I’m curious if you have children of your own if school age?
I agree that being able to learn on your own is a valuable skill. I also agree that need for instant gratification can be a big problem with -ahem- kids these days.
However, being able to learn for oneself generally assumes a grasp of the basics. The basics can be learned without outside help, but this is horribly inefficient. I have definitely seen a tendency in some of my own kid’s teachers to learn too heavily on computer-based education. I think this is sometimes because it’s assumed to be “cutting edge” and sometimes (as some of their teachers have confessed) because it is easier. Less prep, less fuss. But not necessarily better.
I am not against computer/based education in general, but SOOOO much these days is done without any kind of research to prove effectiveness. It is often assumed it is better because it’s newer. My problem with this stuff is that we as a culture are not patient and methodical in our education research so instead we end up experimenting on a generation of kids. It’s rushed in because Chromebooks are shined and cool, but teachers aren’t taught how to guide kids to use them best.
I think too much screen time is probably not great on its own. But my bigger issue is that the curriculum is far from well thought out and studied.
It also means that you're far more likely to be confused with some other "John Doe" who had a DUI when you go for a job interview. I can't imagine they're going to tweet enough information to uniquely identify someone.
The companies you work with say a lot about your priorities. I think it's fair to send a message to Oculus that a cash grab with a company with completely different models and motivations does not speak well of their priorities.
The problem will be if they simply see the failure as not having enough server infrastructure to handle the load as opposed to seeing the whole online DRM model as being a bad idea.
Works even better because the "OTA" basic Comcast isn't HD.
You need a CableCard, but you can get OTA channels in HD with basic Comcast service... although my understanding is there may be differences in some regions.
Don't bother. Some people will just keep screaming that electric will never work.
Don't confuse electric with batteries. I love the idea of electric, but I don't think (current, at least) batteries are the way to get there. IMO, history will show more negatives than positives with battery-powered cars.
Yes, exactly. That article is just a load of utter BS. For "exhibit A" I give you an article from half an hour earlier. Think clients are extremely hot right now in mobile apps! Use the right tool for the job. Sometimes that's a thin client, sometimes it's thick. Stop trying to tell me that one or the other is dead. Neither will be anytime soon.
Oh, come on. Why mod this down? This is comically pointing out the biggest problem with Mac Pros: the absolutely ridiculous price tag. When you can build a Hackintosh with twice the power for less than half the starting price of the Mac Pro line, there's something very wrong.
My Mac Pro wish is for a line refresh with a major price cut.
There are also people that still believe the earth is flat and we're not talking about them. The earth has crazies... why care what they say? Ignore him and he will go away.
GCJ really fulfills an entirely different purpose (compilation of Java to native binaries). If you're looking for an open source alternative, you could look at IcedTea, however Java is open source now so you could just use the original.
I *often* type passwords in with people looking over my shoulder at work. I see their point and maybe it could be a system-wide setting... but it's valuable. One of the biggest problems with doing this is that people use the same passwords so often. So, if one is compromised, many will be... and some may be important.
Clearly you don't understand the parent poster (or are not really responding to it). "Folder actions" are an automatic way to run scripts (which in this case could add the music to iTunes).
iTunes does not impose a directory structure or location on you, if you choose to have it not automatically structure things for you. So, it really doesn't matter what your music is or where you got it... indie or otherwise.:-)
Discounting folder actions, if adding a file to the iTunes library meant more than dragging file(s)/folder(s) on the iTunes window, I would sympathize more.
But, no. There are no non-visualization plugins that I'm aware of. It hasn't been a problem for me, but I can think of scenarios where they might be nice.
So nerds can't be creationists or proponents of stronger police powers? Now, they're technical prowess may not be that great (no idea), but those are two funny justifications for the statement.
BY FAR, it's the fact that I can't use a normal PC video card. Why is that? It's just silly. If I could do that, then I'd really have no need for a PC. Mac video cards lag behind too much and cost WAY too much.
