Schools are typically run and funded by the state. And teachers are typically government employees. There are private schools where that is the case many of which will teach all sorts of crazy things like virgin births and how God created everything but inexplicably can't be proven to exist in any sort of rigorous scientific study.
That being said, there shouldn't be any protection for creationists in the public school system given that it's more or less the antithesis of scientific theory. Now, if one of those fundamentalist can find objective evidence to support the idea, then that should change, but as it is, the priority of teachers ought to be on education, not coddling a bunch of right wing loons.
If the teacher doesn't have any evidence support the story of Adam and Eve what with the serpent and all, then they aren't teaching, they're doing missionary work and should be fired if they keep up with it. I'm not sure what the specific comments are, but creationism has no place in scientific inquiry other than as a cautionary tale as to why one must be careful about getting the evidence right.
I see them regularly, and I'm seeing an increased number of ads which have them embedded. Some folks have their business card information embedded in a scannable code.
Given how useful the technology is and how little it costs smartphone users to use, I don't see it going away anytime soon. The nice thing is that it has very little downside for those that don't use the technology.
QR codes are actually helpful and they're standardized in a way that works. The problem with CueCat was that it required that you have a specific device and in order to make use of the device you had to have advertising that was support it. They weren't ever able to solve the chicken and egg problem and failed.
QR OTOH doesn't require special technology, there's at least one app for both iPhone and Android and including the code is actually somewhat desirable as there's tons of folks with compatible devices.
I've just about given up watching shows that haven't made it at least one season. I've just started getting into too many shows that were subsequently canceled before they had a chance. And I double don't want Fox as they seem to be the worst offender.
And yet we also rail against people for still using IE6. Automatic updates for web exposed applications is a must.
As for Firefox, it's not like they force you to update. There's a very convenient option under tools => options => advanced => update that modifies the behavior.
As for bleeding edge, Firefox 6.0 is hardly bleeding edge. I get that some people don't want to be bleeding edge, but you must not know much about computers if you think that releases 4.0, 5.0 or 6.0 are bleeding edge.
Unlike open source software where one can write the code once, or write a portion of the code once, and have it used many times, you need somebody that's going to be there providing every single moment of the loan period. Granted the periods of time aren't going to be the same as for books, but you'd still need somebody to provide every hour of loan.
Additionally, with OSS you get an ecosystem that can survive past the point where people contribute to it, if in a stunted form whereas the moment people stop volunteering to be loaned out the project comes to a screeching halt.
No, but it's supposed to include the commonly accepted spellings. Or haven't you noticed that most dictionaries will contain multiple spellings and words that mean the same thing but are different for historical reasons.
It's a dictionary, it's supposed to add words as they come into the language and record the generally agreed upon spellings, not to define new words and dictate a spelling. Something which a lot of folks around here ought to realize before they make asses of themselves trying to stifle the language.
It's not innovating. It's pandering to people that don't know anything about the products. If they had maxed out what they could innovate in other areas, you'd have a point.
They could just move to a 2.5mm connector if it's that big of a deal, but devices have gotten to the point where there's little to be gained by making them any smaller. My Samsung Sansa is small enough that I have a hard time finding it if I don't put it back where it belongs when I finish with it. They could make is even smaller by removing the display, but it's hit the point of diminishing returns. And it sports a 3.5mm jack without trouble.
I've noticed folks obsessing over a couple millimeters of thickness. I'm not really sure that 3mm of depth is really that big of a deal. Even with a cellphone, that's not really enough to justify the extra cost in most cases.
What's worse is that this obsession with diminutive devices leads to devices that are less and less usable as they require fingers that are tiny to operate. At this point even if I wanted to buy an Apple device, many of them are way too small for me to use.
Did Apple ever buy into the microUSB standard? I may have missed the change, but I haven't ever seen an Apple iPod or iPhone that used a standard interface cable.
He's acknowledging that, but at the same time discounting the advantages of having a minimalist option. I don't see any problem with having a heavier duty ARM available, but suggesting that there's not value to having chips that have just the necessary circuits is silly.
The problem is that the ability of the people to comply with increasingly byzantine laws isn't increasing at a similar rate. The rule of law depends upon the people being governed being capable of knowing all the things which are prohibited. In the US at least we've long since past the point where one could reliably know what is and isn't prohibited and under what conditions.
What we need to do is go back to the system where the USPTO is primarily funded by the government and ensure that there's sufficient funding to properly review every application. If bullshit patents start being denied with regularity a lot of the bullshit applications will stop being submitted.
And all of those are less likely than the firm getting it wrong. It's not like these sorts of leeches haven't accused all sorts of folks that weren't infringing.
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Schools are typically run and funded by the state. And teachers are typically government employees. There are private schools where that is the case many of which will teach all sorts of crazy things like virgin births and how God created everything but inexplicably can't be proven to exist in any sort of rigorous scientific study.
