I believe one of the founders of Buddhism would stare at a blank wall (a form of sensory deprivation) to hallucinate. Some Indians used peyote. It is interesting how prominent screwed-up mental states are to religion.
I read something once where they claimed that if we did not dream while we slept, we would have no concept of an afterlife. Dreaming opens us up to something more than just what we experience.
The only time I go to CompUSA, Best Buy, etc... is when I want something immediately as well, and after I already did my homework.
It is pretty entertaining though to listen in on the sales reps trying to answer customer questions. There for a while it seemed like the same routine - 1. Customer holds up box and asks the rep a question 2. Rep takes box and reads a portion of the text on the box out loud back to the customer - which may or may not having anything to do with the question 3. Rep hands box back to customer - question answered!
The other part of the problem is maintaining public interest. The mission would last a minimum of a year, and the general public would get their fill of Mars coverage. Trying to fund the *2nd mission* to Mars would be just about impossible.
I can imagine the public response: "It costs a billion dollars, and we've had people already spend a year there. Why spend any more?"
I personally don't think it is worth the effort to go to Mars unless we already have the technology and infrastructure in place to maintain a permament settlement. Otherwise it will be the Moon program all over again: Plant the flag, hit some golf balls, come home, cancel the follow-up missions.
You did not read the comment you are replying to very well (but yet you got moderated insightful). He did not say that kids did not need to be exposed to the internet. His point was that you don't need a laptop for this; a desktop would work just fine.
How much market penetration did Apple really ever have at schools? I've heard about this marketing strategy, but I never saw it.
In 1984 when my tiny high school decided to have a computer class, they went out and bought 10 IBM PCs. The school had two Apple IIes (one of these for special ed), but most students never saw these.
In 1986 when I took a computer class at college we used fortran and mainframes.
In 1991 and 1995 when I went back to school at night and took more programming classes we used PCs.
Most beginner computer classes (non-programming) these days are usually about using MS Office.
Actually, doctors, lawyers, and cops dominate drama television because of the inherent drama possible within these occupations. Dramatic, life-changing (or life-ending) events can occur (and conclude) within the confines of a one hour television show about doctors, lawyers, or cops.
There usually has to be conflict for drama to work, so science/engineering television would have to find a way to incorporate this as well. For example, CSI uses science as part of a greater cops vs criminals theme.
There is also a difference between being an hourly worker and be a salaried worker.
For very salaried job I have had, it was made clear what was expected of me before I accepted the job. It was usually pretty clear that the level of compensation being offered was for more than just 40 hours. For supervisors and managers it was usually very explicit - this salary is for 50 hours a week minimum.
As long as the requirements of the job are clear, you always have the option of taking it or leaving it.
It sounds like this is the difference between somebody who just has a job versus somebody building a career. Doing the bare minimum isn't the best way to get ahead.
I think ultimately, that if you have a professional type career, there will be a weakened distinction between work and personal life. A career is what you do with your life, it's not just how you pay your bills.
That is why they keep telling people to find a career they love, not the one that necessarily pays more.
Once the artist is established, they should be able to make direct profit from their creations by starting their own publishing company. If a publisher named "Stephen King Publishing" started up and the flagship items for that company were Stephen King's latest books/shorts stories, etc... he'd make a lot more money than if he just continuted on with his publisher.
There is nothing about copyright law that prevents this. It's a business issue, and it's an issue of whether an artist really wants to be a publisher. Some might be happy being an artist alone.
I used Stephen King as an example because he is a famous, well-established author who tried to self-publish a novel over the internet. The experiment apparently did not fair well enough to cause him to forego traditional publishing houses.
The way I see it, (and the people who originally drew up the concept of copyright), a copyright should protect the rights of the person who CREATED the work. Not the assumed rights of the distributors. Not the guy making millions while doing nothing. If it's a song, then the people involved in the actual act of composing, performing, producing and recording the piece should be covered by copyright. Not the corporation.
One of the rights of the CREATOR is transfer some or all of his rights, for free or for compensation. That is one of the inherant values of a copyright. If the rights cannot be fully transfered, then they are not as valuable.
It is much more profitable for Stephen King to sell his copyrights to a corporation than it is for him to sell novels himself.
Out of curiosity, does MIT do anything to attract or recruit more US citizens? I am assuming it is rather competitive to be accepted into a graduate program at MIT, so do they take the best candidates regardless of national origin or are there any preferences for native US citizens?
Does a Chinese student who had his government pay for his undergrad education at a top US private college get in easier than a US citizen who had to go to state college because he couldn't afford the private university for undergrad work?
However the sad truth is that by and large US students figure that they can potentially get a better return on their (substantial) investment from something like an MBA than from studying 'hard', 'boring' subjects like Engineering, Physics, and Maths.
An MBA or even law degree also tends to have more prestige with the general public than an advanced degree in science or engineering. Mothers want their daughters to marry doctors (medical) and lawyers. Engineers and Scientists just don't receive the same level of respect.(Unless it's 10 years ago and they got stock options)
It is a weird dichotomy where we have the best universities but one of the worst pre-college school systems in the industrialized world. And it extends to more than just private vs public. Some public universities are really good.
