Yeah, this one is also sometimes mentioned on the Mentor mailinglist. Already have a test-install running, but in essence requires deciding whether I can afford to buy a palm
By accident I found their website myself while waiting for this story to be published. I agree: looks impressive and seems to do what I want. At the moment, however, I use Mulberry to read my mail and are not yet ready to give up on that piece of software. I also would like to prevent to (again??) become attached/hooked on a specific piece of software (implies... back to pen&paper?) although the windows aspect is probably not a problem.
I will check it out, thnx! Must say, though, that from the demonstration on their website it seems as if the software takes the task scheduling really literally and that's one step to far for me. I'm satisfied with a piece of software that decides what I should do today (based on priority and deadlines, in essence) not so much when I should do them... It is the logical extension nevertheless.
Already tried a second hand Psion, but that one failed on me after only a week or so. Unfortunately I don't have so many (monetary) resources to get me a new Psion every month...
Indeed I'm finding out the hard way regarding software dependence although I'm unfamiliar with Sterling's work.
Yeah, you're totally right and I'm still considering that option. But it has two downsides IMHO:
a) Lugging around a floppy disk with your Mentor data
b) No access to your data if you don't have access to the emulator (which is probably very likely).
So that seems to imply a PDA or web based solution.
I can subscribe to that... Actually since I have my Timbuk2 Commute (got in 2.5 days from SF, via Germany to Holland) I want a laptop to put into the bag instead of books and other thingies.
In my opinion they have. From the 7.1 to 7.3 installation has been improved greatly IMHO. I expect that this trend will continu. Besides this, they are the first distro to include KDE3 as their standard desktop.
I would certainly check it out. Debian still is my favorite server distro, but I find it lacking in the automatic(!!) support of new(er) hardware. It all requires a little more knowledge and time than I'm, personally, willing to spend on (any) linux setup or linux box.
IMveryHO distro's like SuSE, Mandrake and Redhat (although I've never used recent versions of the latter two) will be what will open the mainstream (home computing) market a little more. Just because they are little easier to install and, after that easy installation, look a lot flashier than something like Debian, which requires a lot more work to look fancy.
I'm still very impressed with the automaticity of the installation of my 7.3. Almost everything worked out of the box, without one glitch. I'm certain I'll be the first to buy me the 8.0 box when it's in de shops here in Europe.
Sure, getting a degree is one of the things this study does, but on the other hand, getting that degree has to qualify to certain standards. Being an experimental psychologist myself I know for a fact there a standards for formatting such reports. These were obviously violated for those familiar with the American Psychological Association (APA).
Makes you wonder on the qualifications of the Professor advising him.
Very true and the link posted above can also be found in that older article under
this link. The link looks different but the website it points to is an exact copy of the original one in the above older article.
As a non-biologist, IMHO, species and their ecological niches are inseperably connected. So relocating a die-ing out species from Africa to Australia, results IMHO in an extra push in the wrong direction of saving that species.
Agreed and perhaps a bit harsh an opinion but shipping that kind of expensive, fragile equipment in those kinds of boxes is plainly asking for problems (I'm trying to formulate as politically correct as possible).
Pay for the wooden crates extra weight, or pay for the additional insurence. Should differ too much in additional costs (but that's a European guess), but that should be worth it.
I know of one university in Holland (that of Nijmegen to be specific) that has a course called GIP house (for something like Integrated Programming IIRC) in which a full project sequence is ran (with the full complement of Quality Assessor, Project Management and programming as a team, etc.).
Students in their first year CS take part in the programming team, in their second year do a bit of project management, etc. And, BTW, these are full, real-life projects that have to be delivered and meet a deadline. No simulations what so ever.
Even in Holland I believe, this is a rather unique concept that seems to work quite well (although I've never done the course myself; I didn't do CS).
I can't find links for all the parts of the course but a description can be found here (Dutch, Babelfish probably needed; look for a link "colleges", upperleft grey box, then in the small print column on the left look for GIP4)
What led you to believe that it wasn't? In which nation would you prefer to have spent time in before WWII? Americans enjoyed a higher
standard of living, higher per capita income, and more freedom than most Europeans did
By history this might be true, but, on the other hand, ever since WWII the situation seems to have been reversed! Black ghetto's, street violence, drug wars to name a few problems. And I don't believe that the living standards are that high anymore, except for the rich and famous. Nor do I believe anymore that the American living standards are that higher than the European ones.
Although America still seems to be the country of unlimited possibilities for those with an education, I sure wouldn't like to pay a tenth of a cent to every American citizen without a decent education! IMHO Europe seems to be an equal of America; both have their own pro's and con's.
that we're wasting so many resources on this useless thing. Robots are much more cost effective.
