sees_all1

Don't worry, I took care of it.

I won't comment on the truth of this, as I do not know whether this is true or not scientifically and statistically speaking, but isn't one of your right wing talking points that "teachers are so hard to fire which is why education sucks!" ? How does that level out with that often heard claim? Bit of cognitive dissonance, no? Teachers are hard to fire, firing a teacher is not the same as laying bunches of generic union workers off. I'll come back to a thought experiment in a bit. To the talking points about why education sucks, there are many reasons that I'd rather not go into right now. I'd say the events happening in Wisconsin right now are relatively unrelated to the quality of education, I'd like to believe that it really is a budget issue. There are a few statistics that are interesting, I believe that Wisconsin teachers automatically have $1000 per year deducted from their salaries that go straight to the union. Part of this bill will remove that requirement. The purpose of a corporation is to make money. The reason people go to work is to make money. Most of the time, people's interests and the corporations they work for will share similar interests, in the fact that both want to profit. Sometimes, unfortunately, an individual's motivation, their interest, does not align with the corporation's interest. Usually when that happens, they either quit, the corporation fires them, or they get laid off. I don't have a problem with this, and I don't see why anyone should have a problem with this. You should tax me more. This year I had to pay directly 22% of my income to support the government, even though I'm not yet out of college. What's another 18% among socialists? Tax me high enough and I might just go on welfare, I'll get more for free. Anyhow - the union thought experiment. You're the leader of a large union, and you have to negotiate with management. Management tells you that they can't afford all the hard fought things you've worked for, the benefits for your members. They tell you they'll have to cut everything by 10%. What would you rather have them do, lay off 10% of the workforce, or cut everyone's salary and benefits by 10%? The question to you is, would you rather have 100% of people complaining about losing 10%, or would you rather have 10% complaining about 100%? Oh, and here's the kicker. That 10% that lose their jobs will likely go elsewhere to find work, they're not likely to stick around or be in your union in the near future.

I feel like one of the ironies of a union is that they usually would rather have their members be laid off than take a benefit cut.

You're allowed to build - Wooden Roller Coaster Wooden Crazy Rodent Roller Coaster Steel Mini Roller Coaster Mine Train Roller Coaster Steel Roller Coaster Standup Steel Roller Coaster Steel Corkscrew Roller Coaster Suspended Roller Coaster Inverted Roller Coaster Suspended Single-Rail Roller Coaster Single-Rail Roller Coaster Bobsled Roller Coaster Reverse Whoa Belly Roller Coaster Vertical Roller Coaster

Get off TIF. We'll tend to your admin duties while you're gone. Don't worry - we'll take care of it. :shades: Oh yes, I'm sure I would not return to find our beautiful admin bathroom trashed, looted and turned to rubble. We have a 60" plasma TV in there you know. Like I said, don't worry - we'll take care of it.

Get off TIF. We'll tend to your admin duties while you're gone. Don't worry - we'll take care of it. :shades:

According to this site, they don't make half as much as the private sector, its about 4.8% less.

For levels 1-20ish, you'll get full amounts of experience. When you start getting above floor (er, deeper than?) 20, you'll start getting dinged in the % bonuses. The more skillers you have in the floor, the less you should get dinged.

This isn't my submission, but I'd figure I'd give you guys a baseline :wink: And to show the score in action. [hide=pictures of ride] [/hide] Excitement: 7.32 Intensity: 8.27 Nausea: 4.39 Score: (2*7.32 + 8.27) / 4.39 = 5.21 Hope you can do better than that, I plan to.

That's fine, it just has to be a rollercoaster type from the original.

