What if Einstein's work is an approximation, too...
That's the beauty of science... Science is INQUIRY... it is not static.
Until someone does prove it was an approximation, we'll use it. Once that occurs, we will use the new figure until someone else is able to make it more accurate.
Oh I see. The government has NEVER abused its power. Don't be naive and think this is a concern for lawbreakers alone. Do you really want the gov't (or anyone else)to be able to track your every movement?
For argument's sake, what if you are trying get a job, your prospective employer is able to track your car -- now they know a HELLUVA lot more about you than they need to know. Is it their business what grocery store you frequent? Which bars? Where your girlfriend lives? Don't think that the gov't will be sole users of this technology.
Watch out Speeders if the RF plates become a reality. Sensors along roads take your position, computers extrapolate speed and two days later you get your ticket in in the mail.
And Big Brother Watching you? You wouldn't even need the software predictions mentioned a few weeks ago -- just follow the RF tag around town
For a school of this sort, it is a great idea. However, it is a private school. I think families who can fork over 24k per year could afford a laptop. Additionally, look at the size of the school (they only have 34 kids) and the network needed to handle 34 wireless computers vs. the 1000 stduents my small (for my system) school has. They also only have room for 17 IEP's (that is students with individual education plans). Students who have extra needs. Hell, I have had 17 IEPs in ONE class before. I think this definitely is good for this type of school, but in public education, taxes the system's resources too much to provide the bandwidth, electrical costs, etc.
The stark reality of this is, not everyone can afford a laptop. There exists a gap between the haves and the have nots in society (duh) and believe me, it manifests itself in schools; I see it everyday. When I assign research (I teach HS science), I must schedule time in the school's computer lab because not all of my students have the internet at home.
Another issue from TFA, "make sure your child's school will support the use of the laptop in classes, and find out whether the student can connect the laptop to the school's network."
This is HUGE, education costs are tremendous for the system: besides the standard fees associated with employee pay, materials, fuel for buses, maintenance, etc, there are the facility costs -- electricity, heating, network bandwith. If every student could afford a laptop electric bills would go up. My school's network get very sluggish just during the normal day, I can't imagine if 1000 students plugged in too. We don't have the resources to upgrade to that capacity.
Its been said publicly by Bush that we like illegal aliens for cheap labor (maybe other Presidents as well).
I, for one, would be in favor of an illegal alien president (couldn't do worse than the current pres). Alas, however, only NATURAL BORN citizens can be president.
A couple reasons: 1. space is HUGE and you have the needle in the haystack adage -- if you don't look in the right place, at the right time... it is not on the same plane as Pluto (so it's not following like cars on the road). Add the fact that its orbit is extremely long, you're right back to needle and haystack. How often do Pluto and the object get close enough to peturb each other? 2. Just because it is larger than Pluto doesn't make it easier to see -- it is a VERY long distance from the sun to the object, so there isn't a lot of light to reflect (not quite the best analogy but, can you see a candle reflecting light from 20 miles?) 3. Astronomers' equipment gather a tremendous amount of info every year, and it takes time to review the material. Was that faint spot a speck of dust on the lens? a computer glitch? they have to track the object to note its motion, size, etc.
May seem too easy a solution if I thought of it and it hasn't been implemented. Perhaps it is, I don't know what the external tank looks like on the inside. BUT
What about making the Liquid Hydrogen Tank double or even triple chambered with a vacuum between the layers? This would help insulate it with less ice formation outside. Add the foam and you may not have much ice at all, reducing damage any falling foam would produce. The additional weight aded to the tank for the metal wouldn't be great compared to the shuttle's thrust capabilities.
I am 1. A successful product of public schools
2. A public school teacher
The educational system we have in place was designed to create a "classed" society: We need owners, we need management and we need factory workers. Most of the country was rural, so folks not working factories got basics to help them through life.
The system worked well: we had graduates ready to go on to college or report to work. (think about it bells told you when to start and stop, lunch was a defined timeframe - no flexing)
Society has changed rapidly and schools today are on the verge of being antiquated.
The emphasis on standardized testing has not helped students. Teachers often focus on getting the child to pass the test without getting them to understand and manipulate the knowledge they gain. I have seen many students who can pass a test but ask them to do something different with the material like apply it in a new way, and they look like deer in headlights. The tests also have created "achievement gaps" between races and even the sexes. I struggle with the idea of standardized testing: I know it has become a necessary evil, but there are students who miss incredible amount of class time because they have to take this test or that test to enable them to graduate.
I do not have the solution to save everything. If I did, I sure as hell would be sharing it with the country.
With that said, there is one over-riding factor that would help: PARENT INVOLVEMENT. If parents made an effort to stress the importance of education, grammar, math, spelling, DISCIPLINE etc. you would have a new generation of literate and educated students. They would also have the skills to adapt and learn.
Too often parents expect the schools to do their job. If they don't get directives at home, they sure as hell won't get them from people they see a couple hours a day.
