Apple is disgraceful in the way that it dumps old hardware and software. There is a tremendous amount of older hardware which could easily run the new MacOS and iOS with some features turned of that is beyond the capability of the hardware. Very easy to program.
There is also a tremendous heritage of older software, particularly in the educational field, that is not being produced today that Apple should continue to support. Their abandonment of Classic, Rosetta, etc is pathetic.
They can make gobs of money of the old hardware by offering OS upgrades. It is very ungreen of them to create all this etrash.
You don't just "get infected" by "visiting a site". Your browser or automated software doing the bill scanning needs to do something stupid that allows the site to run code where it shouldn't. Pure text, HTML, etc aren't going to melt your brain. Sad but true.
I have a keyboard for my iPad which makes it much better for editing and composing but even with the keyboard the iPad isn't as good as my MacBook. On the other hand, for reading documents the iPad excels. Each has their place. I would not give up one for the other.
Au contraire. We need MORE people, not fewer. We need more people thinking about solving big problems like how to get off this rock and sustainably out into space and out of this solar system.
Remember, there are rocks with this planet's name etched on them coming this way. Global extinction events come from outer space disconcertingly often. If we're not already off planet by the next one then say good by to our descendants.
You may not care, but I do. Have more kids. It's your duty to your species to go out, have sex and then raise your kids with a thirst for knowledge.
By the way, this planet can easily support 50 Billion humans and the hockey stick graph has been proven wrong. The population curve is dropping fast.
Well... our pigs go from a couple of pounds to 300 lbs in about seven or eight months. By a year they're around 400 lbs. A few breeders get to stick around and top out at a maximum of about 1,700 lbs for the boars and 800 lbs for the sows, almost no fat since these are pastured pigs. But that is after six or seven years so the growth curve does slow down.
Actually, I've taken our Macintosh PowerBook and MacBook Pro laptops apart many times with our kids to upgrade memory, drives, replace broken screens and to fix various things. The machines are eminently easy to work on.
However, I'm not so sure that was what the original poster was looking for - internal hardware hacking - but rather a machine the child could use to learn typing, programming and computer skills such as spreadsheets, word processing and drawing/painting programs like Photoshop and Illustrator.
The advantage of a laptop is it has a built in battery backup, uses less power, takes up less space, is more rugged (designed for portability) and can be moved.
Another good thing to look for on eBay is a used digital camera to couple with the computer. Get one that does not have a retractable lens. I've found the Casio EX-V8 to be very good for kids because it has the automatic modes and manual modes when they're ready to learn about settings.
I'm sorry to hear your experience with children has been so bad. Our kids are very careful with things. They all have and use computers from a year old. We teach them to use knifes too. Teach respect, responsibility and appreciation. They're the first three R's. With that foundation the next three R's come easily.
I would suggest a used MacBook Pro. You can pick one up on eBay in excellent condition for a few hundred dollars. It's a lot of computer in a small package with a real keyboard and a great platform for learning to program. It is also great for watching educational DVDs and using kid's ed software.
This is a meta study that is a beautiful example of nonsense. They simply are aggregating other research rather than actually doing research and completely missing the real issues.
"Right now, this tool shows the odds favor another four years for Obama, even with a strong swing for the Republicans."
I'm not surprised since the incumbent has a strong advantage and we have a weak opponent on the Republican ticket. It is next election when the Republicans will logically field a strong candidate as they'll have far better odds of winning.
No. You're putting words in other people's mouths. Both they and I get paid for our labor. That's not slave labour. If doing the work is part of education then getting the education is part of the pay. I had many things like that. I apprenticed at meat cutting for 18 months. I didn't get 'paid' I got an education, I learned how to cut meat for commercial cuts. Learning through work is a great way to learn something.
The fact that you call it slave labor suggests to me you haven't ever done hard work. I have a clue for you: Good for you that you don't have to work but those of use without silver spoons are grateful to have work.
I work >12 hrs/day and 7 days/wk 365 days a year. I've been doing it since I was a child. You probably consider me boring since I don't party like people like you. I've got better things to do.
Old customers keep buying. In our case they buy week after week. Cultivating existing customers is much easier than establishing new customers. Old customers get priority in ordering from our business. They get pick of the pig. New customers come after that.
Old customers are gold, and we treat them that way.
New customers are unknowns. Hopefully they'll turn into good customers but I'm not about to give them a better deal than existing customers get.
