Precisely, and I'm curious as to why people think that laptops for students is the answer. I get that lower income children probably don't have their own computers, but even that does not necessitate computers in the classroom.
When I was a kid we had a lab full of Apple ][ computers which we played with in elementary school. Later on we had more powerful machines, but we'd go for a small amount of time every week and that was more than enough.
Introducing them into the class seems like an excellent way of making sure that they know how to look things up on Google and that they're not going to be paying attention due to the distractions involved.
Indeed, I'm not sure why laptops would increase grades on activities other than writing papers.
OTOH, document cameras and projectors do have a much more reasonable connection to academic performance and if you get good equipment you spend it once and the maintenance costs are pretty minimal. For some things showing a short animation is just that much better than trying to explain what's happening with a lever or trying to explain how a substitution reaction works out.
Because it's a small country and they need to keep it clean. They don't administer canings for possession of gum though, but the penalty for sticking gum anywhere other than in a trash can is pretty harsh.
I wish we could get a lot more strict about that here, because it's nasty coming across somebody's ABC gum because they were too lazy to throw it away.
That's not really true. Had you been around thousands of years ago to see what are now Greek ruins they would have been quite the sight. Unfortunately, due to whether and deterioration you don't get to see the bright colors that were original.
The main difference is that the temples in SE Asia relied more upon detail carved into the rock than treatments applied to the building materials.
That is interesting. I think the major problem there is figuring out how to keep trains going on schedule. The other issues should be a lot easier to solve.
Well, there's also the issue of idiots being torn to pieces when they try to get through the door at the last moment.
Really? I've got no particular issues hitting the backspace key, in fact I do it all the time. And you're not supposed to use your pinky, you're supposed to use your right ring finger. I actually had to make a typo in order to figure out which finger I use because I thought it was my pinky. I guess it happens that quickly that I don't even think about it anymore.
The amount of time you add is justified by the fact that you're not going to be using the key as frequently as others and you're not really a touch typist if you can't hit that backspace key then get back to the home row without looking. I've done that probably 20 times in this post because I'm not caring enough to get it right the first time.
Also, the backspace key is a lot more important on a keyboard than it was on a typewriter, hence why it's given priority over the backspace key and the two bracket keys.
While I did take typing in high school, I found Mario Teaches Typing to be much more interesting. Ultimately, anything that helps you train your hands to hit the right key is going to help you make progress.
Touch typing is definitely the best for speed on a keyboard. But, last time I checked, I was able to manage 30+ WPM using four fingers via an intelligent take on hunt and peck.
That being said, I usually touch type because it's so much faster. The main issue that I have is with keyboards not keeping up or me typing something that I don't really mean because I had a thought about pie or something else. Also UIs tend to punish the keyboard so that any idiot can use the interface, even though you learn once and are supposed to benefit from learning the interface.
Possibly, but realistically most people would do fine with AMD's Fusion core processors, the ones they've already released. Tthere are legitimate reasons to have more power, but for the things that people typically do, it's more than enough power.
To an extent yes, but Atom sucks, I mean seriously, Intel ought to have been too embarrassed to let that dog see the light of day. And yes, the Intel offerings do offer better battery life, but at a cost, the only ones I looked at were several hundred dollars more. Battery life is great, but with that much extra on the price tag you might as well just buy a couple extra batteries.
What are you talking about? Boost and Virgin are both owned by major players in the business. MetroPCS, Cricket and Straight Talk are probably great if they're actually available where you live, which isn't around here and it's certainly not national.
As far as pricing goes, T-Mobile creams the competition in terms of what they provide, AT&T was a good deal for prepaid, but after the most recent rounds of price increases that's no longer the case.
At this point, I think it's pretty much just T-Mobile and Sprint selling unlimited service.
It does, but the FCC doesn't sell spectrum, it licenses it and can at any time and for any reason take it back. The more I hear about the cell company antics the more I think the FCC should just take the spectrum back until they play nice. At least for AT&T who seems to be the worst actor in the whole market.
Yes, and this manufacturer has been making devices like this for years. What's special is that it's compatible with standards slots and works bidirectionally.
From the list it looks like most of the products have already been largely integrated into other Google services or in the case of notebook will be automatically exported to Google Docs.
With a small amount of work, one could create a form that does the same thing as notebook for oneself.
These devices are primarily for studio work. Previously the work would be done tethered to a computer, but now they can do it wirelessly using a WiFi device. It's nice in that it makes it a bit easier to move around in the studio, but this technology is unlikely to be of much value outside of a studio environment.
