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A computer/tablet can't teach as well as a good or great teacher (as the students at Waldorf likely have access to), but in a large percentage of cases around the country, where the teachers are in fact poor, computers and tablets can make a tremendous difference.
I understand the concept of browsing without being tracked. My question is how to enforce a 'do not track' list. Which is distinctly different from a 'do not track' browser feature.
My brain's a little slow today... how would this work? How would this be enforced? Since when can websites tell exactly who we are (which I am assuming will be required to verify that the user is or is not on the list)?
This isn't a very fair analogy. You can't run a car without gasoline. You can have an iPhone/Touch without ever buying an app. You can fill it up with any and all mp3s. It's annoying but you can convert any video you want and put in on you iPhone/Touch.
The apps are more like upgrades. And if you want to upgrade a car you are many times limited by compatibility issues. The razor-blade revenue model isn't limited to Apple, it's pretty much prevalent in every industry. Clearly you have never needed to fix anything in your car. You wouldn't be so happy with the car companies then.
Also, gas stations are pretty consisten. The quality of the product is very homogeneous in gas stations across the country. Computer apps are not like that. I need to be sure my phone works as a phone at all times. I have no interest installing some wayward app that may or may not crash my phone and make me miss a call. I am happy to put this responsibility on Apple's shoulders
Now, if you were talking about the AT&T lockin you'd have a point.
The biggest shortcoming of this research is that it appears the children graded their own writing in that their methodology was an online survey designed to ask the children which technology they use and then follow up with asking them how well they write to determine which children have better literacy skills
So, really, the only conclusion we can draw from this is that 'the more technology one uses, the better they think their literacy is." Great.
Good programmers are, IMHO, natural perfectionists. We all want to write perfect code. We want to write code that anticipates every possible situation and, even in the worst case scenario, handle things gracefully. It's worth waiting another day because your code will then be that much better with a little more planning...
Sometimes it's not about being perfect however, it's just about getting it done (wait, they paid what for myspace?!!?!). Just tell yourself that you need to get something up, and that you'll improve it later. Most likely, you'll never look at that code again but who cares, it's all about tricking yourself into accepting 'mediocrity' (reality?). But you will, more often than you think, surprise yourself and end up writing code you are proud of.
Either that, or you're being a bitch and think you're too good a programmer to spend time writing 'these mundane' solutions. In that case, suck it up or shut up.
I don't disagree with you... But if we follow this train of thought then I would argue that many insects demonstrate mathematical ability. Moths (and many other bugs) tend to flock towards the brightest source of light in their fields of vision. Therefore these insects are demonstrating mathematical ability by showing the ability to determine that one source of light has more than the other. I don't buy this.
My point is that the researchers claim these chicks have discrete mathematical capabilities in that they have some sense of integer arithmetic (all eggs were the same sizes). They did nothing to rule out other possible causes, namely by using different sized eggs.
The difference is not just semantics. If they are making decisions based on qualitative notions (more) as opposed to quantitative (2 more) then it is a difference between doing discrete mathematics vs. reacting to an analog signal. The latter of which is not what we normally consider math, at least in terms of the subject's thought process.
It would be interesting to use different sized eggs to create scenarios where one group has more individual eggs but the other group has a higher total surface area (maybe volume) of eggs. If the chicks still chose the group with more individual eggs than one could make a strong case that they are capable of counting.
instead of fetching wiki pages throughout the trip you should consider downloading the entire site onto your laptop. the content won't be up to date but for the most part it won't be that outdated either. i believe the entire corpus is under 5 gigs.
the open source community produces great software, but does not push the boundaries of the computer science. comp sci is applied mathematics, it is not programming. big difference. some of the best computer scientists rarely program anything other than latex markup.
most of the innovation is trickle down tech from military, nasa, or tech companies.
lastly, while you can make this argument that comp sci is extremely inefficient (oh, i bask in your wisdom...) i suggest you read this article about a successful computer scientist's criticism on another flagging industry for perspective.
pretty cool, off topic but it made me think of peter norvig's sudoku solver which is about 100 lines of python code and can solve even the hardest puzzles in <.02 seconds. btw, brute force approaches to diabolical sudoku puzzles are not physically possible, follow link to find out why.
python is fantastic for writing concise, functional, and simple solutions to many search problems.
for those that are curious, and especially for those that have read the book you should check out the Clock of Long Now project. Stephenson contributed to this and it is where he got the inspiration for Anathem. Reading about the project after finishing the book really gives you some insight into how the world of Arbre came to be.
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Agree with the parent. Dune felt slow to me at first too, but after about 150-200 pages things start to fall in place and before I knew I had finished the whole series.
