The problem is that wireless networks can be spotty when streaming HD content. I got around this by plugging in a cable to my crabby neighbor's router during a public wake for his daughter and running it over the fence to my house.
I suppose you're right about your friends digging up as much info as they could to satisfy the requirements of the project, but I'd say that the legwork involved does some good. I'll bet that the extra time spent searching and sorting through the references allows more of the information to be absorbed than by doing an internet search.
More importantly though, I think there needs to be some sort of balance in place. Sure, quick access to information can allow one to cut through the fluff and form an opinion a bit more quickly, but to truly comprehend a topic one needs to spend time pouring over the mundane details. Many seemingly useless and random pieces of information, when put together, serve as the foundation for a complete grasp of a subject.
Much of my opinion comes from personal experience with this. I had become so accustomed to quick answers while in school that when I was faced with designing complex solutions of my own, I was left floundering when I couldn't find something comparable out there.
Great, so you were able to finish a project in half the time without doing any real research work yourself.:) When you are able to quickly access so much information, it encourages you to remember only the way to access what you need. Why bother with the time-consuming process of committing things to memory when you can just fire up Google and search for it later?
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The problem is that wireless networks can be spotty when streaming HD content. I got around this by plugging in a cable to my crabby neighbor's router during a public wake for his daughter and running it over the fence to my house.
Aha, but how do you hide the incriminating return address that you clearly printed on the upper-left corner of the envelope? Logic me that, Batman.
Apps can store data on the SD card.
I suppose you're right about your friends digging up as much info as they could to satisfy the requirements of the project, but I'd say that the legwork involved does some good. I'll bet that the extra time spent searching and sorting through the references allows more of the information to be absorbed than by doing an internet search.
More importantly though, I think there needs to be some sort of balance in place. Sure, quick access to information can allow one to cut through the fluff and form an opinion a bit more quickly, but to truly comprehend a topic one needs to spend time pouring over the mundane details. Many seemingly useless and random pieces of information, when put together, serve as the foundation for a complete grasp of a subject.
Much of my opinion comes from personal experience with this. I had become so accustomed to quick answers while in school that when I was faced with designing complex solutions of my own, I was left floundering when I couldn't find something comparable out there.
-Brett
Great, so you were able to finish a project in half the time without doing any real research work yourself. :) When you are able to quickly access so much information, it encourages you to remember only the way to access what you need. Why bother with the time-consuming process of committing things to memory when you can just fire up Google and search for it later?
-Brett
This works for quite a few Konami Nintendo games IIRC. You can do it a couple ways. I've got it to work by doing both of these:
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start
Up Down Up Down Left Left Right Right B A Start
I don't think the order matters too much.
-Brett
Sorry about the double post there, I'm in Amsterdam right now and the connections pretty flaky. Didn't think the first one went through.
-Brett