Do you really think that "what the world needs" is a good reason for teaching a child something?
Isn't it a better reason than most? I'm not advocating making this child learn about cellular structure so we might find a cure for whatever disease even if he doesn't care about biology, but if he does like electronics, why not steer him towards an area that needs help?
If he starts to feel like he's being used, then he can stop and change topics. If he likes doing it, then we're even better off. Basically, if somebody doesn't have a prefence yet, and could possibly like something that may benefit a community, isn't it almost a responsibility to introduce him to that subject?
Whatever is the real truth, whatever is the complete law, is, by definition and by virtue of completeness, without exception.
Notice, I used "rule" instead of "Law" or "Truth". Although most laws of physics as generally stated are only valid under certain assumptions.
By rule I mean anything that starts as "As a rule of thumb I'd say...", or, as an example, "Any body who murders should go to jail." When dealing in generalities, (as this rule is), we see that exceptions always arise (e.g., a soldier during war, a spouse killing the abuser, a parent protecting a child, an executioner).
Rambling through all that, I still, as a rule, stand by my sig.
Like a 386/286 or earlier. The hardware is relatively easy to learn, and it should be cheap enough now to let him screw around with. Also, there are plenty of books on the wiring/configuration of such devices.
Now, with that, install any OS that comes with sources, and introduce him to the fine art of hardware programming. The world doesn't need many more programmers... we do need some good device programmers that will have 8 or so years of programming before they expect to be paid a bundle...
So I just saw the pictures... Couldn't they make a fair amount of money by just auctioning off that calculator they have in the drawer on eBay? It's certainly an antique.
1) Maybe a 1.5GHz processor is not really necessary for any reasonable application.
2) Instead of better processors, we simply need better algorithms.
3) Instead of insisting that schools have the absolute latest computers, maybe we should make children try to do more with the systems they have.
4) Maybe I should just shut up.
But you probably wouldn't need shielding. Since you'd assume that at any time about 1/2 of your bits are up or down, then there wouldn't be too much cumulative effect.
Furthermore, these things have to be small enough not to effect each other, let alone your monitor.
The nice thing about that movie is that I get to see a different version of it every time it's on TV. I really don't think I've ssen the same version twice. And the nice thing is that each time we get a little different part of the story. Almost like accidental sequels.
Strokes are not problems necessarily due to the number of brain cells killed, but because they all happen to be in the same place, and that can hurt.
This does happen to be a problem with some drugs, however. One of the newer drugs (I can remember the name for now-- probably due to those cells having died) causes damage mainly to the motor neurons and ends up causing Parkinson's like problems much sooner. But this is a rare thing to find in a drug. Losing a couple of thousand here and there is not necessarily a bad thing, the brain is _very_ redundant with its storage and processing.
News
Dare was founded in 1983. New it isn't. Complaints about it have been around sine then as well. Answer: No.
for Nerds
Windows? Linux? PDAs? Hardware? Science? Technology? Gnome? Gimp? While it may be interesting, being a nerd is not a prerequite to find interest. Answer: No
Stuff
Drugs are certainly stuff. Answer: Yes
that Matters
Does anybody think that this question, forum, or general discussion will change the drug policy of any school district? Answer: No
Conclusion: No, this is not in Slashdot's jurisdiction by design. However, if those that run the website want to post it, who am I to argue?
Hey, if Arthur C Clark can change planets between books, I don't see why I can't change planets during a post. Anyway, "Jupiter orbit objectly warming" sounds better to me anyway...
globally warm it
I know it's still a globe, but since Titan's just a moon could we say "moonily warm it" or "satalitily warm it" or "Jupiter orbital objectily warm it" ?
I'm pretty sure we do it here too. And there's another side effect: when there's a leak in one of the pipes running through the empty desert states, the repair crews can just look for circling vultures, since they (the vultures) think there's some nice dead animal down there.
