What I got from this. I want a supercomputer, that is small and lightweight, full of every sort of sensors and inputs, has excellent battery life, and needs to be priced very cheaply.
In short, I don't realize I live in a world where you can get everything for nothing, and you need to make tradeoffs in life.
Except for the Angry Atheist response that tries to insult a persons religion. Perhaps you should try a different approach.
Science is a process, part of this process requires observations of the natural universe. God(s) are classified supernatural thus cannot be observed via the natural universe. The Scientific process shows that Evolution seems the be the simplest, and most direct method that can fit our observations which also matches closely with our models and tests. The idea that your religion may state that this isn't the actual case, may or may not be the actual, truth, but until you can come up with a method of testing your method, the process of Science will need to accept its current view, as the most likely explanation.
The problem with comments like yours, is you just get religious people angry at you, and if they get angry at you they will also get angry at your particular view point thus emotionally they will close you off, and reject all your ideas.
The problem that a lot of schools have is the population per area changes over time.
For example. 1960's City has a lot of kids. They go to school graduate then move out of City A because their parents who lived there made the City too expensive to grow up in. 1980's Suburb has a lot of kids, They go to school and graduate then move out of the Suburb because their parents have made the suburb too expensive to grow up in. 2000's SubRural "more remote suburbs" schools are finding they are getting an influx of students from the parents people who have moved out of the expensive suburbs. The City prices have gone down... However the quality of life sucks there so the big schools of the 1960's are getting more vacent and run down. And the 1980 suburb schools are showing a decline as well.
So we are having schools that needs a lot of money to maintain that are getting more empty. Temporary classrooms are the key to meet education demand having without a multi-million dollar attachment that will be obsolete in a few years.
Now if you want permanent classrooms, we need to work on a way where property prices just don't go up, for the communities, as people who get older acquire more wealth thus make an ageing community that is too expensive for the younger generation who is starting out.
"If we discount the hobbyist computers--TRS 80, Apples, Commodore, etc." If we ignore the evidence that disproves proves your point, then your point seems valid.
"If mainframes + dumb terminals were cheaper, then PCs" Smart Phone and Tablets, especially if they get discounted on some sort of data plan you may want anyways, are cheaper then PCs. Also more convent. Sure the cost goes into the data plan. But and perhaps it is more expensive overall... But it doesn't hurt as much.
The rest you are trying to explain how desktop is technically more powerful then the mobile is. Yes you are right, however the mobile devices get more powerful every year, it will soon or it may have already crossed a point where it is powerful enough for most users. And in some areas exceed the PC performance. Especially as companies are no longer investing in PCs as much.
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Well the real question what should replace it. I see so many PHP sucks comments but little response on what should replace it in terms of Web Development.
In terms of big names where we can find additional developers if we need easily we got the following. ASP.NET: as actual ASP programming you are in a world of pain. But MS was nice enough to make an IDE that gives you other languages to code for it. But you are stuck on windows servers (Yes you have mono, but your code will be hit or miss)
Java ServerPages: This is better then ASP but still it is clunky. But at least it is Java based so you are going by decent Java Rules.
PHP: The language is rather inconsistent, a bad combings of many schools of thought... However it is easy to learn and implement, and it does its job.
We have had some fads come and go, they weren't all bad and there are still some people still using them. But don't expect too much growth.
Such as Ruby on Rails: You got a good language with a lot of good idea... However with rails all your apps look alike, and over time may seem outdated.
That was point I made a while back. Linux for the desktop will only take over, after the desktop usage has declined out of the hands of average user.
The days of the Personal Computer is gone, the Desktop is now a serious Business workstation, reserved for the likes of Engineers, Programmers, Architects, and Finance. Where you need to do a fair amount of processing, isolated from a server so you don't need to share.
Not the end of the Desktop, but a cut in its usages and move towards more serious jobs.
This trend is similar to the Mainframe. Desktop PCs and Desktop based servers took over a large chunk of the Mainframe, Mainframe operators touted simular arguments about how you need a Mainframe for real work and these PC are just toys for kids. However over time as the PC got more powerful, it proven itself to be a good replacement for most of the tasks. The Mainframe is still around, and it has been relegated to very particular type of work. The same thing will Happen to the Desktop, and in probably 20 year the same thing will happen to mobile devices.
