Grouping by ability is a very tough thing to do well. I taught at a school this past year where each grade the classes were grouped by reading level. By fourth grade, these students know that they are not the smart kids. Then the "smart" kids have the cool, fun teachers with lots of resources and small class sizes (21 or so) while the other kids get dumped into classes of 33.
the other issue, while your system you suggest would work from an engineering standpoint, there are real problems with making such a system work in various places (how does a school where there are only 30 kids per grade handle it? How about an inner city school, where many of the kids wouldn't get past 5 grade material?) But you do have an interesting idea, but it just might be difficult in practice.
I agree, i'm a teacher, and the computer lab is all qwerty, and i'm able to type fairly quickly on them (but then again, i never learned to touch type with querty) while it only takes a couple of minutes to get back up to speed with dvorak after a while away from it.
I totally agree with you it's how we raise our kids. I guess what I want is for Nintendo to come up with a way to continue creating thought provoking, intelligent games that aren't dismissed by even 3rd graders as being too "kiddie". I don't want to see Nintendo start releasing games like god of war or something, just to seem more mature.
I think that the new zelda coming out this spring is a step in the right direction for them. It maintains their family image, while incorporating new elements that will have more appeal to 3rd graders in spirit and body who say "nintendo is a kiddie console". But one game won't do it, they're going to have to continue to do it with their next console.
Hey, i can safely say i'm a nintendo fanboy, but even i know they've got their work cut out for them this time around. After 64 and Gamecube, nintendo's gotten a image of being for kids, and i don't just mean with adults, but with kids too. I teach 3rd grade, and the kids want XBOX and playstation more, because they can play games that are "mature" like grand theft auto and the like. I respect what nintendo is trying to do with their products, but they need to figure out a way to lure in the type of player who likes RPG's or games like God of War, for example.
reboot is a term that refers to "booting" a computer, and is not entirely clear to all people, especially people who started using computers in the last 3 or 4 years. Restart would probably be clearer for most users, and since you or I would always know what both mean, it makes more sense to use restart than reboot.
And to the other word, username is not really a word. I mean, it is, but I would agree with him that it would look better if it was written as "User Name" or something like that.
Yes, some of his complaints do boil down to a matter of him just becoming comfortable with the software (the send button on gaim complaint comes to mind...) but i think a lot of people agree that there is a lack of consistency in Linux Distros, but not a ton of effort has been put into the discussion of it, as far as it applies to specific "bugs". I think this is the next step for linux. Linux has most of the software and hardware support it needs, now it needs distro makers to help create distros that have ironed out the inconsistencies in the user interfaces and software.
i believe the creative commons copyrights are not for computer programs primarily, it would be much harder to determine damages if your work is a book than a computer program.
If you are talking about a computer program, then your are correct, you would need a lisence that protects the creator from damage liability.
i don't think you understand what the liability is in the public domain copyright notice: it is that if the work of art is not in the the public domain, the person publishing it can be held accountable. It's not liability if something breaks, but rather if you don't have rights over it in the first place.
hmmm... i guess i had remembered reading somewhere that airbags were designed for an average height man not wearing his seatbelt, which is why it was killing short women and children. that's what i was commenting on. Thanks for the info.
what? this is the counter-example? civic responsibility does not mean "support the status quo". It means, a responsipility to improve society. I think most people would agree that means changing the status quo, much like the civic minded american revolutionaries.
However, everything on your person, including the bag and reciept are your own personal property, and you are not required to show them to anyone. Just like the store is theirs, the reciept is mine.
umm... did you not read the post? "Whether or not you recieve compensation." That means it doesn't matter if you get paid or not.
-siniset
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You never have to "release the source to the public", the only people who had a right to the source code are the people who had access to the binaries of the software in question. The GPL states that if you make the binary available, you have to make the source available. Limit who it's available to, and you limit who the source is available to (to some degree, they could turn around and give it to other people, but why would a financial institution ever want to do that? (see grandparent)).
GPL doesn't make things free as in beer, just free as in freedom.
So, yes, you are correct, grandparent is mistaken in the application of the GPL.
I think as exit polls are our only tool to compare the results to how people did vote, and that there were some discrepancies between states with so called black boxes and those without, it warrants an investigation. I don't think Bush lost the election, but i do think there are places(counties, not states) where he won that he shouldn't have.
You don't have to be a republican or a democrat or a supporter of a third party to want everyone's vote to count. That should be what everyone wants. And the only way that will happen is with constant vigilance.
i stand corrected, i guess i just couldn't come up with the "source code" for art. Even still I think there are better licenses for art than the GPL...
Can art be GPL? Because there is no source code to artwork, therefore, the GPL doesn't/shouldn't apply. I think most of the artworks are/should be distributed under one of the creative commons licenses, which might not be as "viral" as the GPL.
