It's a limited appliance designed to do a couple of things well.
Gotcha. I had higher expectations of the device, but now that you've cleared it up I suppose 512mb will do... now if only the device was WORTH it to do only a couple things well.... I must be in a lower income bracket than most people considering ipads... hundreds of dollars to check e-mail slightly more comfortably than my phone? please... Like I said.. I had higher expectations of what these devices would be capable of doing considering the price.
Sorry to burst your applesauce bubble, but 512mb ram is hardly ample in 2011.
Truth mod me up, fanboy mod me down. In the end, you know an expensive piece of tech like this should have at least double, if not quadruple that ram... its 2011, don't forget that.
Jokes don't work when they don't even make sense. Was the joke supposed to be relevant, or a demonstration of ignorance? If the latter, I guess I missed it.
I'm surprised you tie those ideas together. The cultural pressures to 'stay married' in asia are greater, and thats why you see less divorce. Cheating, on the other hand, is ubiquitous, and is only seen as bad because of said cultural pressures.
I am married. PMS usually precedes menses by maybe 24 hours, but overlaps the period in time. My point, though, was that ovulation is at a completely different part in the cycle.
I disagree. Humans are notorious for polygamy. It is by the method of concealed ovulation that the species was able to secure more male-support once babies were born because individual males could not be sure if the baby was theirs or not -- thus defaulting to support for the possibility it is theirs.
Monogamous is a fantasy and still doesn't work --- our dilapitated cultures push for it, but our natural instincts push through and create what only the culture considers a problem.
The female chooses the mutant. The two things are not separate. The mutant male had no spines, so she chose him. Her sons had no spines, so other fems chose them. Fitness at work.
Defensive much? All of your posts in this thread are silly attempts to downplay the bad side of the GOP or equate big sellouts like this to dishonesty over a bj. You sell out just like your party. So be it.
I think the point of all this is that for many it is not trivial when GPS fails.
From my observation, yes, many people are far too reliant on GPS and would greatly benefit from applying mental exercise to the purpose of knowing where they are on earth. I use landmarks, assumed compass, and the path I recently traveled so as to 'know' where I am. And from what I can tell, I'm better than the GPS on my phone, lol.
It is lawful. Schools are completely different, legally, than other public services. Students are in their care and they typically assume more responsiblity for students. Look it up. This point has been made and elaborated on slashdot many times.
I disagree. The fact is that the added tech is more of a distraction than an aide. You claim (or pretend) to be an exception to the rule, but an exception is not necessary when you, too, can benefit from a little less 'me' time. You might even get more from spending 5 minutes figuring out what the girl in front of you likes to read than digging up more factoids on the net.
Furthermore, what you might view as 'idle' time is what some people learn to use effectively as 'processing' time. This is where I (and people like me) have learned to take, for example, a new word they learned, and start imagining a variety of sentences and/or conversations where the word is applied. The difference between processing information in loose time, or moving on to a list of more facts (or facebook updates), is drastic. The more you practice thinking, correlating, and creating, the more fluid it becomes -- and soon you find yourself 'learning' where no new information is actually input to you. In time I will deliberately teach this skill to my children. Most people make some level of effort in this regard, but most are far too passive in doing so and are driven by a 'need' for new information and end up bored. You've got to make use of your brain for it to improve --- simply feeding it more input is *not* an effective method for improvement.
Something tells me you don't actually want to hear any of this.
It's been 10 years since high school, but I recently taught a couple courses at one and the same general opportunities are still there -- I feel the difference in the last decade is usually a higher level of neglect in parenting, producing 'students' that don't see value in the time they spend and are not prepared by their parents on how to learn. By and large the teachers are still teaching as best they can to those who are willing to learn.
The obvious point you attempted to exaggerate into the nothingness is that you can't have 40 students each ask questions about every fact or phrase coming out of a teacher's mouth -- but rather that each student is encouraged to THINK about questions, and periodically voice them (or be solicited to voice them by teacher), so as to get the benefit I described earlier. I recall the best learning experiences being similar to in college, where there is more of a discussion between the peers and teacher with the teacher providing the basis for the conversation and confirming any discrepancies that they are capable of. So, in practice, you ask maybe one question per class per day -- and two if its urgent.
The place for persistent question/response interaction is in the home; one should never expect a teacher to replace their obligations as a parent.
