I love all the comments about 25.3 hours on standardized testing is no big deal. Y'all clearly failed reading comprehension or are letting your political biases blind you. The article clearly says those 25.3 hours are spent TAKING the 112 tests. Here's the relevant paragraph...
The heaviest testing load falls on the nation’s eighth-graders, who spend an average of 25.3 hours during the school year taking standardized tests, uniform exams required of all students in a particular grade or course of study. Testing affects even the youngest students, with the average pre-K class giving 4.1 standardized tests, the report found.
Those of us in or related to education know what a total clusterf*ck NCLB made of public education in America. If we don't restore our public education system, it will collapse and horrific for-profit companies will completely control education in this country and only the wealthiest will get decent educations.
So, if Gartner's projection was roughly right, and PC Gaming & Console Gaming's worldwide revenues are about $25 billion each, who is grabbing the remaining $61 billion? Well, according to Digital-Capital, a game investment bank, the future is mobile gaming.
Us techies always think it's about power or performance, but mobility is a transformative feature. Many people prioritize it over nearly every customer experience feature we can offer in products today. It's largely why Apple came to dominate smartphones. They offered the world's most mobile handheld computer first.
If I were Microsoft or Sony, I would be very worried. Most of my gaming time used to be on PC games. Then I progressed to consoles and now nearly all of my gaming time is on my iPad or iPhone with minimal laptop time for games not on iOS. Smart gaming companies are already pivoting into mobile gaming where the majority of the money is in the gaming industry.
Android isn't actually profitable. At least, if you're talking about the smartphone segment, Apple takes 93% of all profits. Samsung only takes roughly 9%. Do you know why those numbers don't add up to 100%? Simple: other smartphone vendors make nothing or lose money on their devices.
The critical and classic mistake so many Android fanboys make: they think market share matters. Business is about money and profit. Right now, virtually the entire smartphone business worldwide, belongs to Apple because they earn the overwhelming majority of the profit.
So many people just buy the BS rhetoric: "Greece spent too much." It seems like so few bother to study the issues or actually look at multiple examples around the globe. Greece collapsed like others before it: for the benefit of big banks & their profits. I'm not going to bother explaining the whole situation, I doubt many would even bother to read it if I did.
Yes, exercise, nutrition and environment are huge factors in the development of many diseases. But, look at the profits. Follow the money and you'll see how many major corporations have zero interest in actually eliminating many diseases because it would significantly reduce profits. They make money on being "safe enough" when they drill for oil, farm plants & animals, etc. They make money on the front end with all the "food & drink" products and services they sell. They make money during all the diagnostic processes used to identify a person's symptoms and they make money on the treatments they sell to manage the symptoms.
Google already knows everything its customers share with it in all of its services. The trick is mining it and analyzing it for the most benefit. They're the largest advertising-funded company on Earth and their plan has been to maximize the value of the data assets they own, that's the primary driver behind Android for them: the massive amount of data they get on users and the corresponding screen time and space they have for targeted advertising.
Agreed! I never had direct conversations with Jobs, but I saw interactions at Apple with others and I agree, Fassbender's portrayal is too soft and unfocused. There's none of the laser like intensity that seemed to radiate from Jobs.
What everyone on Slashdot who hates Jobs forgets, is how critical he was in one of the most massive transformations in technology of the past forty years: It's about the user stupid! Prior to his near manic obsession with his "perfect experiences," most technology companies, run by engineers, focused on the cool technology. Jobs helped to make technology a tool for the masses. Now, in a post-Jobs world and thanks to very smart people at companies like IDEO, which exists in large part because of Apple's impact, some tech companies focus on customer experiences.
Regardless of your feelings about Jobs, our world would be a VERY different place if "human centric" and "customer experience" concepts didn't exist or were introduced later by other people. There was no one in tech at the time who, like Jobs, understood how to sell and how to push people to care about customer's wants and needs. That's why Apple is one of the largest and most successful companies in American history.
That opening sentence clearly reveals the bias of the author. Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical applications. By definition, those are not neutral or amoral because that application is driven by whoever wants to create the practical application. Further, multiple studies have revealed how biased scientific research can be since humans by nature have biases that we often don't even realize we believe until we're confronted with overwhelming evidence. While this book sounds like it's worth reading, please don't fall into the trap of believing technology is somehow inherently neutral. It's a directed process. The beliefs and morals of those doing the directing invariably influence the technology.
This article completely misrepresents the issue, which is identity fraud. Yes, I know it's easy to hate on Apple, but if you're a thoughtful individual, read this story at Forbes for a better explanation of the issue. ApplePay isn't at fault here. Banks and their lax verification practices are when coupled with how easy it is to steal identity data.
