As a crappy college student, I essentially self-selected by drinking my ass off for the first 2 years of college. This was reflected in my grades and eventually lead to stint at the local community college where I realized that all my drinking buddies were bad students too.
If the problem is law students not paying attention, then the answer should be bad grades when they fail test...not grade inflation and a "once you're in, you're in until graduation" mentality.
I suggest watching the documentary, "Future of Food"(requires NetFlix account). The documentary is fairly one-sided, but describes the tactics that have been used.
[Parent/GParent:Thanks for bringing some serious comments to the thread]
I figure I'll be dead or demented before we get any meaningful value from standing on Mars, so I've focused my efforts on teaching my daughters that humans were not designed to live on other planets in our solar system and that we don't live long enough to make it safely to an exoplanet where we might be able to live. At 6 and 9 they now agree that their best hope for interplanetary research is through the eyes of machines like our beloved Rovers (which they have practically adopted as family pets...and I dread the day when when I have to tell them they have powered down for good). Too bad our country's leaders can't seem to get the point.
We could send an army of probes and rovers to Titan for a fraction of the time and money it would take to send a couple of hot shots with a death wish to Mars.
If you need a professional to pick out the features you need on a phone, chances are you don't need all those features in the first place.
Ahhh...but would you notice the subtle differences in one phone's clever UI for navigating photo storage vs. that employed by another, lesser vintage? Or how about the conditions in which the device was manufactured...would you expect Joe Smo to know the values imparted by the region and year of its birth? I think not! Surely you see the need to protect the uninformed so that they too can feel the joy of an expertly paired bluetooth accessory connecting on the first try.
- Start reading to them VERY YOUNG.
I was reading on my own before the age of three and have had a life long adoration for literature. How did I learn to read? Simple. My mom read a book to me EVERY NIGHT as far back as I can remember (and then even before that) and let me follow along with her as she pointed to each word she read. Eventually, I didn't need her to do that anymore and I would toddle off into a corner with a stack of books on my own.
I'd argue that this is contra to the point TFA was trying to make. Yes, the ability to read -- and the love of doing so -- can greatly enhance knowledge throughput. However, the ability to read does not make someone "smart" and communicating that to a child can lead to the type of "helpless" kids characterized in the article.
My example: I am the parent of two dyslexic kids. They spend an extra 5 - 10 hours per week receiving special training and have struggled for years. Now, everyone knows that Dyslexia has nothing to do with intelligence, but with the way the brain processes language...it's a hardware issue rather than a software issue. We also know that dyslexic kids ALWAYS have difficulty learning to read, no matter how much you read to them or take them to the library. We also know that much of this difficulty can be overcome with the right techniques and a little rewiring. Unfortunately kids don't come with a label that tells you they are dyslexic, so they spend the first few years buying into the abilities-based mindset and struggling while "little Johnny down the road" is reading War and Peace. After screwing up for a couple of years, my wife and I finally figured out the problem and changed our approach.
With our kids we have tried to stress the importance of reading to learn, but we are honest with them about their difference and about the extra work it will take for them to succeed in reading tasks. As a result, they feel in control and are unthreatened by their dyslexia, even when they struggle with new words. They LOVE to read and curn through 2 or 3 books a week. This attitude seems to be consistent with a malleable view of their own intelligence and is not based on their perception that they are "gifted" in reading.
My point: if you want to make your kid "mastery-oriented", then you need to start with the idea that nothing is a given and that they will always need to work hard to be successful. Your mother blessed you with her time and helped you to discover the joy of reading on your own, and your ability and interest in reading at age 3 is probably a result...but it doesn't always work out that way.
a. You are climbing up and down ladders all day and don't want to trip over power cords
b. You work in a space with limited or no continuous power supply
c. You have 2 or 3 fully charged batteries and a quick charger
d. Not all tools work with compressed air
e. You kept slamming the cord to your old tool in the tailgate of your F350.
f. all of the above and a lot more.
