The interface is indeed the entire cake; it also seems to be what they're aiming at. I'd be more than satisfied with half the user friendliness of Time Machine.
It does indeed, except the summary does not invoke Netcraft, but the more authoritative "blogger at C|Net". When "a blogger at C|Net" has Opinions, especially about a billion-dollar corporation and the future earnings of said corporation, I'm all ears.
And due to its size and outdated corporate culture, there really is no salvation for Blockbuster at this point.
Like from G-ds unto C|Net, from C|Net unto Slashdot, and from Slashdot unto us.
I saw this really horrid Google Talk on GVid; a lecture about "Spiritual Computin". At some point, the speaker (Craig Warren Smith) asks the audience to define Web 2.0 for him, and some of the participants laugh and explain that "it's a marketing term that means whatever the marketer wants it to mean". Funny thing to hear from a Googler...
iTunes runs fine on my 6-year-old iBook G3. You're problem seems to be platform dependant. That would seem to be what he meant when he wrote
Apple make great machines, but their take on cross-platform development is, quite frankly, ludicrous.
"Any other fricken fantasy stories we need to get promoted as actual 'News For Nerds. Stuff That Matters'?"
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That was why I thought it'd be a good idea to filter it through a "proper" assignment first - and then sieve data and sources onto WP after that. If they're going to go on to college, they're gonna have to learn to sort data anyway. It's not even as if it's hard work if you're reasonably intelligent, and this way, the teacher might even find subject matter suited for keeping everyone "entertained".
There could even be class projects - in the same manner as there are wide team projects in WP now. "This semester, an underlying theme will be the Renaissance. Here's a short outline of what we are going to touch upon this semester, and a list of notable persons and events that we are going to discuss. The assignments will be focused towards fact checking information from Wikipedia, integrating the information into the assignments and deleting erroneous subject matter, and adding missing matter, properly worded and sourced".
Okay, that did ebb out a bit at the end, but it's going on 4.30 am here. Gonna go sleep now...
Well, that and learning another language makes you more conscious of the pronunciation and phrasing rules of that language than your average native speaker. Either way kudos on your command of English. Thank you, but I don't think it's a major feat. It's only a bloody language, and millions of people worldwide seem to be able to grasp it. But thank you anyway:)
Hell, from what I've seen (several Universities over several years), the foreigners do better with English than the "natives." Many of the Americans that pass through my dormitories (live in an international kollegium) believe me to be one of them. One of them put it succinctly: "You speak better English than most of the people in my home town."
That was scary. A lot of my language has been picked up from indirect sources - movies, books, comics, etc. Not as much human contact per se, which would usually lead to a horrid pronounciation.
An example in German would be doing a group assignment on Schiller, then have the group add to the article after the paper had been graded. There's lots of articles that are in need of extra info, and since the schools have books on various subjects as a given, they might as well use it in their education. I do follow that it might be more labor intensive, especially to begin with while the teacher has to learn how to work this into the curriculum and grading.
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Not Wifi, cell based. Plus I don't go to conferences... And I know, always have a backup plan handy. But I never need it, except of course in those few instances where I don't have one...
My understanding (wrong as it may be) was actually that he encouraged that people use more time on preparing their presentations - and that 'what's wrong with wasting some time in the office/i>' was pointed at the preparation of the presentations, not the actual performance of the presentations.
This space unintentionally left unblank. Your sig makes even more sense in context of the article you link to (probably completely incidental, but quite funny)
I have a 7 mbps* mobile internet connection that my boss pays - at 100$/month - for my laptop.
I use online tools very heavily, and I feel I can rely on it. The offices have two lines - copper and wimax - and at home, until recently, had two lines too, copper and "building-installed" internet. I don't really feel unsafe...
*: Allright, it isn't 7 mbps yet. But within a few weeks I go from 3 to 7 mbps...
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The interface is indeed the entire cake; it also seems to be what they're aiming at. I'd be more than satisfied with half the user friendliness of Time Machine.
What, like Greenland?
