... that you keep the course limited to the 'technical aspects' of the course?
The students would likely be better served if the course focused on the computer science instead of those other sociological and/or political matters.
I remember taking my first similar class in high school. Already being a very limited hobbyist programmer at the time, it was easier for me that most of my classmates. I did learn some better practices, and it was rewarding for me to be able to help out my classmates, some of whom found a few of the concepts fairly alien. The class focused on syntax, logic, and math. That was enough to keeps things moving forward, and by the end of the course, we were all creating simple programs and pleased to see what we can get the computers to do when we put what we had learned into practice.
Looking back at that, I think we'd have been derailed if we were then forced to consider things like digital divide or privacy expectations. I'm not saying that those matters aren't things worth considering, but not in an introductory class. Leave that material for a later elective... let the kids get their hands dirty right out of the gate.
Realizing that having ushers patrol all the screens would both impractical and expensive, I propose each theater complex keep just 1 or 2 people on staff to handle these cases. They can operate out of a central, 'security' type room which has video feeds from each auditorium. The cameras would be positioned near the back of the theater, pointing down at all the patrons. Anytime a phone is operated, its screen is activated and puts out a detectable amount of light. Special software analyzes the incoming video feeds and senses a phone activate by its light output. After a certain configured amount of time (say greater than 5 seconds to rule out any 'accidental' phone usage), an alert can be sent to one of the staff members along with the auditorium and seat number. Staff member will then deal with the problem according to theater policy. The best thing about this is that if people learn about it, they may be able to defeat it by ensuring they don't shine their screens up or back, effectively solving the problem. Of course, this too would probably be too expensive as well.
True, but it wont serve the same function as the old start button. I assume those that grumble about its absence are doing so because they used to make heavy use start menu/launcher, which is not returning. The new button will take you to the metro Start screen, which is more or less a full screen replacement of the old start menu that these people miss. So ya, there will be a button there, but I doubt whether the simple addition of a button which is the equivalent of hitting the Win key will make these guys happy.
Get over it. Really, at this point I have to imagine it's not that you're still bothered by this, but just having a reflex where every time Windows 8 is brought up in conversation, you feel the need argue all your perceived weakness of the operating system just out of habit. Please stop, it getting a little old. If removing the start button from windows totally ruined your world, you were doing something wrong.
This has to be the third or fourth story I read in recent weeks where someone made a post or tweet that was either inappropriately worded, or outright incorrect for its purpose, as this one looks to be. In all these cases, the account owners shrug it off as their account being hacked, as if it's something so common it happens to all of us weekly, in order to cover their ass.
It seems 'my account got hacked' is quickly becoming the 21st century 'my dog ate my homework' bullshit excuse. Let's just be sure not to forget the 'bullshit' part of that.
If the US doesn't maintain its low status in these rankings, what other reason would they have to liberate more money from us and throw it into the fire of public education?
As limited as the Windows Store may be right now, your CAN search through it either by selecting the search charm or by hitting Win-Q. That will basically work as a contextual search for whatever app you have running at the moment you start your search. Win8 has a lot of new Win- keyboard shortcuts which you'd never really know about unless you searched for them, but they do make getting around a lot better.
For what its worth, I'm on Windows 8, thus I have IE10. I ran acidtest3, and believe it or not, it did score 100. I may not be the reputable source you are looking for... but I was just as surprised as you may be with the result. IE's been off my radar for too long for me to care either way though.
I think in most cases it's not even a matter of having to reprogram the entire web application. The backend should need no updating (even though it may be preferable in some cases). I'd bet the majority of the issues are simply X will render in IE6 as designed, but nowhere else. And thats no big surprise. It's also not a big deal to fix. I cant be the only one here who thinks there's a world of difference between updating a frontend and redeveloping an entire web app. The former should take a small fraction of time/resources versus an entire rebuild, and in both cases the end result would be the same for the user. It sounds like there's a nice new emerging market for any of us who wish to play cleanup and make a few dollars for some easy work in the meantime.
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... that you keep the course limited to the 'technical aspects' of the course?
The students would likely be better served if the course focused on the computer science instead of those other sociological and/or political matters.