I travel between DC and NYC by rail a lot and find that many people consider the train an extension of their office...often with nonstop phone calls for the entire 2 hrs and 40 mins. Approaching these people has been a waste of time, as there are so many of them, and it doesn't help to take the 5AM train...they still have someone to talk to.
I would have bought a jammer long ago had Amtrak not established quiet cars where cell phone usage is forbidden (hell, even load talking is taboo).
If the undocumented limit is really 200GB, then by my estimates this breakthrough can help you can get yourself knocked offline in a little over 3 hours. That's an amazing 25 times faster than the 75.8 theoretical hours it takes with today's cable technology!
It seems to me that many filmmakers overestimate the artistic value of their work.
Will we lose films like we lost the originals of the 20s?"
A better question might be, "Will anyone really care that they can't watch a high-quality cut of 40-year Old Virgin in the year 2087?" If we are really worried about losing the content of a movie, then archive it to film and accept the faults (loss of image quality, cost of storage, risk of damage, etc.).
Thanks, Kurt! Slaughterhouse-Five was the single most important factor in the "A" I received in my college fiction class...no other book kept my attention as well.
Being dyslexic, I'm not one to read for pleasure, but your works are worth the effort. I'm looking forward to when my kids are old enough to share in your tales and we can have ice-9 discussions as I had with my dad in the 80s.
You say you had spent time "...even working on the client side for a little while." That implies to me that the business side of the technology equation was able to talk to you...perhaps they even [gasp] trusted you? We call that "business analysis" in my firm.
Good Business Analyst are hard to find. Most of the BAs I know seem to be too much business (nearly worthless) or too much tech (not as worthless as the former). People with the ability to relate to both sides -- understanding and predict business issues while balancing IT complexity, execution, and costs -- are a vital component in most software projects.
Important Skilz: not stupid, willing to call BS on arrogant IT Project Managers trying to slip stuff by as "too hard for the business to understand", willing to call BS on arrogant Business Managers trying to push through "do my job" buttons as critical functionality when they have no real value, good negotiator/dictator/friend (as necessary), able to write a complete sentence, good with Powerpoint and drawings of boxes and stick figures (for Business management), willing to be the only person in the room who really "gets it" 90% of the time, SQL and/or data analysis abilities.
Like free mail services, there are also plenty of universities out there that aren't out to stifle thought or limit your learning experience. Any school that forces you to use a crappy mail service is probably screwing with you in other ways too.
What are you shooting that pays $5000/day? I want in on that gig. With that kind of bill rate I could buy really, really big lenses to compensate for my...err... standard issue 18-70.
Is there a secret mirror site for the results and methods referenced? I can't seem to find them and I suspect they are hidden under a cloak of invisibility.
I agree... the "Webmaster" role is still around, only the people playing the role are different. The old webmaster role was the geeky dude who you went to when you wanted to establish a "presence" on the web. We paid them to crank out crappy-looking pages with flaming GIFs, whacked backgrounds, and nothing to say.
While the focus in 1999 was "getting in the game," the focus today is content and market awareness. As a result, we've moved web publishing from the IT department to the communications and marketing departments. The IT department builds the framework and they MBA-types type in the marketing babble.
Given the ongoing disconnect between IT and business, I think it's a pretty logically evolution. Why would I let someone with no people skills greet my customers?
Oh, and then there are the times when the kid on the phone says, "Sorry, you can't ghost. You'll need to install disk in order for this key to work."
MS Phone Dude: if you're reading this, I'm sorry I made you cry that day. It's not your fault that your employer is more concerned about their profitability than in my productivity. I've let my boss know that he no longer needs to pay for an MSDN universal license for me. I've decided to "get off the grid" and have been getting by nicely on OSX and Google Apps.
