Entertainment is entertainment..... it doesn't matter if it's a video game, tv show, or newspaper serial (what Dickens published). No format is superior to any other.
I think your idea just gave me a cool idea for a Star Trek story.
"Captain Picard: You will travel 1975 lightyears from earth. You will then direct your long-range telescope towards Earth and record the events of Christ's crucifixion.* Next you will do the same for Vulcan and record the Peace of Surak. Good luck." I'm surprised no Trek writer ever thought of this. Picard and his colleagues don't have to muck-about digging up old bones or shards of pottery. They can just capture an image at a sufficient distance and SEE what happened.
* For a surprise ending, we could have Picard report back that Christ was not crucified, but instead lived a happy and long life with his disciples, writing Bible stories.
Yes fine, but how do you look at the Milky Way's black hole, circa 10 billion years ago, when it's distance is only 100,000 lightyears away?
QED you can only view the black hole as it existed 100,000 years ago, and therefore my goal has not been achieved, unless someone invents a "chronoscope".
Those sound like thermal jets. They don't use actual ink, but just apply heat to a thermal-sensitive paper. Lay a hot pizza on that paper and it will turn black!
A true inkjet "squirts" ink on a page which then absorbs the ink like a sponge. That type of printing will last very long..... perhaps not as long as the old impact printers, but still longer than any of us will survive. I recently found my old 8th grade science notes which were printed over 20 years ago and are still the original white color (except on the edges).
Middle school teachers specialize. One does Social Studies, another Reading, another Language Arts, another Science, another Math..... and so on. This teacher in the article may be the Math or Science teacher, and thus never needed to develop a perfect grasp of grammar.
Well I have to work so I can't stay home. Is "officeschooling" allowed? Can my kid sit here next to me while I program and read his calculus or physics book?
Because even though you left, there are still 5000 students who are unfairly treated by not being allowed to make their own software (and give it away for free). Sometimes you need to do more than just "escape" from a situation, but also stand up for freedom & liberty. I would not have stopped writing/giving-away free software until I received a cease-and-desist order from a state judge.
Ahhh... darn. Just go here to see his actually name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla - The transliteration to our lettering looks like "HNKOLa TECLa" - I assume the H is silent so a close English approximation would be: "N'kola Tecla"
If a milliwatt cellphone has the (potential) ability to cause DNA recombination errors & thereby mutant cells, what on earth would an 800 watt power wave do to you?!?!? Pass. It's bad enough my electric hybrid Honda bathes me with EM waves ever time I accelerate... I don't need my laptop doing it too.
My old copies of Atari Age are scanned online for quick and easy perusal; no need to keep the old yellow copies. Hasn't somebody somewhere done the same for Nintendo Power, et cetera?
(Now we'll find it how old the slashdot readers are.) I'd like to know where this blackhole came from? Was there a previous iteration of stars that predates the Milky Way, and this black hole used to be a star? Was that star part of another galaxy? Where is that galaxy now?
Ya know all of this would be so easy if someone invented a chronoscope to view past time periods (reference Isaac Asimov's "The Dead Past"). Then instead of guessing what happened 10 billion years ago, we could just look and see with our own eyes.
I have Bibles from my family that are over a hundred years old. They are still in very good shape. I wouldn't be surprised if they were still readable at age 1000. Replace "Bible" with "source code" and I could easily imagine someone trying one of my ancient programs in the year 2900..... by which point the original disks would have long been erased.
"in loco parentis" only applies when the parent is not present.
When the parent shows-up at the school, then "in loco parentis" no longer applies, because the parent is on the scene and the parent is the final authority when it comes to his/her own child. For the administration to refuse to return the Linux Laptop to one of our other Slashdot posters, even though a parent demanded it be returned, is an illegal act. It's theft of the parent's property.
