You should probably read Gatto's work, it's a good starting point on what is horribly wrong with our schools in this regard.
That said: I remember science labs quite vividly. They rarely asked you to question anything, and mostly involved following a set of instructions with little room for variation or asking "what if." So today we measure the speed of a bb, rather than asking "how might we do that?" and then investigating, most HS labs I've seen say "we do that by..." with a checklist.
One thing with the gravity comparison though, is that gravity *is* tested in school. Frequently and empirically. Things of different masses are dropped, times are measured, and constants are calculated. Critical thinking and scientific approach can (sadly not necessary *are*, but they could) be taught using gravity as a backdrop. This is a somewhat different matter from evolution.
Not saying that I do not support said theory, but let's be up front about the difference here.
Seriously. Talking about their stock price right now is an extremely dishonest way to look at it, and saying they are "ratcheting downward" seems to be totally ignoring the size of the rate.
They've lost... 1.9 points from their marketshare in the last 10 months (oh, the horrors!) and are down *only* 44% from their 52-week high. SPY is down 41% from their 52-week high. FCX (to pick a random stock) is down 82% from their 52 week high. Citigroup is down 77% and Apple is down 48%.
Given the rest of the market, MSFT is doing just fine right now.
Anyways, try switching to a toothpaste that doesn't contain sodium lauryl sulfate and take a multivitamin. Cleared things up (for the most part) for me.
If you hack the operating system and then try and install an update, what do you think is going to happen? The OS is going to bow down and praise you and all of your hacks will continue to functional normally?
That is not Apple's "kill switch," nor is it actually indicative of Apple's behavior in any way. They didn't even need to deliberately do *anything* for that result to happen.
Most businesses I've seen have had easily guessable passwords, used open relays, or WEP encryption. Many don't change their keys even after firing someone. Saying that this is a "death knell" is serious hyperbole since, for many companies, convenience trumps hardened security.
That said, the biggest risk is still always going to be insiders and former insiders who won't need to crack into the wireless network: they will already know how to get access.
I hate graphics programming, the answer is clearly the former.
More seriously: I would prefer that people be taught how to think about programming. 3D graphics are nifty, but I see questions such as "how can I build something to parse equations?" all of the time on forums.
TS isn't about processing order, it is about access. They already have TS compartments that require polygraphs, lifestyle checks, etc. If they wanted an additional level of security, they'd just add a new compartment rather than try and create something "above" TS.
Apple has not denied the accusations. Its spokesman, Bill Evans, told Macworld the company had not found any evidence to support the claim but Apple would continue to investigate
Would the author of the summary prefer if Apple denied the allegations without investigating the matter?
Your conclusions--and your information--are flawed. Others have addressed your conclusions (the reference to His Majesty the King being particularly egregiously wrong), but let me address your information.
I am in Thailand now, in Bangkok. This is largely second hand information still, since I am not involved in the protests, but comes from talking with Thai people and reading Thai newspapers. The protests have been ugly, but so far only one of them have turned violent. That one was what lead the current PM to declare a state of emergency in the hopes that the military would use the "no groups greater than five" rule to disperse the protestors from the PAD. The Law Society of Thailand has put forth that said incident was orchestrated by the PM in order to provide such an excuse.
One person died in that conflict. When asked about it, the PM evidently quipped "whose side was he on." The accusations against him largely involve corruption and fixing elections.
The violence is not widespread, and many have been critical of the PM for declaring a state of emergency (read as: martial law) over an isolated incident that could be handled by the police. The Major General in charge, to his credit, has not dispersed the protestors (as of this writing, anyways) and has dismissed the idea of a coup, saying instead that this needs to be solved via negotiation.
The government has approved an up-or-down referendum that will pose a vote-of-no-confidence that Thai Citizens can participate in. Given the unrest I've seen with the current government, it seems likely that they will be voted out.
None of this has to do with "pro-monarchy factions" or any such nonsense. This is Thailand we are talking about: just about the entire country wears yellow every Monday to honor His Majesty.
Keywords: Modern evolutionary theory, aka Modern Evolutionary Synthesis, aka "The Theory of Evolution in its modern form." Quoting wikipedia: " The synthesis is still, to a large extent, the current paradigm in evolutionary biology." It goes on to say that "The first step towards the synthesis was the development of population genetics."
