It's NOT cross platform, cross platform is Windows, Mac and LINUX. I'm sick of people stating they have cross platform software thats Mac and Windows compatible. Sorry you missed the mark if think Mac and Windows = cross platform. Anyone who thinks different is wrong, not semi right, not opinionated right, just wrong.
I'm so glad someone points the finger at.Net,.Net is cross-platform, to all version of Windows, It can cross from 7 to 98 ( i think ). If a developer uses.Net it just shows there taking an easy road instead of making a solution..Net is for developers who don't want to develop, just use. If developers really think.Net is a selling point for them it would be like arguing that you put training wheeling back on your bike to make is safer, only you can't take the bike everywhere and it only to 4 screws to make the solution work.
I really hope that the next big virus ends up being Windows itself. Microsoft only needs security essentials because they still don't know how to do secure design and secure programming. If Linux can be virus free and Unix can be virus free then really what is Microsoft's excuse, a 2nd rate OS with 10th rate performance.
The level of atomic operation required to pull an OS of this level off is unthinkable. It's one thing to manage the input from a computer, it's another to manage a stock exchange but an entire city, that's an entire new level. The biggest question is, what language, I vote Assembler:-)
I got the ultimate idea, Free Health Care:-O, The idea is you go to a doctors office or the hospital and get treated for what you need and then leave and don't owe money. if the US had a proper health care system they wouldn't need this law.
Yes, Secure boot will introduce this issue, however just build your own system. This is will prevent the entire issue, which to restate, has nothing to do with Microsoft.
No it's not, All Microsoft is doing is updating there product to use a tested and verified technology. if Microsoft had developed UEFI and forced motherboard manufactures to use it on all upcoming released motherboards then I could see this being there issue. What Microsoft is doing simply involves making use of a new technology. I'm a complete and total Linux user, I don't even have Windows on my work computer but even I can see that this isn't Microsoft's fault. If you want to install Linux on your computer then don't go out and buy a locked down OEM system, it's as simple as that. There is no requirement even right now that states a company must allow you the right to install any OS you choose. So can someone please explain how this is Microsoft's fault?
Most people are indifferent when it comes to others, just because some people judge based on culture doesn't mean all do. So I still don't see the issue, just monitors that as indifferent.
The post wasn't about picking out who is capable on monitoring the teachers, it's about if there should be a monitor in the first place. So i guess the dreamworld of relevant replies and posts?
But with out testing and monitoring how can we be sure kids are getting clear English. It's not to watch the good apples, it's to find the bad ones. When you pluck even 1 teacher how can't be understood out of the system it's worth it.
You are right, but it goes beyond the clarity of speech. There are many accented people who talk with excellent clarity, there are also people who talk accented English that in itself is almost a new language. In general from my own experience I have experienced more of the second. Your also right that English in itself has an accent but that's not the issue here. The problem is the teachers and profs who speak English that is so hard to understand that you expel 1/2 of your total brain power to focus and make out what there saying.
This is much more of an issue for elementary school then anything else. When your growing up and learning the fundamentals it's important to learn them in your own dialect taught with clarity. This clarity can be lost entirely when a strong accent is applied. There are many teachers who would have no issue teaching with there accent and fully engaging the students how ever there are teachers so hard to understand that you need to wonder how there allowed to teach.
One of my profs was so hard to understand that it was worth more to me to read the text book and just show up to write the tests then sit in his class. His accent was so hard to get past that it often lead to him replacing words that you can't just swap out. The issue also came when he design exams, he would write the questions as if he spoke them, leaving us with very unclear questions and massive confusion on how to answer. This is what needs to be watched and stopped in schools.
In elementary school I had a teacher in grade 7 who had a rather strong British accent but she spoke wonderfully clear and I have no issue what so ever listening to her. I also have an Indian prof in college who could speak English so clearly it was amazing. All teachers who have an accent should have to get tested and monitored. However in the same idea if an English accented teacher went to a French school or a Iranian school they should also be monitored and tested.
Bottom line is accents can get in the way of proper learning, learning in what ever language is native to you and this has to be watched.
If you have an accent and want to teach in an English based school then not only should you be monitored you should have to pass yearly tests to make sure your English is crystal clear. I had prof's who talked with strong accents and honestly going to class was a waste of time, they screwed up simple English and more then 1/2 the time I couldn't make them out. It's not a violation of anything, North America is an English speaking continent. Yes there are other languages but honestly every language should get it's own school and own teachers. Accents can make it near impossible to learn properly or to understand properly, it's a problem that needs a solution.