Tesla is still sexy even though their latest financials look rough. If Mr. Cook truly wanted to by them, it wouldn't be for $35B. Acquisitions like Tesla would demand a premium, bare minimum of 50% I'd guess. That's about $53B as a bare minimum. That would be very hard to justify, when given Apple's scale and expertise, they could likely build their own automotive group for $10-15B.
Also keep in mind that Tim Cook is brilliant too. There probably isn't a better tech CEO anywhere when it comes to hardball negotiations, logistical strategy and planning. I doubt Mr. Cook or Mr. Musk would work well together. Now, as strategic partners? Maybe. But, that requires a lot of discussions, which we know they've been doing. The automotive space is very mature and definitely long overdue for a radical shake up. Apple and Tesla partnered up could be very compelling. Time will tell if something comes of it.
Uh, no.
The "certification industry" as you call it is based on a history much older than industry and it isn't about "maintaining scarcity" or "wages and tuition artificially high." Accreditation is about standards for an institution of higher learning. You can look at the scandals around for-profit organizations like Corinthian College, Inc. as a perfect example of why it's important to protect and foster higher education standards.
Yes, "communication, coaching and mentoring" are important skills in a good teacher, but great teachers understand critical thinking and have the ability to repackage complex ideas in multiple ways to be accessible to a variety of learning styles and people.
Disclaimer: I'm married to one of America's recognized experts in rhetoric, critical thinking, communication and teaching with technology.
Actually, cable & DSL broadband are not classified as "telecommunication services" in the USA. They are "information services" and therefore do not need to comply with Common Carrier regulations. While the FCC has not explicitly ruled on FIOS, its unanimous rulings on cable & DSL suggest FIOS-like services would also be classified as information services.
I agree with you about needing to understand how it works before we can think about its applicability to humanity. But I think it would be fairly trivial to deploy something like this on a large scale. For example, Saturn's Race is a sci-fi book by Niven & Barnes that has a "charitable" corporation donating food and medicines to the third-world. Think about it. Saturn's Race can be found at fatbrian.com.
If a first-world country is your target then think about vaccinnations or "life improvement" pills (e.g., Viagra, Prozac, weight-loss, etc.). For example, in the USA, most kids are required to have certain vaccinnations before they may enter public school.
Of course, your opinion only holds true if the Supreme Court is similarly configured, compared to today's Court, when this issue comes before them. If the next President's appointments bias the court toward Right-wing interpretations then this filtering bill may be upheld.
I thought they were the only group to achieve SEI-Level 5. If not, then who else has, I'd love to go and correct one my lecturers.
When the Capability Maturity Model for Software was published by the SEI there was only one ML-5 orginzation; at the time they were known as the IBM Onboard Shuttle group. Thankfully, times are changing.
According to the SEI's 1999 survey, 61 organizations reported a Maturity Level of 4 or 5. Of those, 40 were Level 4 groups and 21 were Level 5. The survey goes on to mention that as of 15-Feb-2000, some 71 organizations reported that they were Level 4 or 5. Those that gave their consent are listed in Apendix A.
I must imagine you are in a difficult place - so many men around you in your workforce, but one wrong move and you could be in a very compromising position.
I think it depends on his situation. Is he out at work? What kind of coworkers does he have? Good coworkers would make all the difference. On a professional note, I would not look for a romantic relationship at work. As the crude saying goes: "Do not dip your pen in the company ink."
Tthere are defintely relationships "out there" for single men and women. I am twenty six and I met my partner four years ago when I least expected it. We worked together on a task force at our university.
My advice, is to be comfortable with, love, and accept yourself. Be open to the possibilities and be willing to take chances. Relationships are often where you least expect to find them.
I agree, modern ECT can be a useful treatment for many people. However, THE PATIENT (and/or their guardian) and the doctor make the call to use ECT. Turing had NO say in his "treatment." The British government ordered it or prison. I cannot agree that "... what Turing and others endured... was needed to clarify what ECT has evolved into." A statement such as this would also support the syphilis "research" that the US government performed on uninformed African Americans as "needed to clarify" our modern treatment regime. Without informed consent, any treatment or research is a violation of a patient's rights.
You are quite right, homosexuality is no longer classified by the DSM as a mental illness. However, there are quite a few psychologists and psychiatrists who will commit someone because they identify as gay or because the family wants them committed. The diagnosis will not be homosexuality; instead it might be Depression, Obsessive / Compulsive behavior, or Sexual Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. Simply removing homosexuality from the DSM is only another step on the long road to learning about and accepting the diversity that is human sexuality.
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Dang it! Grammatical fail on my part. Lol! Ah well, never type angry. ;)
The heaviest testing load falls on the nation’s eighth-graders, who spend an average of 25.3 hours during the school year taking standardized tests, uniform exams required of all students in a particular grade or course of study. Testing affects even the youngest students, with the average pre-K class giving 4.1 standardized tests, the report found.
