Your post reminds me of the old bumper sticker: "Think Globally, Act Locally". You are anything but apathetic if you continuously act to minimize consumption, reduce waste, buy organic, etc.
Yes, success in unschooling very much depends on the parents.
Unschooling, properly done, is much more difficult for the parents than typical homeschooling. Most homeschoolers depend on cirricula written by others. For unschoolers, its all done on the fly.
Is your kid interested about
- Ancient Egypt? Learn about mining limestone, or the chemistry of mummification.
- Robotics? Lego Mindstorms.
- Justice? Attend actual trials, discuss the issues that come up.
Most of the comments here are confusing "un-schooling" with "no-schooling", or "non-schooling". The meanings of the two terms couldn't be further apart.
Maybe the (Belgian) logic was something along these lines:
Yahoo email accounts were used by Belgian citizens to commit some sort of crime. If Yahoo allows Belgian citizens to open an use Yahoo email accounts from computers located in Belgium, then Yahoo is "doing business" in Belgium, and thus is subject to Belgian laws, at least as far as these "Belgian" email accounts.
>1. Design specifications intentionally limit durability >2. Business decision to make the device fail. If I can't sell any more widgets, then how will I stay in business? >3. No consumers want something to last for decades.
Aren't the first two of these points business decisions that got American auto manufacturers in trouble. Ever since the Japanese started taking the lead in quality, the market share has been going in their direction.
And doesn't this go against point 3 ? For many products consumers do want reliability.
Our cordless phone's "1" stopped working after two years, conveniently past the 1 year warranty period - I'd be happy if it lasted decades. Personally, I've never seen an AT&T rotary phone fail, nor even an older touchtone phone.
My parents recently purchased a used Toyota 2001 Prius. Before committing to the deal, he asked the local Toyota dealer how much it would cost to replace the batteries - somewhere around $6-8000US. Then he asked them how many batteries they have had to replace (all model years). "None" was the answer.
> Really, it's more of a question of whether or > not it's good art, than art.
That just begs the question of what make a piece of art "good"?
I am a strong believer that Art - that stuff you see in museums, and in public squares - and especially Modern Art (IANAAH) is mostly about the commentary that a piece generates. A scribble on a piece of paper is worthless - after all it's just graphite on cellulose pulp, until and unless, someone tells you that it was scribbled by Picasso during his blue phase. Then it is worth thousands.
Duchamp took a chess set (bottle drying rack, urinal..., whatever) - something he thought looked interesting - stuck his name on it, and sold it as Art.
Is that categorially different that someone using a computer program to generate a set of images, selecting one that looks interesting, sticking their name on it, and selling it as Art?
In the latter case at least there is a modicum of input by the artist.
This article just sounds like more scare mongering...As always, the devil is in the details, I want to see the details.
The head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - hand picked by the Bush administation - a person who was intrusted to find the "devil in the details," has begun to '[call] for immediate and "very deep" cuts in the pollution if humanity is to "survive"'. Dr Rajendra Pachauri is no Chicken Little when it comes to global climate change.
If it turns out not to be true, then most of the physics that has been done for the past 150 years is flat out wrong
Using the same logic, you could say that Newton's Laws have been "flat out wrong" for the past 90 years, but for many, many, applications, from automobiles to rocket boosters, they are "perfectly" accurate (from an engineer's point of view).
I bought a laptop backpack made by Samsonite. It is padded in all the right places and has plenty of efficiently sized pockets. Just a plain brown look.
My business partner suggested, when we start making money, that I get a "proper" laptop case. I took that as a complement on my choice.
So they are not doing their stated jobs by not looking for any/all prior art.
Is what we are seeing a not-so-subtle shift from a first-to-invent patent system to a first-to-file system.
If someone, somewhere in the PTO hirearchy, decided that prior art only refers to prior patents, then, yes, the patent examiners are doing there job.
It seems that the task (and cost) of determining true prior art, for a first-to-invent patent sytem, has been shifted from the PTO to the inventors and/or users of true prior art.
The US constitution requires first-to-invent system, but it is much, much easier to implement a first-to-file system. As long as the theoretical ablilty to overturn patents based on true prior art exists, the constitution is satisfied. As long as it is prohibitively expensive, the first-filers are satisfied.
That reminds me of a safety class I was required to take while working at an aerospace manufacturer.
According to the instructor there is only one substance that can be considered truly non-hazardous.
Most things will kill you somehow - you can drown in water (a bucket full will do), a rock can certainly do damage if thrown with enough force, or tripped over. Paper can cut.
please excuse me for edging in on this off-topic, but quite interesting, discussion.
Isn't absolute truth more akin to the axioms of geometry than the logical manipulations of arithmetic? If absolute truth is like a set of postulates, then religion is the set of rules governing how one uses those postulates to decide how to act in the world.
near-instantaneous education via hitech methods (such as implants, pills, induction helmets,...) Ever read Lem's Futuralogical Congress, shudder? A chemocracy is not something we should look forward to. And then of course there is George Lucas' THX1138.
In a conventional helicopter, the torque on the rotor has to be equal and opposite the torque on the helicopter body (via the transmission, and engine, etc.) - thanks to Newton's Third Law(TM).
In this application the rotor is free to spin and therefore does not impart a torque on the helicopter.
There are many other things that need to be considered - I'm an engineer, but rotorcraft isn't my niche, so I'll stop here, before I get myself in trouble.
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Alternative shells for Windows have been around since at least win95.
see bb4win (http://www.bb4win.org/) for example.
Your post reminds me of the old bumper sticker: "Think Globally, Act Locally". You are anything but apathetic if you continuously act to minimize consumption, reduce waste, buy organic, etc.
>There is a reason why we don't refer to screwdrivers, circular saws and sanding machines all as "hammers".