I seriously doubt that the high school cafeteria where I vote has been secured against spy cams and x-ray glasses. Electromagnetic-click-sniffing is the least of my concerns when my nosey neighbor is showing me to the voting station or handing me a "I Voted" sticker.
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I'm sure the beta version of the violin was met with the same reception.
P stole my subject line.
I didn't download it when I could get for "free" off Napster, so why bother downloading now?
As a crappy college student, I essentially self-selected by drinking my ass off for the first 2 years of college. This was reflected in my grades and eventually lead to stint at the local community college where I realized that all my drinking buddies were bad students too.
If the problem is law students not paying attention, then the answer should be bad grades when they fail test...not grade inflation and a "once you're in, you're in until graduation" mentality.
I suggest watching the documentary, "Future of Food"(requires NetFlix account). The documentary is fairly one-sided, but describes the tactics that have been used.
Alternate movie site: http://www.thefutureoffood.com/
[Parent/GParent:Thanks for bringing some serious comments to the thread]
I figure I'll be dead or demented before we get any meaningful value from standing on Mars, so I've focused my efforts on teaching my daughters that humans were not designed to live on other planets in our solar system and that we don't live long enough to make it safely to an exoplanet where we might be able to live. At 6 and 9 they now agree that their best hope for interplanetary research is through the eyes of machines like our beloved Rovers (which they have practically adopted as family pets...and I dread the day when when I have to tell them they have powered down for good). Too bad our country's leaders can't seem to get the point.
We could send an army of probes and rovers to Titan for a fraction of the time and money it would take to send a couple of hot shots with a death wish to Mars.
Ahhh...but would you notice the subtle differences in one phone's clever UI for navigating photo storage vs. that employed by another, lesser vintage? Or how about the conditions in which the device was manufactured...would you expect Joe Smo to know the values imparted by the region and year of its birth? I think not! Surely you see the need to protect the uninformed so that they too can feel the joy of an expertly paired bluetooth accessory connecting on the first try.
Then again, it does seem kind of stupid.
First impact craters ( How to Discover Impact Craters with Google Earth ), now ancient cities!?! I'm still looking for my car.
I'd argue that this is contra to the point TFA was trying to make. Yes, the ability to read -- and the love of doing so -- can greatly enhance knowledge throughput. However, the ability to read does not make someone "smart" and communicating that to a child can lead to the type of "helpless" kids characterized in the article.
My example: I am the parent of two dyslexic kids. They spend an extra 5 - 10 hours per week receiving special training and have struggled for years. Now, everyone knows that Dyslexia has nothing to do with intelligence, but with the way the brain processes language...it's a hardware issue rather than a software issue. We also know that dyslexic kids ALWAYS have difficulty learning to read, no matter how much you read to them or take them to the library. We also know that much of this difficulty can be overcome with the right techniques and a little rewiring. Unfortunately kids don't come with a label that tells you they are dyslexic, so they spend the first few years buying into the abilities-based mindset and struggling while "little Johnny down the road" is reading War and Peace. After screwing up for a couple of years, my wife and I finally figured out the problem and changed our approach.
With our kids we have tried to stress the importance of reading to learn, but we are honest with them about their difference and about the extra work it will take for them to succeed in reading tasks. As a result, they feel in control and are unthreatened by their dyslexia, even when they struggle with new words. They LOVE to read and curn through 2 or 3 books a week. This attitude seems to be consistent with a malleable view of their own intelligence and is not based on their perception that they are "gifted" in reading.
My point: if you want to make your kid "mastery-oriented", then you need to start with the idea that nothing is a given and that they will always need to work hard to be successful. Your mother blessed you with her time and helped you to discover the joy of reading on your own, and your ability and interest in reading at age 3 is probably a result...but it doesn't always work out that way.
a. You are climbing up and down ladders all day and don't want to trip over power cords
b. You work in a space with limited or no continuous power supply
c. You have 2 or 3 fully charged batteries and a quick charger
d. Not all tools work with compressed air
e. You kept slamming the cord to your old tool in the tailgate of your F350.
f. all of the above and a lot more.