Uhuh... we've seen that with the recent "successes" of several Mars robots. There are inherent problems with both preprogramming or longdistance control of robots. At this moment in time we can't yet remove the human factor from the equation, so robots aren't a feasible option yet!
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Yeah, this one is also sometimes mentioned on the Mentor mailinglist. Already have a test-install running, but in essence requires deciding whether I can afford to buy a palm
By accident I found their website myself while waiting for this story to be published. I agree: looks impressive and seems to do what I want. At the moment, however, I use Mulberry to read my mail and are not yet ready to give up on that piece of software. I also would like to prevent to (again??) become attached/hooked on a specific piece of software (implies ... back to pen&paper?) although the windows aspect is probably not a problem.
I will consider it once I've decided on and free'd up money to buy a palm. Must say that I'm seriously considering this option.
I will check it out, thnx! Must say, though, that from the demonstration on their website it seems as if the software takes the task scheduling really literally and that's one step to far for me. I'm satisfied with a piece of software that decides what I should do today (based on priority and deadlines, in essence) not so much when I should do them ... It is the logical extension nevertheless.
Already tried a second hand Psion, but that one failed on me after only a week or so. Unfortunately I don't have so many (monetary) resources to get me a new Psion every month ...
Indeed I'm finding out the hard way regarding software dependence although I'm unfamiliar with Sterling's work.
Yeah, you're totally right and I'm still considering that option. But it has two downsides IMHO: a) Lugging around a floppy disk with your Mentor data b) No access to your data if you don't have access to the emulator (which is probably very likely). So that seems to imply a PDA or web based solution.
This is an old story! http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/08/131625 4&mode=thread&tid=131&tid=189
I can subscribe to that ... Actually since I have my Timbuk2 Commute (got in 2.5 days from SF, via Germany to Holland) I want a laptop to put into the bag instead of books and other thingies.
Thank the programmers for Opera zooming of websites. At least now I can see in one glance which FS has the most green bars :-)
In my opinion they have. From the 7.1 to 7.3 installation has been improved greatly IMHO. I expect that this trend will continu. Besides this, they are the first distro to include KDE3 as their standard desktop.
IMveryHO distro's like SuSE, Mandrake and Redhat (although I've never used recent versions of the latter two) will be what will open the mainstream (home computing) market a little more. Just because they are little easier to install and, after that easy installation, look a lot flashier than something like Debian, which requires a lot more work to look fancy.
I'm still very impressed with the automaticity of the installation of my 7.3. Almost everything worked out of the box, without one glitch. I'm certain I'll be the first to buy me the 8.0 box when it's in de shops here in Europe.
Sure, getting a degree is one of the things this study does, but on the other hand, getting that degree has to qualify to certain standards. Being an experimental psychologist myself I know for a fact there a standards for formatting such reports. These were obviously violated for those familiar with the American Psychological Association (APA). Makes you wonder on the qualifications of the Professor advising him.
Very true and the link posted above can also be found in that older article under this link. The link looks different but the website it points to is an exact copy of the original one in the above older article.
I would say it would be something like "lin-attacks". Makes it much cooler in one swoop :-)
For me, the choice is obvious!
Pay for the wooden crates extra weight, or pay for the additional insurence. Should differ too much in additional costs (but that's a European guess), but that should be worth it.
Congrats. Just installed an old SuSE that already included KDE2 and it works like a breeze
Students in their first year CS take part in the programming team, in their second year do a bit of project management, etc. And, BTW, these are full, real-life projects that have to be delivered and meet a deadline. No simulations what so ever.
Even in Holland I believe, this is a rather unique concept that seems to work quite well (although I've never done the course myself; I didn't do CS).
I can't find links for all the parts of the course but a description can be found here (Dutch, Babelfish probably needed; look for a link "colleges", upperleft grey box, then in the small print column on the left look for GIP4)
In this line of work there's also a dutch version.
By history this might be true, but, on the other hand, ever since WWII the situation seems to have been reversed! Black ghetto's, street violence, drug wars to name a few problems. And I don't believe that the living standards are that high anymore, except for the rich and famous. Nor do I believe anymore that the American living standards are that higher than the European ones.
Although America still seems to be the country of unlimited possibilities for those with an education, I sure wouldn't like to pay a tenth of a cent to every American citizen without a decent education! IMHO Europe seems to be an equal of America; both have their own pro's and con's.
Just some thoughts from a Dutch guy ;)
Seti units coming up sir!
Makes me wonder just how many people actually tried to buy the thing!
Uhuh ... we've seen that with the recent "successes" of several Mars robots. There are inherent problems with both preprogramming or longdistance control of robots. At this moment in time we can't yet remove the human factor from the equation, so robots aren't a feasible option yet!