And that is why it is so critically important that we take this to the people, not just Congress. The comparison to the environmental movement is not spurious. It was nearly powerless when it comprised mostly people interested in game conservation. Then when Rachel Carson and others made it accessible to normal people, showed then it was something they cared about, within ten years things exploded with the result that we might manage to save ourselves. This needs to happen for the electronic environmental movement, or we will fail, and our children won't know to curse us.
I don't know if he was so much being professional as too stunned to make jokes. Either way, in the first few hours, his show was a great source of raw information - he was close to the WTC, and had people even closer, cut over to or described things happening on other news outlets, etc. The "raw" part also means that there were unsubstantiated rumors and other bad information, but he was pretty good about letting people know where the data came from, thus allowing people to decide how seriously to take it. Later in the day, as the first shock wore off and the stream of news slowed, they starting going off on how to take revenge, but I do remember Stern saying not to go beating up cab drivers. Overall, I was impressed.
I would like to point out that there is a difference between bigotry and mass murder. I don't condone either, but the former is hardly as "bad" as the other. At least within my moral framework.
Anything you might teach them about a particular piece of software or hardware will be outdated before it's useful.
Instead, give them something noone can take from them, and can never be outdated. Teach them not to fear. Teach them to explore, and think. Show them that they can teach themselves. Show them trends in how computers work, and how they can use that to do things they don't know how to do.
On a practical note, how you get the kids engaged will be as important as what you plan to teach them. Let them get their hands on, and in, the computers. When you give the inevitable lecture on what the basic parts of a computer are, hand them out, and let them pass them around. The parts will probably be broken by the time you get them back, so use old parts. Get them doing something with software, even if it's just drawing, or surfing the net. Realize that they have a short attention span, so keep moving. Make it possible for an individual student to return to something you touch on, but don't hang up the whole class.
You will be a curiosity to these kids. You've got a chance to shake them up and do something different than their normal teachers, but they will also test you and your control of the classroom. It would be better to have one of more of their normal teachers in the room, to handle discipline. If you don't have that luxury, start reading about teaching, and crowd control. *How* you present your material is every bit as important as *what* you present.
If you're interested, reply to this post. I know a couple of teachers, and may be able to get some useful further information on technique.
No one needs a computer, either. No one *needs* a great many things, but they do make many tasks more easier
Further, because you don't want people calling you doesn't have any bearing on my desire to be reachable. So you don't buy one, I do, nothing evil there. (BTW, no telemarketer has ever called my mobile)
I agree with you on opposing laws restricting the use of cell phones in cars, but I think we need to better enforce the laws we have against careless driving (here in NJ that's a specific violation, the definition of which translates to "doing something stupid while operating a vehicle).
Patient record confidentiality must be an absolute design goal from the inception of the project. The only way to be truly certain is to employ an "air-gap" firewall, In other words, don't put confidential information on any system connected to any network that can be accessed by non-authorized individuals. The military has significant experience with that, and I would urge you to hire security consultants with experience in such matters. Reply to this message if you are interested, and I can put you in touch with one outfit with the requisite experience.
Sort of. They (hopefully) block mail sent to a domain from whom Earthlink does not provide mail services, if it is not sent from an Earthlink IP. In other words, they are not an open mail relay. This prevents some SPAM to non-Earthlink customers, and is a Good Thing.
They also block an Earthlink customer from connecting on TCP port 25 to anywhere except their mail servers, which will then legitimately relay that traffic. This annoys me, since it means I have to change configs when away from the office. It also prevents some SPAM, again to non-Earthlink customers. It would be nicer to only block large quantities of SMTP traffic, but harder.
What *really* burns me up about this is that despite the fact that exactly three people know my Earthlink address, I get huge amounts of SPAM there, *and* I can't use my Sendmail server to send my mail.
BTW, if they did what you said they did, no mail would ever get to Earthlink customers, except from Earthlink customers.
9600bps vs. whatever pipe Czarbucks is using. Which will hopefully be much bigger.
Don't get me wrong, I use my cellphone's 14.4Kbps connection all the time to check specific text data, but it isn't really well tuned for a "full Web browsing experience" (Help me, I'm starting to think in MarketSpeak!)
