It doesn't really matter that it was "technically" the party's SuperPAC that did it; they did it on his behalf and he should be held responsible.
If you look at what he said, it sounds like he's being very reasonable about it and distancing himself from the attack.
From TFA: Martin said he has no plans to make an issue out of Lachowicz's alter-ego and explained that the parties frequently operate without consulting candidates in local Maine races. "From the first time I was elected, I didn't like the mudslinging," said Martin, who owns Nitram Excavation Services. "Somebody's personal life is their personal life. What you do in society and in the community is what matters. I've seen three or four attack ads against me from the Democratic Party. We have no control over that, which is unfortunate."
The answer to this is an obvious YES. For MOOCs like Udacity or even Codecademy, the lessons are free. That's really all that's needed to make it different, but there's more to it than that. Students can communicate with each other and get feedback much more easily and quickly than with 1920's correspondence courses too.
And watch as giant corporations like Google "re-invent" all the things the smaller companies had previously patented because they can afford the lawyers to work night and day to capture everything that had previously invented.
I guess I was a little too brief. I should have said "Invalidate all existing patents and start over again, considering only new ideas, all previous patents being prior art."
SECRET SOURCES OF MONEY that need not be revealed. Does that really feel like something that should be part of your country? democrat, republican, anyone?
They also have secret sources of votes that need not be revealed. Why should my donations to candidates be made a public record when my vote is not? What's to stop a prospective employee from pulling my donation records up when they are going through the hiring process and saying "Oh, he donated to a Democrat/Republican/Libertarian/Green Party candidate, we don't want to hire one of those people."
Congress shut down Obama's attempts to close Gitmo and forbade him from using any federal funds to do just about anything with it. While I wish he'd tried harder, he did attempt it. I'd be more concerned about the continued NSA wiretapping.
The President is not a dictator. People tend to radically overestimate how much the President can really do.
He could sit on his hands and not approve any legislation until it was shut down. Perhaps he would get overridden from time to time, but it would send a clear message.
Maybe some people do this, but very few people I know could afford to. I have a nice benefit at work where I can get a new computer once every 3 years, and they will pay for it, then deduct the cost out of my salary over the course of a year. Since I know I'll have that computer for at least 3 years, I always get the max RAM & HD for my computer along with the best video card I can get. I usually alternate between an iMac and a MacBook Pro laptop computer and give away the older computer to a family member when I get a new one of the same kind (desktop/laptop).
Apple Computers tend to have a long shelf life and retain their value better than most PCs. My family's gotten over 7 years of use out of an old PowerBook I bought when I first took advantage of the offer at work. I've given away some other computers to family members or friends' kids too. What might not be useful for you anymore may be a big upgrade for someone else.
Because Mountain Lion isn't THAT much of an upgrade over Lion, and whatever comes after (HouseCat?) will probably be more IOS-like--i.e., sucky on a laptop.
Isn't moodle more for teacher-student communication, e-learning, etc?
It can be used in that way, but it can also be used as a grade book if you want. The nice thing about Moodle is that it allows that level of flexibility. Just ignore the things you don't want. We have several instructors at my institution that use Moodle only for the grade book, since they are now required to keep grade in an electronic format.
FWIW, a few months back, blackboard purchased moodlerooms, which (I believe) manages the open source moodle project.
Moodlerooms is a Moodle hosting service, completely independent of the actual Moodle project. Regardless of what happens to Moodlerooms, Moodle will continue in develpment. Remote Learner is another Moodle hosting service, which I imagine would stand to pick up quite a bit of business if Moodlerooms tried to foist Blackboard on its customers.
It may be overkill for what you need, but Moodle is open source & has a grade book. You can run it on a USB stick if you don't need to have it available over a network, and you can enroll your students with a simple plain text file.
Tool and die. I can understand not knowing how to spell it, bit quoting Henry Ford and not realizing that die work and tooling are technical jobs is abhorrent.
Yeah, I had a few Scotches in me last night. My fingers were working faster than my brain.
The problem with No Worker Left behind is it tried to wedge non-techinically inclined stampers and tool & dye operators into technical classes because "there's jobs in computers." The day after my one of my Winter courses finished, one of my less than stellar students started a job as a welder. He told me he was just waiting for a job to come along, he had no intention in going into programming. I have another one just like that this semester.
"Thinking is hard work, which is why so few people do it." - Henry Ford
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i can think of at least 1 scenario where 1+1=10
Yes, but that's still 2.
It doesn't really matter that it was "technically" the party's SuperPAC that did it; they did it on his behalf and he should be held responsible.
If you look at what he said, it sounds like he's being very reasonable about it and distancing himself from the attack.
