I hate Chrome. Prefer text to icons, menu bars with words and bling (or;chrome' as Microsoft calls it - the opposite of Google Chrome). I don't worry about speed, screen real estate, or browser security. I don't have to and I don't choose to.
Not that I'm a fan of prejudice. But history, economics, power, and politics are all very useful very valuable and much more to my liking than arbitrary opinions about what constitutes a social ill or a social good. WE DECIDE what is good or evil BASED ON history, economics, power, and politics, AND WE SHOULD - it crowd sources morality, as Darwin and God intended - that's what morality IS - what benefits the herd and it's members, as determined by the behavior and the resulting history, economics, power, and politics of the herd and of it's members.
Go join a Church of your choice, fool, and leave the real world to realists.
People have a right to live work and pay taxes where they please, to sell any good or service to anyone, and to buy any good or service from anyone, at any agreed price. NO ONE nor ALL PEOPLE have the right or the power to prevent or limit or regulate it.
NO ONE except tiny vested interests in any give case gives a hoot about anything being level, or fair. And so what is we all are part of SOME insignificant interest group, Such as Christians for example. Or far smaller clan bands.
There are very few things that apply to us all - pretty much the secure enjoyment of life, liberty, property, and equality before the law.
Other than that, may the Devil please take the hind-most asap.
Tom Perkins is totally correct. Fascism is fascism, whether running under its own name or a Communism, Nazism, Progressivism, or Environmentalism. Same people same stupid totally mistaken ideas same total immorality and disregard for human beings.
Gee how ambitious - one's own view of reality, regardless of how badly it models the real world or does anything whatsoever besides provide excuses for terrorism - the principle forms of which are nationalism, religion, racism (apologies for redundancy), group consciousness of any kind, and the original evils, fear and its twin, pride.
Theoretically drivers texting drinking having sex painting their toenails or smoking crack MIGHT be more hazardous to others than those who are not. So what. I'd rather (1) drive doing all o those things when I please (which I in fact DO do, a and when I please, for decades now) (2) see me not forced to deal with the idea that some idiots think that there is some magic that creates a "law" I should obey when I don't feel like it (3) let others do as I do - I defend myself from other drivers by PAYING ATTENTION.
To me the BENEFIT of something is my enjoyment of it. I see no great benefit in empathy tolerance and other 'artist" type attitudes in others. Helping others LEARN, WORK, PRODUCE now that might be useful to me. Making them nice people is as far as I am concerned up to them, I don't give a damn if others are tolerant or Nazis at heart.
50 years ago, state of the art was a billion dollars, equivalent to $25USD billion today. So they are.004 or 1/250 what they formerly cost. WTG Techies!
People evolved to live in each others' laps. Gossip served where dictatorial and incompetent piles of programs laws regulations attack ads and lawsuits now reign. Not to mention Uninformed Security or the Department of Homeland Insecurity.
Record everything. And junk the idea that anyone has but two obligations: restrict themselves to mutually voluntary transactions and refrain from injury or threat to the lives, liberties, or properties of others. There should be no public law morals or opinion, beyond mutual guidelines to facilitate exchange, such as how long a meter is or how pure the water we receive or pass on ought to be.
make it all like spam. maybe worth doing if ya got a hundred million to fish amongst otherwise worthless. Cut the balls of monetizing information. Drown this industry before it grows any larger.
From chopping wood cranking the telephone and radio maybe...to today. Every innovation starts with an elite, either of money or of experimentation. The more attractive ones tend to spread, attracting people money ideas and tending to in these times where so little (besides outrageously expensive NECESSITIES) depends of things which tend to be both physical and scarce. And would you rather the big hats experimented on us po folk?
Sounds like the devices have already accomplished all they can: the students have learned how to master their iPads and are now using them exactly as they please. Which is what human being do with anything they find lying about in their environment. HOORAH!
If the ideas were to empower, to teach electronic/digital literacy, to open minds to options and to information, mission accomplished!
Probably the only thing NOT learned by now, is adult interaction with others. Perhaps when these kids are 10 or 20 years older, THAT may be largely digitally mediated as well.
Slashdot Mirror
and so conducive to progress! LOL
http://makezine.com/2013/07/06...
I hate Chrome. Prefer text to icons, menu bars with words and bling (or ;chrome' as Microsoft calls it - the opposite of Google Chrome). I don't worry about speed, screen real estate, or browser security. I don't have to and I don't choose to.
At least with business interest, chances are actual education is intended.