I don't understand why you felt it was necessary to bring entertainment to school, or why you felt you needed to be entertained. I also don't understand why you felt it wrong to take your entertainment away in a place where you are supposed to be getting an education. Would you rather they let you keep the toys and kick you and the toys out instead? Better yet, after a history of getting kicked out, would you feel it wrong if CPS was called since you repeatedly break rules and stand as obvious evidence to bad parenting? What then?
let me guess... GET A LAWYER. Thats right. When parenting fails, and self-interest disregards others, and repurcussion almost touches home... thats when its time to get a lawyer. (sarcasm about US culture)
Grow up. If you worked for me and were texting during a meeting, I would fire you. I feel you wouldn't learn the lesson and would badmouth me for being a 'bad boss'. Good luck with that.
I feel the phone is not a right, but the information they keep on it is. And so they ought to ban the phones. Everyone over 25 went to school this way and it works.
Apparently you were one of those kids that didn't raise their hand with questions? I always asked questions and usually got really good answers. Students are encouraged to interact in US Schools --- it is usually a product of poor parenting when kids are not benefiting from this and other features of school.
Also, part of the sit down, shut up, and listen point you attempted to belittle is the reality of it --- the part where in many situations a person stands to BENEFIT from attention, or would be at a DEFICIT had they done whatever they had pleased.
I want to assume you're a hypocrit or you don't have kids. Or if you do have kids and are not a hypocrit, you are likely failing miserably.
When your kids are in school, the school gains the parental responsibility, thus they are able to set certain policies that you might assume only a parent has the ability to do to their kids.
Minors and Adults are not equal, and I believe that was the point. It is for good reason that most cultures understand these differences; it is quite naive to pretend there isn't.
If something unexpected happens, you call the school and they notify the student. This is appropriate for all cases -- i use US History, pre 1999, as an example where this method worked and life moved on.
The problem with the 'if the unexpected' argument is that there is too much abuse and overall distraction in the mix and the overall cost to benefit is that it costs more (loss in quality of education) and does very little to better the lives of people (grandma is dead whether heard over a cellphone or landline in the office).
I'm not saying you shouldn't critically argue, but it is this type of 'lawyer-esque' thinking that keeps big problems IN ACTION. In blunt reality there is no need for cellphones in school.
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It's a limited appliance designed to do a couple of things well.
Gotcha. I had higher expectations of the device, but now that you've cleared it up I suppose 512mb will do... now if only the device was WORTH it to do only a couple things well.... I must be in a lower income bracket than most people considering ipads... hundreds of dollars to check e-mail slightly more comfortably than my phone? please... Like I said.. I had higher expectations of what these devices would be capable of doing considering the price.
So you're basically saying its a large iphone and one should expect only phone-level applications to be usable....
yeah ok.... sounds to me like you could save a lot of money and just get a magnifying glass for your iphone.
Another option is to invest in infrastructure more than advertising. Or to sell honest connections that people can realistically use.
Sorry to burst your applesauce bubble, but 512mb ram is hardly ample in 2011.
Truth mod me up, fanboy mod me down. In the end, you know an expensive piece of tech like this should have at least double, if not quadruple that ram... its 2011, don't forget that.
Jokes don't work when they don't even make sense. Was the joke supposed to be relevant, or a demonstration of ignorance? If the latter, I guess I missed it.
marriage != monogamy
I'm surprised you tie those ideas together. The cultural pressures to 'stay married' in asia are greater, and thats why you see less divorce. Cheating, on the other hand, is ubiquitous, and is only seen as bad because of said cultural pressures.
I am married. PMS usually precedes menses by maybe 24 hours, but overlaps the period in time. My point, though, was that ovulation is at a completely different part in the cycle.
Monogamy doesn't work and people suffer because of the cultural/social pressures to do so.
I disagree. Humans are notorious for polygamy. It is by the method of concealed ovulation that the species was able to secure more male-support once babies were born because individual males could not be sure if the baby was theirs or not -- thus defaulting to support for the possibility it is theirs.
Monogamous is a fantasy and still doesn't work --- our dilapitated cultures push for it, but our natural instincts push through and create what only the culture considers a problem.
Pms happens about a week before ovulation. Menses are not ovulation. Glad to teach you.
The female chooses the mutant. The two things are not separate. The mutant male had no spines, so she chose him. Her sons had no spines, so other fems chose them. Fitness at work.
there's a third option you missed that is having some success in the middle east.
Use more obscurity.... They're watching.
Defensive much? All of your posts in this thread are silly attempts to downplay the bad side of the GOP or equate big sellouts like this to dishonesty over a bj. You sell out just like your party. So be it.
being naive must suck... You wouldn't know.
I think the point of all this is that for many it is not trivial when GPS fails.
