I don't know if you intentionally made it sound as if they had a problem with the Pledge of Allegiance, or accidentally. But I'd like to clarify that they had a problem with the words "under God" that were put into the Pledge in the 1950s I believe. So they're not the America hating pinko-blah-blah that I think you're trying to make them look like.
What problems do you have with them trying to postpone a privately purchased recall?
Yeah, they're covered, but as a tool, and a little bit of implementation details. I found it a lot more interesting to learn about how they work mathematically, how you can implement different collision handling, etc. That's just an example. I mean, we learned sorts, data structures, but it was mostly on the surface, and never all the way down to "how would you impelement this yourself". Although I do have to admit that AP CS AB still prepared me for teh data structures class at a university VERY well. I just wish I learned all this stuff in high school.
I can still remember clearly my AP computer Science Classes from high school, and what bothered me was that the programs were mostly about text manipulation. Yes there were some more advanced concepts involved in the projects, such as hashes, etc. But they were given to us as tools, and we (almost) did not know how they worked. I found it a lot more interesting when in college I actually learned the implementation of things like hashes, and I dont think it would be too complex to teach in HS to those who are interested. And it would certainly be a lot more interesting than programming yet another "organizer".
I think the biggest fallacy behind the "lets put a computer in every single classroom" is people believing that by the computer just *being there* kids will get smarter. No. Computers are tools,and if used properly, they will facilitate various learning tasks, but they will not raise the intelligence average in the classroom as soon as they're brought in.
I went to a high school that is in a relatively well funded School District and we had computers not in every single classroom, but in many. So they ended up just sitting there collecting dust. In fact, the only class that I know of that used computers actively was the physics class. People dont need computers in the Spanish, English or history classrooms. And if a need does arise to look up some informaion on the net for those classes, that need would most likely be a homework assignment or something, and there are libraries and home computers for that.
Compaq, from my experience (souped up presario 1800), is excellent for linux. Everything worked on teh first install, no kernel recompilation, no problems. It was actually less of a hassle than my desktop where I had to fight with the display and network drivers. Btw, I use mandrake 7.0. I admit I was apprehensive about a compaq laptop at first, but now i'd actually recommend it. At least the high-end ones.
With all due respect to him as the creator of a religion pretty much, I was dissapointed by the personality of Carmack that I found out. I mean, the guy is an asshole! FS: Do you think that being married will detract from your programming? John: No, I wouldn't be getting married if I thought that. Great. What's he sayin to his wife here? I used have a LOT more respect to this guy. Yeah he's an uber-coder, but hey, that's not everything.
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Well, I was addressing the "Circuis" part. :)
but I suppose you have a point.
I don't know if you intentionally made it sound as if they had a problem with the Pledge of Allegiance, or accidentally. But I'd like to clarify that they had a problem with the words "under God" that were put into the Pledge in the 1950s I believe. So they're not the America hating pinko-blah-blah that I think you're trying to make them look like.
What problems do you have with them trying to postpone a privately purchased recall?
Writing to a log before and after an event is an aspect. A logging facility could be coded as an aspect.
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The paperclip!!! I missed that guy!
Now I won't have to reboot into windows in order to get his help.
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Yeah, they're covered, but as a tool, and a little bit of implementation details. I found it a lot more interesting to learn about how they work mathematically, how you can implement different collision handling, etc. That's just an example. I mean, we learned sorts, data structures, but it was mostly on the surface, and never all the way down to "how would you impelement this yourself". Although I do have to admit that AP CS AB still prepared me for teh data structures class at a university VERY well. I just wish I learned all this stuff in high school.
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I can still remember clearly my AP computer Science Classes from high school, and what bothered me was that the programs were mostly about text manipulation. Yes there were some more advanced concepts involved in the projects, such as hashes, etc. But they were given to us as tools, and we (almost) did not know how they worked. I found it a lot more interesting when in college I actually learned the implementation of things like hashes, and I dont think it would be too complex to teach in HS to those who are interested. And it would certainly be a lot more interesting than programming yet another "organizer".
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I think the biggest fallacy behind the "lets put a computer in every single classroom" is people believing that by the computer just *being there* kids will get smarter. No. Computers are tools,and if used properly, they will facilitate various learning tasks, but they will not raise the intelligence average in the classroom as soon as they're brought in.
I went to a high school that is in a relatively well funded School District and we had computers not in every single classroom, but in many. So they ended up just sitting there collecting dust. In fact, the only class that I know of that used computers actively was the physics class. People dont need computers in the Spanish, English or history classrooms. And if a need does arise to look up some informaion on the net for those classes, that need would most likely be a homework assignment or something, and there are libraries and home computers for that.
There :)
Interesting how RedHat knows how to do business and aquire business partners. That's why to many RH=Linux :)
Compaq, from my experience (souped up presario 1800), is excellent for linux. Everything worked on teh first install, no kernel recompilation, no problems. It was actually less of a hassle than my desktop where I had to fight with the display and network drivers. Btw, I use mandrake 7.0. I admit I was apprehensive about a compaq laptop at first, but now i'd actually recommend it. At least the high-end ones.
With all due respect to him as the creator of a religion pretty much, I was dissapointed by the personality of Carmack that I found out. I mean, the guy is an asshole! FS: Do you think that being married will detract from your programming? John: No, I wouldn't be getting married if I thought that. Great. What's he sayin to his wife here? I used have a LOT more respect to this guy. Yeah he's an uber-coder, but hey, that's not everything.