Ignorance often leads to prejudice and bias. Yes I agree with you that the teacher is ignorant, but she's also anti-Linux prejudiced ("it is free so it's probably illegal") and pro-Microsoft biased ("kids should not learn anything but windows"). So she's guilty of all three. How efficient of her.;-)
The property confiscated is technically not the child's property. It's MY propert and I am allowing my teenager to use it, so the teacher would be stealing the Linux CDs or Linux Laptop from the original purchaser - an adult. One adult is not allowed to steal from another another. This is not acceptable. This IS illegal.
And I repeat:
I can understand a teacher confiscating a CD, book, or other object if it's used during class activities and disruptive, but not if said object is used during the student's own personal time. If I hand my child a copy of the Koran, and tell her to read it during Study Hall, the teacher absolutely positively does NOT have a right to remove said Koran from my child & permanently bar her from having it. She's overstepping her authority. *I* am the final authority when it comes to my child.
Substitute "Koran" with "Linux Laptop" and the argument still applies.
Property tax is one bill; school tax is another. So I could very easily continue paying the property tax to keep the government happy, while refusing to pay the school tax to the local corrupt district that steals my teenager's CDs. (In my view I shouldn't have to support a school district A if I pull my kid out of A, and pay tuition to neighboring district B instead.)
Most people thought Enron was a criminal enterprise, and the exception not the rule.
It turns-out that almost all the corporations were criminal enterprises. They were not as bad as Enron, but they still participated in deceitful tactics like lying on mortgage applications (doubling people's income for example) in order to get the loan pushed through, and thereby walk home with a big fat commission check.
And now we're all paying the price for the salepersons' deceitful greed. This is why I don't think they should have received a bailout; save 2 or 3 crucial banks and let the rest fail. Clean-out the marketplace.
Commodore 64* Assembly language. Start with the basics and save the advanced languages for sophomore year.
* * An Apple II, Atari 800, or 8088 IBM PC may be substituted, although the C=64 is the most common machine available (30 million units manufactured) and thus easier to obtain.
>>>I've never heard people complaining about paintball or racing as "determined by how much they spend on the game."
That's because the thrifty people (like me) are not playing paintball or racing. Likewise cost is one of my reasons for Not doing online roleplaying. I just don't see the value in spending ~$200 a year for an online RPG when I can buy a $15 RPG off amazon.com or Ebay and have just as much fun.
Of course I also limit myself to a 750k internet connection - a sacrifice most people are not willing to make - so maybe that puts me in the minority as far as "pinching pennies". The state of our current economy indicates most people would rather go into debt than limit expenditures, so this new Everquest market may succeed brilliantly.
>>>There'll probably be more freeloaders..... but if sales are boosted enough by the good press and goodwill, the experiment will have succeeded.
Yes that's the flaw with this "try before you buy" model:
(1) Under the old paradigm I had to buy the CD to discover I didn't like it. So record company gets + $12. (2) Under the new paradigm the record company has a loss of 0.1 cent (approximate cost of bandwidth I used). 0.1 cent may not sound like much but when multiplied by a few million non-purchasing listeners, it adds up.
If I was a greedy marketer like the folks at RIAA or ASCAP, I too would choose option 1 over option 2. It's dishonest but it puts more money in my spoony bard.
ASIDE:
One advantage of new websites is that my Employer has not had time to block it yet! I normally can't listen to music at work, so being able to hear McCartney is a nice surprise.
>>>UC Santa Barbara used forensic computing to restore the code from an original diskette
This is why you should always print your source code to PAPER for backup. Diskettes lose their magnetism, and CDs fade, but paper can last 3000 years even if buried underground (Dead Sea Scrolls). Retyping everything from the paper is a chore, but still preferable to permanent loss.
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Entertainment is entertainment..... it doesn't matter if it's a video game, tv show, or newspaper serial (what Dickens published). No format is superior to any other.
I think your idea just gave me a cool idea for a Star Trek story.
"Captain Picard: You will travel 1975 lightyears from earth. You will then direct your long-range telescope towards Earth and record the events of Christ's crucifixion.* Next you will do the same for Vulcan and record the Peace of Surak. Good luck." I'm surprised no Trek writer ever thought of this. Picard and his colleagues don't have to muck-about digging up old bones or shards of pottery. They can just capture an image at a sufficient distance and SEE what happened.