Actually, cell phones are a much more serious threat as far as security goes. Sure you can hook a 1.4x teleconverter to a 2x teleconverter to a 500mm lens and be taking pictures from a quarter mile away, but you still need to be close enough to have an unobstructed line of site, which is tough and while you're doing it you're going to have all sorts of folks wondering why you're using bird photography gear in an urban environment. And have to answer questions when the police confront you for being suspicious.
A cameraphone requires that you be a lot closer, but it fits in your pocket and if you're doing it correctly it's likely that nobody is even going to notice that you're taking photos.
That's one of the reasons why I hate SD cards and most of the other cards. CF cards are a bit larger, but it's nice to know that pretty much any device with a CF slot will take a CF card, no matter how new. I think the only compatibility questions are for CF type 2, because they're a bit thicker and for Microdrives.
But, even my 11 year old Canon s10 is limited only by the filesystem that Canon chose to use, it will take a modern CF card because the card itself has the necessary controller embedded.
My parents switched to DirecTV a few years back because of the lousy service from Comcast. About the same time I noticed that there was a huge number of dishes up in the neighborhood. I don't know when exactly that happened, but it seemed like a solid quarter or more of the houses.
Ultimately DirecTV and Dish Network have a bit of an advantage over Comcast in that they have significantly better equipment for monitoring the reception on the subscribers machine. My parents have even gotten phone calls from DirecTV making sure that the picture was acceptable because their equipment was reading that it might not be.
MS may support it, but I burned myself a DVD anyways. Sometimes you really do need something to be on a WORM disc, I'd hate to think what would happen if I forgot what was on the disc and reformatted it.
That being said, we've hit the point where it's sufficient to have on external optical driver per household.
I've got 1 USB DVD burner that I swap between computers as needed. I don't use it a whole lot, but sometimes it's nice to have a CDROM or DVD for moving files around or short term back ups.
But, most of the time I use it to rip my CDs and DVDs to disk.
The difference is that those security forces only work on railroad property or next to it under specific conditions. It's also a side effect of most of their infrastructure being in the middle of nowhere.
That being said, if the reports prove to be accurate, somebody is going to prison, impersonating an officer is a serious crime.
That was my thought, Apple might want to consult with Netflix and Comcast if they're under that delusion. Somebody selling service for Comcast seriously came to my Dad's door and pitched them them the service as not being as bad as previously.
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Precisely, and I'm curious as to why people think that laptops for students is the answer. I get that lower income children probably don't have their own computers, but even that does not necessitate computers in the classroom.
When I was a kid we had a lab full of Apple ][ computers which we played with in elementary school. Later on we had more powerful machines, but we'd go for a small amount of time every week and that was more than enough.
Introducing them into the class seems like an excellent way of making sure that they know how to look things up on Google and that they're not going to be paying attention due to the distractions involved.
Indeed, I'm not sure why laptops would increase grades on activities other than writing papers.
OTOH, document cameras and projectors do have a much more reasonable connection to academic performance and if you get good equipment you spend it once and the maintenance costs are pretty minimal. For some things showing a short animation is just that much better than trying to explain what's happening with a lever or trying to explain how a substitution reaction works out.
Because it's a small country and they need to keep it clean. They don't administer canings for possession of gum though, but the penalty for sticking gum anywhere other than in a trash can is pretty harsh.
I wish we could get a lot more strict about that here, because it's nasty coming across somebody's ABC gum because they were too lazy to throw it away.
That's not really true. Had you been around thousands of years ago to see what are now Greek ruins they would have been quite the sight. Unfortunately, due to whether and deterioration you don't get to see the bright colors that were original.
The main difference is that the temples in SE Asia relied more upon detail carved into the rock than treatments applied to the building materials.
The irony there is that the Power Glove was indeed, bad, so bad that it was more or less a flop.
That is interesting. I think the major problem there is figuring out how to keep trains going on schedule. The other issues should be a lot easier to solve.
Well, there's also the issue of idiots being torn to pieces when they try to get through the door at the last moment.
You forgot option F
F Touch Type left handed so that I can hold other stuff.
Really? I've got no particular issues hitting the backspace key, in fact I do it all the time. And you're not supposed to use your pinky, you're supposed to use your right ring finger. I actually had to make a typo in order to figure out which finger I use because I thought it was my pinky. I guess it happens that quickly that I don't even think about it anymore.
The amount of time you add is justified by the fact that you're not going to be using the key as frequently as others and you're not really a touch typist if you can't hit that backspace key then get back to the home row without looking. I've done that probably 20 times in this post because I'm not caring enough to get it right the first time.
Also, the backspace key is a lot more important on a keyboard than it was on a typewriter, hence why it's given priority over the backspace key and the two bracket keys.
While I did take typing in high school, I found Mario Teaches Typing to be much more interesting. Ultimately, anything that helps you train your hands to hit the right key is going to help you make progress.
