I was punished in the third grade for pointing out that the Sun wasn't the center of the universe. The teacher was explaining the solar system and how the planets revolve around the sun. A fellow student asked if the Sun revolves around anything, and she said no, the Sun never moves. After raising my hand and explaining that she was wrong, I was sent to the principal's office. I never got a full explanation on why, or an apology.
I had the exact opposite experience. Went through all those courses in 2 years of aerospace engineering before I jumped ship to air traffic control (had calc 1 done from high school AP). My textbooks were my bible. I found that if I needed to reference something, I could usually open the book and land on the right page within a few seconds of grabbing it off the shelf. I sincerely doubt it is that easy to find info in a Kindle book that quickly. As I said in my first post, the Kindle seems great for linear subject matter like books, but for non-linear stuff like a textbook I can see it just being a huge hassle.
I thoroughly enjoyed the time I've spent messing around with other people's kindles. I plan to buy one, but I just don't see them working for textbooks.
During my time in college, I never sold back one of my old textbooks, because I always "personalized" them so much during the semester by writing in, highlighting, and generally abusing all of them. Each and every one still sits on my bookcase, and I still reference them occasionally, as making them completely un-sell-back-able has made them exceptionally easy for me to use.
I think the student is right. You can't fly through a Kindle e-book the same way you can with a solid textbook. I suspect the Kindle is just made for more linear reading.
I suspect it's because you modded me flamebait and don't want the vote taken away by commenting.
Ok, all kidding aside, I've noticed every single post I make with any type of foul language is tagged as flamebait within minutes of posting, even though they all eventually get modded back up. Other people have responded to my posts with warnings about some kind of self-appointed "vulgarity police" roaming around here modding people down. I think most people here are adult enough to handle this sort of thing without having someone else doing the censoring.
I think you've nailed it. I have yet to run into a single person who could answer the question "What is the definition of the cloud?" without me being able to unravel their answer with the phrase "Yes, but we've been doing that since the internet started." It's just a fancy buzzword for people with nothing of substance to say.
Forgot to mention the recent horseshit about Arrington declaring the handshake dead, and that we need a new alternative to prevent the spread of germs.
This pisses me off to no end. I suppose it works because saying that you declare something as nebulous as WebOs arriving sounds more important than "My opinion is such that...".
The worst of the worst is Arrington, as well as TechCrunch in general. If I recall correctly, Arrington declared both voicemail and email to be dead, Dead, DEAD!!! Really asshole? I use both every single day in a very efficient manner. In the future please just say "I don't like these things" instead of declaring them to be dead. Maybe I'll go write a blog post with the title "I declare Mike Arrington to be dead".
Just recently TechCrunch did the same for RSS, which is funny because RSS is how I arrived at this article, as well as the one for TechCrunch. I assumed they meant they didn't want me as a subscriber to their RSS feed, so I rectified the situation. Can't believe I ever read that shithole site.
In the future if an article declares something to be so, I'll declare that it is a shitty article.
I suspect the first person to set foot on mars will be remembered for at least a thousand years beyond anyone who is currently living.
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You're 100% correct. Although I probably would never do this, the first thought that popped into my head was "Hey, I should bookmark this in case I ever get around to writing that app".
Dvorak and Curry talk at length about the guy on No Agenda #121. Some of the clips they play of this guy talking are jaw dropping. He sounds like one of those people giving a speech in a class who simply run out of things to say 10 minutes too early.
The progression through the campaign is extremely non-linear. There are about 40 missions, spread out on a map of Europe. Your first mission is in far West Europe, and each mission you complete opens up bordering missions (sort of like a Risk map). Realistically, the game can be complete having only played through around 15 missions if you do them in the right order. The problem is you won't have picked up enough technology to make the final mission anything but shear mind bending torture.
This really helps once the missions start to get difficult. If you get stumped up in the Northern countries, go try and take Northern Africa. You may pick up new technology upgrades in the process that will help you go back and tackle more difficult missions.
For being more than a decade old, it has more innovative gameplay than any other RTS I have ever tried. I still bust out the disk from time to time, despite the archaic graphics. Playing with a good joystick and throttle is a blast. The problem is, most people couldn't handle having to mentally manage both a full scale RTS as well as first person controls of vehicles. The game is still extremely difficult for me, despite having played on an off since its release. In fact, the game featured two races so difficult that a second version was published removing them from all missions. These videos give an excellent overview of the basics of gameplay. If you happen to run across a copy of the game on ebay or in a bargain bin, pick it up, you won't be dissapointed.
As an added bonus, the story line and plot presented before the game make the dire circumstances of the Battlestar Galactica miniseries seem downright cheerful.
Facebook couldn't be a more perfect example. So many times have I looked at screenshots of the very start of facebook and thought "Shit, I could have done that in PHP easily". Then I realize, I would have been stumped as soon as my needs grew beyond a single private server, and my tech skills wouldn't have been high enough to hire someone to figure that out for me, I wouldn't trust someone else to share in my brilliant idea, and I would have been too lazy to learn to properly manage it myself.
Perhaps that's why every website idea I have ever had has really led to nothing substantial.
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Maybe he's a huge fan of Arrington and Techcrunch, but hates voicemail, email, and RSS? Still baffles me.
Yeah don't bother explaining why or anything. I don't see a single thing about that post that warrants "flamebait".
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1359773&cid=29333579
I find this tag to be offensive, seeing as how I'm not wearing pants.
Sorry, I'm a stickler for quotations, and you left the end off...
"Alright, yer 'fugees now. Show Syd the 'fugee face. Sad face. Sad 'fugee face....that's good."
Apparently I'm a cunt then.
