Rarely does an airplane back into the side of a mountain.
From a physics perspective, I've always assumed that the rear of the plane is safer because the front has to absorb most of the impulse from the crash. But does this also apply to (head on) car crashes? Does anyone have data about the survival rates for passengers (per capita) sitting in the front of a car vs the rear?
There's a difference. If microsoft funded people to write about microsoft products on wikipedia, it would be to help microsoft. Germany is funding people to write about things that would benefit the government of Germany.
For the first time, the German edition of the open Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia will be receiving state funding. Germany will be setting aside part of its budget to improve information about renewable resources in Wikipedia.
Paying people to edit wikipedia does not count as donating money. Would we say wikipedia is 'receiving funding from Microsoft' if MS was paying employees to write about MS products?
While this is indeed a win, the watering down of the sciences in the UK is horrifying. I've written an article about the physics exams to try and bring some attention to this topic. On the biology side, I was shocked by the most recent GCSE paper on which the last question described an experiment on lab animals and the effect exposure of a hormone had on them. The students where then asked: ''How does this experiment contradict the theory of evolution.'' Also they are asked questions like ''Who would oppose contraception'' and they get a mark for writing ''Certain religious groups.'' It's really sad.
Well, it's been my experience that the 'usual' person isn't interested in anything that wasn't on TV, so this would have quite a chilling effect for anyone, like myself, who actually enjoys learning things.
Federal agents are visiting some of the New England's top universities... to warn university heads about the dangers of foreign spies and terrorists stealing sensitive academic research.
FBI is offering to brief faculty, students and staff on what it calls "espionage indicators" aimed at identifying foreign agents.
Unexplained affluence, failing to report overseas travel, showing unusual interest in information outside the job scope, keeping unusual work hours, unreported contacts with foreign nationals, unreported contact with foreign government, military, or intelligence officials, attempting to gain new accesses without the need to know, and unexplained absences are all considered potential espionage indicators.
What a paranoid and counterproductive list. Isn't the information in bold just about everyone who works in academia?
Apple has dropped just enough information at just regular enough intervals to create a level of anticipation for the iPhone that can only be described as off the hook.
No kidding. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Jobs announced that the iPhone would be the harbinger of the technological singularity.
There were and still are teachers who do the same thing, only they handed the students a library instead of the internet. It isn't about technology, it is about teaching.
Except that teachers are rewarded by brainless administrators for 'using ICT in their lessons' and they get no such reward for going to the library.
When we have strong AI teachers will be outdated because they won't be able to give students the one-on-one time the computer can.
When we have strong AI a hell of a lot more than just the teaching industry will be outdated. But until the singularity comes, we still have some issues to resolve.
Google should implement this in the same way they do for Blogger. Just let people use their AdSense accounts on YouTube
This is a problem that I have with may websites that make money off of user summited content: the company should share the money with those producing the value. Particularly annoying is Flickr. A little while ago they added a feature where people can buy prints of photos but they do not share that money with the person who took the photo. It's terribly annoying because I know so many semi-pro photographers who would flock to flickr if they could get a cut of the action.
Education is not about modern equipment. In fact modern equipment may seriously hinder education at times,
Agreed. I work as a teacher and for 99% of tasks, technology just gets in the way. I'm also horrified at the number of my fellow teachers who think the Internet is some magical panacea where they can just plop a class down in front of a computer, tell them 'research topic X' and the kids will actually learn something.
Not sure when this became fact, but in my day, a teacher was someone that (a) would teach, and (b) would not do unnecessary harm. I probably missed the memo where indoctrinating them to a particular way of life (the parent's responsibility) were offloaded to the teacher.
No kidding. I'm a teacher and let me tell you, the worst role models are the people intentionally trying to be a role model.
Speaking of subtle, anyone noticed the ads in the newly reformatted Wired? They've made them look very much link the normal content. So much so that I have my suspicions that the new look was done with this in mind. Wired's always been ad heavy, but I never minded, until they started to try and trick me.
