You must articulacy say you are remaining silent. Just being silent is not the same.
The cops questioned a murder suspect for 2 hours as he sat silent. The courts ruled that he must SAY he is remaining silent.
I am not a lawyer.
The Sir Adam Beck Generating Station for Niagara Falls.
The Boston Science Museum, the lightening show is always worth it.
Some of the Big Science Museums have reciprocity memberships with others across the country, perhaps joining one will save you $ on the entrance fees.
Get some books on CD for your trip. Brief History of Time, and Robert Heinlein, star ship troopers, the moon is a harsh mistress are nice and long.
And get her a diamond ring! Any girl friend who is willing to go on a long car trip to see science stuff is wife material!
I teach high school.
I run on economics lessons that demonstrates that the types of bill that get passed have the following characteristic.
Benefits now cost are later.
That benefits are to a few, people but cost are wide spread. The U.S sugar tariff is an example of this.
Bill that are unlikely to pass are the reveres.
High costs now benefits much later. Radioactive storage, global warming.
High tax on a few, small benefits to many. The death tax affects only 0.05% of the population.
Currently the U.S spends the largest amount of it's Gross Domestic Product on health care 15%, then any other country. The next largest spender is Switzerland at 11%. So the U.S. spends 4% on health care then next largest spender.
With this additional spending does this mean that the U.S. has a higher life expectancy, then any other country?
No. The U.S life expectancy is ranked 50th in the world.
The current system does not produce good results. Other systems do, and it is good that the USA is going to change to a better system.
Sex with everyone, drugs, making fun of organized religion sex while on drugs in church. This book will get you fired. Check out if you school library has it first, then if the book title comes up say how will the story is excellent the subjects might offend some high school students and their parents, but it is in the school library. Watch kids run to the library to read a dangerous book. Smile.
Get Grokking the Future for story choices and Get from the Great Courses on Tape, the course on science fiction, which give a nice historical overview.
I start with the difference between science fiction and other writing styles.
I use short stories because they quickly teach a theme, and if a kid does not like the story, it will be over quickly.
I start with Thinking Machines with 3 themes, Robot as God, Robot disobey, Robot kills. with the Story Answer. I then have several short stories about how the robots do he wrong things without human intervention, and there is a discussion of free will vs. Robot control. I introduce the 3 laws and we discuss how the previous stories would change if the 3 laws were built into the machines. We discussu how the 3 laws are impossible to make, or for the Robots to use. Would a 3 laws Robot let your mother remove a splinter from your finger. She might cut you and you might get an infection.
We have war and read Starship Troopers. I have the students put the chapters into order and the first chapter is out of order. They read Hero (a short story version of the Forever War) and a short story version of Ender's game. We compare the heroes and what makes a hero.
We do social control with Soylant Green, and compare it to A Happy Day in the Year (I don't remember but there is a moderate Sex alert), and Golden Acres and others.
We do first contact with the Drake equasion and Fermin's paradox, we read the Road not taken, a game of Meyhen, A TNG star trek first contact story. And we watch to Serve Man. and see 2001, which can be use in the Robot Section. We discuss the social changes of what will happen. If you can show 2001 on school's theater big screen it is AMAZING. Some movie have to be shown on the widest screen possible.
Please e-mail me and I will share with you my detailed lesson plans, with more stories, and the questions that go with the stories.
Do not read Stranger in a Strange Land. You will get fired. Telling the students this will cause them to read said story.
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Old man's war and the Ghost Brigades do not ask a key point. What does it mean to be human? Considering the concsisious transfere to some rather exotic bodies, what does it mean to be human? THis is conviently avoided with "THe colonial union has no position on this. Please consult the traveling religouus group." And no chartcer questions what it means to be human. There is so much that can be played with but the arthur dose not. Are turtles that live in space really human?
Yet I greatly enjoyed these stories. They are excellent military sci-fi. THey are rip roarisg adventures that should be made into a movie. Yet will the audinec buy a group a green soliders?
Also a good story is Agent to the Stars, an intresting take on first contact. If I was an alien I would do this to the humans.