If access to weapons were a primary cause of incidents like Columbine, they would be far more common in places were guns are common, such as the USA and Switzerland. In the absence of piles of bodies, it can be determined that guns to not 'cause' violence.
It might be argued that the common availability of guns aids in the cause of those who would be violent. This can be shown to be false, however. Alternatives to firearms exist that, when used effectively, are more effective then guns. Explosives are readily made from common materials and can drop an entire building in the manner used in Oklahoma City some years ago. In fact, that was part of the plan at Columbine. Had they forgone the guns and simply blown the building to oblivion, the death toll would have been far higher.
Instead, it seems to me than an environment that confuses fantasy violence with the real thing is the root cause. Note that this is not just violent games and movies, but more importantly the lack of any influence that would help these kids understand what they are doing.
In every case where the shooters have been taken alive, that I am familiar with, the kids have shown a marked lack of understanding of what they have done, or that the people they have jsut killed were real (isn't this close to the definition of a sociopathic personality?).
OTOH, they, when met with the overwhelming force of the local PD, they seem to either take their own lives, or surrender, frequently begging to not be hurt.
I've also noticed that none of these things happen in the really bad inner city schools. Could it be that kids who have seen violence close up understand what it means and don't snap in this particular way?
I hate to be pedantic, but America is not, nor has it ever been, a democracy. We don't even directly elect our president...
This is important because it shows that the people who wrote the Constitution did not consider the populace at large to be sufficiently qualified to make decisions directly affecting the course of the nation. That is a situation that continues to this day as the 'mass hysteria' caused by incidents like Columbine drive idiotic attempts at legislation with the intent of appealing to the poorly thought out desires of the same populace that the frames of our system subtly derided.
Have you been able to get the ATI Rage Pro Mobility to work at all under X? I just found out my company order a bunch of Gateway Solo Pro 9300's with this chipset, instead of the Thinkpads I asked for...
While I will agree that we, practically speaking, have a very close to two party system, that doesn't mean that we need to institutionalize it. To set in stone, even in a minor way, the notion that there are only two parties is to assist in creating a monopoly which will certainly be more damaging than any in the private sector.
It should definately be gop.org. They are not a government agency, and it's time that people started realizing that the Republic and Democratic parties are just two of *many*.
I get *far* better precision than 100-300m with my (cheap, commercial) GPS receiver. I use it to navigate within cities all the time, as do many residents of Japan, where I understand it is quite common.
Nah, using Red Cap is choice. From the Encyclopedia Mythica (http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/):
Red Cap
Red Cap is a thoroughly evil creature. He is a short, stocky old man with long gray hair and claws in stead of hands. He lives on the Scottish Border in ancient ruins of castles, especially in those with a bloody history of war and murder. He owes his name to the fact that he wears a red hat, which is colored by the blood of his victims. Red Cap moves with remarkable speed, despite the fact that he wears iron boots. He can overcome even the strongest man, unless the intended victim remembers to quote a few words from the bible.
Copyright (c) 1999 Encyclopedia Mythica. All rights reserved. Protected by the copyright laws of the United States and international treaties.
I'm sorry that this does not apply directly to your situation, as you already have a camera, but for anyone considering buying a camera, I'd suggest the Toshiba PDR-5. It's has a variety of useful features, like a reflective LCD that you can see in sunlight, but the neatest thing is that the back hinges open to reveal a PCMCIA connector. Slap the thing into you PC Card slot you can read the images as regular JPEGS. If you are desktop bound PCMCIA card readers are available for desktops (but buy a laptop anyway, they are fun!) More details on the camera are available from Toshiba's web site. Prices for it vary wildly, so hit a price-list site before you buy. I found that shopper.com was the best for cameras.
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And that is why it is so critically important that we take this to the people, not just Congress. The comparison to the environmental movement is not spurious. It was nearly powerless when it comprised mostly people interested in game conservation. Then when Rachel Carson and others made it accessible to normal people, showed then it was something they cared about, within ten years things exploded with the result that we might manage to save ourselves. This needs to happen for the electronic environmental movement, or we will fail, and our children won't know to curse us.
