Women are not (as a group) dumber than men. And on the same kind of evidence the blurb mentions (out of my behind:), the only person I knew who really believed in astrology was a man. Many women will play-believe in astrology (read horoscopes etc) because it is fun for them, but few actually believe in it.
The eeepc is less than 1Kg (~2 pounds), I think the others are around that. This is a huge difference. Plus, old hardware tends to have problems, especially with movable parts (HD, CD etc). Batteries tend to last very little in old laptops.
My company gave me a Dell Inspiron about 5 years ago (it was decent then:). The battery now lasts less than 1 hour. The fans make terrible noise, and we replaced the HD once. And it weights almost 10 pounds in its bag, which makes it more a luggable than a laptop:)
Maybe he's the candidate *you* have been asking for. He's definitely NOT the one *I* have. I do think he is either lying or dumb:), I do think he is associated with racism, think that taking the US out of Iraq *immediately* is not the right answer, and a 100% non-interventionist policy is wrong. I disagree with his positions in many other items (but don't have time to list all of them here/now).
Actually, you may have a different definition of decent, or just haven't been around many unis recently. I teach CS classes at SPSU, (we're a second-tier public uni in GA, decent geeky university, not ivy league, but our program is ABET accredited:). Most of our profs use Windows mostly (we use Linux a little in one of our intro classes). Keep in mind SPSU doesn't mandate Windows, it's just what most profs use (we use Java and C++ in our intro programming classes). I think most unis (even GA Tech) around us are the same.
This has probably changed over time. When I was a grad student at Tulane, we had mainly Sun workstations. When I came back to defend my dissertation a couple years later, there was a (mostly empty) sun lab and a Windows lab. Linux may have reversed the trend a little, but just a little.
Just in case you care, I use mostly OSX and Linux, and usually require my students to put their work on a Linux server I control.
That's just stepping through with a few watches:). I think the original poster was pointing out that after a first programming course, most students don't know how to debug (find the problem and fix it). I don't think it is a problem with teaching, it is just that learning to program takes time.
I use books to get an idea for an area (usually several books) and the internet mainly for reference. Even when doing research on 'the internet', I many times go to established journals (work at a uni, so got access to many of them:)
Actually, people have said exactly that about buildings and won in court, at least once ! It's very hard to know where to draw the copyright line.
It is easier to see with sculptures; If you take a picture of a sculpture, is it a derivative work of the sculpture ? You can definitely make the case that it is, and so the derivative work is subject to copyright descriptions. Same goes with buildings or cars. It sucks, but it is a reasonable interpretation of copyright laws.
Of course, Linux feels much better for this things, but if you need to use Windows, try XLiveCD, which is a version of cygwin that boots from a CD. It has bash and many of the shell utilities (plus an XWindows server), which makes Windows *almost* usable if you have to:). Since there is no install you don't screw Windows:) you can also put it on the network and just map the drive when needed
It is easy to find functional equivalents, but not necessarily to find the *same* apps, and in certain domains that is important. I use Linux and a Mac, mainly, and Windows when necessary. A couple years ago I bought a Mac Mini for the kids (now 2 and 5; we bough the mini specifically so I don't screw with it like my normal boxes:).
I set up a Windows (well, dual boot with Linux) at home, for kids 'educational' games. Yes, I know there are several kids games for Linux; but the selection is much bigger with Windows; I tend to buy older versions of games, which are republished for about $5 each. About half of them are Windows only, and the other half also support Mac ('classic' which means pre-intel macs). They are not really worth the hassle of using Wine, and running VMWare on a slow machine is painful. So, although *I* like Linux better, for that domain Windows works much better. My 5 year old doesn't really give a hoot either way, of course:) he just wants to play Pokemon games:)
Last year? I saw this new implementations of Atari games in a device that looks like their original joystick, that you plug to the TV. They sold for around $25, and you can find them for about $15 now; the later ones have new games, with other characters (Dora, Spider man etc) and actually sell you a 'software key', so they have another way to make money; Having something like that but open (as in, I can program it myself) would be great.
It would be great to drive to work. The price is right, and I normally drive my car just to and from work, no highway (although you can probably get on the highways anyway). Imagine how easy it would be to park !
You may not find some languages (Scheme, Haskell) practical, or useful for getting a job; however, they help you understand certain concepts a lot better. If you really learn Scheme, you'll understand recursion, and will also get an appreciation for syntax (since scheme has none:); Haskell will teach you typing (templates etc) and lazy evaluation. Of course, you *could* learn those things in C++ or Java, but the concepts will be every unnatural, so chances are you won't really grok them. After you've learned the concepts, then it is relatively easy to apply them in a different language.
They just need to become lower than what is absorbed/transformed by other means. BTW, if the span is 3-5 years, we're doomed already:) all this things will take a much longer span.
Do you know how much you're paying in insurance fees ? The employer usually subsidizes it; I now pay about $300/mo (with my employer paying at least twice as much) for Blue Cross HMO (family plan, we're 4), so it is almost $3K/yr per *person*. This is more than my family's federal income tax !