Those of us in or related to education know what a total clusterf*ck NCLB made of public education in America. If we don't restore our public education system, it will collapse and horrific for-profit companies will completely control education in this country and only the wealthiest will get decent educations.
Sorry. My last URL didn't get included. :(
http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/14/mobile-gaming-could-drive-entire-game-industry-to-100b-in-revenue-by-2017/
PC gaming is a larger market than all other platforms... COMBINED.
What are you drinking because I want some!
PC Gaming is expected to see worldwide revenue of $27 billion in 2017.
As you can see, PC Gaming and Console revenue worldwide is pretty comparable in 2015. Both pull in a bit under $25 billion.
According to Gartner, the Gaming industry was projected to be $111 billion in 2015.
So, if Gartner's projection was roughly right, and PC Gaming & Console Gaming's worldwide revenues are about $25 billion each, who is grabbing the remaining $61 billion? Well, according to Digital-Capital, a game investment bank, the future is mobile gaming.
Us techies always think it's about power or performance, but mobility is a transformative feature. Many people prioritize it over nearly every customer experience feature we can offer in products today. It's largely why Apple came to dominate smartphones. They offered the world's most mobile handheld computer first.
If I were Microsoft or Sony, I would be very worried. Most of my gaming time used to be on PC games. Then I progressed to consoles and now nearly all of my gaming time is on my iPad or iPhone with minimal laptop time for games not on iOS. Smart gaming companies are already pivoting into mobile gaming where the majority of the money is in the gaming industry.
Android isn't actually profitable. At least, if you're talking about the smartphone segment, Apple takes 93% of all profits. Samsung only takes roughly 9%. Do you know why those numbers don't add up to 100%? Simple: other smartphone vendors make nothing or lose money on their devices.
The critical and classic mistake so many Android fanboys make: they think market share matters. Business is about money and profit. Right now, virtually the entire smartphone business worldwide, belongs to Apple because they earn the overwhelming majority of the profit.
Source: http://bgr.com/2015/02/09/appl...
For those who can't be bothered to read, here's a 2 min video that explains it in terms of "privatization" that will benefit foreign companies.
So many people just buy the BS rhetoric: "Greece spent too much." It seems like so few bother to study the issues or actually look at multiple examples around the globe. Greece collapsed like others before it: for the benefit of big banks & their profits. I'm not going to bother explaining the whole situation, I doubt many would even bother to read it if I did.
For those few who are curious, here's a decent starting place and this one too.
Yes, exercise, nutrition and environment are huge factors in the development of many diseases. But, look at the profits. Follow the money and you'll see how many major corporations have zero interest in actually eliminating many diseases because it would significantly reduce profits. They make money on being "safe enough" when they drill for oil, farm plants & animals, etc. They make money on the front end with all the "food & drink" products and services they sell. They make money during all the diagnostic processes used to identify a person's symptoms and they make money on the treatments they sell to manage the symptoms.
Google already knows everything its customers share with it in all of its services. The trick is mining it and analyzing it for the most benefit. They're the largest advertising-funded company on Earth and their plan has been to maximize the value of the data assets they own, that's the primary driver behind Android for them: the massive amount of data they get on users and the corresponding screen time and space they have for targeted advertising.
Agreed! I never had direct conversations with Jobs, but I saw interactions at Apple with others and I agree, Fassbender's portrayal is too soft and unfocused. There's none of the laser like intensity that seemed to radiate from Jobs.
This!!!!!!!!!!
What everyone on Slashdot who hates Jobs forgets, is how critical he was in one of the most massive transformations in technology of the past forty years: It's about the user stupid! Prior to his near manic obsession with his "perfect experiences," most technology companies, run by engineers, focused on the cool technology. Jobs helped to make technology a tool for the masses. Now, in a post-Jobs world and thanks to very smart people at companies like IDEO, which exists in large part because of Apple's impact, some tech companies focus on customer experiences.
Regardless of your feelings about Jobs, our world would be a VERY different place if "human centric" and "customer experience" concepts didn't exist or were introduced later by other people. There was no one in tech at the time who, like Jobs, understood how to sell and how to push people to care about customer's wants and needs. That's why Apple is one of the largest and most successful companies in American history.
Technology is neutral and amoral.
That opening sentence clearly reveals the bias of the author. Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical applications. By definition, those are not neutral or amoral because that application is driven by whoever wants to create the practical application. Further, multiple studies have revealed how biased scientific research can be since humans by nature have biases that we often don't even realize we believe until we're confronted with overwhelming evidence. While this book sounds like it's worth reading, please don't fall into the trap of believing technology is somehow inherently neutral. It's a directed process. The beliefs and morals of those doing the directing invariably influence the technology.
