Also, now that HDTVs are 16:9 the diagonal measurements are so different than the old 4:3s that it is almost worthless to compare.
For instance my 50" HDTV is really only 36 or so inches tall. Where as the old 4:3 TVs it would be like 50" tall.
Its like apples and oranges. People get scared off by the size, but they aren't really appreciating the perspective.
You also are right on when you talk about the ambiguousness of a LCD or plasma TV at home on the wall. They days of the room filling home theater are long gone.
Wasn't HD invented specifically for use in smaller Japanese living quarters where the viewers typically sit closer to the TVs that we do our here in the US?
Pretty sure that is somewhere in the general narrative of HD.
I also think, respect and appreciation for the skills of the other players. When I get killed, I sometimes am impressed by the shot or the move that my opponent made. There are some pretty impressive gamers out there, and to witness that first hand can produce positive emotions. "Damn, that was impressive."
That is likely also an emotion experienced and undocumented.
Putting the shutdown alias in the start-up folder on those older Mac computers. That was one of our favorite things to do in our HS. Everyone knew how to take care of it, no permanent damage, but it was pretty funny.
So many of the teachers, especially those in Jr. High (where I assume most of this is occurring) are in their 20's. They grew up with the internet, and computers, they have facebook pages, and ipods/iphones and the like. I know a lot of young teachers and they are as tech savy as anybody, they just have less money then most of their friends to buy the goods.
Anyway, I challenge your assumption that the teachers are out of touch with technology. There are plenty of Gen Y teachers working out there in the world today with a great understanding and appreciation of the social technologies. They can't program in C++, but they still get it.
I think the issue is that the web is just such a larger platform for geek punks to spout off of. It used to be that you wrote on the desks or in the books, not you do it on the internet(s). Technology has magnified the scope, it really has nothing to do with teacher vs. student utilization of technology.
Through decreasing the range? There are a number of ways to increase the measurable average intelligence, and I am not sure if all/most of them would be beneficial for collective society.
For instance, you could kill all the rocket engineers and janitors (sorry for the offensive stereotypes). The average intelligence might be higher, but we would never get to Mars and the bathrooms would be dirty.
Funny you bring that up though, as she was stumping for McCain a few weeks ago. I know this should go in the other thread, but expect to see a her in the cabinet should McCain beat these two dems.
I think he could have said that he doesn't support Med. Mary Jane, but he won't crack down and throw doctors and people with MS into jail for it.
There is a definite but fine line between being against something, and enforcing something. That is the main duty of the exec. branch, to enforce the laws created by congress. It seems to me that is what he was going asking Mitt. "What is your position on enforcement of drug laws in regards to medical mary jane.
Perhaps if we all read and understood the constitution a little more we/he would be better off.
That is interesting as we see very different things occuring in the marketplace. On one hand should Blu-ray take off and we will have to 'get used to' DRM. But on the other hand most studios are now selling music without DRM. Seems somewhat contradictory, and the right hand not knowing what the left is doing type of thing.
This makes the digital distribution method much more appealing.
I am surprised the Public radio model has not caught on more widespread throughout the country. Here in Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio has a great contemporary music station that doesn't have any commercials and plays a huge variety of music. They play a lot of local music, and have a lot of in studio performances. It really is a music lovers station and plays a really great mix. I don't by any means like every song that they play, but music is always better than listening to a commercial and it keeps you on your toes too.
Sure, the listeners need to support their station with contributions but its all about supporting the community and the artists that you value. There is no shortage of funds at 89.3, it is a strong and supported community. Why nobody else has picked up on the model is really shocking. Minneapolis can't be that much more of a music town that other places in the country.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/the_current/
I don't think you guys really mean critical thinking in the way you think of critical thinking. Its not really the ability to construct bullet proof logic, but the ability to reasonably question ideas. Granted logic is a big part of that.
This is a common academic understanding of
critical thinking articulated by 46 experts from fields of philosophy and
education:
"We understand critical thinking to be a purposeful, self-regulatory
judgment which results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and
inference, as well as explanation of the evidential, conceptual,
methodological, criteriological, or contextual considerations upon which
that judgment is based. CT is essential as a tool of inquiry. As such, CT is
a liberating force in education and a powerful resource in one's personal
and civic life. While not synonymous with good thinking, CT is a pervasive
and self-rectifying human phenomenon. The ideal critical thinker is
habitually inquisitive, well-informed, trustful of reason, open-minded,
flexible, fair-minded in evaluation, honest in facing personal biases,
prudent in making judgments, willing to reconsider, clear about issues,
orderly in complex matters, diligent in seeking relevant information,
reasonable in the selection of criteria, focused in inquiry, and persistent
in seeking results which are as precise as the subject and the circumstances
of inquiry permit. Thus, educating good critical thinkers means working
toward this idea. It combines developing CT skills with nurturing those
dispositions which consistently yield useful insights and which are the
basis of a rational and democratic society" (Walvoord, 19).
One would also think that since the mac is relatively stable as a platform (much more limited in the number of options and configurations than exist in the 'PC' world) that it could be a great "tweener" option. It lies between the no fuss of consoles, and the scalability of PC gaming. It seems that game developers could more easily control the user experience, much in the same way Apple does, on the mac vs. the PC.
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Plus they would be difficult to hide when you have company over.
"What's that over there? Is that that robot?"
"Oh, its nothing, pay no attention to the robot with the multiple orifices over there"
You need to figure in the economics of discretion.
Why would they want to make Windows perfect. I seem to remember a slogan along the lines of "Freedom is Slavery."
"Its just milk and ice cream, right?"
Also, now that HDTVs are 16:9 the diagonal measurements are so different than the old 4:3s that it is almost worthless to compare.