One would think so but the patent office clerks are giving patents on genes.
The clerks also give out a lot of patents for obvious things. Just about everything is obvious. Dozens of people come up with the same ideas. Ideas are a dime a dozen. It is implementation, production, marketing and sales of the idea that is what has value.
I claim prior art exists. Magazines have been doing this sort of thing for decades. They give greatly discounted subscription offers to some people who they target as unlikely to resubscribe and to new subscribers. To old subscribers who they think will keep subscribing they do highly inflated subscription rates for the first pull. Then if you don't bite they start decreasing the subscription rate.
Our family's solution is we just get the magazine in a different family member's name each year. This gives us the best rates. We see all the 'super deal rates' they offer as an existing subscriber but there is almost always a better deal for new subscribers.
Frankly, this model of sales pisses off a lot of people and they're losing business doing it. Often we'll let a subscription lapse for a while... or forever. They should treat their existing customers as gold and pamper them with the best rates.
Well, you don't have to buy from Apple. You can Jailbreak your iOS device or just use other hardware. It isn't like this is 1984 with Big Apple telling you that you must buy an iPhone. Heck, you don't have to buy a cell phone either. Stick with a land line. Or not.
Me things some people have too much time to complain about too little.
We need to ban patenting of any of this. Our genetic code is our heritage. Companies, and thus people, should not be able to patent genes or their uses. If they want to be rewarded then they need to implement actual therapy and earn their money from that, without any patenting involved.
"...some argue that ultimately the era of digital course materials will be better for student learning."
And far greater profits for publishers...
Except that learning is becoming distributed. Publishers, colleges, professors and universities are rapidly becoming dinosaurs. Information is free and available to those who want to expend the effort to learn rather than just get a piece of paper to frame and hang on the wall. Heck, those paper collectors can buy a mill degree for that matter.
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Apple is disgraceful in the way that it dumps old hardware and software. There is a tremendous amount of older hardware which could easily run the new MacOS and iOS with some features turned of that is beyond the capability of the hardware. Very easy to program.
There is also a tremendous heritage of older software, particularly in the educational field, that is not being produced today that Apple should continue to support. Their abandonment of Classic, Rosetta, etc is pathetic.
They can make gobs of money of the old hardware by offering OS upgrades. It is very ungreen of them to create all this etrash.
You don't just "get infected" by "visiting a site". Your browser or automated software doing the bill scanning needs to do something stupid that allows the site to run code where it shouldn't. Pure text, HTML, etc aren't going to melt your brain. Sad but true.
I have a keyboard for my iPad which makes it much better for editing and composing but even with the keyboard the iPad isn't as good as my MacBook. On the other hand, for reading documents the iPad excels. Each has their place. I would not give up one for the other.
Au contraire. We need MORE people, not fewer. We need more people thinking about solving big problems like how to get off this rock and sustainably out into space and out of this solar system.
Remember, there are rocks with this planet's name etched on them coming this way. Global extinction events come from outer space disconcertingly often. If we're not already off planet by the next one then say good by to our descendants.
You may not care, but I do. Have more kids. It's your duty to your species to go out, have sex and then raise your kids with a thirst for knowledge.
By the way, this planet can easily support 50 Billion humans and the hockey stick graph has been proven wrong. The population curve is dropping fast.
Well... our pigs go from a couple of pounds to 300 lbs in about seven or eight months. By a year they're around 400 lbs. A few breeders get to stick around and top out at a maximum of about 1,700 lbs for the boars and 800 lbs for the sows, almost no fat since these are pastured pigs. But that is after six or seven years so the growth curve does slow down.
Actually, I've taken our Macintosh PowerBook and MacBook Pro laptops apart many times with our kids to upgrade memory, drives, replace broken screens and to fix various things. The machines are eminently easy to work on.
However, I'm not so sure that was what the original poster was looking for - internal hardware hacking - but rather a machine the child could use to learn typing, programming and computer skills such as spreadsheets, word processing and drawing/painting programs like Photoshop and Illustrator.
The advantage of a laptop is it has a built in battery backup, uses less power, takes up less space, is more rugged (designed for portability) and can be moved.
Another good thing to look for on eBay is a used digital camera to couple with the computer. Get one that does not have a retractable lens. I've found the Casio EX-V8 to be very good for kids because it has the automatic modes and manual modes when they're ready to learn about settings.
