Probably not a security-related problem, but what an inopportune time to get slashdotted (via the article link anyway), unless the article linked to has the wrong address:)
I think both situations seem equally likely, and more probable: It is some combination of the two. She doesn't want students getting caught up on the word-for-word, by clicking away on a laptop without actually thinking about the ideas, and she doesn't want them goofing around with screens that conveniently face away from her. I can see why she wouldn't want them in her classroom for both reasons.
I think the major problem is the user-interface. Paper has a great user interface for taking notes. Drawing pictures and diagrams is as easy as writing words. It's also reasonably easy to flip through to different pages to find what you need (though there are no search capabilities). You can also spread out papers in front of you to get a good look at more than one thing at once. On a laptop, you can type to your heart's content, but mousing in a drawing is difficult at best. Touch-screen input is a rarity, and doesn't seem to work that well when you do have it (in my experience). Also, you can only view about half a page on a typical laptop monitor at any given time, having to scroll around to look at different parts of the same page, or different pages alltogether.
I haven't gotten so lax as to just have a straight-up PHP interface to the command line:) I don't go all-out for security, but I use enough to be reasonable. I don't do any "cracking" at all, the scripting I do is usually just mundane web stuff, which I often start working with on the command line, and move to a web-accessable script once that's all polished up.
I was just saying that it's quite reasonable to move many types of scripts to a web interface, 'cause that's totally convenient.
I often migrate things to web-interfaces that were previously shell scripts. It's more convenient, 'cause I can do the things I need to do from any browser without having to ssh in (which isn't always a possibility, rare, but it does occur). Also, it's easier to show to other people without giving away a shell account. Also also, it's easier to show to people who aren't "in the know" because it looks like something.
What? No... that doesn't make sense at all. What does Bush have anything to do with this? He's a dummy, no doubt, but seriously... What are you basing that conclusion on? Besides, having china off the internet just means less spam / viruses / crap for me.
Gentoo. There's a bit of a learning curve, but you get the best of both worlds: a well sorted out package selection/management system, and the ability to select what is installed down to the low level of things. I run gentoo on my three systems that have widely varying uses: Desktop with KDE for doing everything, headless server running apache/mysql/php, dumb-terminal client lappy for when I want to watch TV in the living room and chat / browse at the same time.
You have to worry about taking inventor of Y to court (or having them take you to court if they decide to sue you first). Going to court costs a _lot_ of money (be it actual money, or your time that could be spent elsewhere making money), even if you are 100% and obviously correct from the start.
So all the people that have been submitting crap to the patent office that actually gets qualified as "valid", even if it isn't will have a field day patenting everything then? If the onus is on everybody else but the patent-holder to prove that it isn't valid, that kinda sucks.
Threshhold-braking, as it is known, is applying the brakes just hard enough so the wheels are just about to lock up. That is much more effective (just look at the difference between the coefficients for rolling vs. sliding friction) than repeatedly locking up/disengaging the brakes (which is all anti-lock does) or locking them up solid (like most panicked drivers do).
I have a sea-monkey that is in a sealed ecosphere that has been alive for 7 years this x-mas (at least, plus whatever he lived before he was shipped to my house).
I think the reason why going with balloons is better at the moment is a balloon is a _lot_ cheaper than a satellite. Also, a balloon can cover one static area of ground, where a satellite has to be in geosynchronous orbit to achieve that, and that is a _long_ way away (22,240 miles). Lag time at that distance is definitely noticeable (about 1/4th of a second). Your other option to provide constant coverage of one area is to have a whole mess of satellites such that there is always at least one visible in the sky, which gets very expensive, because you essentially need to have global coverage in order to cover any one particular area.
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Probably not a security-related problem, but what an inopportune time to get slashdotted (via the article link anyway), unless the article linked to has the wrong address :)
-JesseThe comic-sans on his website is hilarious as well.
-JesseMissing the Christmas 2006 season alone is estimated to cost hardware manufacturers over 4 billion US dollars.
Well look on the bright side, US consumers will save $4 billion on hardware they don't need to buy.
