I'm special and none of my user info was/is being shared. No boxes were checked and all that good stuff. Go me and b00 to all the Microsoft bashing. I'm sure there's a glitch somewhere.
So to argue how something is spelled today is actually very silly.
Actually, it is not silly. I'd currently an English major on my way to being a secondary school English teacher and I see poor spelling, grammar, etc. every day. A person's writing skills can mean as much as their appearance. What if you were applying for a job and happened to spell a word incorrectly? I know if I were an employer your application would be sent to the bottom of the pile. Perhaps English should be taught as a phoenetic languange, but it isn't, and until it is, we need to try to put our best foot forward.
... for introducing you to Asimov at such a young age. I was about the same age when I started reading him. Obsolutely fell in love with hard sci-fi after that.
Yeah, it still works so long as you aren't currently using that drive as a primary master. Try it while you're actually running Windows 2K and see what it does... btw it works under XP Pro too
I've had my Nomad Jukebox for over a year now I tihnk. I had upgraded it to a 30 gig HD a month after I got it. 6 gigs doesn't really hold all that much. *grin* Just last week I put in a new 48 gig HD (30 doesn't hold all that much either). With the latest Creative software and firmware, I'm able to transfer any type of file to and from the Jukebox. If you have older software and firmware, just rename everything to.mp3. Transfers are fairly speedy, not as fast as FireWire with an iPOD, that's a given. I would recommend the Nomad Jukebox to just about anyone wanting a good mp3 player. It can be easily upgraded (tutorials on the Net)and the sound is very good.
Unfortunately you lack to see what I truly meant. Take any educator you'd like ask them which they prefer; a new operating system for them to learn and hassle over or new computers with the same software they've always used. I have dealt with teachers and their technology for the 4 years I was in high school and now in college I still go back home to help the technology coordinator with problems. My school district would more than likely be one of many that could benefit from this settlement. Teachers are willing to use computers in the classroom. My mother is a kindergarten teacher (which is why I used that as an example earlier). Every day, a fifth of her class (6 students a day) go with an aide to use the elementary school's computers. They have programs like Reader Rabbit, Franklin Learns Math, etc. My mother has noticed a difference in the children's education (an inprovement no less) since computers were added to the curriculum. The children are still able to interact with each other because it is only for a short time (roughly 30 minutes) that the children use the computer.
What this boils down to is that Microsoft was large enough, powerful enough, and smart enough to actually gain a monopoly. I see nothing wrong with this. Survival of the fittest and all. Until a better product comes along that is widely accepted, we'll have to live with it.
PS: I don't see why we even have history as a course of study. The past is just that, past.
PPS: I hope I never had kids too. My nieces are my children. It is sad when they tell me that they wish they could stay with me in my cramped apartment than live with their parents. I show all children I meet love and attention. Most people I am very agreeable with. And I certainly have more than enough tact to never tell someone I hope they never have kids. Understand the person (not just his comments) before you pass judgement.
Sorry... I took it as what a former roommate did constantly. Recompile a kernel or 2... reformat a hard drive. I always laughed when one of my programs hiccupped under Win2K (now WinXP Pro) and I never had a problem.
It seems as though you've made my point for me. Windows is easy, so a Kindergarten age child can load a program and learn his/her ABCs.
All I'm for is letting children have a basic knowledge of computers. If they go into a field that involves greater knowledge, more power to them. But until they make that decision, let them use computers with an OS their parents are likely to have on their home computer and entry-level positions are likely to have on workstations.
I'm one of the "Windows-centric" people you describe, yet I do not need my hand held to do basic functions on one of my roommates Macs.
The reason I think software suites need to work like a Microsoft product is because those Microsoft products are in the workplace. Granted, most people might not have a problem converting from Linux to Windows, but what for the handful (perhaps larger) that can't. Do we just toss them off to do something else like? Not their fault they came from the shallow end of the gene pool.
I have no qualms with Microsoft or RedHat (or any Linux distributor for that matter), but putting Linux on 1 millions machines is not going to help the children. Windows-based products will still be on the majority of computers in businesses when these kids get out of school. Knowing Linux, but not knowing Microsoft products isn't going to help them one bit. Granted, I've never used Linux (Windows works just fine for my games, FTP server, etc. Don't screw with settings and you're fine. It is when you start tinkering with the settings and forget what originally was there is when you have problems. Why people can't understand this, I'll never know.). I doubt that any software suites for Linux are 100% like Microsoft's products. What we need for the schools is a universal system (and one where the kernel doesn't need recompiled daily.) that can be easily used.