I'm sorry to hear your experience with children has been so bad. Our kids are very careful with things. They all have and use computers from a year old. We teach them to use knifes too. Teach respect, responsibility and appreciation. They're the first three R's. With that foundation the next three R's come easily.
I would suggest a used MacBook Pro. You can pick one up on eBay in excellent condition for a few hundred dollars. It's a lot of computer in a small package with a real keyboard and a great platform for learning to program. It is also great for watching educational DVDs and using kid's ed software.
If you need to, it will run Windows too.
This is a meta study that is a beautiful example of nonsense. They simply are aggregating other research rather than actually doing research and completely missing the real issues.
Let's have real science.
"We" as in We the American people who go and vote in November. You read entirely too much into things. Don't be so paranoid.
Sorry, Anonymous Cowards don't get to vote. You must show ID.
"Right now, this tool shows the odds favor another four years for Obama, even with a strong swing for the Republicans."
I'm not surprised since the incumbent has a strong advantage and we have a weak opponent on the Republican ticket. It is next election when the Republicans will logically field a strong candidate as they'll have far better odds of winning.
No. You're putting words in other people's mouths. Both they and I get paid for our labor. That's not slave labour. If doing the work is part of education then getting the education is part of the pay. I had many things like that. I apprenticed at meat cutting for 18 months. I didn't get 'paid' I got an education, I learned how to cut meat for commercial cuts. Learning through work is a great way to learn something.
The fact that you call it slave labor suggests to me you haven't ever done hard work. I have a clue for you: Good for you that you don't have to work but those of use without silver spoons are grateful to have work.
I work >12 hrs/day and 7 days/wk 365 days a year. I've been doing it since I was a child. You probably consider me boring since I don't party like people like you. I've got better things to do.
Spoken like an anonymous coward.
While in high school and college I worked full time. It did me good. Too bad you don't value hard work. It would get you ahead.
Old customers keep buying. In our case they buy week after week. Cultivating existing customers is much easier than establishing new customers. Old customers get priority in ordering from our business. They get pick of the pig. New customers come after that.
Old customers are gold, and we treat them that way.
New customers are unknowns. Hopefully they'll turn into good customers but I'm not about to give them a better deal than existing customers get.
One would think so but the patent office clerks are giving patents on genes.
The clerks also give out a lot of patents for obvious things. Just about everything is obvious. Dozens of people come up with the same ideas. Ideas are a dime a dozen. It is implementation, production, marketing and sales of the idea that is what has value.
"Anyone who buys Apple products is a cunt. Don't be a cunt."
You're just jealous that you're not getting any. Pipe down and save up your pennies.
I'm sorry you feel like a social outcast because you don't have something. Get over it. Buck up.
Work experience is very valuable. Liberals are too quickly to condemn work. A pity.
I claim prior art exists. Magazines have been doing this sort of thing for decades. They give greatly discounted subscription offers to some people who they target as unlikely to resubscribe and to new subscribers. To old subscribers who they think will keep subscribing they do highly inflated subscription rates for the first pull. Then if you don't bite they start decreasing the subscription rate.
Our family's solution is we just get the magazine in a different family member's name each year. This gives us the best rates. We see all the 'super deal rates' they offer as an existing subscriber but there is almost always a better deal for new subscribers.
Frankly, this model of sales pisses off a lot of people and they're losing business doing it. Often we'll let a subscription lapse for a while... or forever. They should treat their existing customers as gold and pamper them with the best rates.
Well, you don't have to buy from Apple. You can Jailbreak your iOS device or just use other hardware. It isn't like this is 1984 with Big Apple telling you that you must buy an iPhone. Heck, you don't have to buy a cell phone either. Stick with a land line. Or not.
Me things some people have too much time to complain about too little.
We need to ban patenting of any of this. Our genetic code is our heritage. Companies, and thus people, should not be able to patent genes or their uses. If they want to be rewarded then they need to implement actual therapy and earn their money from that, without any patenting involved.
"...some argue that ultimately the era of digital course materials will be better for student learning."
And far greater profits for publishers...
Except that learning is becoming distributed. Publishers, colleges, professors and universities are rapidly becoming dinosaurs. Information is free and available to those who want to expend the effort to learn rather than just get a piece of paper to frame and hang on the wall. Heck, those paper collectors can buy a mill degree for that matter.