On the contrary, Cory made no claims. He posted a link to a site that makes those claims--and provides at least some evidence--and briefly quoted the site. You make the same mistake that Dennis Zhidkov made, attributing the claims to boingboing, when it merely reported them.
So it's all really about your expectation of the student?
No, I ought to have elaborated somewhat. My point was that it's easier, and more rewarding, to teach (anything) to one who you know will eventually get it. When you reach the realization that your student will never understand enough to use the system on his or her own, and will always need you to fix things that are inexplicably "broken," you tend to get frustrated.
These people are either unwilling or unable to invest enough energy to create mental models sufficient to explain what they're (supposed to be) learning, and therefore don't retain it. What they do remember, they do by rote, and have only the vaguest notion what it all means.
The orignal article was asking about something simpler to use than the Idiot Jukebox. I'd never heard of it until this article, but having checked it out, I agree. Were I to inflict that on my parents, I'd have to move back into their house to support it. I wouldn't want one for me, let alone them.
By the way, I'm of the same vintage as you. The wrinklies to which I referred are in their late seventies.
The problem with this otherwise insightful observation is that parents have the reasonable expectation that their children will eventually master the new tools, and will quite likely surpass the parents' proficiency.
As one who still struggles with teaching technology to the wrinklier set, I can assure that such an assumption in this case is unwarranted. Indeed, they seem to forget old lessons faster than they can learn new ones.
I agree with your attitude, but the quoted equation is nonetheless valid.
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they'll take a Ferrari body and put it on a Dodge Neon.
You can go with the local PhoneCo (Ameritech, now owned by SBC), and get 768k/128k residential, for $40 a month, with tolerable reliability. It's still half the top speed of a cable modem, which costs the same in these parts.
For a 1.5M/256k business connection, they want $100 a month. And if the reliability is no better than the residential version, it's not worth it.
The part most folks forget when talking about SPAM is that somebody is buying the junk the folks are selling.
Not necessarily. If spamming really did work, how long do you think it would be before all the big producers of mainstream consumer crap picked up on it?
I'm sure that most spam runs have some rate of positive response, but it's abysmally small. It's the job of spammers to convince their potential clients otherwise. They rely on new, uninformed, and clueless folk who want to make it big by selling in CyberSpace (tm).
Here is is 16 years later, and still trying to explain what free means. Seems to me that if you go that long and still have to explain that free really means free but not free, then it is time to pack it in.
So when your mouth is burning because you just ate some hot food, is that hot as in spicy, or hot as in high-temperature?
How long have you been around? Still trying to explain what hot means?
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On the contrary, Cory made no claims. He posted a link to a site that makes those claims--and provides at least some evidence--and briefly quoted the site. You make the same mistake that Dennis Zhidkov made, attributing the claims to boingboing, when it merely reported them.
Hear, hear.
And don't forget Terminal Man. God, what a crock!
Despite its humble origins, the production appears extraordinarily professional.
Yeah, maybe. Except for the acting, that is. Gag me with a backhoe, my high school was better.
So it's all really about your expectation of the student?
No, I ought to have elaborated somewhat. My point was that it's easier, and more rewarding, to teach (anything) to one who you know will eventually get it. When you reach the realization that your student will never understand enough to use the system on his or her own, and will always need you to fix things that are inexplicably "broken," you tend to get frustrated.
These people are either unwilling or unable to invest enough energy to create mental models sufficient to explain what they're (supposed to be) learning, and therefore don't retain it. What they do remember, they do by rote, and have only the vaguest notion what it all means.
The orignal article was asking about something simpler to use than the Idiot Jukebox. I'd never heard of it until this article, but having checked it out, I agree. Were I to inflict that on my parents, I'd have to move back into their house to support it. I wouldn't want one for me, let alone them.
By the way, I'm of the same vintage as you. The wrinklies to which I referred are in their late seventies.
The problem with this otherwise insightful observation is that parents have the reasonable expectation that their children will eventually master the new tools, and will quite likely surpass the parents' proficiency.
As one who still struggles with teaching technology to the wrinklier set, I can assure that such an assumption in this case is unwarranted. Indeed, they seem to forget old lessons faster than they can learn new ones.
I agree with your attitude, but the quoted equation is nonetheless valid.
they'll take a Ferrari body and put it on a Dodge Neon.
You can go with the local PhoneCo (Ameritech, now owned by SBC), and get 768k/128k residential, for $40 a month, with tolerable reliability. It's still half the top speed of a cable modem, which costs the same in these parts.
For a 1.5M/256k business connection, they want $100 a month. And if the reliability is no better than the residential version, it's not worth it.
Yup, you're a big one all right.
I got the recognition I deserve. Geordi LaForge doesn't know anything.
The part most folks forget when talking about SPAM is that somebody is buying the junk the folks are selling.
Not necessarily. If spamming really did work, how long do you think it would be before all the big producers of mainstream consumer crap picked up on it?
I'm sure that most spam runs have some rate of positive response, but it's abysmally small. It's the job of spammers to convince their potential clients otherwise. They rely on new, uninformed, and clueless folk who want to make it big by selling in CyberSpace (tm).
Rule 1: Spammers lie.
Here is is 16 years later, and still trying to explain what free means. Seems to me that if you go that long and still have to explain that free really means free but not free, then it is time to pack it in.
So when your mouth is burning because you just ate some hot food, is that hot as in spicy, or hot as in high-temperature?
How long have you been around? Still trying to explain what hot means?