You can't just stuff a person into a box and expect them to pop out with social skills (much less with the ability to get laid early in life)! By following #1, you'd end up with a mama's boy, someone unable to deal with confrontation, a little whiner who never knew the world might not go his way.
And as for #2....hmmm....sounds awful bully-like to me!
The first US Big Brother had the same public voting system. However, it turned out that the public voted out the s**t-disturbers, making each week less and less interesting. In the end, it was just a huge love-in and everyone got along. So Big Brother had to step in and devise ways to turn the houseguests against each other.
I saw the preview of the movie, and I thought that the parallels between Afghanistan and Somalia were incredible. (No point in going into details here, not the place for it.)
But that could just be because I don't live in the U.S. (I'm in Canada and I know we have more to be ashamed of that the U.S. in that war).
I'm just shocked that so many people see this movie as patriotic, that's incredibly shameful. People should take this movie as a warning.
I'm so happy to hear this! Now I can finally retire the old VHS tape I have of the series that my dad taped off a PBS marathon. It was starting to wear thin.
I thought that that was the premise for the "Quickies" that pop up every once in a while. The stuff that _is_ interesting, but just doesn't warrant an entire article. Personally, I look forward to these.
I agree it would be neat to see all the articles submitted, but that just doesn't sound like it would be easy to do. I mean, I'm sure picking the best articles is hard enough, never mind having to pick the 2nd best articles and so on.
Although having a list of ALL articles submitted would probably help stop multiple submissions, I doubt most people would want to dredge through the list just to see if their article has been submitted.
Most of the problems listed in the article have NOTHING to do with the websites, but mostly with the delivery; things being smashed, late, etc.
As for things being late...wouldn't that be EXPECTED around the holidays? Even Xmas cards can take weeks!
It will be interesting to see which sites were "tested" and exactly what problems occured...like if they counted user problems, like information not being correctly entered
Even though I'm only 21, I miss the hours I spent wasting away on a BBS...irc and mailing lists jsut don't cut it some how. The local "gang" that I hung out with moved to the internet, and we still all hang in the same irc channel, even though all we do is idle:) In our early 20s we remember the days of ol' when you could cheap post and not get flamed. Playing LORD and BRE, atmy gawd! 2400 baud connections! For the people that I hung out with, we've all still stayed connected on the internet, so that kind of community is still there:)
However, I think that part of the allure and what made the communities closer is that BBSes were very much underground and VERY much a geek only thing (at least in my city). In the past 5 years the number of computers per household and the number of people with modems (or other connections) has jumped exponantially.
I'm a girl and I'm 21 now, and we had our first home computer when I was 7. I was lucky just how much my parents and teachers encouraged the use of computers. We got a modem when I 16 and I went crazy mad with the BBSes. Most often, I was the only chick in the user lists.
Many girls are discouraged from using computers, either by straight out "girls can't do it" or by the lack of software aimed at girls. Only certain kinds of geekygirls ever used to get involved in computer life. There is a huge group of girls (the kind that do play with Barbie) that are at a disadvantage. Barbie has and probably always will be a major influence in the lives of little impressionable girls. Recently, people have criticized Barbie and blamed her for anorexia and for encouraging the stereotype of girls finding math difficult. This is a type of redemption. Using Barbie to encourage girls to develop computer schools, I think, is a good thing.
Also, there is a major lack of female-friendly software out there. Just by using the programs that they enjoy, it will encourage girls to discover and learn.
Whether parents recognize and/or are willing to admit it, they do encourage gender-sterotyped toys. And with a product aimed specificly at girls, parents might give at least a fleeting thought to purchasing a computer for their girl. Most decisions to buy a computer for children are because boys want the games. There's often no reason for MOST girls to want one. (Of course, there's always exceptions to the rule:)
From my point of view, the Barbie label and girlishly designed box will make more girls become interested in computers. These are the girls that wouldn't go near a computer otherwise (possibly). Because sometimes it's the final result that's more important than the path it takes to get there.
It's not as if people with loud walkmans are annoying enough on the bus...now we'll hafta put up with hoards of geeks having Quake netorgies!
Also, any ideas on the possiblities of having cellular modems or something similar for remote internet access? I'd love to be able to check email (and slashdot) incessantly.
Finally...battery life? How many AAs would it take to run it for 12 hours?:)
One thing I've never understood about honorary doctorates is who is it best for? Are the universities being selfish, wanting to claim the next great mind or famous person as their own? Like universities giving honorary degrees and such to movie stars. I think Linus totally deserves the title Dr. and he's done more than the equivalent of work to get it. But is the University of Stockholm in it just to claim him and his lately growing fame as their's also? I'm just supicious of motives is all:)
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You can't just stuff a person into a box and expect them to pop out with social skills (much less with the ability to get laid early in life)! By following #1, you'd end up with a mama's boy, someone unable to deal with confrontation, a little whiner who never knew the world might not go his way.
And as for #2....hmmm....sounds awful bully-like to me!
I have 15GB to fill on my iPod and that frees up a heck of a lotta room on my hard drive for more games!
