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Few IT people, even those who understand Patterns methodology, have ever read the original works by the architect Christopher Alexander. His book A Timeless Way of Building is a masterpiece of design philosophy, that describes the Way of building anything, from a single chair, to a house, a neighborhood, a city, a program, a world, or even a life. Shut down your browser, skip a couple of RSS feeds, and take the time to read this charming little book. My two cents.

My uncle Al got boned by his department head once upon a time. This led to his getting boned by the Nobel Committee, despite the fact that uncle Al, like Nakamura, was given a settlement (out of court) on the royalties and a public statement asserting that he was rightful codiscoverer, published in the NY Times.

The Nobel Committee has never recognized the error, but at least ten years before he died he received the Rutgers Medal from the university at which he had done the research, from which he gained some satisfaction.

Anyone interested in how one can get boned in the sciences might find the book "Finding Dr. Schatz" interesting, an "as told to" book finished after his death last year by coauthor Inge Auerbacher (I Am a Star-Child of the Holocaust, Beyond the Yellow Star to America, and Running Against the Wind; also worth reading):

Finding Dr. Schatz

KFG

Most Blu-Ray titles appear to be $20 on Amazon, and if you order a few early you get 10% off all Blu-Ray titles for a year.

Any (legal) cash transaction more than $10,000 triggers government reporting regulations

That information is out of date - it has been $3k for some years now - that action was taken as part of the so-called "war on drugs" - I am not completely certain it was not lowered again from $3k [according to the Moneygram website referenced below, it has been lowered to $2k under the so-called USA PATRIOT Act].

If you don't believe it (can't imagine why, but .... ;)), the proof is simple - go to Walmart [Moneygram] or Western Union and try to send $5000 in cash to your friend in another state - if you want to make it really interesting, try to do it using the "no ID required for pickup" option.

It's interesting, sometimes, the kinds of fantasitic beliefs some of the people who expect you to trust them with your money seem to hold...

In any case, transacting even in cash leaves a lot more traces these days than it did when the blurb you posted was written... Ever read " Steal This Book "? [i don't know if it is still available uneditted, but it was - at least at one time - a really great read...

From the MoneyGram website:

You must file this SAR-MSB report whenever one or more transactions that add up to $2,000 or more are conducted or attempted at your location involving one of our products and you know or suspect that the transaction: [...] or [...] has no business or apparent lawful purpose and you know of no reasonable explanation for the transaction.

Now, in the real world - the world we lived in up until recently - You're not supposed to have to tell a desk clerk at Walmart why you're sending your associate in California $5k in cash.

Note that MoneyGram - while cheaper than WU - does not do anonymous transfers at all. For that matter, I don't know for sure that WU still allows anonymous money transfer like they did in the days I didn't carry ID and my mom had to send me gas money from out of state - can't get to their Javascript-only website just now]. But the fact remains: I can't think of any good reason I should be required to explain my business to a telex clerk, for any reason, ever - I'm paying for a service, not begging a favour.

More from the same page:

the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) and the recordkeeping and identification requirements that apply to cash purchases of money orders of $3,000 to $10,000, and the recordkeeping requirements that apply to any money transfer of $3,000 or more.

I'm pretty sure Gates is either against or has no official position on keeping (or bringing back? I'm not sure what the current status is in the US) the estate tax. The prominent billionaire who's all for the estate tax that you're thinking of is probably Warren Buffet.

Nope, William Gates I wrote the book on the subject, Wealth and Our CommonWealth, and little Billy follows his father on this one. It's also the main reason for the Foundation- Melinda had the idea for the vehicle, but Bill wants to give it all away (asside from enough to keep himself and his family comfortable) before he dies- and the most his kids will inherit is what he did: A $100,000 startup loan.

You don't understand what Religion / Spirituality is even about.

Religion is way to prove your philosophy, because it is about putting your beliefs into practise. If you never do anything with your beliefs, they are just that, _beliefs_ and/or Philosophy. Religion is about the letter, to help you understand the spirit / spirituality (the principles.) By your subjective experiences, you will eventually come to learn Truth.