It is only impossible, because no one is willing to try to solve the problem. The opponents to the NSA wants everything public anyways, so there is no motivation in good government of an organization they don't like. The proponents on the NSA want to keep things as is.
The problem with today's time, is compromise means weakness on your view. Because a good compromise is where both sides are unhappy. However both sides get a little more then they want, and often things move forward.
But could he have done it better? It seems that he took the dramatic going out in a blaze of glory method, and not more a way where he gone threw the right channels.
What I think is more important isn't what the NSA did, but the fact that there didn't seem to be a policy to whistle blow without causing all the fuss. A policy where they could have quietly ruled the action illegal. Stopped it, without getting the world so pissy towards the United States.
That is the debate I want to hear, not about NSA doing bad stuff, that has already gone threw the courts and deemed illegal. But the real question of how can Secrete Organizations have checks and balances in place to prevent this type of showmanship leak, where questionable rules are evaluated and judged without having to explode to the world.
Don't forget the issue that men seem to have. We can be looking for something... Say a bottle of ketchup, we can stare at it in the fridge for minutes until we find it. Often the problem is there is something different about the bottle that doesn't match what our imaginations say that we are looking for. It was a Plastic Bottle but you were expecting glass. The bottle was upside down, you were expecting it to be right side up. Sometimes these simple little things trick your mind, and you just don't see what is right in front of your face. It almost makes you wonder how much more stuff we are not seeing because we just don't expect to see it, or don't want to see it.
Wikipedia like an old fashion encyclopedia, isn't the end point of knowledge but the start of it.
Back in 4th grade we had to do research and using the Encyclopedia was considered a valid source... By 6th grade, after we got use to using the encyclopedia, we were taught not to use it as a valid source, but as a start of information as to help you know what you don't know.
Wikipedia isn't a trusted source for facts or details... But it is good on giving you a broad overview on the topic, so you can know what you don't know and dig further using real references. To find the truth you are looking for.
The real difference between Wikipedia vs the Encyclopedia is Wikipedia is current with a huge amount of topic , but often with fad ideas. The Encyclopedia is often has less topics and older sometime out of date information, but it more better verified for the current science of the times.
You don't remember it crashing if you kept pressing a key really fast. Or the fact that DOS wasn't much of an OS anyways, so most applications bypassed DOS and went straight to machine language.
Like most activists, the jump to assumptions, impose their version of their world view, and not try to take a look at the other angle, or try to understand why.
Usually your political opponent is not waking up in the morning going, what Evil can I do today, like in a TV Cartoon. In real life your opponent weighs the seriousness problems differently then you do, and feels particular trade-offs are more acceptable then you do.
The NSA mission is to use intelligence to find threats to the United States Interests. They see the threat of not getting intelligence more dangerous then the privacy of others. If they were pro-privacy organization then they wouldn't be able to function, as their jobs is to get secrets. Now if you see this, you realize that other then vilifying the NSA, you need to take a step back and work with their bosses to come up new regulations to prevent them from going too far.
Having taken long trips on the highway. This partial automation of keeping the speed limit, stay in lane, don't run into the other cars. Would be a welcomed feature. After 3 or 4 hours. Your eyes get strained from paying attention and so alert. Having this feature where you can sit back for and let your guard down for a bit would make my life so much better.
However with these business the customer are the people who buy add space from your. The user who uses the tool for free may think they are a customer of your product, but they are just a target audience, in essence just a resource like a piece of equipment. The customer wants to track the resource. The equipment is recommended that is isn't tracked. However if you ignore that feature nothing much happens. If the people really did care about the do not track option and stopped going to sites that tracked them, then they will have less ad impressions, then slowly they will loose their customers. But because this feature is turned on by default in browsers, it means there is no intensive to pay attention to this group. As they really don't care
Web companies/ad agencies. Will build popular web tools that cost them Millions of dollars to be that can make your life easier and we give it to you for no cost. We will make our money off of adds. The better we know you the better adds we can target, and charge the company who wants to put adds in more.
Then people go. No No don't track us while we leach off your expensive tools and infrastructure.
Doesn't anyone listen to the Doctor. Whenever the Brits make advanced technology meant to be shared with the world for the common, it is part of some evil plot to take over the human race! Why don't they just call it Asmos.
For some people living in Cities is fine for them. But it isn't for everyone. Being all judgmental and riotous for being able to walk to work vs. Driving. Is missing the point that not everyone can live in cities.