-JesseI think both situations seem equally likely, and more probable: It is some combination of the two. She doesn't want students getting caught up on the word-for-word, by clicking away on a laptop without actually thinking about the ideas, and she doesn't want them goofing around with screens that conveniently face away from her. I can see why she wouldn't want them in her classroom for both reasons.
Yes... you will infact DIE if you have not noticed that.
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I think the major problem is the user-interface. Paper has a great user interface for taking notes. Drawing pictures and diagrams is as easy as writing words. It's also reasonably easy to flip through to different pages to find what you need (though there are no search capabilities). You can also spread out papers in front of you to get a good look at more than one thing at once. On a laptop, you can type to your heart's content, but mousing in a drawing is difficult at best. Touch-screen input is a rarity, and doesn't seem to work that well when you do have it (in my experience). Also, you can only view about half a page on a typical laptop monitor at any given time, having to scroll around to look at different parts of the same page, or different pages alltogether.
-JesseJust curious if anybody has any knowledge of the average court-cost payment?
-JesseI haven't gotten so lax as to just have a straight-up PHP interface to the command line :) I don't go all-out for security, but I use enough to be reasonable. I don't do any "cracking" at all, the scripting I do is usually just mundane web stuff, which I often start working with on the command line, and move to a web-accessable script once that's all polished up.
I was just saying that it's quite reasonable to move many types of scripts to a web interface, 'cause that's totally convenient.
-JesseI often migrate things to web-interfaces that were previously shell scripts. It's more convenient, 'cause I can do the things I need to do from any browser without having to ssh in (which isn't always a possibility, rare, but it does occur). Also, it's easier to show to other people without giving away a shell account. Also also, it's easier to show to people who aren't "in the know" because it looks like something.
-JesseAt least they're working out the issues, rather than sending out a craptastic console.
-JesseWhat? No... that doesn't make sense at all. What does Bush have anything to do with this? He's a dummy, no doubt, but seriously... What are you basing that conclusion on? Besides, having china off the internet just means less spam / viruses / crap for me.
Because why would any Chinese citizen use that over the actual internet?
-JesseGentoo. There's a bit of a learning curve, but you get the best of both worlds: a well sorted out package selection/management system, and the ability to select what is installed down to the low level of things. I run gentoo on my three systems that have widely varying uses: Desktop with KDE for doing everything, headless server running apache/mysql/php, dumb-terminal client lappy for when I want to watch TV in the living room and chat / browse at the same time.
Does anybody else see the irony in the parent/grandparent's posts? :)
-Jesseanyways
You mean 'anyway'Screenshots != Videos... I thought that was obvious?
How can they talk about graphics advances without screenshots? I believe the term used these days is "TTIWWP".
-JesseAt least it will make filtering out spam easier, just filter out anything with the "seal of approval".
-JesseYou have to worry about taking inventor of Y to court (or having them take you to court if they decide to sue you first). Going to court costs a _lot_ of money (be it actual money, or your time that could be spent elsewhere making money), even if you are 100% and obviously correct from the start.
-JesseEcosphere is the place where I got them. They themselves say that the shrimp populations can survive for that long.
-JesseSo all the people that have been submitting crap to the patent office that actually gets qualified as "valid", even if it isn't will have a field day patenting everything then? If the onus is on everybody else but the patent-holder to prove that it isn't valid, that kinda sucks.
-Jesse
Threshhold-braking, as it is known, is applying the brakes just hard enough so the wheels are just about to lock up. That is much more effective (just look at the difference between the coefficients for rolling vs. sliding friction) than repeatedly locking up/disengaging the brakes (which is all anti-lock does) or locking them up solid (like most panicked drivers do).
I have a sea-monkey that is in a sealed ecosphere that has been alive for 7 years this x-mas (at least, plus whatever he lived before he was shipped to my house).
I think the reason why going with balloons is better at the moment is a balloon is a _lot_ cheaper than a satellite. Also, a balloon can cover one static area of ground, where a satellite has to be in geosynchronous orbit to achieve that, and that is a _long_ way away (22,240 miles). Lag time at that distance is definitely noticeable (about 1/4th of a second). Your other option to provide constant coverage of one area is to have a whole mess of satellites such that there is always at least one visible in the sky, which gets very expensive, because you essentially need to have global coverage in order to cover any one particular area.