They've been bringing up the spectre of using Nukes every 3 or 4 years for some project, and the international community panics and gives them money to do the project with more conventional methods. The easiest way in the world to get funding for your project.
"Well, if we had more money, we would just hire dam builders, but since we don't have any, and we have all of these explosives laying around..."
Actually, I heard a talk from this guy back in 1993 when they were in the planning stages. He showed a lot of the math behind it (which I didn't get) and mentioned that they would like to put 3 space based systems way far away from anything and have them with lengths approaching millions of kilometers. But he admitted that there were some problems with that approach as well (space dust, alignment, etc.)
I've seen this argument pop up a couple of times before in Slashdot, and it got me thinking: it's a bunch of crap.
First, I'd have to know what the source code "looked" like for every version of every compiler. So instead I make sure that the binary that gcc compiles to using gcc will have this code put in.
But what if I use cc from Sun or HP to cross-compile gcc? or make gcc the first time on that system? Now I need to go to each company and convince them to include a rather large and ugly piece of code that recognizes all of these compilers.
Now, what about all the software projects in undergraduate and graduate courses that build compilers? Do I now have a "universal compiler checker?" Is it even possible to tell what a piece of code will do?
So now we're in the unique position that the compiler we would be using would have to be what most people would call "Artificially Intelligent."
So now I've built a piece of Artificially Intelligent code that watches compilers for compilings of compilers to watch for compilings of login prompts. Yeah. I can certainly believe in that happening.
"Where was I I forgot/ the point that I was making/ I said if I were smart that I would save up for a peice of string and a rock to wind the sting around, everybody wants to have a rock to wind the string around"
"Leave the cribdoors wide let the people crawl inside,
Someone in this world, is trying to burn the playhouse down, but everybody wants a rock to wind a string around."
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From the FAQ: ...
What is the STI Institute?
The STI Institute is a non-prophet corporation
And to post this at Christmas, no less.
Do you really think that "what the world needs" is a good reason for teaching a child something?
Isn't it a better reason than most? I'm not advocating making this child learn about cellular structure so we might find a cure for whatever disease even if he doesn't care about biology, but if he does like electronics, why not steer him towards an area that needs help?
If he starts to feel like he's being used, then he can stop and change topics. If he likes doing it, then we're even better off. Basically, if somebody doesn't have a prefence yet, and could possibly like something that may benefit a community, isn't it almost a responsibility to introduce him to that subject?
COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC....
Whatever is the real truth, whatever is the complete law, is, by definition and by virtue of completeness, without exception.
Notice, I used "rule" instead of "Law" or "Truth". Although most laws of physics as generally stated are only valid under certain assumptions.
By rule I mean anything that starts as "As a rule of thumb I'd say...", or, as an example, "Any body who murders should go to jail." When dealing in generalities, (as this rule is), we see that exceptions always arise (e.g., a soldier during war, a spouse killing the abuser, a parent protecting a child, an executioner).
Rambling through all that, I still, as a rule, stand by my sig.
Now, with that, install any OS that comes with sources, and introduce him to the fine art of hardware programming. The world doesn't need many more programmers... we do need some good device programmers that will have 8 or so years of programming before they expect to be paid a bundle...
Good God man! 21 foot monitors? Or am I suffering from a form of Spinal Tap syndrome?
So I just saw the pictures... Couldn't they make a fair amount of money by just auctioning off that calculator they have in the drawer on eBay? It's certainly an antique.
1) Maybe a 1.5GHz processor is not really necessary for any reasonable application.
2) Instead of better processors, we simply need better algorithms.
3) Instead of insisting that schools have the absolute latest computers, maybe we should make children try to do more with the systems they have.
4) Maybe I should just shut up.
But you probably wouldn't need shielding. Since you'd assume that at any time about 1/2 of your bits are up or down, then there wouldn't be too much cumulative effect.
Furthermore, these things have to be small enough not to effect each other, let alone your monitor.
