i have bought the xp pro retail box however i have damaged the flo

A typo, I'm not a typist and the spell check inserted the
wrong correction and I missed it.
But, whether the weather is cold, hot or mild, I will not
change your mind and you won't change mine.
Just to say, that I do understand the difference between
they're, their, and there as well as site, sight and cite.
Or two, to and too, too.
The only radio talk show host to call them "government
schools" is Neal Boortz www.boortz.com and Rush Limbaugh
does not call them government schools. The term dittohead
applies to Rush.

But you should be aware that I formed my positions on
government about 30 years ago, more than a decade before
Rush became a talk show host. In fact, you might say that
they are following my pattern.


"Phil McCracken" wrote in message
...
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| Government schools, often called public schools, are the
big
| cash cow for union teachers. The goal is not to educate
| citizens, but to educate subjects to be willingly led by
the
| government. Teachers' unions seek more money for
schools,
| even though class room size and money per pupil does not
| increase student performance, it does increase the power
of
| the "school lobby" since it is for the children.
| When the Russians launched there first satellite, the
nation
| panicked and everybody decided that our public schools
| needed to be run by and at the direction of the federal
| government.
| Federal education standards and unions have worked hand
in
| hand to limit the scope of citizenship education skills,
| such as the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic
and
| detailed processes of creative thought. History of the
| nation, political processes were not taught in detail.
Thus
| after 40-45 years, the majority of citizens have no
| understanding of politics and they are easily led around
by
| the likes of a Michael Moore or Dan Rather.
| But I have hope, the Internet and talk radio may change
that
| back to thinkers. The Internet has so many good things
and
| so many bad, but the key is that it open and isn't even
| under control in China.
|
| I personally saw the change in the public schools in the
| late 50's and monitored my own children's education and
the
| quality of their textbooks and teachers. Perhaps you
are a
| union teacher, that would mean that you are unable to
see
| the forest for the trees.
|
|
|
| No, I'm not a teacher, union or otherwise. I think the
fact that you
| don't know the difference between "there" and their" (or
you don't care
| about it) is very telling. "Government school" is
dittohead
| gobbledygook. I also think it's very telling that so many
neocons are
| taking their children out of the public schools rather
than staying
| there and *working* to help make them better, for the
better of the kids
| and the community at large. It's *much* easier just to run
away from the
| problem and whine about it. And you keep going in
circles--another
| common dittohead trait. It's the unions--no, wait it's the
parents--uh,
| maybe it's the leftist educators of the sixties--just more
and more
| regurgicrap.

Jim Macklin wrote:
A typo, I'm not a typist and the spell check inserted the
wrong correction and I missed it.
But, whether the weather is cold, hot or mild, I will not
change your mind and you won't change mine.
Just to say, that I do understand the difference between
they're, their, and there as well as site, sight and cite.
Or two, to and too, too.
The only radio talk show host to call them "government
schools" is Neal Boortz www.boortz.com and Rush Limbaugh
does not call them government schools. The term dittohead
applies to Rush.

But you should be aware that I formed my positions on
government about 30 years ago, more than a decade before
Rush became a talk show host. In fact, you might say that
they are following my pattern.


"Dittohead" is the perfect appellation, regardless of the neocon
knee-jerk stimulator whose sheep-like listeners invented it.

Except Rush and Neal are MY dittoheads.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


"Phil McCracken" wrote in message
...
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| A typo, I'm not a typist and the spell check inserted
the
| wrong correction and I missed it.
| But, whether the weather is cold, hot or mild, I will
not
| change your mind and you won't change mine.
| Just to say, that I do understand the difference between
| they're, their, and there as well as site, sight and
cite.
| Or two, to and too, too.
| The only radio talk show host to call them "government
| schools" is Neal Boortz www.boortz.com and Rush Limbaugh
| does not call them government schools. The term
dittohead
| applies to Rush.
|
| But you should be aware that I formed my positions on
| government about 30 years ago, more than a decade before
| Rush became a talk show host. In fact, you might say
that
| they are following my pattern.
|
|
| "Dittohead" is the perfect appellation, regardless of the
neocon
| knee-jerk stimulator whose sheep-like listeners invented
it.

