Indeed. I said something similar in a similar conversation years ago and was scolded. But no one could tell me why I need to know about differential equations, imaginary numbers and integrals to program a computer.
I live in the Netherlands, and while some of the things you describe happen here too, education is improving here. Not because of improved teaching methods, although there have been some innovations like interactive schoolboards and the use of the internet for finding information, but mostly because we set minimal levels of the skills teachers need to have. And still there is always a call for better, faster and radically different education. But nobody ever seems to care about why this is necessary and what good education is. Also, new methods that are tried out are not eveluated and our governments don't have long-term visions about education. Our current gouvernment doesn't have any vision about any subject, and therefore reacts to any stimulans (like accidents, disasters but also good things) with unnecessary new laws. What our education system needs most at the moment is a government that does nothing about it.
There are lots of people who claim that the current education methods are 'archaic' and 'old fashioned' but I never heard any one of them claim why that is so. I have the impression that much of the drive to change education is just for the sake of change (and for the sake of money in the pockets of the producers of the books etc that go with it).
I just want my car to work. Why an Internet connection is necessary is beyond me. "But over the air updates!" you say. If a small convenience can give so much trouble I'd rather update at home or the garage using a wire, thank you.
That's funny. I had exactly the same experience on my Mac (i7 with 8 GB) running Windows 8.1. It told me to wait until the 29th of July. I checked the bottom right corner of the screen, where it said July 29, 2015 or something similar, waited for about twenty minutes, and gave up.
You should first find out what the people died of. The people who "die from a vaccine" often die from something completely unrelated to the vaccine. If you calculate the number of people who really die because of the vaccine it might be such a small percentage that it's not worth the effort to improve the vaccine.
That's the wrong interpretation of "fittest." I don't know who coined the phrase (it certainly wasn't Darwin) but in the context of evolution "fittest" means the individual organism that is best suited to the environment it lives in, which is not necessarily the strongest individual.
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Why? Everybody says that it is but I never read a convincing reason.
Indeed. I said something similar in a similar conversation years ago and was scolded. But no one could tell me why I need to know about differential equations, imaginary numbers and integrals to program a computer.
People who say this most likely have never even seen Apple products up close.
Why? Everybody here on /. knows about this.
I live in the Netherlands, and while some of the things you describe happen here too, education is improving here. Not because of improved teaching methods, although there have been some innovations like interactive schoolboards and the use of the internet for finding information, but mostly because we set minimal levels of the skills teachers need to have. And still there is always a call for better, faster and radically different education. But nobody ever seems to care about why this is necessary and what good education is. Also, new methods that are tried out are not eveluated and our governments don't have long-term visions about education. Our current gouvernment doesn't have any vision about any subject, and therefore reacts to any stimulans (like accidents, disasters but also good things) with unnecessary new laws. What our education system needs most at the moment is a government that does nothing about it.
There are lots of people who claim that the current education methods are 'archaic' and 'old fashioned' but I never heard any one of them claim why that is so. I have the impression that much of the drive to change education is just for the sake of change (and for the sake of money in the pockets of the producers of the books etc that go with it).
The worst thing is that these people probably most often get to be influential managers later, because they speak the language.
I just want my car to work. Why an Internet connection is necessary is beyond me. "But over the air updates!" you say. If a small convenience can give so much trouble I'd rather update at home or the garage using a wire, thank you.
Aww the little moderator is angry at us. How cute.
Really? why are they all using Mercedes here in the Netherlands then?
Apple and Google both have enough money to buy new laws that suit them better.
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Nothing Apple has done since Job's death has done anything to turn around the company's fortune.
And that's a good thing or they would burn money like an explosion.
There are lots of people who hate Apple stuff. Many of them are people who never used an Apple device in their life.
How can you steer with one button? No, it will be a very ergonomic swipe pad.
And then you bought the newest and shiniest iPhone instead, of course! :)
Maaaaan! So coool! I want it! Apple is always the best! Oh man I can't wait to get it. Why isn't it out yesterday?
Seems like Apple made some really big mistakes in Yosemite. Let's hope they fix it asap.
You mean Ballmer? I doubt he would understand. And someone who writes letters like this certainly wouldn't.
That's funny. I had exactly the same experience on my Mac (i7 with 8 GB) running Windows 8.1. It told me to wait until the 29th of July. I checked the bottom right corner of the screen, where it said July 29, 2015 or something similar, waited for about twenty minutes, and gave up.
Yes, a very weird advice from someone who should know better.
I'd like to see the evil triangle Cheney, Rumsvelt and Bush on the chair in my lifetime.
You should first find out what the people died of. The people who "die from a vaccine" often die from something completely unrelated to the vaccine. If you calculate the number of people who really die because of the vaccine it might be such a small percentage that it's not worth the effort to improve the vaccine.
That's the wrong interpretation of "fittest." I don't know who coined the phrase (it certainly wasn't Darwin) but in the context of evolution "fittest" means the individual organism that is best suited to the environment it lives in, which is not necessarily the strongest individual.
Not everybody here is as computer savvy as you.
Ah now I understand how it works. But we can count on Apple to have it fixed by the time El Capitan is out, which is in four months or so?