From TFA: Martin said he has no plans to make an issue out of Lachowicz's alter-ego and explained that the parties frequently operate without consulting candidates in local Maine races. "From the first time I was elected, I didn't like the mudslinging," said Martin, who owns Nitram Excavation Services. "Somebody's personal life is their personal life. What you do in society and in the community is what matters. I've seen three or four attack ads against me from the Democratic Party. We have no control over that, which is unfortunate."
I'm pro-earthquake, and I vote!
The answer to this is an obvious YES. For MOOCs like Udacity or even Codecademy, the lessons are free. That's really all that's needed to make it different, but there's more to it than that. Students can communicate with each other and get feedback much more easily and quickly than with 1920's correspondence courses too.
I have a better chance of being the first man on Mars than Mitt Romney has of winning the presidency, so it doesn't really matter what his policy is.
And watch as giant corporations like Google "re-invent" all the things the smaller companies had previously patented because they can afford the lawyers to work night and day to capture everything that had previously invented.
I guess I was a little too brief. I should have said "Invalidate all existing patents and start over again, considering only new ideas, all previous patents being prior art."
Invalidate all existing patents and start over. This is just getting ridiculous.
Tell somebody you want $30 to upgrade them from 10.7 to 10.8 and you wouldn't have much success.
Not to be pedantic, but the OS 10.8 update is $19.99, and covers every computer in your household.
It was a Civilization reference...
SECRET SOURCES OF MONEY that need not be revealed. Does that really feel like something that should be part of your country? democrat, republican, anyone?
They also have secret sources of votes that need not be revealed. Why should my donations to candidates be made a public record when my vote is not? What's to stop a prospective employee from pulling my donation records up when they are going through the hiring process and saying "Oh, he donated to a Democrat/Republican/Libertarian/Green Party candidate, we don't want to hire one of those people."
Once everyone ends on this list, it becomes meaningless.
That sounds like a good idea, but there's always selective enforcement.
But I have a tendency to put stuff in a cart and not buy it right away.
I wonder if that works in my favor?
No, if the price changes (up or down), they update it in the cart as well. But they do give you a notification of the price change.
Congress shut down Obama's attempts to close Gitmo and forbade him from using any federal funds to do just about anything with it. While I wish he'd tried harder, he did attempt it. I'd be more concerned about the continued NSA wiretapping.
The President is not a dictator. People tend to radically overestimate how much the President can really do.
He could sit on his hands and not approve any legislation until it was shut down. Perhaps he would get overridden from time to time, but it would send a clear message.
Let me be the first to say "indubitably!"
Is this computer they buy for you actually yours or is it just the one you use at work?
The computer is mine to keep for personal use, although I do use it when I teach part-time.
Maybe some people do this, but very few people I know could afford to. I have a nice benefit at work where I can get a new computer once every 3 years, and they will pay for it, then deduct the cost out of my salary over the course of a year. Since I know I'll have that computer for at least 3 years, I always get the max RAM & HD for my computer along with the best video card I can get. I usually alternate between an iMac and a MacBook Pro laptop computer and give away the older computer to a family member when I get a new one of the same kind (desktop/laptop).
Apple Computers tend to have a long shelf life and retain their value better than most PCs. My family's gotten over 7 years of use out of an old PowerBook I bought when I first took advantage of the offer at work. I've given away some other computers to family members or friends' kids too. What might not be useful for you anymore may be a big upgrade for someone else.
Because Mountain Lion isn't THAT much of an upgrade over Lion, and whatever comes after (HouseCat?) will probably be more IOS-like--i.e., sucky on a laptop.
I don't see Liger anywhere on that comic.
+1 to straight talk. The only issue I had was I have a locked iPhone, so I had to jump through a couple of hoops to get data & MMS working.
It was.
It was posted by an AC, and by default most people browse at 2, so it was easy to overlook. I didn't see it when I posted my response earlier either.
Isn't moodle more for teacher-student communication, e-learning, etc?
It can be used in that way, but it can also be used as a grade book if you want. The nice thing about Moodle is that it allows that level of flexibility. Just ignore the things you don't want. We have several instructors at my institution that use Moodle only for the grade book, since they are now required to keep grade in an electronic format.
FWIW, a few months back, blackboard purchased moodlerooms, which (I believe) manages the open source moodle project.
Moodlerooms is a Moodle hosting service, completely independent of the actual Moodle project. Regardless of what happens to Moodlerooms, Moodle will continue in develpment. Remote Learner is another Moodle hosting service, which I imagine would stand to pick up quite a bit of business if Moodlerooms tried to foist Blackboard on its customers.
It may be overkill for what you need, but Moodle is open source & has a grade book. You can run it on a USB stick if you don't need to have it available over a network, and you can enroll your students with a simple plain text file.
Tool and die. I can understand not knowing how to spell it, bit quoting Henry Ford and not realizing that die work and tooling are technical jobs is abhorrent.
Yeah, I had a few Scotches in me last night. My fingers were working faster than my brain.
"Thinking is hard work, which is why so few people do it." - Henry Ford