Granted, a good reason to fear the American presence now is that they've found oil.
Turing was also gay. Horrible habit, that.
If it wasn't for the FOSS part of RHEL, there wouldn't really *be* RHEL - the article is pretty much a moot point.
That's what you get when you search on GVid for "site:video.google.com dalai lama lecture" with a length of 20+ minutes. Well, that and a jewish guy.
I saw this really horrid Google Talk on GVid; a lecture about "Spiritual Computin". At some point, the speaker (Craig Warren Smith) asks the audience to define Web 2.0 for him, and some of the participants laugh and explain that "it's a marketing term that means whatever the marketer wants it to mean". Funny thing to hear from a Googler...
You're right, because "Good business sense" << "Pain in Microsofts side"
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Enjoy.
Too late for them pigs...
That was why I thought it'd be a good idea to filter it through a "proper" assignment first - and then sieve data and sources onto WP after that. If they're going to go on to college, they're gonna have to learn to sort data anyway.
It's not even as if it's hard work if you're reasonably intelligent, and this way, the teacher might even find subject matter suited for keeping everyone "entertained".
There could even be class projects - in the same manner as there are wide team projects in WP now. "This semester, an underlying theme will be the Renaissance. Here's a short outline of what we are going to touch upon this semester, and a list of notable persons and events that we are going to discuss. The assignments will be focused towards fact checking information from Wikipedia, integrating the information into the assignments and deleting erroneous subject matter, and adding missing matter, properly worded and sourced".
Okay, that did ebb out a bit at the end, but it's going on 4.30 am here. Gonna go sleep now...
But thank you anyway
Plus it's a hell of a lot better than getting them to make stupid Powerpoint presentations about random fluff.
That was scary. A lot of my language has been picked up from indirect sources - movies, books, comics, etc. Not as much human contact per se, which would usually lead to a horrid pronounciation.
If your school is as clever as my old employer, just use Coral Cache. Wonderful stuff.
An example in German would be doing a group assignment on Schiller, then have the group add to the article after the paper had been graded. There's lots of articles that are in need of extra info, and since the schools have books on various subjects as a given, they might as well use it in their education. I do follow that it might be more labor intensive, especially to begin with while the teacher has to learn how to work this into the curriculum and grading.
I've wondered for quite a while why teachers hadn't started doing this. My old German teacher would probably be up for it...
Try dipping in a dozen times over the next few weeks. You just might get your wish, as there seems to be a lack of users willing to metamod.
What if I find one of my books in Google Book Search and would like it removed?
We're happy to remove your book from our search results at any time, just as we do for website publishers and our web search results.
If you're a current Google Books partner, you can simply add it to your uploadable list of books that you don't want scanned through the Library Project. Just log in to your account and follow the instructions here. If the book is already findable on Google Book Search, please also send an email to books-support@google.com or contact your account manager.
If you're not a Google Books partner and you want us to remove a book, you'll need to provide us with a small amount of information about yourself as well as the specific name of the book you don't want included in Google Book Search. Unless you specify otherwise, we'll use your information only to verify that you are indeed the owner of that particular book. Please see our privacy policy for more details. To begin this process, please start here to identify yourself as the owner. If the book is already findable on Google Book Search, please also send an email to books-support@google.com with this information.
HTH.
Not Wifi, cell based. Plus I don't go to conferences... And I know, always have a backup plan handy. But I never need it, except of course in those few instances where I don't have one...
My understanding (wrong as it may be) was actually that he encouraged that people use more time on preparing their presentations - and that 'what's wrong with wasting some time in the office/i>' was pointed at the preparation of the presentations, not the actual performance of the presentations.
I have a 7 mbps* mobile internet connection that my boss pays - at 100$/month - for my laptop.
I use online tools very heavily, and I feel I can rely on it. The offices have two lines - copper and wimax - and at home, until recently, had two lines too, copper and "building-installed" internet. I don't really feel unsafe...
*: Allright, it isn't 7 mbps yet. But within a few weeks I go from 3 to 7 mbps...