As far as distractions are concerned, the computer is just a bigger, better mousetrap. I came in about middle of the road in high school, mostly due to the fact that I'd do anything besides listen or work. I'm currently in the process of repeating this in college, and as odd as it may seem, I should be doing a paper right now. What's the topic? "Write an essay that explores the personal you in the culture you live in." We have computers for everyone in the classroom, but they're not going to fix an awful topic like that one.
We've had x86-64 for a while now, but we're hearing that we may have to wait until the first half of next year for 64 bit Windows. It seems as if Microsoft is missing the party here. I can get Linux 64 bit binaries right now. Can this be seen as an example of the open-source Linux out manuvering it's competitors?
It's hard to call someone an AMD fanboy when they're just doing it right. Intel has had quite bit of trouble with Pentium 4 for some time now. If you rememer when Prescott came out, you'll notice that most press noted it's longer pipeline and increased latencies. I'm not an AMD fanboy, but I don't seem Intel putting out chips that compete, espicially in the price range. And, where in the world are the 64 bit instructions?! I'm really starting to thing someone at Intel has gone off thier rocker.
BTW, AnandTech was the first result on Google with a Prescott article :
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx? i=1956&p=2
I'm 18, and just started college. I've read a ton of these:
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling (not the whole series - that would be painful) Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Giver by Lois Lowry Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine (not the whole series - again, that would be painful) A Day No Pigs Would Dieby Robert Newton Peck The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Pigman by Paul Zindel A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Crazy Lady by Jane Conly The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford (can you even "read" these?) How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
I'd say I read 2/3 of this list before I entered high school. Some I read before I entered high school, and then had to read them again as required reading!
I have to agree that many of these books are probably banned for the wrong reasons. While things like "Sex by Madonna" definitely warrant a ban (at least at lower levels of education), by middle school kids should be seeing a fairly open selection. They already know the word "nigger" and can probably define the word "rape" for you in addition to "sex." I've read many on the list, and I was pretty young for most of them.
Arguments based on things like "kids think animals talk" and "it talks about sex" can't really be considered valid. Some kids understand these themes at a young age. Heck, I read both Mark Twain books on the list as well as To Kill A Mockingbird in class at my elementary school, at the suggestion of both my parents and teachers. This is why parents should be the ones to censor for their children, and not rely on someone else to protect their kids.
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As far as distractions are concerned, the computer is just a bigger, better mousetrap. I came in about middle of the road in high school, mostly due to the fact that I'd do anything besides listen or work. I'm currently in the process of repeating this in college, and as odd as it may seem, I should be doing a paper right now. What's the topic? "Write an essay that explores the personal you in the culture you live in." We have computers for everyone in the classroom, but they're not going to fix an awful topic like that one.
We've had x86-64 for a while now, but we're hearing that we may have to wait until the first half of next year for 64 bit Windows. It seems as if Microsoft is missing the party here. I can get Linux 64 bit binaries right now. Can this be seen as an example of the open-source Linux out manuvering it's competitors?
It's hard to call someone an AMD fanboy when they're just doing it right. Intel has had quite bit of trouble with Pentium 4 for some time now. If you rememer when Prescott came out, you'll notice that most press noted it's longer pipeline and increased latencies. I'm not an AMD fanboy, but I don't seem Intel putting out chips that compete, espicially in the price range. And, where in the world are the 64 bit instructions?! I'm really starting to thing someone at Intel has gone off thier rocker. BTW, AnandTech was the first result on Google with a Prescott article : http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx? i=1956&p=2
I'm 18, and just started college. I've read a ton of these:
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling (not the whole series - that would be painful)
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine (not the whole series - again, that would be painful)
A Day No Pigs Would Dieby Robert Newton Peck
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford (can you even "read" these?)
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
I'd say I read 2/3 of this list before I entered high school. Some I read before I entered high school, and then had to read them again as required reading!
I have to agree that many of these books are probably banned for the wrong reasons. While things like "Sex by Madonna" definitely warrant a ban (at least at lower levels of education), by middle school kids should be seeing a fairly open selection. They already know the word "nigger" and can probably define the word "rape" for you in addition to "sex." I've read many on the list, and I was pretty young for most of them.
Arguments based on things like "kids think animals talk" and "it talks about sex" can't really be considered valid. Some kids understand these themes at a young age. Heck, I read both Mark Twain books on the list as well as To Kill A Mockingbird in class at my elementary school, at the suggestion of both my parents and teachers. This is why parents should be the ones to censor for their children, and not rely on someone else to protect their kids.