My wife and I had given up after 7 years of natural and artificial means for impregnation. We've finally had a beautiful girl, but I wonder if this was a contributing factor in our difficulties.
The most likely impediment up to now had been the acid/alkaline incompatibility between my wife and myself. But that didn't really hold well during artificial insemination.
I'm glad to see that we're still plugging away at mysteries of this aspect of nature.
Are we gonna need global buy-in on this project? Whomever facilitated the communication needed for everyone concerned (read "EVERYone") would deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.
Aside from that not insignificant task, let's hope the modelling for this scheme has little or no margin for error. I feel pretty shaky about missing the goal on the first try...
Too bad Juno couldn't be more open...
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...to their customer base. The underhandedness will inevitably backfire. If they had offered the functionality of "background processing" to their users, possibly partnering with some other entity (can you say SET@Home?) for "an exciting endeavor -- fun for the whole family!", perhaps they'd smell like roses instead of crap.
I add my boot to the heads of others since I think you read Raskin as he intended.
It seems that his objection lies in what the mass consumer level user has to wade through before being productive in a selected application. He was championing the novice user as opposed to the typical/. reader. I expect that if he were asked about his thoughts respective of more technical users, he would certainly support an OS-type application or function for all the reasons that people have cringed due to the aformentioned article.
Lastly, the thing I thought of most when reading his article was OpenDoc. Did Jef have anything to do with that? It seems to approach more of what he described and, while not being the final solution, was an evolutionary step.
Are you an individualist? or a socialist? How far will either perspective take you?
I understand the concept of "majority rules", and that fits nicely in a boolean logic sorta way. But that disallows for balance in anything that oozes to the legislative level.
I don't think that libertarians are wrong. They've got quite a lot to say. But I also think that socialist have as much validity to their perspective. Both individuals and the collective whole need to be considered in the government.
There're a whole lot of lame statements (IMHO) concerning: Katz's right to post, the governments "true" role, the mass' inability to absorb technology, etc... Those all miss the point of this book and the issue it represents.
When the resources aren't enough for everyone in the world, what are you gonna do? How wide will your sphere of influence/support grow? Will it include your family? How about your friends? Your town? Church? Soccer team? Neighbor?
Are you really gonna play libertarian towards everyone until the person next to you earns your support? That seems pretty callous. And distrustful.
I think that those are some of the values that this author is concerned with, and disappointed in finding within our society (at this time).
I think the issue to consider is simply when to begin exposing students to computers. Just as teaching various subjects is age-appropriate, so should computers be as well.
I believe that the success of placing computers in front of elementary school children is hit-or-miss at best. Kids have their own agendas. Gaming (especially in the mass market) is the number one draw toward computers for children under 12 or so (the age mentioned is totally subjective), but of course there are a number of them who gravitate towards more academic/technical uses of computers. But to expect them to "learn how to type, damn it", or "word process that report" is a bit premature in elementary school. There will be plenty of time to do that later. More effort needs to be spent in bringing up the de facto level of knowledge in that age range.
The computer curriculum that my 12 year old daughter has been given has been far from inspiring. She an excellent student for the most part, but the computer time has been more of a distraction than anything else, analogous to an off-topic message in a thread. There're plenty of pressure on students to excel in academics and athletics without adding the "need to know computers in order to be successful as a student/person".
Personally, I thrived upon introduction to computers in high school (grade 10). Now, 16 years later, my professional career has been completely based on my initial exposure to BASIC on a PDP-11. But the timing had to be right in regards to my mental/intellectual state.
Computers are not for everyone. To expect that is tantamount to prejudism. "Conform or fail!" That's not what I want to support.
It's not skill, but lifestyle...
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Oh, please. All this discussion about the issue being based on experience, skill, or train-ability is garbage.
Several Slashdotters have hit on some of the issue, that being payscale. I believe th crux of the issue is lifestyle.
It has, certainly for me, become increasingly more and more difficult to spend over 40+ hours at a job. I want to spend more time with my family, not at work. Young bucks and buckettes are able to devote endless hours at a job for a variety of reasons, and this is the stuff that companies (especially startups and pre-IPOs) want!
Gimme obsessive-compulsive youngsters or "kids" who want to be hip and in the IT industry for a decent wage. Give me excited newbies who want to play with the latest tech and get paid for it. I'll pass on the parents who would have to contend with going to a soccer game for their 6 year old when I have a deadline.
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My wife and I had given up after 7 years of natural and artificial means for impregnation. We've finally had a beautiful girl, but I wonder if this was a contributing factor in our difficulties.