The argument that we are unique life forms is that Earth has not encountered a self-repulicating space ship. An advanced civilization would send one out, at the next solar system, it makes 2 copies, and repeats. This is a highly effective and cheap way to explore the universe. And solves the problem of not having a biological entity travel along or go the speed of light problem.
But we have not found a von newman machine or an old mine to make a new machine or remains of the machine left behind, to monitor the system.
stopping the salughter in Daufer? What has happened to the idea of "Never "Again?
If countries want to say they are moral, with Moral leadership they must act in a moral way. Yes I am talking to you American Republicans, and Isreal.
Call your representives and demand of them you want military action to stop the slaughter in Daufer.
Ask why no action is being taken, because they are black, and have no oil?
I have read short stories on my palm I have had for 4 years, with it's low resolution and it is fine. Why should I buy a seperate reader? That will dublicate what I already do. Yes call me an old goat for not buying the latest and greatest tech but better isthe enemry of good enough.
Why should I pay a even the same price, the reader and books must be cheaper to gain a wider auidence. There must be a compelling reason for me to switch from tried and true to a new thing. The book reader must be substantily better, unlikly, or offer capablities that paper does not.
If only text book manfucatiurs would put out their material at a cheaper price, with the abilty to highlight the text, seach through your copiers of the notes that you make in the comment section, and create outher usefully study features, you could revolution educational publishing, but why corrupt what already makes a profit.
I use this program to successfuly teach history. The students can use this to develope their vocububaly skills and create mind maps of Japenese culture.
But no program is a cure all, no method is a cure all, and anyone who tells you that they have the one and only one solution is a liar.
Why spend the $100 bucks on a reader, if the e-books are not going to be discounted?
Most people already have an e-book reader it is called your pda.
I read my e-books on my handspring Visor. Even though my unit is old I don't find the reading to be a strain.
The only book I bought was the cartridge for the star trek books the Domininon war 1-4 and the Q Continuum 1-3.
The pda screens are getting much better and the we (the tin-foil hat crowed) carry pda every place. I find myself reading the books during my down time. Waiting in line at the groccery store, in the Dr's office. I get to chose what I want to read as opposed to a selection of magazines.
Digital text for text books are so much better then the paper versions. The ability to search for the information, to make notes of nearly unlimited length, are great. Digarams and pictures do suffer. Why this is not a bigger seller on campuses is beyond me.
This happen to my brother and I driving a manual tramission Saab 900 (this was 1986 or 87). When my brother depressed the clutch, the engine red lined and stalled at 95 mph. This was befor cell phones so we did not have the police clear the way.
We coasted to the side of the road and determined that the mechanic did not properly reistall the cruise control after doing other mechinal work. (The crusie control was on top of the engine) After about 1/2 an hour the pressure in the engine adjusted it self and we were able to continue driving. This time without the cruise control.
This happen to my brother and I driving a manual tramission Saab 900 (this was 1986 or 87). When my brother depressed the clutch, the engine red lined and stalled at 95 mph. We coasted to the side of the road and determined that the mechanic did not properly reistall the cruise control after doing other mechinal work. (The crusie control was on top of the engine) After about 1/2 an hour the pressure in the engine adjusted it self and we were able to continue driving. This time without the cruise control.
Mr. President, most pilots will do anything to keep their flight status active. What was in your medical history that caused you to lose your flight status?
As a Historian, Japan's major and mid level cities were destroyed. (See fog of war for the quick numbers). This did NOT break the will of the Japanese to fight. The Japanese military and civilians were all too willing to die for their emperior. Not that their deaths would have meant anything military.
That is why so few Japanese military and civilians were captured on the island campaigns. It was less then 10% (See the Great courses on Tape World War II History)The Americans thought that they would have to kill all the Japanese.
The occupation of Japan resulted in ZERO American deaths from hostile action. (Time Magazine) I belive because the Emperior told them to cooperate. Ah the advantages taking over a tightly controlled population.
Now I can keep track of my ex-girl friend all the time, along with my favorite star, or my teenager or aging parents, or even my dog who I left roam the streets.
If one of them dies in a bloody car crash ( or other horrible event that you want kept private) what is to prevent this form being taped and admission being charged?