Not that I'm a fan of prejudice. But history, economics, power, and politics are all very useful very valuable and much more to my liking than arbitrary opinions about what constitutes a social ill or a social good. WE DECIDE what is good or evil BASED ON history, economics, power, and politics, AND WE SHOULD - it crowd sources morality, as Darwin and God intended - that's what morality IS - what benefits the herd and it's members, as determined by the behavior and the resulting history, economics, power, and politics of the herd and of it's members.
Go join a Church of your choice, fool, and leave the real world to realists.
People have a right to live work and pay taxes where they please, to sell any good or service to anyone, and to buy any good or service from anyone, at any agreed price. NO ONE nor ALL PEOPLE have the right or the power to prevent or limit or regulate it.
The trust creates the money and the money must ENFORCE the trust, whether that starves all the poor or not. BALONEY!
WONDERFUL idea! I think EVERYTHING should be recorded EVERYWHERE at ALL TIMES. End stupid arguments over who did what to whom!
at tech we had parabollic 4 story bldg. with enuf 1000 watt a channel systems could rattle windows may miles away. before nasa could lol.
NO ONE except tiny vested interests in any give case gives a hoot about anything being level, or fair. And so what is we all are part of SOME insignificant interest group, Such as Christians for example. Or far smaller clan bands.
There are very few things that apply to us all - pretty much the secure enjoyment of life, liberty, property, and equality before the law.
Other than that, may the Devil please take the hind-most asap.
Tom Perkins is totally correct. Fascism is fascism, whether running under its own name or a Communism, Nazism, Progressivism, or Environmentalism. Same people same stupid totally mistaken ideas same total immorality and disregard for human beings.
no one owes or deserves support. those with another opinion can donate if so they chose.
spawn benefit from more caring predecessors. so what. care or not, is a choice thing.
I care but money is the least of what I give should give etc.
Over educated over paid arrogant idiots. Not concerned about skin color or private organs. Never have cared about either, not starting any time soon.
Gee how ambitious - one's own view of reality, regardless of how badly it models the real world or does anything whatsoever besides provide excuses for terrorism - the principle forms of which are nationalism, religion, racism (apologies for redundancy), group consciousness of any kind, and the original evils, fear and its twin, pride.
Keep real people SAFE from techies and other gd yuppie environmentalist jihadists! DIE YUPPIE SCUM!
And end the interest in the creepy traitorous worm.
Theoretically drivers texting drinking having sex painting their toenails or smoking crack MIGHT be more hazardous to others than those who are not. So what. I'd rather (1) drive doing all o those things when I please (which I in fact DO do, a and when I please, for decades now) (2) see me not forced to deal with the idea that some idiots think that there is some magic that creates a "law" I should obey when I don't feel like it (3) let others do as I do - I defend myself from other drivers by PAYING ATTENTION.
To me the BENEFIT of something is my enjoyment of it. I see no great benefit in empathy tolerance and other 'artist" type attitudes in others. Helping others LEARN, WORK, PRODUCE now that might be useful to me. Making them nice people is as far as I am concerned up to them, I don't give a damn if others are tolerant or Nazis at heart.
50 years ago, state of the art was a billion dollars, equivalent to $25USD billion today. So they are .004 or 1/250 what they formerly cost. WTG Techies!
People evolved to live in each others' laps. Gossip served where dictatorial and incompetent piles of programs laws regulations attack ads and lawsuits now reign. Not to mention Uninformed Security or the Department of Homeland Insecurity.
Record everything. And junk the idea that anyone has but two obligations: restrict themselves to mutually voluntary transactions and refrain from injury or threat to the lives, liberties, or properties of others. There should be no public law morals or opinion, beyond mutual guidelines to facilitate exchange, such as how long a meter is or how pure the water we receive or pass on ought to be.
Now great employees and a nationwide infrastructure can again do something very useful!
Go Google Go! Trash every bunch of bandits/government stooges!
make it all like spam. maybe worth doing if ya got a hundred million to fish amongst otherwise worthless. Cut the balls of monetizing information. Drown this industry before it grows any larger.
From chopping wood cranking the telephone and radio maybe...to today. Every innovation starts with an elite, either of money or of experimentation. The more attractive ones tend to spread, attracting people money ideas and tending to in these times where so little (besides outrageously expensive NECESSITIES) depends of things which tend to be both physical and scarce. And would you rather the big hats experimented on us po folk?
Sounds like the devices have already accomplished all they can: the students have learned how to master their iPads and are now using them exactly as they please. Which is what human being do with anything they find lying about in their environment. HOORAH!
If the ideas were to empower, to teach electronic/digital literacy, to open minds to options and to information, mission accomplished!
Probably the only thing NOT learned by now, is adult interaction with others. Perhaps when these kids are 10 or 20 years older, THAT may be largely digitally mediated as well.