The most likely impediment up to now had been the acid/alkaline incompatibility between my wife and myself. But that didn't really hold well during artificial insemination.
I'm glad to see that we're still plugging away at mysteries of this aspect of nature.
Are we gonna need global buy-in on this project? Whomever facilitated the communication needed for everyone concerned (read "EVERYone") would deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.
Aside from that not insignificant task, let's hope the modelling for this scheme has little or no margin for error. I feel pretty shaky about missing the goal on the first try...
...to their customer base. The underhandedness will inevitably backfire. If they had offered the functionality of "background processing" to their users, possibly partnering with some other entity (can you say SET@Home?) for "an exciting endeavor -- fun for the whole family!", perhaps they'd smell like roses instead of crap.
I add my boot to the heads of others since I think you read Raskin as he intended.
/. reader. I expect that if he were asked about his thoughts respective of more technical users, he would certainly support an OS-type application or function for all the reasons that people have cringed due to the aformentioned article.
It seems that his objection lies in what the mass consumer level user has to wade through before being productive in a selected application. He was championing the novice user as opposed to the typical
Lastly, the thing I thought of most when reading his article was OpenDoc. Did Jef have anything to do with that? It seems to approach more of what he described and, while not being the final solution, was an evolutionary step.
...but you have to think it all the way through.
Are you an individualist? or a socialist? How far will either perspective take you?
I understand the concept of "majority rules", and that fits nicely in a boolean logic sorta way. But that disallows for balance in anything that oozes to the legislative level.
I don't think that libertarians are wrong. They've got quite a lot to say. But I also think that socialist have as much validity to their perspective. Both individuals and the collective whole need to be considered in the government.
There're a whole lot of lame statements (IMHO) concerning: Katz's right to post, the governments "true" role, the mass' inability to absorb technology, etc... Those all miss the point of this book and the issue it represents.
When the resources aren't enough for everyone in the world, what are you gonna do? How wide will your sphere of influence/support grow? Will it include your family? How about your friends? Your town? Church? Soccer team? Neighbor?
Are you really gonna play libertarian towards everyone until the person next to you earns your support? That seems pretty callous. And distrustful.
I think that those are some of the values that this author is concerned with, and disappointed in finding within our society (at this time).
I think the issue to consider is simply when to begin exposing students to computers. Just as teaching various subjects is age-appropriate, so should computers be as well.
I believe that the success of placing computers in front of elementary school children is hit-or-miss at best. Kids have their own agendas. Gaming (especially in the mass market) is the number one draw toward computers for children under 12 or so (the age mentioned is totally subjective), but of course there are a number of them who gravitate towards more academic/technical uses of computers. But to expect them to "learn how to type, damn it", or "word process that report" is a bit premature in elementary school. There will be plenty of time to do that later. More effort needs to be spent in bringing up the de facto level of knowledge in that age range.
The computer curriculum that my 12 year old daughter has been given has been far from inspiring. She an excellent student for the most part, but the computer time has been more of a distraction than anything else, analogous to an off-topic message in a thread. There're plenty of pressure on students to excel in academics and athletics without adding the "need to know computers in order to be successful as a student/person".
Personally, I thrived upon introduction to computers in high school (grade 10). Now, 16 years later, my professional career has been completely based on my initial exposure to BASIC on a PDP-11. But the timing had to be right in regards to my mental/intellectual state.
Computers are not for everyone. To expect that is tantamount to prejudism. "Conform or fail!" That's not what I want to support.
Oh, please. All this discussion about the issue being based on experience, skill, or train-ability is garbage.
Several Slashdotters have hit on some of the issue, that being payscale. I believe th crux of the issue is lifestyle.
It has, certainly for me, become increasingly more and more difficult to spend over 40+ hours at a job. I want to spend more time with my family, not at work. Young bucks and buckettes are able to devote endless hours at a job for a variety of reasons, and this is the stuff that companies (especially startups and pre-IPOs) want!
Gimme obsessive-compulsive youngsters or "kids" who want to be hip and in the IT industry for a decent wage. Give me excited newbies who want to play with the latest tech and get paid for it. I'll pass on the parents who would have to contend with going to a soccer game for their 6 year old when I have a deadline.
...for one reason or another. I get an error 403: [I] am not authorized..."
I suspect a "cease-and-desist" action on the part of Apple, though I have no evidence; just past experience.
Too bad, my juices were flowing.
Just on General Principal...
I think it'd make good sense to at least keep the FireWire and allow the workstations to make use of the server's DVD/media.