How exactly does Wikipedia reflect the state of modern human life? Most humans don't have computers. Most humans don't have Internet access. Many humans don't even have basic sanitation. A better place to look for the real human story is our landfills and cemeteries, as archaeologists currently do when they find an ancient site...
While it may be true that most of the world is computer-less, their cultures are well-documented on Wikipedia.
For years and years my grandson the computer genius (he answers the phones when people have broken computers) has been pestering me to "upgrade" my computer to this linux thing. Now, he's smart and all, but I keep telling him - "not yet."
Well, today is the day I've been waiting for. I've been keeping my eyes on the newspapers, waiting to read a certain combination of words - "Munich Finally Starts to Embrace Linux".
Now that Munich, my "guidepost" to all things important in this world, has shown me the way, I'm finally ready for linux on my desktop.
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Of course, the game design secret here is that class systems and skill systems are the same thing; they simply have different parameters.
This must have come from Raph Koster, since it's meaningless and irrelevant.
"Of course, the zoological secret here is that monkeys and blue whales are the same thing; they simply have different parameters."
See? It's easy to make the blazingly obvious sound important and meaningful.
You want a good system for organizing books? Go to your favorite used-book store, and see how they do it. Part of the reason I like my favorite store is because it's well-organized.
After Bruce Schneier's revelations regarding Blizzard's new "the innocent have nothing to fear from our spyware" policies, I've completely hopped off the World of Warcraft bandwagon. I realize that Blizzard is just trying to help legitimate players avoid the hassles of dealing with cheats and farmers, but I'd rather worry about the cheats in a virtual world than worry that some company is scanning my computer for things it doesn't want me running.
Blizzard can take their Burning Legion and cram it up their bums.
This is more of the same crap that companies have been dishing out since TV was invented. Back then, TV was the miracle classroom device, letting one teacher give lessons to hundreds of kids without actually being there. That didn't work, and this won't have any real benefits for kids either.
Read The Flickering Mind by Todd Oppenheimer for a detailed analysis of the problem of technology in the classroom, especially in K-8 classrooms.
Kids don't need to be spending their time learning fucking powerpoint or word. They need to be learning the fundamentals.
There's a reason Japanese schools have stuck with chalkboards and abacus's (abacii?)... they work.
This will make a bunch of tech companies and consultants a lot of money once they convince school boards that this technology is "vital" for kids' education, but in the end the kids won't benefit one damn bit.
Anyone remember the NEC e-Rate scam last year? Same shit, different year.
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Vacations are for the weak.
While it may be true that most of the world is computer-less, their cultures are well-documented on Wikipedia.
I think it's kind of ridiculous that they seem so surprised that a carpenter or a deli clerk could spell, much less set a Scrabble record.
Cause I wanna buy one of these phony articles.
Who is stealing from whom in this case? Microsoft has had something very similar on their Live site for a while now.
For years and years my grandson the computer genius (he answers the phones when people have broken computers) has been pestering me to "upgrade" my computer to this linux thing. Now, he's smart and all, but I keep telling him - "not yet." Well, today is the day I've been waiting for. I've been keeping my eyes on the newspapers, waiting to read a certain combination of words - "Munich Finally Starts to Embrace Linux". Now that Munich, my "guidepost" to all things important in this world, has shown me the way, I'm finally ready for linux on my desktop.
Vista's extreme support for DRM is my concern.
I bought an early Mac mini...
Going to buy another Mac soon.
Apple's pushing DRM in a big way too...
Vote with your wallet.
You're an idiot....is The Flickering Mind by Todd Oppenheimer. Reviews a number of studies regarding technology in classrooms.
Wow. This game just keeps getting gooder and gooderer. I'm excited.
"Of course, the zoological secret here is that monkeys and blue whales are the same thing; they simply have different parameters."
See? It's easy to make the blazingly obvious sound important and meaningful.
Of course it's a slam and not a serious question; that's why you posted as AC.
Korea is much more of a collectivist culture than the West is. I imagine that that makes it much easier for this stuff to happen.
...because the graphics in Second Life make me want to gouge my eyes out.
Riiiiiight. And I've a slightly used bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.
"Sun has also set up a test server for slashdot to melt." Fixed that last sentence for you.
He made the video at a public school, using the school's equipment. Doesn't that automatically make his "film" public domain?
You want a good system for organizing books? Go to your favorite used-book store, and see how they do it. Part of the reason I like my favorite store is because it's well-organized.
I'm sure that's just a coincidence.
...WoW Cartographe. French-made tool with fabutastic feature set.
"...patent-pending Glide Action Bubble..."
So they're trying to patent context-sensitive popup menus? Wankers.
I think you mean "Yevgeny Zamyatin's 'We', which Orwell plagiarized as '1984'..."
After Bruce Schneier's revelations regarding Blizzard's new "the innocent have nothing to fear from our spyware" policies, I've completely hopped off the World of Warcraft bandwagon. I realize that Blizzard is just trying to help legitimate players avoid the hassles of dealing with cheats and farmers, but I'd rather worry about the cheats in a virtual world than worry that some company is scanning my computer for things it doesn't want me running. Blizzard can take their Burning Legion and cram it up their bums.
Fewer fewer fewer fewer fewer fewer fewer fewer! Not Less! Fewer!
Part of the point is the fact that the code is derived from a keyword. Without that keyword, the code-sheet is useless.
Read The Flickering Mind by Todd Oppenheimer for a detailed analysis of the problem of technology in the classroom, especially in K-8 classrooms.
Kids don't need to be spending their time learning fucking powerpoint or word. They need to be learning the fundamentals.
There's a reason Japanese schools have stuck with chalkboards and abacus's (abacii?)... they work.
This will make a bunch of tech companies and consultants a lot of money once they convince school boards that this technology is "vital" for kids' education, but in the end the kids won't benefit one damn bit.
Anyone remember the NEC e-Rate scam last year? Same shit, different year.