Most computing skills ARE transferable across platforms and applications (those who aren't exactly the same:). Yes my fingers still type ctrl-c rather than apple-c most of the time, but it's basically the same. And look at how much easier it is to learn your second programming language, or GUI library.
Many of the ideas and operations are fundamentally the same. Even if they end up using Windows later on, they will learn it faster than if they had never seen a computer, and they will actually learn deeper (it is very hard to distinguish essence from accident when you only have one data point)
The OLPC runs Linux. The Kernel is Linux. You can install all the apps you want (or at least many:). TOH, the user interface is different (this is more like running xfce rather than Gnome or KDE).
One thing that can help you is skip a paragraph if it's too boring, and not important. You can usually realize this after 1-2 sentences, and can always go back and re-read if it ended up being important. And yes, you're not reading the right books:) but then, who cares ?
This used to be how copyright worked in the USA, but it has changed. I think most countries nowadays start copyright with creation, registration gives you proof of that (and in the US a chance for more $ in damages:) but the product is still copyrighted regardless. Of course, check your local laws, IANAL etc
Most apps I run would run on a 1GHz CPU (actually, until September, my main workstation was a 1.2GHz *laptop*). CPU Speed is seldom an absolute requirement. Having enough RAM (in the Gigs) is nice.
The only app that I see requiring a fast proc is video editing. It would still crawl on a slow one, but it is painful.
Nobody said you ONLY give to one thing. You can do both !!
And there are other factors, besides just 'locally':
1. I get an XO for $200:) (You can't get one any other way yet. I *want* one for my kids, although I can't afford it now:(
2. The levels of poverty plus the administrative costs etc can make a big difference. A small amount of money (say $10/mo) *can* change the life of a really poor kid in a '3rd world' country, whereas it will probably have a negligible effect on any American kid.
I give time to local causes. Money ? Maybe it has more impact somewhere else.
maybe b/c they're not from/in USA ?
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They're not from the USA, so they can afford to ignore USA laws:) RedHat can't
With two small kids, I tend to eat a lot there. They have some stuff that's terrible, but also some decent stuff now. Their salads are OK, and they have decent chicken sandwiches (select ?). Their cheap chicken (nuggets etc) is terrible, and their burgers are not great either (but they're edible)
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I am an American, and I think our public education is great. So there.
Women are not (as a group) dumber than men. And on the same kind of evidence the blurb mentions (out of my behind :), the only person I knew who really believed in astrology was a man. Many women will play-believe in astrology (read horoscopes etc) because it is fun for them, but few actually believe in it.
The eeepc is less than 1Kg (~2 pounds), I think the others are around that. This is a huge difference. Plus, old hardware tends to have problems, especially with movable parts (HD, CD etc). Batteries tend to last very little in old laptops.
:). The battery now lasts less than 1 hour. The fans make terrible noise, and we replaced the HD once. And it weights almost 10 pounds in its bag, which makes it more a luggable than a laptop :)
My company gave me a Dell Inspiron about 5 years ago (it was decent then
Maybe he's the candidate *you* have been asking for. He's definitely NOT the one *I* have. I do think he is either lying or dumb :), I do think he is associated with racism, think that taking the US out of Iraq *immediately* is not the right answer, and a 100% non-interventionist policy is wrong. I disagree with his positions in many other items (but don't have time to list all of them here/now).
Actually, you may have a different definition of decent, or just haven't been around many unis recently. I teach CS classes at SPSU, (we're a second-tier public uni in GA, decent geeky university, not ivy league, but our program is ABET accredited :). Most of our profs use Windows mostly (we use Linux a little in one of our intro classes). Keep in mind SPSU doesn't mandate Windows, it's just what most profs use (we use Java and C++ in our intro programming classes). I think most unis (even GA Tech) around us are the same.
This has probably changed over time. When I was a grad student at Tulane, we had mainly Sun workstations. When I came back to defend my dissertation a couple years later, there was a (mostly empty) sun lab and a Windows lab. Linux may have reversed the trend a little, but just a little.
Just in case you care, I use mostly OSX and Linux, and usually require my students to put their work on a Linux server I control.
That's just stepping through with a few watches :). I think the original poster was pointing out that after a first programming course, most students don't know how to debug (find the problem and fix it). I don't think it is a problem with teaching, it is just that learning to program takes time.
I use books to get an idea for an area (usually several books) and the internet mainly for reference. Even when doing research on 'the internet', I many times go to established journals (work at a uni, so got access to many of them :)
Actually, people have said exactly that about buildings and won in court, at least once ! It's very hard to know where to draw the copyright line.
It is easier to see with sculptures; If you take a picture of a sculpture, is it a derivative work of the sculpture ? You can definitely make the case that it is, and so the derivative work is subject to copyright descriptions. Same goes with buildings or cars. It sucks, but it is a reasonable interpretation of copyright laws.
