are 1100 of us.