How about linking the children via Sound and Video so that they can see and hear each other (even if they can't understand each other).
While I won't be flame bait by suggesting cultural exchange, I do not see anything wrong with sharing *safe* personal information... "What's your dog's name?"
Next, utilize Landsat, or it's descendant, to allow the children to see where the other children live. No, not your address, just a geographical image showing the differing terrains.
Finally, have them do a small project where they compare the weather in different areas for the past week ("Really?! it was raining all week here!!")
Then you could use other satellite imaging to show the children how a tropical storm in one part of the world can cause it to rain in an apparently unrelated local, or how a volcanic eruption in Asia can make the winter a little colder in Canada.
The goal of such exorcises would be to give the children an idea as to just how big the world really is while at the same time, showing them that "it's a small world after all..."
Except..... are designed to live on after the kids go home...
The Turing Test does not strike me something you would run all year round..
a technological/learning/experimental bent
While the scientists observing this experiment would learn plenty, the kids would just be playing, and probably not glean very much eductaional value out of it
If Microsoft does not charge you to beta test.. why did they insist that I pay to beta test Windows XP? (as if anyone in their right mind would PAY to TEST yet another MS OS)
1) How can it be valid to claim that a network (such a Kazaa) has no central server, when in fact, to use the service, you first have to connect to a Central server to get an account, and then have to connect to that same server to 'logon' to the network?
2) How can one really ensure that the music being shared is allowed to be shared?
Check the file header? (Like that couldn't be cracked in under an hour)
Use a huge database to store filenames and checksums of shareable files?
What if a user changes the encoding of a file. Can they still share it? (as it no longer resembles to 'allowable' file)
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The company I was last contracted to found that it could not pay it's employees.
The difference here is that they didn't tell anyone until payday, at which point they gave everyone pink slips instead of checks..
Funny thing is that they tried to re-hire several of these people only to find that no one will return their calls.
Link to above mentioned robot: http://mindstorms.lego.com/products/vc/user4.asp
How about linking the children via Sound and Video so that they can see and hear each other (even if they can't understand each other).
While I won't be flame bait by suggesting cultural exchange, I do not see anything wrong with sharing *safe* personal information... "What's your dog's name?"
Next, utilize Landsat, or it's descendant, to allow the children to see where the other children live. No, not your address, just a geographical image showing the differing terrains.
Finally, have them do a small project where they compare the weather in different areas for the past week ("Really?! it was raining all week here!!")
Then you could use other satellite imaging to show the children how a tropical storm in one part of the world can cause it to rain in an apparently unrelated local, or how a volcanic eruption in Asia can make the winter a little colder in Canada.
The goal of such exorcises would be to give the children an idea as to just how big the world really is while at the same time, showing them that "it's a small world after all..."
Now that's good!!
... are designed to live on after the kids go home ...
Except..
The Turing Test does not strike me something you would run all year round..
a technological/learning/experimental bent
While the scientists observing this experiment would learn plenty, the kids would just be playing, and probably not glean very much eductaional value out of it
(from www.dictionary.com)
professional (pr-fsh-nl)
1) A person following a profession, especially a learned profession.
2) One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation: hired a professional to decorate the house.
3) A skilled practitioner; an expert.
Personally, I expect most Open Source Developers would tend to choose number 3
I am selling my house. I ask you, my neighbour, "What color shall I paint my house?" and you reply, "It would look very nice if it where blue..
So I paint the house blue, and the very next day I sell my house for $250,000 (USD)
Do I owe you a cut for suggesting I painted it blue?
If Microsoft does not charge you to beta test.. why did they insist that I pay to beta test Windows XP? (as if anyone in their right mind would PAY to TEST yet another MS OS)
1) How can it be valid to claim that a network (such a Kazaa) has no central server, when in fact, to use the service, you first have to connect to a Central server to get an account, and then have to connect to that same server to 'logon' to the network?
2) How can one really ensure that the music being shared is allowed to be shared?
Check the file header? (Like that couldn't be cracked in under an hour)
Use a huge database to store filenames and checksums of shareable files?
What if a user changes the encoding of a file. Can they still share it? (as it no longer resembles to 'allowable' file)