Modern evolutionary theory cannot be separated from modern genetics. Separating them may be "teaching them the theory of evolution" in the loosest possible sense, but it is not teaching the science behind evolution. That may be valuable, but don't confuse it with the actual theories of evolution beyond that it describes in the loosest possible terms (did you explain the difference between phenotype and genotype?) important phenomena that are relevant in the discussion.
As to Lamarkian theories, had you bothered to actually read what I wrote you would know that I listed it as "other theories of evolution." Discredited, yes, but it was a precursor theory (history is important here and it is important to know both that it was discredited and why it was discredited). Oh, let's also not fail to mention that it is still important given that some argue that we see it in certain microorganisms.
Given how little we understand about genetics to start with... Even covering what we DO know: just getting into issues such as TATA boxes, etc and then getting into all of Modern Evolutionary Theory is far from trivial for most adults to understand, let alone children.
Recessive genes and random mutation? What about punctuated equilibrium, other theories of evolution (e.g., lamarkian), etc?
It's great that you can explain a simplified model of evolution to your child, but please do not confuse the simplified model with all that goes into modern evolutionary theory.
I'd probably also point out Shinto as well. Shinto was the state religion of Japan and the "divine right of the ruler" was used as a mechanism of state control back in World War II. That doesn't mean it's adherents today advocate a return to the Pre WWII government with all that such entails, or that the actions taken under such a mantle would be condoned by modern shinto practitioners today.
Because, of course, the best response to people who hold religious views you disagree with is to brutally murder them. Do you realize how hard it is *not* to have Godwin's Law invoked in this conversation?
Oh, and I think you don't understand Tibetan Buddhism nearly as well as you evidently think you do.
Your comments betray that you don't know much about go ranking systems. Professional ranks are honorific and not based directly on skill. There are several amateur players that are stronger than "shodan" level professionals, and several "shodan" level pros that are stronger than some 9 dan professionals.
For amateurs they are also are not linear. The distance between 5 dan and 6 dan (amateur) is orders of magnitude greater than the distance between 10 kyu and 1 or 2 dan.
...and as a result we may see NetShare show up in appstores outside of the US in those areas where the contract supports it. Or they may just decide that it isn't worth the additional infrastructure and risk to set up contract-dependent appstores, my guess is that it wasn't something they thought about beforehand.
The fundamental message is the same though: Yes, if your app is in violation of their contract with the single largest network for iPhones in the world, you can expect your app to be removed. Given that the contracts with the others are probably not all that different overall, they will probably just build such things into their contract with the developers and leave it at that and it was probably an oversight that this particular clause wasn't in there in the first place.
That would be a consequence of Apple's contract with AT&T, and yes, if your application is in violation of Apple's contract with AT&T you can expect it to be removed. Of course, if its in violation of the service agreement, that would go for *any* service provider and *any* phone, though you may run a lower risk of getting caught with some than with others.
Believe it or not, Apple is not going to go around and randomly ban apps "just cause we can."
What percentage of all cell phone users will buy from an appstore? How much revenue will they generate for you? Do the various platforms that they are building for support what you want your app to do? How much effort is designed to target these various platforms vs. targeting the iPhone? These are more important questions that "what percentage of the global cell phone market is comprised of iPhones."
So let's say you want a simplistic app that reports on some basic data and can be ported to just about any phone. Great! Your app actually can be built on several different platforms (good luck building some of what is available on the AppStore for anything but the iPhone and perhaps Android). So, where will people actually buy your app? How much will they be willing to pay for your app? What are the costs associated with porting and distributing on the various platforms? How easy will it be to port? Do you have the hardware to test it on these platforms?
With the iPhone it simplifies all of this for the developer. There are only three possible platforms, they all run the same operating system and--outside of GPS--have similar capability. The appstore is centralized between them and iPhone users have already indicated a willingness to pay for apps through that store.
Not to say that you shouldn't port to other platforms, but the questions involved in such are much more in depth than the nearly irrelevant issue of marketshare.
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No, that would be *bipolar disorder* which is not the same thing as *clinical depression.*
Major depressive disorder (clinical depression) can also be triggered by a grief incident.
You should probably read Gatto's work, it's a good starting point on what is horribly wrong with our schools in this regard.