The original prototype warp ship had two nacelles...
I don't know if he was so much being professional as too stunned to make jokes. Either way, in the first few hours, his show was a great source of raw information - he was close to the WTC, and had people even closer, cut over to or described things happening on other news outlets, etc. The "raw" part also means that there were unsubstantiated rumors and other bad information, but he was pretty good about letting people know where the data came from, thus allowing people to decide how seriously to take it. Later in the day, as the first shock wore off and the stream of news slowed, they starting going off on how to take revenge, but I do remember Stern saying not to go beating up cab drivers. Overall, I was impressed.
I would like to point out that there is a difference between bigotry and mass murder. I don't condone either, but the former is hardly as "bad" as the other. At least within my moral framework.
Anything you might teach them about a particular piece of software or hardware will be outdated before it's useful.
Instead, give them something noone can take from them, and can never be outdated. Teach them not to fear. Teach them to explore, and think. Show them that they can teach themselves. Show them trends in how computers work, and how they can use that to do things they don't know how to do.
On a practical note, how you get the kids engaged will be as important as what you plan to teach them. Let them get their hands on, and in, the computers. When you give the inevitable lecture on what the basic parts of a computer are, hand them out, and let them pass them around. The parts will probably be broken by the time you get them back, so use old parts. Get them doing something with software, even if it's just drawing, or surfing the net. Realize that they have a short attention span, so keep moving. Make it possible for an individual student to return to something you touch on, but don't hang up the whole class.
You will be a curiosity to these kids. You've got a chance to shake them up and do something different than their normal teachers, but they will also test you and your control of the classroom. It would be better to have one of more of their normal teachers in the room, to handle discipline. If you don't have that luxury, start reading about teaching, and crowd control. *How* you present your material is every bit as important as *what* you present.
If you're interested, reply to this post. I know a couple of teachers, and may be able to get some useful further information on technique.
No one needs a computer, either. No one *needs* a great many things, but they do make many tasks more easier
Further, because you don't want people calling you doesn't have any bearing on my desire to be reachable. So you don't buy one, I do, nothing evil there. (BTW, no telemarketer has ever called my mobile)
I agree with you on opposing laws restricting the use of cell phones in cars, but I think we need to better enforce the laws we have against careless driving (here in NJ that's a specific violation, the definition of which translates to "doing something stupid while operating a vehicle).
I think the RIAA is stupid and counter to civilization.
Patient record confidentiality must be an absolute design goal from the inception of the project. The only way to be truly certain is to employ an "air-gap" firewall, In other words, don't put confidential information on any system connected to any network that can be accessed by non-authorized individuals. The military has significant experience with that, and I would urge you to hire security consultants with experience in such matters. Reply to this message if you are interested, and I can put you in touch with one outfit with the requisite experience.
But then when you get back to the office, you have to change it back. It's a *nuisance*, for little perceived gain.
Sort of. They (hopefully) block mail sent to a domain from whom Earthlink does not provide mail services, if it is not sent from an Earthlink IP. In other words, they are not an open mail relay. This prevents some SPAM to non-Earthlink customers, and is a Good Thing.
They also block an Earthlink customer from connecting on TCP port 25 to anywhere except their mail servers, which will then legitimately relay that traffic. This annoys me, since it means I have to change configs when away from the office. It also prevents some SPAM, again to non-Earthlink customers. It would be nicer to only block large quantities of SMTP traffic, but harder.
What *really* burns me up about this is that despite the fact that exactly three people know my Earthlink address, I get huge amounts of SPAM there, *and* I can't use my Sendmail server to send my mail.
BTW, if they did what you said they did, no mail would ever get to Earthlink customers, except from Earthlink customers.
9600bps vs. whatever pipe Czarbucks is using. Which will hopefully be much bigger.
Don't get me wrong, I use my cellphone's 14.4Kbps connection all the time to check specific text data, but it isn't really well tuned for a "full Web browsing experience" (Help me, I'm starting to think in MarketSpeak!)