The first US Big Brother had the same public voting system. However, it turned out that the public voted out the s**t-disturbers, making each week less and less interesting. In the end, it was just a huge love-in and everyone got along. So Big Brother had to step in and devise ways to turn the houseguests against each other.
I'm in no way happy to see these guys go, because that means that there's no chance of ressurecting their spin-off.
Now I have absolutely no reason to watch the final episodes of x-files.
That's why I started using Lynx again.
I wonder if these people have ever heard of BBSes.
File sharing was a "problem" long before the 'Net was around.
you forgot "red", three still of the lady in red in nothing but her lacy underthings.
(unlike Afghanistan)
I saw the preview of the movie, and I thought that the parallels between Afghanistan and Somalia were incredible. (No point in going into details here, not the place for it.)
But that could just be because I don't live in the U.S. (I'm in Canada and I know we have more to be ashamed of that the U.S. in that war).
I'm just shocked that so many people see this movie as patriotic, that's incredibly shameful. People should take this movie as a warning.
I'm so happy to hear this! Now I can finally retire the old VHS tape I have of the series that my dad taped off a PBS marathon. It was starting to wear thin.
Journalism student here.
In my course we are currently studying ethics in journalism. Canadian newspapers belonging to the Canadian Newspaper Association (are supposed to) follow the Statement of Principles.
This would be a good start for
I thought that that was the premise for the "Quickies" that pop up every once in a while. The stuff that _is_ interesting, but just doesn't warrant an entire article. Personally, I look forward to these.
I agree it would be neat to see all the articles submitted, but that just doesn't sound like it would be easy to do. I mean, I'm sure picking the best articles is hard enough, never mind having to pick the 2nd best articles and so on.
Although having a list of ALL articles submitted would probably help stop multiple submissions, I doubt most people would want to dredge through the list just to see if their article has been submitted.
Most of the problems listed in the article have NOTHING to do with the websites, but mostly with the delivery; things being smashed, late, etc.
As for things being late...wouldn't that be EXPECTED around the holidays? Even Xmas cards can take weeks!
It will be interesting to see which sites were "tested" and exactly what problems occured...like if they counted user problems, like information not being correctly entered
Even though I'm only 21, I miss the hours I spent wasting away on a BBS...irc and mailing lists jsut don't cut it some how. The local "gang" that I hung out with moved to the internet, and we still all hang in the same irc channel, even though all we do is idle :) In our early 20s we remember the days of ol' when you could cheap post and not get flamed. Playing LORD and BRE, atmy gawd! 2400 baud connections! For the people that I hung out with, we've all still stayed connected on the internet, so that kind of community is still there:)
However, I think that part of the allure and what made the communities closer is that BBSes were very much underground and VERY much a geek only thing (at least in my city). In the past 5 years the number of computers per household and the number of people with modems (or other connections) has jumped exponantially.
BBSes were 31337:) And so are us old schoolers:)
playing devil's advocate here:)
I'm a girl and I'm 21 now, and we had our first home computer when I was 7. I was lucky just how much my parents and teachers encouraged the use of computers. We got a modem when I 16 and I went crazy mad with the BBSes. Most often, I was the only chick in the user lists.
Many girls are discouraged from using computers, either by straight out "girls can't do it" or by the lack of software aimed at girls. Only certain kinds of geekygirls ever used to get involved in computer life. There is a huge group of girls (the kind that do play with Barbie) that are at a disadvantage. Barbie has and probably always will be a major influence in the lives of little impressionable girls. Recently, people have criticized Barbie and blamed her for anorexia and for encouraging the stereotype of girls finding math difficult. This is a type of redemption. Using Barbie to encourage girls to develop computer schools, I think, is a good thing.
Also, there is a major lack of female-friendly software out there. Just by using the programs that they enjoy, it will encourage girls to discover and learn.
Whether parents recognize and/or are willing to admit it, they do encourage gender-sterotyped toys. And with a product aimed specificly at girls, parents might give at least a fleeting thought to purchasing a computer for their girl. Most decisions to buy a computer for children are because boys want the games. There's often no reason for MOST girls to want one. (Of course, there's always exceptions to the rule:)
From my point of view, the Barbie label and girlishly designed box will make more girls become interested in computers. These are the girls that wouldn't go near a computer otherwise (possibly). Because sometimes it's the final result that's more important than the path it takes to get there.
It's not as if people with loud walkmans are annoying enough on the bus...now we'll hafta put up with hoards of geeks having Quake netorgies!
Also, any ideas on the possiblities of having cellular modems or something similar for remote internet access? I'd love to be able to check email (and slashdot) incessantly.
Finally...battery life? How many AAs would it take to run it for 12 hours?:)
One thing I've never understood about honorary doctorates is who is it best for? Are the universities being selfish, wanting to claim the next great mind or famous person as their own? Like universities giving honorary degrees and such to movie stars. I think Linus totally deserves the title Dr. and he's done more than the equivalent of work to get it. But is the University of Stockholm in it just to claim him and his lately growing fame as their's also? I'm just supicious of motives is all:)