However, the survey showed that three-quarters of the people questioned thought that the Earth's climate system was too complicated to be "fixed" with just one technology.
The acceptance of the research is partly because people don't believe it can have any significant effect. The 2C cooling with 20 balloons is a bold claim.
The original goal of Wikileaks was to publish documents where secrecy were misused to hide criminal acts. By releasing everything indiscriminately they took upon themselves a load they can not bear.
If they are filming it in a park then yeah, it could be blocked. You seem to confuse the making of data with the communication of the data. If Youtube were asked to block the videos, that would be free speech violation.
This isn't about what he did but that he did it in a place that may not be considered as public. Also, I don't see how filming is a form of communication, as communication requires two parties that communicate with each other, and in this case there is no second party, nor any transfer of data going on. This is not speech.
Part of the learning process as you grow is simply learning that some things that may seam dull and dreary can lead to a skill that make learning other things easier. Math tables, spelling, and cursive all fall in this category.
These are three different things. Math do make learning other things easy as it's the foundation of all the sciences, and is also useful in real life. Spelling is useful for communication but doesn't make anything easier to learn. And handwriting was only useful when people still used letters and notebooks. I fail to see the similarity.
Besides, typing is easily learned simply by learning the basics of hand position and then typing a lot. I'll also go out on a limb and say that the prevalence of home computers gives kids ample time outside of school to hone their typing skills.
Exactly like handwriting. You learn how to draw the letters and then you exercise it a lot. Like 2-4 years. And while it's true that you can learn anything outside of school, that kinda takes away the whole purpose of it, as schools should be the place of learning.
The cost of a Kindle is 80$, that's about the cost of all books for a year. Given that ebooks tend to be cheaper, it might even cost less in the long run, provided the device survives that long.
I have been tought library searching and internet searching in school but those classes were pretty much useless. These skills can only develop with practice. As companies change searching algorithms constantly, you can't just learn it, you need to stay in touch. Knowing what to search for is more of an instinct than a science.
I still stumble when I encounter something that is not on the Internet (wich is very rare btw) unless it's a specific thing I already know of. There is no general method for finding things not on the internet.
If you've got an infinite budget, technology is very useful, yes. However, on a limited budget I find it challenging to accept that the money is generally better spent on technology instead of teachers. There are things that simply are much more effective on computer (anything that is described well by animation, for example), but we shouldn't be blindly throwing technology at education.
This is an American school. But in a general sense you are right, if you are short on money spend it on hiring good teachers (but in many countries teacher unions prevent differentiated payments).
I guess I've been wrong about scoliosis. There just seemed to be a trend that many of the people I know were diagnosed with it sooner or later while this ratio was much smaller in my parents' generation. I guess this is because of the development of diagnostic methods then. I guess all the adults were wrong telling me to sit straight back then:-)
However, carrying that much weight is still unhealthy, or at least very uncomfortable. Not to mention the nuisance of kids accidentally leaving a book at home.
Cursive may be harder to learn, but once learned it much more efficient than block writing is. Most efficient is a combination of the two styles, but without learning cursive first students will never get there.
Excuse me for my bad English. I meant teaching touch typing instead of writing by hand with pen and paper.
The internet will never replace a quality teacher, I didn't say that. But yes, libraries are made mostly obsolete by it, and comparing them to the internet is like comparing a wheelbarrow to a racecar. In a library you need to spend hours seaching for books related to what you are looking for, then spend more hours searching inside those books. And if you are lucky, you will find the information. However, the size of libraries is limited, and looking for something specific and less popular is a gamble. In contrast, you can access an unlimited amount of information on the Internet, search it and get the results in a matter of seconds. This fundamentally changes the way we access information.
I provided examples but I will try to be more specific. A physicist of today doesn't need to know calculus, he just punches the equations into Wolfram Alpha or a similar desktop program and gets the results. Likewise, an architect doesn't need to know how to draw blueprints, he uses some CAD software.
