This sort of approach really does get you the best of both worlds: you get to sign the agreement so you get all the backscratching that entails, and you get to publicly decry it, so you get the support of your constituents!
I just want to say I'm really glad that it visibly spins. If it were just a funny looking sphere sitting there that made noises, this would more or less all be for naught. But since it actually spins while it makes noises, you can tell that real science is being done. I'm not saying it couldn't use a few concentric rings, each spinning on its own axis, but this is definitely a step in the right direction.
You've clearly been paying a lot of attention to the protestors. It's not as if they're calling out Obama just as much as every other bought-and-paid-for politician.
Yeah, it downloaded just fine, but it chokes during the pre-install backup phase. My phone is pretty full (iPhone 4, 32GB model, about 30GB full) so that part takes a while. I've gone through all the support steps to no avail. Bleh.
I'm definitely not doing any funny dns business, and I test at 28Mbps according to speediest.net. I'm running a fully-updated 10.7 and iTunes is up to date as well. And yet still, the update fails reliably. I dunno, could just be me, but when I tried to setup iCloud I kept getting timeouts from the appleid.apple.com servers.
This notion of not destroying muscle memory through similar but opposite motions is really important!
For instance, I often turn right with my car. Doing so involves turning the steering wheel clockwise until the car is going the direction I want. However, I often have to turn left, and doing so involves a motion that is precisely the opposite of turning right.
Dear Slashdot: is there a car that will allow me to turn both right and left by only turning the steering wheel to the right? Alternately, a car that turns right from a counter-clockwise turn of the wheel, and then I'll just use whichever car is appropriate for the turning I will be making, such that I am only ever turning the wheel in one direction. Either solution would be fine: I'm a pretty flexible guy.
It's still nothing more than a product release announcement, as opposed to "OMG NEW TECH," since this very product has been available from others for some time now, and is in (more or less) wide use already: http://www.eye.fi/
Seriously, I have no idea where it went. I'm sure there are tons of free interpreters out there for every platform in existence, though. Surely google can reveal them.
Teaching 2nd graders is all about not sweating specifics like how a program runs or pseudocode or crap like that. Logo's great because it's all about simple steps that make a picture, and then experimenting easily with those steps.
In a similar vein: my father used to watch the school district and local businesses for old equipment that was getting thrown out. Old copiers, fax machines, any interesting stuff like that with lots of bits. Then he'd put it on a table in the back of the classroom, and throughout the year, the kids would take turns at it, usually just two kids for 20 minutes at a time. There was one rule: no breaking, no cutting. (And, of course, if you see anything that says "WARNING" or "CAUTION," fetch the teacher.) It might take them an entire year to take it apart, but eventually they'd get it. That's much more interesting and investigative than "how does a photocopier work?" At least to a 2nd grader.
The key is encouraging free exploration, rather than explaining how a thing works. 2nd graders don't give a damn how it works, they want to get their hands dirty. Help them do that, and you'll see huge success.
Introduce them to Logo. 2nd graders can grasp the concept of a turtle that leaves a line as it walks. I say this from absolute experience: my father was a 2nd grade teacher for over 20 years and he introduced them all to Logo. It was always a HUGE hit, and the kids picked it up amazingly well. Remember, 2nd graders are only around 8 years old. They don't care about for loops and binary systems and memory and stacks. Logo is such a wonderful thing to introduce young children to "making computers do things." It allows them to explore the concepts of telling the computer to do what THEY want, and it keeps the lesson fun and simple.
Make it even more interactive and have the kids execute their own Logo program physically, either in the classroom, a gymnasium, or (better yet) out on the playground with that colored plastic safety tape.
Yes, not wanting our naked bodies to be viewed by those who have shown themselves to be incapable of mustering the maturity to handle the situation simply must be because we're ashamed.
It's not because if someone stopped you on the street and said, "I need you to show me your tits...in the name of national security," you'd tell that person to get fucked. Definitely not because of that.
So, what's to stop one from just going to the next town over and buying a pet there? All I can see this doing is reducing tax revenue for the city by killing local sales and businesses, and inconveniencing pet-buyers.
And I take it you got a lot of value out of subsequently stopping by/.? Oh, right, the "article" provided absolutely no additional information, or insight, or even posed any questions about the topic at hand.;)
My comment wasn't about being able to find the information elsewhere, it was instead a long version of "why did they bother posting this?"
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On the website, there's a picture of the item in question, but I'm not convinced that's the light saber he's looking for.
Those that appoint him.
This sort of approach really does get you the best of both worlds: you get to sign the agreement so you get all the backscratching that entails, and you get to publicly decry it, so you get the support of your constituents!
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"Jemison Starship" just doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
I just want to say I'm really glad that it visibly spins. If it were just a funny looking sphere sitting there that made noises, this would more or less all be for naught. But since it actually spins while it makes noises, you can tell that real science is being done. I'm not saying it couldn't use a few concentric rings, each spinning on its own axis, but this is definitely a step in the right direction.