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I'm special and none of my user info was/is being shared. No boxes were checked and all that good stuff. Go me and b00 to all the Microsoft bashing. I'm sure there's a glitch somewhere.
So to argue how something is spelled today is actually very silly. Actually, it is not silly. I'd currently an English major on my way to being a secondary school English teacher and I see poor spelling, grammar, etc. every day. A person's writing skills can mean as much as their appearance. What if you were applying for a job and happened to spell a word incorrectly? I know if I were an employer your application would be sent to the bottom of the pile. Perhaps English should be taught as a phoenetic languange, but it isn't, and until it is, we need to try to put our best foot forward.
... for introducing you to Asimov at such a young age. I was about the same age when I started reading him. Obsolutely fell in love with hard sci-fi after that.
Yeah, it still works so long as you aren't currently using that drive as a primary master. Try it while you're actually running Windows 2K and see what it does... btw it works under XP Pro too
I've had my Nomad Jukebox for over a year now I tihnk. I had upgraded it to a 30 gig HD a month after I got it. 6 gigs doesn't really hold all that much. *grin* Just last week I put in a new 48 gig HD (30 doesn't hold all that much either). With the latest Creative software and firmware, I'm able to transfer any type of file to and from the Jukebox. If you have older software and firmware, just rename everything to .mp3. Transfers are fairly speedy, not as fast as FireWire with an iPOD, that's a given. I would recommend the Nomad Jukebox to just about anyone wanting a good mp3 player. It can be easily upgraded (tutorials on the Net)and the sound is very good.
Unfortunately you lack to see what I truly meant. Take any educator you'd like ask them which they prefer; a new operating system for them to learn and hassle over or new computers with the same software they've always used. I have dealt with teachers and their technology for the 4 years I was in high school and now in college I still go back home to help the technology coordinator with problems. My school district would more than likely be one of many that could benefit from this settlement. Teachers are willing to use computers in the classroom. My mother is a kindergarten teacher (which is why I used that as an example earlier). Every day, a fifth of her class (6 students a day) go with an aide to use the elementary school's computers. They have programs like Reader Rabbit, Franklin Learns Math, etc. My mother has noticed a difference in the children's education (an inprovement no less) since computers were added to the curriculum. The children are still able to interact with each other because it is only for a short time (roughly 30 minutes) that the children use the computer. What this boils down to is that Microsoft was large enough, powerful enough, and smart enough to actually gain a monopoly. I see nothing wrong with this. Survival of the fittest and all. Until a better product comes along that is widely accepted, we'll have to live with it. PS: I don't see why we even have history as a course of study. The past is just that, past. PPS: I hope I never had kids too. My nieces are my children. It is sad when they tell me that they wish they could stay with me in my cramped apartment than live with their parents. I show all children I meet love and attention. Most people I am very agreeable with. And I certainly have more than enough tact to never tell someone I hope they never have kids. Understand the person (not just his comments) before you pass judgement.
Sorry... I took it as what a former roommate did constantly. Recompile a kernel or 2... reformat a hard drive. I always laughed when one of my programs hiccupped under Win2K (now WinXP Pro) and I never had a problem.
It seems as though you've made my point for me. Windows is easy, so a Kindergarten age child can load a program and learn his/her ABCs. All I'm for is letting children have a basic knowledge of computers. If they go into a field that involves greater knowledge, more power to them. But until they make that decision, let them use computers with an OS their parents are likely to have on their home computer and entry-level positions are likely to have on workstations.
I'm one of the "Windows-centric" people you describe, yet I do not need my hand held to do basic functions on one of my roommates Macs. The reason I think software suites need to work like a Microsoft product is because those Microsoft products are in the workplace. Granted, most people might not have a problem converting from Linux to Windows, but what for the handful (perhaps larger) that can't. Do we just toss them off to do something else like? Not their fault they came from the shallow end of the gene pool.
I have no qualms with Microsoft or RedHat (or any Linux distributor for that matter), but putting Linux on 1 millions machines is not going to help the children. Windows-based products will still be on the majority of computers in businesses when these kids get out of school. Knowing Linux, but not knowing Microsoft products isn't going to help them one bit. Granted, I've never used Linux (Windows works just fine for my games, FTP server, etc. Don't screw with settings and you're fine. It is when you start tinkering with the settings and forget what originally was there is when you have problems. Why people can't understand this, I'll never know.). I doubt that any software suites for Linux are 100% like Microsoft's products. What we need for the schools is a universal system (and one where the kernel doesn't need recompiled daily.) that can be easily used.