Martial Arts is a religion / spiritual way. (On the Warrior's Path is an awesome book describing the spirituality in MA.)

Atheism is a religion, because its dogma is "We're not religious!"

Science is a religion too, because it worships at the the opposite altar -- the altar of objective Truth. It is equally incomplete, because there is no experiment you can do that will answer the question, "Why Do I exist? Why does the Universe exist?"

--
"Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical world. All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it."
    - Albert Einstein

I see that you know nothing of the Christian faith. God did not create Jesus. You should check out this book http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0892831243/104-90 43910-2151166?v=glance&n=283155 .

Err... you do know that the "thou shalt not kill" is actually a mistranslation? The Hebrew verb stem used (in both versions of the commandments), is the infrequent R.TZ.KH, not the (common) verb for killing, H.R.G. Actually, while murder is a better translation, the concept of manslaughter may be closer to the meaning, as evidenced in the stem's usage in Numbers 35:12, where it is used for an unjustifiable, but not premeditated or even intentional, homicide.

Of course, the reason for the currency of "Thou shalt not kill" is its presence in the King James Version, which, while a fine piece of literature and a religious text in its own right, is one of the worst translations of the Bible. If you locate a reprint of the 1611 Edition, the (long) translators' note to the reader admits there are significant problems with their translation; nevertheless, the sheer weight of the KJV has affected the diction of every English speaker (whether they are aware of it is another matter) and effected inerrancy movements like the KJO. Apparently, the divine inspriation and correction dissipated when it came time to write the preface.

(OT, but the correction has to be made)

You're confusing self-consistant with accurate. Just because the Dead Sea scrolls' version of Isaiah is similar to current version simply means they were careful copiests. While there is much archaological evidence indicating that places and peoples mentioned in the Bible really existed, that doesn't make it accurate. Instead of reading books by preachers, try reading books by real archaeologists. In all of Egypt, for example, one of the most studied civilizations of all time, there is no corroborating evidence for the events described in Exodus.

A well-received modern book is The Bible Unearthed.

You also seem to think that because people died for their beliefs it must be true. I guess that implies that all those Islamic suicide bombers are going to get their 72 virgins after all.

Err... you do know that the "thou shalt not kill" is actually a mistranslation? The Hebrew verb stem used (in both versions of the commandments), is the infrequent R.TZ.KH, not the (common) verb for killing, H.R.G. Actually, while murder is a better translation, the concept of manslaughter may be closer to the meaning, as evidenced in the stem's usage in Numbers 35:12, where it is used for an unjustifiable, but not premeditated or even intentional, homicide.

Of course, the reason for the currency of "Thou shalt not kill" is its presence in the King James Version, which, while a fine piece of literature and a religious text in its own right, is one of the worst translations of the Bible. If you locate a reprint of the 1611 Edition KJO. Apparently, the divine inspriation and correction dissipated when it came time to write the preface.

(OT, but the correction has to be made)

Fundamentalist christians are using a SINGLE, HIGHLY UNRELIABLE source to draw conclusions about SINGULAR, HIGHLY UNLIKELY events in the distant past

That is patently untrue. Try reading Evidence That Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell for a detailed listing of historical and archeological evidence supporting the Biblical accounts. As for "SINGLE, HIGHLY UNRELIABLE", the Bible is THE most accurate historical document of its time. This site has a good writeup on the accuracy of the New Testament documents. There are over 4000 fragments that contain all or part of the New Testament, and the Old Testament was transcribed from ancient documents with incredible accuracy. The dead sea scrolls that predate the birth of Jesus contained a version of the book of Isaiah that contains only the slightest differences (probably typographical) from the book we have in the Bible today.

DESPITE the lack of scientific corroboration

Uh, what does science have to do with history? Science is the study of the cause and functioning of things by direct observation and reproduction in a laboratory or field test. It has nothing to do with historical analysis or archaeology.

