Perhaps one of the reasons for maintaining the port would be to keep leverage on PPC pricing. Apple could realistically pose a scenario ofmoving over the x86 if it doesn't like the PPC terms.
A calculator can let you confirm what you're visualizing faster than paper and pen. If you're testing students by giving them equations to plot, then maybe you shouldn't give them a calculator. But if your math questions are directed more towards operational knowledge of the theory, I think a calculator is fine.
i.e. don't ask for a plot of X^2 + Y^2 = 1. Maybe you should be asking give me the equation for a circle centered at (1,2).
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Fact is, we spend more than most people in the world make.
Heck, a lot of us spend more than we make ourselves.;)
Wouldn't it be cool if Mozilla detected the extensions and spit out a brief message that said something to the effect of "This website is using outdated layout formats - Mozilla will try to compensate, but contact the webmaster of the site if you are still having problems with access"
The key, of course, is to strongly imply that the formats are a) outdated, and b) possibly insecure.
It turns out that once you add everything up, you come up with a power/pollution ratio for solar energy which is far above that of fossil fuels.
I keep hearing people say this, but I've never seen any attribution to the reports that back this up. Do you have any info?
I've always thought that even if PV cells are not hugely efficient, that reflective sufaces could be used to collect larger areas of light to the cells. This also has the advantages of cheaper upgrades as more efficient cells come out.
Yes, but Microsoft is pushing a license that charges a fee for every machine that could run MS software - instead of charging for any that actually do run MS software. Under that scheme, StarOffice might not make any difference in the licensing costs until the institution is willing to swear off MS site licensing entirely.
By political arguments, I mean we should be putting forward arguments which connect our point of view with the concerns of more powerful political interests. Personally, I do believe that my "consumer rights" are a political issue, but that's just one face of DRM legislation. Why not try to convince non-media industry business lobbyists that businesses have something to lose too? Why not convince U.S.-firstians that America's lead in technology is at risk? Although there are "consumer rights" groups in the US political arena, they don't have enough influence by themselves to protect us - you need to motivate other political forces.
The article refutes the points of DRM legislation supporters on the grounds of technology and consumer rights pretty well. However, if the technology community wants to fight DRM legislation effectively, it needs to come up with better political arguments against DRM. These come to mind for me:
DRM hardware/software amounts to a tax on non-media industry businesses
Nations which already turn a blind-eye to copyright infringement will likely omit DRM measures in hardware for regional markets. This wll put foreign countries at an IT procurement advantage
The trend of closed hardware makes the media industry less competitive by raising barriers for small independent artists. (alright this one is a stretch, but its large media conglomerates who cater to the lowest common denominator.)
Actually, if you look at crime statistics of school violence, there is a dramatic decrease in incidents during the same time that graphic, interactive video games were strongly increasing their market share. If anything it signals that violent games may be an important psychological release for children.
Actually they're not. Age based access to movies are enforced by voluntary industry efforts, primarily the MPAA rating system. Video games already have similiar rating system, although enforcement varies because from the more diverse suppliers of video games.
Voluntary industry enforcement is very different from government backed, federal regulations!
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According to a statement by Moran, at least eight of the 19 September 11 hijackers were able to easily obtain licenses.
What the Reps. Moran and Davis don't realize is that if biometric security measures were in place, that would just mean that we would have retinal measurements and fingerprints on eight dead hijackers.
You should mention that "consumers" include businesses which use personal computing technology. Legislating hardware changes amounts to a tax upon all US industries to protect the media industry.
SEUL/edu and SchoolForge help support Open Source in education. Their mailing list is filled with educators and sys admins for educational institutions who have installed Open Source systems. They can help you shift many systems away from proprietary software.
Check out the mailing lists at SchoolForge and
SEUL/Edu to get in touch with a group of educators (and other interested parties) who are very familiar with open source educational technologies. They will be able to discuss any options you have in depth (At least more than a slashdot forum discussion:)
And if you extrapolate one step further, we could imply that the current export restriced encryption levels limit US encryption to levels such that protection against corprate espionage is laughable. Even if you allow that the restrictions prevent terroism (a weak case). The tradeoff in reduced protection for US economic interests is something that you still need to justify. If "people" working for the Wall Street Journal can break 40-bit encryption, you can be the espionage units of various non-US corporations are generations ahead.
If you pay close attention, you might notice when local news stations runs pre-packaged product news as a story. Companies often send promotional materials packaged as news stories. The most recent one in my memory in LA was a story about a fitness product being sold to gyms which claimed to measure metabolic rates via a breath analysis device. The story, including video clips, was nearly identical across several local news stations.