Children Of Men.
I was punished in the third grade for pointing out that the Sun wasn't the center of the universe. The teacher was explaining the solar system and how the planets revolve around the sun. A fellow student asked if the Sun revolves around anything, and she said no, the Sun never moves. After raising my hand and explaining that she was wrong, I was sent to the principal's office. I never got a full explanation on why, or an apology.
Or shitty teachers.
I had the exact opposite experience. Went through all those courses in 2 years of aerospace engineering before I jumped ship to air traffic control (had calc 1 done from high school AP). My textbooks were my bible. I found that if I needed to reference something, I could usually open the book and land on the right page within a few seconds of grabbing it off the shelf. I sincerely doubt it is that easy to find info in a Kindle book that quickly. As I said in my first post, the Kindle seems great for linear subject matter like books, but for non-linear stuff like a textbook I can see it just being a huge hassle.
Funny, your comment reminded me of this:
Russian Scientists Announce Six-Month Delay In Carving New Space Station
Not my textbooks, anyway.
I thoroughly enjoyed the time I've spent messing around with other people's kindles. I plan to buy one, but I just don't see them working for textbooks.
During my time in college, I never sold back one of my old textbooks, because I always "personalized" them so much during the semester by writing in, highlighting, and generally abusing all of them. Each and every one still sits on my bookcase, and I still reference them occasionally, as making them completely un-sell-back-able has made them exceptionally easy for me to use.
I think the student is right. You can't fly through a Kindle e-book the same way you can with a solid textbook. I suspect the Kindle is just made for more linear reading.
I suspect it's because you modded me flamebait and don't want the vote taken away by commenting.
Ok, all kidding aside, I've noticed every single post I make with any type of foul language is tagged as flamebait within minutes of posting, even though they all eventually get modded back up. Other people have responded to my posts with warnings about some kind of self-appointed "vulgarity police" roaming around here modding people down. I think most people here are adult enough to handle this sort of thing without having someone else doing the censoring.
I think you've nailed it. I have yet to run into a single person who could answer the question "What is the definition of the cloud?" without me being able to unravel their answer with the phrase "Yes, but we've been doing that since the internet started." It's just a fancy buzzword for people with nothing of substance to say.
Forgot to mention the recent horseshit about Arrington declaring the handshake dead, and that we need a new alternative to prevent the spread of germs.
"Dion Hinchcliffe over on ZDNet declared".
This pisses me off to no end. I suppose it works because saying that you declare something as nebulous as WebOs arriving sounds more important than "My opinion is such that...".
The worst of the worst is Arrington, as well as TechCrunch in general. If I recall correctly, Arrington declared both voicemail and email to be dead, Dead, DEAD!!! Really asshole? I use both every single day in a very efficient manner. In the future please just say "I don't like these things" instead of declaring them to be dead. Maybe I'll go write a blog post with the title "I declare Mike Arrington to be dead".
Just recently TechCrunch did the same for RSS, which is funny because RSS is how I arrived at this article, as well as the one for TechCrunch. I assumed they meant they didn't want me as a subscriber to their RSS feed, so I rectified the situation. Can't believe I ever read that shithole site.
In the future if an article declares something to be so, I'll declare that it is a shitty article.
I suspect the first person to set foot on mars will be remembered for at least a thousand years beyond anyone who is currently living.
You're 100% correct. Although I probably would never do this, the first thought that popped into my head was "Hey, I should bookmark this in case I ever get around to writing that app".
Dvorak and Curry talk at length about the guy on No Agenda #121. Some of the clips they play of this guy talking are jaw dropping. He sounds like one of those people giving a speech in a class who simply run out of things to say 10 minutes too early.
Troll? Seriously? Any reason for modding me troll or just feel like being a dick?
Still haven't heard a reasonable explanation on that one.
I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
The progression through the campaign is extremely non-linear. There are about 40 missions, spread out on a map of Europe. Your first mission is in far West Europe, and each mission you complete opens up bordering missions (sort of like a Risk map). Realistically, the game can be complete having only played through around 15 missions if you do them in the right order. The problem is you won't have picked up enough technology to make the final mission anything but shear mind bending torture.
This really helps once the missions start to get difficult. If you get stumped up in the Northern countries, go try and take Northern Africa. You may pick up new technology upgrades in the process that will help you go back and tackle more difficult missions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Assault
For being more than a decade old, it has more innovative gameplay than any other RTS I have ever tried. I still bust out the disk from time to time, despite the archaic graphics. Playing with a good joystick and throttle is a blast. The problem is, most people couldn't handle having to mentally manage both a full scale RTS as well as first person controls of vehicles. The game is still extremely difficult for me, despite having played on an off since its release. In fact, the game featured two races so difficult that a second version was published removing them from all missions. These videos give an excellent overview of the basics of gameplay. If you happen to run across a copy of the game on ebay or in a bargain bin, pick it up, you won't be dissapointed.
As an added bonus, the story line and plot presented before the game make the dire circumstances of the Battlestar Galactica miniseries seem downright cheerful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgAnpPxu1z4 - Trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtKCUlcy0fU - Training video 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AqHigVdMxY - Training video 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU0GyO61xoI - Training video 3
Facebook couldn't be a more perfect example. So many times have I looked at screenshots of the very start of facebook and thought "Shit, I could have done that in PHP easily". Then I realize, I would have been stumped as soon as my needs grew beyond a single private server, and my tech skills wouldn't have been high enough to hire someone to figure that out for me, I wouldn't trust someone else to share in my brilliant idea, and I would have been too lazy to learn to properly manage it myself.
Perhaps that's why every website idea I have ever had has really led to nothing substantial.