I would have bought a jammer long ago had Amtrak not established quiet cars where cell phone usage is forbidden (hell, even load talking is taboo).
If the undocumented limit is really 200GB, then by my estimates this breakthrough can help you can get yourself knocked offline in a little over 3 hours. That's an amazing 25 times faster than the 75.8 theoretical hours it takes with today's cable technology!
Someone has to speak for the 20% of the class that got into astrophysics to meet girls and/or drop acid.
A better question might be, "Will anyone really care that they can't watch a high-quality cut of 40-year Old Virgin in the year 2087?" If we are really worried about losing the content of a movie, then archive it to film and accept the faults (loss of image quality, cost of storage, risk of damage, etc.).
Being dyslexic, I'm not one to read for pleasure, but your works are worth the effort. I'm looking forward to when my kids are old enough to share in your tales and we can have ice-9 discussions as I had with my dad in the 80s.
My condolences go out to the family.
All good things must come to an end.
You say you had spent time "...even working on the client side for a little while." That implies to me that the business side of the technology equation was able to talk to you...perhaps they even [gasp] trusted you? We call that "business analysis" in my firm.
Good Business Analyst are hard to find. Most of the BAs I know seem to be too much business (nearly worthless) or too much tech (not as worthless as the former). People with the ability to relate to both sides -- understanding and predict business issues while balancing IT complexity, execution, and costs -- are a vital component in most software projects.
Important Skilz: not stupid, willing to call BS on arrogant IT Project Managers trying to slip stuff by as "too hard for the business to understand", willing to call BS on arrogant Business Managers trying to push through "do my job" buttons as critical functionality when they have no real value, good negotiator/dictator/friend (as necessary), able to write a complete sentence, good with Powerpoint and drawings of boxes and stick figures (for Business management), willing to be the only person in the room who really "gets it" 90% of the time, SQL and/or data analysis abilities.
A great tutorial on the problems
Like free mail services, there are also plenty of universities out there that aren't out to stifle thought or limit your learning experience. Any school that forces you to use a crappy mail service is probably screwing with you in other ways too.
What are you shooting that pays $5000/day? I want in on that gig. With that kind of bill rate I could buy really, really big lenses to compensate for my ...err... standard issue 18-70.
Is there a secret mirror site for the results and methods referenced? I can't seem to find them and I suspect they are hidden under a cloak of invisibility.
Its all fun and games until they become possessed by the angry ghost of R.O.B.
...or until someone gets their eye poked out...or their head lopped-off.
Thanks. You get my point.
I agree... the "Webmaster" role is still around, only the people playing the role are different. The old webmaster role was the geeky dude who you went to when you wanted to establish a "presence" on the web. We paid them to crank out crappy-looking pages with flaming GIFs, whacked backgrounds, and nothing to say.
While the focus in 1999 was "getting in the game," the focus today is content and market awareness. As a result, we've moved web publishing from the IT department to the communications and marketing departments. The IT department builds the framework and they MBA-types type in the marketing babble.
Given the ongoing disconnect between IT and business, I think it's a pretty logically evolution. Why would I let someone with no people skills greet my customers?
Oh, and then there are the times when the kid on the phone says, "Sorry, you can't ghost. You'll need to install disk in order for this key to work."
MS Phone Dude: if you're reading this, I'm sorry I made you cry that day. It's not your fault that your employer is more concerned about their profitability than in my productivity. I've let my boss know that he no longer needs to pay for an MSDN universal license for me. I've decided to "get off the grid" and have been getting by nicely on OSX and Google Apps.
I seriously doubt that the high school cafeteria where I vote has been secured against spy cams and x-ray glasses. Electromagnetic-click-sniffing is the least of my concerns when my nosey neighbor is showing me to the voting station or handing me a "I Voted" sticker.