My son took over my old eMac before turning age two. He is now 2.5 yrs old, he has basic command of the full UI. (Tiger 10.4.11)
he "cut his teeth" on several baby banger programs. He now uses over a dozen children's software apps, including the MacKiev suite (green eggs and ham, cat in the hat, etc), and LOVES tux paint, and his most recent acquisition is "Ollo at the Sunny Valley Fair.
He has a good understanding of the DVD interface, and explores all the games, extras, and other features of the DVD's. (He loves to turn on the closed captions while watching movies on the computer).
He knows how to shut it down, put it to sleep, turn the volume up and down, and subtract icons from the dock (he loves the little POOF they make as they disappear.)
We got him an old blue MacAlly keyboard (out of storage from work), it is virtually indestructible! He pounds on it, drops it, it has NEVER quit working, no keys have come off, works GREAT. Also gave him an old one button Apple mouse. He is too young for "right-click" and the one button mouse solves a lot of frustration.
He prefers the computer to the TV, hands down, every time. The computer is interactive, the TV is passive. He wants his "p'cuter"
Don't sell your children short, they tend to rise to whatever level we set for them.
(AND, his taking over my eMac gave us the excuse to get a new MacBook Pro, thanks son!)
So now the robot head is madly in love with Xev...
Sorry I can't remember the robots name/number.
Xev of course loves Kai, the (dead) last of the Brunen-Gee
The robot is 790, and it eventually switches it's affections from Xev to Kai,....and our new overlords WILL be terminating you for your lack of Robot lore knowledge.
When my daughter was in High School, there was a program called the Student Learning Center. It addressed the disconnect between hardware/software and the expertise of the teachers that were to use the technology in their educational activities.
The premise was simple, a significant percentage of the kids know WAY more about computers than the teachers. So, the school found the most computer-literate teacher on staff, assigned them a computer lab, and enrolled the kids with the most knowledge and interest in the newly created center. Their mission, to have kids TEACH THE TEACHERS how to use the technology. They developed curriculum for everything from Kid Pix (and/or Tux Paint) for the very early grades clear up through use of video editing and database programming. When there was a tech support problem, it was a kid that did the first assessment. When there was a patch or new install, it was a kid that did the work.
Now all of this was supervised and evaluated by that knowledgeable teacher I mentioned that was put in charge, but mainly the kids did ALL the heavy lifting. Eventually, other schools in the district, and then even out of the district, started asking for assistance. It was a wonderful program and really made a difference, to the teachers that did not understand the technology, and to the kids that were developing valuable life skills in providing the assistance, with unit credit I might add.
The biggest problem was teachers with ego's that would not allow them to learn from a student. These teachers did not get as much use out of the new center, but those that made use of it, were very pleased with the training and service provided, and as it grew, more and more teachers became converts.
So, do NOT just dump old tech (or new tech) on a school, try and encourage them to set up a system to draw on their most avail. resource for utilization, the KIDS THEMSELVES!
You're forgetting that Fox made famous The Simpsons, Family Guy, Married...with Children, and many other shows which wouldn't have been given chances on other networks.
Those shows aren't really bad, they're just drawn that way.
There sure as heck is, I am sitting in the "real" Eureka, (webcam out my office window: http://www.ncidc.org/webcam/webcam.html )...and for those of you that don't think that there is a lot of "science and research" in City of Eureka, (located in the County of Humboldt), you obviously don't know about the decades of secret cloning and genetic research goin on in the hills of our lovely Emerald Triangle, here behind the Redwood Curtain.
Even if his hosting company is brain-dead, they should at least recognize that a signed affidavit that he is, indeed, the copyright holder will get them off the hook if any litigation comes their way. Failing that, he could file charges against them for copyright infringement under the DMCA, and sue for statutory damages. I believe the going rate is around $168,000 per song...
Send a official DMCA counter-notice.
[512(g)] If a subscriber provides a proper counter-notice claiming that the material does not infringe copyrights, the service provider must then promptly notify the claiming party of the individuals objection. [512(g)(2)] If the copyright owner does not bring a lawsuit in district court within 14 days, the service provider is then required to restore the material to its location on its network. [512(g)(2)(C)]
A proper counter-notice must contain the following information:
The subscribers name, address, phone number and physical or electronic signature [512(g)(3)(A)]
Identification of the material and its location before removal [512(g)(3)(B)]
A statement under penalty of perjury that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification [512(g)(3)(C)]
Subscriber consent to local federal court jurisdiction, or if overseas, to an appropriate judicial body. [512(g)(3)(D)]
here is a form that creates a counter notice for you, just fill in the blanks
bad form to reply to my own post, but thought I would just post the info so if the sources get overwhelmed, the info will be here too, links to sources in prior post.
Better Business Bureau has lots on info (including email, phone, and add., as well as corp. officers), on ixwebhosting.com and ecommerce.com, which are same company. (only one complaint in last 3 yrs.?) http://tinyurl.com/5t8ftv
you can also go to http://onewhois.com/ and enter =ixwebhosting.com into the search box to get what appears to be president's email as part of domain registration info.
(do same search WITHOUT the = sign before domain to see a group of subdomains? all belonging to same company)
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My son took over my old eMac before turning age two. He is now 2.5 yrs old, he has basic command of the full UI. (Tiger 10.4.11)
he "cut his teeth" on several baby banger programs. He now uses over a dozen children's software apps, including the MacKiev suite (green eggs and ham, cat in the hat, etc), and LOVES tux paint, and his most recent acquisition is "Ollo at the Sunny Valley Fair.
