That being said, I think MS have realized that collaboration knowledge bases are the wave of the future. I wouldn't be surprised to see them release a wiki like product of their own.
are you enabling someone to download or find pirated content? Then the RIAA might have something to say about that. I'm not sure what the current legal stance on that is, but that's an argument that a layer would probably make.
Inciting hatred in Canada just means rendering it at all more likely that someone would be discriminated against or hurt.
Erk, Yeah. If that's the distinction then I fail.
So in fact your "criticism" could very well be "hate speech" in Canada, just if it was ruled to increase the chances that a Christian would be discriminated against or hurt.
And that's where the layers step in. Perhaps there isn't a lot of definition between the two.
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Its very hard for me to quantify the difference between criticism and hate speech because a great deal of it circumstantial and how you take it, but let me just give you an example...
criticism: People don't have souls. Christians are wrong.
Hate: People don't have souls, fucking Christians should not be allowed to practice such stupidity.
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There is a fundamental difference between inciting hatred and and being critical of a religion.
OK, Lets speak a little bit more generally.
When I was a kid i lied about my age to get a job at burger king and volunteered at computer shops to get my hardware and repair background.
But what about the rest of my generation? There is absolutely *NO* incentive for them to step out of their comfort zone. How do you encourage this in an entire generation? What sort of cultural values would get our kids off their collective asses?
But you are doing exactly what the article predicts that you would do - it's everyone's fault but your own. Yes, yes, they do share blame, of course they do. And I know as much as anyone that children are not at truly fault for how they're raised. But at some point, it may be their fault - but placing blame really doesn't fix the situation. Only you can fix the situation, and it doesn't really matter whose fault it is.
I'm speaking as someone whose parents really messed him up in many different ways - but ultimately, they are not going to fix it, I have to. And placing blame really does nothing but remind me of the past, instead of looking to the future.
Put shortly and bluntly, who gives a fuck whose fault it is, I care more about what you do with your life and who you are *now*.:-)
Its very hard for me not to blame the issue on someone else... Where else am i going to get real world experience at a young age?
So today I see an article about the growing narcissism of students
Might as well replace "students" with "people". The whole concept that this is somehow limited to graduates of whatever reeks of the "dirty intellectuals" cultural revolution mentality.
It's not graduates that are getting narcissistic, it's much of our society that's changing this way, of which they are but a subset. If you think that the people who don't finish high school and suckle on the NYC welfare tit for much of their life are any less narcissistic, you've got a dose of reality coming...
Our society has removed a system of intrinsic rewards that involve satisfaction from doing one's job well, and providing for one's family, and replaced it with a money-grabbing race for being buried with the most stuff. But make no mistake about it - this phenomenon has far less to do with education, and far more to do with the destruction of family as a concept.
Uh, wut? How does not having a solid family structure make you more narcissistic?
Personally I have found that people that had to fend for themselves and didn't have mommy at arms reach more humbled and harder working.
Speaking from the viewpoint of a 21 year old IT "professional"...
Its the parents/teachers fault. We have been told from a very early age that having education sets us apart from the rest.
You end up with people that think that because they got 90s in school, they are more qualified to do a job that someone has been doing for 20 years. Its stupid, even i think so.
Perhaps if we hadn't been so coddled as kids, the workplace wouldn't be such a huge step for my generation.
Working at Staples in Canada, this was just one of the few tricks that we were expected to do to keep our job.
This is the cooperation trying to make a big as a buck as they can. And don't get pissed off at the employees, they *have* to do what they are told or else they get fired anyways. If you seriously have a problem with policies like this, ask a manager who their district manager is and fire off an angry e-mail to him.
I'm really sick of posters like the one above thinking their making a point by making an innocent employee who's probably in school or just struggling to survive go through hell. Seriously - grow up.
"My concern with Facebook is that there's no one regulating the utility.""
Regulating what? The handing out of api docs? The creation of the programs?
I've seen a couple of the programs and i can't see any that cross any lines, and i think the API was specifically designed for that. I can't comment on the handing out and documenting of the API, but perhaps the writer should talk to some of the other programmers.
If they're doing something that requires you to trick the hardware, they should probably be using something more advanced - i'll agree with you to that point, but there are no circumstances in a beginners course that would require that. none that i can think of anyways.
PICs Are great, they are even good to integrate with a basic electronics course.
Heck, if you wanted to go even simpler you could use picaxe chips. http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/.
they use a basic-esque command set thats preloaded on the chip, comes with all software and a programming manual that students can easily read an learn by themselves.
The best part is that as soon as they're done the basics, you can move on to actually programming them with native instructions.
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ignorant people keep me in business. they can call it a magic box for all i care.
It's funny, I work at a school where all the pcs shut off at 8:00 every night.
The major push to make it that way was provided for by the students. They were very concerned by the energy use of our computers. Good for them.
objectivity for the win.
That being said, I think MS have realized that collaboration knowledge bases are the wave of the future. I wouldn't be surprised to see them release a wiki like product of their own.
Oh Ok, Yeah. That makes sense. Are there any laws that protect Facebook from illegal content that a user might post?
are you enabling someone to download or find pirated content? Then the RIAA might have something to say about that. I'm not sure what the current legal stance on that is, but that's an argument that a layer would probably make.