That said: I remember science labs quite vividly. They rarely asked you to question anything, and mostly involved following a set of instructions with little room for variation or asking "what if." So today we measure the speed of a bb, rather than asking "how might we do that?" and then investigating, most HS labs I've seen say "we do that by..." with a checklist.
One thing with the gravity comparison though, is that gravity *is* tested in school. Frequently and empirically. Things of different masses are dropped, times are measured, and constants are calculated. Critical thinking and scientific approach can (sadly not necessary *are*, but they could) be taught using gravity as a backdrop. This is a somewhat different matter from evolution.
Not saying that I do not support said theory, but let's be up front about the difference here.
Number abuse! 2 minute minor!
Seriously. Talking about their stock price right now is an extremely dishonest way to look at it, and saying they are "ratcheting downward" seems to be totally ignoring the size of the rate.
They've lost... 1.9 points from their marketshare in the last 10 months (oh, the horrors!) and are down *only* 44% from their 52-week high. SPY is down 41% from their 52-week high. FCX (to pick a random stock) is down 82% from their 52 week high. Citigroup is down 77% and Apple is down 48%.
Given the rest of the market, MSFT is doing just fine right now.
Sigh, way too early in the morning, meant HSV.
Anyways, try switching to a toothpaste that doesn't contain sodium lauryl sulfate and take a multivitamin. Cleared things up (for the most part) for me.
Thankfully not caused by Hep.
If you hack the operating system and then try and install an update, what do you think is going to happen? The OS is going to bow down and praise you and all of your hacks will continue to functional normally?
That is not Apple's "kill switch," nor is it actually indicative of Apple's behavior in any way. They didn't even need to deliberately do *anything* for that result to happen.
You know, I'm a senior engineer for a company that does windows development and I wouldn't claim to know it "inside and out."
Most businesses I've seen have had easily guessable passwords, used open relays, or WEP encryption. Many don't change their keys even after firing someone. Saying that this is a "death knell" is serious hyperbole since, for many companies, convenience trumps hardened security.
That said, the biggest risk is still always going to be insiders and former insiders who won't need to crack into the wireless network: they will already know how to get access.
I hate graphics programming, the answer is clearly the former.
More seriously: I would prefer that people be taught how to think about programming. 3D graphics are nifty, but I see questions such as "how can I build something to parse equations?" all of the time on forums.
You forgot the much anticipated anti-gravity feature.
That's what compartmentalization is for.
TS isn't about processing order, it is about access. They already have TS compartments that require polygraphs, lifestyle checks, etc. If they wanted an additional level of security, they'd just add a new compartment rather than try and create something "above" TS.
Would the author of the summary prefer if Apple denied the allegations without investigating the matter?
Melodramatic much?
We were "lead to believe" by *who*?
I have no memory of Apple saying that we would have an SDK with lifted NDA by WWDC or July 11th. Can you cite any example to the contrary?
Your conclusions--and your information--are flawed. Others have addressed your conclusions (the reference to His Majesty the King being particularly egregiously wrong), but let me address your information.
I am in Thailand now, in Bangkok. This is largely second hand information still, since I am not involved in the protests, but comes from talking with Thai people and reading Thai newspapers. The protests have been ugly, but so far only one of them have turned violent. That one was what lead the current PM to declare a state of emergency in the hopes that the military would use the "no groups greater than five" rule to disperse the protestors from the PAD. The Law Society of Thailand has put forth that said incident was orchestrated by the PM in order to provide such an excuse.
One person died in that conflict. When asked about it, the PM evidently quipped "whose side was he on." The accusations against him largely involve corruption and fixing elections.
The violence is not widespread, and many have been critical of the PM for declaring a state of emergency (read as: martial law) over an isolated incident that could be handled by the police. The Major General in charge, to his credit, has not dispersed the protestors (as of this writing, anyways) and has dismissed the idea of a coup, saying instead that this needs to be solved via negotiation.
The government has approved an up-or-down referendum that will pose a vote-of-no-confidence that Thai Citizens can participate in. Given the unrest I've seen with the current government, it seems likely that they will be voted out.
None of this has to do with "pro-monarchy factions" or any such nonsense. This is Thailand we are talking about: just about the entire country wears yellow every Monday to honor His Majesty.
