Smart people still live normal lives and use it as a tool (or don't use it).
Stupid people let it control there lives, but there will always be something for stupid people to ruin their lives, so it doesn't matter if it's Facebook or something else.
It all comes down to the time, money, quality triangle. The more you focus on one aspect the more you lose on the other two. And because in the end projects are always focused on time and money, quality is almost always neglected. Especially in highly political environments where the ideas have to be implemented with low cost and this year projects are bound to fail.
When you're not satisfied with what you earn, get a real job. And when you earn as little as you say it shouldn't be hard to find one.
Or go on strike, apparently the universities depend on all adjuncts, so stand up.
Why are all UI-designers focussed on less; less information, less functionality, less options. The only thing that is more is more nothing, emptiness, empty space, useless images and other nonsense. Please give me less white space and more information denisity, or at least give me the option of using the classic view forever.
In a research environment cost (as in hours) is not so well defined as in corporate environments. Researchers don't write hours, etc. So in this case they can just teach themselves and set up a server somewhere. Resources, bandwidth, etc. are neglect-able. Training is also not a big issue; they are all highly intelligent people.
Above all it shows what the latest (and hopefully best) version of a file and where to get it. The whole logging / change story comes second.
I don't understand what the problem is with setting up a simple subversion server for yourselves. There must be a pc around that is always on. Just start for yourselves and then slowly spread it among the other people, explaining them how to use subversion, update, etc. Start with the more open-minded people first.
Use subversion, not git. Subversion is more user friendly and you don't need the distributed stuff.
That's just the point. You can't. That's the typical technological way of thinking: just solve the symptoms with more technology. Nothing beats human greed and stupidity to make any technological solution fail. Technology can be used to make reasonably save at first, but after that it's human commitment and responsibility that should keep things save. And with companies trying to please their investors' and their own pockets and politicians 4-years of fame long term commitments such as those needed to keep a nuclear reactor save are difficult to keep up.
The only problems with Fukushima were money and politics. It was already clear that the protective wall was too low and other plants had already increased theirs. At Fukushima it wasn't done because the company wanted to save money. The government failed because they should have done a better job checking what Fukushima failed to do. Probably some politician wanted a good job for himself in a couple of years or for some relatives so the critical reports were lost or dropped in the circular archive to keep relations with the company good.
This had nothing to do with technology. It's human failure again.
It's not that the workers did volunteer or something, there was no free will involved, and they didn't get a nice bonus for it. They live on campus in a virtual prison. I wonder how Apple sees this as a positive story.
I think it doesn't really matter what tools you use. Kids always want to learn, but it has to on subjects they are interested in or that fit into their world (not yours). The same is true for adults, by the way. We're wired to learn, but only what we need. If you want somebody to learn something other you have to bend their interest slowly (so you don't lose them) towards the topics you want. For some that may go fast for others it may take years.
Computers are an excellent way to provide individualized education, but it needs to be tailored for each student. And that is the problem, it's easy to give every student an iPad, but very difficult to give him/her the contents he/she needs. So usually it stops with giving the iPad. And that doesn't work, surprise, surprise. Like everywhere in society nowadays people want a quick fix. If that doesn't work they try another quick fix. But that doesn't work with a long-term goal like education.
If the overall work gets done, it's ok. If the work doesn't get done and there is an acceptable reason, it ok too. Otherwise it's not ok. There are always people that are better at one thing than others, but that doesn't mean the other people don't contribute other things, which you forget to measure. When the team is too big you should look at essential knowledge/experience, contributions to the team, etc. to figure out who to drop.
The most important reason iP(a/o)ds are reasonably priced is because everyone is force to use the apple store where apple earns tons of money. Android device manufacturers don't earn (much) from the Android store. Which is probably related to an other article I just read, that Android devices break down more often then apple or blackberry devices. Android device manufacturers have to cut more corners to earn money.
The problem with books is
(a) there are no digital copies you can buy
(b) they cost the same as a printed one
(c) they are all DRM'ed
If you provide a good ebook DRM free in html and pdf for say $1. A lot of people wouldn't bother to download a scanned digital one, but buy it from you. And if its a good book, you would earn a lot of money.
Ebooks should be a lot cheaper because you don't have to print, distribute, etc. But at the moment they cost the same.
If I could have digital copies in the form I like, it would buy a lot of them. But at the moment there are no alternatives.
Friends of mine had an atari (1024st or something like that) that didn't fit in the case they wanted it in. So they cut the board into two pieces, placed the pieces in the case at an angle of 90 degrees and resoldered all cut wiring. The atari still worked.
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Exactly my idea. Let the user decide which he wants to use.
Smart people still live normal lives and use it as a tool (or don't use it). Stupid people let it control there lives, but there will always be something for stupid people to ruin their lives, so it doesn't matter if it's Facebook or something else.
It is already pretty useless and now they kill the most useful tool they have, I'm gone use another OS.......... oh, wait, I already do.