There are good applications along with evil applications of this technology.
A great discussion of this is David Brin's transparent society.
Just my two cents.
Maglev trains, as neat as they may be, will need to have a new set of tracks built for them. This is a course of a costly endeavor.
As other posters have pointed out a cost-benefit compared to high speed conventional wheel trains is probably not worth.
The cost is not in the new tracks the maglev trains will need but in the cost of acquiring the land. Which will become more expensive as it gets into cities, tunneling under ground is more expensive than buying land on the surface.
Dedicated high-speed train lines in Japan and Europe, are expensive to maintain. American commuter train lines regular share the track with freight trains. usually the freight train companies owner that tracked and charge the commuter trains for the use.
The American government has simply not invested the money needed in track infrastructure, to make trains a success. The problems of the Accela line between Boston and New York, because of lack of track maintenance and sharing of the rail bed with Metro-North.
The Boston to Maine route, it's been slowed because the owners of the track, not Amtrak, say that they're real bad cannot safely handle the increase speed that the engine is capable.
I believe that Americans do not realize that cost of airports and roads are subsidized to tax dollars yet they are resistant to subsidizing trains to reach similar extent. I should try to find a comparison of subsidy dollars received by the airlines and airports receive per passenger mile compared to trains. Remember the billions given to the airlines after 9-11 and they still can't turn a profit.
Considering the number of Americans who suffer from obesity which places them at a higher risk for diabetes this would of been an excellent feature.
I wonder if this product could be adapted to be used in the current generation of hand-helds?
Is a subscribtion based service that will download Most npr shows for a monthly fee. Also it has books in a audible format. I have never used this service, but it will allow you to target a specific show.
Thank you for responding to my question that I posted to ask Slashdot. My background is that of the special education history teacher. I teacher at a boarding school for students who have a learning disability.
I begged my headmaster if I could teach science fiction and he granted this request.
Groking the future has been an excellent resource and a decided to teach my course in examining several different variations of a given theme.
I deliberately chose to read short stories so if a story bombed I could quickly work my way through it and then tackle another story that might engage the students more. We read the stories out loud and when we come to a major point I stopped a class and hold a discussion on the idea. The students will then finish the story for homework with the associated reading comprehension questions that can be answered straight from the text, questions in which the students have to respond to an author's idea,and how the students would like or not to like to live in this type of future.
I first introduced the concept of robots and the Frankenstein style fear that pervades most robot stories. The robot does not follow orders, the robot is more powerful than the human, the robot wants to take over. Stories that used to teach this, I found in the collection entitled Machines that think. I used I have no mouth and I must scream , The Last Question, War with the Robots then I introduced the three laws of robotics with run around and the inevitable conflict. from the I, Robot collection by Isaac Asimov. (soon to be made in a movie star starring Will Smith in 2004 )
I chose this order because if it was done in reverse the concept of the machines have a guiding principle would have been present in the students' minds and the other stories would have lacked the emotional force.
I then touched on the concept of the robot as god like figure or as a replacement with got, with Judas and The Final Question by Isaac Asimov. Since neither of these stories attack organized religion I have avoided controversy.
We then read the Starship Troopers. We did not watch the movie as I commented to the students there is too much sex and graphic violence and there was no way I was going to show that in the classroom. With that endorsement I am sure the students rented it on their own. We then read the short story version of Ender's Game. I did not choose the short story version of the Forever War titled Hero because of the drug use and sex. These two stories are written in response to Starship Troopers idea that the enemy must be totally eliminated. Starship Troopers is actually about communism not fascism.
I hope my theoretical framework makes sense.
So you load up with computers but what do is the school objectives? What are they trying to teach the kids, what age group? How long will the van be there? How will the teachers in the school incoporate the technology into their lesson plans? This will dicated what type of computers you put in.
Skip the generator, they will have electicity, What can found find for mobile broad ban? It is simply not profitable for the cable company to lay miles of cable to serivce one customer.
I know one of my colleges will NEVER get cable TV because of this expense.
What type of rural areas will you be serving, Alaska, and Alamba have very different needs?
