She washed off the phone? For keys in lava and phones in toilets the same rule applies: let 'em go because man, their gone. (With apologies to Jack Handy).
I don't see myself using this type of "OS" anytime soon, and I imagine a lot of other people are in the same boat. Who would use this? I guess schools would be a good candidate. It seems like they could use lower quality hardware, and most schools have awesome internet connections.
As if there is some assumption that only bright educated people can govern?
What, you prefer that the dimwitted and ignorant be in charge? What a utopia that would be. If we are talking about a republic, then yes I definitely want my representatives to be intelligent and well educated (now, if only that could be arranged...).
Smart Boards are awesome, but it's possible without. I sometimes just pull up the screen and write on the white board underneath it. It isn't nearly as neat, but it works.
30% of the grade is attendance? Maybe it bugs me because I was lazy, and missed a lot of classes as an undergraduate but if 30% of the grade is attendance then my cat could almost pass the class. Luckily most of my professors didn't seem to care much about attendance if grades were good.
I hated professors who pulled that crap . . . I went to a public university so there wasn't a ton of (if any) research so it was very annoying to have to deal with something like that when my tuition was paying their salary.
Are you sure they weren't doing research? I went to a public school too, and I think the faculty (at least the younger, non-tenured faculty) was expected to do research in their field. Indeed, I think that's part of the tenuring process at many institutions.
There really is no excuse for somebody to pay $30k in tuition and be taught by somebody who would rather be someplace else.
Part of paying that much money is for the name of the institution, it only helps to have some classes taught by big name researchers in the field (even if they suck at teaching).
I actually prefer using html to PowerPoint; on our classroom computers, Portable Firefox boots must faster than PP.
If you would still like to do a slide show, I think you can export one to flash from open office and then you could open with Firefox. If you are using PP, I'm pretty sure you can just export that to html and use it on explorer or firefox.
University vs. College?
College - 4 year degrees
University - includes graduate degree(s), often contains colleges
Does it mean something else? Just not sure what your saying when you refer to college and university separately.
I do something similar. I usually project a partially complete set of.pdf notes on the board and I pass out a printed copy. Some parts still need to be filled in. A complete set of printed notes seems a little stupid (they already have a book). Guided notes on the other hand keep things organized and neat, and can speed things up a little.
Through egoism, we assume the universe to conform to the limits of our (un)consciousness.
The problem with people, in general, is they believe with little questioning that what they think is true.
Nothing you think is true. In fact, your thoughts are gone, one moment after you've had them - phantom ephemera, poised between memory and anticipation./quote?
Wow, get off my lawn hippy.
I don't care how many times I've seen the coke executive commercial about coke zero - its still reasonably funny. At least the ads on hulu are crazy short, I mean I easily zone out for longer periods of time.
One problem with hand written notes is that I don't like reading my own handwriting. Sure you could type them later, but I think the submitter wants to find a way to save time and just take the notes once.
I also use Lyx. It is pretty fantastic. As is, it is already a bit quicker than straight LaTex, and you could try making some keyboard shortcuts to speed things up more.
You really don't really adhere to "atheism". You simply don't believe what others have told you because it doesn't make any sense. Like leprechauns and unicorns.
Actually I found the same problem with a house I stayed at. The roof was relatively low, and the lights were tripple-fittings, which made it worse. The heat they give off is unbearable, even compared to the gas cooker.
LordVader717 can live through a bath in molten lava, and horrible love scene dialogue but is defeated by the light.
Get a better bulb then. Me, I just bought a house, and I'm replacing the incandescent bulbs over the kitchen sink post-haste. Why? Because I don't want to cook with them. Damn things radiate so much heat it's hard to bear.
If the heat off of light bulbs makes you uncomfortable in the kitchen then what do you cook on?
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She washed off the phone? For keys in lava and phones in toilets the same rule applies: let 'em go because man, their gone. (With apologies to Jack Handy).
Math usually is a liberal arts major....
I don't see myself using this type of "OS" anytime soon, and I imagine a lot of other people are in the same boat. Who would use this? I guess schools would be a good candidate. It seems like they could use lower quality hardware, and most schools have awesome internet connections.
I find your lack of faith disturbing. You won't be so glib when I Force choke you.