I don't know what planet you live on, but neat, legible handwriting is still absolutely required in nearly any industry. Case in point, a friend of mine ordered some copper walled cavity filters for VHF radio repeater. He specified that the cavities were to be made from 1.0mm wall thickness tubing. Unfortunately the guy who took the order couldn't write worth crap, and the machinist who built the unit read that as 10mm wall thickness.
This just shows one of the disadvantages of using cursive.
As an Engineer myself, most of my work is done on computers, but my note taking and what not is still done in long-hand. Under our corporate rules, we have to do this, and sign/date the pages as we go. The whole point is that these notebooks can then be legally used as evidence should there be any patent dispute or the like. A signed, and dated page from an Engineer's notebook is much better evidence of prior art than some computer file you dug up.
You can write whatever you want in a notebook with your handwriting, sign it and date it back, it will be impossible to tell. This is just an example of a bad law that will hopefully get fixed by the time the kids of today finish school.
Schools should realize that with the changing of times they should update their methods and also their subjects. There are many advantages of computers in teaching:
A single ebook or netbook can replace all the books needed. Many children develop scoliosis because they have to haul tons of books every day.
Children are taught to write in cursive, wich is a torture to most, for years. Handwriting is an obsolete skill they will never use in their lives. This time would be much better spent by teaching them typing that they will need every day.
The Internet is, among its other uses, a wonderful repository of the collective human knowledge. I learned most of what I know from there. Teaching the children how to use it might be the most important skill they will ever learn.
With modern technology a lot of old skills are losing importance while new ones appear. Calculations can be made by algorithms, data can be looked up on the Internet. But learning to use digital devices is a very important skill in itself.
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Well it can be turned off by the ignition key.
Now that they have made an error it's much easier to update a software than to replace a circuit.
I'd have expected to see a cluster of bodies tumbling chaotically.
There are galaxies like that.
while they are asleep?
Sure, if you can make them survive 20 km high.
Human population is projected to peak at 10 billion.
I don't think we have to worry about that, a giant balloon is an easy target.
The acceptance of the research is partly because people don't believe it can have any significant effect. The 2C cooling with 20 balloons is a bold claim.
You can only understand to full extent what a teacher has done when the kids they have taught grow up.
Microsoft gets more money from Android then their own phones.
The original goal of Wikileaks was to publish documents where secrecy were misused to hide criminal acts. By releasing everything indiscriminately they took upon themselves a load they can not bear.
So does getting killed and looted now count as online robbery?
In Europe markets are regulated to ensure fair competition. It's not a free market system but a neoliberal one.
If they are filming it in a park then yeah, it could be blocked. You seem to confuse the making of data with the communication of the data. If Youtube were asked to block the videos, that would be free speech violation.
This isn't about what he did but that he did it in a place that may not be considered as public. Also, I don't see how filming is a form of communication, as communication requires two parties that communicate with each other, and in this case there is no second party, nor any transfer of data going on. This is not speech.
They can either film in the park without permission or not, but that has nothing to do with free speech.
Part of the learning process as you grow is simply learning that some things that may seam dull and dreary can lead to a skill that make learning other things easier. Math tables, spelling, and cursive all fall in this category.
These are three different things. Math do make learning other things easy as it's the foundation of all the sciences, and is also useful in real life. Spelling is useful for communication but doesn't make anything easier to learn. And handwriting was only useful when people still used letters and notebooks. I fail to see the similarity.
Besides, typing is easily learned simply by learning the basics of hand position and then typing a lot. I'll also go out on a limb and say that the prevalence of home computers gives kids ample time outside of school to hone their typing skills.
Exactly like handwriting. You learn how to draw the letters and then you exercise it a lot. Like 2-4 years. And while it's true that you can learn anything outside of school, that kinda takes away the whole purpose of it, as schools should be the place of learning.
