1. Books are downloaded.
2. Digital screen shots of photos are taken.
3. Digital screen shots converted to Word document using Tablet text recognition software.
4. Free text books.
Not saying that's what should happen, but I wouldn't be suprised if it did.
Another selling point is that the dust collection is kept to a minimum, and there's no need to worry about dust getting stuck in the most crucial areas like the fans or heat sinks.
The Clicker doesn't have to take away from class participation; you can still have mandatory class discussion or presentations.Moreover, as stated in the article, that clicker will allow people to participate who would normally not.
Personally, I think that the clicker has a great potential; both to teach and to cheat.
"It always seemed a little silly to me that anyone even without so much as a valid logon could change the content of these pages."
True. But there are protective measures that are in place and seem to be working quite well. For one, there is a history of the page, which can be reverted back by another user. Also, those that vandalize can be banned & so can their IP's.
"There may soon be so-called stable contents. In this case, we'd freeze the pages whose quality is undisputed..."
The question is, however, how do you determine when something is undisputed. A lot of politically driven pages are constantly edited until there forms a 'balance' between opposing views; that, however, takes time and is never 'undisputed'.
but there's something comforting about the mechanics of clicking a button or pushing a key. at the very least, there's no second-guessing as to whether or not u pressed a button.
to me, the apple's mice are innovative technoligically, but not at all in practical sense.
Are these the same people that said not watching commercials is illegal?
If it doesn't subliminate or melt:
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"We'll have to bring in the world's best deep core driller."
How many times can you 'find' the same thing?!
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but every time I see news about Mars, it's always a 'discovery' of evidence that there is either water or some kind of extinct bacterial lifeform on mars.
How can you keep finding the same thing?! Either mars has water or it doesn't.
I am a senior in college, and while i predominantly use AIM at home, I've found that at work I use my Email as the main source of communication. (It's more professional and less invasive than instant messaging).
Computing the cost of Microsofts monopoly is baseless since you cannot compute the costs of having at least 2 competing operating systems. What if OS X was on par with popularity as windows... The cost of having those two platforms compatible with each other on the same level that Windows is compatible with itself seems high to me. It seems to me that although Windows costs a lot, other things cost less because of the standardization.
I have my computer running in my apartment at school 24/7, and it's pretty loud. When I go home, I end up using my laptop and it is really hard to fall asleep... the deafening sound of silence pierces my ears.
I don't understand what were are to infer from this article.
A lot of things are 'inefficiently made', but that does not mean that they ought not be made.
Take French Fries, for instance. You could eat a baked potato, and completely bypass all of the manufacturing (and cost) that goes into making French Fries, and get more/better energy out of that potato.
The fact is, French Fries and Ethanol have utility that justifies the ineffiency of production. People are willing to pay the added cost for French Fries & Ethanol, because it adds utility to them beyond that of 'quantity of energy output vs input'.
There's still heavy dependancy on the emergency floppy drive. I still find myself in situations where a bootable CD cannot be used; mainly when problems arise with Windows. (And I dont have a Floppy drive, eek).
Yes you have a right to work, but you don't have a right for a particular job. There's a difference.
A job is just like any other relationship, whether it's a friendship, a marriage, or employment; it has to be mutually beneficial. Once a relationship ceases to be mutually beneficial the party for whom its not beneficial has every right to terminate the relationship.
The fact that he got fired sucks for him. But, the reason you hire a person is because that person will be an asset to the company. If the person becomes a liability, not firing that person is an act of stupidity.
No one has a right to a job. An employer gives the employee a priviledge to work there, and they can take that priviledge away.
Everyone is saying that the cost of making a machine to do the same process that can be distributed to a computer is overlooking a very crucial point.
Distributing computing processes to third parties is much more inefficient. The workload has to be distributed in smaller packets, it has to be confirmed & rechecked more often, and the same workload has to be done multiple times due to not everyone runs a dedicated machine or always has 'spare cpu cycles.'
I would agree that distributing the work load is cheaper in the long run, especially with an increase in the amount of participants, but it is not a 1 to 1 cycle comparison, and therefore it is not necessarily 'taht much cheaper', 'more efficient', or 'more prudent' for a research facility to rely on others for computing cycles.
