Only because anything was great when you came from nothing. That's like saying Windows 286 was great, it didn't use much menory. (Hell packaged into a box for geeks.)
Now if only we could rid the Ed environment of Blackboard we might get somewhere. If there is anything slowing down online education it's BB patents and attitude.
Where would you start with being critical of that crap? The 1980 forum software, the hacked up interface, the difficulty of even keeping it working?
One institution here won't provide BB access for campus students because it increases licence costs.
My lecturers who are spread across 5 different universities all agree that online students work harder and produce superior assignments. Certainly something that is impacted by the age of online students being 30+ generally compared to campus students mostly just out of school.
Assessment techniques for online student vary depending on institution and subject. There are a couple of paractices used. 1. Individual unique assignments with point scoring for discussion participation 2. Testing using online multiple choice where time limits and question numbers don't give time for looking up answers. 3. Exam hall finals.
Generally I think 1 is the better choice. With online course I think assessment needs to be linked tightly to participation, at least in the first year, to create a ethos of contribution.
The problem I see is that some unis who put up online courses are just plain greedy and stick in way too many students. But they do that on campus as well. You need to be one brave lecturer to set individual assignment for classes over 30 students. The assessment marking time is too extreme on 200 student courses.
Isn't that the whole idea of Facebook to expose who you are? Or who you prentend to be.
If you want to be in a closest then don't use Facebook. You could chose the real Gaydar instead, they will actually sell your details to the highest bidder.
In fact the biggest intrusion to your privacy is what you 'Google', that will give away what you have really been up to.
Yea he's got a full blown case of safettnazeitus. Worst I've ever seen. I bet he changes his fire alarm batteries on the 1st of April every year in-all.
"The accountant cut a head off another brochure, stuck it in place with spit and scanned it. What choice did he have the creative department wouldn't touch it."
Something like... "you do know that Y thinks you're a racist prick and he can only smile when he listens to your total crap because there is a joint waiting at home. You do know he's gay don't you?"
I wish we ran the world from here! If the consensus of/. was how it was run we would so be better off.
Bottom line is we pay for all this BS. The biggest issue for people with drug habits is lack of drugs. It's a medical issue.
Can someone please throw me a joint! Else I'll never finish this programming project that the my racist, hegemonic, Christian, fatarsed, abusive, prick of a client is demanding... without going nuts.
So what he is saying is that they will charge people who are brainless for articles available elsewhere? But what he doesn't say is how they will be charged. And very likely if you have a newspaper account you will get access to that paper for free.
He's saying News run a hopeless online classified business. He's saying 'we are a greedy bunch of corporate take-over merchants who have no place in the modern world'. He's saying News is only for those that can afford it.
We are talking about a lot of sites here. News is a major magazine publisher. They would not be making such an announcement if there wasn't research and a 'great' plan behind it. They rely on those sites for consumer feedback.
The question is "do News underestimate the internet or do we underestimate News?"
That won't just block students it will block teachers, trades persons, visitors...
Not all emergencies are about what happens in the school, some pertain to parent issues.
Those sort of issues come to the surface when class sizes are too large and the school takes a fundamentalist approach to education and ignores the need to teach ethics, social behaviour, basic psychology and etiquette.
"Please take off your hats, turn off your phone and leave the attitude at the door."
Better to train them in schools, that what schools are for than have to slap them in a movie theatre.;)
The US built these devices because corporations insisted they were necessary (necessary for profit) so we can only assume that they are being dismantled because someone is making money from it.
This has always been a lot less to do with national security than it was good salesmanship by arms manufacturers. There are clearly products that are more profitable to make that are more likely to be blown up and need to be replaced.
There is no cash in servicing nuclear weapons but there are a few dollars in pulling them apart.
The safety difference to the world in countries owning 100 - 20,000 nukes is bugger all. It's a logarithmic curve where 500 is just as insane as 10,000 or very insane.
In my Uni course it's 3:1 female/male and the top students group is heavily weighted with females. I wouldn't be underestimating the skills of female programmers lads!
And as for what they look like... well better than the lads in many cases. There are a heap of porky lads in programming.
"I'm not giving anything away for free." "But I expect to be able to do research on the net for free."
So 'you' are lucky to get 20c royalty on books or music but you want $2 on the net. And you aren't even risking the product being remained. And the distributors are risking almost nothing.
If the world was fair a music track on the net would cost X2 the royalty and a book the same. Instead it's either free or way over priced.
Who would have predicted in the 70s that the Labour Party would become such an holy group of sux holes with such self righteous attitudes to sex and drugs.
Slashdot Mirror
"Fuck you W3C, fuck you all."
"Fuck you very much and take these flying chairs!"
MS really should have included a 'flying chair' screen saver with Win7. I guess that is an opportunity for Google too like fixing IE for Microsloth.
"IE 5 was great"
Only because anything was great when you came from nothing. That's like saying Windows 286 was great, it didn't use much menory. (Hell packaged into a box for geeks.)
Now if only we could rid the Ed environment of Blackboard we might get somewhere. If there is anything slowing down online education it's BB patents and attitude.
Where would you start with being critical of that crap? The 1980 forum software, the hacked up interface, the difficulty of even keeping it working?
One institution here won't provide BB access for campus students because it increases licence costs.
