As I recall, NT4 was dependent on the c:\DOS directory. The manager of the CAD department complained that his computer was acting funny. After a little bit of snooping, I asked him if he'd deleted some files. It turns out he'd gotten rid of the "do's" directory, and was a little puzzled why he hadn't found the "don'ts" directory.
About 4 years ago I left a great job at Sun to become a high school mathematics teacher. At the end of this school year, I'm leaving education. I now have a great contempt for the union, my school's management, and the district offices - the amount of low-level corruption and abuse of power I've seen is truly shocking.
I've had to do a lot of personal reflection lately - and I've realized that part of why I came to loggerheads with my administrative team is due to differing beliefs: I got into this racket believing that schools should provide the best possible education for each student. Management believes that schools should provide the bare minimum (10th grade students should be able to do algebra at a certain level, possess a certain vocabulary, be able to parse sentences at a specific level of difficulty...)
I'm not sure who's correct anymore. Is school a place to challenge each student to achieve their best, or is that a role for parents? Is school just a place to make sure that students have a minimal set of skills that will enable them to live in society? (both is the idealist answer - it's what every politician/superintendent espouses, but at the end of the day, I believe they want the minimal skills option...)
I've been teaching CG/animation in a high school for the last three years. I pushed hard to use free software so that my students could continue working on any projects they got excited about. One of the biggest challenges I faced was wiseacre kids talking smack about how much better Maya/3DS max is, as an excuse for not doing great work in Blender. (Don't get me wrong - those are amazing packages - I'm a Maya user, but wanted all of my students to have legal access to software we used).
I'll show Elephants Dream in my classes today - yes, the character animation stinks, yes, the plot is hard to understand, but the look is beautiful. It should be a nice way to prove the point that having expensive software isn't the solution to every problem.
I guess I would Improvise an Explosive Device of some sort. Maybe I'd leave it by a roadside. It just seems like our military doesn't quite comprehend what 21st century warfare is all about.
So DARPA funds this to create autonomous supply vehicles, which might work in a traditional battle with clearly drawn front lines and relatively secure transport routes behind the lines.
It seems to me like 21st century warfare is a whole different animal - how hard would it be for a motivated, talented individual to figure out some simple attacks for the navigation systems on these vehicles, and get loads of sweet US munitions delivered to their doorstep? How effective would one of these vehicles be in an urban setting? How easy would it be to create a series of obstacles that would paralyze one of these vehicles?
It's amazing technology, for sure, and the Stanford and CMU teams deserve kudos. I'm just concerned that with the current rush to technological solutions and shift away from "boots on the ground", this technology will be in battle zones far too quickly.
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As I recall, NT4 was dependent on the c:\DOS directory. The manager of the CAD department complained that his computer was acting funny. After a little bit of snooping, I asked him if he'd deleted some files. It turns out he'd gotten rid of the "do's" directory, and was a little puzzled why he hadn't found the "don'ts" directory.
I think tor might be what you're looking for.
About 4 years ago I left a great job at Sun to become a high school mathematics teacher. At the end of this school year, I'm leaving education. I now have a great contempt for the union, my school's management, and the district offices - the amount of low-level corruption and abuse of power I've seen is truly shocking.
I've had to do a lot of personal reflection lately - and I've realized that part of why I came to loggerheads with my administrative team is due to differing beliefs: I got into this racket believing that schools should provide the best possible education for each student. Management believes that schools should provide the bare minimum (10th grade students should be able to do algebra at a certain level, possess a certain vocabulary, be able to parse sentences at a specific level of difficulty...)
I'm not sure who's correct anymore. Is school a place to challenge each student to achieve their best, or is that a role for parents? Is school just a place to make sure that students have a minimal set of skills that will enable them to live in society? (both is the idealist answer - it's what every politician/superintendent espouses, but at the end of the day, I believe they want the minimal skills option...)
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I've been teaching CG/animation in a high school for the last three years. I pushed hard to use free software so that my students could continue working on any projects they got excited about. One of the biggest challenges I faced was wiseacre kids talking smack about how much better Maya/3DS max is, as an excuse for not doing great work in Blender. (Don't get me wrong - those are amazing packages - I'm a Maya user, but wanted all of my students to have legal access to software we used).
I'll show Elephants Dream in my classes today - yes, the character animation stinks, yes, the plot is hard to understand, but the look is beautiful. It should be a nice way to prove the point that having expensive software isn't the solution to every problem.
I guess I would Improvise an Explosive Device of some sort. Maybe I'd leave it by a roadside. It just seems like our military doesn't quite comprehend what 21st century warfare is all about.
So DARPA funds this to create autonomous supply vehicles, which might work in a traditional battle with clearly drawn front lines and relatively secure transport routes behind the lines.
It seems to me like 21st century warfare is a whole different animal - how hard would it be for a motivated, talented individual to figure out some simple attacks for the navigation systems on these vehicles, and get loads of sweet US munitions delivered to their doorstep? How effective would one of these vehicles be in an urban setting? How easy would it be to create a series of obstacles that would paralyze one of these vehicles?
It's amazing technology, for sure, and the Stanford and CMU teams deserve kudos. I'm just concerned that with the current rush to technological solutions and shift away from "boots on the ground", this technology will be in battle zones far too quickly.