As if there is some assumption that only bright educated people can govern?
What, you prefer that the dimwitted and ignorant be in charge? What a utopia that would be. If we are talking about a republic, then yes I definitely want my representatives to be intelligent and well educated (now, if only that could be arranged...).
you're just mad you lost your DHD.
Fourth: I presented a fact that debunks this statement: "I have yet to find one that lasts longer than 5"
I would say that comment contributes something useful.
You didn't debunk anything. So you have an 8 year old CD, how does that imply anything about the original commenter's bad luck with CDs?
Google's speech recognition is uncannily good
What, for unusually small values of uncanny? I love google voice, but the voice recognition could still use some work.
Smart Boards are awesome, but it's possible without. I sometimes just pull up the screen and write on the white board underneath it. It isn't nearly as neat, but it works.
This depends a great deal on the type of class, the students familiarity with the topic and the students abilities.
30% of the grade is attendance? Maybe it bugs me because I was lazy, and missed a lot of classes as an undergraduate but if 30% of the grade is attendance then my cat could almost pass the class. Luckily most of my professors didn't seem to care much about attendance if grades were good.
I hated professors who pulled that crap . . . I went to a public university so there wasn't a ton of (if any) research so it was very annoying to have to deal with something like that when my tuition was paying their salary.
Are you sure they weren't doing research? I went to a public school too, and I think the faculty (at least the younger, non-tenured faculty) was expected to do research in their field. Indeed, I think that's part of the tenuring process at many institutions.
There really is no excuse for somebody to pay $30k in tuition and be taught by somebody who would rather be someplace else.
Part of paying that much money is for the name of the institution, it only helps to have some classes taught by big name researchers in the field (even if they suck at teaching).
I actually prefer using html to PowerPoint; on our classroom computers, Portable Firefox boots must faster than PP.
If you would still like to do a slide show, I think you can export one to flash from open office and then you could open with Firefox. If you are using PP, I'm pretty sure you can just export that to html and use it on explorer or firefox.
University vs. College? College - 4 year degrees University - includes graduate degree(s), often contains colleges Does it mean something else? Just not sure what your saying when you refer to college and university separately.
I do something similar. I usually project a partially complete set of .pdf notes on the board and I pass out a printed copy. Some parts still need to be filled in. A complete set of printed notes seems a little stupid (they already have a book). Guided notes on the other hand keep things organized and neat, and can speed things up a little.
The universe tolerates paradox. It IS one.
The universe is a paradox? How so?
Through egoism, we assume the universe to conform to the limits of our (un)consciousness. The problem with people, in general, is they believe with little questioning that what they think is true. Nothing you think is true. In fact, your thoughts are gone, one moment after you've had them - phantom ephemera, poised between memory and anticipation./quote? Wow, get off my lawn hippy.
I don't care how many times I've seen the coke executive commercial about coke zero - its still reasonably funny. At least the ads on hulu are crazy short, I mean I easily zone out for longer periods of time.
One problem with hand written notes is that I don't like reading my own handwriting. Sure you could type them later, but I think the submitter wants to find a way to save time and just take the notes once.
I also use Lyx. It is pretty fantastic. As is, it is already a bit quicker than straight LaTex, and you could try making some keyboard shortcuts to speed things up more.
You really don't really adhere to "atheism". You simply don't believe what others have told you because it doesn't make any sense. Like leprechauns and unicorns.
Leprechauns don't make sense.
Actually I found the same problem with a house I stayed at. The roof was relatively low, and the lights were tripple-fittings, which made it worse. The heat they give off is unbearable, even compared to the gas cooker.
LordVader717 can live through a bath in molten lava, and horrible love scene dialogue but is defeated by the light.
Another victory for Xenu!
Get a better bulb then. Me, I just bought a house, and I'm replacing the incandescent bulbs over the kitchen sink post-haste. Why? Because I don't want to cook with them. Damn things radiate so much heat it's hard to bear.
If the heat off of light bulbs makes you uncomfortable in the kitchen then what do you cook on?
BTW, I just had my first CFL blow on me - it still produced a visible glow, but no longer lit like the 100W equivalent it's supposed to be.
I don't think I've ever had a CFL that was as bright as its "equivalent".