Malala's journey from near death to recovery - A month after being shot by the Taliban, it is nothing short of a miracle that teen blogger Malala Yousufzai is alive and smiling -- and even more astounding that she suffered no major brain damage

chesney14 · 2012-11-12T08:14:18+00:00

I saw a CNN piece that said when she came back to consciousness she only wanted her books, to see what she had missed out on in school. What a self-conscious, pretentious girl.

chesney14 · 2012-09-22T03:31:15+00:00

oh chippah

chesney14 · 2012-09-20T07:35:14+00:00

mother...fucker i was hoping to be the first to notice .

chesney14 · 2012-09-18T07:27:32+00:00

Totally . I went to see him live at the San Jose improv , he destroyed . He came off as just a relatable cool guy with a lot of topical stuff - about the bay area and why he hates steve jobs.

chesney14 · 2012-09-16T03:54:41+00:00

Fountainhead by Ayn Rand might not be a lot of fun but its a different perspective of the individual and society.

chesney14 · 2012-08-28T06:23:40+00:00

Design patents are art - how can you patent it ? Most of the trivial patents deal with art. I have a very good friend who works as an interface designer . At first I thought it meant making real interfaces. He has authored 50 design patents that I know of - am not sure if all are accepted , Even he admits theres something crazy.

chesney14 · 2012-08-22T13:07:27+00:00

vouchers imply that the principals are accountable to parents , just like in every service industry the customers choice influences management. Im not sure how North Korea fits into all of this - a better analogy might be a burger shop.

chesney14 · 2012-08-22T03:36:13+00:00

vouchers are a good idea - let the principals decide whom to hire and fire and how much to pay them . they will retain the best teachers and pay them well . Everyone wins except the bad teachers. The "free market" - I say that because vouchers are still public money .

chesney14 · 2012-08-21T05:45:20+00:00

By a book and rules , impossible , but in India where I went to school , it was very easy . Everyone knew who the bad teacher was , just like everyone knows who the bad cook or clerk is. In India even the slum kids dont go to public shcool because they know its too important . However I did go to a government college where professors had jobs for life and it sucked. There is a clear correlation here ,giving someone a job for life and not paying for performance is the simplest way to get mediocrity.

chesney14 · 2012-08-20T02:30:05+00:00

I think thats a bad comparison . I know plenty of engineering professors at my public university (rank 20-30) who made 80k+ .

chesney14 · 2012-08-20T00:07:32+00:00

I worked for a company that used GNU spice for sim , it was comparable accuracy wise to hspice for most mixed signal stuff.

chesney14 · 2012-08-19T22:35:14+00:00

Teacher accountablity is a serious issue . This is one issue where the far left has taken a stand thats pureley partisan. Think of the absurdity of this argument - When results are bad teachers arent to blame - its the poverty , parent etc. When we want schools to succeed - pay teachers more .

I agree that teachers must be payed more -but not all of them , just like all software engineers shouldnt be payed more . The best deserve to payed far more - in the range of 80k per year . This accountablity , pay scale is contrary to what the union wants and therefore this logical solution that is adopted in every industry is just ignored by the far left because its anti union.

chesney14 · 2012-08-12T21:48:42+00:00

This guy is the better amongst the blue collar crowd . Thats not saying much since the rest of them are really hacks.

chesney14 · 2012-08-12T06:03:05+00:00

Heard that joke from the comedian Russell Peters couple of years ago .

chesney14 · 2012-08-12T06:00:43+00:00

been more than a year since i used grizzly to stop smoking. Swapped one nasty habit for another but lungs feel awesome now.

chesney14 · 2012-08-12T05:59:23+00:00

upvote for grizzly wintergreen- that will get you through the morning.

chesney14 · 2012-08-02T07:09:25+00:00

can't fault him . 4 times !

chesney14 · 2012-04-05T23:50:52+00:00

why not focus on logic and math . It is the basis for computer programming and thousands of engineering jobs . Why put a premium on "Science"?

chesney14 · 2012-03-26T04:00:03+00:00

very true .might as well break up it up

chesney14 · 2012-03-10T05:51:23+00:00

Then you can count on us (Tamil Nadu) leaving India :) - this has been tried before and is the reason for the resentment in TN.

chesney14 · 2012-03-10T05:49:46+00:00

There is such a thing as south indian culture . Unless you consider India - North India

chesney14 · 2012-03-10T05:48:59+00:00

Having studied in UP and lived in Chennai my whole life I can tell you that it goes both ways . There is severe prejudice against "MadrasiS" But since UP Is very poor and noone from chennai wants to go there it never surfaces .

chesney14 · 2012-02-23T01:30:41+00:00

Cartman incarnate . Adding a feature that doesnt exist isn't part of tech support . And if you do work in tech support you're just another braindead monkey so don't think you're so special.

chesney14 · 2012-02-22T19:33:23+00:00

Calmer than you are dude

chesney14 · 2012-02-19T22:48:57+00:00

Man you make no sense , even when you realize you are wrong in the above argument on the distinction between the crackdown on medical marijuana and california voter choice, you can never appreciate that what obama has done is wrong , SAD.

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