He has a good understanding of the DVD interface, and explores all the games, extras, and other features of the DVD's. (He loves to turn on the closed captions while watching movies on the computer).
He knows how to shut it down, put it to sleep, turn the volume up and down, and subtract icons from the dock (he loves the little POOF they make as they disappear.)
We got him an old blue MacAlly keyboard (out of storage from work), it is virtually indestructible! He pounds on it, drops it, it has NEVER quit working, no keys have come off, works GREAT. Also gave him an old one button Apple mouse. He is too young for "right-click" and the one button mouse solves a lot of frustration.
He prefers the computer to the TV, hands down, every time. The computer is interactive, the TV is passive. He wants his "p'cuter"
Don't sell your children short, they tend to rise to whatever level we set for them.
(AND, his taking over my eMac gave us the excuse to get a new MacBook Pro, thanks son!)
So now the robot head is madly in love with Xev ...
Sorry I can't remember the robots name/number.
Xev of course loves Kai, the (dead) last of the Brunen-Gee
The robot is 790, and it eventually switches it's affections from Xev to Kai, ....and our new overlords WILL be terminating you for your lack of Robot lore knowledge.
What do you call it if to hits the ground and comes out the other side back into space?
Dark Matter
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6933
If it reaches the ground, it's called a meteorite.
When my daughter was in High School, there was a program called the Student Learning Center. It addressed the disconnect between hardware/software and the expertise of the teachers that were to use the technology in their educational activities.
The premise was simple, a significant percentage of the kids know WAY more about computers than the teachers. So, the school found the most computer-literate teacher on staff, assigned them a computer lab, and enrolled the kids with the most knowledge and interest in the newly created center. Their mission, to have kids TEACH THE TEACHERS how to use the technology. They developed curriculum for everything from Kid Pix (and/or Tux Paint) for the very early grades clear up through use of video editing and database programming. When there was a tech support problem, it was a kid that did the first assessment. When there was a patch or new install, it was a kid that did the work.
Now all of this was supervised and evaluated by that knowledgeable teacher I mentioned that was put in charge, but mainly the kids did ALL the heavy lifting. Eventually, other schools in the district, and then even out of the district, started asking for assistance. It was a wonderful program and really made a difference, to the teachers that did not understand the technology, and to the kids that were developing valuable life skills in providing the assistance, with unit credit I might add.
The biggest problem was teachers with ego's that would not allow them to learn from a student. These teachers did not get as much use out of the new center, but those that made use of it, were very pleased with the training and service provided, and as it grew, more and more teachers became converts.
So, do NOT just dump old tech (or new tech) on a school, try and encourage them to set up a system to draw on their most avail. resource for utilization, the KIDS THEMSELVES!
You're forgetting that Fox made famous The Simpsons, Family Guy, Married...with Children, and many other shows which wouldn't have been given chances on other networks.
Those shows aren't really bad, they're just drawn that way.
Besides, there already is a
Eureka
There sure as heck is, I am sitting in the "real" Eureka, (webcam out my office window: http://www.ncidc.org/webcam/webcam.html ) ...and for those of you that don't think that there is a lot of "science and research" in City of Eureka, (located in the County of Humboldt), you obviously don't know about the decades of secret cloning and genetic research goin on in the hills of our lovely Emerald Triangle, here behind the Redwood Curtain.
Even if his hosting company is brain-dead, they should at least recognize that a signed affidavit that he is, indeed, the copyright holder will get them off the hook if any litigation comes their way. Failing that, he could file charges against them for copyright infringement under the DMCA, and sue for statutory damages. I believe the going rate is around $168,000 per song...
Send a official DMCA counter-notice.
[512(g)] If a subscriber provides a proper counter-notice claiming that the material does not infringe copyrights, the service provider must then promptly notify the claiming party of the individuals objection. [512(g)(2)] If the copyright owner does not bring a lawsuit in district court within 14 days, the service provider is then required to restore the material to its location on its network. [512(g)(2)(C)]
A proper counter-notice must contain the following information:
The subscribers name, address, phone number and physical or electronic signature [512(g)(3)(A)]
Identification of the material and its location before removal [512(g)(3)(B)]
A statement under penalty of perjury that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification [512(g)(3)(C)]
Subscriber consent to local federal court jurisdiction, or if overseas, to an appropriate judicial body. [512(g)(3)(D)]
here is a form that creates a counter notice for you, just fill in the blanks
http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca/counter512.pdf
bad form to reply to my own post, but thought I would just post the info so if the sources get overwhelmed, the info will be here too, links to sources in prior post.
IX Web Hosting ixwebhosting.com
(614) 534-1961
1774 Dividend Dr
Columbus, OH 43228-3845
Mr. Samir Said, CFO/President
samir@ecommerce.com
Ms. Amanda Walsh, CSR
(614) 534-1961
amanda.walsh@ecommerce.com
Ms. Fatima Said - CEO
Domain register info:
samir@ecommerce.com
247 Mitch Lane
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
+1.8003850450
also DBA: Ecommerce Inc
Better Business Bureau has lots on info (including email, phone, and add., as well as corp. officers), on ixwebhosting.com and ecommerce.com, which are same company. (only one complaint in last 3 yrs.?) http://tinyurl.com/5t8ftv
you can also go to http://onewhois.com/ and enter
=ixwebhosting.com
into the search box to get what appears to be president's email as part of domain registration info.
(do same search WITHOUT the = sign before domain to see a group of subdomains? all belonging to same company)
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