This has nothing to do with Microsoft, the fact that Windows 8 will use UEFI is a choice just like any other choice. Linux supports UEFI,
Linux has been able to use EFI at boot time since early 2000, using the elilo EFI boot loader or, more recently, EFI versions of GRUB.[21]
Which is from the UEFI wiki page and Linux documentation. The issue is that the boot might be locked, not that Windows 8 will find and delete Linux partitions, so really this has nothing to do with Microsoft, it has to do with OEM systems. If your concerned about this effecting you then build your own computer and it wont matter.
Linux supports EFI, Linux has been able to use EFI at boot time since early 2000, using the elilo EFI boot loader or, more recently, EFI versions of GRUB.[21].
This idea is horrible, Exactly who's going to be "pornographic" the animals or the humans? Last time I checked, animals are naked ALL THE TIME so the very fact there walking around is pornography. So if all there doing is combining that with naked humans what exactly will this solve.
I fail to see how the iPad gives a student attention. There were at least 20 kids in my kindergarten class, I think 25 students and the teacher had time for everyone of us. I can understand giving the kids an iPad to get them going to technology sooner and getting them in the upstream of the information highway, but giving attention is one thing the iPad doesn't do. It might have a shiny screen and fun games but that's not attention that's distraction.
Can the kids take these home? Also the iPad is expensive, they should of gone with one of the cheaper tablets like the JooJoo. 19 kids isn't a lot of kids, for years in elementary and secondary school we had upwards of 35+ kids a class from grade 5 -> 12, so again I don't see why the teacher doesn't have time for 19 kids, seems to me it's lazy teaches and deep pockets trying to distract kids rather then help them.
Value:
1. Consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of
Knowledge
2. What is known in a particular field or in total; facts and information
Fact
3. A piece of information used as evidence or as part of a report or news article
I said the ACCEPTED definition of opinion was:
1. A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
So please explain how you correlate worthless with opinion? Please use the proper meaning of the words, it would help to show you actually understand the english language. Granted I often make large grammar and spelling errors but at least I know the correct meaning of the words. So Can I have your point now, those are the ACCEPTED definitions, I have been in line with all of them so far, so either screw off or just drop out of this thread. I've proven you 100% wrong.
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It's NOT cross platform, cross platform is Windows, Mac and LINUX. I'm sick of people stating they have cross platform software thats Mac and Windows compatible. Sorry you missed the mark if think Mac and Windows = cross platform. Anyone who thinks different is wrong, not semi right, not opinionated right, just wrong.
I'm so glad someone points the finger at .Net, .Net is cross-platform, to all version of Windows, It can cross from 7 to 98 ( i think ). If a developer uses .Net it just shows there taking an easy road instead of making a solution. .Net is for developers who don't want to develop, just use. If developers really think .Net is a selling point for them it would be like arguing that you put training wheeling back on your bike to make is safer, only you can't take the bike everywhere and it only to 4 screws to make the solution work.
Okay, I may be.
I really hope that the next big virus ends up being Windows itself. Microsoft only needs security essentials because they still don't know how to do secure design and secure programming. If Linux can be virus free and Unix can be virus free then really what is Microsoft's excuse, a 2nd rate OS with 10th rate performance.
Oh ya, Start using COBOL then Some Fortran and Pascal to really tie into a great OS. :-)
I would imagine that having to handle the pure amount of input and processing in real time for an entire city would out do a stock exchange.
The level of atomic operation required to pull an OS of this level off is unthinkable. It's one thing to manage the input from a computer, it's another to manage a stock exchange but an entire city, that's an entire new level. The biggest question is, what language, I vote Assembler :-)
I got the ultimate idea, Free Health Care :-O, The idea is you go to a doctors office or the hospital and get treated for what you need and then leave and don't owe money. if the US had a proper health care system they wouldn't need this law.
Yes, Secure boot will introduce this issue, however just build your own system. This is will prevent the entire issue, which to restate, has nothing to do with Microsoft.
No it's not, All Microsoft is doing is updating there product to use a tested and verified technology. if Microsoft had developed UEFI and forced motherboard manufactures to use it on all upcoming released motherboards then I could see this being there issue. What Microsoft is doing simply involves making use of a new technology. I'm a complete and total Linux user, I don't even have Windows on my work computer but even I can see that this isn't Microsoft's fault. If you want to install Linux on your computer then don't go out and buy a locked down OEM system, it's as simple as that. There is no requirement even right now that states a company must allow you the right to install any OS you choose. So can someone please explain how this is Microsoft's fault?
By grade 8 will American kids finally be able to compete with grade 2 Canadians :-), Can't wait to see this.
just monitors that as indifferent.
should be
just PICK monitors which are indifferent
Most people are indifferent when it comes to others, just because some people judge based on culture doesn't mean all do. So I still don't see the issue, just monitors that as indifferent.