I remember taking my first similar class in high school. Already being a very limited hobbyist programmer at the time, it was easier for me that most of my classmates. I did learn some better practices, and it was rewarding for me to be able to help out my classmates, some of whom found a few of the concepts fairly alien. The class focused on syntax, logic, and math. That was enough to keeps things moving forward, and by the end of the course, we were all creating simple programs and pleased to see what we can get the computers to do when we put what we had learned into practice.
Looking back at that, I think we'd have been derailed if we were then forced to consider things like digital divide or privacy expectations. I'm not saying that those matters aren't things worth considering, but not in an introductory class. Leave that material for a later elective... let the kids get their hands dirty right out of the gate.
Realizing that having ushers patrol all the screens would both impractical and expensive, I propose each theater complex keep just 1 or 2 people on staff to handle these cases. They can operate out of a central, 'security' type room which has video feeds from each auditorium. The cameras would be positioned near the back of the theater, pointing down at all the patrons. Anytime a phone is operated, its screen is activated and puts out a detectable amount of light. Special software analyzes the incoming video feeds and senses a phone activate by its light output. After a certain configured amount of time (say greater than 5 seconds to rule out any 'accidental' phone usage), an alert can be sent to one of the staff members along with the auditorium and seat number. Staff member will then deal with the problem according to theater policy. The best thing about this is that if people learn about it, they may be able to defeat it by ensuring they don't shine their screens up or back, effectively solving the problem. Of course, this too would probably be too expensive as well.
Actually, best policy ever.
True, but it wont serve the same function as the old start button. I assume those that grumble about its absence are doing so because they used to make heavy use start menu/launcher, which is not returning. The new button will take you to the metro Start screen, which is more or less a full screen replacement of the old start menu that these people miss. So ya, there will be a button there, but I doubt whether the simple addition of a button which is the equivalent of hitting the Win key will make these guys happy.
Get over it. Really, at this point I have to imagine it's not that you're still bothered by this, but just having a reflex where every time Windows 8 is brought up in conversation, you feel the need argue all your perceived weakness of the operating system just out of habit. Please stop, it getting a little old. If removing the start button from windows totally ruined your world, you were doing something wrong.
This has to be the third or fourth story I read in recent weeks where someone made a post or tweet that was either inappropriately worded, or outright incorrect for its purpose, as this one looks to be. In all these cases, the account owners shrug it off as their account being hacked, as if it's something so common it happens to all of us weekly, in order to cover their ass.
It seems 'my account got hacked' is quickly becoming the 21st century 'my dog ate my homework' bullshit excuse. Let's just be sure not to forget the 'bullshit' part of that.
...writing out millions of checks for 1 dollar and nine cents! I see history may repeat itself.
If the US doesn't maintain its low status in these rankings, what other reason would they have to liberate more money from us and throw it into the fire of public education?
As limited as the Windows Store may be right now, your CAN search through it either by selecting the search charm or by hitting Win-Q. That will basically work as a contextual search for whatever app you have running at the moment you start your search. Win8 has a lot of new Win- keyboard shortcuts which you'd never really know about unless you searched for them, but they do make getting around a lot better.
For what its worth, I'm on Windows 8, thus I have IE10. I ran acidtest3, and believe it or not, it did score 100. I may not be the reputable source you are looking for... but I was just as surprised as you may be with the result. IE's been off my radar for too long for me to care either way though.
...and the one where Miami was simply 'Closed for Repairs'.
Just wait, that's the argument they're going to use on appeal.
I think in most cases it's not even a matter of having to reprogram the entire web application. The backend should need no updating (even though it may be preferable in some cases). I'd bet the majority of the issues are simply X will render in IE6 as designed, but nowhere else. And thats no big surprise. It's also not a big deal to fix. I cant be the only one here who thinks there's a world of difference between updating a frontend and redeveloping an entire web app. The former should take a small fraction of time/resources versus an entire rebuild, and in both cases the end result would be the same for the user. It sounds like there's a nice new emerging market for any of us who wish to play cleanup and make a few dollars for some easy work in the meantime.