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You must articulacy say you are remaining silent. Just being silent is not the same. The cops questioned a murder suspect for 2 hours as he sat silent. The courts ruled that he must SAY he is remaining silent. I am not a lawyer.
The Sir Adam Beck Generating Station for Niagara Falls. The Boston Science Museum, the lightening show is always worth it. Some of the Big Science Museums have reciprocity memberships with others across the country, perhaps joining one will save you $ on the entrance fees. Get some books on CD for your trip. Brief History of Time, and Robert Heinlein, star ship troopers, the moon is a harsh mistress are nice and long. And get her a diamond ring! Any girl friend who is willing to go on a long car trip to see science stuff is wife material!
I teach high school. I run on economics lessons that demonstrates that the types of bill that get passed have the following characteristic. Benefits now cost are later. That benefits are to a few, people but cost are wide spread. The U.S sugar tariff is an example of this. Bill that are unlikely to pass are the reveres. High costs now benefits much later. Radioactive storage, global warming. High tax on a few, small benefits to many. The death tax affects only 0.05% of the population.
Currently the U.S spends the largest amount of it's Gross Domestic Product on health care 15%, then any other country. The next largest spender is Switzerland at 11%. So the U.S. spends 4% on health care then next largest spender. With this additional spending does this mean that the U.S. has a higher life expectancy, then any other country? No. The U.S life expectancy is ranked 50th in the world. The current system does not produce good results. Other systems do, and it is good that the USA is going to change to a better system.
Sex with everyone, drugs, making fun of organized religion sex while on drugs in church. This book will get you fired. Check out if you school library has it first, then if the book title comes up say how will the story is excellent the subjects might offend some high school students and their parents, but it is in the school library. Watch kids run to the library to read a dangerous book. Smile.
Get Grokking the Future for story choices and Get from the Great Courses on Tape, the course on science fiction, which give a nice historical overview. I start with the difference between science fiction and other writing styles. I use short stories because they quickly teach a theme, and if a kid does not like the story, it will be over quickly. I start with Thinking Machines with 3 themes, Robot as God, Robot disobey, Robot kills. with the Story Answer. I then have several short stories about how the robots do he wrong things without human intervention, and there is a discussion of free will vs. Robot control. I introduce the 3 laws and we discuss how the previous stories would change if the 3 laws were built into the machines. We discussu how the 3 laws are impossible to make, or for the Robots to use. Would a 3 laws Robot let your mother remove a splinter from your finger. She might cut you and you might get an infection. We have war and read Starship Troopers. I have the students put the chapters into order and the first chapter is out of order. They read Hero (a short story version of the Forever War) and a short story version of Ender's game. We compare the heroes and what makes a hero. We do social control with Soylant Green, and compare it to A Happy Day in the Year (I don't remember but there is a moderate Sex alert), and Golden Acres and others. We do first contact with the Drake equasion and Fermin's paradox, we read the Road not taken, a game of Meyhen, A TNG star trek first contact story. And we watch to Serve Man. and see 2001, which can be use in the Robot Section. We discuss the social changes of what will happen. If you can show 2001 on school's theater big screen it is AMAZING. Some movie have to be shown on the widest screen possible. Please e-mail me and I will share with you my detailed lesson plans, with more stories, and the questions that go with the stories. Do not read Stranger in a Strange Land. You will get fired. Telling the students this will cause them to read said story.
SPOILER ALERT! Old man's war and the Ghost Brigades do not ask a key point. What does it mean to be human? Considering the concsisious transfere to some rather exotic bodies, what does it mean to be human? THis is conviently avoided with "THe colonial union has no position on this. Please consult the traveling religouus group." And no chartcer questions what it means to be human. There is so much that can be played with but the arthur dose not. Are turtles that live in space really human? Yet I greatly enjoyed these stories. They are excellent military sci-fi. THey are rip roarisg adventures that should be made into a movie. Yet will the audinec buy a group a green soliders? Also a good story is Agent to the Stars, an intresting take on first contact. If I was an alien I would do this to the humans.