Touch typing is definitely the best for speed on a keyboard. But, last time I checked, I was able to manage 30+ WPM using four fingers via an intelligent take on hunt and peck.
That being said, I usually touch type because it's so much faster. The main issue that I have is with keyboards not keeping up or me typing something that I don't really mean because I had a thought about pie or something else. Also UIs tend to punish the keyboard so that any idiot can use the interface, even though you learn once and are supposed to benefit from learning the interface.
Possibly, but realistically most people would do fine with AMD's Fusion core processors, the ones they've already released. Tthere are legitimate reasons to have more power, but for the things that people typically do, it's more than enough power.
To an extent yes, but Atom sucks, I mean seriously, Intel ought to have been too embarrassed to let that dog see the light of day. And yes, the Intel offerings do offer better battery life, but at a cost, the only ones I looked at were several hundred dollars more. Battery life is great, but with that much extra on the price tag you might as well just buy a couple extra batteries.
What are you talking about? Boost and Virgin are both owned by major players in the business. MetroPCS, Cricket and Straight Talk are probably great if they're actually available where you live, which isn't around here and it's certainly not national.
As far as pricing goes, T-Mobile creams the competition in terms of what they provide, AT&T was a good deal for prepaid, but after the most recent rounds of price increases that's no longer the case.
At this point, I think it's pretty much just T-Mobile and Sprint selling unlimited service.
It does, but the FCC doesn't sell spectrum, it licenses it and can at any time and for any reason take it back. The more I hear about the cell company antics the more I think the FCC should just take the spectrum back until they play nice. At least for AT&T who seems to be the worst actor in the whole market.
Yes, and this manufacturer has been making devices like this for years. What's special is that it's compatible with standards slots and works bidirectionally.
From the list it looks like most of the products have already been largely integrated into other Google services or in the case of notebook will be automatically exported to Google Docs.
With a small amount of work, one could create a form that does the same thing as notebook for oneself.
These devices are primarily for studio work. Previously the work would be done tethered to a computer, but now they can do it wirelessly using a WiFi device. It's nice in that it makes it a bit easier to move around in the studio, but this technology is unlikely to be of much value outside of a studio environment.
Actually, cell phones are a much more serious threat as far as security goes. Sure you can hook a 1.4x teleconverter to a 2x teleconverter to a 500mm lens and be taking pictures from a quarter mile away, but you still need to be close enough to have an unobstructed line of site, which is tough and while you're doing it you're going to have all sorts of folks wondering why you're using bird photography gear in an urban environment. And have to answer questions when the police confront you for being suspicious.
A cameraphone requires that you be a lot closer, but it fits in your pocket and if you're doing it correctly it's likely that nobody is even going to notice that you're taking photos.
That's one of the reasons why I hate SD cards and most of the other cards. CF cards are a bit larger, but it's nice to know that pretty much any device with a CF slot will take a CF card, no matter how new. I think the only compatibility questions are for CF type 2, because they're a bit thicker and for Microdrives.
But, even my 11 year old Canon s10 is limited only by the filesystem that Canon chose to use, it will take a modern CF card because the card itself has the necessary controller embedded.
My parents switched to DirecTV a few years back because of the lousy service from Comcast. About the same time I noticed that there was a huge number of dishes up in the neighborhood. I don't know when exactly that happened, but it seemed like a solid quarter or more of the houses.
Ultimately DirecTV and Dish Network have a bit of an advantage over Comcast in that they have significantly better equipment for monitoring the reception on the subscribers machine. My parents have even gotten phone calls from DirecTV making sure that the picture was acceptable because their equipment was reading that it might not be.
MS may support it, but I burned myself a DVD anyways. Sometimes you really do need something to be on a WORM disc, I'd hate to think what would happen if I forgot what was on the disc and reformatted it.
That being said, we've hit the point where it's sufficient to have on external optical driver per household.
I've got 1 USB DVD burner that I swap between computers as needed. I don't use it a whole lot, but sometimes it's nice to have a CDROM or DVD for moving files around or short term back ups.
But, most of the time I use it to rip my CDs and DVDs to disk.
The difference is that those security forces only work on railroad property or next to it under specific conditions. It's also a side effect of most of their infrastructure being in the middle of nowhere.
That being said, if the reports prove to be accurate, somebody is going to prison, impersonating an officer is a serious crime.
I wish he'd leave Buttons alone, if it weren't for him, Mindy would certainly be crushed by a steamroller or fall off the Eiffel Tower.
That was my thought, Apple might want to consult with Netflix and Comcast if they're under that delusion. Somebody selling service for Comcast seriously came to my Dad's door and pitched them them the service as not being as bad as previously.