there is plenty wrong with educational institutions who don't have a road map. Here are two reasons for that: First, much of IT is a black box, so it's not as simple as looking at an old school procedural(ish) language program (BASIC, LOGO, HyperTalk, etc.). Current high-level languages are (cue the barrage of comments here) obtuse upon initial inspection by learners, so people who need to learn are put off and people who already know how to do this are dismissive of just about every effort to simplify this and provide a lower floor to entry. Second, much of what is in the education pipeline for professional IT is for better or worse vendor-linked. You can be an Apple dev, or you can go MCPD or Cisco cert... etc. There is less abstraction of programming as a skill and you have to join a camp soon. Yes, AP is still Java, but watch the trashing of Java that happens here... Tech runs in dog years. There will be several generations of tech by the time a student gets from middle school through college and gets a job. Imagine the last 100 years of biology telescoped into less than a decade, then have students trying to learn it as it's changing. Compound that by educators are usually not IT professionals, and there isn't much of a connection between the two at the early levels. How many IT professionals are linked to an elementary or middle school?
The visuals are cool, yes, but the love the quick mention / shot that this rig can be used to learn more details about how humans balance while upright. The interplay of tetanus, balance and deliberate motion are important here. Groucho - I mean Asimo - may benefit.
no, not the rebooted beverage, but from the demo it is irrefutable that they are targeting the drywall of 'Murica in order to create a market for legendary French Canadian sheetrockers. They did such a good job the first time, now this is their only way to sustain their business. Disappointing, but what can you do...
or a QA question or a bruised ego question. Probably a bit of all.
In my main field, education, talent is certainly being decentralized. Khan academy, TED, 826 are wonderful things, they will not supplant school buildings in the near term. Everyone is capable of learning, everyone is capable of teaching. Is everyone capable of running a classroom or a school? Likely not. Ditto applications. Is everyone capable of problem solving? Sure. Is everyone capable of coding them? The HyperCard experience pushed the needle in the direction of "yes". Is everyone capable of staffing a software company and shipping an application / OS / database / network solution on schedule at cost to the satisfaction of a boss / manager / bean counter / industry standard? No, and maybe that's not the only way to think of things. But the experience of getting a computer to help solve a problem or make a discovery or automate something or create a new form of expression is something that is worth experiencing. FOSS is in its infancy in terms of how to deal with it and how to share it on a large scale - not just for those who know the same bag of tricks as the people who are creating it. Yes, there's some great FOSS out there, but for the average user, it's like trying to find a radiator cap for a '36 Ford. It can be had, but not on the shelf at the local store and not without some legwork and chin scratching.
People have called Buzz Aldrin thin-skinned and he only spent 12 days in space... To be fair he had a pretty annoyingly goofy person provoking him, not sure who could keep their cool under those conditions.
The freakin' laptop still runs a week on 4 AA batteries. I built a custom office purchasing DB in Clarisworks and am too cheap to move to FileMaker. So it sits on a G5 machine and I use it via ARD.
"7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office."
Sorry. It could not be helped.
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the AMA or McDonalds?
for /.ers to lose their Douglas Adams references?
They've been talking about this since 1978 and here we are no closer.
Pumpkin orange - even if it were hackable, no one wants to be seen in it.
there is plenty wrong with educational institutions who don't have a road map. Here are two reasons for that: First, much of IT is a black box, so it's not as simple as looking at an old school procedural(ish) language program (BASIC, LOGO, HyperTalk, etc.). Current high-level languages are (cue the barrage of comments here) obtuse upon initial inspection by learners, so people who need to learn are put off and people who already know how to do this are dismissive of just about every effort to simplify this and provide a lower floor to entry. Second, much of what is in the education pipeline for professional IT is for better or worse vendor-linked. You can be an Apple dev, or you can go MCPD or Cisco cert... etc. There is less abstraction of programming as a skill and you have to join a camp soon. Yes, AP is still Java, but watch the trashing of Java that happens here... Tech runs in dog years. There will be several generations of tech by the time a student gets from middle school through college and gets a job. Imagine the last 100 years of biology telescoped into less than a decade, then have students trying to learn it as it's changing. Compound that by educators are usually not IT professionals, and there isn't much of a connection between the two at the early levels. How many IT professionals are linked to an elementary or middle school?
but a special set of bootstraps are required.
Unicorns are *not* free! You should see what they get for the special Unicorn Chow they eat, and trust me they don't stock that stuff at TSC.
It's now the web version of "Memento"
The visuals are cool, yes, but the love the quick mention / shot that this rig can be used to learn more details about how humans balance while upright. The interplay of tetanus, balance and deliberate motion are important here. Groucho - I mean Asimo - may benefit.
no, not the rebooted beverage, but from the demo it is irrefutable that they are targeting the drywall of 'Murica in order to create a market for legendary French Canadian sheetrockers. They did such a good job the first time, now this is their only way to sustain their business. Disappointing, but what can you do...
if not outright fabrication. No way that's Boston MA. The cars are moving in an orderly fashion and at reasonable speed.
or a QA question or a bruised ego question. Probably a bit of all. In my main field, education, talent is certainly being decentralized. Khan academy, TED, 826 are wonderful things, they will not supplant school buildings in the near term. Everyone is capable of learning, everyone is capable of teaching. Is everyone capable of running a classroom or a school? Likely not. Ditto applications. Is everyone capable of problem solving? Sure. Is everyone capable of coding them? The HyperCard experience pushed the needle in the direction of "yes". Is everyone capable of staffing a software company and shipping an application / OS / database / network solution on schedule at cost to the satisfaction of a boss / manager / bean counter / industry standard? No, and maybe that's not the only way to think of things. But the experience of getting a computer to help solve a problem or make a discovery or automate something or create a new form of expression is something that is worth experiencing. FOSS is in its infancy in terms of how to deal with it and how to share it on a large scale - not just for those who know the same bag of tricks as the people who are creating it. Yes, there's some great FOSS out there, but for the average user, it's like trying to find a radiator cap for a '36 Ford. It can be had, but not on the shelf at the local store and not without some legwork and chin scratching.
Like that?
We don't make one of these amazing things, so you shouldn't have one of these scary things.
People have called Buzz Aldrin thin-skinned and he only spent 12 days in space... To be fair he had a pretty annoyingly goofy person provoking him, not sure who could keep their cool under those conditions.
The freakin' laptop still runs a week on 4 AA batteries. I built a custom office purchasing DB in Clarisworks and am too cheap to move to FileMaker. So it sits on a G5 machine and I use it via ARD.
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"7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office." Sorry. It could not be helped.
I'm not falling for THAT again - are you my grandfather?
I could get used to it, but since it's so easy to move it can also cope with the recent findings that a mix of standing and sitting works best.
I still have my copies.
Your buddy was an early adopter. Current Priuses are a whole different car. What's not to like about an e-Golf?
Every inch a Golf, works in New England. Charger by Bosch installed in your house for mere hundreds. What's not to like?
ISS resupply YOU!
Quelle surprise! You ain't targeting bogeys. You're driving down the road. Stay on task and chill.