It's only because of historical reasons we have analog displays. They all just read all their info from the computer and then generate an analog-like display. It would be much cheaper and simpler for companies to just use LCD flatpanels at this point. They already have hoods over the displays to shield the sun, so washout wouldn't be a big issue.
I know Mercedes has started doing this in their S-class (possibly other models by now). The gauge cluster is partly a giant LCD that displays an analoge style gauge. It even displays an analogue style radio tuner for switching stations.
Not directly related to the article, but cops must love that. I can clearly see that speedometer from my car, in the next lane. I imagine that has resulted in a few tickets.
That's actually a good point (DOA). I forgot to mention that in my post below. It's weird your store did that for free, we charged $29 for ours, but this was late 2005-2007.
I realize this is an old article, but at my store (and others in the area) this was $29 service that you would have to pay for, not something they just did. It sounds like this store was just throwing it in for their customers.
We would create the restore disks and run an optimization. We would also (at least I would when I was moved up to GS) clean up all the crap that was preloaded on the machine. If the customer purchased AV/AM protection, we would load that too, update it and setup a scan schedule. Of course most of this was automated:-).
It basically said the food/beverages served there (Chilli's) are known to the state of CA to contain things that cause cancer. Yet, I still eat there anyway. Weird.
I'm not sure what the issue is. When I opened Digsby today, it updated and with in a few mins it displayed a message directing me to a FAQ. It clearly tells you how to disable the feature if you don't want it.
I was looking into using my phone wire as pull for Cat-5 and wondered about this too. I wasn't able to see about the in wall stuff, but in the attic, they used very few staples, mostly at the point before it heads down the wall. I remember I was able to pull on the one for my room and it seemed to be free in the wall. If he's serious about this, he should at least investigate.
I actually just signed up to reply to this. I see a lot of good ideas here and I feel most people are write about the issues of computers in the classrooms not being used correctly or to their fullest.
Since, Kindergarten ('91-'92) I remember every one of my classrooms having a computer in it. I remember my 2nd grade teacher teaching us word processing and how to create documents on two Apple computers. Except for her, I don't remember many teachers making use of the computer as a learning tool. Some would hook them up to a TV to show things to the class, but not much else. Not even in middle school or in high school. I do remember seeing a Spanish teacher at my high school using a project connected to her computer to help teach Spanish. That's really the only time I saw a computer being used to help teach. Otherwise, it seemed that the computer was just there for the teacher to do their grading and to type up their assignments as most kids had computers at home and there was never any time allocated for using the classroom computer.
Recently, I visited my girlfriend's old private elementary school and was given a tour as part of a reunion they were having. They stated that now, each student received (or maybe they had to buy it, I don't remember) a new Apple MacBook laptop (private school!) and each classroom had a smart board where the teacher could project things onto. When the teacher or student wrote on the "board" it would somehow interact with their computers. Since it was the weekend, I didn't have a chance to see this in action.
I'm not saying we should give each kid a laptop (or should we-OLPC?), but I personally would like to see more computers integrated in to the lesson or being used to help teach instead of just for looking things up.
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cost up to $30 or $42.50, respectively. About the same as a tank of gas.
Where are you getting gas that cheap? Or your car has a really small gas tank. I pay between $60-70 to fill up.
It's only because of historical reasons we have analog displays. They all just read all their info from the computer and then generate an analog-like display. It would be much cheaper and simpler for companies to just use LCD flatpanels at this point. They already have hoods over the displays to shield the sun, so washout wouldn't be a big issue.
I know Mercedes has started doing this in their S-class (possibly other models by now). The gauge cluster is partly a giant LCD that displays an analoge style gauge. It even displays an analogue style radio tuner for switching stations.
Not directly related to the article, but cops must love that. I can clearly see that speedometer from my car, in the next lane. I imagine that has resulted in a few tickets.
Please learn the meaning of sarcasm...
That's actually a good point (DOA). I forgot to mention that in my post below. It's weird your store did that for free, we charged $29 for ours, but this was late 2005-2007.
I realize this is an old article, but at my store (and others in the area) this was $29 service that you would have to pay for, not something they just did. It sounds like this store was just throwing it in for their customers. We would create the restore disks and run an optimization. We would also (at least I would when I was moved up to GS) clean up all the crap that was preloaded on the machine. If the customer purchased AV/AM protection, we would load that too, update it and setup a scan schedule. Of course most of this was automated :-).
Except you are forgetting about the part where you are supposed to turn it in to the police.
Except, legally he was supposed to hand it over to the Police. I don't get why this is so hard for people to understand.
Thank you! Everyone seems to be missing this point.
It basically said the food/beverages served there (Chilli's) are known to the state of CA to contain things that cause cancer. Yet, I still eat there anyway. Weird.
From the only comment in the article: "Ron said on Wednesday, 30 September 2009 Of course no one responded to your request for comments, this was decided over a year ago http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/05/court-smacks-autodesk-affirms-right-to-sell-used-software.ars So much for breaking news."
I think the best thing was seeing it at Chillis. I don't think it's a joke: http://tiny.cc/CXTOa
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I'm not sure what the issue is. When I opened Digsby today, it updated and with in a few mins it displayed a message directing me to a FAQ. It clearly tells you how to disable the feature if you don't want it.
I was looking into using my phone wire as pull for Cat-5 and wondered about this too. I wasn't able to see about the in wall stuff, but in the attic, they used very few staples, mostly at the point before it heads down the wall. I remember I was able to pull on the one for my room and it seemed to be free in the wall. If he's serious about this, he should at least investigate.
I see what you did there...
I actually just signed up to reply to this. I see a lot of good ideas here and I feel most people are write about the issues of computers in the classrooms not being used correctly or to their fullest. Since, Kindergarten ('91-'92) I remember every one of my classrooms having a computer in it. I remember my 2nd grade teacher teaching us word processing and how to create documents on two Apple computers. Except for her, I don't remember many teachers making use of the computer as a learning tool. Some would hook them up to a TV to show things to the class, but not much else. Not even in middle school or in high school. I do remember seeing a Spanish teacher at my high school using a project connected to her computer to help teach Spanish. That's really the only time I saw a computer being used to help teach. Otherwise, it seemed that the computer was just there for the teacher to do their grading and to type up their assignments as most kids had computers at home and there was never any time allocated for using the classroom computer. Recently, I visited my girlfriend's old private elementary school and was given a tour as part of a reunion they were having. They stated that now, each student received (or maybe they had to buy it, I don't remember) a new Apple MacBook laptop (private school!) and each classroom had a smart board where the teacher could project things onto. When the teacher or student wrote on the "board" it would somehow interact with their computers. Since it was the weekend, I didn't have a chance to see this in action. I'm not saying we should give each kid a laptop (or should we-OLPC?), but I personally would like to see more computers integrated in to the lesson or being used to help teach instead of just for looking things up.