> In the true bilingual speakers, both languages lit up the same > area of the brain, and in the speakers who learned a new > language after the critical period, the post-critical language > lit up a different area of the brain from the native language.
Hmm, so the areas are different, but is that an indicator of quality? You write that "languages that are learned after this critical period are typically learned imperfectly", but it can be caused by something else (the brain area is just correlated with that and is not the cause of poor performance).
Slashdot didn't render those words, I think you refer to "goluboy" (light blue, looks like cyan but more blueish) and "sinii" (blue).
> So there is no way to directly translate "blue" into Russian. Hmmm... How is "sinii" not suitable for this? Now, the fact that "goluboy" also maps to "blue" is a different problem; the constraint is not on the Russian end, but on the English one:-)
Short version: why send a spaceship today, if you can do it tomorrow for half the price? Even better - the day after tomorrow, for a quarter of the price. And so on...
There's a chance that with modern technology, you'll get to the destination much faster than the previously sent spaceships. By the time the early adopters reach the end-point, the entire system may already be colonized by those who waited a bit longer and used more mature versions of the same technology.
Relying on forums won't be the same thing, because that adds latency to the process of communication. It won't be as efficient as an actual conversation in class. Yes, forums are interactive, but they don't provide as many "input channels" as an actual lecture, here's what I mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwysrzWAdBU (why going to classes is a good idea).
I think every teacher should first take their time to explain to their students that asking questions is a good thing and there is no need to worry about what others think*. If students don't ask questions, ask them instead; and make it clear that you're interested in a verbose version of their thought process, rather than an actual [correct] answer. After a few iterations, even the quiet folks join the discussion.
It is important to promptly deal with people who make ironic remarks about silly questions, otherwise the whole plan fails. I usually say "It is not a shame not to know, it is a shame not to ask", or "it is not a shame to ask, it is a shame not to ask". Sometimes I share bits of my history, such as - "I didn't know what a debugger was prior to my second year at the uni, until then I just made small changes and ran the whole thing and observed the final result. I experienced a culture shock when I saw someone using a watch to monitor the state of a variable.", or - "In school, when asked to determine the length of a side in a right angled triangle, instead of using a formula I just drew the thing and used a ruler to find the answer [and I honestly believed that's what they wanted me to do]". Basically, I was the "here it is!" guy for "find X" problems.
Such stories decrease the distance and students feel more comfortable saying what they think. These stories don't even have to be true; but if they're genuine - they're much better, because that proves that someone who makes enough mistakes will eventually get better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeQmr2uAQUA (why ask questions).
Hmmm... An alien organism that came from a completely different environment will outplay life forms that spent millions of years adapting themselves to their world?
Maybe this could explain your case: processes started by different users do not share a clipboard. For example, if you copy in one window that belongs to a program started with regular credentials, and paste in a window ran with administrative privileges - it won't work.
Note that I cannot verify this now, as I am not on a Windows machine; but if I recall correctly - this is how a modern version of Windows behaves.
> you have to be a really stupid teacher to > friend your students and expect your job to be safe
I am a teacher and there are quite a lot of my students in my Facebook list. Many of them are good friends of mine and we interact almost on a daily basis, play football, ping-pong, exchange books, etc.
- What would be your legal obligation of you saw one of your students getting drunk in a bar? - How about... if you saw a student who is not your own getting drunk?
Facebook is just another method of communication, I don't see why this should be handled in a special way, it is basic human-to-human interaction and you do what you'd do with any other person in any other circumstances.
In the case discussed here, if they're doing this to protect teachers, it seems to me they're solving the wrong problem.
p.s. I teach at the Technical University of Moldova, in this country suing others is not a sport (at least not yet).
A mobile phone has a SIM card inside; a SIM is a smart card, a tamper-proof device designed to store sensitive data.
If the password is stored on the SIM card, the phone could retrieve it from there, instead of storing it in its own memory. A SIM card can be PIN-protected, so effectively the PIN needs to be entered once - when powering up the phone.
This does not completely resolve the problem - if someone steals a phone and keeps it on, they can retrieve the password. However, a [smart] thief turns the phone off after stealing it; once they do that, they'll have to enter the PIN again when powering up the phone.
Now, the only problem is that many people have their SIM PINs disabled; but at least in this scenario you have some control and you can increase the level of security with little effort.
