My aunt and uncle are blind. They surf the web, do email, news, etc. without much trouble at all. They have a screen reader and special keyboard mappings to control it.
Now comes the part that I'm gonna get flamed for: They are running Windows. One thing M$ has done VERY well is build hooks into the OS for alternative input devices and keyboard control of the GUI. --
I'm with you brother. But you will not be modded up, because the self-styled pioneers of the new electronic frontier believe they are right, always, even when they are wrong. Reading and books are more than 'information'. It is the same reason online, distance learning cannot replace face time with a teacher, or daycare replace the care of a loving parent, in the home.
Actually, this is a technique in software engineering. You seed a project with a known number of errors, and compare the number of known errors discovered in testing with the ones you put in in the first place. This gives you an idea of how thoroughly you have tested, and where you have gaps in your methodology.
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I knew I kept my KayPro for a reason!;-)
I agree, but not in school, or at least not in the classroom. Perhaps a lab just like chemistry and bio.
It depends on the class, the grade level, etc. I don't think a computer on every desk is conducive to learning in the elementary grades. The distractions are too great, both for the students and for the teachers.
In HS, it may change, although I agree with others who have expressed doubts about calculators and such, in dumbing down the actually learning. It does no one any good to train another generation of cut and paste script kiddies, regardless of the subject matter.
We also need to realize that even very smart, capable kids do not need extensive computer exposure in school. The computer-based curicula(sp?) that have come out over the last 10 years or so have been miserable. Distance learning, video conferencing have also seen less than stellar performance.
Does this mean I'm going to see "Julie and her girlfriends lick each other at http://www.spammedshit.com" on my cell phone?
Yes, it does. My last contract was for a Danish mobile phone operator. I wrote the email to SMS gateway they use. The amount of spam traffic running through the GSM networks was astounding. Watching my logs was interesting.
Joke of the Day, in Danish or English
Train schedules and delays on HT
Local news for Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Helsingor
You get the idea. These are things people subscribed to, then add in the pr0n adverts and the volume was quite large.
I might be mistaken, but I think subscribers at my company paid 10kroner per message. (about US$1.13) I don't know, my phone was free while I was on contract.
I haven't gotten a phone since I came back to the US. The PCS market here is so far behind the times compared to the GSM systems running everywhere else.
Isn't the whole point of this discussion to have something to 'futz' around with? I mean, if somebody already has it configured to do what you want, you don't have to 'hack' it, do you?
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Not a bias, just good common sense.
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When you look at pop culture, and other countries leaders, it's obvious that most people are that stupid. I'm surprised the result wasn't higher.
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Neither. Hooks. You jump up on it's back after it responds to the thumper.
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Now comes the part that I'm gonna get flamed for: They are running Windows. One thing M$ has done VERY well is build hooks into the OS for alternative input devices and keyboard control of the GUI.
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I do not understand. What is the problem with C|Net?
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Mod this UP. Whenever I need a laugh, I think of the image of Thor, God of Thunder, glued to the floor as punishment for his crimes.
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...the solo at the end of 'Lucky Man'...
I'm with you brother. But you will not be modded up, because the self-styled pioneers of the new electronic frontier believe they are right, always, even when they are wrong. Reading and books are more than 'information'. It is the same reason online, distance learning cannot replace face time with a teacher, or daycare replace the care of a loving parent, in the home.
Great!
Now I have to worry about it exploding on my lap, not just being warm, or possibly piddling.
It's not 'this government'. It's a shadow organization, run, in part, by the chairman of Morley Tobacco.
Are you the REAL Art Bell?
I'm waiting...
Still waiting...
I didn't think so. You are a thief and an ass.
Actually, this is a technique in software engineering. You seed a project with a known number of errors, and compare the number of known errors discovered in testing with the ones you put in in the first place. This gives you an idea of how thoroughly you have tested, and where you have gaps in your methodology.
I agree, but not in school, or at least not in the classroom. Perhaps a lab just like chemistry and bio.
In HS, it may change, although I agree with others who have expressed doubts about calculators and such, in dumbing down the actually learning. It does no one any good to train another generation of cut and paste script kiddies, regardless of the subject matter.
We also need to realize that even very smart, capable kids do not need extensive computer exposure in school. The computer-based curicula(sp?) that have come out over the last 10 years or so have been miserable. Distance learning, video conferencing have also seen less than stellar performance.
Yes, it does. My last contract was for a Danish mobile phone operator. I wrote the email to SMS gateway they use. The amount of spam traffic running through the GSM networks was astounding. Watching my logs was interesting.
You get the idea. These are things people subscribed to, then add in the pr0n adverts and the volume was quite large.
I might be mistaken, but I think subscribers at my company paid 10kroner per message. (about US$1.13) I don't know, my phone was free while I was on contract.
I haven't gotten a phone since I came back to the US. The PCS market here is so far behind the times compared to the GSM systems running everywhere else.
It was a nice try, though.
THe Enigma code was cracked by the Brits long before 1945.
How many 'Open Source' advocates truly return to the community anything?
BSD, not FreeBSD. They are cousins, though.