I'm not against pirating, just against the drama that goes with it. I really don't want the RIAA on my ass; I'm sure facebook doesn't either.
Step Two: Encourage Developers to program with Physx, Now that it works on both sides
Step Three: After universal acceptance of PhysX, include bugs that will only affect ATI owners, making ATI look bad.
Not saying that this *will* happen, but just that its a possibility.
Inciting hatred in Canada just means rendering it at all more likely that someone would be discriminated against or hurt.
Erk, Yeah. If that's the distinction then I fail.
So in fact your "criticism" could very well be "hate speech" in Canada, just if it was ruled to increase the chances that a Christian would be discriminated against or hurt.
And that's where the layers step in. Perhaps there isn't a lot of definition between the two.
"Can't do that"
"Doesn't work that way"
"Coooommmeonnnnn"
that never happens.
criticism: People don't have souls. Christians are wrong.
Hate: People don't have souls, fucking Christians should not be allowed to practice such stupidity.
There is a fundamental difference between inciting hatred and and being critical of a religion.
I'm a LAN Administrator for a secondary school. I monitor, fix, and upgrade school computers.
That's the way that I have to present myself in order to be taken seriously. It wasn't an attempt to discredit anyone else.
There have been studies on the links between social networking and depression. I totally agree with you, it's a letdown when you realize you aren't nearly important as you think you are. SRC: ( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1132788/Why-chatting-long-Facebook-girl-down.html )
OK, Lets speak a little bit more generally. When I was a kid i lied about my age to get a job at burger king and volunteered at computer shops to get my hardware and repair background. But what about the rest of my generation? There is absolutely *NO* incentive for them to step out of their comfort zone. How do you encourage this in an entire generation? What sort of cultural values would get our kids off their collective asses?
But you are doing exactly what the article predicts that you would do - it's everyone's fault but your own. Yes, yes, they do share blame, of course they do. And I know as much as anyone that children are not at truly fault for how they're raised. But at some point, it may be their fault - but placing blame really doesn't fix the situation. Only you can fix the situation, and it doesn't really matter whose fault it is.
I'm speaking as someone whose parents really messed him up in many different ways - but ultimately, they are not going to fix it, I have to. And placing blame really does nothing but remind me of the past, instead of looking to the future.
Put shortly and bluntly, who gives a fuck whose fault it is, I care more about what you do with your life and who you are *now*. :-)
Its very hard for me not to blame the issue on someone else... Where else am i going to get real world experience at a young age?
Might as well replace "students" with "people". The whole concept that this is somehow limited to graduates of whatever reeks of the "dirty intellectuals" cultural revolution mentality.
It's not graduates that are getting narcissistic, it's much of our society that's changing this way, of which they are but a subset. If you think that the people who don't finish high school and suckle on the NYC welfare tit for much of their life are any less narcissistic, you've got a dose of reality coming...
Our society has removed a system of intrinsic rewards that involve satisfaction from doing one's job well, and providing for one's family, and replaced it with a money-grabbing race for being buried with the most stuff. But make no mistake about it - this phenomenon has far less to do with education, and far more to do with the destruction of family as a concept.
Uh, wut? How does not having a solid family structure make you more narcissistic? Personally I have found that people that had to fend for themselves and didn't have mommy at arms reach more humbled and harder working.
Speaking from the viewpoint of a 21 year old IT "professional"... Its the parents/teachers fault. We have been told from a very early age that having education sets us apart from the rest. You end up with people that think that because they got 90s in school, they are more qualified to do a job that someone has been doing for 20 years. Its stupid, even i think so. Perhaps if we hadn't been so coddled as kids, the workplace wouldn't be such a huge step for my generation.
Working at Staples in Canada, this was just one of the few tricks that we were expected to do to keep our job.
This is the cooperation trying to make a big as a buck as they can. And don't get pissed off at the employees, they *have* to do what they are told or else they get fired anyways. If you seriously have a problem with policies like this, ask a manager who their district manager is and fire off an angry e-mail to him.
I'm really sick of posters like the one above thinking their making a point by making an innocent employee who's probably in school or just struggling to survive go through hell. Seriously - grow up.
"My concern with Facebook is that there's no one regulating the utility."" Regulating what? The handing out of api docs? The creation of the programs? I've seen a couple of the programs and i can't see any that cross any lines, and i think the API was specifically designed for that. I can't comment on the handing out and documenting of the API, but perhaps the writer should talk to some of the other programmers.
Is this coy sarcasm? Or did you just post in the wrong thread? I'm rather confused.
If they're doing something that requires you to trick the hardware, they should probably be using something more advanced - i'll agree with you to that point, but there are no circumstances in a beginners course that would require that. none that i can think of anyways.
PICs Are great, they are even good to integrate with a basic electronics course. Heck, if you wanted to go even simpler you could use picaxe chips. http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/. they use a basic-esque command set thats preloaded on the chip, comes with all software and a programming manual that students can easily read an learn by themselves. The best part is that as soon as they're done the basics, you can move on to actually programming them with native instructions.