Note: the structure of the file system of a SIM card is defined in GSM 11.11 (for 2G) and there is a standard for 3G cards as well. There is no possibility to create new files on the SIM (it is not in the personalization phase anymore), so you'll have to keep the data in other files that are readable with PIN1, such as EF ADN or EF SMS (phonebook, SMS archive) - as modern phones don't use those files anyway. An alternative is to influence the ETSI, 3GPP and others involved in maintaining the specs and have this file for password storage added in the future versions of the spec.
That would be a valid point, except that someone else mentioned in another thread that this disease is not yet well understood, and that assuming that it is genetic is not the right thing to do.
The ending bit of the video attached to the article - "if this fails, she plans to adopt". Can you blame her for trying before giving up?
You say "can't replicate like a feral cat", but that is not what is really happening. Those parents who abandon their children usually breed like feral cats (hence there is a great supply of such children), whereas in her case it is not mentioned anywhere that she wants a "houseful" of babies.
You also say that people should better spend their money in different ways. But if they earned it, don't they have the right to choose what to do with it? [as long as it is not something illegal - like buying guns and killing other people]
I may have acted differently, had I been in their shoes, but I can't say I have reasons to say they are stupid or irresponsible.
The trouble is that it will indeed take a lot of time to sync, even if the changes are insignificant; but since you say it doesn't really bother you.... Hmmm. Is your image less than 100 MB?
I'm not in the United States, but I use the feature in GMail and in the Google-powered email accounts for my domain.
I was puzzled by the fact that it worked for me, but not for my parents. After some tinkering (different OSes, different browsers, different settings) I figured that the delta was in the language of the interface: I was using English, they were using Romanian and Russian.
After switching to English - the 'call phone' option showed up.
Some stagnated, but usually a civilization ends up being 'consumed' by another one; or they can mix and influence each other. In this case I don't think it is accurate to say that they left without a trace, they just transformed into some other culture.
If you refer to civilizations that left without a trace - how do you know they were there in the first place?
It is interesting that 'planet' comes from 'wanderer' in Greek - that refers to bodies that move in a weird way in the sky (from their perspective back then, the trajectories didn't make sense).
Now we discovered wandering planets, which makes them more of a planet than actual planets...
"As the circle of knowledge expands, so does the area of darkness that surrounds it".
In other words, it is possible that we will never run out of questions. Even if we get very advanced in understanding the universe, it doesn't mean that every individual will have the same skills. Yes, mankind's knowledge continues to grow, but some people can happily continue their ignorant lives, despite all the incredible steps science has made throughout the years. We can observe this today [i.e. ignorance is common], why would things change in the future?
I don't use those controls, when I'm reading Slashdot - the comments are what matters to me the most.
I accidentally noticed that if I zoom in with Opera, the layout transforms into what I need: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3258602/slashdot-opera-zoom.png The bars become invisible, the entire screen is used to display the text.
I have recently asked myself the same question, while thinking of ways to write an app in Python for iOS. So far the best findings are forum discussions in which people say "no, this doesn't work".
If you refer to PyObjC - it is not yet a viable solution, though things seem to be moving in the right direction.
There is a program called SecuBox, http://aikosolutions.com/ it creates virtual encrypted disk on Windows-powered handhelds. You can keep your sensitive data there, in encrypted form.
Your phonebook, SMS and other data are still kept in the phone using regular methods though. On the bright side - at least you get to control where your files are kept.
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Hmm.. if you pay attention to the voice, you notice they still use "miles per hour" and "miles" - I thought they switched to the metric system.
> In the true bilingual speakers, both languages lit up the same
> area of the brain, and in the speakers who learned a new
> language after the critical period, the post-critical language
> lit up a different area of the brain from the native language.
Hmm, so the areas are different, but is that an indicator of quality? You write that "languages that are learned after this critical period are typically learned imperfectly", but it can be caused by something else (the brain area is just correlated with that and is not the cause of poor performance).
Slashdot didn't render those words, I think you refer to "goluboy" (light blue, looks like cyan but more blueish) and "sinii" (blue).
> So there is no way to directly translate "blue" into Russian. :-)
Hmmm... How is "sinii" not suitable for this? Now, the fact that "goluboy" also maps to "blue" is a different problem; the constraint is not on the Russian end, but on the English one
One other explanation of the Fermi paradox is that the aliens are "waiting for the speed of progress to settle down" - as it is discussed in the end of this story: http://railean.net/index.php/2011/02/27/students-school-aliens-home
Short version: why send a spaceship today, if you can do it tomorrow for half the price? Even better - the day after tomorrow, for a quarter of the price. And so on...