My mistake for not clarifying in my original reply;
I teach at a high school, not a college, hence the burden of money being taxpayer driven. I think it is a bit easier at the college level because many times you can roll the cost of computers into tuition and actually "give" students the laptop. Despite what the Governator has/not done, many private uni's have given freshmen a laptop. (I think Wake Forest has done it for a few years and know Duke "gives" some odd gifts (they gave I-pods last year).
In college they definitely are. Where I teach (NC), however, we don't buy books for a year (or worse, a semester) then try and get $3 at the end. We buy our books for 5 years. It is expensive as hell initially and when books are lost/destroyed. However, $65 for a book that lasts 5 years is not too much to expect taxpayers to pay.
Additionally, competition between publishers is fierce; thus textbook companies "comp" us extras like test banks, lcd projectors, informational cd's etc. I know the price of these freebies is inherent in the book cost, but...
It is a HELLUVA lot easier to get a kid to fork up $65 for a book than the $850 for laptops. What happens when someone steals the laptop? Not too many people look to jack you for a textbook.
What if they decide to keep the laptop for themselves? This is not a private school where the cost is absorbed in tuition, this taxpayer money. Add the cost of maintenance on the computers and I see this as a short lived experiment -- one dropped bookbag and you need another $850.
A local university tried this at one school in the district checked out 30 laptops to a class. Only half of them were returned and/or usable.
Dateline July 8, 2005: All copies of GTA:SA for PC's have mysteriously sold out in matter of minutes. Rumor has it members of a "computer cult" known only by the symbol /. are believed to be responsible. Authorities are at a loss, stating "this may be the most sex they'll ever get."
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How many examples are there of the opposite happening. Taking just energy, with no starting mass, and making mass?
Here's the link you need to CD Anderson's 1932 experiment using gamma rays
What if Einstein's work is an approximation, too. ..
That's the beauty of science... Science is INQUIRY... it is not static.
Until someone does prove it was an approximation, we'll use it. Once that occurs, we will use the new figure until someone else is able to make it more accurate.
Didn't fall for the "PayPal" or "eBay" scams? Watch out for the "Lineage II" phish
"Please take a few moments out of your online gaming experience to buy the Sword of Invinciblity"
Techie told me that XP, while not "infected," could still be a carrier and help spread the virus.
Global warming does NOT preclude winter.
Global warming can cause greater extremes in weather, i.e hotter summers, colder winters.
There is also some thought that warmer temps may cause an ice age.
So climate difference, among other issues, is definitely a concern.
Think they'd object to ".cum" for all porn sites?
Would rolling the clock back on your computer give you instant access again? I know it works with some "free trial" software.
Oh I see. The government has NEVER abused its power. Don't be naive and think this is a concern for lawbreakers alone. Do you really want the gov't (or anyone else)to be able to track your every movement?
For argument's sake, what if you are trying get a job, your prospective employer is able to track your car -- now they know a HELLUVA lot more about you than they need to know. Is it their business what grocery store you frequent? Which bars? Where your girlfriend lives? Don't think that the gov't will be sole users of this technology.
Watch out Speeders if the RF plates become a reality. Sensors along roads take your position, computers extrapolate speed and two days later you get your ticket in in the mail.
And Big Brother Watching you? You wouldn't even need the software predictions mentioned a few weeks ago -- just follow the RF tag around town
For a school of this sort, it is a great idea. However, it is a private school. I think families who can fork over 24k per year could afford a laptop. Additionally, look at the size of the school (they only have 34 kids) and the network needed to handle 34 wireless computers vs. the 1000 stduents my small (for my system) school has.
They also only have room for 17 IEP's (that is students with individual education plans). Students who have extra needs. Hell, I have had 17 IEPs in ONE class before. I think this definitely is good for this type of school, but in public education, taxes the system's resources too much to provide the bandwidth, electrical costs, etc.
The stark reality of this is, not everyone can afford a laptop. There exists a gap between the haves and the have nots in society (duh) and believe me, it manifests itself in schools; I see it everyday. When I assign research (I teach HS science), I must schedule time in the school's computer lab because not all of my students have the internet at home.
Another issue from TFA, "make sure your child's school will support the use of the laptop in classes, and find out whether the student can connect the laptop to the school's network."
This is HUGE, education costs are tremendous for the system: besides the standard fees associated with employee pay, materials, fuel for buses, maintenance, etc, there are the facility costs -- electricity, heating, network bandwith. If every student could afford a laptop electric bills would go up. My school's network get very sluggish just during the normal day, I can't imagine if 1000 students plugged in too. We don't have the resources to upgrade to that capacity.
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Its been said publicly by Bush that we like illegal aliens for cheap labor (maybe other Presidents as well).
I, for one, would be in favor of an illegal alien president (couldn't do worse than the current pres). Alas, however, only NATURAL BORN citizens can be president.
