My father was a graphic designer (all by hand) until he retired about 10 or so years ago. He sold his business to his tech savvy partner and found that the demand for his 'old way' was deemed to expensive by a majority of the client base.
All his clients wanted computer savvy designers or people who could at least produce the designs in a computer format.
Last 2 years my father has had freelance consulting projects to - get this - do graphic design by hand. Hired by? The guy who my father sold this business to. Reason? No one can do it the old fashioned way by hand anymore.
I think that is a fear the is inherrent in all feedback systems, but if you want to see one that 'just works', you have to look no further than eBay.
It just seems to be the more you put into the system, the more you get out of it.
Correction on the correction:
It really should read that consumers are paying Real 750 million dollars. Microsoft isn't going anywhere, hence everyone who buys a preloaded PC or uses services of someone who did will indirectly pay this fine.
MSFT already has the settlement set aside in the war chest of litigation they are likely to lose, which I believe this was one. All listed in SEC filings (10K).
Before I attract the flame wars of people telling me not everyone has a 'mom' and a 'dad' at home/they're busy working two jobs etc......I know...but if we want to improve education, parents must take ownership and internalize what is truly important.
If it is education, so be it. If it is playing the lotto every week, kids will pick up on that too.
My point is, kids are mostly the product of their parents. If parents value education AND internalize it...there will be likely outcomes that the child(ren) will be successful in education.
I'll use myself as an example. My father is a talented artist and my mother, in finances. I turned out to be interested in the arts (although not talented at all --but that's probably a different discussion) and a financial guru (by most standards).
Now, growing up, my parents realized a problem...I don't have a strong grounding of the language arts. I received poor grades in English and related subject areas; I fell behind in literature class.
My parents stressed that English is very important, just like math and the arts. BUT, they themselves, placed no personal value in reading or literature. Imagine saying to your kid that you should read a book, then promptly flicking on the TV. My folks never read a book in their life.
And I am pretty much the same. I read all the time./. Trade journals for work. The NY Times and WSJ front-to-back everyday. But novels and literature. I average about 1 book per year. Seriously. And it isn't because I don't have the free time
Slashdot Mirror
3 different angles of the story would not really be 'Both sides of Wii', would it?
My father was a graphic designer (all by hand) until he retired about 10 or so years ago. He sold his business to his tech savvy partner and found that the demand for his 'old way' was deemed to expensive by a majority of the client base. All his clients wanted computer savvy designers or people who could at least produce the designs in a computer format. Last 2 years my father has had freelance consulting projects to - get this - do graphic design by hand. Hired by? The guy who my father sold this business to. Reason? No one can do it the old fashioned way by hand anymore.
Even more interesting is the Images search on democracy.
The only 'trajedy' here was the spelling of it.
No, it's all the Windows Service Packs that are cluttering the corridors of the internet.
...so, did America go to war with Iraq after Bush slept on it, or was he awake?
At least I have chicken.
Laugh all you want. My 'CrackBerry' lets me operate out of the office better than any *insert device here* I've ever tried.
...No shit, Sherlock!
Salt and Vinegar CHIPS you insensitive clod!
I think that is a fear the is inherrent in all feedback systems, but if you want to see one that 'just works', you have to look no further than eBay. It just seems to be the more you put into the system, the more you get out of it.
How about Global Thermonuclear war?
Correction on the correction: It really should read that consumers are paying Real 750 million dollars. Microsoft isn't going anywhere, hence everyone who buys a preloaded PC or uses services of someone who did will indirectly pay this fine. MSFT already has the settlement set aside in the war chest of litigation they are likely to lose, which I believe this was one. All listed in SEC filings (10K).
I was shoplifting and cheating way before P2P... Woops, did I think aloud again?
That is all.
Before I attract the flame wars of people telling me not everyone has a 'mom' and a 'dad' at home/they're busy working two jobs etc... ...I know...but if we want to improve education, parents must take ownership and internalize what is truly important.
If it is education, so be it. If it is playing the lotto every week, kids will pick up on that too.
My point is, kids are mostly the product of their parents. If parents value education AND internalize it...there will be likely outcomes that the child(ren) will be successful in education.
I'll use myself as an example. My father is a talented artist and my mother, in finances. I turned out to be interested in the arts (although not talented at all --but that's probably a different discussion) and a financial guru (by most standards).
Now, growing up, my parents realized a problem...I don't have a strong grounding of the language arts. I received poor grades in English and related subject areas; I fell behind in literature class.
My parents stressed that English is very important, just like math and the arts. BUT, they themselves, placed no personal value in reading or literature. Imagine saying to your kid that you should read a book, then promptly flicking on the TV. My folks never read a book in their life.
And I am pretty much the same. I read all the time. /. Trade journals for work. The NY Times and WSJ front-to-back everyday. But novels and literature. I average about 1 book per year. Seriously. And it isn't because I don't have the free time
I wonder what pound-test line they were using? And I wonder if it broke the record. Or maybe they just used a big net.