The argument that we are unique life forms is that Earth has not encountered a self-repulicating space ship. An advanced civilization would send one out, at the next solar system, it makes 2 copies, and repeats. This is a highly effective and cheap way to explore the universe. And solves the problem of not having a biological entity travel along or go the speed of light problem. But we have not found a von newman machine or an old mine to make a new machine or remains of the machine left behind, to monitor the system.
stopping the salughter in Daufer? What has happened to the idea of "Never "Again? If countries want to say they are moral, with Moral leadership they must act in a moral way. Yes I am talking to you American Republicans, and Isreal. Call your representives and demand of them you want military action to stop the slaughter in Daufer. Ask why no action is being taken, because they are black, and have no oil?
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I have read short stories on my palm I have had for 4 years, with it's low resolution and it is fine. Why should I buy a seperate reader? That will dublicate what I already do. Yes call me an old goat for not buying the latest and greatest tech but better isthe enemry of good enough. Why should I pay a even the same price, the reader and books must be cheaper to gain a wider auidence. There must be a compelling reason for me to switch from tried and true to a new thing. The book reader must be substantily better, unlikly, or offer capablities that paper does not. If only text book manfucatiurs would put out their material at a cheaper price, with the abilty to highlight the text, seach through your copiers of the notes that you make in the comment section, and create outher usefully study features, you could revolution educational publishing, but why corrupt what already makes a profit.
I use this program to successfuly teach history. The students can use this to develope their vocububaly skills and create mind maps of Japenese culture. But no program is a cure all, no method is a cure all, and anyone who tells you that they have the one and only one solution is a liar.
Why spend the $100 bucks on a reader, if the e-books are not going to be discounted? Most people already have an e-book reader it is called your pda. I read my e-books on my handspring Visor. Even though my unit is old I don't find the reading to be a strain. The only book I bought was the cartridge for the star trek books the Domininon war 1-4 and the Q Continuum 1-3. The pda screens are getting much better and the we (the tin-foil hat crowed) carry pda every place. I find myself reading the books during my down time. Waiting in line at the groccery store, in the Dr's office. I get to chose what I want to read as opposed to a selection of magazines. Digital text for text books are so much better then the paper versions. The ability to search for the information, to make notes of nearly unlimited length, are great. Digarams and pictures do suffer. Why this is not a bigger seller on campuses is beyond me.
This happen to my brother and I driving a manual tramission Saab 900 (this was 1986 or 87). When my brother depressed the clutch, the engine red lined and stalled at 95 mph. This was befor cell phones so we did not have the police clear the way. We coasted to the side of the road and determined that the mechanic did not properly reistall the cruise control after doing other mechinal work. (The crusie control was on top of the engine) After about 1/2 an hour the pressure in the engine adjusted it self and we were able to continue driving. This time without the cruise control.
This happen to my brother and I driving a manual tramission Saab 900 (this was 1986 or 87). When my brother depressed the clutch, the engine red lined and stalled at 95 mph. We coasted to the side of the road and determined that the mechanic did not properly reistall the cruise control after doing other mechinal work. (The crusie control was on top of the engine) After about 1/2 an hour the pressure in the engine adjusted it self and we were able to continue driving. This time without the cruise control.
Mr. President, most pilots will do anything to keep their flight status active. What was in your medical history that caused you to lose your flight status?
As a Historian, Japan's major and mid level cities were destroyed. (See fog of war for the quick numbers). This did NOT break the will of the Japanese to fight. The Japanese military and civilians were all too willing to die for their emperior. Not that their deaths would have meant anything military. That is why so few Japanese military and civilians were captured on the island campaigns. It was less then 10% (See the Great courses on Tape World War II History)The Americans thought that they would have to kill all the Japanese. The occupation of Japan resulted in ZERO American deaths from hostile action. (Time Magazine) I belive because the Emperior told them to cooperate. Ah the advantages taking over a tightly controlled population.
Now I can keep track of my ex-girl friend all the time, along with my favorite star, or my teenager or aging parents, or even my dog who I left roam the streets. If one of them dies in a bloody car crash ( or other horrible event that you want kept private) what is to prevent this form being taped and admission being charged? There are good applications along with evil applications of this technology. A great discussion of this is David Brin's transparent society. Just my two cents.