SINGULAR, HIGHLY UNLIKELY

Yes, the likelihood of a group of Jewish fisherman making up a story about a Messiah figure who claimed to be God (blasphemy) and then turning the entire Roman empire upside down in the matter of a few decades is highly unlikely. It is even more unlikely that they would all suffer torture and death to protect a story that is not true. And yet, that is exactly what happened. If anything, this is a strong indication that their story was real. Would you die for something you know to be false?

The Bible has strong archaeological and textual evidence that supports its accuracy. You may question its interpretation of events, but there is just as much evidence for its claims as there is that a man named Socrates taught in the streets of Athens, or that a man named Julius Caesar founded Rome.

The Mall of Americas is full of quite commercialized venues. To find that disc, you'd have to venture into an indie record store (I'm pretty sure Twin Cities has a few of them... it's just that kind of area.) Brick and Mortar stores are also not the only place to find cds

I haven't done this yet but I am planning on this for CD/DVD backup disks:

1) Put each individual CD-ROM/DVD-ROM backup into CD envelope http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005S8L3/104-01 76049-7127947?v=glance&n=172282 [Amazon]
2) Then put sets of these into Double Guard Ziploc bags (TM) http://www.ziploc.com/?p=b2 [Ziploc]
3) One can put a piece of paper in front or just use permanent marker on the ziploc bag to label the package.
4) Put all ziploc bags into plastic shoe box.
5) Lock them up in attic!

-William

Check out his short-lived TV series:

The Weird Al Show DVD

It's surprisingly good, if you check out the clips available on youtube.

Oh, and yeah, can't forget one of the most underrated, quotable comedy movies of all time: UHF.

Ryan Fenton

Check out his short-lived TV series:

The Weird Al Show DVD

It's surprisingly good, if you check out the clips available on youtube.

Oh, and yeah, can't forget one of the most underrated, quotable comedy movies of all time: UHF.

Ryan Fenton

During the post-war period until 1980 or so a lot of the fossil fuels burned included sulphur. But anti-acid rain laws came into effect and sulphur emissions reduced. Since then the rate of temperature increase has risen, enough to match the CO2 based models.

It is believed that the sulphur dioxide emissions effectively blocked the sun's rays. So less energy was absorbed by the earth. Since the sulphur emissions were lowered, more energy has been absorbed per unit time.

Tim Flannery's excellent book covers this issue.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0871139359/qid=11 50339136/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-8906646-62760 31?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

ac

Damn good book

Fictional story, but using real facts (pages of references in the back).

I recommend reading the afterword first because it explains the intent of the book and what the author is trying to say.

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There are simply so many misunderstandings here I hardly know where to begin.

Truth is not gained through faith; faith is the antithesis of truth.

All truth really rests on axioms, and axioms are matters of faith.

The Word of the Bible was decided upon by a commitee of very failible humans.

The synod which created the Biblical canon was only formalizing the informal situation which had already existed for a couple of hundred years. Furthermore, even if you think that the canonical texts are unreliable, they are nonetheless much, much more worthy of being taken seriously then the ones that were left out of the canon. Any introduction to the gospels published by a reputable academic press (i.e. no DaVinci Code crackpottery) will show this.

I doubt the sanity of anyone who can perfectly reconcile the pitifully shallow, weak and evil God of the Old Testiment with Jesus's 'loving father'.

Then you doubt mainstream philosophy of religion. See Swinburne's Revelation: From Metaphor to Analogy (Oxford University Press, 1992). Swinburne is a critical thinker, who has long been respected (even by his atheist colleagues) for creating elegant and strong arguments. He should be exactly the sort of figure you'd want to engage. If you're sincere, that is. Instead, I just think you like to rant here about how religion is evil.

Divine authority begs the question--who says the Bible is divinely inspired? Why the Bible does, of course.

The Church existed before the Bible, as the Church was founded in AD 33 and the first texts (Paul's epistles) are from over a decade later. Therefore, there is a check on the Bible. If you've read the deconstructionists, then you would understand the value of having a source of interpretation so the text doesn't stand alone.

