The article states the usage of PNGs is up. Definitely a plus, since that format was, from what I've read, designed specifically for web use.
Other than that, my only impressions or thoughts would be that the use of YouTube embedding likely accounts for a large portion of the external object growth, now that everyone and their mum can do it.
If your library has a CD collection, you could see about installing AudioSurf, and having the kids get a sense of how different certain styles of music are. That's reeeally stretching what could be considered 'educational' though.
I'm pretty sure that, given the ages specified in the actual post, there'd be plenty of parents objecting to that material being aimed at their children, just as parents protest the inclusion of said material on television.
That's not to say there aren't kids (like myself at that age) who will be reading those books anyways, but I suppose the idea is that it requires the kid to actively seek it out, rather than stumble onto it rather easily.
So it's basically a Remote Operated Vehicle, not some kind of autonomous drone. Makes sense that they wouldn't want to give up on a potentially useful project so quickly then. If they had, I'd say they were throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Of course, on the other hand is the fact that the Middle East has to be one of the most inhospitible environments for robots, what with the extremes of temperature, sand getting into internal parts, et cetera. I'm curious on what kind of tests they did with SWORD that these connections and such weren't fixed before deployment. Did they not understand that "Works perfectly in a sealed lab environment" doesn't translate to "Will work in field, without regular maintenance, in a non-ideal environment?"
I suppose the idea is to increase openness, but really I'd expect this to simply turn into another PR outlet, regurgitating the same things as the media does anyways. But who knows? Maybe they'll have political podcasts for each candidate too (politicasts?) and a Twitter stream.
Heh, true. My point was that there's plenty of people like my bosses who just can't comprehend a computer that isn't Windows. They're baffled when I mention alternatives. So it's those people who'll be providing the constant stream of money.
I don't know if Windows is going to collapse, as the article implies. I think they're guaranteed a certain minimum of customers each year, just from either individuals or companies who know it as the familiar choice, that doesn't require much retraining to use. Where I work we use a Windows server to run a phone-calling application for non-profit donations, despite the fact that by using, say, Apache and Linux the company could save a bundle. So there might be more emigration to another OS, but I don't think it'll kill off Windows, if only because the average user doesn't appreciate the benefits of switching to one of the myriad other options.
I thought the problems with the Apollo 13 mission stemmed from the fuel cell lines? If I recall correctly, there was basically an explosive reaction in one of the tanks from an electrical fault. Or did they have this problem earlier in the mission? The one-line Wikipedia reference is ambiguous.
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Time to visit the Smithsonian, take lots of pictures, and reverse engineer a couple of my own. :D
The article states the usage of PNGs is up. Definitely a plus, since that format was, from what I've read, designed specifically for web use. Other than that, my only impressions or thoughts would be that the use of YouTube embedding likely accounts for a large portion of the external object growth, now that everyone and their mum can do it.
Hey, I'm only 18 and I know who they are. I collect all sorts of old records like Herb Alpert.
If your library has a CD collection, you could see about installing AudioSurf, and having the kids get a sense of how different certain styles of music are. That's reeeally stretching what could be considered 'educational' though.
I'm pretty sure that, given the ages specified in the actual post, there'd be plenty of parents objecting to that material being aimed at their children, just as parents protest the inclusion of said material on television. That's not to say there aren't kids (like myself at that age) who will be reading those books anyways, but I suppose the idea is that it requires the kid to actively seek it out, rather than stumble onto it rather easily.
So it's basically a Remote Operated Vehicle, not some kind of autonomous drone. Makes sense that they wouldn't want to give up on a potentially useful project so quickly then. If they had, I'd say they were throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Of course, on the other hand is the fact that the Middle East has to be one of the most inhospitible environments for robots, what with the extremes of temperature, sand getting into internal parts, et cetera. I'm curious on what kind of tests they did with SWORD that these connections and such weren't fixed before deployment. Did they not understand that "Works perfectly in a sealed lab environment" doesn't translate to "Will work in field, without regular maintenance, in a non-ideal environment?"
I suppose the idea is to increase openness, but really I'd expect this to simply turn into another PR outlet, regurgitating the same things as the media does anyways. But who knows? Maybe they'll have political podcasts for each candidate too (politicasts?) and a Twitter stream.
Wow, you've done quite a bit of research on this it seems. Thanks for the correction.
Heh, true. My point was that there's plenty of people like my bosses who just can't comprehend a computer that isn't Windows. They're baffled when I mention alternatives. So it's those people who'll be providing the constant stream of money.
I don't know if Windows is going to collapse, as the article implies. I think they're guaranteed a certain minimum of customers each year, just from either individuals or companies who know it as the familiar choice, that doesn't require much retraining to use. Where I work we use a Windows server to run a phone-calling application for non-profit donations, despite the fact that by using, say, Apache and Linux the company could save a bundle. So there might be more emigration to another OS, but I don't think it'll kill off Windows, if only because the average user doesn't appreciate the benefits of switching to one of the myriad other options.
I thought the problems with the Apollo 13 mission stemmed from the fuel cell lines? If I recall correctly, there was basically an explosive reaction in one of the tanks from an electrical fault. Or did they have this problem earlier in the mission? The one-line Wikipedia reference is ambiguous.