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I’m curious if you have children of your own if school age? I agree that being able to learn on your own is a valuable skill. I also agree that need for instant gratification can be a big problem with -ahem- kids these days. However, being able to learn for oneself generally assumes a grasp of the basics. The basics can be learned without outside help, but this is horribly inefficient. I have definitely seen a tendency in some of my own kid’s teachers to learn too heavily on computer-based education. I think this is sometimes because it’s assumed to be “cutting edge” and sometimes (as some of their teachers have confessed) because it is easier. Less prep, less fuss. But not necessarily better. I am not against computer/based education in general, but SOOOO much these days is done without any kind of research to prove effectiveness. It is often assumed it is better because it’s newer. My problem with this stuff is that we as a culture are not patient and methodical in our education research so instead we end up experimenting on a generation of kids. It’s rushed in because Chromebooks are shined and cool, but teachers aren’t taught how to guide kids to use them best. I think too much screen time is probably not great on its own. But my bigger issue is that the curriculum is far from well thought out and studied.
It also means that you're far more likely to be confused with some other "John Doe" who had a DUI when you go for a job interview. I can't imagine they're going to tweet enough information to uniquely identify someone.
The companies you work with say a lot about your priorities. I think it's fair to send a message to Oculus that a cash grab with a company with completely different models and motivations does not speak well of their priorities.
Oh I don't know... Geordi was always able to whip up a holodeck program on a moment's notice in every episode I watched.
/me ducks
There's a big difference between sporadically using high amounts of data and continually using high amounts of data.
No, no, no. When it absolutely has to be destroyed, you use thermite.
Why are you posting this on Slashdot?
http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=slashdot
The problem will be if they simply see the failure as not having enough server infrastructure to handle the load as opposed to seeing the whole online DRM model as being a bad idea.
Works even better because the "OTA" basic Comcast isn't HD.
You need a CableCard, but you can get OTA channels in HD with basic Comcast service... although my understanding is there may be differences in some regions.
That is so not true. Gnome? Also, I challenge that never removing features is a good thing. One man's feature is another man's cruft.
Don't bother. Some people will just keep screaming that electric will never work.
Don't confuse electric with batteries. I love the idea of electric, but I don't think (current, at least) batteries are the way to get there. IMO, history will show more negatives than positives with battery-powered cars.
Yes, exactly. That article is just a load of utter BS. For "exhibit A" I give you an article from half an hour earlier. Think clients are extremely hot right now in mobile apps! Use the right tool for the job. Sometimes that's a thin client, sometimes it's thick. Stop trying to tell me that one or the other is dead. Neither will be anytime soon.
Oh, come on. Why mod this down? This is comically pointing out the biggest problem with Mac Pros: the absolutely ridiculous price tag. When you can build a Hackintosh with twice the power for less than half the starting price of the Mac Pro line, there's something very wrong.
My Mac Pro wish is for a line refresh with a major price cut.
$30. It's tied to your Apple Store account, just like other App Store purchases.
There are also people that still believe the earth is flat and we're not talking about them. The earth has crazies... why care what they say? Ignore him and he will go away.
GCJ really fulfills an entirely different purpose (compilation of Java to native binaries). If you're looking for an open source alternative, you could look at IcedTea, however Java is open source now so you could just use the original.
I *often* type passwords in with people looking over my shoulder at work. I see their point and maybe it could be a system-wide setting... but it's valuable. One of the biggest problems with doing this is that people use the same passwords so often. So, if one is compromised, many will be... and some may be important.
The flash drive. The intention is to avoid someone cracking open your phone and reading the data without having to know your passcode.
JavaFX is already built to run on J2ME. There's a good interview on The Java Posse this week where they mention that.
iTunes does not impose a directory structure or location on you, if you choose to have it not automatically structure things for you. So, it really doesn't matter what your music is or where you got it... indie or otherwise. :-)
Discounting folder actions, if adding a file to the iTunes library meant more than dragging file(s)/folder(s) on the iTunes window, I would sympathize more.
But, no. There are no non-visualization plugins that I'm aware of. It hasn't been a problem for me, but I can think of scenarios where they might be nice.
No kidding. I'm looking for a good open-source web browser. Anyone know of one?
So nerds can't be creationists or proponents of stronger police powers? Now, they're technical prowess may not be that great (no idea), but those are two funny justifications for the statement.
I do miss the old King's Quest games.
BY FAR, it's the fact that I can't use a normal PC video card. Why is that? It's just silly. If I could do that, then I'd really have no need for a PC. Mac video cards lag behind too much and cost WAY too much.
But the more important announcement (IMHO) is iWork which now includes Numbers: http://www.apple.com/iwork/ Finally, I can get rid of Office.