Keywords: Modern evolutionary theory, aka Modern Evolutionary Synthesis, aka "The Theory of Evolution in its modern form." Quoting wikipedia: " The synthesis is still, to a large extent, the current paradigm in evolutionary biology." It goes on to say that "The first step towards the synthesis was the development of population genetics."
Modern evolutionary theory cannot be separated from modern genetics. Separating them may be "teaching them the theory of evolution" in the loosest possible sense, but it is not teaching the science behind evolution. That may be valuable, but don't confuse it with the actual theories of evolution beyond that it describes in the loosest possible terms (did you explain the difference between phenotype and genotype?) important phenomena that are relevant in the discussion.
As to Lamarkian theories, had you bothered to actually read what I wrote you would know that I listed it as "other theories of evolution." Discredited, yes, but it was a precursor theory (history is important here and it is important to know both that it was discredited and why it was discredited). Oh, let's also not fail to mention that it is still important given that some argue that we see it in certain microorganisms.
Given how little we understand about genetics to start with... Even covering what we DO know: just getting into issues such as TATA boxes, etc and then getting into all of Modern Evolutionary Theory is far from trivial for most adults to understand, let alone children.
Recessive genes and random mutation? What about punctuated equilibrium, other theories of evolution (e.g., lamarkian), etc?
It's great that you can explain a simplified model of evolution to your child, but please do not confuse the simplified model with all that goes into modern evolutionary theory.
14 days for all of that? Where the heck are you working?
Most places give between 6 and 8 of those days off, unless you work for the government.
I'd probably also point out Shinto as well. Shinto was the state religion of Japan and the "divine right of the ruler" was used as a mechanism of state control back in World War II. That doesn't mean it's adherents today advocate a return to the Pre WWII government with all that such entails, or that the actions taken under such a mantle would be condoned by modern shinto practitioners today.
Because, of course, the best response to people who hold religious views you disagree with is to brutally murder them. Do you realize how hard it is *not* to have Godwin's Law invoked in this conversation?
Oh, and I think you don't understand Tibetan Buddhism nearly as well as you evidently think you do.
Your comments betray that you don't know much about go ranking systems. Professional ranks are honorific and not based directly on skill. There are several amateur players that are stronger than "shodan" level professionals, and several "shodan" level pros that are stronger than some 9 dan professionals.
For amateurs they are also are not linear. The distance between 5 dan and 6 dan (amateur) is orders of magnitude greater than the distance between 10 kyu and 1 or 2 dan.
...and as a result we may see NetShare show up in appstores outside of the US in those areas where the contract supports it. Or they may just decide that it isn't worth the additional infrastructure and risk to set up contract-dependent appstores, my guess is that it wasn't something they thought about beforehand.
The fundamental message is the same though: Yes, if your app is in violation of their contract with the single largest network for iPhones in the world, you can expect your app to be removed. Given that the contracts with the others are probably not all that different overall, they will probably just build such things into their contract with the developers and leave it at that and it was probably an oversight that this particular clause wasn't in there in the first place.
That would be a consequence of Apple's contract with AT&T, and yes, if your application is in violation of Apple's contract with AT&T you can expect it to be removed. Of course, if its in violation of the service agreement, that would go for *any* service provider and *any* phone, though you may run a lower risk of getting caught with some than with others.
Believe it or not, Apple is not going to go around and randomly ban apps "just cause we can."
What percentage of all cell phone users will buy from an appstore? How much revenue will they generate for you? Do the various platforms that they are building for support what you want your app to do? How much effort is designed to target these various platforms vs. targeting the iPhone? These are more important questions that "what percentage of the global cell phone market is comprised of iPhones."
So let's say you want a simplistic app that reports on some basic data and can be ported to just about any phone. Great! Your app actually can be built on several different platforms (good luck building some of what is available on the AppStore for anything but the iPhone and perhaps Android). So, where will people actually buy your app? How much will they be willing to pay for your app? What are the costs associated with porting and distributing on the various platforms? How easy will it be to port? Do you have the hardware to test it on these platforms?
With the iPhone it simplifies all of this for the developer. There are only three possible platforms, they all run the same operating system and--outside of GPS--have similar capability. The appstore is centralized between them and iPhone users have already indicated a willingness to pay for apps through that store.
Not to say that you shouldn't port to other platforms, but the questions involved in such are much more in depth than the nearly irrelevant issue of marketshare.