Sure rural area has its problems too, but they are trade-offs that they are willing to take. As for the schools these rural school do tend have better scores then city schools.
I have lived in the City. I hated it. I have tried to beautify my home only to have kids mess it up. This was a nicer neighborhood when I moved in, then the Gangs came in, fighting, and trouble making. You called 911 when there is a person being attacked outside your home, you get the Dispatcher "Well what do you want me to do about it!"
Even in nice areas, trouble is only a few blocks away, and a change in police patterns will cause them to move to your area.
Or perhaps you expect me to pay my entire salary for a 100 sq foot home in a gated community. Just so I can feel riotous for not having to drive to work.
I am all for being green, but you have to be realistic. the US infrastructure isn't friendly for people without automobiles.
You miss the point of the argument. The point is the lack of middle class jobs, meaning middle class workers get concentrated in particular segments. If you need a job, the longer you are without it, more ideals you set aside as to pay the bills and feed your family.
You are stating you should find a home located in a commercial district of a City? Then have your life locked down to that city, as you cannot get a job outside of the walking limits. What happens if that particular company folds or goes away? Are there enough other companies in walking distance to cover that. Are the city streets really that safe in these areas, or do you risk getting mugged, beaten up as a Gang initiation right. God help you if you need to work past dark.
Right now the Fossil Fuel industry is one of the leading job creators for decent middle class jobs. Because the middle class has been screwed by the rest of the economy. With perhaps the exception of Technology. That means their workers include a good size voting base. Sure they pump the politicians with a lot of money to get their way. But the real issue is if they piss them off the middle class voters who loose their jobs due to the government, will be reflected in the voting. Being that the Fossil Fuel industry is being vilified by the left (at least by the talking heads) it would be silly to think that they will just sit quietly and take it. The companies are only fighting for their own self interests, however the problem is we made these energy companies so politically powerful. By concentrating the employment base to that sector.
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What I got from this.
I want a supercomputer, that is small and lightweight, full of every sort of sensors and inputs, has excellent battery life, and needs to be priced very cheaply.
In short, I don't realize I live in a world where you can get everything for nothing, and you need to make tradeoffs in life.
Except for the Angry Atheist response that tries to insult a persons religion.
Perhaps you should try a different approach.
Science is a process, part of this process requires observations of the natural universe. God(s) are classified supernatural thus cannot be observed via the natural universe. The Scientific process shows that Evolution seems the be the simplest, and most direct method that can fit our observations which also matches closely with our models and tests. The idea that your religion may state that this isn't the actual case, may or may not be the actual, truth, but until you can come up with a method of testing your method, the process of Science will need to accept its current view, as the most likely explanation.
The problem with comments like yours, is you just get religious people angry at you, and if they get angry at you they will also get angry at your particular view point thus emotionally they will close you off, and reject all your ideas.
The problem that a lot of schools have is the population per area changes over time.
For example.
1960's City has a lot of kids. They go to school graduate then move out of City A because their parents who lived there made the City too expensive to grow up in.
1980's Suburb has a lot of kids, They go to school and graduate then move out of the Suburb because their parents have made the suburb too expensive to grow up in.
2000's SubRural "more remote suburbs" schools are finding they are getting an influx of students from the parents people who have moved out of the expensive suburbs. The City prices have gone down... However the quality of life sucks there so the big schools of the 1960's are getting more vacent and run down. And the 1980 suburb schools are showing a decline as well.
So we are having schools that needs a lot of money to maintain that are getting more empty. Temporary classrooms are the key to meet education demand having without a multi-million dollar attachment that will be obsolete in a few years.
Now if you want permanent classrooms, we need to work on a way where property prices just don't go up, for the communities, as people who get older acquire more wealth thus make an ageing community that is too expensive for the younger generation who is starting out.
"If we discount the hobbyist computers--TRS 80, Apples, Commodore, etc."
If we ignore the evidence that disproves proves your point, then your point seems valid.
"If mainframes + dumb terminals were cheaper, then PCs"
Smart Phone and Tablets, especially if they get discounted on some sort of data plan you may want anyways, are cheaper then PCs. Also more convent. Sure the cost goes into the data plan. But and perhaps it is more expensive overall... But it doesn't hurt as much.
