I've seen a lot of people saying "Yes, but graduates will need to know Microsoft Word/Excel/etc..."
This may be very true. However, at the younger levels, this is irrelevant. Very likely, *millions* of dollars are wasted buying PCs for elementary & intermediate schools. This is where free software could be useful and could save money.
Want the graduates to know Word, Excel, and Powerpoint? That's fine. Offer them high school computer classes. Offer summer school classes for those that have an extra interest in advanced classes. But for pete's sake, don't blow money on Office for Toddlers. What an absolute waste of money. (Yes, I have witnessed such waste first hand.. 3rd graders don't need brand new Dell boxes, IMHO.)
3rd graders learning how to use Powerpoint. Yeah, that's really productive. They're 8 years old and are already being indoctrinated into the Microsoft way of things.
I'm not kidding about this, either. Teh kid (ex girlfriend had a kid from first marriage) came home, I asked "What'd you learn at school today?" and he said "We made cards with Powerpoint."
Money is being spent on Dell hardware and Microsoft software at an alarming rate, but kids are falling behind in test scores. "No Child Left Behind" might actually have funding available if schools would stop buying PCs every 2 years.
I've written to my Senators. I got back a banal, canned reply. Some senators don't take email because they've been so flooded with spam. Some senators don't take phone calls. "Mr X's office is not accepting phone calls at this time."
I'm > this close to saying that we need to stage huge protests in front of the state capitol buildings. Problem is that you wind up confined to "legal protest areas."
Yeah, that's true. It's not dying as fast as Star Trek has, fortunately.
I think that more people will go and see this one because it's (as of now) the last chapter of the story. Oh, and the fact that it's got lots of Darth Vader in it might help.
You're absolutely right about movie theatres. It's been 4 months since I've gone to a theatre to see a movie, and I don't miss it at all.
But if I recall correctly, early reviews of Matrix:Revolutions (that was the third one, right?) said "Ugh. It sucks!" where as reviews of Episode III have been overwhelmingly positive.
I haven't seen the 3rd Matrix movie either. It's on my Netflix list, down below some B horror flicks. heh.
Besides, the Star Wars franchise has been a consistant money maker for years. The Matrix series kind of fizzled out.
"People think we're trying to replace guide dogs, but we're not."
Nope, not going to replace guide dogs. Dogs have excellent senses, robots just have bits & bytes.
""We refer to it as a robotic shopping assistant," he told the BBC News website.
The guide dog won't keep hanging out by the auto parts section. who knows what the robot will do. Maybe subscribe itself to Popular Mechanics when you're not paying attention.;)
Hate to waste my time replying to an AC, especially one that's completely off track, but TigerDirect is *NOT* a software vendor. They're an online merchant. they're just pissed because Apple's "Tiger" is beating them in Google rankings.
They've also had a YEAR to bring this up, but they try to pounce on it mere days before the big release. Yes, that is most definitely opportunistic.
6. What are Google Web Accelerator's system requirements?
To use Google Web Accelerator, your computer must have a Windows XP or Windows 2000 SP 3+ operating system. Google Web Accelerator works for the Internet Explorer 5.5+ or Firefox 1.0+ browsers.
7. Can I run Google Web Accelerator on a browser other than Internet Explorer or Firefox?
For other browsers running on Windows, you'll need to manually configure your proxy settings to 127.0.0.1:9100 for HTTP connections.
Dude, my girlfriend dragged me from Mountain View, CA to Pittsburgh, PA to go to Carnival and see "buggy." I was already suffering from a nasty nasty flu, but still went because I thought "Hey, CMU will have mp3s and lots of bandwidth!"
Man, you guys totally let me down. I couldn't find one single mp3 that I wanted. What a bummer!
Oh well, at least we hit up the Steak & Shake on the way to the airport...;)
Oh, I remember those. They actually took some skill back in the old days.
Now, you just need to go to that goddamn arts & crafts hellhole called "Michaels" to buy a pinewood derby car kit. Just press the parts together and you're done.
10 Dell PowerEdge 1750 servers. Dual Xeon, gigs of RAM.. 2 were DOA.
I've had caps on supposedly "quality" PC motherboards blow, from Soyo, Abit, and Asus. I've had ECS boards die. We've gotten hardware from Sun that was defective.
To say that Apple is on par with Packard Bell or eMachines is just ridiculous. Computer stuff can and will fail. We've had excellent luck with the Apple stuff.