No more carpooling since that could be seen as fraternizing
What Chris Wilson says "Our intent is to build a platform that fully complies with the appropriate Web standards"
What Chris Wilson means : When the web standards are modeled after OUR wants and desires.
A couple reasons:
1. space is HUGE and you have the needle in the haystack adage -- if you don't look in the right place, at the right time...
it is not on the same plane as Pluto (so it's not following like cars on the road). Add the fact that its orbit is extremely long, you're right back to needle and haystack. How often do Pluto and the object get close enough to peturb each other?
2. Just because it is larger than Pluto doesn't make it easier to see -- it is a VERY long distance from the sun to the object, so there isn't a lot of light to reflect (not quite the best analogy but, can you see a candle reflecting light from 20 miles?)
3. Astronomers' equipment gather a tremendous amount of info every year, and it takes time to review the material. Was that faint spot a speck of dust on the lens? a computer glitch? they have to track the object to note its motion, size, etc.
May seem too easy a solution if I thought of it and it hasn't been implemented. Perhaps it is, I don't know what the external tank looks like on the inside. BUT
What about making the Liquid Hydrogen Tank double or even triple chambered with a vacuum between the layers? This would help insulate it with less ice formation outside. Add the foam and you may not have much ice at all, reducing damage any falling foam would produce. The additional weight aded to the tank for the metal wouldn't be great compared to the shuttle's thrust capabilities.
Russians orbiting the moon is the same reason Apollo 11 actually landed on the moon.
NASA thought 1). Russians were going to send men to orbit the moon
2). The rest of the world may interpret this as being "first" to the moon.
This was during the space race and Russia had beaten us in every other category: 1st in space, 1st space walk, etc.
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I am 1. A successful product of public schools 2. A public school teacher
The educational system we have in place was designed to create a "classed" society: We need owners, we need management and we need factory workers. Most of the country was rural, so folks not working factories got basics to help them through life.
The system worked well: we had graduates ready to go on to college or report to work. (think about it bells told you when to start and stop, lunch was a defined timeframe - no flexing) Society has changed rapidly and schools today are on the verge of being antiquated.
The emphasis on standardized testing has not helped students. Teachers often focus on getting the child to pass the test without getting them to understand and manipulate the knowledge they gain. I have seen many students who can pass a test but ask them to do something different with the material like apply it in a new way, and they look like deer in headlights. The tests also have created "achievement gaps" between races and even the sexes.
I struggle with the idea of standardized testing: I know it has become a necessary evil, but there are students who miss incredible amount of class time because they have to take this test or that test to enable them to graduate.
I do not have the solution to save everything. If I did, I sure as hell would be sharing it with the country.
With that said, there is one over-riding factor that would help: PARENT INVOLVEMENT. If parents made an effort to stress the importance of education, grammar, math, spelling, DISCIPLINE etc. you would have a new generation of literate and educated students. They would also have the skills to adapt and learn.
Too often parents expect the schools to do their job. If they don't get directives at home, they sure as hell won't get them from people they see a couple hours a day.
My mistake for not clarifying in my original reply; I teach at a high school, not a college, hence the burden of money being taxpayer driven.
I think it is a bit easier at the college level because many times you can roll the cost of computers into tuition and actually "give" students the laptop. Despite what the Governator has/not done, many private uni's have given freshmen a laptop. (I think Wake Forest has done it for a few years and know Duke "gives" some odd gifts (they gave I-pods last year).
In college they definitely are. Where I teach (NC), however, we don't buy books for a year (or worse, a semester) then try and get $3 at the end. We buy our books for 5 years. It is expensive as hell initially and when books are lost/destroyed. However, $65 for a book that lasts 5 years is not too much to expect taxpayers to pay.
Additionally, competition between publishers is fierce; thus textbook companies "comp" us extras like test banks, lcd projectors, informational cd's etc. I know the price of these freebies is inherent in the book cost, but...
It is a HELLUVA lot easier to get a kid to fork up $65 for a book than the $850 for laptops. What happens when someone steals the laptop? Not too many people look to jack you for a textbook.
What if they decide to keep the laptop for themselves? This is not a private school where the cost is absorbed in tuition, this taxpayer money. Add the cost of maintenance on the computers and I see this as a short lived experiment -- one dropped bookbag and you need another $850.
A local university tried this at one school in the district checked out 30 laptops to a class. Only half of them were returned and/or usable.
Dateline July 8, 2005: All copies of GTA:SA for PC's have mysteriously sold out in matter of minutes. /. are believed to be responsible. Authorities are at a loss, stating "this may be the most sex they'll ever get."
Rumor has it members of a "computer cult" known only by the symbol
you wonder WHY MS seems stale and lacking in innovation?
From the article "the company's extensive interview process works against hiring fresh thinkers."
Yeah, BUT has the article been translated for the Chinese so you can just buy 'em instead of ripping them yourself?