You've clearly been paying a lot of attention to the protestors. It's not as if they're calling out Obama just as much as every other bought-and-paid-for politician.
Yeah, it downloaded just fine, but it chokes during the pre-install backup phase. My phone is pretty full (iPhone 4, 32GB model, about 30GB full) so that part takes a while. I've gone through all the support steps to no avail. Bleh.
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I'm definitely not doing any funny dns business, and I test at 28Mbps according to speediest.net. I'm running a fully-updated 10.7 and iTunes is up to date as well. And yet still, the update fails reliably. I dunno, could just be me, but when I tried to setup iCloud I kept getting timeouts from the appleid.apple.com servers.
Good luck actually getting it or transitioning to iCloud or anything. Their servers seem to be swamped and unresponsive.
I suggest waiting a day or two just so you have a smoother upgrade process.
This notion of not destroying muscle memory through similar but opposite motions is really important!
For instance, I often turn right with my car. Doing so involves turning the steering wheel clockwise until the car is going the direction I want. However, I often have to turn left, and doing so involves a motion that is precisely the opposite of turning right.
Dear Slashdot: is there a car that will allow me to turn both right and left by only turning the steering wheel to the right? Alternately, a car that turns right from a counter-clockwise turn of the wheel, and then I'll just use whichever car is appropriate for the turning I will be making, such that I am only ever turning the wheel in one direction. Either solution would be fine: I'm a pretty flexible guy.
TIA!
Maybe I can explain it a little better...
Okay, picture a car.
Does the analogy make any more sense now?
It's still nothing more than a product release announcement, as opposed to "OMG NEW TECH," since this very product has been available from others for some time now, and is in (more or less) wide use already: http://www.eye.fi/
According to their website, of course. Even if it's half that, it's nothing new.
that you could incorporate it in a real size SD card, could be news.
Nope, still not a surprise, since over 200,000,000 photos have already been uploaded through Eye-Fi cards: http://www.eye.fi/
Also I just want to say it's rather awesome seeing a 1980's photocopier entirely reduced to its constituent parts.
Seriously, I have no idea where it went. I'm sure there are tons of free interpreters out there for every platform in existence, though. Surely google can reveal them.
Teaching 2nd graders is all about not sweating specifics like how a program runs or pseudocode or crap like that. Logo's great because it's all about simple steps that make a picture, and then experimenting easily with those steps.
In a similar vein: my father used to watch the school district and local businesses for old equipment that was getting thrown out. Old copiers, fax machines, any interesting stuff like that with lots of bits. Then he'd put it on a table in the back of the classroom, and throughout the year, the kids would take turns at it, usually just two kids for 20 minutes at a time. There was one rule: no breaking, no cutting. (And, of course, if you see anything that says "WARNING" or "CAUTION," fetch the teacher.) It might take them an entire year to take it apart, but eventually they'd get it. That's much more interesting and investigative than "how does a photocopier work?" At least to a 2nd grader.
The key is encouraging free exploration, rather than explaining how a thing works. 2nd graders don't give a damn how it works, they want to get their hands dirty. Help them do that, and you'll see huge success.
Introduce them to Logo. 2nd graders can grasp the concept of a turtle that leaves a line as it walks. I say this from absolute experience: my father was a 2nd grade teacher for over 20 years and he introduced them all to Logo. It was always a HUGE hit, and the kids picked it up amazingly well. Remember, 2nd graders are only around 8 years old. They don't care about for loops and binary systems and memory and stacks. Logo is such a wonderful thing to introduce young children to "making computers do things." It allows them to explore the concepts of telling the computer to do what THEY want, and it keeps the lesson fun and simple.
Make it even more interactive and have the kids execute their own Logo program physically, either in the classroom, a gymnasium, or (better yet) out on the playground with that colored plastic safety tape.
Again: Logo, Logo, a million times Logo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language)
My bullshit detector is beeping silently in the background...
Unlikely!
Ah, that makes a lot of sense then. I just never bothered to look into it, really, but that's freakin' sweet. Suddenly, I'm interested! ;)
Almost?
All in all, it sounds pretty sweet. I had no idea thunderbolt could do all that. Color me impressed.
Yes, not wanting our naked bodies to be viewed by those who have shown themselves to be incapable of mustering the maturity to handle the situation simply must be because we're ashamed.
It's not because if someone stopped you on the street and said, "I need you to show me your tits...in the name of national security," you'd tell that person to get fucked. Definitely not because of that.
What the fuckles are feckles?
So, what's to stop one from just going to the next town over and buying a pet there? All I can see this doing is reducing tax revenue for the city by killing local sales and businesses, and inconveniencing pet-buyers.
Hopefully it'll be released at the same time as flying cars and Duke Nukem Forever.
Oh wait, scratch that last one. Just the flying cars as the last defense, then.
And I take it you got a lot of value out of subsequently stopping by /.? Oh, right, the "article" provided absolutely no additional information, or insight, or even posed any questions about the topic at hand. ;)
My comment wasn't about being able to find the information elsewhere, it was instead a long version of "why did they bother posting this?"