I suppose your idea that "the past sucked more" is a good enough reason to ignore that we can do better. In the future, the past had better continue to have sucked.
Yeah, so we need big, high tech corporations to feed us and keep us alive. Do they have to be corrupt?
Office file formats are not going anyway. I got modded down here a few times saying I can't leave Office because I can not guarantee that my resume will look the same on someone elses computer running Office if I make it under LibraOffice. For that reason it will stay forever in business and MS Office is not going anyway as suppliers and customers will think you are incompentent if you send a document that looks funny on their computer.
If you can't figure out how to make a pdf then maybe they're right.
And the fact remains that anyone that knows what equals means will recognize ( ) as a variable. Math education currently amounts to, "Here is a set of sample problems, you can expect to see something JUST like this on the test, so remember how you did it." Students can do some very complicated problems without the slightest clue what they are doing.
Math is, at its core, logic. If a student cannot come about this answer logically (no intuition necessary) using only some of the most very basic mathematical ideas, what does that say about his education?
It does seem that remedial education is in order, or at least a solid mention. Perhaps an example in class such as this one, to open the student's eyes concerning the matter. Most likely it will amount to a bad habit that needs to be unlearned. Fortunately you won't have to involve yourself with this, being an ex-teacher.
Similarly in standard notation, it is perfectly fine for x to equal 7, 3+4, 10-3, 3.5*2, or any other combination, so long as it is 7. The fact that you assigned values to the opening and closing parenthesis doesn't change the fact that using the meaning of the equal sign, you came about the correct answer, whatever form it may be in.
Math is not a guessing game. The problem is that students only memorize procedures so when they encounter a problem they can recreate the solution. When you rephrase the equation into 4+3+2=x+2 (Solve for x), you are merely putting the question into recognizable procedure. This does not mean that he understands what he is doing, as is shown by the article.
Plus, we live in a world where variables are expressed in a variety of different ways before we even get to the great and awesome x. Square boxes, underscores, question marks are several that I remember going through before x. ( ) isn't that much of a stretch for a young student.
I think the point of the study would have been to use non-standard notation to test the knowledge of the meaning of =. If you understand that what is on the left is the same as what is on the right of the equal sign, you can logically deduce that the ( ) is the missing information. If you do not understand that, then at that point you are left to guess.
So yes, they are testing knowledge of the equal sign
"2....Having to click on an icon in the far upper left upper corner of the screen is a pain."
For lefties, on the other hand, it's the far right corner that's the problem.
Can't please everyone.
I'd imagine Apple's response is already in the making. Multitouch and resolution independence in the next OSX (as seen in iPhone), along with the other - undoubtedly luscious - secret features which will be unsecretified at WWDC in a week.
Ummm, the only reason anyone cares about those numbers is because of their impact when weighed against all the gloating from clowns who were estimating sales in the low three-digits.
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I suppose your idea that "the past sucked more" is a good enough reason to ignore that we can do better. In the future, the past had better continue to have sucked.
Yeah, so we need big, high tech corporations to feed us and keep us alive. Do they have to be corrupt?
Office file formats are not going anyway. I got modded down here a few times saying I can't leave Office because I can not guarantee that my resume will look the same on someone elses computer running Office if I make it under LibraOffice. For that reason it will stay forever in business and MS Office is not going anyway as suppliers and customers will think you are incompentent if you send a document that looks funny on their computer.
If you can't figure out how to make a pdf then maybe they're right.
In this case, the President is an asshole, too.
Well, yes. If you draw a Venn diagram of assholes and presidents, I am fairly certain that the latter is wholly contained within the former.
To make it easy, if you draw an ass, it looks just like that diagram.
The fact that the US has used them likely factors into the reasons why none have been detonated since.
No one wants that on their hands, except maybe the clergy of a fascist theocracy, or a just plain dumb/insane dictator.
>How hard would it be to let the pad track where you tap on the button area and have an option let it send left/center/right events?
Have you used a macbook recently? You seem to be running on very dated information. That goes for the rest of your post too.
Don't they know the little red light means the camera is on?
If you played minecraft you'd know that hitting gravel is a pita
And the fact remains that anyone that knows what equals means will recognize ( ) as a variable. Math education currently amounts to, "Here is a set of sample problems, you can expect to see something JUST like this on the test, so remember how you did it." Students can do some very complicated problems without the slightest clue what they are doing.
Math is, at its core, logic. If a student cannot come about this answer logically (no intuition necessary) using only some of the most very basic mathematical ideas, what does that say about his education?
It does seem that remedial education is in order, or at least a solid mention. Perhaps an example in class such as this one, to open the student's eyes concerning the matter. Most likely it will amount to a bad habit that needs to be unlearned. Fortunately you won't have to involve yourself with this, being an ex-teacher.
Similarly in standard notation, it is perfectly fine for x to equal 7, 3+4, 10-3, 3.5*2, or any other combination, so long as it is 7. The fact that you assigned values to the opening and closing parenthesis doesn't change the fact that using the meaning of the equal sign, you came about the correct answer, whatever form it may be in.
Math is not a guessing game. The problem is that students only memorize procedures so when they encounter a problem they can recreate the solution. When you rephrase the equation into 4+3+2=x+2 (Solve for x), you are merely putting the question into recognizable procedure. This does not mean that he understands what he is doing, as is shown by the article.
Plus, we live in a world where variables are expressed in a variety of different ways before we even get to the great and awesome x. Square boxes, underscores, question marks are several that I remember going through before x. ( ) isn't that much of a stretch for a young student.
I think the point of the study would have been to use non-standard notation to test the knowledge of the meaning of =. If you understand that what is on the left is the same as what is on the right of the equal sign, you can logically deduce that the ( ) is the missing information. If you do not understand that, then at that point you are left to guess. So yes, they are testing knowledge of the equal sign
Safari's nightly build (r29385) has a score of 70%, and fails at the linktest.
The real problem is...who cares? Even if it were possible to discover this "truth" what difference would it make in our lives?
We then attempt to hack the universe in an attempt at immortality.
Or we can look for easter eggs.
"what is going to happen to the "gateway" Mac for switchers like me?" You could buy the 20 inch model which will cost the same as the old 17 maybe?
"2. ...Having to click on an icon in the far upper left upper corner of the screen is a pain."
For lefties, on the other hand, it's the far right corner that's the problem.
Can't please everyone.
I'd imagine Apple's response is already in the making. Multitouch and resolution independence in the next OSX (as seen in iPhone), along with the other - undoubtedly luscious - secret features which will be unsecretified at WWDC in a week.
Ummm, the only reason anyone cares about those numbers is because of their impact when weighed against all the gloating from clowns who were estimating sales in the low three-digits.
MS doesn't talk about its sales in China much.
Funny, I was under the impression they've known about this since December.
Well you know, Vista bugs are like rabbits: where you see one...
I'd say it applies more to the iPhone for purchasing on the go, rather than the normal iPod.