It's what Jobs does best. But to nit pick, he learned his chops at the free meals with the Hare Krishnas, not tent evangelists, right? So it's technically Krishna Komplex.
Depends on your purpose. The latest edition of the Backyard Astronomer discusses how they used to like film and, for most uses, now heartily recommend larger-sensor digital for astrophotography. For a freakish demo, they compare a couple long-exposures of a valley scene at night so you can see the detail captured in the dark areas by digital compared to film.
The media people receive in sparsely populated areas is already "heavily filtered, censored, and monitored." Just drive across Wyoming some time and see what the radio offers.
Assuming they are irretrievably anonymized is the rub, but there is also the question of what demographic data is linked to the numbered samples. Various entities might still find such a database useful. 23andMe.com already offers genealogical search trees among their population. Norwegian-American paternal, Old New England (strong Maine concentration) maternal here and even with matches no closer than 4th cousin, my matches among their rather small population are invariably either Scandinavian or have a New England (strong Maine concentration) background. Fuzzy, but information nonetheless. The larger and more detailed the database, the more it can shed light on a sample collected at a crime scene.
Sure. And that's probably how the lobbyists sold it. The problem, at least in the States, is that we no longer seem capable of electing politicians who _think_. The good ones just _deal_ and justify it as the way pragmatic realpolitik works. The bad ones purposefully deal for dollars.
Seems balanced. Actually, I worked for one of the major summer schools for academically talented kids for a few years and the emphasis was _not_ to help them skip grades. There were always exceptions but they tended to be _really_ exceptional.
This project seems more realistic than the options available back then:
1. It's a pilot program with a limited number of schools 2. Hopefully, there will be some assessment of maturity that factors into selection 3. It's community college so I imagine they go home at the end of the day
I worry that there's a dark side to community college. I knew a couple guys from high school who went to community college and when I met up with them again at my 4-year, they got a D and an F in one of their major classes first quarter. That said, how much worse could community college be than two more years rotting in high school?
Everyone knows it snows most (and with the heaviest moisture density) on relatively warm days in the north. Then the sub-zero F cold front comes through for one of those sunny snow diamond postcard shots that'll freeze your frackin' ass off.
People who don't know that are just ignorant of higher latitude weather. Case closed.
_How_ rural he is is a good question. If he can get away from light, if he can give the students time to adjust and use a red light, that would help. You're right that Messier objects shouldn't be a problem to demonstrate if he practices star-hopping a bit to find a few. Maybe use a program like Stellarium as a quick locator to some "M"'s. In the main, though, I'm with Rei. Kids will certainly expect Hubble views unless it is clearly explained why that isn't how the eye works and they will be disappointed by the indistinct white smudges that a 4" will resolve.
For that matter, they will probably be surprised at how small Jupiter and Saturn appear but that shouldn't detract from their first experience of recognizing the rings or identifying the Galilean moons so I would go with that and our moon. Hopefully, he can _not_ choose a full moon.
So much depends on government initiative. I walked/jogged/ran to various jobs for 20 years and told myself I would never bike. I would be dead so many times if I hadn't been able to pull back _fast_ from drivers who made it their priority to run me over. And I've known a couple people who were rear-ended. But Minneapolis/St. Paul has quite a bike system now and I get to it from 1/2 a mile of sidewalk by crossing _only_ one side road and 2 sides of a four-way light. It's great and a person doesn't realize how many strip malls have bike entrances and racks until you become part of the culture.
Weather is obviously an issue but, again, it is a question of mindset. Many suburbs don't plow snow and officially close the bike system in winter even though a small minority would still be on the lanes. One mall I know of takes away the bike racks around the first of September assuming, I suppose, that "the kids are in school now." Attitude. Sort of like the Arby's I often pass 1/2 a block off the lanes that isn't smart enough to invest in a bike rack. Attitude and vision.
When the Chinese get to the moon, we'll want to get to the moon again. The only reason we got to the moon in the first place is because sputnik scared the crap out of Americans and Kennedy started the lunar program in the spirit of national brinkmanship to one-up the U.S.S.R.
Boring people choose electronic media that complete their central core of boringness and others choose portals like -- well, you know.
I feel that I am _far_ more knowledgeable about current events using portals like buzzflash, crooksandliars and/. than I would be dodging the ads and cherry pie recipes in a morning newspaper. Who are we kidding to think the editorial board of your "local" newspaper isn't in bed with power?
Slashdot Mirror
Unless jail goes down really hard, he isn't quite a Darwin -- and a little too convoluted for Leno's "Stupid Criminals."
I suppose if his jail mate has a crush on him, there could be some award for bad relationship choices.
It's what Jobs does best. But to nit pick, he learned his chops at the free meals with the Hare Krishnas, not tent evangelists, right? So it's technically Krishna Komplex.
Of Imprise Delphi 4 and Corel WordPerfect 9.
Just kidding. Seems like a good initiative on Microsoft's part.
I'm sure our crack Supreme Court will understand the constitutionality of illegal wiretaps.
Can't remember all the icons of the room but it was a Southern White Trash theme. The trash can was something like an outhouse looking out the window.
