2GB RAM, 16GB eMMC should be more than enough horsepower for a basic Linux distro running an XFCE, LXDE, or Mate DE. Heck, 1GB is enough for any of those DEs on my eight-year old Atom N270-powered netbook
The wider the deployment, the harder you have to think about all the cases, all the chances for exploits, and how to recover when it happens. The alternative is going to be government regulation like certain industries already have. The cost of getting things right will pale in comparison to complying with strict regulation from a government agency.
If someone is publishing 5-10 papers a year for 7 years, they don't have time to do any research, let alone write anything more complicated than Hello World in their favorite language.
This was for a college course, but should work for middle school students too. I distributed fun packs of M&Ms to my students and had them count the number of each color and the total number of pieces in each pack. Nice illustration of mean, median, and mode, and a good lead-in to a discussion of variation.
Back in the last century, as an undergraduate who didn't take a programming course (and had never programmed) until after completing all of the coursework for a math major, I found programming to be like doing math proofs.
No need for a micro (or any other) dose of LSD to see that. All I have to do is look out the window. It's a pretty typical late fall day here in southern Minnesota.
I'm using mate-terminal. Given that I'm running a Mate desktop, it makes sense. However, it does depend on mate-desktop-libs, so I wouldn't recommend it to uses of other DEs.
I've still got the 20-scale plastic Pickett Microline 140 I I bought back in '68. Didn't get a calculator until my senior year in high school (a Texas Instruments SR-10). I picked up an interesting-looking Chinese slide rule from the government-run department store in Xian in 1991. It's got some unusual trig scales and a nice, hard baby blue plastic case.
Its not computers, magnet schools, charter schools, teacher pay, higher taxes or any of those even when statistics sometimes hint at showing otherwise. The commonality is involved parents who help their kids when struggle, demand they toe the line when they get hardheaded, and have expectations for success
My inclination is to agree, but I'd really like to see some data to support this claim
101F in Austin today? It's only 81F. You must mean Austin, TX, rather than Austin, MN (home of the Spam that apparently passes for food around here).
I'm not afraid of -20F; if I were, I wouldn't be living here. The one good thing about -20F is that you can dress for it; there's only so much clothing you can shed to deal with 101F.
I worked for a university that paid its lecturers based on years with the university and level of terminal degree (a PhD was worth $50/course than a master's degree; no extra $ for multiple degrees at any level). Everyone knew (or could have easily determined) what I earned and vice-versa. It didn't quell grumbling in the ranks, but I don't think anyone was upset by that aspect of our situation.
Wind and water will erode it, but that shouldn't be a problem in your living room. In the event of a fire, differential thermal expansion of individual mineral grains may cause the granite to crack - hopefully into large chuncks that can easily be restored to their original configuration without the loss of any bits. One also has to hope that any fire will not be hot enough to cause the chemical breakdown of any micas or amphiboles present in your granite. I would have recommended a more homogeneous and more chemically inert rock such as quartzite, but that would have been significantly more difficult to carve.
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2GB RAM, 16GB eMMC should be more than enough horsepower for a basic Linux distro running an XFCE, LXDE, or Mate DE. Heck, 1GB is enough for any of those DEs on my eight-year old Atom N270-powered netbook
Remember when laptops were as big as a phone books? Like in the 166 MHz ThinkPad 380 days.
You must mean back in the Tandy 1400 LT days. Either that, or you must have had a very small phone book in your neck of the woods.
Initial estimates ran as high as 750K; the official Chinese number was around 250K.
Please don't insult rocks. Many of them have been under a lot of stress for much of their existence.
The wider the deployment, the harder you have to think about all the cases, all the chances for exploits, and how to recover when it happens. The alternative is going to be government regulation like certain industries already have. The cost of getting things right will pale in comparison to complying with strict regulation from a government agency.
If someone is publishing 5-10 papers a year for 7 years, they don't have time to do any research, let alone write anything more complicated than Hello World in their favorite language.
This was for a college course, but should work for middle school students too. I distributed fun packs of M&Ms to my students and had them count the number of each color and the total number of pieces in each pack. Nice illustration of mean, median, and mode, and a good lead-in to a discussion of variation.
Back in the last century, as an undergraduate who didn't take a programming course (and had never programmed) until after completing all of the coursework for a math major, I found programming to be like doing math proofs.
No need for a micro (or any other) dose of LSD to see that. All I have to do is look out the window. It's a pretty typical late fall day here in southern Minnesota.
As they say, "If the only thing you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
I fully agree. However, I must point out that sometimes the thing you're looking at actually is a nail
I like to see sunshine and blue skies at least 250 days a year.
I think you'd like Yuma, AZ
I'm using mate-terminal. Given that I'm running a Mate desktop, it makes sense. However, it does depend on mate-desktop-libs, so I wouldn't recommend it to uses of other DEs.
I've still got the 20-scale plastic Pickett Microline 140 I I bought back in '68. Didn't get a calculator until my senior year in high school (a Texas Instruments SR-10). I picked up an interesting-looking Chinese slide rule from the government-run department store in Xian in 1991. It's got some unusual trig scales and a nice, hard baby blue plastic case.
No need for the mouse. Pull the cell phone out of your pocket. The cell phone's screen becomes the trackpad
My Visa card's got a chip, so I called the issuer regarding a PIN - no PIN available
I forgot to mention - it has a nice 8.9-inch 1024x600 screen :)
Its not computers, magnet schools, charter schools, teacher pay, higher taxes or any of those even when statistics sometimes hint at showing otherwise. The commonality is involved parents who help their kids when struggle, demand they toe the line when they get hardheaded, and have expectations for success
My inclination is to agree, but I'd really like to see some data to support this claim
Lived in Alabama for four years. This represents major progress. However, there's still a long way to go.
101F in Austin today? It's only 81F. You must mean Austin, TX, rather than Austin, MN (home of the Spam that apparently passes for food around here).
I'm not afraid of -20F; if I were, I wouldn't be living here. The one good thing about -20F is that you can dress for it; there's only so much clothing you can shed to deal with 101F.
Show me! I'm not from Missouri (although I've visited a number of times).
I worked for a university that paid its lecturers based on years with the university and level of terminal degree (a PhD was worth $50/course than a master's degree; no extra $ for multiple degrees at any level). Everyone knew (or could have easily determined) what I earned and vice-versa. It didn't quell grumbling in the ranks, but I don't think anyone was upset by that aspect of our situation.
Not quite my thought exactly, but close enough for government work.
I'm not comfortable applauding corporations for protecting their bottom line and neither should anyone else be.
If I were a shareholder (I'm not) , I'd definitely consider applauding Google's protection of their bottom line
Wind and water will erode it, but that shouldn't be a problem in your living room. In the event of a fire, differential thermal expansion of individual mineral grains may cause the granite to crack - hopefully into large chuncks that can easily be restored to their original configuration without the loss of any bits. One also has to hope that any fire will not be hot enough to cause the chemical breakdown of any micas or amphiboles present in your granite. I would have recommended a more homogeneous and more chemically inert rock such as quartzite, but that would have been significantly more difficult to carve.