Talk to them about getting whitelisted. Since it's a government service (Indian River County) they should have little problems getting AOL to permanently whitelist the originating IP address.
Wow, what a fucking dumbass. Since when have cell towers destroyed human rights & privacy?
Did I say anything about terrorists? Nope. Remember recently when the FCC got involved in Vonage & their 911 capabilities after some girl couldn't get through to 911 after her parents were attacked? Same deal. if you're in an area with no cell coverage, it'd suck if you couldn't dial 911 because you had no signal, thanks to the NIMBY crowd.
Just wait until someone dies because they couldn't call 911, thanks to having poor cell coverage in an area that the NIMBY crowd blocked new cell tower construction.
Are you a wireless carrier? Go for the "What about the children's safety?" angle. That'll get 'em.;)
My old roommate works right down the street from me, so we meet up in the middle and BBQ during lunch time.
So what if it's just a dirt lot under a Hwy 237 overpass? It's a great way to kill the lunch hour (or hour and a half..) and we grill up steaks or burgers or chicken.
I work right over near the Santa Clara Convention Center and I have absolutely no problem driving to any one of many many different eating establishments and getting lunch. I don't run into 90 minutes of traffic, either.
Then again, San Francisco thinks that it's part of the "Silicon Valley" so who knows, maybe that's what you're referring to.
I find that the Silicon Valley has an amazing variety of cuisine, corporate cafeterias included.;)
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I've seen a lot of people saying "Yes, but graduates will need to know Microsoft Word/Excel/etc..."
This may be very true. However, at the younger levels, this is irrelevant. Very likely, *millions* of dollars are wasted buying PCs for elementary & intermediate schools. This is where free software could be useful and could save money.
Want the graduates to know Word, Excel, and Powerpoint? That's fine. Offer them high school computer classes. Offer summer school classes for those that have an extra interest in advanced classes. But for pete's sake, don't blow money on Office for Toddlers. What an absolute waste of money. (Yes, I have witnessed such waste first hand.. 3rd graders don't need brand new Dell boxes, IMHO.)
3rd graders learning how to use Powerpoint. Yeah, that's really productive. They're 8 years old and are already being indoctrinated into the Microsoft way of things.
I'm not kidding about this, either. Teh kid (ex girlfriend had a kid from first marriage) came home, I asked "What'd you learn at school today?" and he said "We made cards with Powerpoint."
Money is being spent on Dell hardware and Microsoft software at an alarming rate, but kids are falling behind in test scores. "No Child Left Behind" might actually have funding available if schools would stop buying PCs every 2 years.
I've written to my Senators. I got back a banal, canned reply. Some senators don't take email because they've been so flooded with spam.
Some senators don't take phone calls. "Mr X's office is not accepting phone calls at this time."
I'm > this close to saying that we need to stage huge protests in front of the state capitol buildings. Problem is that you wind up confined to "legal protest areas."
What the fuck is happening in America?!
Yeah, that's true. It's not dying as fast as Star Trek has, fortunately.
I think that more people will go and see this one because it's (as of now) the last chapter of the story.
Oh, and the fact that it's got lots of Darth Vader in it might help.
You're absolutely right about movie theatres. It's been 4 months since I've gone to a theatre to see a movie, and I don't miss it at all.
This site can help you. :)
But if I recall correctly, early reviews of Matrix:Revolutions (that was the third one, right?) said "Ugh. It sucks!" where as reviews of Episode III have been overwhelmingly positive.
I haven't seen the 3rd Matrix movie either. It's on my Netflix list, down below some B horror flicks. heh.
Besides, the Star Wars franchise has been a consistant money maker for years. The Matrix series kind of fizzled out.
Record numbers of people will still go and see it. It's almost like you have to.. just like eating the last cookie in the cookie jar.
:)
Can't leave that last piece out of the puzzle. Sure, we know how the rest of the story goes, but that's not enough.
Heck, we might even take a work-sponsored outing to go see it. Like I'll turn *that* down. heh.
"People think we're trying to replace guide dogs, but we're not."
;)
Nope, not going to replace guide dogs. Dogs have excellent senses, robots just have bits & bytes.
""We refer to it as a robotic shopping assistant," he told the BBC News website.
The guide dog won't keep hanging out by the auto parts section. who knows what the robot will do. Maybe subscribe itself to Popular Mechanics when you're not paying attention.
Wow. Go fuck yourself. IDIOT.
