I remember when I was little my parents bought me a radiometer, not really a toy but a cool gadget nonetheless.
It's a physics device: four squares attached to a vane in a bulb of glass rotate when placed in the sun. I still have it with me in my college dorm room on a window sill.
If your child likes science it's a neat little gift.:)
Wow, another association to cloud the minds of the legislature and people. Professional associations have so much power nowadays with the way they influence policy and are practically infallible in the judicial system.
Even worse, many people don't even know that Adam Smith, writer of The Wealth of Nations who first described capitalist marketism, was vehemently against professional associations and corporations for the fact that they reduce competition and free markets.
Clearly, a market isn't 'free' anymore if the only selections that you have in the store are corporate products.
Actually, I wouldn't mind being a person that might be dug up thousands of years from now. That would be the ultimate memorial--thousands of people studying you, pondering where you came from, what you accomplished in life, your patterns of living, your art, your music, your loved ones.
History is important. It teaches us how we have progressed as a species and human entity, the extrapolation of which can be used as a human exercise for analysis of fundamental global problems.
How we choose to dispose of ourselves after our existence ends is an important personal decision. As such, any burial ground or internment area is sacred not only to the thoughts of the ethereal people around you, but also to the history owed to the people that are our descendants.
On the other hand, many large conglomerate companies put restraints on projects because of the want to sell more products, increasing profit. In this 'modern' age, during which large corporations take advantage of widespread department stores, mall chains, and franchises, the increased consumer base allows the corporations to churn out as many titles as they can. Quantity has been sacrificed for quality as gameplay, plots, and other fundamental game concepts and innovations have been tossed to the wind in favor of profit with videogame franchises, sequels, and compilations.
Is it a sign of bad business that people aren't buying enough games and/or children have to save up money, or a sign that a certain commodity is too expensive? Why are CDs so expensive when they are so cheap to make? Why does the title of a game have to determine its price?
DB
Don't get him something "new" necessarily, like a new type of gadget or program. Most technology is a variation on one theme or idea, manipulating fundamental useful concepts. You should buy/make him/her something that will either improve work output or will provide more information or insight on a valuable activity.
For example, I've been interested in philosophical issues regarding MP3s, the Digital Copyright Act, and the RIAA. As such I need some background information, and a friend of mine who is in the telecommunications and audio field suggested that I buy a book entitled "The Business of Music."
He doesn't need something "geeky" either. What does he fundamentally need? What would improve the way he lives his life? There are many times when I wish I had something better than what I currently own: wine opener, better organization for my media, nice bottle of cologne.
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It's a physics device: four squares attached to a vane in a bulb of glass rotate when placed in the sun. I still have it with me in my college dorm room on a window sill.
If your child likes science it's a neat little gift. :)
Wow, another association to cloud the minds of the legislature and people. Professional associations have so much power nowadays with the way they influence policy and are practically infallible in the judicial system.
Even worse, many people don't even know that Adam Smith, writer of The Wealth of Nations who first described capitalist marketism, was vehemently against professional associations and corporations for the fact that they reduce competition and free markets.
Clearly, a market isn't 'free' anymore if the only selections that you have in the store are corporate products.
Actually, I wouldn't mind being a person that might be dug up thousands of years from now. That would be the ultimate memorial--thousands of people studying you, pondering where you came from, what you accomplished in life, your patterns of living, your art, your music, your loved ones.
History is important. It teaches us how we have progressed as a species and human entity, the extrapolation of which can be used as a human exercise for analysis of fundamental global problems.
How we choose to dispose of ourselves after our existence ends is an important personal decision. As such, any burial ground or internment area is sacred not only to the thoughts of the ethereal people around you, but also to the history owed to the people that are our descendants.
A cemetery is certainly not a landfill.
On the other hand, many large conglomerate companies put restraints on projects because of the want to sell more products, increasing profit. In this 'modern' age, during which large corporations take advantage of widespread department stores, mall chains, and franchises, the increased consumer base allows the corporations to churn out as many titles as they can. Quantity has been sacrificed for quality as gameplay, plots, and other fundamental game concepts and innovations have been tossed to the wind in favor of profit with videogame franchises, sequels, and compilations. Is it a sign of bad business that people aren't buying enough games and/or children have to save up money, or a sign that a certain commodity is too expensive? Why are CDs so expensive when they are so cheap to make? Why does the title of a game have to determine its price? DB
Don't get him something "new" necessarily, like a new type of gadget or program. Most technology is a variation on one theme or idea, manipulating fundamental useful concepts. You should buy/make him/her something that will either improve work output or will provide more information or insight on a valuable activity.
For example, I've been interested in philosophical issues regarding MP3s, the Digital Copyright Act, and the RIAA. As such I need some background information, and a friend of mine who is in the telecommunications and audio field suggested that I buy a book entitled "The Business of Music."
He doesn't need something "geeky" either. What does he fundamentally need? What would improve the way he lives his life? There are many times when I wish I had something better than what I currently own: wine opener, better organization for my media, nice bottle of cologne.
Do you see what I mean?