What we all need to remember is that unions exist strictly for the
benefit and protection of their members. Work skills and knowledge are
unimportant to the unions. How much they can enlarge the membership,
and gain in salaries and benefits is.

The National Education Association has a huge membership, and a very big
lobby with loads of money. This gives them much control in politics,
local and federal. They also have a large and effective PR dept. We
are bombarded with demands from many sources for more money for
education no matter how much per student is being spent.

Also, check on teachers in your area and see how much in benefits they
get, and what kind of health care coverage they have. For each teacher
add the costs for these plus the employers part of Social Security to
the salary, and that's the true salary being paid. You'll probably be
amazed.

Bob


"Phil McCracken" wrote in message
...
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| A typo, I'm not a typist and the spell check inserted the
| wrong correction and I missed it.
| But, whether the weather is cold, hot or mild, I will not
| change your mind and you won't change mine.
| Just to say, that I do understand the difference between
| they're, their, and there as well as site, sight and cite.
| Or two, to and too, too.
| The only radio talk show host to call them "government
| schools" is Neal Boortz www.boortz.com and Rush Limbaugh
| does not call them government schools. The term dittohead
| applies to Rush.
|
| But you should be aware that I formed my positions on
| government about 30 years ago, more than a decade before
| Rush became a talk show host. In fact, you might say that
| they are following my pattern.
|
|
| "Dittohead" is the perfect appellation, regardless of the neocon
| knee-jerk stimulator whose sheep-like listeners invented it.

Jim Macklin wrote:

Except Rush and Neal are MY dittoheads.


OK. This is OT and has gone on long enough. I'm surprised none of the
net cops haven't slapped our wrists already. One parting shot,
however--it would seem that you're taking at least partial credit for
the country now being in the hands of idiots--congratulations.

You're welcome, I do accept as much credit as I am due.

And as you said, it is OT, so we'll have to drop it.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


"Phil McCracken" wrote in message
...
| Jim Macklin wrote:
|
| Except Rush and Neal are MY dittoheads.
|
|
| OK. This is OT and has gone on long enough. I'm surprised
none of the
| net cops haven't slapped our wrists already. One parting
shot,
| however--it would seem that you're taking at least partial
credit for
| the country now being in the hands of
idiots--congratulations.

Bob Gibson wrote:
What we all need to remember is that unions exist strictly for the
benefit and protection of their members. Work skills and knowledge are
unimportant to the unions. How much they can enlarge the membership,
and gain in salaries and benefits is.

The National Education Association has a huge membership, and a very big
lobby with loads of money. This gives them much control in politics,
local and federal. They also have a large and effective PR dept. We
are bombarded with demands from many sources for more money for
education no matter how much per student is being spent.

Also, check on teachers in your area and see how much in benefits they
get, and what kind of health care coverage they have. For each teacher
add the costs for these plus the employers part of Social Security to
the salary, and that's the true salary being paid. You'll probably be
amazed.

Bob


Is there a point in this? Why would I be amazed? Do you assume that most
people are not as well informed as you? You must be *very* smart.

firstly,thanks. Secondly i don't give a damn about spelling and grammar
unless i am working on an essay or report. I am just too lazy to care for
such small things.

Dell in the uk charges alot for their personal computers!

"Jim Macklin" wrote:

I thought that university students in England knew how to
spell and use proper grammar.

XP does not come with floppies, just a CD. XP Pro in a
retail box should come with paperwork. If you bought a
retail upgrade it will not install w/o the prior
installation of a Windows OS. Not sure what Dell charges
for a computer in merry old England, but you didn't save
much.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


"CheapBrit" wrote in
message
...
| firstly i'll just state that i am from the United Kingdom
and not from the US.
|
| I am a university student and i found out that it would
be cheaper to build
| my own pc and than purchase the OS cd. the system i built
for £250 is P4
| 2.4Ghz, 512MB ram, 120Gb HDD, cd...etc which is good...
|
| Anyways the question goes as follows:
| I bought a second hand (used) winxp pro retail box.
However i have damaged
| the floppy disks and the only things that remain undamaged
is the cd. I don't
| have any other operating system. if i had 98 i would
install that and than
| just upgrade, but that can't be done, cos i ant got the
cd.
|
| how am i going to install this on my newly built computer?
| heeeelp! Any help will be much apporiated !!!