I think the problems existed prior to overfunding technology, but this misdirected obsession with technology has definately exasperated the problem. Several years ago the mantra was to wire every classroom for the internet, but there is not any real need for every classroom to be connected. The teacher should be the most important thing in the classroom.
People were jumping on the technology bandwagon without much thought about how it would be effectively used.
I'd rather see some effort made to allow broadband users to download TV shows (even a small fee for this would be acceptable - a few pounds a month) from the time they are aired on normal TV for, say, up to 2 months afterwards
I would like to see something like this as well, even for just two weeks storage. Something like the device described in the article, but not stored in your house.
Or even just a universal interface, where each network or station is just responsible for recording their own feed and making it available for download.
I don't think many people care about a "better browser." Most people I know and work with use whatever browser is already on their computer and have never even inquired about an upgrade.
As far has high levels of publicity for Firefox, none of the people I know or work with have any idea what Firefox is.
The only reason I switched is because a Flash player upgrade "broke" IE on my work computer. I switched over on my home computer yesterday because I started experiencing problems shortly after McAfee Virus Scan upgraded itself.
The exercise of explaining any topic, not just source code, is a good learning tool as well for that topic. Even if it just a mental exercise where you are explaining something to an imaginary listner and you try to predict what kind of questions might arise.
I think Feynman said something to the effect that if you could not explain a topic to bright freshman in the same field, then you really don't know it that well yourself.
I think it is a stretch to say "as guilty." The company is guilty of being lazy, but the hacker is guilty of expending effort in a malicious way. And committing a crime.
Didn't Omni actually include Sci-Fi short stories?
And weren't they the ones who were duped into running the fake story about splicing together cows and tomatoes?
With the enough bandwith, it could be more than just an application server - it could be a media server - video, music, books, video games, magazines, newspapers, etc... The thin client could be used as a universal means of Digital Rights Management, and it possibly could work on multiple devices (set top boxes\video game console for HDTVs, wireless tablets for reading material, wireless ipod recievers, etc...)
You would never have to physically own any of the content - just the access rights. You could take your entire media library with you where ever you go; you would just have to login to an appropriate machine to retrieve what you wanted.
I think that would be attractive to the music and movie industry, an operating system built from the ground up to protect copyrights, and it would be the ultimate media-on-demand for the consumer.
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I believe one of the founders of Buddhism would stare at a blank wall (a form of sensory deprivation) to hallucinate. Some Indians used peyote. It is interesting how prominent screwed-up mental states are to religion.
I read something once where they claimed that if we did not dream while we slept, we would have no concept of an afterlife. Dreaming opens us up to something more than just what we experience.
The only time I go to CompUSA, Best Buy, etc... is when I want something immediately as well, and after I already did my homework.
It is pretty entertaining though to listen in on the sales reps trying to answer customer questions. There for a while it seemed like the same routine -
1. Customer holds up box and asks the rep a question
2. Rep takes box and reads a portion of the text on the box out loud back to the customer - which may or may not having anything to do with the question
3. Rep hands box back to customer - question answered!
The other part of the problem is maintaining public interest. The mission would last a minimum of a year, and the general public would get their fill of Mars coverage. Trying to fund the *2nd mission* to Mars would be just about impossible.
I can imagine the public response: "It costs a billion dollars, and we've had people already spend a year there. Why spend any more?"
I personally don't think it is worth the effort to go to Mars unless we already have the technology and infrastructure in place to maintain a permament settlement. Otherwise it will be the Moon program all over again: Plant the flag, hit some golf balls, come home, cancel the follow-up missions.
Most of the places I have worked, half my coworkers were idiots. I don't want them having any say on how things should work.
You did not read the comment you are replying to very well (but yet you got moderated insightful). He did not say that kids did not need to be exposed to the internet. His point was that you don't need a laptop for this; a desktop would work just fine.
How much market penetration did Apple really ever have at schools? I've heard about this marketing strategy, but I never saw it.
In 1984 when my tiny high school decided to have a computer class, they went out and bought 10 IBM PCs. The school had two Apple IIes (one of these for special ed), but most students never saw these.
In 1986 when I took a computer class at college we used fortran and mainframes.
In 1991 and 1995 when I went back to school at night and took more programming classes we used PCs.
Most beginner computer classes (non-programming) these days are usually about using MS Office.
Actually, doctors, lawyers, and cops dominate drama television because of the inherent drama possible within these occupations. Dramatic, life-changing (or life-ending) events can occur (and conclude) within the confines of a one hour television show about doctors, lawyers, or cops.
There usually has to be conflict for drama to work, so science/engineering television would have to find a way to incorporate this as well. For example, CSI uses science as part of a greater cops vs criminals theme.
There is also a difference between being an hourly worker and be a salaried worker.
For very salaried job I have had, it was made clear what was expected of me before I accepted the job. It was usually pretty clear that the level of compensation being offered was for more than just 40 hours. For supervisors and managers it was usually very explicit - this salary is for 50 hours a week minimum.
As long as the requirements of the job are clear, you always have the option of taking it or leaving it.