For instance my 50" HDTV is really only 36 or so inches tall. Where as the old 4:3 TVs it would be like 50" tall.
Its like apples and oranges. People get scared off by the size, but they aren't really appreciating the perspective.
You also are right on when you talk about the ambiguousness of a LCD or plasma TV at home on the wall. They days of the room filling home theater are long gone.
Wasn't HD invented specifically for use in smaller Japanese living quarters where the viewers typically sit closer to the TVs that we do our here in the US?
Pretty sure that is somewhere in the general narrative of HD.
"If I were that close to a horse's wiener, I be worried about getting pissed on."
I also think, respect and appreciation for the skills of the other players. When I get killed, I sometimes am impressed by the shot or the move that my opponent made. There are some pretty impressive gamers out there, and to witness that first hand can produce positive emotions. "Damn, that was impressive."
That is likely also an emotion experienced and undocumented.
Putting the shutdown alias in the start-up folder on those older Mac computers. That was one of our favorite things to do in our HS. Everyone knew how to take care of it, no permanent damage, but it was pretty funny.
So many of the teachers, especially those in Jr. High (where I assume most of this is occurring) are in their 20's. They grew up with the internet, and computers, they have facebook pages, and ipods/iphones and the like. I know a lot of young teachers and they are as tech savy as anybody, they just have less money then most of their friends to buy the goods.
Anyway, I challenge your assumption that the teachers are out of touch with technology. There are plenty of Gen Y teachers working out there in the world today with a great understanding and appreciation of the social technologies. They can't program in C++, but they still get it.
I think the issue is that the web is just such a larger platform for geek punks to spout off of. It used to be that you wrote on the desks or in the books, not you do it on the internet(s). Technology has magnified the scope, it really has nothing to do with teacher vs. student utilization of technology.
Through decreasing the range? There are a number of ways to increase the measurable average intelligence, and I am not sure if all/most of them would be beneficial for collective society.
For instance, you could kill all the rocket engineers and janitors (sorry for the offensive stereotypes). The average intelligence might be higher, but we would never get to Mars and the bathrooms would be dirty.
Or whatever.
These findings sound more like Cheney's wet dream than anything else. I view the findings with skepticism.
Funny you bring that up though, as she was stumping for McCain a few weeks ago. I know this should go in the other thread, but expect to see a her in the cabinet should McCain beat these two dems.
I think he could have said that he doesn't support Med. Mary Jane, but he won't crack down and throw doctors and people with MS into jail for it.
There is a definite but fine line between being against something, and enforcing something. That is the main duty of the exec. branch, to enforce the laws created by congress. It seems to me that is what he was going asking Mitt. "What is your position on enforcement of drug laws in regards to medical mary jane.
Perhaps if we all read and understood the constitution a little more we/he would be better off.
Take a look, its in a book..... (you know the rest)
That is interesting as we see very different things occuring in the marketplace. On one hand should Blu-ray take off and we will have to 'get used to' DRM. But on the other hand most studios are now selling music without DRM. Seems somewhat contradictory, and the right hand not knowing what the left is doing type of thing. This makes the digital distribution method much more appealing.
I am surprised the Public radio model has not caught on more widespread throughout the country. Here in Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio has a great contemporary music station that doesn't have any commercials and plays a huge variety of music. They play a lot of local music, and have a lot of in studio performances. It really is a music lovers station and plays a really great mix. I don't by any means like every song that they play, but music is always better than listening to a commercial and it keeps you on your toes too. Sure, the listeners need to support their station with contributions but its all about supporting the community and the artists that you value. There is no shortage of funds at 89.3, it is a strong and supported community. Why nobody else has picked up on the model is really shocking. Minneapolis can't be that much more of a music town that other places in the country. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/the_current/
"War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Power."
I think applies to the console wars too.
Like using a P-Wing to fly the entire length of the airship, or the tanks in level 8. How dare I use that to get by a (by design) absurdly hard level?
Links please, I have not heard of this?
...but the blast marks are too precise to be from raptors.
I don't think you guys really mean critical thinking in the way you think of critical thinking. Its not really the ability to construct bullet proof logic, but the ability to reasonably question ideas. Granted logic is a big part of that. This is a common academic understanding of critical thinking articulated by 46 experts from fields of philosophy and education: "We understand critical thinking to be a purposeful, self-regulatory judgment which results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference, as well as explanation of the evidential, conceptual, methodological, criteriological, or contextual considerations upon which that judgment is based. CT is essential as a tool of inquiry. As such, CT is a liberating force in education and a powerful resource in one's personal and civic life. While not synonymous with good thinking, CT is a pervasive and self-rectifying human phenomenon. The ideal critical thinker is habitually inquisitive, well-informed, trustful of reason, open-minded, flexible, fair-minded in evaluation, honest in facing personal biases, prudent in making judgments, willing to reconsider, clear about issues, orderly in complex matters, diligent in seeking relevant information, reasonable in the selection of criteria, focused in inquiry, and persistent in seeking results which are as precise as the subject and the circumstances of inquiry permit. Thus, educating good critical thinkers means working toward this idea. It combines developing CT skills with nurturing those dispositions which consistently yield useful insights and which are the basis of a rational and democratic society" (Walvoord, 19).
One would also think that since the mac is relatively stable as a platform (much more limited in the number of options and configurations than exist in the 'PC' world) that it could be a great "tweener" option. It lies between the no fuss of consoles, and the scalability of PC gaming. It seems that game developers could more easily control the user experience, much in the same way Apple does, on the mac vs. the PC.
Why didn't Jesus write anything down then? If he was God, hangin out in Isreal, why didnt he just pick up some paper and write some stuff down?
Mod parent Up, thats hilarious!
It would have been the best post evar, but you forgot a breasts poll option.