Maglev trains, as neat as they may be, will need to have a new set of tracks built for them. This is a course of a costly endeavor. As other posters have pointed out a cost-benefit compared to high speed conventional wheel trains is probably not worth. The cost is not in the new tracks the maglev trains will need but in the cost of acquiring the land. Which will become more expensive as it gets into cities, tunneling under ground is more expensive than buying land on the surface. Dedicated high-speed train lines in Japan and Europe, are expensive to maintain. American commuter train lines regular share the track with freight trains. usually the freight train companies owner that tracked and charge the commuter trains for the use. The American government has simply not invested the money needed in track infrastructure, to make trains a success. The problems of the Accela line between Boston and New York, because of lack of track maintenance and sharing of the rail bed with Metro-North. The Boston to Maine route, it's been slowed because the owners of the track, not Amtrak, say that they're real bad cannot safely handle the increase speed that the engine is capable. I believe that Americans do not realize that cost of airports and roads are subsidized to tax dollars yet they are resistant to subsidizing trains to reach similar extent. I should try to find a comparison of subsidy dollars received by the airlines and airports receive per passenger mile compared to trains. Remember the billions given to the airlines after 9-11 and they still can't turn a profit.
How about a bristle brush, on the arm. Very low tech, but would a brush scrape the panels too hard and degrade them? It must depend on the material.
Considering the number of Americans who suffer from obesity which places them at a higher risk for diabetes this would of been an excellent feature. I wonder if this product could be adapted to be used in the current generation of hand-helds?
Did you make any? What did they do? If I like it I might buy it.
Is a subscribtion based service that will download Most npr shows for a monthly fee. Also it has books in a audible format. I have never used this service, but it will allow you to target a specific show.
Thank you for responding to my question that I posted to ask Slashdot. My background is that of the special education history teacher. I teacher at a boarding school for students who have a learning disability. I begged my headmaster if I could teach science fiction and he granted this request. Groking the future has been an excellent resource and a decided to teach my course in examining several different variations of a given theme. I deliberately chose to read short stories so if a story bombed I could quickly work my way through it and then tackle another story that might engage the students more. We read the stories out loud and when we come to a major point I stopped a class and hold a discussion on the idea. The students will then finish the story for homework with the associated reading comprehension questions that can be answered straight from the text, questions in which the students have to respond to an author's idea ,and how the students would like or not to like to live in this type of future.
I first introduced the concept of robots and the Frankenstein style fear that pervades most robot stories. The robot does not follow orders, the robot is more powerful than the human, the robot wants to take over. Stories that used to teach this, I found in the collection entitled Machines that think. I used I have no mouth and I must scream , The Last Question, War with the Robots then I introduced the three laws of robotics with run around and the inevitable conflict. from the I, Robot collection by Isaac Asimov. (soon to be made in a movie star starring Will Smith in 2004 )
I chose this order because if it was done in reverse the concept of the machines have a guiding principle would have been present in the students' minds and the other stories would have lacked the emotional force.
I then touched on the concept of the robot as god like figure or as a replacement with got, with Judas and The Final Question by Isaac Asimov. Since neither of these stories attack organized religion I have avoided controversy.
We then read the Starship Troopers. We did not watch the movie as I commented to the students there is too much sex and graphic violence and there was no way I was going to show that in the classroom. With that endorsement I am sure the students rented it on their own. We then read the short story version of Ender's Game. I did not choose the short story version of the Forever War titled Hero because of the drug use and sex. These two stories are written in response to Starship Troopers idea that the enemy must be totally eliminated. Starship Troopers is actually about communism not fascism.
I hope my theoretical framework makes sense.
So you load up with computers but what do is the school objectives? What are they trying to teach the kids, what age group? How long will the van be there? How will the teachers in the school incoporate the technology into their lesson plans? This will dicated what type of computers you put in. Skip the generator, they will have electicity, What can found find for mobile broad ban? It is simply not profitable for the cable company to lay miles of cable to serivce one customer. I know one of my colleges will NEVER get cable TV because of this expense. What type of rural areas will you be serving, Alaska, and Alamba have very different needs?