Yeah isn't that true. Don't you just love searching for documentation or at minimum a FAQ or HowTo for an application, then posting to the list for the location of the documentation only to get no useful reply, then follow up asking for specifics on how to do (n) with the tool, then you get blasted and told to RTFM. Then, post back that if there WERE a FM to R, that you'd have RTFMed already and wouldn't be posting a question for some wiseass to post a snarky RTFM reply. At that, you'll be told to WTFM, which is senseless because you don't know how to DO (n) because there is no FM to R, so telling you to WTFM is fruitless, or they point you at a wiki which is nothing but a skeleton consisting of Feature (N) : To be written later.

Ummm... He wrote a book while he was senator. I hear it sucks, but he wrote it.

It's not so bad. The actual plotline of State of Fear might be total crap, but at least the book does contain a bibliography of interesting works to consult on the global warming debate.

Not only might they not have enough money to distribute, but I can't see them doing decent typsetting either. The new publishing firms like iUniverse, essentially vanity press, will print your book, but don't spend any time actually making it look professional since that threatens profit. As an example, I recently picked up Solar Labyrinth , Robert Borski's kookish commentary on the writings of Gene Wolfe, and the book was so obviously done in a second-rate word-processor without even the slightest effort to emulate the standards of real typesetting engines. From what I've seen, Another Sky Press doesn't even have things like hyphenation.

It really sucks that in the era of TeX, when the finest typesetting of the pre-computer golden age can be had again, publishing houses are getting even worse in making their products readable and easy on the eye.

It would be interesting to see how many Linux complaints and annoyances date back to Unix.

Cheers,
Dave

Once again Slashdot links to the book at BN.com when Amazon.com has it much cheaper.

They've even developed a program that allows the computer to automatically generate 3-D reconstructions of scenes based on a single image

This is so not new. These researchers may have advanced techniques is some areas, but shape from shading inversion problems like this have been worked successfully since the 1970's and earlier. The theory is well established. Horn's Robot Vision is a classic.

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He was a sort of newspaper ombudsman as well as their connection to the blogosphere. Someone who could take heat from the public without stonewalling it, who could act as a cheerleader for company products without coming across as too much of a shill.

Your link didn't actually lead to a place to subscribe. You can do that through Amazon.

* Pay only for what you use. There is no minimum fee, and no start-up cost.
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For example, one possible use for US nuclear weapons is a strike against hardened targets in North Korea. At the moment we don't really have appropriate bombs for that purpose. If North Korea started lobbing nuclear weapons, we'd want to take as many out on the ground as possible. The current arsenal is poorly suited for that purpose.

Also remember that the only way the US can credibly deter others from using nuclear weapons is to convince those others that the US is willing and able to strike back. Building new weapons is part of that plan.

For more on the aspect of prevention and counterforce, you could read The Wizards of Armageddon, which is about how such issues played out in the 50's - 80's. Building new nuclear weapons is business-as-usual rather than a radical departure.

It seems like we're been getting a lot more comments referencing Dr Strangelove in the last few stories that even remotely deal with human annihilation. Who would have thought that this quaint Cold War comedy would become so popular on a "News for Nerds" site where everyone is interested in the cutting edge of new technology.

O'Reilly's book is visibly dated, and in any event I never found its style particularly enjoyable, but Sam's Jabber Developer's Handbook published a year later is still quite usable.

Thanks for taking interest. Check out my replies to Illserve, towards the end I give a few examples. Also, if you're really interested, there's a book on the subject called "The Self-Aware Universe" by Amit Goswami, Ph.D. in physics at the University of Oregon.

Everyone is talking about the connection between coffee and Cirrhosis without examining how alcohol causes Cirrhosis. The trick that coffee is doing is marginally reversing the harmfull effects that cause Cirrhosis. Basically the alcohol depleats the nutrients that the liver needs, causing Cirrhosis. The coffee has some of the nutrients that alcohol removes. The better idea is to replenish ALL of the nutrients so as to feel no ill-effects from alchohol (as far as health is concerned).

There is a great book writen by a professional nutritionist that discusses how this works in detail. The title is pretty cheesy but the work is solid. It is called, "Drink as Much as You Want and Live Longer" by Frederick M. Beyerlein.