The post wasn't about picking out who is capable on monitoring the teachers, it's about if there should be a monitor in the first place. So i guess the dreamworld of relevant replies and posts?
Not the issue here, the only issue at hand is if you can be clearly understood. If you can't be don't teach, if you can be welcome aboard.
On this note I'll disagree, why would it bother you if you have nothing to worry about, if anything it will make you look good.
But with out testing and monitoring how can we be sure kids are getting clear English. It's not to watch the good apples, it's to find the bad ones. When you pluck even 1 teacher how can't be understood out of the system it's worth it.
You are right, but it goes beyond the clarity of speech. There are many accented people who talk with excellent clarity, there are also people who talk accented English that in itself is almost a new language. In general from my own experience I have experienced more of the second. Your also right that English in itself has an accent but that's not the issue here. The problem is the teachers and profs who speak English that is so hard to understand that you expel 1/2 of your total brain power to focus and make out what there saying.
This is much more of an issue for elementary school then anything else. When your growing up and learning the fundamentals it's important to learn them in your own dialect taught with clarity. This clarity can be lost entirely when a strong accent is applied. There are many teachers who would have no issue teaching with there accent and fully engaging the students how ever there are teachers so hard to understand that you need to wonder how there allowed to teach.
One of my profs was so hard to understand that it was worth more to me to read the text book and just show up to write the tests then sit in his class. His accent was so hard to get past that it often lead to him replacing words that you can't just swap out. The issue also came when he design exams, he would write the questions as if he spoke them, leaving us with very unclear questions and massive confusion on how to answer. This is what needs to be watched and stopped in schools.
In elementary school I had a teacher in grade 7 who had a rather strong British accent but she spoke wonderfully clear and I have no issue what so ever listening to her. I also have an Indian prof in college who could speak English so clearly it was amazing. All teachers who have an accent should have to get tested and monitored. However in the same idea if an English accented teacher went to a French school or a Iranian school they should also be monitored and tested.
Bottom line is accents can get in the way of proper learning, learning in what ever language is native to you and this has to be watched.
If you have an accent and want to teach in an English based school then not only should you be monitored you should have to pass yearly tests to make sure your English is crystal clear. I had prof's who talked with strong accents and honestly going to class was a waste of time, they screwed up simple English and more then 1/2 the time I couldn't make them out. It's not a violation of anything, North America is an English speaking continent. Yes there are other languages but honestly every language should get it's own school and own teachers. Accents can make it near impossible to learn properly or to understand properly, it's a problem that needs a solution.
Linux has been able to use EFI at boot time since early 2000, using the elilo EFI boot loader or, more recently, EFI versions of GRUB.[21]
Which is from the UEFI wiki page and Linux documentation. The issue is that the boot might be locked, not that Windows 8 will find and delete Linux partitions, so really this has nothing to do with Microsoft, it has to do with OEM systems. If your concerned about this effecting you then build your own computer and it wont matter.
Linux supports EFI, Linux has been able to use EFI at boot time since early 2000, using the elilo EFI boot loader or, more recently, EFI versions of GRUB.[21].
I stand corrected!!! :-)
This idea is horrible, Exactly who's going to be "pornographic" the animals or the humans? Last time I checked, animals are naked ALL THE TIME so the very fact there walking around is pornography. So if all there doing is combining that with naked humans what exactly will this solve.
I fail to see how the iPad gives a student attention. There were at least 20 kids in my kindergarten class, I think 25 students and the teacher had time for everyone of us. I can understand giving the kids an iPad to get them going to technology sooner and getting them in the upstream of the information highway, but giving attention is one thing the iPad doesn't do. It might have a shiny screen and fun games but that's not attention that's distraction.
Can the kids take these home? Also the iPad is expensive, they should of gone with one of the cheaper tablets like the JooJoo. 19 kids isn't a lot of kids, for years in elementary and secondary school we had upwards of 35+ kids a class from grade 5 -> 12, so again I don't see why the teacher doesn't have time for 19 kids, seems to me it's lazy teaches and deep pockets trying to distract kids rather then help them.
Worthless:
1. Having no real value or use
Value:
1. Consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of
Knowledge
2. What is known in a particular field or in total; facts and information
Fact
3. A piece of information used as evidence or as part of a report or news article
I said the ACCEPTED definition of opinion was:
1. A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
So please explain how you correlate worthless with opinion? Please use the proper meaning of the words, it would help to show you actually understand the english language. Granted I often make large grammar and spelling errors but at least I know the correct meaning of the words. So Can I have your point now, those are the ACCEPTED definitions, I have been in line with all of them so far, so either screw off or just drop out of this thread. I've proven you 100% wrong.