* For a surprise ending, we could have Picard report back that Christ was not crucified, but instead lived a happy and long life with his disciples, writing Bible stories.
Yes fine, but how do you look at the Milky Way's black hole, circa 10 billion years ago, when it's distance is only 100,000 lightyears away?
QED you can only view the black hole as it existed 100,000 years ago, and therefore my goal has not been achieved, unless someone invents a "chronoscope".
Those sound like thermal jets. They don't use actual ink, but just apply heat to a thermal-sensitive paper. Lay a hot pizza on that paper and it will turn black!
A true inkjet "squirts" ink on a page which then absorbs the ink like a sponge. That type of printing will last very long..... perhaps not as long as the old impact printers, but still longer than any of us will survive. I recently found my old 8th grade science notes which were printed over 20 years ago and are still the original white color (except on the edges).
Middle school teachers specialize. One does Social Studies, another Reading, another Language Arts, another Science, another Math..... and so on. This teacher in the article may be the Math or Science teacher, and thus never needed to develop a perfect grasp of grammar.
I'm sure we've all heard of homeschooling?
Well I have to work so I can't stay home. Is "officeschooling" allowed? Can my kid sit here next to me while I program and read his calculus or physics book?
I would sue that school district.
Why?
Because even though you left, there are still 5000 students who are unfairly treated by not being allowed to make their own software (and give it away for free). Sometimes you need to do more than just "escape" from a situation, but also stand up for freedom & liberty. I would not have stopped writing/giving-away free software until I received a cease-and-desist order from a state judge.
I've seen people have a similar reaction to Free TV.
"What do you mean you don't have cable?"
Simple I just tune it in with an antenna, and I get cool stuff like the Retro TV network.
"That's stealing!"
No it rea...
"I'm going to report you! Damn cable thief."
(sigh)
Test: Serbian Cyrillic:
Ahhh... darn. Just go here to see his actually name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla - The transliteration to our lettering looks like "HNKOLa TECLa" - I assume the H is silent so a close English approximation would be: "N'kola Tecla"
I share those same thoughts.
If a milliwatt cellphone has the (potential) ability to cause DNA recombination errors & thereby mutant cells, what on earth would an 800 watt power wave do to you?!?!? Pass. It's bad enough my electric hybrid Honda bathes me with EM waves ever time I accelerate... I don't need my laptop doing it too.
My old copies of Atari Age are scanned online for quick and easy perusal; no need to keep the old yellow copies. Hasn't somebody somewhere done the same for Nintendo Power, et cetera?
You've been playing too much Space Channel 5.
"chu"
>>>certain rogue countries
United States..... they steal the works of good British men and don't have the decency to protect his copyright..... those damn colonials!
Realistically, probably no DRM. It uses a cartridge and that alone makes it difficult to copy.
I wonder how "readable" a book is on the DS? I may have to buy a DS and this cart for my niece, assuming she can actually read it.
"Shut up dingy."
"Kiss my grits!"
(Now we'll find it how old the slashdot readers are.) I'd like to know where this blackhole came from? Was there a previous iteration of stars that predates the Milky Way, and this black hole used to be a star? Was that star part of another galaxy? Where is that galaxy now?
Ya know all of this would be so easy if someone invented a chronoscope to view past time periods (reference Isaac Asimov's "The Dead Past"). Then instead of guessing what happened 10 billion years ago, we could just look and see with our own eyes.
IF BODY MASS INDEX > 25 THEN PRINT "YOU ARE FAT"
Hmmm. So how long is a paper's lifespan?
I have Bibles from my family that are over a hundred years old. They are still in very good shape. I wouldn't be surprised if they were still readable at age 1000. Replace "Bible" with "source code" and I could easily imagine someone trying one of my ancient programs in the year 2900..... by which point the original disks would have long been erased.
"in loco parentis" only applies when the parent is not present.