I think the slow beginning instills a sense of tranquility and boringness which makes it all that more exciting (and easier to feel the excitement of the characters) when things do start to pick up, and pick up they do!
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I think the point of the made up words was to bring you into line with how the narrator perceives things. That is, Erasmus is constantly introduced to new concepts and ideas that were previously unknown to him (while being cooped up in his monastery for most his life). By using these new words I felt that I was learning things 'along' with Erasmus and got a better sense of his outlook on things.
In this way, instead of merely 'observing' Erasmus familiarize himself with the 'non-mathic' world, we are able to explore it 'with him.'
Yes, it sounds corny, but like the ending to the novel, it's corny but appropriate. And it worked IMHO.
to limber up is important, yes. but for my high school cross country and/or track teams we didn't do static stretches before workouts. instead we would run a slow mile which gets the heart pumping, blood flowing, and in turn does stretch out the muscles a bit.
it is important though to stretch after workouts which helps avoid tightening up your muscles too much.
'bad code' is exactly the type of term thrown out there that scapegoats the engineers. the code is fine, the administrative decisions built into the code are bs.
I don't agree that CS majors are the smartest but I do understand why some of us think we are. It's partially due to the reactions we get from our non-CS colleagues. You don't have to be an economics major to understand the supply-and-demand curve, most people took physics in high school, everyone can read and write english... but no non-CS major has a clue how to write a compiler (or what that even is) and while everyone uses an operating system they wouldn't even know where to start in building one. This I hear a lot: "I wouldn't even know where to start". Designing a cpu? Forget about it. It might as well be magic.
I think it was Neal Stephenson who said people view computer scientists similar to how Jedi were viewed in the empire. Everyone depends on them (MS), scared to death by them (hackers) and cannot relate in any way to what they do, thereby creating a feeling of mysticism that an egomaniac like De Mare (I mean he published a book about himself) would probably take the wrong way.
How is this a coverup? The article states that the Navy wasn't even expecting the Titanic to be found and became nervous as a result of the publicity it was sure to generate. The search for the RMS Titanic was a fortunate result of technology developed by the Navy for less public means.
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Flipping the classroom and making you work in teams are completely different things.
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If you're into Scifi or Fantasy check out this link:
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books
Having trouble choosing a book from the list? Try this:
http://www.box.com/shared/static/a6omcl2la0ivlxsn3o8m.jpg
A computer/tablet can't teach as well as a good or great teacher (as the students at Waldorf likely have access to), but in a large percentage of cases around the country, where the teachers are in fact poor, computers and tablets can make a tremendous difference.
Thanks for the explanation anyway though.
I understand the concept of browsing without being tracked. My question is how to enforce a 'do not track' list. Which is distinctly different from a 'do not track' browser feature.
My brain's a little slow today... how would this work? How would this be enforced? Since when can websites tell exactly who we are (which I am assuming will be required to verify that the user is or is not on the list)?
This isn't a very fair analogy. You can't run a car without gasoline. You can have an iPhone/Touch without ever buying an app. You can fill it up with any and all mp3s. It's annoying but you can convert any video you want and put in on you iPhone/Touch.
The apps are more like upgrades. And if you want to upgrade a car you are many times limited by compatibility issues. The razor-blade revenue model isn't limited to Apple, it's pretty much prevalent in every industry. Clearly you have never needed to fix anything in your car. You wouldn't be so happy with the car companies then.
Also, gas stations are pretty consisten. The quality of the product is very homogeneous in gas stations across the country. Computer apps are not like that. I need to be sure my phone works as a phone at all times. I have no interest installing some wayward app that may or may not crash my phone and make me miss a call. I am happy to put this responsibility on Apple's shoulders
Now, if you were talking about the AT&T lockin you'd have a point.
The biggest shortcoming of this research is that it appears the children graded their own writing in that their methodology was an online survey designed to ask the children which technology they use and then follow up with asking them how well they write to determine which children have better literacy skills
So, really, the only conclusion we can draw from this is that 'the more technology one uses, the better they think their literacy is." Great.
Good programmers are, IMHO, natural perfectionists. We all want to write perfect code. We want to write code that anticipates every possible situation and, even in the worst case scenario, handle things gracefully. It's worth waiting another day because your code will then be that much better with a little more planning...
Sometimes it's not about being perfect however, it's just about getting it done (wait, they paid what for myspace?!!?!). Just tell yourself that you need to get something up, and that you'll improve it later. Most likely, you'll never look at that code again but who cares, it's all about tricking yourself into accepting 'mediocrity' (reality?). But you will, more often than you think, surprise yourself and end up writing code you are proud of.