It sounds like this is the difference between somebody who just has a job versus somebody building a career. Doing the bare minimum isn't the best way to get ahead.
I think ultimately, that if you have a professional type career, there will be a weakened distinction between work and personal life. A career is what you do with your life, it's not just how you pay your bills.
That is why they keep telling people to find a career they love, not the one that necessarily pays more.
Once the artist is established, they should be able to make direct profit from their creations by starting their own publishing company. If a publisher named "Stephen King Publishing" started up and the flagship items for that company were Stephen King's latest books/shorts stories, etc... he'd make a lot more money than if he just continuted on with his publisher.
There is nothing about copyright law that prevents this. It's a business issue, and it's an issue of whether an artist really wants to be a publisher. Some might be happy being an artist alone.
I used Stephen King as an example because he is a famous, well-established author who tried to self-publish a novel over the internet. The experiment apparently did not fair well enough to cause him to forego traditional publishing houses.
The way I see it, (and the people who originally drew up the concept of copyright), a copyright should protect the rights of the person who CREATED the work. Not the assumed rights of the distributors. Not the guy making millions while doing nothing. If it's a song, then the people involved in the actual act of composing, performing, producing and recording the piece should be covered by copyright. Not the corporation.
One of the rights of the CREATOR is transfer some or all of his rights, for free or for compensation. That is one of the inherant values of a copyright. If the rights cannot be fully transfered, then they are not as valuable.
It is much more profitable for Stephen King to sell his copyrights to a corporation than it is for him to sell novels himself.
Out of curiosity, does MIT do anything to attract or recruit more US citizens? I am assuming it is rather competitive to be accepted into a graduate program at MIT, so do they take the best candidates regardless of national origin or are there any preferences for native US citizens?
Does a Chinese student who had his government pay for his undergrad education at a top US private college get in easier than a US citizen who had to go to state college because he couldn't afford the private university for undergrad work?
However the sad truth is that by and large US students figure that they can potentially get a better return on their (substantial) investment from something like an MBA than from studying 'hard', 'boring' subjects like Engineering, Physics, and Maths.
An MBA or even law degree also tends to have more prestige with the general public than an advanced degree in science or engineering. Mothers want their daughters to marry doctors (medical) and lawyers. Engineers and Scientists just don't receive the same level of respect.(Unless it's 10 years ago and they got stock options)
It is a weird dichotomy where we have the best universities but one of the worst pre-college school systems in the industrialized world. And it extends to more than just private vs public. Some public universities are really good.
I think the problems existed prior to overfunding technology, but this misdirected obsession with technology has definately exasperated the problem. Several years ago the mantra was to wire every classroom for the internet, but there is not any real need for every classroom to be connected. The teacher should be the most important thing in the classroom.
People were jumping on the technology bandwagon without much thought about how it would be effectively used.
Harvard, MIT, Cal Tech...
The best and brightest from all over the world come to our universities because they are some of the best.
I think "American Dream" is more accurate description than "vast tracks of land."
I'd rather see some effort made to allow broadband users to download TV shows (even a small fee for this would be acceptable - a few pounds a month) from the time they are aired on normal TV for, say, up to 2 months afterwards
I would like to see something like this as well, even for just two weeks storage. Something like the device described in the article, but not stored in your house. Or even just a universal interface, where each network or station is just responsible for recording their own feed and making it available for download.
I don't think many people care about a "better browser." Most people I know and work with use whatever browser is already on their computer and have never even inquired about an upgrade.
As far has high levels of publicity for Firefox, none of the people I know or work with have any idea what Firefox is.
The only reason I switched is because a Flash player upgrade "broke" IE on my work computer. I switched over on my home computer yesterday because I started experiencing problems shortly after McAfee Virus Scan upgraded itself.
The exercise of explaining any topic, not just source code, is a good learning tool as well for that topic. Even if it just a mental exercise where you are explaining something to an imaginary listner and you try to predict what kind of questions might arise.
I think Feynman said something to the effect that if you could not explain a topic to bright freshman in the same field, then you really don't know it that well yourself.
I think it is a stretch to say "as guilty." The company is guilty of being lazy, but the hacker is guilty of expending effort in a malicious way. And committing a crime.
Take it to court and make her prove that her readings were accurate before they were "deformed."
Until you decided on your own project, you could have donated the cycles to Folding@Home or some other project.
Didn't Omni actually include Sci-Fi short stories? And weren't they the ones who were duped into running the fake story about splicing together cows and tomatoes?
New Scientist has a right up as well. The seemed to have written off the whole idea of using it to produce energy. http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7315
With the enough bandwith, it could be more than just an application server - it could be a media server - video, music, books, video games, magazines, newspapers, etc... The thin client could be used as a universal means of Digital Rights Management, and it possibly could work on multiple devices (set top boxes\video game console for HDTVs, wireless tablets for reading material, wireless ipod recievers, etc...) You would never have to physically own any of the content - just the access rights. You could take your entire media library with you where ever you go; you would just have to login to an appropriate machine to retrieve what you wanted. I think that would be attractive to the music and movie industry, an operating system built from the ground up to protect copyrights, and it would be the ultimate media-on-demand for the consumer.