As a freelance web designer and Flash developer faced with having to make large outlays for new software (Macromedia Studio 8, Maya) being able to get my hands on the technology for less up-front investment sounds good.
Marijuana was never illegal because it was demonstrably bad for you, it was made illegal because it was perceived to be the drug of choice of poor Mexicans. Cocaine was made illegal because of the popular perception that it caused white women to enjoy the "company" of black men. Now that it is untennable to support drug laws through their original motivations, I hope truths like these will persuade America to treat drug addiction like a disease and reserve jails for people we are afraid of, not people we are mad at.
They might realize their moral superiority is based on stories that are all made up and let gays live in peace and let poor people in Africa use condoms.
I would like to remind you that it is the current administration that put NASA's project prometheus (you know, nuclear propulsion- possibly the "steam engine" of space exploration) in the budget it submitted to Congress for this year. These will make anything China or India or Europe does in space irrelevent. We will be running circles around them. The trick will be transfering this technology to private corporations in space, which could maybe open up asteroid mining as a viable space venture. The Bush administration deserves its due for what it is doing for the future of space exploration.
Its not just a matter of "designing space vehicles," the abillity to go to space is also a major step forward for our species. I think it would be a worthwhile risk even if it results in a few 3-mile island/chernoble-like contamination events. The risk will become mitigated over time as we improve the technology and eventually learn to build reactors in space. If it was cheap to get there, any reason why you couldnt (in the long term) mine uranium from an asteroid and refine it in space?
I've heard about the segway, read about it, even seen pictures of it. I know lots of people who have money and can't wait to get one. But I've never actually laid eyes on a segway. I think the whole thing is a hoax, like the moon landing. While San Francisco is at it they should ban Oliphants and Multi-headed Hydras. Those could hurt somebody!
When I was in college I would upload chapter reviews I had typed up in Word to my HP Jornada, it was great for studying on the go. Being able to access each of these major reviews of classroom material while, say, on the subway or waiting in line did wonders for my GPA. Of course, it wouldn't have worked as my ONLY computer, but assuming kids can write up their assignments on a library/study hall computer and save it on their handhelds, this is a pretty good direction to go in. Individual classes could have their own AvantGo channels, or something like eroom (http://www.eroom.com). It would be cool to get automatic mp3 recordings of lecture, archives of blackboard snapshots (tho probably too small to display on a handheld)syllabus, assignments, etc. Plus kids being kids will find creative social uses for handhelds that will be innovative in their own right, that shouldn't be discouraged.
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Yes but they arent trying to throw the country under the bus just because the president is black.
As a freelance web designer and Flash developer faced with having to make large outlays for new software (Macromedia Studio 8, Maya) being able to get my hands on the technology for less up-front investment sounds good.
Marijuana was never illegal because it was demonstrably bad for you, it was made illegal because it was perceived to be the drug of choice of poor Mexicans. Cocaine was made illegal because of the popular perception that it caused white women to enjoy the "company" of black men. Now that it is untennable to support drug laws through their original motivations, I hope truths like these will persuade America to treat drug addiction like a disease and reserve jails for people we are afraid of, not people we are mad at.
They might realize their moral superiority is based on stories that are all made up and let gays live in peace and let poor people in Africa use condoms.
I would like to remind you that it is the current administration that put NASA's project prometheus (you know, nuclear propulsion- possibly the "steam engine" of space exploration) in the budget it submitted to Congress for this year. These will make anything China or India or Europe does in space irrelevent. We will be running circles around them. The trick will be transfering this technology to private corporations in space, which could maybe open up asteroid mining as a viable space venture. The Bush administration deserves its due for what it is doing for the future of space exploration.
Its not just a matter of "designing space vehicles," the abillity to go to space is also a major step forward for our species. I think it would be a worthwhile risk even if it results in a few 3-mile island/chernoble-like contamination events. The risk will become mitigated over time as we improve the technology and eventually learn to build reactors in space. If it was cheap to get there, any reason why you couldnt (in the long term) mine uranium from an asteroid and refine it in space?
I've heard about the segway, read about it, even seen pictures of it. I know lots of people who have money and can't wait to get one. But I've never actually laid eyes on a segway. I think the whole thing is a hoax, like the moon landing. While San Francisco is at it they should ban Oliphants and Multi-headed Hydras. Those could hurt somebody!
When I was in college I would upload chapter reviews I had typed up in Word to my HP Jornada, it was great for studying on the go. Being able to access each of these major reviews of classroom material while, say, on the subway or waiting in line did wonders for my GPA. Of course, it wouldn't have worked as my ONLY computer, but assuming kids can write up their assignments on a library/study hall computer and save it on their handhelds, this is a pretty good direction to go in. Individual classes could have their own AvantGo channels, or something like eroom (http://www.eroom.com). It would be cool to get automatic mp3 recordings of lecture, archives of blackboard snapshots (tho probably too small to display on a handheld)syllabus, assignments, etc. Plus kids being kids will find creative social uses for handhelds that will be innovative in their own right, that shouldn't be discouraged.