All tools are hammers, except screwdrivers and they're chisels.
Yes, success in unschooling very much depends on the parents.
Unschooling, properly done, is much more difficult for the parents than typical homeschooling. Most homeschoolers depend on cirricula written by others. For unschoolers, its all done on the fly.
Is your kid interested about
- Ancient Egypt? Learn about mining limestone, or the chemistry of mummification.
- Robotics? Lego Mindstorms.
- Justice? Attend actual trials, discuss the issues that come up.
Most of the comments here are confusing "un-schooling" with "no-schooling", or "non-schooling". The meanings of the two terms couldn't be further apart.
Maybe the (Belgian) logic was something along these lines:
Yahoo email accounts were used by Belgian citizens to commit some sort of crime. If Yahoo allows Belgian citizens to open an use Yahoo email accounts from computers located in Belgium, then Yahoo is "doing business" in Belgium, and thus is subject to Belgian laws, at least as far as these "Belgian" email accounts.
>1. Design specifications intentionally limit durability
>2. Business decision to make the device fail. If I can't sell any more widgets, then how will I stay in business?
>3. No consumers want something to last for decades.
Aren't the first two of these points business decisions that got American auto manufacturers in trouble. Ever since the Japanese started taking the lead in quality, the market share has been going in their direction.
And doesn't this go against point 3 ? For many products consumers do want reliability.
Our cordless phone's "1" stopped working after two years, conveniently past the 1 year warranty period - I'd be happy if it lasted decades. Personally, I've never seen an AT&T rotary phone fail, nor even an older touchtone phone.
I'm an engineer. My wife is a nurse. We have one daughter and one son. Go figure.
My parents recently purchased a used Toyota 2001 Prius. Before committing to the deal, he asked the local Toyota dealer how much it would cost to replace the batteries - somewhere around $6-8000US. Then he asked them how many batteries they have had to replace (all model years). "None" was the answer.
Unfortunately, it's out of print, but don't let that stop you from searching for a copy.
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There is a Java version of the game on Sourceforge, but the fun of rolling 12d6 just isn't hasn't been caputred yet, I'm still waiting.
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> Really, it's more of a question of whether or
> not it's good art, than art.
That just begs the question of what make a piece of art "good"?
I am a strong believer that Art - that stuff you see in museums, and in public squares - and especially Modern Art (IANAAH) is mostly about the commentary that a piece generates. A scribble on a piece of paper is worthless - after all it's just graphite on cellulose pulp, until and unless, someone tells you that it was scribbled by Picasso during his blue phase. Then it is worth thousands.
Duchamp took a chess set (bottle drying rack, urinal..., whatever) - something he thought looked interesting - stuck his name on it, and sold it as Art.
Is that categorially different that someone using a computer program to generate a set of images, selecting one that looks interesting, sticking their name on it, and selling it as Art?
In the latter case at least there is a modicum of input by the artist.
My numbers are a bit off - the 300 are at $18US, in quantity they will be around $10US. Not quite at the $5US range, but close.
There is an order of 300 units, ~$6.00/each being shipped to my company as I type.
The head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - hand picked by the Bush administation - a person who was intrusted to find the "devil in the details," has begun to '[call] for immediate and "very deep" cuts in the pollution if humanity is to "survive"'. Dr Rajendra Pachauri is no Chicken Little when it comes to global climate change.
I've got a PhD in Mechanical Engineering - I can't do it, I can't stand it.
Sure there's a bunch of steps you can follow, but where's the challenge in that.
I can only stand in awe of anyone who independently is able to solve the Rubic's Cube.
Using the same logic, you could say that Newton's Laws have been "flat out wrong" for the past 90 years, but for many, many, applications, from automobiles to rocket boosters, they are "perfectly" accurate (from an engineer's point of view).
Please. I squandered mine.
I bought a laptop backpack made by Samsonite. It is padded in all the right places and has plenty of efficiently sized pockets. Just a plain brown look.
My business partner suggested, when we start making money, that I get a "proper" laptop case. I took that as a complement on my choice.
It wasn't the coffee, it was the cigarettes.
I thought they just went off to the big BSOD in the sky.
Is what we are seeing a not-so-subtle shift from a first-to-invent patent system to a first-to-file system.
If someone, somewhere in the PTO hirearchy, decided that prior art only refers to prior patents, then, yes, the patent examiners are doing there job.
It seems that the task (and cost) of determining true prior art, for a first-to-invent patent sytem, has been shifted from the PTO to the inventors and/or users of true prior art.
The US constitution requires first-to-invent system, but it is much, much easier to implement a first-to-file system. As long as the theoretical ablilty to overturn patents based on true prior art exists, the constitution is satisfied. As long as it is prohibitively expensive, the first-filers are satisfied.
Uncompressed air.
That reminds me of a safety class I was required to take while working at an aerospace manufacturer.
According to the instructor there is only one substance that can be considered truly non-hazardous.
Most things will kill you somehow - you can drown in water (a bucket full will do), a rock can certainly do damage if thrown with enough force, or tripped over. Paper can cut.
please excuse me for edging in on this off-topic, but quite interesting, discussion.
Isn't absolute truth more akin to the axioms of geometry than the logical manipulations of arithmetic? If absolute truth is like a set of postulates, then religion is the set of rules governing how one uses those postulates to decide how to act in the world.
near-instantaneous education via hitech methods (such as implants, pills, induction helmets, ...)
Ever read Lem's Futuralogical Congress, shudder? A chemocracy is not something we should look forward to. And then of course there is George Lucas' THX1138.
We have enough of a problem with television.
In this application the rotor is free to spin and therefore does not impart a torque on the helicopter.
There are many other things that need to be considered - I'm an engineer, but rotorcraft isn't my niche, so I'll stop here, before I get myself in trouble.