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For some applications it would probably be much easier to put up a gimballed, stablized, video platform under a weather ballon.
Perhaps one of the reasons for maintaining the port would be to keep leverage on PPC pricing. Apple could realistically pose a scenario ofmoving over the x86 if it doesn't like the PPC terms.
IIRC, the vertical rotor will only be included on some variants of the aircraft - presumeably the ones replacing harriers.
A calculator can let you confirm what you're visualizing faster than paper and pen. If you're testing students by giving them equations to plot, then maybe you shouldn't give them a calculator. But if your math questions are directed more towards operational knowledge of the theory, I think a calculator is fine.
i.e. don't ask for a plot of X^2 + Y^2 = 1. Maybe you should be asking give me the equation for a circle centered at (1,2).
Wouldn't it be cool if Mozilla detected the extensions and spit out a brief message that said something to the effect of "This website is using outdated layout formats - Mozilla will try to compensate, but contact the webmaster of the site if you are still having problems with access"
The key, of course, is to strongly imply that the formats are a) outdated, and b) possibly insecure.
Yes, but Microsoft is pushing a license that charges a fee for every machine that could run MS software - instead of charging for any that actually do run MS software. Under that scheme, StarOffice might not make any difference in the licensing costs until the institution is willing to swear off MS site licensing entirely.
By political arguments, I mean we should be putting forward arguments which connect our point of view with the concerns of more powerful political interests. Personally, I do believe that my "consumer rights" are a political issue, but that's just one face of DRM legislation. Why not try to convince non-media industry business lobbyists that businesses have something to lose too? Why not convince U.S.-firstians that America's lead in technology is at risk? Although there are "consumer rights" groups in the US political arena, they don't have enough influence by themselves to protect us - you need to motivate other political forces.
DRM hardware/software amounts to a tax on non-media industry businesses
Nations which already turn a blind-eye to copyright infringement will likely omit DRM measures in hardware for regional markets. This wll put foreign countries at an IT procurement advantage
The trend of closed hardware makes the media industry less competitive by raising barriers for small independent artists. (alright this one is a stretch, but its large media conglomerates who cater to the lowest common denominator.)
Please be patient, yahoo is down for search warrant maintenance. The system will be restored, minus any confiscated data, in a few hours...
Actually, if you look at crime statistics of school violence, there is a dramatic decrease in incidents during the same time that graphic, interactive video games were strongly increasing their market share. If anything it signals that violent games may be an important psychological release for children.
Actually they're not. Age based access to movies are enforced by voluntary industry efforts, primarily the MPAA rating system. Video games already have similiar rating system, although enforcement varies because from the more diverse suppliers of video games.
Voluntary industry enforcement is very different from government backed, federal regulations!
You should mention that "consumers" include businesses which use personal computing technology. Legislating hardware changes amounts to a tax upon all US industries to protect the media industry.
SEUL/edu and SchoolForge help support Open Source in education. Their mailing list is filled with educators and sys admins for educational institutions who have installed Open Source systems. They can help you shift many systems away from proprietary software.
I'm confused. Why is the National Endowment for the Arts pissed off about MIE or Unschooling?
Yes, but how are they going to call to complain about it ;)
Why would they need to push him around? He's already in their back pocket.
But the only thing pulling energy out of the sewing machine is friction - in the machine and at the needle thread interface.
And we thought it was some gadget for self-flagellation.
Check out the mailing lists at SchoolForge and SEUL/Edu to get in touch with a group of educators (and other interested parties) who are very familiar with open source educational technologies. They will be able to discuss any options you have in depth (At least more than a slashdot forum discussion :)
Heh.. 5c/share was the figure using Enron accountants.
And if you extrapolate one step further, we could imply that the current export restriced encryption levels limit US encryption to levels such that protection against corprate espionage is laughable. Even if you allow that the restrictions prevent terroism (a weak case). The tradeoff in reduced protection for US economic interests is something that you still need to justify. If "people" working for the Wall Street Journal can break 40-bit encryption, you can be the espionage units of various non-US corporations are generations ahead.
If you pay close attention, you might notice when local news stations runs pre-packaged product news as a story. Companies often send promotional materials packaged as news stories. The most recent one in my memory in LA was a story about a fitness product being sold to gyms which claimed to measure metabolic rates via a breath analysis device. The story, including video clips, was nearly identical across several local news stations.