When the parent shows-up at the school, then "in loco parentis" no longer applies, because the parent is on the scene and the parent is the final authority when it comes to his/her own child. For the administration to refuse to return the Linux Laptop to one of our other Slashdot posters, even though a parent demanded it be returned, is an illegal act. It's theft of the parent's property.
Ignorance often leads to prejudice and bias. Yes I agree with you that the teacher is ignorant, but she's also anti-Linux prejudiced ("it is free so it's probably illegal") and pro-Microsoft biased ("kids should not learn anything but windows"). So she's guilty of all three. How efficient of her. ;-)
The property confiscated is technically not the child's property. It's MY propert and I am allowing my teenager to use it, so the teacher would be stealing the Linux CDs or Linux Laptop from the original purchaser - an adult. One adult is not allowed to steal from another another. This is not acceptable. This IS illegal.
And I repeat:
I can understand a teacher confiscating a CD, book, or other object if it's used during class activities and disruptive, but not if said object is used during the student's own personal time. If I hand my child a copy of the Koran, and tell her to read it during Study Hall, the teacher absolutely positively does NOT have a right to remove said Koran from my child & permanently bar her from having it. She's overstepping her authority. *I* am the final authority when it comes to my child.
Substitute "Koran" with "Linux Laptop" and the argument still applies.
My county assesses the taxes separately.
Property tax is one bill; school tax is another. So I could very easily continue paying the property tax to keep the government happy, while refusing to pay the school tax to the local corrupt district that steals my teenager's CDs. (In my view I shouldn't have to support a school district A if I pull my kid out of A, and pay tuition to neighboring district B instead.)
Most people thought Enron was a criminal enterprise, and the exception not the rule.
It turns-out that almost all the corporations were criminal enterprises. They were not as bad as Enron, but they still participated in deceitful tactics like lying on mortgage applications (doubling people's income for example) in order to get the loan pushed through, and thereby walk home with a big fat commission check.
And now we're all paying the price for the salepersons' deceitful greed. This is why I don't think they should have received a bailout; save 2 or 3 crucial banks and let the rest fail. Clean-out the marketplace.
Commodore 64* Assembly language. Start with the basics and save the advanced languages for sophomore year.
*
* An Apple II, Atari 800, or 8088 IBM PC may be substituted, although the C=64 is the most common machine available (30 million units manufactured) and thus easier to obtain.
>>>I've never heard people complaining about paintball or racing as "determined by how much they spend on the game."
That's because the thrifty people (like me) are not playing paintball or racing. Likewise cost is one of my reasons for Not doing online roleplaying. I just don't see the value in spending ~$200 a year for an online RPG when I can buy a $15 RPG off amazon.com or Ebay and have just as much fun.
Of course I also limit myself to a 750k internet connection - a sacrifice most people are not willing to make - so maybe that puts me in the minority as far as "pinching pennies". The state of our current economy indicates most people would rather go into debt than limit expenditures, so this new Everquest market may succeed brilliantly.
>>>There'll probably be more freeloaders..... but if sales are boosted enough by the good press and goodwill, the experiment will have succeeded.
Yes that's the flaw with this "try before you buy" model:
(1) Under the old paradigm I had to buy the CD to discover I didn't like it. So record company gets + $12.
(2) Under the new paradigm the record company has a loss of 0.1 cent (approximate cost of bandwidth I used). 0.1 cent may not sound like much but when multiplied by a few million non-purchasing listeners, it adds up.
If I was a greedy marketer like the folks at RIAA or ASCAP, I too would choose option 1 over option 2. It's dishonest but it puts more money in my spoony bard.
ASIDE:
One advantage of new websites is that my Employer has not had time to block it yet!
I normally can't listen to music at work, so being able to hear McCartney is a nice surprise.
Worse it was stored very poorly:
>>>UC Santa Barbara used forensic computing to restore the code from an original diskette
This is why you should always print your source code to PAPER for backup. Diskettes lose their magnetism, and CDs fade, but paper can last 3000 years even if buried underground (Dead Sea Scrolls). Retyping everything from the paper is a chore, but still preferable to permanent loss.