I disagree with your comment about "minimal improvement in quality". The first shoot'em-up game that I really got into was Medal of Honor. The game was a lot of fun, the graphics were cool. But then after playing Battlefield and Call of Duty, and going back to MoH, the game seems very bland. You might not notice the quality going improvement going from game to game, but take a look back over the course of several months even, and the difference is blatant.
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1. Books are downloaded. 2. Digital screen shots of photos are taken. 3. Digital screen shots converted to Word document using Tablet text recognition software. 4. Free text books. Not saying that's what should happen, but I wouldn't be suprised if it did.
Another selling point is that the dust collection is kept to a minimum, and there's no need to worry about dust getting stuck in the most crucial areas like the fans or heat sinks.
or am I missing something by not reading the article?
The Clicker doesn't have to take away from class participation; you can still have mandatory class discussion or presentations.Moreover, as stated in the article, that clicker will allow people to participate who would normally not.
Personally, I think that the clicker has a great potential; both to teach and to cheat.
True. But there are protective measures that are in place and seem to be working quite well. For one, there is a history of the page, which can be reverted back by another user. Also, those that vandalize can be banned & so can their IP's.
"There may soon be so-called stable contents. In this case, we'd freeze the pages whose quality is undisputed..." The question is, however, how do you determine when something is undisputed. A lot of politically driven pages are constantly edited until there forms a 'balance' between opposing views; that, however, takes time and is never 'undisputed'.
but there's something comforting about the mechanics of clicking a button or pushing a key.
at the very least, there's no second-guessing as to whether or not u pressed a button.
to me, the apple's mice are innovative technoligically, but not at all in practical sense.
Are these the same people that said not watching commercials is illegal?
"We'll have to bring in the world's best deep core driller."
How can you keep finding the same thing?! Either mars has water or it doesn't.
I am a senior in college, and while i predominantly use AIM at home, I've found that at work I use my Email as the main source of communication. (It's more professional and less invasive than instant messaging).
lemme guess... tabbed browsing not available.
Computing the cost of Microsofts monopoly is baseless since you cannot compute the costs of having at least 2 competing operating systems. What if OS X was on par with popularity as windows... The cost of having those two platforms compatible with each other on the same level that Windows is compatible with itself seems high to me. It seems to me that although Windows costs a lot, other things cost less because of the standardization.
I have my computer running in my apartment at school 24/7, and it's pretty loud. When I go home, I end up using my laptop and it is really hard to fall asleep... the deafening sound of silence pierces my ears.
I couldn't agree more. If I'm providing you with a paying service you don't like, cease doing business with me.
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...when the skirt designs her own game and then complains when no one buys it.
A lot of things are 'inefficiently made', but that does not mean that they ought not be made.
Take French Fries, for instance. You could eat a baked potato, and completely bypass all of the manufacturing (and cost) that goes into making French Fries, and get more/better energy out of that potato.
The fact is, French Fries and Ethanol have utility that justifies the ineffiency of production. People are willing to pay the added cost for French Fries & Ethanol, because it adds utility to them beyond that of 'quantity of energy output vs input'.
There's still heavy dependancy on the emergency floppy drive. I still find myself in situations where a bootable CD cannot be used; mainly when problems arise with Windows. (And I dont have a Floppy drive, eek).
...to the PDF that is.
A job is just like any other relationship, whether it's a friendship, a marriage, or employment; it has to be mutually beneficial. Once a relationship ceases to be mutually beneficial the party for whom its not beneficial has every right to terminate the relationship.
No one has a right to a job. An employer gives the employee a priviledge to work there, and they can take that priviledge away.
Distributing computing processes to third parties is much more inefficient. The workload has to be distributed in smaller packets, it has to be confirmed & rechecked more often, and the same workload has to be done multiple times due to not everyone runs a dedicated machine or always has 'spare cpu cycles.'
I would agree that distributing the work load is cheaper in the long run, especially with an increase in the amount of participants, but it is not a 1 to 1 cycle comparison, and therefore it is not necessarily 'taht much cheaper', 'more efficient', or 'more prudent' for a research facility to rely on others for computing cycles.
Yay, electronic ricers.
I disagree with your comment about "minimal improvement in quality". The first shoot'em-up game that I really got into was Medal of Honor. The game was a lot of fun, the graphics were cool. But then after playing Battlefield and Call of Duty, and going back to MoH, the game seems very bland. You might not notice the quality going improvement going from game to game, but take a look back over the course of several months even, and the difference is blatant.