Also a good web reference to debunk alot of alcohol related health myths (with the profesonal research to back it up) is at:
http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/index.html

Amazon link to "Drink as Much as You Want and Live Longer":
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/155950188X/002-71 01737-9453630?v=glance&n=283155

laxisusous

No DVD player supports HD.

Actually, they do. The Samsung HD-841 started shipping in the end of 2004, for example. Here's a review. The Toshiba HD-A1 is only $460 on Amazon.

but HD-DVD isn't really DVD anyhow

Neither is blu-ray. That said, HD-DVD devices have been shipping for more than two years, they play HD content, and HD-DVDs look an awful lot like DVDs (they even come in DVD cases.) Given that DVD will never support HD, to suggest that HD-DVD doesn't count when you're talking about DVDs supporting HD is kinda silly.

The player made by Oppo is outselling the PSP (check their sales ranks - #284 and #316 respectively in electronics,) so I think grandparent was in fact quite right to point out that the lack of HD is going to impede sales to a fairly big segment of the customer demographic.

Ah, thanks for that post. You are right, my post could have definitely stood to be clearer and therefore I made this clarification.

To answer your question: No, Watts does not say that you should disown technology and live among the untouchables. The man was born in the west and taught at Harvard. He was a very intelligent person and so you should at the very least try and hear him out. I'm a programmer and am agnostic, although I also believe in certain eastern ideas that you may consider "mystical", however, if you really study up on it, you will see that they are not, and in fact have a very strong backing in Quantum Physics (the Self-Aware Universe by Amit Goswami, Ph.D comes to mind).

Furthermore, it is possible to induce "mystical experiences" without practicing meditation for years (it's called LSD, DMT, etc). Either way, I sincerely appreciate your post, and I hope you give this guy a chance, I'm sure that if you do you'll see that he's not some wacko "mystic" but one of the most intelligent human beings to have ever lived. :-)

It seems that even Hawking believes that any attempt to change Western culture is in vain. Western society bears a remarkable resemblance to cancer. Fly over urban metropolises and you'll see pus and grime coming out of them, a haze of brown tinges their atmosphere. People shuttle to and fro in their daily lives, consuming as much as their salaries will allow. They justify this as acceptable in the "spirit of capitalism". It's "acceptable" to spend all that money on crap you don't need, because everybody else has it, or "it's cool".

They haven't the slightest hint of how to be happy. They're always unsatisfied. They need more and more, and they live for the future.

In these cultures, from the day you are born you are being rushed to some unknown destination. You go to grade school and graduate that, and that's great because then you go on to high school, and you better good grades so that you can graduate and continue on to college. That's great because then you can go on to graduate school and get a job. You continue in hopes of reaching that future success. Then most of these blobs will be told they need to hurry up there too, so that they can meet that quota, and then by the time you're 40, bald, and more or less impotent, you say: "My God! I've arrived!" And you look around and realize that not much changed, and you feel a big let down, you feel deceived, as if there was some hoax played on you. And there was. In their rush to get you to this point they've made you miss everything.

Finally, westerners are incredibly lonely. They feel as if they are isolated egos inside of a bag of skin. Their idea of God is this old "grampa" like figure who's "king of kings" sitting "up there" in heaven and ruling over the cosmos. Well... I could go on about this, but then I'd fill up several pages. If you're interested about what I said here, please know that it was basically all taken from the words of Alan Watts, the 20th century's best and little known-about philosopher and interpreter of Eastern religions. To get a taste of his works read the first two chapters (forgive their design) for free online from his book: "The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are".

... The fact that polio has not been prevented by advanced sanitation and hygiene indicates that its incidence is controlled and influenced by factors quite different from the factors that bring about the spread of typhoid and the other diseases. As previously stated, advanced sanitation and hygiene are to be found in the richer countries, and one of the unfortunate evils that accompany wealth is the consumption of sugar in the form of luxury foods such as ice cream, candies, soft drinks, cakes, pies, pastries, and the like. Poor countries cannot afford luxury foods, sanitation and hygiene. That is how I would explain the greater incidence of polio in countries with advanced sanitation and hygiene. The following table shows the extreme differences in sugar consumption in various parts of the world and it will be readily noted that the countries with the lowest sugar consumption are most backward in sanitation and hygiene.

