Both my parents are speech pathologists (well, dad was then he died but...). Much of what Dad used for helping children develop language (learning disabled, forieng language, etc) was childrens books, Mom uses lots of flash cards and old (no battery) childrens toys as well for helping stroke victims. When I worked in a PT department as an aide, the Occupational Therapist also used lots of childrens toys, and simple things for ADL (activities of daily life) like a set of buttons or snaps on a piece of cloth attached to a wood frame.
In short, work with a rehab team. They've all gone to school for 4-8 years (or more) to learn how to do it, they are the experts. They can/will assign you things to help her with doing to assist in her recovery.
I think I read something somewhere (maybe even here on/,, but i'm too lazy to search) a while back about how the House/Senate standardized on some version of Office (97 or 2k, crw) and a custom XML setup.
I would think that a big deal breaker is support. Not support for various technologies, or applications/serivces, or hardware, but the "who do you call when it goes tits up" kind.
Unless the machine was identical, putting this carbon copy onto another machine will be painful."
True, but he would at least have his data files (and in the same place as he's used to, mostly), and would feel comfortable wiping/shredding his disk (if possible) before sending the laptop in for repair. Get the new/fixed unit back, drop the image on in the other direction, and he not only has all his apps, settings, etc. back but he also has a current copy of his work.
A cave diving buddy used to use spun aluminum 104 cubic foot tanks for just about all of his dives... 3000+ psi. Full weight is about what a steel 50 cubic foot tank weights "empty".
Even better is old school on fast new hardware. I broke out my original Quake cd last week, and with fuhquake I'm now playing in conditions I wish I had when Quake/QW was the Thing To Play. 1280x1024 in GL at over 100fps on dsl with sub-100 pings.
Open the office, turn on the computer, walk out of the office, walk across campus to the cafeteria while ogling the young college chicks, get a cup of coffee, walk back, log in, do work.
And IBM "open sourced" the early *86 PC style computer - which is why there were so many clone companies. Looking back, it seems like that was a Good Thing To Do.
Or are you referring to WW2 when they were making M1 carbines?
I'd mod this as underrated... but I'd rather comment.
My server is a Debian running iMac - 400mhz processor, 384mb ram, 20gb drive. More than powerful enough for hosting 3 email addresses, and serving a LAMP based site that gets a few hundred hits a week, my only complaint about both it and the Mac Mini is the lack of a second hard drive for redundancy/backup, but for my small scale purposes just rsyncing / to my ~/server-backup on my workstation is a perfect solution.
After getting "known" for truly bad April Fools day jokes on a particular cow-orker, I did the no trick trick last year. Talk it up good and keep 'em on their toes. Build up the suspense, and you will "win".
Note that getting ahead is oftern better than getting even:)
Dunno about that. Monitors usually have a useful life much longer than the computer they are attached to. And, if you are like a lot of the/. crowd, you spend a LOT of time looking at it. Spend $$ on a good display - it will be a long term investment,and can really affect your eyes, etc.
I think the more you know it is easier to learn more. What you already know gives you a foundation to build on. If you don't have that foundation, you have to build it before learning more.
Thanks for the info! Now, since I use a older iMac (slot loading DVD model) as my mail/web/dns server at home, and run Debian on it, do you know if perchance there is a possibility of buying one of the new Mac Minis without OS X (and its associated cost) much like many have been trying to do with PC hardware and Windows?
... a better port of OpenOffice? Last I checked (admittedly about a year) there was a working port, but it required installing X11 and a few other "non-Macish" actions before it would work. Could they be better off just "fixing" it ?
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Both my parents are speech pathologists (well, dad was then he died but...). Much of what Dad used for helping children develop language (learning disabled, forieng language, etc) was childrens books, Mom uses lots of flash cards and old (no battery) childrens toys as well for helping stroke victims. When I worked in a PT department as an aide, the Occupational Therapist also used lots of childrens toys, and simple things for ADL (activities of daily life) like a set of buttons or snaps on a piece of cloth attached to a wood frame.