Either that, or you're being a bitch and think you're too good a programmer to spend time writing 'these mundane' solutions. In that case, suck it up or shut up.
I don't disagree with you... But if we follow this train of thought then I would argue that many insects demonstrate mathematical ability. Moths (and many other bugs) tend to flock towards the brightest source of light in their fields of vision. Therefore these insects are demonstrating mathematical ability by showing the ability to determine that one source of light has more than the other. I don't buy this.
My point is that the researchers claim these chicks have discrete mathematical capabilities in that they have some sense of integer arithmetic (all eggs were the same sizes). They did nothing to rule out other possible causes, namely by using different sized eggs.
The difference is not just semantics. If they are making decisions based on qualitative notions (more) as opposed to quantitative (2 more) then it is a difference between doing discrete mathematics vs. reacting to an analog signal. The latter of which is not what we normally consider math, at least in terms of the subject's thought process.
It would be interesting to use different sized eggs to create scenarios where one group has more individual eggs but the other group has a higher total surface area (maybe volume) of eggs. If the chicks still chose the group with more individual eggs than one could make a strong case that they are capable of counting.
instead of fetching wiki pages throughout the trip you should consider downloading the entire site onto your laptop. the content won't be up to date but for the most part it won't be that outdated either. i believe the entire corpus is under 5 gigs.
the open source community produces great software, but does not push the boundaries of the computer science. comp sci is applied mathematics, it is not programming. big difference. some of the best computer scientists rarely program anything other than latex markup.
most of the innovation is trickle down tech from military, nasa, or tech companies.
lastly, while you can make this argument that comp sci is extremely inefficient (oh, i bask in your wisdom...) i suggest you read this article about a successful computer scientist's criticism on another flagging industry for perspective.
Artificial Intelligence - A Modern Approach by Russell and Norvig
The best book for catching up with the trends in AI systems over the past couple of decades.
pretty cool, off topic but it made me think of peter norvig's sudoku solver which is about 100 lines of python code and can solve even the hardest puzzles in <.02 seconds. btw, brute force approaches to diabolical sudoku puzzles are not physically possible, follow link to find out why.
python is fantastic for writing concise, functional, and simple solutions to many search problems.
for those that are curious, and especially for those that have read the book you should check out the Clock of Long Now project. Stephenson contributed to this and it is where he got the inspiration for Anathem. Reading about the project after finishing the book really gives you some insight into how the world of Arbre came to be.
Agree with the parent. Dune felt slow to me at first too, but after about 150-200 pages things start to fall in place and before I knew I had finished the whole series.
I think the slow beginning instills a sense of tranquility and boringness which makes it all that more exciting (and easier to feel the excitement of the characters) when things do start to pick up, and pick up they do!
I think the point of the made up words was to bring you into line with how the narrator perceives things. That is, Erasmus is constantly introduced to new concepts and ideas that were previously unknown to him (while being cooped up in his monastery for most his life). By using these new words I felt that I was learning things 'along' with Erasmus and got a better sense of his outlook on things.
In this way, instead of merely 'observing' Erasmus familiarize himself with the 'non-mathic' world, we are able to explore it 'with him.'
Yes, it sounds corny, but like the ending to the novel, it's corny but appropriate. And it worked IMHO.
only if koala bear counts as a bear
Philosophy of science is as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
~Richard Feynman
to limber up is important, yes. but for my high school cross country and/or track teams we didn't do static stretches before workouts. instead we would run a slow mile which gets the heart pumping, blood flowing, and in turn does stretch out the muscles a bit. it is important though to stretch after workouts which helps avoid tightening up your muscles too much.
'bad code' is exactly the type of term thrown out there that scapegoats the engineers. the code is fine, the administrative decisions built into the code are bs.
I don't agree that CS majors are the smartest but I do understand why some of us think we are. It's partially due to the reactions we get from our non-CS colleagues. You don't have to be an economics major to understand the supply-and-demand curve, most people took physics in high school, everyone can read and write english... but no non-CS major has a clue how to write a compiler (or what that even is) and while everyone uses an operating system they wouldn't even know where to start in building one. This I hear a lot: "I wouldn't even know where to start". Designing a cpu? Forget about it. It might as well be magic.
I think it was Neal Stephenson who said people view computer scientists similar to how Jedi were viewed in the empire. Everyone depends on them (MS), scared to death by them (hackers) and cannot relate in any way to what they do, thereby creating a feeling of mysticism that an egomaniac like De Mare (I mean he published a book about himself) would probably take the wrong way.
How is this a coverup? The article states that the Navy wasn't even expecting the Titanic to be found and became nervous as a result of the publicity it was sure to generate. The search for the RMS Titanic was a fortunate result of technology developed by the Navy for less public means.