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  1. Re:Did subjects know about the Milgram experiment? by jadel · · Score: 1 · on Computer Characters Tortured for Science

    A significant portion of Australians are ethnic Germans - the Barossa Valley especially was settled starting in the 1840s by a large contingent of Lutherans. Up until the first world war they formed a distinct subgroup with their own language.

  2. This gives me a great reason-To appreciate Flash. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative · on New Technique for Tracking Web Site Visitors

    "Woefully, this isn't why people use Flash. People use Flash because they want to ANIMATE, and animation is rarely a boon for the end-user."

    http://www.colorado.edu/physics/PHET/simulations/l ens/lens.swf

    http://www.colorado.edu/physics/PHET/simulations/b lackbody/blackbody.swf

    http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dicti onary2.swf

    http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/teachingr esources/mathematics/nns_itps/coordinates/num_itp_ coordinates_1_1.swf

  3. Helpful software by HMarieY · · Score: 5, Informative · on Technology to Help with Learning Disabilities?

    As a special education teacher, a home schooling mother with two learning-disabled children, and l/d adult married to another l/d adult, may I say that frankly there is not enough information to go on.

    Every LD child (and LD adult) is different, every one of us has different needs and different learning styles. Does he learn better by hearing something, by seeing it, or by touch. In most cases the best bet is to mix all three.

    Video games are an excellent resource for this and best bet is to find something he will actually do and then stick with it. Games that require basic reading and simple math skills are very helpful. (We found several Gamecube games work well for this as most do not "speak". Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing are good examples.)

    I have found that there are a wide variety of free games on-line that aren't to "childish" but are helpful in reinforcing skills being worked on. A few are http://www.dositey.com/, http://www.internet4classrooms.com/index.htm, http://www.literacycenter.net/literacycenter_net/l essonview_en.htm, http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dicti onary.html, http://teachers.teach-nology.com/.

    The best relatively cheap learning software we have found, that is at least tolerable for adults (not too cutesy) are the http://www.helpme2learn.com/ "Help Me 2 Learn" programs. My husband and I have both used the Spanish software for ourselves and found it one of the few that eaither of us could really learn from. My kids love all the other software and we have found that the style it is taught works for all 3 children, who each have very different learning styles.

    May I suggest checking out some home schooling websites, you will find many resources for a variety of learning disabilities and types.

  4. Your State/Territory != Australia by Joel+Carr · · Score: 1 · on 70% Of 2004 Virus Activity Down To One Man

    Speaking of dodgy maths, before my School Certificate (an exam all high school students do in year 10 in Australia)...

    Not wanting to be a pedantic prick, but unless things have changed substantially since my fun filled days of Australian secondary education, not every year 10 student in the country sits this 'School Certificate' thingamo.

    In fact, if this web site is to be believed, only students attending high school in the ACT and NSW have the pleasure:
    http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/aussieed/secondarye ducation.htm

    As Australia consists of a further territory and 5 states, for your sake I hope 'Australian Studies' wasn't a component of the exam.

    ---

  5. Coolgardie Safe by Howzer · · Score: 5, Informative · on Inventor of Low Tech Fridge Wins Award
    This is by no means a new invention. Evaporation cooling has been in use in real products since the invention of the Coolgardie Safe, a primitive fridge invented to cope with western Australia's hot, hot summer.

    But, cut the guy a break. The cool thing here is that he's done it with readily available local materials which is pretty much one of the key features for a real engineer. To paraphrase the old saw:

    Anyone can make you an evaporative cooler for $100; this guy's done it for $1.

  6. Another Website by alakon · · Score: 1 · on Screenshot History of Windows

    The website is gone... instead: The History of Microsoft Windows - By Alex D'Ambra 9-B - http://www.schools.ash.org.au/mcpcompdept/worksamp les/winhistory/compassign%20alexdambra.htm Or the Google Cache (with links to pictures) - http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:IkNYB5Mvqt8C: www.schools.ash.org.au/mcpcompdept/worksamples/win history/compassign%2520alexdambra.htm+screenshot+w indows+1.0+3.1+95&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

  7. Re:That's fast magma! by Boiling_point_ · · Score: 2, Interesting · on "Bronze Age Pompeii" Discovered
    ... A sense of continuity and antiquity is one of the things lacking in America that I truly miss (Native Americans excepted).
    I'm Australian so we have the same "problem". Although, I think you've made a subtle distinction between indigenous culture and others that I find interesting. Do Italians, etc. feel a sense of connection with their ancestors and their environment in the way that Native American people do?

    Can we not feel a sense of "antiquity" without needing a cultural "continuity"?

    A few suburbs from me, a tens-of-thousands-of-years-old bora ring was recently rediscovered. The same culture that created that site still exists today - although I am not indigenous, I can't help but feel awe at the fact that I live so close to a cultural relic of a truly geological timescale that still has contemporary significance.