Some links to research into bias in science:
This article completely misrepresents the issue, which is identity fraud. Yes, I know it's easy to hate on Apple, but if you're a thoughtful individual, read this story at Forbes for a better explanation of the issue. ApplePay isn't at fault here. Banks and their lax verification practices are when coupled with how easy it is to steal identity data.
Good lord no!
Tesla is still sexy even though their latest financials look rough. If Mr. Cook truly wanted to by them, it wouldn't be for $35B. Acquisitions like Tesla would demand a premium, bare minimum of 50% I'd guess. That's about $53B as a bare minimum. That would be very hard to justify, when given Apple's scale and expertise, they could likely build their own automotive group for $10-15B.
Also keep in mind that Tim Cook is brilliant too. There probably isn't a better tech CEO anywhere when it comes to hardball negotiations, logistical strategy and planning. I doubt Mr. Cook or Mr. Musk would work well together. Now, as strategic partners? Maybe. But, that requires a lot of discussions, which we know they've been doing. The automotive space is very mature and definitely long overdue for a radical shake up. Apple and Tesla partnered up could be very compelling. Time will tell if something comes of it.
Uh, no. The "certification industry" as you call it is based on a history much older than industry and it isn't about "maintaining scarcity" or "wages and tuition artificially high." Accreditation is about standards for an institution of higher learning. You can look at the scandals around for-profit organizations like Corinthian College, Inc. as a perfect example of why it's important to protect and foster higher education standards. Yes, "communication, coaching and mentoring" are important skills in a good teacher, but great teachers understand critical thinking and have the ability to repackage complex ideas in multiple ways to be accessible to a variety of learning styles and people. Disclaimer: I'm married to one of America's recognized experts in rhetoric, critical thinking, communication and teaching with technology.
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I agree with you about needing to understand how it works before we can think about its applicability to humanity. But I think it would be fairly trivial to deploy something like this on a large scale. For example, Saturn's Race is a sci-fi book by Niven & Barnes that has a "charitable" corporation donating food and medicines to the third-world. Think about it. Saturn's Race can be found at fatbrian.com.
If a first-world country is your target then think about vaccinnations or "life improvement" pills (e.g., Viagra, Prozac, weight-loss, etc.). For example, in the USA, most kids are required to have certain vaccinnations before they may enter public school.
Of course, your opinion only holds true if the Supreme Court is similarly configured, compared to today's Court, when this issue comes before them. If the next President's appointments bias the court toward Right-wing interpretations then this filtering bill may be upheld.
I thought they were the only group to achieve SEI-Level 5. If not, then who else has, I'd love to go and correct one my lecturers.
When the Capability Maturity Model for Software was published by the SEI there was only one ML-5 orginzation; at the time they were known as the IBM Onboard Shuttle group. Thankfully, times are changing.
According to the SEI's 1999 survey, 61 organizations reported a Maturity Level of 4 or 5. Of those, 40 were Level 4 groups and 21 were Level 5. The survey goes on to mention that as of 15-Feb-2000, some 71 organizations reported that they were Level 4 or 5. Those that gave their consent are listed in Apendix A.
I must imagine you are in a difficult place - so many men around you in your workforce, but one wrong move and you could be in a very compromising position.
I think it depends on his situation. Is he out at work? What kind of coworkers does he have? Good coworkers would make all the difference. On a professional note, I would not look for a romantic relationship at work. As the crude saying goes: "Do not dip your pen in the company ink."
Tthere are defintely relationships "out there" for single men and women. I am twenty six and I met my partner four years ago when I least expected it. We worked together on a task force at our university.
My advice, is to be comfortable with, love, and accept yourself. Be open to the possibilities and be willing to take chances. Relationships are often where you least expect to find them.
I agree, modern ECT can be a useful treatment for many people. However, THE PATIENT (and/or their guardian) and the doctor make the call to use ECT. Turing had NO say in his "treatment." The British government ordered it or prison. I cannot agree that "... what Turing and others endured ... was needed to clarify what ECT has evolved into." A statement such as this would also support the syphilis "research" that the US government performed on uninformed African Americans as "needed to clarify" our modern treatment regime. Without informed consent, any treatment or research is a violation of a patient's rights.
You are quite right, homosexuality is no longer classified by the DSM as a mental illness. However, there are quite a few psychologists and psychiatrists who will commit someone because they identify as gay or because the family wants them committed. The diagnosis will not be homosexuality; instead it might be Depression, Obsessive / Compulsive behavior, or Sexual Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. Simply removing homosexuality from the DSM is only another step on the long road to learning about and accepting the diversity that is human sexuality.
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