My lecturers who are spread across 5 different universities all agree that online students work harder and produce superior assignments. Certainly something that is impacted by the age of online students being 30+ generally compared to campus students mostly just out of school.
Assessment techniques for online student vary depending on institution and subject. There are a couple of paractices used.
1. Individual unique assignments with point scoring for discussion participation
2. Testing using online multiple choice where time limits and question numbers don't give time for looking up answers.
3. Exam hall finals.
Generally I think 1 is the better choice. With online course I think assessment needs to be linked tightly to participation, at least in the first year, to create a ethos of contribution.
The problem I see is that some unis who put up online courses are just plain greedy and stick in way too many students. But they do that on campus as well. You need to be one brave lecturer to set individual assignment for classes over 30 students. The assessment marking time is too extreme on 200 student courses.
Isn't that the whole idea of Facebook to expose who you are? Or who you prentend to be.
If you want to be in a closest then don't use Facebook. You could chose the real Gaydar instead, they will actually sell your details to the highest bidder.
In fact the biggest intrusion to your privacy is what you 'Google', that will give away what you have really been up to.
Yani
"I suspect Conroy is patient zero."
Yea he's got a full blown case of safettnazeitus. Worst I've ever seen. I bet he changes his fire alarm batteries on the 1st of April every year in-all.
That cartoon was done by the same dude who created 'Cosmic Sans'. And we all know who he works for.
http://imagonullius.com/nick/balls.jpg
Balls as in... well you can guess.
"The accountant cut a head off another brochure, stuck it in place with spit and scanned it. What choice did he have the creative department wouldn't touch it."
"Not sure the Christian science monitor will like that answer."
They are seeking an increase in the bland width.
You have an ID 10 T error.
Really? That's excellent.
Something like... "you do know that Y thinks you're a racist prick and he can only smile when he listens to your total crap because there is a joint waiting at home. You do know he's gay don't you?"
petermasterson@aapt.net.au
That should do it. Knock yaself out.
I wish we ran the world from here! If the consensus of /. was how it was run we would so be better off.
Bottom line is we pay for all this BS. The biggest issue for people with drug habits is lack of drugs. It's a medical issue.
Can someone please throw me a joint! Else I'll never finish this programming project that the my racist, hegemonic, Christian, fatarsed, abusive, prick of a client is demanding... without going nuts.
So what he is saying is that they will charge people who are brainless for articles available elsewhere? But what he doesn't say is how they will be charged. And very likely if you have a newspaper account you will get access to that paper for free.
He's saying News run a hopeless online classified business. He's saying 'we are a greedy bunch of corporate take-over merchants who have no place in the modern world'. He's saying News is only for those that can afford it.
We are talking about a lot of sites here. News is a major magazine publisher. They would not be making such an announcement if there wasn't research and a 'great' plan behind it. They rely on those sites for consumer feedback.
The question is "do News underestimate the internet or do we underestimate News?"
That won't just block students it will block teachers, trades persons, visitors...
;)
Not all emergencies are about what happens in the school, some pertain to parent issues.
Those sort of issues come to the surface when class sizes are too large and the school takes a fundamentalist approach to education and ignores the need to teach ethics, social behaviour, basic psychology and etiquette.
"Please take off your hats, turn off your phone and leave the attitude at the door."
Better to train them in schools, that what schools are for than have to slap them in a movie theatre.
You would think Yahoo would have a better sense of history. When MS are your friend your days are numbered.
It's the MS 1, 2, 3
1. Embrace
2. Extend
3. Delete
Class Yahoo {
(Chances-of-long-term-survival) === Null;
return = -1;
}
"...and the use of Windows on nuclear submarines"
OMG Windows on subs.
The seamen's term is Portholes!
Can't manage a bit of ash but able to put a 20 old reactor online. 20 years... a lots changed in that time.
The US built these devices because corporations insisted they were necessary (necessary for profit) so we can only assume that they are being dismantled because someone is making money from it.
This has always been a lot less to do with national security than it was good salesmanship by arms manufacturers. There are clearly products that are more profitable to make that are more likely to be blown up and need to be replaced.
There is no cash in servicing nuclear weapons but there are a few dollars in pulling them apart.
The safety difference to the world in countries owning 100 - 20,000 nukes is bugger all. It's a logarithmic curve where 500 is just as insane as 10,000 or very insane.
That's a bit unkind.
In my Uni course it's 3:1 female/male and the top students group is heavily weighted with females. I wouldn't be underestimating the skills of female programmers lads!
And as for what they look like... well better than the lads in many cases. There are a heap of porky lads in programming.
Obviously it depends on how clean the floor is.
;)
I would be eating anything that fell on the floor in England! But Australians not only have clean floors but we shower at least once a day.
"I'm not giving anything away for free." "But I expect to be able to do research on the net for free."
So 'you' are lucky to get 20c royalty on books or music but you want $2 on the net. And you aren't even risking the product being remained. And the distributors are risking almost nothing.
If the world was fair a music track on the net would cost X2 the royalty and a book the same. Instead it's either free or way over priced.
Go figure!
Sorry but the man in the moon eat the first bunny and none have been seen since.
You just have to put your head in 60s compatibility mode.
Please not to impersonate me. Please to note we rov Google.
Liu Cheng
Who would have predicted in the 70s that the Labour Party would become such an holy group of sux holes with such self righteous attitudes to sex and drugs.
"How can we pander to the masses today?"