The article didn't give a timeline - but to me it sounded more like people who haven't put in years of practice on that particular instrument. Understandable, considering the whole 'long-lost' bit.
That was a boring read. It feels like - mind, I don't really know anything about the author - he picked a lot of different subjects, magnified them all, and happened to be right on a few things because they followed through to their natural conclusion.
It was reminiscent of flipping through college textbooks from the 80s - silly predictions mixed in with ones that happened. I'm so surprised.
If I remember the America's Army game correctly, there were parts of it that were literally nothing more than sitting in a classroom in the game, and learning things like the medical info. Complete with quizzes and everything.
I think we're safe until they make a GTA game based around college...
I thought 'pastel blob' when I first saw it, too - it's hard to tell what it is at certain distances. Perhaps next go-round, they can solve that problem by using the color of the brick itself as the 'dark' pixels, instead of chalk purple. And for the pixels on the edge, they can outline the brick to distinguish the wall from Mario.
Here's a quick mock-up in Photoshop: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/alexandreazenne/mario.jpg
I loved that teaching program in Works 2.0! I used to have a PS/2 when I was 12, 13, and I would just sit there all day and learn how to use spreadsheets and databases. And then there was...was it like a mega-tutorial that tested everything that you had learned, or the last tutorial for databases? The one where you had to catch a bad guy by searching for clues in the database. It was awesome! I was so sad when my PS/2 died (it's as old as me, but I liked using it over my dad's computer).
Then I got a computer from the school my mom worked at (it closed down), and was excited when I saw that it had Works 4.0...but I couldn't find the tutorials. So I drew in MS Paint and made silly newsletters, and wished I had 2.0 and BASIC and a DOS prompt to play around with. And now I'm an art major!:D
So it seems to follow that not all the right e-mails were saved..."a lot of people who probably aren't on the same page."
Even if the example doesn't apply to Intel, the person I replied to can't really put a single person and a giant corporation on the same level. Which, of course, is also the reason I didn't specifically say 'Intel.'
Well, I think the difference between a single person and a giant corporation is that the person has the interests of one person in mind, and the giant corp. has...a lot of people who probably aren't on the same page. Different scale of task (large vs. small) and different scale of people (many vs. one) means that the individual doesn't have to communicate the need for back up of a certian thing to a thousand different people. So, I don't think the two are comparable in this analogy.
Isn't the article talking about students who don't do good at math, but enjoy it (rather than the kind of students who grow up to be math professors)?
"The eighth-grade results reflected a common pattern: The 10 nations whose/students enjoyed math/ the most all/scored below average/."
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The article didn't give a timeline - but to me it sounded more like people who haven't put in years of practice on that particular instrument. Understandable, considering the whole 'long-lost' bit.
The lesson I learned from Kirk was that if something has boobs, I can kiss it and solve all of my problems.
As an active member of the internet generation, I have to say that the internet has done a lot to screw me up, mostly because I found 4chan early.
As an active member of the internet generation, I have to say that the internet has done a lot to help me (and I found 4chan early, too).
What are you guys talking about? I've had a voice-controlled bartending R2 unit for /years/. http://www.hammacher.com/publish/75698.asp?promo=xsells#
One of his compartments opens to reveal a can-holding device!
That was a boring read. It feels like - mind, I don't really know anything about the author - he picked a lot of different subjects, magnified them all, and happened to be right on a few things because they followed through to their natural conclusion. It was reminiscent of flipping through college textbooks from the 80s - silly predictions mixed in with ones that happened. I'm so surprised.
Yep. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197072,00.html
Christ. Is the site listed as your homepage the one you show to potential employers?
If I remember the America's Army game correctly, there were parts of it that were literally nothing more than sitting in a classroom in the game, and learning things like the medical info. Complete with quizzes and everything.
I think we're safe until they make a GTA game based around college...
I thought 'pastel blob' when I first saw it, too - it's hard to tell what it is at certain distances. Perhaps next go-round, they can solve that problem by using the color of the brick itself as the 'dark' pixels, instead of chalk purple. And for the pixels on the edge, they can outline the brick to distinguish the wall from Mario. Here's a quick mock-up in Photoshop: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/alexandreazenne/mario.jpg
I loved that teaching program in Works 2.0! I used to have a PS/2 when I was 12, 13, and I would just sit there all day and learn how to use spreadsheets and databases. And then there was...was it like a mega-tutorial that tested everything that you had learned, or the last tutorial for databases? The one where you had to catch a bad guy by searching for clues in the database. It was awesome! I was so sad when my PS/2 died (it's as old as me, but I liked using it over my dad's computer).
:D
Then I got a computer from the school my mom worked at (it closed down), and was excited when I saw that it had Works 4.0...but I couldn't find the tutorials. So I drew in MS Paint and made silly newsletters, and wished I had 2.0 and BASIC and a DOS prompt to play around with. And now I'm an art major!
I am curious - how would your idea apply to art (illustration, graphic design, etc)? I'm not so sure that alternate forms of payment would come up...
So it seems to follow that not all the right e-mails were saved..."a lot of people who probably aren't on the same page." Even if the example doesn't apply to Intel, the person I replied to can't really put a single person and a giant corporation on the same level. Which, of course, is also the reason I didn't specifically say 'Intel.'
Well, I think the difference between a single person and a giant corporation is that the person has the interests of one person in mind, and the giant corp. has...a lot of people who probably aren't on the same page. Different scale of task (large vs. small) and different scale of people (many vs. one) means that the individual doesn't have to communicate the need for back up of a certian thing to a thousand different people. So, I don't think the two are comparable in this analogy.
Isn't the article talking about students who don't do good at math, but enjoy it (rather than the kind of students who grow up to be math professors)? "The eighth-grade results reflected a common pattern: The 10 nations whose /students enjoyed math/ the most all /scored below average/."