Of course, Linux feels much better for this things, but if you need to use Windows, try XLiveCD, which is a version of cygwin that boots from a CD. It has bash and many of the shell utilities (plus an XWindows server), which makes Windows *almost* usable if you have to :). Since there is no install you don't screw Windows :) you can also put it on the network and just map the drive when needed
It is easy to find functional equivalents, but not necessarily to find the *same* apps, and in certain domains that is important. I use Linux and a Mac, mainly, and Windows when necessary. A couple years ago I bought a Mac Mini for the kids (now 2 and 5; we bough the mini specifically so I don't screw with it like my normal boxes :).
:) he just wants to play Pokemon games :)
I set up a Windows (well, dual boot with Linux) at home, for kids 'educational' games. Yes, I know there are several kids games for Linux; but the selection is much bigger with Windows; I tend to buy older versions of games, which are republished for about $5 each. About half of them are Windows only, and the other half also support Mac ('classic' which means pre-intel macs). They are not really worth the hassle of using Wine, and running VMWare on a slow machine is painful. So, although *I* like Linux better, for that domain Windows works much better. My 5 year old doesn't really give a hoot either way, of course
Last year? I saw this new implementations of Atari games in a device that looks like their original joystick, that you plug to the TV. They sold for around $25, and you can find them for about $15 now; the later ones have new games, with other characters (Dora, Spider man etc) and actually sell you a 'software key', so they have another way to make money; Having something like that but open (as in, I can program it myself) would be great.
It would be great to drive to work. The price is right, and I normally drive my car just to and from work, no highway (although you can probably get on the highways anyway). Imagine how easy it would be to park !
You may be using the terms college and university in a different way that I (and maybe others?) do. Are you getting a 4-year degree or a 2-year one ?
You may not find some languages (Scheme, Haskell) practical, or useful for getting a job; however, they help you understand certain concepts a lot better. If you really learn Scheme, you'll understand recursion, and will also get an appreciation for syntax (since scheme has none :); Haskell will teach you typing (templates etc) and lazy evaluation. Of course, you *could* learn those things in C++ or Java, but the concepts will be every unnatural, so chances are you won't really grok them. After you've learned the concepts, then it is relatively easy to apply them in a different language.
They just need to become lower than what is absorbed/transformed by other means. BTW, if the span is 3-5 years, we're doomed already :) all this things will take a much longer span.
Do you know how much you're paying in insurance fees ? The employer usually subsidizes it; I now pay about $300/mo (with my employer paying at least twice as much) for Blue Cross HMO (family plan, we're 4), so it is almost $3K/yr per *person*. This is more than my family's federal income tax !
How much would my taxes go up ?
Most computing skills ARE transferable across platforms and applications (those who aren't exactly the same :). Yes my fingers still type ctrl-c rather than apple-c most of the time, but it's basically the same. And look at how much easier it is to learn your second programming language, or GUI library.
Many of the ideas and operations are fundamentally the same. Even if they end up using Windows later on, they will learn it faster than if they had never seen a computer, and they will actually learn deeper (it is very hard to distinguish essence from accident when you only have one data point)
The OLPC runs Linux. The Kernel is Linux. You can install all the apps you want (or at least many :). TOH, the user interface is different (this is more like running xfce rather than Gnome or KDE).
One thing that can help you is skip a paragraph if it's too boring, and not important. You can usually realize this after 1-2 sentences, and can always go back and re-read if it ended up being important. :) but then, who cares ?
And yes, you're not reading the right books
This used to be how copyright worked in the USA, but it has changed. I think most countries nowadays start copyright with creation, registration gives you proof of that (and in the US a chance for more $ in damages :) but the product is still copyrighted regardless. Of course, check your local laws, IANAL etc
Most apps I run would run on a 1GHz CPU (actually, until September, my main workstation was a 1.2GHz *laptop*). CPU Speed is seldom an absolute requirement. Having enough RAM (in the Gigs) is nice.
The only app that I see requiring a fast proc is video editing. It would still crawl on a slow one, but it is painful.
Nobody said you ONLY give to one thing. You can do both !!
:) (You can't get one any other way yet. I *want* one for my kids, although I can't afford it now :(
And there are other factors, besides just 'locally':
1. I get an XO for $200
2. The levels of poverty plus the administrative costs etc can make a big difference. A small amount of money (say $10/mo) *can* change the life of a really poor kid in a '3rd world' country, whereas it will probably have a negligible effect on any American kid.
I give time to local causes. Money ? Maybe it has more impact somewhere else.
They're not from the USA, so they can afford to ignore USA laws :) RedHat can't
OOo isn't a piece of shit. It is a pretty good product. There !
With two small kids, I tend to eat a lot there. They have some stuff that's terrible, but also some decent stuff now. Their salads are OK, and they have decent chicken sandwiches (select ?). Their cheap chicken (nuggets etc) is terrible, and their burgers are not great either (but they're edible)