There's a chance that with modern technology, you'll get to the destination much faster than the previously sent spaceships. By the time the early adopters reach the end-point, the entire system may already be colonized by those who waited a bit longer and used more mature versions of the same technology.
Relying on forums won't be the same thing, because that adds latency to the process of communication. It won't be as efficient as an actual conversation in class. Yes, forums are interactive, but they don't provide as many "input channels" as an actual lecture, here's what I mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwysrzWAdBU (why going to classes is a good idea).
I think every teacher should first take their time to explain to their students that asking questions is a good thing and there is no need to worry about what others think*. If students don't ask questions, ask them instead; and make it clear that you're interested in a verbose version of their thought process, rather than an actual [correct] answer. After a few iterations, even the quiet folks join the discussion.
It is important to promptly deal with people who make ironic remarks about silly questions, otherwise the whole plan fails. I usually say "It is not a shame not to know, it is a shame not to ask", or "it is not a shame to ask, it is a shame not to ask". Sometimes I share bits of my history, such as
- "I didn't know what a debugger was prior to my second year at the uni, until then I just made small changes and ran the whole thing and observed the final result. I experienced a culture shock when I saw someone using a watch to monitor the state of a variable.", or
- "In school, when asked to determine the length of a side in a right angled triangle, instead of using a formula I just drew the thing and used a ruler to find the answer [and I honestly believed that's what they wanted me to do]". Basically, I was the "here it is!" guy for "find X" problems.
Such stories decrease the distance and students feel more comfortable saying what they think. These stories don't even have to be true; but if they're genuine - they're much better, because that proves that someone who makes enough mistakes will eventually get better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeQmr2uAQUA (why ask questions).
* It is most likely that they're either wondering about the same thing, or they simply don't care, due to the "spotlight effect": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribution_(psychology)#Spotlight_effect_error.
Hmmm... An alien organism that came from a completely different environment will outplay life forms that spent millions of years adapting themselves to their world?
Maybe this could explain your case: processes started by different users do not share a clipboard. For example, if you copy in one window that belongs to a program started with regular credentials, and paste in a window ran with administrative privileges - it won't work.
Note that I cannot verify this now, as I am not on a Windows machine; but if I recall correctly - this is how a modern version of Windows behaves.
Opera also does this, if you enable 'single key shortcuts'. Other ones you might like: Z = back, X = forward.
> you have to be a really stupid teacher to
> friend your students and expect your job to be safe
I am a teacher and there are quite a lot of my students in my Facebook list. Many of them are good friends of mine and we interact almost on a daily basis, play football, ping-pong, exchange books, etc.
- What would be your legal obligation of you saw one of your students getting drunk in a bar? ... if you saw a student who is not your own getting drunk?
- How about
Facebook is just another method of communication, I don't see why this should be handled in a special way, it is basic human-to-human interaction and you do what you'd do with any other person in any other circumstances.
In the case discussed here, if they're doing this to protect teachers, it seems to me they're solving the wrong problem.
p.s. I teach at the Technical University of Moldova, in this country suing others is not a sport (at least not yet).
A mobile phone has a SIM card inside; a SIM is a smart card, a tamper-proof device designed to store sensitive data.
If the password is stored on the SIM card, the phone could retrieve it from there, instead of storing it in its own memory. A SIM card can be PIN-protected, so effectively the PIN needs to be entered once - when powering up the phone.
This does not completely resolve the problem - if someone steals a phone and keeps it on, they can retrieve the password. However, a [smart] thief turns the phone off after stealing it; once they do that, they'll have to enter the PIN again when powering up the phone.
Now, the only problem is that many people have their SIM PINs disabled; but at least in this scenario you have some control and you can increase the level of security with little effort.
Note: the structure of the file system of a SIM card is defined in GSM 11.11 (for 2G) and there is a standard for 3G cards as well. There is no possibility to create new files on the SIM (it is not in the personalization phase anymore), so you'll have to keep the data in other files that are readable with PIN1, such as EF ADN or EF SMS (phonebook, SMS archive) - as modern phones don't use those files anyway. An alternative is to influence the ETSI, 3GPP and others involved in maintaining the specs and have this file for password storage added in the future versions of the spec.