The rest you are trying to explain how desktop is technically more powerful then the mobile is. Yes you are right, however the mobile devices get more powerful every year, it will soon or it may have already crossed a point where it is powerful enough for most users. And in some areas exceed the PC performance. Especially as companies are no longer investing in PCs as much.
Well the real question what should replace it. I see so many PHP sucks comments but little response on what should replace it in terms of Web Development.
In terms of big names where we can find additional developers if we need easily we got the following.
ASP.NET: as actual ASP programming you are in a world of pain. But MS was nice enough to make an IDE that gives you other languages to code for it. But you are stuck on windows servers (Yes you have mono, but your code will be hit or miss)
Java ServerPages: This is better then ASP but still it is clunky. But at least it is Java based so you are going by decent Java Rules.
PHP: The language is rather inconsistent, a bad combings of many schools of thought... However it is easy to learn and implement, and it does its job.
We have had some fads come and go, they weren't all bad and there are still some people still using them. But don't expect too much growth.
Such as Ruby on Rails: You got a good language with a lot of good idea... However with rails all your apps look alike, and over time may seem outdated.
That was point I made a while back.
Linux for the desktop will only take over, after the desktop usage has declined out of the hands of average user.
The days of the Personal Computer is gone, the Desktop is now a serious Business workstation, reserved for the likes of Engineers, Programmers, Architects, and Finance. Where you need to do a fair amount of processing, isolated from a server so you don't need to share.
Not the end of the Desktop, but a cut in its usages and move towards more serious jobs.
This trend is similar to the Mainframe. Desktop PCs and Desktop based servers took over a large chunk of the Mainframe, Mainframe operators touted simular arguments about how you need a Mainframe for real work and these PC are just toys for kids. However over time as the PC got more powerful, it proven itself to be a good replacement for most of the tasks.
The Mainframe is still around, and it has been relegated to very particular type of work. The same thing will Happen to the Desktop, and in probably 20 year the same thing will happen to mobile devices.
It is only impossible, because no one is willing to try to solve the problem.
The opponents to the NSA wants everything public anyways, so there is no motivation in good government of an organization they don't like.
The proponents on the NSA want to keep things as is.
The problem with today's time, is compromise means weakness on your view. Because a good compromise is where both sides are unhappy. However both sides get a little more then they want, and often things move forward.
But could he have done it better?
It seems that he took the dramatic going out in a blaze of glory method, and not more a way where he gone threw the right channels.
What I think is more important isn't what the NSA did, but the fact that there didn't seem to be a policy to whistle blow without causing all the fuss. A policy where they could have quietly ruled the action illegal. Stopped it, without getting the world so pissy towards the United States.
That is the debate I want to hear, not about NSA doing bad stuff, that has already gone threw the courts and deemed illegal. But the real question of how can Secrete Organizations have checks and balances in place to prevent this type of showmanship leak, where questionable rules are evaluated and judged without having to explode to the world.
Don't forget the issue that men seem to have. We can be looking for something... Say a bottle of ketchup, we can stare at it in the fridge for minutes until we find it. Often the problem is there is something different about the bottle that doesn't match what our imaginations say that we are looking for. It was a Plastic Bottle but you were expecting glass. The bottle was upside down, you were expecting it to be right side up. Sometimes these simple little things trick your mind, and you just don't see what is right in front of your face. It almost makes you wonder how much more stuff we are not seeing because we just don't expect to see it, or don't want to see it.
Wikipedia like an old fashion encyclopedia, isn't the end point of knowledge but the start of it.
Back in 4th grade we had to do research and using the Encyclopedia was considered a valid source... By 6th grade, after we got use to using the encyclopedia, we were taught not to use it as a valid source, but as a start of information as to help you know what you don't know.
Wikipedia isn't a trusted source for facts or details... But it is good on giving you a broad overview on the topic, so you can know what you don't know and dig further using real references. To find the truth you are looking for.
The real difference between Wikipedia vs the Encyclopedia is Wikipedia is current with a huge amount of topic , but often with fad ideas. The Encyclopedia is often has less topics and older sometime out of date information, but it more better verified for the current science of the times.
You don't remember it crashing if you kept pressing a key really fast.
Or the fact that DOS wasn't much of an OS anyways, so most applications bypassed DOS and went straight to machine language.
So don't sell in California.