From my observation, yes, many people are far too reliant on GPS and would greatly benefit from applying mental exercise to the purpose of knowing where they are on earth. I use landmarks, assumed compass, and the path I recently traveled so as to 'know' where I am. And from what I can tell, I'm better than the GPS on my phone, lol.
It is lawful. Schools are completely different, legally, than other public services. Students are in their care and they typically assume more responsiblity for students. Look it up. This point has been made and elaborated on slashdot many times.
I disagree. The fact is that the added tech is more of a distraction than an aide. You claim (or pretend) to be an exception to the rule, but an exception is not necessary when you, too, can benefit from a little less 'me' time. You might even get more from spending 5 minutes figuring out what the girl in front of you likes to read than digging up more factoids on the net.
Furthermore, what you might view as 'idle' time is what some people learn to use effectively as 'processing' time. This is where I (and people like me) have learned to take, for example, a new word they learned, and start imagining a variety of sentences and/or conversations where the word is applied. The difference between processing information in loose time, or moving on to a list of more facts (or facebook updates), is drastic. The more you practice thinking, correlating, and creating, the more fluid it becomes -- and soon you find yourself 'learning' where no new information is actually input to you. In time I will deliberately teach this skill to my children. Most people make some level of effort in this regard, but most are far too passive in doing so and are driven by a 'need' for new information and end up bored. You've got to make use of your brain for it to improve --- simply feeding it more input is *not* an effective method for improvement.
Something tells me you don't actually want to hear any of this.
It's been 10 years since high school, but I recently taught a couple courses at one and the same general opportunities are still there -- I feel the difference in the last decade is usually a higher level of neglect in parenting, producing 'students' that don't see value in the time they spend and are not prepared by their parents on how to learn. By and large the teachers are still teaching as best they can to those who are willing to learn.
The obvious point you attempted to exaggerate into the nothingness is that you can't have 40 students each ask questions about every fact or phrase coming out of a teacher's mouth -- but rather that each student is encouraged to THINK about questions, and periodically voice them (or be solicited to voice them by teacher), so as to get the benefit I described earlier. I recall the best learning experiences being similar to in college, where there is more of a discussion between the peers and teacher with the teacher providing the basis for the conversation and confirming any discrepancies that they are capable of. So, in practice, you ask maybe one question per class per day -- and two if its urgent.
The place for persistent question/response interaction is in the home; one should never expect a teacher to replace their obligations as a parent.
I don't understand why you felt it was necessary to bring entertainment to school, or why you felt you needed to be entertained. I also don't understand why you felt it wrong to take your entertainment away in a place where you are supposed to be getting an education. Would you rather they let you keep the toys and kick you and the toys out instead? Better yet, after a history of getting kicked out, would you feel it wrong if CPS was called since you repeatedly break rules and stand as obvious evidence to bad parenting? What then?
let me guess... GET A LAWYER. Thats right. When parenting fails, and self-interest disregards others, and repurcussion almost touches home... thats when its time to get a lawyer. (sarcasm about US culture)
Grow up. If you worked for me and were texting during a meeting, I would fire you. I feel you wouldn't learn the lesson and would badmouth me for being a 'bad boss'. Good luck with that.
I feel the phone is not a right, but the information they keep on it is. And so they ought to ban the phones. Everyone over 25 went to school this way and it works.
Apparently you were one of those kids that didn't raise their hand with questions? I always asked questions and usually got really good answers. Students are encouraged to interact in US Schools --- it is usually a product of poor parenting when kids are not benefiting from this and other features of school.
Also, part of the sit down, shut up, and listen point you attempted to belittle is the reality of it --- the part where in many situations a person stands to BENEFIT from attention, or would be at a DEFICIT had they done whatever they had pleased.
I want to assume you're a hypocrit or you don't have kids. Or if you do have kids and are not a hypocrit, you are likely failing miserably.
When your kids are in school, the school gains the parental responsibility, thus they are able to set certain policies that you might assume only a parent has the ability to do to their kids.
Minors and Adults are not equal, and I believe that was the point. It is for good reason that most cultures understand these differences; it is quite naive to pretend there isn't.
If something unexpected happens, you call the school and they notify the student. This is appropriate for all cases -- i use US History, pre 1999, as an example where this method worked and life moved on.
The problem with the 'if the unexpected' argument is that there is too much abuse and overall distraction in the mix and the overall cost to benefit is that it costs more (loss in quality of education) and does very little to better the lives of people (grandma is dead whether heard over a cellphone or landline in the office).
I'm not saying you shouldn't critically argue, but it is this type of 'lawyer-esque' thinking that keeps big problems IN ACTION. In blunt reality there is no need for cellphones in school.
No phones. Period.
1974... That was mistyped via smartphone.