I was in one of the areas that does ACT instead of SAT. I took the test when I was a freshman and got a 29 (out of 36, quite a high score), and never took it again -- I think due to a mixture of apathy and fear that my score would go down, although that wouldn't matter because you always submit your highest score.

I went to a local state university even though a 29 on the ACT is high enough to get some attention from prestigious universities. Personally, I was NOT impressed with the state of post-secondary education in the US. I'm "glad" that I went and got my degree, but only because it is expected and pretty much a requirement for getting most jobs.

I did learn some stuff, about 25% of which I feel was actually relevant to my field of study (Computer Science). If I was interested in paying the university for actual knowledge obtained as opposed to paying them for a piece of paper that opens doors to jobs, I could have packed all the relevant classes into 1-1.5 years and gotten the same amount of knowledge out at a small fraction of the cost (less than 1/4). University education felt extremely inefficient and arbitrary to me.

I don't think I'd have been any more impressed with an ivy league university education. Pay a LOT more, deal with the same inefficiencies, and end up with roughly the same amount of actual knowledge gained -- but an admittedly more (arbitrarily) valuable piece of paper to wave at job recruiters.


The situation is only getting worse for the Gen Y's and Millenials behind me. Higher expectations / requirements for college degrees in jobs that have no business requiring them, much higher tuition even at state universities, etc. I don't have any solution or advice other than suggesting that people take as many credits as possible from cheapo junior / community colleges and then transfer those to the cheapest in-state university they can.

So basically, I guess that I think that the SAT (or ACT) is actually less broken than the entire post-secondary education system at large in the US. A mere symptom of a much more severe underlying problem.

There is a language to film. There is a language to music. There is a language to painting. There is a language to photography. They are hard to learn, but their rewards are excellence. Even if you can only pick up a few phrases, those will open doors you never knew existed.

This video is a perfect example of that.

My house cat can open doors in several ways so this is not surprising. He doesn't use his mouth, but I bet he would try if he was as large as these cats.

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Water Night

Night with the eyes of a horse that trembles in the night,
night with eyes of water in the field asleep
is in your eyes, a horse that trembles,
is in your eyes of secret water.

Eyes of shadow-water,
eyes of well-water,
eyes of dream-water.

Silence and solitude,
two little animals moon-led,
drink in your eyes,
drink in those waters.

If you open your eyes,
night opens, doors of musk,
the secret kingdom of the water opens
flowing from the center of night.

And if you close your eyes,
a river fills you from within,
flows forward, darkens you:
night brings its wetness to beaches in your soul.

Octavio Paz, 1914-1998
(Adapted by Eric Whitacre, Translation by Muriel Rukeyser)

Okay, I will upvote but I am curious--where the hell are these hidden costs? Just because a sniper shoots you in face it doesn't mean he was hidden.

*I open door, shot in face by sniper two feet away*

The hidden secret of water? Yeah, you can get sick by drinking water with viruses or water that has been contaminated with toxins--but did you know you could also drown?! It's true!!!

Sorry, I could go on and on but I will stop. (And we cannot say the percentages are "secret" because, well, just because you don't know something doesn't mean it's "hidden")

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Anyones' a pro with a shotgun after a couple boxes of shells. One of the simplest firearms to use and damn near the most effective thing for crowd control, opening doors, and rendering automobiles un-drivable. Where is this, Cypress, China, Brazil or East Timor?

i love Blankfist but fuck him-"May he rear his ugly mug and show himself for the wanna-be-here-sock-puppet-fuck that he chooses to remain, no love lost or anything but a welcome back open door should he decide to discard infamy/ego for proper pajamas-

>> ^CreamK:

You deny their entrance. They have now sufficient proof that a crime is being committed right now since you refused a look-around (it's defined in the law, they can enter but not touch anything, can't open doors or drawers etc.) and the previous six months minimum limit is thrown out of the window...


The "if you don't have anything to hide, you shouldn't mind being searched" people you refer to don't understand how the state/cops/browncoats/whatever can abuse that law. They don't understand that even though they are law-abiding citizens, they can still be victimized/harrassed by police. I don't trust cops AT ALL. They are revenue-raising, lying pieces of shit as far as I'm concerned, and the last thing I would agree to is a voluntary search of me, my car, or my home, whether I have something to hide or not. Here, we can refuse searches, unless they have a warrant.

Here's a case where cops right here in Oregon were using thermal imaging to detect homes that had heat signatures that indicated pot growing. Went all the way to the Supreme Court. Even though the police didn't enter the home, the action was considered an unreasonable search, and therefore unconstitutional. Scalia actually got one right.

It is a pickle.. Luckily i live in a country where police is much more civilized to handle situations by peaceful means. Even thou we have really fucked up search&seizure practices. Cops can't come to your house unless it's an emergency or they have sufficient proof that a crime that's happening in that residence is at least 6 months worth of prison. Mind you, we have very relaxed sentencing so 6 months is actually pretty big crime committed, for ex i got one case thru quick search: 7 times of break&entering, car theft and two attempts of car thefts resulted to six month in prison..

But.. So cops knock on your door and you open it (if you don't open the door, it's automatic warrant if they can see you're in but refuse to answer..). They say that they want to come in and search the place. They really don't have to have any evidence, just a suspicion of any petty crime will do. You deny their entrance. They have now sufficient proof that a crime is being committed right now since you refused a look-around (it's defined in the law, they can enter but not touch anything, can't open doors or drawers etc.) and the previous six months minimum limit is thrown out of the window...

You have a right to ask for a warrant and deny the search. But.. they can apply for 24h quick warrant by phone while keeping you detained and search the premises. If they find nothing, tough luck, you can't complain (or you can but it's tedious, long process that most likely will result to nothing..). If they find something, huuray for them, the search was justified.

Those are not cops fault, i understand that it's very effective practice and has a high percentage of success. But it's wrong in principle and opens doors to frightening methods for totalitarianism. It's the law that needs to be changed. It's the attitude "i got nothing to hide" of the majority that supports that practice, they can't see anything wrong with it. They are the one that needs a radical change in their attitude of privacy and freedom. But they are the ones most likely to follow to the bitter end and never lift a finger, ie the same masses this guy is talking about.

It's more like dancing then opening doors.