The cost of a Kindle is 80$, that's about the cost of all books for a year. Given that ebooks tend to be cheaper, it might even cost less in the long run, provided the device survives that long.
I have been tought library searching and internet searching in school but those classes were pretty much useless. These skills can only develop with practice. As companies change searching algorithms constantly, you can't just learn it, you need to stay in touch. Knowing what to search for is more of an instinct than a science.
I still stumble when I encounter something that is not on the Internet (wich is very rare btw) unless it's a specific thing I already know of. There is no general method for finding things not on the internet.
If you've got an infinite budget, technology is very useful, yes. However, on a limited budget I find it challenging to accept that the money is generally better spent on technology instead of teachers. There are things that simply are much more effective on computer (anything that is described well by animation, for example), but we shouldn't be blindly throwing technology at education.
This is an American school. But in a general sense you are right, if you are short on money spend it on hiring good teachers (but in many countries teacher unions prevent differentiated payments).
Many have brought up notes, sorry I detailed my opinion there. In short, I don't think handwriting is necessary for taking notes.
The need to learn stuff because it is needed in school is a circular argument.
And Google CAN solve 99% of the arising problems if you know how to use it (or, more accurately, point you to the existing solutions).
If you haven't been taught handwriting you could still take notes, by using symbols or pictographs. I know people who do that.
I guess I've been wrong about scoliosis. There just seemed to be a trend that many of the people I know were diagnosed with it sooner or later while this ratio was much smaller in my parents' generation. I guess this is because of the development of diagnostic methods then. I guess all the adults were wrong telling me to sit straight back then :-)
However, carrying that much weight is still unhealthy, or at least very uncomfortable. Not to mention the nuisance of kids accidentally leaving a book at home.
Cursive may be harder to learn, but once learned it much more efficient than block writing is. Most efficient is a combination of the two styles, but without learning cursive first students will never get there.
Excuse me for my bad English. I meant teaching touch typing instead of writing by hand with pen and paper.
The internet will never replace a quality teacher, I didn't say that. But yes, libraries are made mostly obsolete by it, and comparing them to the internet is like comparing a wheelbarrow to a racecar. In a library you need to spend hours seaching for books related to what you are looking for, then spend more hours searching inside those books. And if you are lucky, you will find the information. However, the size of libraries is limited, and looking for something specific and less popular is a gamble. In contrast, you can access an unlimited amount of information on the Internet, search it and get the results in a matter of seconds. This fundamentally changes the way we access information.
I provided examples but I will try to be more specific. A physicist of today doesn't need to know calculus, he just punches the equations into Wolfram Alpha or a similar desktop program and gets the results. Likewise, an architect doesn't need to know how to draw blueprints, he uses some CAD software.
It's easy to imporve security by taking away most of the functionality, but in most cases it isn't worth it.
I don't know what planet you live on, but neat, legible handwriting is still absolutely required in nearly any industry. Case in point, a friend of mine ordered some copper walled cavity filters for VHF radio repeater. He specified that the cavities were to be made from 1.0mm wall thickness tubing. Unfortunately the guy who took the order couldn't write worth crap, and the machinist who built the unit read that as 10mm wall thickness.
This just shows one of the disadvantages of using cursive.
As an Engineer myself, most of my work is done on computers, but my note taking and what not is still done in long-hand. Under our corporate rules, we have to do this, and sign/date the pages as we go. The whole point is that these notebooks can then be legally used as evidence should there be any patent dispute or the like. A signed, and dated page from an Engineer's notebook is much better evidence of prior art than some computer file you dug up.
You can write whatever you want in a notebook with your handwriting, sign it and date it back, it will be impossible to tell. This is just an example of a bad law that will hopefully get fixed by the time the kids of today finish school.
Schools should realize that with the changing of times they should update their methods and also their subjects.
There are many advantages of computers in teaching:
In increments. The idea is, it's cheaper to get the fuel up using lots of small rockets currently available than trying to build a giant one on Earth.