Thus we see that sugar consumption is by far the greatest in the richer countries where one would also expect to find advanced sanitation and hygiene. Epidemics have occurred with the greatest frequency and severity in the high sugar consuming countries. In fact, epidemics have never been reported in the natives of the low sugar consuming countries, such as China.

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While having tools to assist in the actual task of navigating through the codebase is important, a firm handle on the HOW is more critical.

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TipsForReadingCode
"Comprehension and Visualisation of Object-Oriented Code for Inspections" http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/research/efocs/abstrac ts.html#EFoCS-33-98 section 5.
Demeyer, Serge. Ducasse, Stephane. Nierstrasz, Oscar. Object Oriented Reengineering Patterns ISBN: 1558606394
Feathers, Michael. Working Effectively with Legacy Code ISBN: 0131177052
Glass, Robert L. Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering, section in Chapter 2 on Maintenance ISBN: 0321117425
Spinellis, Diomidis. Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective ISBN: 0201799405

While having tools to assist in the actual task of navigating through the codebase is important, a firm handle on the HOW is more critical.

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TipsForReadingCode
"Comprehension and Visualisation of Object-Oriented Code for Inspections" http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/research/efocs/abstrac ts.html#EFoCS-33-98 section 5.
Demeyer, Serge. Ducasse, Stephane. Nierstrasz, Oscar. Object Oriented Reengineering Patterns ISBN: 1558606394
Feathers, Michael. Working Effectively with Legacy Code ISBN: 0131177052
Glass, Robert L. Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering, section in Chapter 2 on Maintenance ISBN: 0321117425
Spinellis, Diomidis. Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective ISBN: 0201799405

While having tools to assist in the actual task of navigating through the codebase is important, a firm handle on the HOW is more critical.

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TipsForReadingCode
"Comprehension and Visualisation of Object-Oriented Code for Inspections" http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/research/efocs/abstrac ts.html#EFoCS-33-98 section 5.
Demeyer, Serge. Ducasse, Stephane. Nierstrasz, Oscar. Object Oriented Reengineering Patterns ISBN: 1558606394
Feathers, Michael. Working Effectively with Legacy Code ISBN: 0131177052
Glass, Robert L. Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering, section in Chapter 2 on Maintenance ISBN: 0321117425
Spinellis, Diomidis. Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective ISBN: 0201799405

While having tools to assist in the actual task of navigating through the codebase is important, a firm handle on the HOW is more critical.

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TipsForReadingCode
"Comprehension and Visualisation of Object-Oriented Code for Inspections" http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/research/efocs/abstrac ts.html#EFoCS-33-98 section 5.
Demeyer, Serge. Ducasse, Stephane. Nierstrasz, Oscar. Object Oriented Reengineering Patterns ISBN: 1558606394
Feathers, Michael. Working Effectively with Legacy Code ISBN: 0131177052
Glass, Robert L. Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering, section in Chapter 2 on Maintenance ISBN: 0321117425
Spinellis, Diomidis. Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective ISBN: 0201799405

Indeed. Instead of trying to find a way to put Asimov's three laws into practice, which would only give the metal ones time to hunt us down and kill us, perhaps we should be researching the techniques we need to win this war in Wilson's prescient How to Survive a Robot Uprising .

Did anyone else immediately think of this?

By the way, if you've never had to bear the pain of being required to read this book for a class, consider yourself lucky. If this book looks like interesting reading to you, might I recommend grinding your foot off with a dremmel instead? It will be less painful, and you'll sustain less permanent damage.

Quote from GP: I just read "The Omega-3 connection" by Andrew Stoll.

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The research I've seen suggests that streaming is generally bad for students who perform poorly and not helpful for students who perform well. I highly recommend the Goodlad book A Place Called School because it has lots of interesting data and speculation. If only all educators had Goodlad's creativity and willingness to experiment...