The people in that state is what makes liberals look bad. They are akin to the Texan Republicans
My thoughts exactly. Dasher is a really good product, easy to use.
Like most activists, the jump to assumptions, impose their version of their world view, and not try to take a look at the other angle, or try to understand why.
Usually your political opponent is not waking up in the morning going, what Evil can I do today, like in a TV Cartoon. In real life your opponent weighs the seriousness problems differently then you do, and feels particular trade-offs are more acceptable then you do.
The NSA mission is to use intelligence to find threats to the United States Interests. They see the threat of not getting intelligence more dangerous then the privacy of others. If they were pro-privacy organization then they wouldn't be able to function, as their jobs is to get secrets. Now if you see this, you realize that other then vilifying the NSA, you need to take a step back and work with their bosses to come up new regulations to prevent them from going too far.
Having taken long trips on the highway. This partial automation of keeping the speed limit, stay in lane, don't run into the other cars. Would be a welcomed feature. After 3 or 4 hours. Your eyes get strained from paying attention and so alert. Having this feature where you can sit back for and let your guard down for a bit would make my life so much better.
However with these business the customer are the people who buy add space from your. The user who uses the tool for free may think they are a customer of your product, but they are just a target audience, in essence just a resource like a piece of equipment.
The customer wants to track the resource. The equipment is recommended that is isn't tracked. However if you ignore that feature nothing much happens.
If the people really did care about the do not track option and stopped going to sites that tracked them, then they will have less ad impressions, then slowly they will loose their customers.
But because this feature is turned on by default in browsers, it means there is no intensive to pay attention to this group. As they really don't care
No really there seems to be a negative trending coloration of Math skills and birthrate.
Web companies/ad agencies. Will build popular web tools that cost them Millions of dollars to be that can make your life easier and we give it to you for no cost. We will make our money off of adds. The better we know you the better adds we can target, and charge the company who wants to put adds in more.
Then people go. No No don't track us while we leach off your expensive tools and infrastructure.
Doesn't anyone listen to the Doctor. Whenever the Brits make advanced technology meant to be shared with the world for the common, it is part of some evil plot to take over the human race! Why don't they just call it Asmos.
Apple does have a reputation of delivering products of good quality.
Sure they have a few looser, and some problems. But overall Apple is a safe bet.
You miss the point.
For some people living in Cities is fine for them. But it isn't for everyone. Being all judgmental and riotous for being able to walk to work vs. Driving. Is missing the point that not everyone can live in cities.
Sure rural area has its problems too, but they are trade-offs that they are willing to take.
As for the schools these rural school do tend have better scores then city schools.
I have lived in the City. I hated it. I have tried to beautify my home only to have kids mess it up. This was a nicer neighborhood when I moved in, then the Gangs came in, fighting, and trouble making. You called 911 when there is a person being attacked outside your home, you get the Dispatcher "Well what do you want me to do about it!"
Even in nice areas, trouble is only a few blocks away, and a change in police patterns will cause them to move to your area.
Or perhaps you expect me to pay my entire salary for a 100 sq foot home in a gated community. Just so I can feel riotous for not having to drive to work.
I am all for being green, but you have to be realistic. the US infrastructure isn't friendly for people without automobiles.
You miss the point of the argument. The point is the lack of middle class jobs, meaning middle class workers get concentrated in particular segments.
If you need a job, the longer you are without it, more ideals you set aside as to pay the bills and feed your family.
You are stating you should find a home located in a commercial district of a City? Then have your life locked down to that city, as you cannot get a job outside of the walking limits. What happens if that particular company folds or goes away? Are there enough other companies in walking distance to cover that. Are the city streets really that safe in these areas, or do you risk getting mugged, beaten up as a Gang initiation right. God help you if you need to work past dark.
Right now the Fossil Fuel industry is one of the leading job creators for decent middle class jobs. Because the middle class has been screwed by the rest of the economy. With perhaps the exception of Technology. That means their workers include a good size voting base.
Sure they pump the politicians with a lot of money to get their way. But the real issue is if they piss them off the middle class voters who loose their jobs due to the government, will be reflected in the voting.
Being that the Fossil Fuel industry is being vilified by the left (at least by the talking heads) it would be silly to think that they will just sit quietly and take it.
The companies are only fighting for their own self interests, however the problem is we made these energy companies so politically powerful. By concentrating the employment base to that sector.