But really today what are kids going to be using the computer for.
Browsing the Internet.
and nothing else.
These are students. They may be kids, but they are in a computer lab to learn.
Stick a windows OS with IE in-front of them, and you'll get kids browsing the internet. However put a GNU/Linux distribution in front of them, and you could have students that are interested and focused on learning logical and open-source, free Operating systems and software.
Are you joking? 99% of those kids are not going to care about the open source nature of the OS. Some might, but most will just want to browse/finish the assignment
There are plenty of American parents wiping the hot dog off and giving it back to the kid. The American kids who won't be leaders are going to be led by the few that were taught to lead or figured out how to lead. So it's more or less going to be the same in the US as it is everywhere else like it has been for pretty much all of recorded history. The Swiss aren't doing anything new or special.
It sounds more like this would be a hobby solution. The amount of effort you'll spend getting it to work as well as a netbook isn't going to be a good payout
You're going to need to redefine the word nicely then. It's seriously one of the biggest pains I've dealt with. The only think going for it is that it will actually take labels and translate them into folders in outlook
This is seriously a problem that starts and begins with the users. All the technology in the world isn't going to fix it. We don't even know if it's a family LAN or related to a family business. You won't be able to get the iPhone information if they are using a data network. There is so much wrong with this whole situation I don't even know where to start.
You blanket stereotyped at least two people in the thread, and then pass yourself off as someone of higher standing, if only for the merit of not being American.
That's pretty much textbook cognitive dissonance.
Sorry your cognitive dissonance is getting in the way of rational thought. I'll let you think about what you just said and report back to me when you can think in a logical, rational manner.
This is just an idea, so maybe it's not a great one.
The electronic equipment test has turned into a bit of a social test. If you can't behave and follow instructions for five minutes, it is probably a liability to keep you on a plane with 200+ other people for a three or twelve hour flight, where, should you throw a temper tantrum, it can have serious consequences. If you can't shut up and pay attention while the flight attendant explains how to use a seat belt and jump out of a burning plane for the whole 120 seconds or so it takes, then chances are you have a personal discipline or disrespect problem and you might be better off being walked off the plane by security. That goes for screaming two-year-olds, two-year-old teenagers, and two-year-old forty-year-old drunk guys who want to pick a fight with other passengers.
I think if the FAA was honest: This is a social test to see if you can behave for 120 seconds, then people would be a little more understanding. Of course, there needs to be exceptions for those with behavioral and mental disabilities but who are otherwise non-disruptive or dangerous.
There is no technical justification why electronic items need to be powered off, other than a failure for the FAA to make intellectual decisions and be properly managed.
FYI, I am against the TSA and their security theater, so don't think I am an authoritarian or anything. Sometimes, however, we do need to cooperate together, shut up, sit down, and pay attention.
"lanner, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul!"
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Great point. Everyone prefers a piece of shit out of box that you have to shine and polish to make look nice.
Rosenbergs got the chair, not the noose
But really today what are kids going to be using the computer for.
Browsing the Internet.
and nothing else.
These are students. They may be kids, but they are in a computer lab to learn.
Stick a windows OS with IE in-front of them, and you'll get kids browsing the internet. However put a GNU/Linux distribution in front of them, and you could have students that are interested and focused on learning logical and open-source, free Operating systems and software.
Are you joking? 99% of those kids are not going to care about the open source nature of the OS. Some might, but most will just want to browse/finish the assignment
I assume the dog does bombs and drugs. I'd be okay with just a bomb dog though
There are plenty of American parents wiping the hot dog off and giving it back to the kid. The American kids who won't be leaders are going to be led by the few that were taught to lead or figured out how to lead. So it's more or less going to be the same in the US as it is everywhere else like it has been for pretty much all of recorded history. The Swiss aren't doing anything new or special.
It sounds more like this would be a hobby solution. The amount of effort you'll spend getting it to work as well as a netbook isn't going to be a good payout
And this was one of the countries petitioning the UN for control of the internet....
If I had mod points, I'd downvote you for just saying that GIMP is like photoshop
I just don't really care
You're going to need to redefine the word nicely then. It's seriously one of the biggest pains I've dealt with. The only think going for it is that it will actually take labels and translate them into folders in outlook
This is seriously a problem that starts and begins with the users. All the technology in the world isn't going to fix it. We don't even know if it's a family LAN or related to a family business. You won't be able to get the iPhone information if they are using a data network. There is so much wrong with this whole situation I don't even know where to start.
Some of the software included by Apple (eg Flash) went for a long, long time without being update.
This post is almost entirely wrong
Just about everywhere the town keeps the money and the PD gets a large chunk
Why you ask? They are useful and fun.
Yeah doubtful
Also a lack of confirmation on someone else's part doesn't actually articulate valid proof of something. I figured an American would know that.
Define Internet Libertarian
Ah ok. Still doesn't change anything.
You blanket stereotyped at least two people in the thread, and then pass yourself off as someone of higher standing, if only for the merit of not being American. That's pretty much textbook cognitive dissonance.
Sorry your cognitive dissonance is getting in the way of rational thought. I'll let you think about what you just said and report back to me when you can think in a logical, rational manner.
Then explain the 1,000 page hardback books that people are allowed to keep in their hands
This is just an idea, so maybe it's not a great one.
The electronic equipment test has turned into a bit of a social test. If you can't behave and follow instructions for five minutes, it is probably a liability to keep you on a plane with 200+ other people for a three or twelve hour flight, where, should you throw a temper tantrum, it can have serious consequences. If you can't shut up and pay attention while the flight attendant explains how to use a seat belt and jump out of a burning plane for the whole 120 seconds or so it takes, then chances are you have a personal discipline or disrespect problem and you might be better off being walked off the plane by security. That goes for screaming two-year-olds, two-year-old teenagers, and two-year-old forty-year-old drunk guys who want to pick a fight with other passengers.
I think if the FAA was honest: This is a social test to see if you can behave for 120 seconds, then people would be a little more understanding. Of course, there needs to be exceptions for those with behavioral and mental disabilities but who are otherwise non-disruptive or dangerous.
There is no technical justification why electronic items need to be powered off, other than a failure for the FAA to make intellectual decisions and be properly managed.
FYI, I am against the TSA and their security theater, so don't think I am an authoritarian or anything. Sometimes, however, we do need to cooperate together, shut up, sit down, and pay attention.
"lanner, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul!"
You must like having a neck on your boot
You know how I can tell you've never flown on a chartered plane before?