Do you use Dropbox with Truecrypt volumes? If yes, how large are your encrypted images? Is it practical?
I mean - if you change something in the image - Dropbox will have to upload the entire file... so I'm not sure this works well with big images.
That would be a valid point, except that someone else mentioned in another thread that this disease is not yet well understood, and that assuming that it is genetic is not the right thing to do.
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Rokitansky+syndrome - it is congenital, but that does not imply it is genetic.
The problem can be reformulated. Let's say someone shot her in the belly and destroyed her uterus. She would then decide to go for the transplant.
Given that the 'genetic pool' argument doesn't hold water anymore, would you change your point of view?
The ending bit of the video attached to the article - "if this fails, she plans to adopt". Can you blame her for trying before giving up?
You say "can't replicate like a feral cat", but that is not what is really happening. Those parents who abandon their children usually breed like feral cats (hence there is a great supply of such children), whereas in her case it is not mentioned anywhere that she wants a "houseful" of babies.
You also say that people should better spend their money in different ways. But if they earned it, don't they have the right to choose what to do with it? [as long as it is not something illegal - like buying guns and killing other people]
I may have acted differently, had I been in their shoes, but I can't say I have reasons to say they are stupid or irresponsible.
What is the size of the encrypted image?
The trouble is that it will indeed take a lot of time to sync, even if the changes are insignificant; but since you say it doesn't really bother you.... Hmmm. Is your image less than 100 MB?
There is, take a look at Keeper:
http://lazybit.com/index.php/2009/08/13/keeper-4-0-preview
Here are the current binaries:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3258602/DK-release/Keeper-dusk-x64.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3258602/DK-release/keeper-dusk-x86.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3258602/DKbeta/Keeper-mac.zip
I can give you (or anyone else who gives it a try and provides some feedback) a free license, if you like it.
Very interesting comment, thank you for compiling all the info in one place for us.
I'm not in the United States, but I use the feature in GMail and in the Google-powered email accounts for my domain.
I was puzzled by the fact that it worked for me, but not for my parents. After some tinkering (different OSes, different browsers, different settings) I figured that the delta was in the language of the interface: I was using English, they were using Romanian and Russian.
After switching to English - the 'call phone' option showed up.
Which civilizations do you refer to?
Some stagnated, but usually a civilization ends up being 'consumed' by another one; or they can mix and influence each other. In this case I don't think it is accurate to say that they left without a trace, they just transformed into some other culture.
If you refer to civilizations that left without a trace - how do you know they were there in the first place?
It is interesting that 'planet' comes from 'wanderer' in Greek - that refers to bodies that move in a weird way in the sky (from their perspective back then, the trajectories didn't make sense).
Now we discovered wandering planets, which makes them more of a planet than actual planets...
Here's a verbose answer to the question: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2011/02/16/10129908.aspx
The recycle bin is a folder, but not a directory.
"As the circle of knowledge expands, so does the area of darkness that surrounds it".
In other words, it is possible that we will never run out of questions. Even if we get very advanced in understanding the universe, it doesn't mean that every individual will have the same skills. Yes, mankind's knowledge continues to grow, but some people can happily continue their ignorant lives, despite all the incredible steps science has made throughout the years.
We can observe this today [i.e. ignorance is common], why would things change in the future?
One final bit - if knowledge is infinite, then there is always room for a god: http://railean.net/index.php/2008/06/10/is_knowledge_finite
> How many people are going to buy AMD CPUs because AMD is cooler than Intel?
A lot of them! Less heat means better energy-efficiency, more battery life! // ;-)
I don't use those controls, when I'm reading Slashdot - the comments are what matters to me the most.
I accidentally noticed that if I zoom in with Opera, the layout transforms into what I need: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3258602/slashdot-opera-zoom.png
The bars become invisible, the entire screen is used to display the text.
Can we keep the old icons for story topics?
Can you elaborate on that?
I have recently asked myself the same question, while thinking of ways to write an app in Python for iOS. So far the best findings are forum discussions in which people say "no, this doesn't work".
If you refer to PyObjC - it is not yet a viable solution, though things seem to be moving in the right direction.
Your input will be greatly appreciated.
There is a program called SecuBox, http://aikosolutions.com/ it creates virtual encrypted disk on Windows-powered handhelds. You can keep your sensitive data there, in encrypted form.
Your phonebook, SMS and other data are still kept in the phone using regular methods though. On the bright side - at least you get to control where your files are kept.