That I got from the IBM site here
DNA fingerprinting?
The nice thing about that movie is that I get to see a different version of it every time it's on TV. I really don't think I've ssen the same version twice. And the nice thing is that each time we get a little different part of the story. Almost like accidental sequels.
Strokes are not problems necessarily due to the number of brain cells killed, but because they all happen to be in the same place, and that can hurt.
This does happen to be a problem with some drugs, however. One of the newer drugs (I can remember the name for now-- probably due to those cells having died) causes damage mainly to the motor neurons and ends up causing Parkinson's like problems much sooner. But this is a rare thing to find in a drug. Losing a couple of thousand here and there is not necessarily a bad thing, the brain is _very_ redundant with its storage and processing.
And here's the counter site.
News
Dare was founded in 1983. New it isn't. Complaints about it have been around sine then as well. Answer: No.
for Nerds
Windows? Linux? PDAs? Hardware? Science? Technology? Gnome? Gimp? While it may be interesting, being a nerd is not a prerequite to find interest. Answer: No
Stuff
Drugs are certainly stuff. Answer: Yes
that Matters
Does anybody think that this question, forum, or general discussion will change the drug policy of any school district? Answer: No
Conclusion: No, this is not in Slashdot's jurisdiction by design. However, if those that run the website want to post it, who am I to argue?
It's a common word now, and it wasn't electronic-mail to begin with.
Hey, if Arthur C Clark can change planets between books, I don't see why I can't change planets during a post. Anyway, "Jupiter orbit objectly warming" sounds better to me anyway...
globally warm it I know it's still a globe, but since Titan's just a moon could we say "moonily warm it" or "satalitily warm it" or "Jupiter orbital objectily warm it" ?
I'm pretty sure we do it here too. And there's another side effect: when there's a leak in one of the pipes running through the empty desert states, the repair crews can just look for circling vultures, since they (the vultures) think there's some nice dead animal down there.
They've been bringing up the spectre of using Nukes every 3 or 4 years for some project, and the international community panics and gives them money to do the project with more conventional methods. The easiest way in the world to get funding for your project.
"Well, if we had more money, we would just hire dam builders, but since we don't have any, and we have all of these explosives laying around..."
Actually, I heard a talk from this guy back in 1993 when they were in the planning stages. He showed a lot of the math behind it (which I didn't get) and mentioned that they would like to put 3 space based systems way far away from anything and have them with lengths approaching millions of kilometers. But he admitted that there were some problems with that approach as well (space dust, alignment, etc.)
Or in you could have ropes that know when they are about to break.
Or build it into bricks to report back uneven loads in buildings after natural disaters.
Just some of the non-porno things I might do with it.
First, I'd have to know what the source code "looked" like for every version of every compiler. So instead I make sure that the binary that gcc compiles to using gcc will have this code put in.
But what if I use cc from Sun or HP to cross-compile gcc? or make gcc the first time on that system? Now I need to go to each company and convince them to include a rather large and ugly piece of code that recognizes all of these compilers.
Now, what about all the software projects in undergraduate and graduate courses that build compilers? Do I now have a "universal compiler checker?" Is it even possible to tell what a piece of code will do?
So now we're in the unique position that the compiler we would be using would have to be what most people would call "Artificially Intelligent."
So now I've built a piece of Artificially Intelligent code that watches compilers for compilings of compilers to watch for compilings of login prompts. Yeah. I can certainly believe in that happening.
Finally our government does something fairly intelligent, even if it was evil, morally corrupt, and leaked prematurely.
"Where was I I forgot/ the point that I was making/ I said if I were smart that I would save up for a peice of string and a rock to wind the sting around, everybody wants to have a rock to wind the string around"
"Leave the cribdoors wide let the people crawl inside, Someone in this world, is trying to burn the playhouse down, but everybody wants a rock to wind a string around."
From "we want a rock" They Might be Giants
2) Give me a break, I'm from SC too.