Blackbox and Mobile Planet sell an accoustic coupler that claims to be able to do 14.4kbps. Of course, it depends on the quality of the line...
That's it, I'm reporting you to the Pinkos! What that number again?
If access to weapons were a primary cause of incidents like Columbine, they would be far more common in places were guns are common, such as the USA and Switzerland. In the absence of piles of bodies, it can be determined that guns to not 'cause' violence.
It might be argued that the common availability of guns aids in the cause of those who would be violent. This can be shown to be false, however. Alternatives to firearms exist that, when used effectively, are more effective then guns. Explosives are readily made from common materials and can drop an entire building in the manner used in Oklahoma City some years ago. In fact, that was part of the plan at Columbine. Had they forgone the guns and simply blown the building to oblivion, the death toll would have been far higher.
Instead, it seems to me than an environment that confuses fantasy violence with the real thing is the root cause. Note that this is not just violent games and movies, but more importantly the lack of any influence that would help these kids understand what they are doing.
In every case where the shooters have been taken alive, that I am familiar with, the kids have shown a marked lack of understanding of what they have done, or that the people they have jsut killed were real (isn't this close to the definition of a sociopathic personality?).
OTOH, they, when met with the overwhelming force of the local PD, they seem to either take their own lives, or surrender, frequently begging to not be hurt.
I've also noticed that none of these things happen in the really bad inner city schools. Could it be that kids who have seen violence close up understand what it means and don't snap in this particular way?
I hate to be pedantic, but America is not, nor has it ever been, a democracy. We don't even directly elect our president...
This is important because it shows that the people who wrote the Constitution did not consider the populace at large to be sufficiently qualified to make decisions directly affecting the course of the nation. That is a situation that continues to this day as the 'mass hysteria' caused by incidents like Columbine drive idiotic attempts at legislation with the intent of appealing to the poorly thought out desires of the same populace that the frames of our system subtly derided.
Have you been able to get the ATI Rage Pro Mobility to work at all under X? I just found out my company order a bunch of Gateway Solo Pro 9300's with this chipset, instead of the Thinkpads I asked for...
While I will agree that we, practically speaking, have a very close to two party system, that doesn't mean that we need to institutionalize it. To set in stone, even in a minor way, the notion that there are only two parties is to assist in creating a monopoly which will certainly be more damaging than any in the private sector.
It should definately be gop.org. They are not a government agency, and it's time that people started realizing that the Republic and Democratic parties are just two of *many*.
I get *far* better precision than 100-300m with my (cheap, commercial) GPS receiver. I use it to navigate within cities all the time, as do many residents of Japan, where I understand it is quite common.
Nah, using Red Cap is choice. From the Encyclopedia Mythica (http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/):
Red Cap
Red Cap is a thoroughly evil creature. He is a short, stocky old man with long gray hair and claws in stead of hands. He lives on the Scottish Border in ancient ruins of castles, especially in those with a bloody history of war and murder. He owes his name to the fact that he wears a red hat, which is colored by the blood of his victims. Red Cap moves with remarkable speed, despite the fact that he wears iron boots. He can overcome even the strongest man, unless the intended victim remembers to quote a few words from the bible.
Copyright (c) 1999 Encyclopedia Mythica. All rights reserved. Protected by the copyright laws of the United States and international treaties.
One unfortunate thing about the Blackberry is that it requires Outlook, a M$ product. Not good for us alternative OS geeks...
I've used NFS clients on PCs running Windows95 w/o using NIS. Note that this was not PC-NFS but some other vendors implementation.
I'm sorry that this does not apply directly to your situation, as you already have a camera, but for anyone considering buying a camera, I'd suggest the Toshiba PDR-5. It's has a variety of useful features, like a reflective LCD that you can see in sunlight, but the neatest thing is that the back hinges open to reveal a PCMCIA connector. Slap the thing into you PC Card slot you can read the images as regular JPEGS. If you are desktop bound PCMCIA card readers are available for desktops (but buy a laptop anyway, they are fun!)
More details on the camera are available from Toshiba's web site. Prices for it vary wildly, so hit a price-list site before you buy. I found that shopper.com was the best for cameras.