Half lf Slashdot doesn't bother to read the articles, much less the headlines.
Asshole.
Hate to waste my time replying to an AC, especially one that's completely off track, but TigerDirect is *NOT* a software vendor. They're an online merchant. they're just pissed because Apple's "Tiger" is beating them in Google rankings.
They've also had a YEAR to bring this up, but they try to pounce on it mere days before the big release. Yes, that is most definitely opportunistic.
From the FAQ:
6. What are Google Web Accelerator's system requirements?
To use Google Web Accelerator, your computer must have a Windows XP or Windows 2000 SP 3+ operating system. Google Web Accelerator works for the Internet Explorer 5.5+ or Firefox 1.0+ browsers.
7. Can I run Google Web Accelerator on a browser other than Internet Explorer or Firefox?
For other browsers running on Windows, you'll need to manually configure your proxy settings to 127.0.0.1:9100 for HTTP connections.
Yeah, I figured that it was something like that. Oh well. No mp3s, but I got to hit up Dunkin Donuts! (None of those out here either) :D
Dude, my girlfriend dragged me from Mountain View, CA to Pittsburgh, PA to go to Carnival and see "buggy."
;)
I was already suffering from a nasty nasty flu, but still went because I thought "Hey, CMU will have mp3s and lots of bandwidth!"
Man, you guys totally let me down. I couldn't find one single mp3 that I wanted. What a bummer!
Oh well, at least we hit up the Steak & Shake on the way to the airport...
Oh, I remember those. They actually took some skill back in the old days.
Now, you just need to go to that goddamn arts & crafts hellhole called "Michaels" to buy a pinewood derby car kit. Just press the parts together and you're done.
bleah
Add me to the list of people that will:
* Never shop there
* Tell my friends to never shop there
* Email them and let them know why
I'm sick of hearing about ridiculous lawsuits like this.
10 Dell PowerEdge 1750 servers. Dual Xeon, gigs of RAM.. 2 were DOA.
I've had caps on supposedly "quality" PC motherboards blow, from Soyo, Abit, and Asus. I've had ECS boards die. We've gotten hardware from Sun that was defective.
To say that Apple is on par with Packard Bell or eMachines is just ridiculous. Computer stuff can and will fail.
We've had excellent luck with the Apple stuff.
Now I want lunch, and it's only 8:49am. Goddamn it. :P
I liked the good ol' days where you had to have a clue to actually get on the internet.
If the users lack sufficient clue to *listen to the IT departments repeated warnings* then fuck 'em, they don't deserve to be on the network.
Seriously. Screw 'em. More bandwidth for the people that actually bother to install & maintain antivirus software.
http://postmaster.aol.com/
:)
Talk to them about getting whitelisted. Since it's a government service (Indian River County) they should have little problems getting AOL to permanently whitelist the originating IP address.
Maybe they'll learn this time.
No way. It's not like we haven't seen this happen several times already.. "Oh, yeah, I took $$ for that political piece.."
The "blogosphere" seemed to overlook many cases of paid-off bloggers because it was too busy in its perpetual circle jerk.
Wow, what a fucking dumbass. Since when have cell towers destroyed human rights & privacy?
Did I say anything about terrorists? Nope. Remember recently when the FCC got involved in Vonage & their 911 capabilities after some girl couldn't get through to 911 after her parents were attacked? Same deal. if you're in an area with no cell coverage, it'd suck if you couldn't dial 911 because you had no signal, thanks to the NIMBY crowd.
Just wait until someone dies because they couldn't call 911, thanks to having poor cell coverage in an area that the NIMBY crowd blocked new cell tower construction.
;)
Are you a wireless carrier? Go for the "What about the children's safety?" angle. That'll get 'em.
My old roommate works right down the street from me, so we meet up in the middle and BBQ during lunch time.
So what if it's just a dirt lot under a Hwy 237 overpass? It's a great way to kill the lunch hour (or hour and a half..) and we grill up steaks or burgers or chicken.
You do, actually. 2 guests per month. I was reading the article about it in the newspaper this morning. :)
I work right over near the Santa Clara Convention Center and I have absolutely no problem driving to any one of many many different eating establishments and getting lunch. I don't run into 90 minutes of traffic, either.
;)
Then again, San Francisco thinks that it's part of the "Silicon Valley" so who knows, maybe that's what you're referring to.
I find that the Silicon Valley has an amazing variety of cuisine, corporate cafeterias included.