I agree that it's about money, but this is one time where i think the consumers and MS's desires colide. I stopped playing online games on the computer because of hackers and cheaters. Live is an attempt to offer a service in which the hardware(and therefore, hopefully cheating and hacking) is controlled. If Microsoft does this, it will improve their bottom line, because more people will want to play on it. But it is also about controlling piracy. But for one of the first times, the company is actually offering the user something in return for not using pirated hardware or software, as apposed to the DOOM III type control which just screws regular users and encourages the use of cracks.
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Well, and with that I'm done. So long Slashdot! "freedom-loving individuals" indeed.
really though, i think the professors have bigger problems if the get stuck in paper bags...
Increased cpu cycles costs more in energy costs. So yes, increased cpu cycles does cost you more.
wow, this was one of the most intelligent, thought out comments to a slashdot article i've read in a long time. Nice job.
the other issue, while your system you suggest would work from an engineering standpoint, there are real problems with making such a system work in various places (how does a school where there are only 30 kids per grade handle it? How about an inner city school, where many of the kids wouldn't get past 5 grade material?) But you do have an interesting idea, but it just might be difficult in practice.
I agree, i'm a teacher, and the computer lab is all qwerty, and i'm able to type fairly quickly on them (but then again, i never learned to touch type with querty) while it only takes a couple of minutes to get back up to speed with dvorak after a while away from it.
which is worse, you making that comment on a friday night, or me replying? :)
I think that the new zelda coming out this spring is a step in the right direction for them. It maintains their family image, while incorporating new elements that will have more appeal to 3rd graders in spirit and body who say "nintendo is a kiddie console". But one game won't do it, they're going to have to continue to do it with their next console.
Hey, i can safely say i'm a nintendo fanboy, but even i know they've got their work cut out for them this time around. After 64 and Gamecube, nintendo's gotten a image of being for kids, and i don't just mean with adults, but with kids too. I teach 3rd grade, and the kids want XBOX and playstation more, because they can play games that are "mature" like grand theft auto and the like. I respect what nintendo is trying to do with their products, but they need to figure out a way to lure in the type of player who likes RPG's or games like God of War, for example.
And to the other word, username is not really a word. I mean, it is, but I would agree with him that it would look better if it was written as "User Name" or something like that.
Yes, some of his complaints do boil down to a matter of him just becoming comfortable with the software (the send button on gaim complaint comes to mind...) but i think a lot of people agree that there is a lack of consistency in Linux Distros, but not a ton of effort has been put into the discussion of it, as far as it applies to specific "bugs". I think this is the next step for linux. Linux has most of the software and hardware support it needs, now it needs distro makers to help create distros that have ironed out the inconsistencies in the user interfaces and software.
If you are talking about a computer program, then your are correct, you would need a lisence that protects the creator from damage liability.
i don't think you understand what the liability is in the public domain copyright notice: it is that if the work of art is not in the the public domain, the person publishing it can be held accountable. It's not liability if something breaks, but rather if you don't have rights over it in the first place.
hmmm... i guess i had remembered reading somewhere that airbags were designed for an average height man not wearing his seatbelt, which is why it was killing short women and children. that's what i was commenting on. Thanks for the info.
isn't that what airbags are, to make a car safe for people who don't wear their seatbelts?
what? this is the counter-example? civic responsibility does not mean "support the status quo". It means, a responsipility to improve society. I think most people would agree that means changing the status quo, much like the civic minded american revolutionaries.
Hey politicians aren't totally evil, sometimes. Like when they're supporting bills that have no chance in hell in passing.
umm... did you not read the post? "Whether or not you recieve compensation." That means it doesn't matter if you get paid or not. -siniset
GPL doesn't make things free as in beer, just free as in freedom.
So, yes, you are correct, grandparent is mistaken in the application of the GPL.
I have to say, that would be a really smart move on nintendo's part, because i'm sure they would sell a ton of these devices then.
You don't have to be a republican or a democrat or a supporter of a third party to want everyone's vote to count. That should be what everyone wants. And the only way that will happen is with constant vigilance.
i stand corrected, i guess i just couldn't come up with the "source code" for art. Even still I think there are better licenses for art than the GPL...
Can art be GPL? Because there is no source code to artwork, therefore, the GPL doesn't/shouldn't apply. I think most of the artworks are/should be distributed under one of the creative commons licenses, which might not be as "viral" as the GPL.
I agree that it's about money, but this is one time where i think the consumers and MS's desires colide. I stopped playing online games on the computer because of hackers and cheaters. Live is an attempt to offer a service in which the hardware(and therefore, hopefully cheating and hacking) is controlled. If Microsoft does this, it will improve their bottom line, because more people will want to play on it. But it is also about controlling piracy. But for one of the first times, the company is actually offering the user something in return for not using pirated hardware or software, as apposed to the DOOM III type control which just screws regular users and encourages the use of cracks.
and apparently it's not working...nothings worse than being a slut who can't get any.