Changing this competition up again. Rollercoaster may be from up to RCT2. [hide=This includes:] RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999) Expansion CorkScrew Follies (aka Added Attractions) (1999) Expansion Loopy Landscapes (2000) Compilation RollerCoaster Tycoon: Gold (aka Totally RollerCoaster) (2002); Includes original game and both expansions Compilation RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe (2003); Includes original game and both expansions with more designs for the different customizable rides RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (2002) Expansions and sequels by Frontier: RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 Expansion Wacky Worlds (2003) RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 Expansion Time Twister (2003) Compilation RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Combo Park Pack (2003); Includes original game and Wacky Worlds expansion Compilation RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack (aka Totally RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (2004); Includes original game and both expansions [/hide] [hide=This does not include] RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (2004) Expansion Soaked! (2005) Expansion Wild! (2005) Compilation RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Gold (2005); Includes original game and Soaked! expansion Compilation RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum (aka RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Deluxe Edition) (2006); Includes original game and both expansions [/hide] Screenshot(s) must include the entire track, along with the name of the rollercoaster visible on the ride entrance. Score for this competition is the excitement rating. Rollercoaster must be submitted before the week ends - by 11:59::59 GMT on Saturday. [hide=ARCHIVED OP]For all you Rollercoaster Tycoon fans: Da rules: Competition Rules: 1. Rollercoaster may be from ANY game in the RCT series. This includes expansion packs and new releases. The rollercoaster may be in sandbox mode or as part of a scenario, unless otherwise stated in the ride rules. 2. Rollercoaster must be submitted before the week ends - by 11:59::59 GMT on Saturday. No exceptions. 3. The submission for the rollercoaster must be in the form of screenshots of the park. The entire rollercoaster must be included in the screenshot, or multiple screenshots. The ride's ratings and the name of ride on the entrance to the station platform must match, and be in at least one of the screenshots. This is to verify the ride in the screenshot is legitimate. 4. The winner of the competition from the prior week is allowed to remove one ride rule, add one ride rule, and change the scoring of next week's coasters. Ride Rules: Baleeting this one: 1. The rollercoaster must be entirely above ground. 2. There must be no footpaths above the rollercoaster, or within 2 squares on the same level of the rollercoaster. 3. There must be no other rides or rollercoasters within 4 squares of the rollercoaster. New rule: The rollercoaster may not be more than 6,000 feet in length. Scoring: The rollercoaster's score is its fastest speed in MPH, divided by its maximum lateral G force. Where the minimum lateral G force is 1. Good luck! [hide=here be glory] Week of 2/27/11 - 3/5/11: sees_all1 with "Triangle" Week of 3/6/11 - 3/12/11: [/hide] [hide=Obsolete rules: (OP)] Build the best rollercoaster design competition. Not sure how popular this thread will be, so here are the rules: 1. Rollercoaster must be from the original Rollercoaster Tycoon - nothing from Corkscrew Follies or Loopy Landscapes, or any of the recent stuff. If a rollercoaster got new track elements in expansion packs, they're not allowed (such as banked turns on steel minicoasters). 2. Submission for best rollercoaster must be within one week of this post - Saturday, March 5th at 11:59:59 PM (Before GMT switches to Sunday). 3. Rollercoaster must be entirely above ground 4. There may be no trees or scenery within 4 spaces of the rollercoaster. There may be no footpaths above the rollercoaster, or within 2 squares on the same level of the rollercoaster (except for the path directly connected to the entrance and exit). There may be no other rides or other rollercoasters within 4 spaces of the rollercoaster. The intent of the rule is to make sure the ride's ratings are strictly from the rollercoaster itself, and not from elements near the rollercoaster. 5. Submission must include a screenshot of the entire rollercoaster, along with the stats and ratings of the rollercoaster. The entire rollercoaster's name must be visible from the entrance of the ride, and must match the stat box. 6. Score for the rollercoaster is calculated as follows: Score = (2*Excitement + Intensity) / Nausea Where Intensity has a maximum of 20.0, and Nausea has a minimum of 2.0. [/hide] Sound good? Get to it! [/hide]

Straight from the horse's mouth: Milwaukee Public Schools - Average Teacher Hourly Rate - $36.98, with benefits - $59.24 MPS public school rates

Looks like the union can form about 20 PAC's, funnel as much money into them as they please, and then let the PAC's donate their maximum amount to the candidate. Either way, organizations receiving or looking to receive government contracts should not be able to donate to political campaigns. I understand there is a freedom of speech issue, but how corrupt is it when the company awarded a billion dollar contract kicks back a few million to the politicians that supported them, or will support them in the future? Same thing for unions - we're taking our government awarded contracts to give money to the politicians that will give us more.

I'm crying foul. OldJoe's post was 7 seconds after the hour - you can see it by his timestamp.

Looks like you were 7s too late.

employing my mad ebay skills. update my bid to 10m on tripsis, please.

Forum name:sees_all1 Ingame name:Sees All1 Slave you wish to bid for:Tripsis Your bid:6,000,000 gp and 2 trout [hide=Picture of the cashpile/items, with your name clearly visible in the chatbox and the cashpile examine also visible (NEEDED):] [/hide]

I believe the teachers in Wisconsin are getting paid on average $100,000, if you include their benefits. In my opinion, a public sector union is the definition of political corruption. Candidates that support them get huge amounts of donations from the union, and they in turn increase the union's benefits and pay. Even if the members of the union disagree with the candidates they support, the members virtually have no voice in the process, and they can't do anything about it.

Hai2u leecher. Welcome to tif, enjoy your stay.

Chemicals, yes. Everything relates to chemicals. But NOT in the sense that the DNA gets "contaminated" by something. Variation of lifeforms isn't anything like when a baby gets born with 6 toes due to the fact that his mommy lived next to the nuclear plant. This type of DNA alteration is very different from the type that occurs naturally. Baby gets born with 6 toes, allows it to run faster and thus has a better probability of surviving. Baby becomes adult, has many children that all survive better. All of a sudden our species has 6 toes instead of 5. How is that not evolution? Mutations are the basis of evolution, and mutations occur because of chemicals or radiation. Get your facts straight. EDIT: I appreciate you taking the time out of your very busy day to give me a broken link to a search result. Allow me to respond, with my sources of infinite knowledge: www.bing.com /sarcasm

Have you not learned anything? Chemicals and radiation have EVERYTHING to do with evolution. But I don't have the time nor the inclination to teach you basics in biology and evolution, especially when you refuse basic, accepted facts from the scientific community because they don't agree exactly with your "truth"

Why is it abuse? I don't know, maybe I'm mistaken in thinking stuff like: is abusive. Its abuse because you keep telling me my views are stupid, full of crap, incorrect, etc. over and over again. Its also abuse because you frequently contradict yourself, and refuse to budge an inch on your views. Remember a few pages back where we had that discussion on mutations? Two or three pages before that you were acting as if there were no such thing as a "mutation," and that anyone who believed mutations happened must have thought that "the only reason people look different is cause some kind of carcinogen interfered in our reproduction?? :blink:", followed by "Go back to high school and pay attention in Biology class"