xXBatmanXx wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 10:48:
Here

http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/stossel/blog/category/education/

Don't discount it because it is foxnews, Stossel is a damn good researcher and reporter. Doesn't fit the fox mold. I have been watching him in various positions for years.

xXBatmanXx wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 09:29:

jdreyer wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 22:17:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 21:17:

The main issue is that government agencies aren't efficient. Period. Just like PUBLIC education. It just doesn't work.

Yup, just like PUBLIC police forces. They just don't work.

oooo, that is supposed to be a jab, but doesn't bother me. We actually do work. Maybe big cities don't with the amount of press they get, but anytime you come to MN, feel free to come see me, I'll throw ya in the car for a 12 hour shift to ride with me. I think you would be surprised.

We operate on a very tiny budget.

Ten points on the NAEP roughly equals one grade level, which means that today's 9-year-olds are performing more than a full grade level better in reading and two grade levels better in math compared to the '70s.

killer_roach wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 18:12:

jdreyer wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 14:45:
That's about $500m USD. They did sell a bunch of things to increase revenues, so some of that is one time revenue. Still, glad to see they're healthy, even though they so a lot of things I don't like.

Closer to $400m USD, with the yen weakening markedly.

That being said, some of their operational realignments may ultimately take advantage of the weaker yen, which would help their bottom line, and the cheaper cost of doing business in Japan for foreigners may make it easier for them to lease out (or sell) some of their display and semiconductor facilities that had been hemorrhaging cash.

ASeven wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 19:30:
A nice article from some stock brokers that pretty much share my view on EA. They're heading for extinction if nothing is done soon.

Slick wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 18:05:
these people voted a videogame company "more EVIL" than banks and oil producers. gotta stop and wonder if they have a bias? maybe EA wiped their account when they were caught hacking or something, lol.

guy A) i spilled 210,000,000 gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico

guy B) i rig the economy for the rich with the fed so that i'm too-big-to-fail, while foreclosing houses on poor people

guy C) i introduced DLC and microtransactions into the videogames that i make

how can anyone take you people seriously when you voted for Guy C?

if anyone can explain that to me, you'll have my attention, but until that's settled, you can't take all the hate seriously. seriously!

SirKnight wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 18:21:

as we focus on delivering great games

LOL! Since when does EA deliver great games?

Baudkarma wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 18:09:
That's something I've never quite understood. Watching a game, fine, that's fun. Watching a bunch of guys talk about the players being picked, when the actual games are months away... meh. And yet the draft coverage will probably have higher TV ratings then the NBA playoff games opposite it.

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 10:19:
Never understood tattoos, even after seven years in the military. Guess I was too much of a fuddy duddy or something, even as a young man.

Cutter wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 10:41:
Why does McGee not want to make games at home? Too cheap? Rather outsource then hire domestically?

Stop using the same material old man.

xXBatmanXx wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 21:17:

The main issue is that government agencies aren't efficient. Period. Just like PUBLIC education. It just doesn't work.