Poor substitute. Terrorism will always be with us. Bets are still out on global warming.
doesn't mean they won't cooperate (e.g. State Department/CIA).
Can NAFTA be next? And all the other IMF treaties? It's a little late in the game to start worrying about the rule of law now, isn't it?
Where's my ability to distinguish red from infrared and violet from ultraviolet?
Depends on your purpose. The latest edition of the Backyard Astronomer discusses how they used to like film and, for most uses, now heartily recommend larger-sensor digital for astrophotography. For a freakish demo, they compare a couple long-exposures of a valley scene at night so you can see the detail captured in the dark areas by digital compared to film.
But a few people will always appreciate the fine craftsmanship of an artisan heart.
The media people receive in sparsely populated areas is already "heavily filtered, censored, and monitored." Just drive across Wyoming some time and see what the radio offers.
But I guess purple is metrosexual -- which is "inclusive" in its own way.
Assuming they are irretrievably anonymized is the rub, but there is also the question of what demographic data is linked to the numbered samples. Various entities might still find such a database useful. 23andMe.com already offers genealogical search trees among their population. Norwegian-American paternal, Old New England (strong Maine concentration) maternal here and even with matches no closer than 4th cousin, my matches among their rather small population are invariably either Scandinavian or have a New England (strong Maine concentration) background. Fuzzy, but information nonetheless. The larger and more detailed the database, the more it can shed light on a sample collected at a crime scene.
Why do we import anyway? We're an execution nation so we could just as well consume domestically -- except for the hypocrisy.
Sure. And that's probably how the lobbyists sold it. The problem, at least in the States, is that we no longer seem capable of electing politicians who _think_. The good ones just _deal_ and justify it as the way pragmatic realpolitik works. The bad ones purposefully deal for dollars.
Indeed. _Voting_ has become irrelevant in the New Amerika. Where's your "insightful"?
Seems balanced. Actually, I worked for one of the major summer schools for academically talented kids for a few years and the emphasis was _not_ to help them skip grades. There were always exceptions but they tended to be _really_ exceptional.
This project seems more realistic than the options available back then:
1. It's a pilot program with a limited number of schools
2. Hopefully, there will be some assessment of maturity that factors into selection
3. It's community college so I imagine they go home at the end of the day
I worry that there's a dark side to community college. I knew a couple guys from high school who went to community college and when I met up with them again at my 4-year, they got a D and an F in one of their major classes first quarter. That said, how much worse could community college be than two more years rotting in high school?
Sunny winter days are depressing.
Everyone knows it snows most (and with the heaviest moisture density) on relatively warm days in the north. Then the sub-zero F cold front comes through for one of those sunny snow diamond postcard shots that'll freeze your frackin' ass off.
People who don't know that are just ignorant of higher latitude weather. Case closed.
Yeah, yeah. What percentage of people in the sixties do you think called themselves hippies?
Being of that era, I have to call bullshit on a cheap meme. It's like blaming George Bush on the Greens on 20 years and about the same percentages.
_How_ rural he is is a good question. If he can get away from light, if he can give the students time to adjust and use a red light, that would help. You're right that Messier objects shouldn't be a problem to demonstrate if he practices star-hopping a bit to find a few. Maybe use a program like Stellarium as a quick locator to some "M"'s. In the main, though, I'm with Rei. Kids will certainly expect Hubble views unless it is clearly explained why that isn't how the eye works and they will be disappointed by the indistinct white smudges that a 4" will resolve.
For that matter, they will probably be surprised at how small Jupiter and Saturn appear but that shouldn't detract from their first experience of recognizing the rings or identifying the Galilean moons so I would go with that and our moon. Hopefully, he can _not_ choose a full moon.
Unfortunately.
So much depends on government initiative. I walked/jogged/ran to various jobs for 20 years and told myself I would never bike. I would be dead so many times if I hadn't been able to pull back _fast_ from drivers who made it their priority to run me over. And I've known a couple people who were rear-ended. But Minneapolis/St. Paul has quite a bike system now and I get to it from 1/2 a mile of sidewalk by crossing _only_ one side road and 2 sides of a four-way light. It's great and a person doesn't realize how many strip malls have bike entrances and racks until you become part of the culture.
Weather is obviously an issue but, again, it is a question of mindset. Many suburbs don't plow snow and officially close the bike system in winter even though a small minority would still be on the lanes. One mall I know of takes away the bike racks around the first of September assuming, I suppose, that "the kids are in school now." Attitude. Sort of like the Arby's I often pass 1/2 a block off the lanes that isn't smart enough to invest in a bike rack. Attitude and vision.
When the Chinese get to the moon, we'll want to get to the moon again. The only reason we got to the moon in the first place is because sputnik scared the crap out of Americans and Kennedy started the lunar program in the spirit of national brinkmanship to one-up the U.S.S.R.
So nothing changes.
Boring people choose electronic media that complete their central core of boringness and others choose portals like -- well, you know.
I feel that I am _far_ more knowledgeable about current events using portals like buzzflash, crooksandliars and /. than I would be dodging the ads and cherry pie recipes in a morning newspaper. Who are we kidding to think the editorial board of your "local" newspaper isn't in bed with power?