Nice open-minded attitude. Like most narrow-minded americans you don't even know what fascisme means.
It all comes down to the time, money, quality triangle. The more you focus on one aspect the more you lose on the other two. And because in the end projects are always focused on time and money, quality is almost always neglected. Especially in highly political environments where the ideas have to be implemented with low cost and this year projects are bound to fail.
I second that. One of the most useful tools I miss on Linux.
When you're not satisfied with what you earn, get a real job. And when you earn as little as you say it shouldn't be hard to find one. Or go on strike, apparently the universities depend on all adjuncts, so stand up.
Why are all UI-designers focussed on less; less information, less functionality, less options. The only thing that is more is more nothing, emptiness, empty space, useless images and other nonsense. Please give me less white space and more information denisity, or at least give me the option of using the classic view forever.
In a research environment cost (as in hours) is not so well defined as in corporate environments. Researchers don't write hours, etc. So in this case they can just teach themselves and set up a server somewhere. Resources, bandwidth, etc. are neglect-able. Training is also not a big issue; they are all highly intelligent people.
Above all it shows what the latest (and hopefully best) version of a file and where to get it. The whole logging / change story comes second. I don't understand what the problem is with setting up a simple subversion server for yourselves. There must be a pc around that is always on. Just start for yourselves and then slowly spread it among the other people, explaining them how to use subversion, update, etc. Start with the more open-minded people first. Use subversion, not git. Subversion is more user friendly and you don't need the distributed stuff.
That's just the point. You can't. That's the typical technological way of thinking: just solve the symptoms with more technology. Nothing beats human greed and stupidity to make any technological solution fail. Technology can be used to make reasonably save at first, but after that it's human commitment and responsibility that should keep things save. And with companies trying to please their investors' and their own pockets and politicians 4-years of fame long term commitments such as those needed to keep a nuclear reactor save are difficult to keep up.
The only problems with Fukushima were money and politics. It was already clear that the protective wall was too low and other plants had already increased theirs. At Fukushima it wasn't done because the company wanted to save money. The government failed because they should have done a better job checking what Fukushima failed to do. Probably some politician wanted a good job for himself in a couple of years or for some relatives so the critical reports were lost or dropped in the circular archive to keep relations with the company good.
This had nothing to do with technology. It's human failure again.
I'd rather like a +1 for freedom
What are you guys doing on this site? If you need a tool to read that your not a nerd.
It's not that the workers did volunteer or something, there was no free will involved, and they didn't get a nice bonus for it. They live on campus in a virtual prison. I wonder how Apple sees this as a positive story.
I think I'll use my kinect and display naked women over all passerby's.
I think it doesn't really matter what tools you use. Kids always want to learn, but it has to on subjects they are interested in or that fit into their world (not yours). The same is true for adults, by the way. We're wired to learn, but only what we need. If you want somebody to learn something other you have to bend their interest slowly (so you don't lose them) towards the topics you want. For some that may go fast for others it may take years. Computers are an excellent way to provide individualized education, but it needs to be tailored for each student. And that is the problem, it's easy to give every student an iPad, but very difficult to give him/her the contents he/she needs. So usually it stops with giving the iPad. And that doesn't work, surprise, surprise. Like everywhere in society nowadays people want a quick fix. If that doesn't work they try another quick fix. But that doesn't work with a long-term goal like education.
Exactly, it's not a reasonable $5 per copy (which I think will make them a lot more money than selling it for $300).
I don't know, but apparently they had to kill him before they could release this ;-)
Let's hope for him he tweaked the stats so it's one of the other two.
If the overall work gets done, it's ok. If the work doesn't get done and there is an acceptable reason, it ok too. Otherwise it's not ok. There are always people that are better at one thing than others, but that doesn't mean the other people don't contribute other things, which you forget to measure. When the team is too big you should look at essential knowledge/experience, contributions to the team, etc. to figure out who to drop.
The most important reason iP(a/o)ds are reasonably priced is because everyone is force to use the apple store where apple earns tons of money. Android device manufacturers don't earn (much) from the Android store. Which is probably related to an other article I just read, that Android devices break down more often then apple or blackberry devices. Android device manufacturers have to cut more corners to earn money.
That's all I got. But I like the idea. It just needs a bit of work .... 100%
The problem with books is
(a) there are no digital copies you can buy
(b) they cost the same as a printed one
(c) they are all DRM'ed
If you provide a good ebook DRM free in html and pdf for say $1. A lot of people wouldn't bother to download a scanned digital one, but buy it from you. And if its a good book, you would earn a lot of money.
Ebooks should be a lot cheaper because you don't have to print, distribute, etc. But at the moment they cost the same.
If I could have digital copies in the form I like, it would buy a lot of them. But at the moment there are no alternatives.
Friends of mine had an atari (1024st or something like that) that didn't fit in the case they wanted it in. So they cut the board into two pieces, placed the pieces in the case at an angle of 90 degrees and resoldered all cut wiring. The atari still worked.