That being said, there shouldn't be any protection for creationists in the public school system given that it's more or less the antithesis of scientific theory. Now, if one of those fundamentalist can find objective evidence to support the idea, then that should change, but as it is, the priority of teachers ought to be on education, not coddling a bunch of right wing loons.
If the teacher doesn't have any evidence support the story of Adam and Eve what with the serpent and all, then they aren't teaching, they're doing missionary work and should be fired if they keep up with it. I'm not sure what the specific comments are, but creationism has no place in scientific inquiry other than as a cautionary tale as to why one must be careful about getting the evidence right.
Thankfully, because of Steve Jobs, the worms are 3mm thinner than typical worms.
Durability typically. Also the pictures tend to be more vibrant.
I see them regularly, and I'm seeing an increased number of ads which have them embedded. Some folks have their business card information embedded in a scannable code.
Given how useful the technology is and how little it costs smartphone users to use, I don't see it going away anytime soon. The nice thing is that it has very little downside for those that don't use the technology.
QR codes are actually helpful and they're standardized in a way that works. The problem with CueCat was that it required that you have a specific device and in order to make use of the device you had to have advertising that was support it. They weren't ever able to solve the chicken and egg problem and failed.
QR OTOH doesn't require special technology, there's at least one app for both iPhone and Android and including the code is actually somewhat desirable as there's tons of folks with compatible devices.
Because they'll include it in all new TVs and eventually the old ones will break.
I've just about given up watching shows that haven't made it at least one season. I've just started getting into too many shows that were subsequently canceled before they had a chance. And I double don't want Fox as they seem to be the worst offender.
And yet we also rail against people for still using IE6. Automatic updates for web exposed applications is a must.
As for Firefox, it's not like they force you to update. There's a very convenient option under tools => options => advanced => update that modifies the behavior.
As for bleeding edge, Firefox 6.0 is hardly bleeding edge. I get that some people don't want to be bleeding edge, but you must not know much about computers if you think that releases 4.0, 5.0 or 6.0 are bleeding edge.
Care to provide some sort of a citation for any of that?
Unlike open source software where one can write the code once, or write a portion of the code once, and have it used many times, you need somebody that's going to be there providing every single moment of the loan period. Granted the periods of time aren't going to be the same as for books, but you'd still need somebody to provide every hour of loan.
Additionally, with OSS you get an ecosystem that can survive past the point where people contribute to it, if in a stunted form whereas the moment people stop volunteering to be loaned out the project comes to a screeching halt.
No, but it's supposed to include the commonly accepted spellings. Or haven't you noticed that most dictionaries will contain multiple spellings and words that mean the same thing but are different for historical reasons.
I'm just waiting for Grammar Nazi to hit the OED. The lulz of it would be plentiful.
It's a dictionary, it's supposed to add words as they come into the language and record the generally agreed upon spellings, not to define new words and dictate a spelling. Something which a lot of folks around here ought to realize before they make asses of themselves trying to stifle the language.
loosers.
I can't blame them for that. The unabridged OED was always a crush risk to children.
It's not innovating. It's pandering to people that don't know anything about the products. If they had maxed out what they could innovate in other areas, you'd have a point.
They could just move to a 2.5mm connector if it's that big of a deal, but devices have gotten to the point where there's little to be gained by making them any smaller. My Samsung Sansa is small enough that I have a hard time finding it if I don't put it back where it belongs when I finish with it. They could make is even smaller by removing the display, but it's hit the point of diminishing returns. And it sports a 3.5mm jack without trouble.
I've noticed folks obsessing over a couple millimeters of thickness. I'm not really sure that 3mm of depth is really that big of a deal. Even with a cellphone, that's not really enough to justify the extra cost in most cases.
What's worse is that this obsession with diminutive devices leads to devices that are less and less usable as they require fingers that are tiny to operate. At this point even if I wanted to buy an Apple device, many of them are way too small for me to use.
Did Apple ever buy into the microUSB standard? I may have missed the change, but I haven't ever seen an Apple iPod or iPhone that used a standard interface cable.
He's acknowledging that, but at the same time discounting the advantages of having a minimalist option. I don't see any problem with having a heavier duty ARM available, but suggesting that there's not value to having chips that have just the necessary circuits is silly.
XSS attacks yield more lulz though.
That was my thought, I'd be surprised if this particular site wasn't set up by law enforcement.
The problem is that the ability of the people to comply with increasingly byzantine laws isn't increasing at a similar rate. The rule of law depends upon the people being governed being capable of knowing all the things which are prohibited. In the US at least we've long since past the point where one could reliably know what is and isn't prohibited and under what conditions.
What we need to do is go back to the system where the USPTO is primarily funded by the government and ensure that there's sufficient funding to properly review every application. If bullshit patents start being denied with regularity a lot of the bullshit applications will stop being submitted.
And all of those are less likely than the firm getting it wrong. It's not like these sorts of leeches haven't accused all sorts of folks that weren't infringing.