Isn't this some of those things that kind of is a 'given' ? Curiosity leads to motivation, stuff you do in an unmotivated or bored state never come out well and (thankfully) will not be remembered.
This is a nice thing in the long run (once 3D printers are more widely spread, better and cheaper), but in the short run this will probably cause more trouble than it is worth. Thinking about a younger person, like my son, who might scan some of his toys,gimmicks,... and post those scans somewhere and about some lawyer suing because he violated some laws he wasn't really aware of. -> once 3D printers are more wide-spread the fun really starts:)
I conquered school (and university) without having a graphical calculator. And yes, I'm one of those who still knows how to calculate stuff in their head and work with fractions, integrals,.. on a normal piece of paper.
+ I too agree 150 $ for a school calculator is way too high, but I don't really see the point why a graphic calculator is really needed to begin with.
How stable is that foam and how good will it conduct heat once it gets squished by my cat/children/me accidentally putting a bottle/glas on it? -> without some kind of protection cage this seems kind of a bad idea,..
I knew it those Australians, at the other side of the globe, are robbing old ladies!! (at least they are kind of old fashioned and still use knifes instead of guns:))
it doesn't sound like this is the first experiment done by the facebook crowd -> What other experiments happened? Were the participants informed about it later? Who takes the blame if such an experiment results in someone getting hurt?
Windows 3.1 -> worked Windows 98 -> crashed but worked sometimes Windows ME -> just crashed Windows XP -> worked, but has it's drawbacks (64bit version was better, but never really useful due to missing drivers) Windows Vista -> too much trouble to use Windows 7 -> useful, but not as customizable as XP Windows 8.x -> not so useful if you don't have a touch screen, less and less accessible customizations possible Windows 9 -> hoping that Windows 8 is like Vista and Windows 9 will be useful like Windows 7
Thinking more about it: Not asking "why use X instead of Word", but asking "Why would you use Word instead of anything else?"
Only reason I use Word is because I from time to time get some strange formated and macro filled document from a client who lives Word and I need to use Word to properly read the document. -> so the only reason I'm using it from time to time is because I'm forced to do
Most of my stuff I write in a normal text editor (and save it inside a git repository;)). I only use Word/LibreOffice/GoogleDocs/... for formating and to meet a clients needs.
For personal stuff, which needs formating I normally use LibreOffice. For publishing stuff I use latex.
----- Bottom line is, I see no reason to use Word over any other tool. Even if LibreOffice, GoogleDocs, Office 365 and Word would all satisfy my needs, there is nothing that Word offers to me that separates it from the rest. -> Why use Word?
'Why would we use Google Docs over like Microsoft Word?' Stupid question: - Word should be compared with LibreOffice - GoogleDocs should be compared with Office 365
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Isn't this some of those things that kind of is a 'given' ?
Curiosity leads to motivation, stuff you do in an unmotivated or bored state never come out well and (thankfully) will not be remembered.
This is a nice thing in the long run (once 3D printers are more widely spread, better and cheaper), but in the short run this will probably cause more trouble than it is worth. :)
Thinking about a younger person, like my son, who might scan some of his toys,gimmicks,... and post those scans somewhere and about some lawyer suing because he violated some laws he wasn't really aware of.
-> once 3D printers are more wide-spread the fun really starts
A Kiosk-like system sounds like the best solution. (no matter if it's based on linux/windows/mac/...)
of the power cubes from the old transformer series *gig*
one could translate the page,... (chinese -> english translation by google isn't that bad)
I conquered school (and university) without having a graphical calculator. And yes, I'm one of those who still knows how to calculate stuff in their head and work with fractions, integrals,.. on a normal piece of paper.
+ I too agree 150 $ for a school calculator is way too high, but I don't really see the point why a graphic calculator is really needed to begin with.
to me all smart-phones basically look the same :)
How stable is that foam and how good will it conduct heat once it gets squished by my cat/children/me accidentally putting a bottle/glas on it?
-> without some kind of protection cage this seems kind of a bad idea,..
.. and not just the batteries of the electronic devices I use. ;)
I bet 90% of all small businesses still have no real clue data security and about the amount of data their printers, cash registers,.. still contain.
.. two dildos, then two additional fingers, so may be it will be a great thing in the sex toy industry
so donating 60k isn't really much,..
I knew it those Australians, at the other side of the globe, are robbing old ladies!! :))
(at least they are kind of old fashioned and still use knifes instead of guns
"It's just tits and swords." ;)
Swords? Who needs swords, when they can have a dragon?
-> Tits&Dragons are better than Dungeon&Dragons
needs to be branded and at least partially closed otherwise where should all the code from the NSA go?
it doesn't sound like this is the first experiment done by the facebook crowd -> What other experiments happened? Were the participants informed about it later? Who takes the blame if such an experiment results in someone getting hurt?
Stress test for the new server, what else?
that they didn't scam the bank and bought a few nice gadgets. ;))
(or may be they have and nobody noticed
got a link to these 'early reports'?
Windows 3.1 -> worked
Windows 98 -> crashed but worked sometimes
Windows ME -> just crashed
Windows XP -> worked, but has it's drawbacks (64bit version was better, but never really useful due to missing drivers)
Windows Vista -> too much trouble to use
Windows 7 -> useful, but not as customizable as XP
Windows 8.x -> not so useful if you don't have a touch screen, less and less accessible customizations possible
Windows 9 -> hoping that Windows 8 is like Vista and Windows 9 will be useful like Windows 7
-> more silicon for female frontal tuning ;)
Thinking more about it: Not asking "why use X instead of Word", but asking "Why would you use Word instead of anything else?"
Only reason I use Word is because I from time to time get some strange formated and macro filled document from a client who lives Word and I need to use Word to properly read the document. -> so the only reason I'm using it from time to time is because I'm forced to do
Most of my stuff I write in a normal text editor (and save it inside a git repository ;)).
I only use Word/LibreOffice/GoogleDocs/... for formating and to meet a clients needs.
For personal stuff, which needs formating I normally use LibreOffice.
For publishing stuff I use latex.
-----
Bottom line is, I see no reason to use Word over any other tool.
Even if LibreOffice, GoogleDocs, Office 365 and Word would all satisfy my needs, there is nothing that Word offers to me that separates it from the rest.
-> Why use Word?
'Why would we use Google Docs over like Microsoft Word?'
Stupid question:
- Word should be compared with LibreOffice
- GoogleDocs should be compared with Office 365
to the NSA?
thought that still was the main strategy in China&Russia