In short, work with a rehab team. They've all gone to school for 4-8 years (or more) to learn how to do it, they are the experts. They can/will assign you things to help her with doing to assist in her recovery.
I think I read something somewhere (maybe even here on /,, but i'm too lazy to search) a while back about how the House/Senate standardized on some version of Office (97 or 2k, crw) and a custom XML setup.
I do ok doing format/reinstalls for $125 a pop....
12mb for workstation, 16mb for server. Ran better than win95 on a 486sx33 with 24mb ram.
Weel, at 11:11 on 11/11 some big war ended at one point in time...
Notice that the original poster mentioned that a lot of what he sends the laptop in for is hardware fixing, not because windows b0rked again....
I would think that a big deal breaker is support. Not support for various technologies, or applications/serivces, or hardware, but the "who do you call when it goes tits up" kind.
Unless the machine was identical, putting this carbon copy onto another machine will be painful."
True, but he would at least have his data files (and in the same place as he's used to, mostly), and would feel comfortable wiping/shredding his disk (if possible) before sending the laptop in for repair. Get the new/fixed unit back, drop the image on in the other direction, and he not only has all his apps, settings, etc. back but he also has a current copy of his work.
True, but there are other indexes, and of course the whole concept behind hyperlinking.
I guess the hard part is getting to a decent page to start from.
A cave diving buddy used to use spun aluminum 104 cubic foot tanks for just about all of his dives... 3000+ psi. Full weight is about what a steel 50 cubic foot tank weights "empty".
(wonder how I got troll on my parent post?)
Ah. So, its not so much whining about google doing it, but a hidden way of whining to his beancounters (or his bosses beancounters).
SO whats stopping him from volunteering and starting to scan/digitize other works?
Even better is old school on fast new hardware. I broke out my original Quake cd last week, and with fuhquake I'm now playing in conditions I wish I had when Quake/QW was the Thing To Play. 1280x1024 in GL at over 100fps on dsl with sub-100 pings.
No you don't have to have at least one domain. You could use a workgroup instead.
Can you still own a gun in the People's Republic of California?
Open the office, turn on the computer, walk out of the office, walk across campus to the cafeteria while ogling the young college chicks, get a cup of coffee, walk back, log in, do work.
And IBM "open sourced" the early *86 PC style computer - which is why there were so many clone companies. Looking back, it seems like that was a Good Thing To Do.
Or are you referring to WW2 when they were making M1 carbines?
I'd mod this as underrated... but I'd rather comment.
My server is a Debian running iMac - 400mhz processor, 384mb ram, 20gb drive. More than powerful enough for hosting 3 email addresses, and serving a LAMP based site that gets a few hundred hits a week, my only complaint about both it and the Mac Mini is the lack of a second hard drive for redundancy/backup, but for my small scale purposes just rsyncing / to my ~/server-backup on my workstation is a perfect solution.
After getting "known" for truly bad April Fools day jokes on a particular cow-orker, I did the no trick trick last year. Talk it up good and keep 'em on their toes. Build up the suspense, and you will "win".
:)
Note that getting ahead is oftern better than getting even
Dunno about that. Monitors usually have a useful life much longer than the computer they are attached to. And, if you are like a lot of the /. crowd, you spend a LOT of time looking at it. Spend $$ on a good display - it will be a long term investment,and can really affect your eyes, etc.
I think the more you know it is easier to learn more. What you already know gives you a foundation to build on. If you don't have that foundation, you have to build it before learning more.
Moodle (www.moodle.org) seems like it may suit your needs. LAMP based, easy setup.
Thanks for the info! Now, since I use a older iMac (slot loading DVD model) as my mail/web/dns server at home, and run Debian on it, do you know if perchance there is a possibility of buying one of the new Mac Minis without OS X (and its associated cost) much like many have been trying to do with PC hardware and Windows?
... a better port of OpenOffice? Last I checked (admittedly about a year) there was a working port, but it required installing X11 and a few other "non-Macish" actions before it would work. Could they be better off just "fixing" it ?
I thought the tricky part was throwing yourself at the ground and missing....