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From a physics perspective, I've always assumed that the rear of the plane is safer because the front has to absorb most of the impulse from the crash. But does this also apply to (head on) car crashes? Does anyone have data about the survival rates for passengers (per capita) sitting in the front of a car vs the rear?
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For those of you interested in the origins of the name, wikipedia refers to him as a 'founder-hero'.
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35 Different Ways of Looking at Social Networks, and every one starts and ends with 'Join my friends list! Lolz!
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Yes, because the best kind of options are no options.
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There, I fixed it. Now you are correct.
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For the first time, the German edition of the open Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia will be receiving state funding. Germany will be setting aside part of its budget to improve information about renewable resources in Wikipedia.
Paying people to edit wikipedia does not count as donating money. Would we say wikipedia is 'receiving funding from Microsoft' if MS was paying employees to write about MS products?
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While this is indeed a win, the watering down of the sciences in the UK is horrifying. I've written an article about the physics exams to try and bring some attention to this topic. On the biology side, I was shocked by the most recent GCSE paper on which the last question described an experiment on lab animals and the effect exposure of a hormone had on them. The students where then asked: ''How does this experiment contradict the theory of evolution.'' Also they are asked questions like ''Who would oppose contraception'' and they get a mark for writing ''Certain religious groups.'' It's really sad.
Well, it's been my experience that the 'usual' person isn't interested in anything that wasn't on TV, so this would have quite a chilling effect for anyone, like myself, who actually enjoys learning things.
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Federal agents are visiting some of the New England's top universities... to warn university heads about the dangers of foreign spies and terrorists stealing sensitive academic research.
FBI is offering to brief faculty, students and staff on what it calls "espionage indicators" aimed at identifying foreign agents.
Unexplained affluence, failing to report overseas travel, showing unusual interest in information outside the job scope, keeping unusual work hours, unreported contacts with foreign nationals, unreported contact with foreign government, military, or intelligence officials, attempting to gain new accesses without the need to know, and unexplained absences are all considered potential espionage indicators.
What a paranoid and counterproductive list. Isn't the information in bold just about everyone who works in academia?
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No kidding. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Jobs announced that the iPhone would be the harbinger of the technological singularity.
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Except that teachers are rewarded by brainless administrators for 'using ICT in their lessons' and they get no such reward for going to the library.
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When we have strong AI a hell of a lot more than just the teaching industry will be outdated. But until the singularity comes, we still have some issues to resolve.
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He's a bounty hunter, Mr Fett.
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This is a problem that I have with may websites that make money off of user summited content: the company should share the money with those producing the value. Particularly annoying is Flickr. A little while ago they added a feature where people can buy prints of photos but they do not share that money with the person who took the photo. It's terribly annoying because I know so many semi-pro photographers who would flock to flickr if they could get a cut of the action.
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Dude, they one of the largest people moving exercises in history with only the most primitive of computers, I think they could handle easily detectable wireless in 2007.
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Agreed. I would be adding insult in Apple bought the school.
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Agreed. I work as a teacher and for 99% of tasks, technology just gets in the way. I'm also horrified at the number of my fellow teachers who think the Internet is some magical panacea where they can just plop a class down in front of a computer, tell them 'research topic X' and the kids will actually learn something.
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Consensus isn't a threat to democracy, students who don't know learn anything about science are a threat to democracy.
That's because they aren't thinking rationally.
No kidding. I'm a teacher and let me tell you, the worst role models are the people intentionally trying to be a role model.
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Speaking of subtle, anyone noticed the ads in the newly reformatted Wired? They've made them look very much link the normal content. So much so that I have my suspicions that the new look was done with this in mind. Wired's always been ad heavy, but I never minded, until they started to try and trick me.
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But didn't the BBC just do a show about how WiFi Eats Babies?
The title of your comment, 'charity turf wars' implies that Intel is offering the Classmate PC as part of a not-for-profit organization. They are not.
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The Truth about Wifi Routers
I wish I never started on this internet thing, now I can't stop.