The summary made some good points, but your reply contributes nothing to the discussion. I'm not sure why you were modded insightful. If you think a discussion on this topic is going to be pointless, why are you here?
Microsoft reminds me of the RIAA here, whining about the need to prop up their business model. Their license to print money is in danger, as the online world is moving on.
The goal of education should be much greater than merely passing and avoiding penalties. If the student finds the material to be easy, they should be encouraged to go beyond the minimum requirements, or they should participate in discussions and help other students to learn.
I agree, but I don't think that means we should give students unlimited access to their cell phones during school. They are kids. They're going to text and play video games all day. In the real world, they would get fired for acting that way, but firing doesn't apply to high school.
Instead, the schools should provide controlled, monitored access to the internet and to collaboration tools (such as a class discussion forum), and open up the teaching process as you have suggested.
The first movie was about a single alien, the second was about about many aliens. If this is a prequel, it will have to be about the egg of that first alien before it hatched.
"Hey, what's that?" "I dunno, man, but it looks pretty strange." "I've got a bad feeling about this..." (spooky music)
Imagine someone purchased a car, and spent many hours customizing and tuning it. The seller then realized he shouldn't have sold the car, so he sneaks into the garage in the middle of the night, takes the car back, and leaves the added components and the cash for the original purchase price lying on the floor.
In this case, it is obvious that the seller acted improperly, and the buyer suffered a loss. The Amazon case involves data and copyrights rather than physical property, but the same principles should apply.
Antarctic ice has actually been growing in the last few years. If a person visited the antarctic they would come to the opposite conclusion. I'm not saying that global warming isn't happening, but it's more complicated than seeing ice melt in a specific area and extrapolating that to the whole planet.
What we know:
CO2 levels in the atmosphere have increased far beyond normal levels for the planet due to human activity.
The average global temperatures have been increasing recently.
These two phenomena are most likely related, and require a great deal of attention and research.
The patterns of global ice coverage are in flux.
What we don't know:
To what extent CO2 and human factors are contributing to global warming.
To what extent it is normal for our planet to go through cycles of change in terms of global temperatures and ice patterns. How much of the recent changes we have observed are natural an would have happened apart from human influence?
What would happen if humans don't make any changes. It could be global catastrophe, or it could be that the ecosystem has a way of compensating for the atmospheric changes, or it could be anywhere between those possibilities.
We need to start thinking clearly, do some better research, and approach the problem objectively.
I didn't think you were OT. If the post contains a mislabeling of irony, in the geek mindset that becomes at least as important as the post itself. I really enjoyed your linked articles.
Getting marked OT for discussing the use of language in a forum full of pedants - how ironic!
Agreed, Moon was fantastic. It draws a lot from 2001, but that's not a bad thing. It was refreshing to see such a well made sci-fi movie that was not dressed up for mass audiences. In other words, they didn't add explosions, comic relief characters, etc. for the sake of selling tickets.
The movie website has a release schedule - go see it if you can!
I wish someone could figure out a way to legislate common sense. We're talking about a patent and potential legal battle over putting little smileys and pictures next to a message? I'm sure we can find examples of six year old girls doing this hundreds of years ago, only it was on paper instead of on a computer.
And even if this was a completely new idea, all we are talking about is tiny pictures with an associated feeling. Is it such a breakthrough? Could we never hope for such an advance for mankind unless the patent system would encourage companies to spend millions on smiley face research? The only reasonable response to this patent request is to laugh and tell them to get over themselves.
Let's make some wild predictions based on recent price trends. (Trends foundhere). Over the last few years, flash memory has been increasing in GB/$ at a rate of 185% per year. Meanwhile, hard drives have slowed to only 42% improvement per year.
Based on these trends, here is the estimated cost of 10 TB using either technology:
In July 2024, a 10 PB flash drive would cost $42! Of course, we can't assume these trends will continue, but it seems a good bet that we won't be worrying about the size of our mp3 collections. The traditional hard drive may only have five years of competitive life remaining.
That's because using a gun endangers lives. This would be more akin to drawing the blinds while making illegal copies of Hollywood movies in your basement.
The real scary bit is when they decide that anyone with drawn blinds is acting suspiciously and needs to be searched. Just wait, I guarantee you someone will propose that anyone using this anonymity service should be investigated.
I fear you're probably right. But it is messed up that "taking steps to avoid sharing your personal information with your ISP" can be construed as "actively obstructing justice."
A person who does nothing illegal might want to use this service simply because they value privacy.
Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I prefer top tens lists with #1 first. I usually skip to the end of the list and read backwards. In this case, knowing the size of the #1 botnet gives me some perspective on the scale of the other list items.
Having a countdown only makes sense to me if there is drama about what #1 will be. I wasn't really on the edge of my seat to find out the name of the biggest botnet.
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The summary made some good points, but your reply contributes nothing to the discussion. I'm not sure why you were modded insightful. If you think a discussion on this topic is going to be pointless, why are you here?
Microsoft reminds me of the RIAA here, whining about the need to prop up their business model. Their license to print money is in danger, as the online world is moving on.
You were just one syllable shy of a haiku!
Run, ASIMO, run!
"Life is like a box of screws,"
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The goal of education should be much greater than merely passing and avoiding penalties. If the student finds the material to be easy, they should be encouraged to go beyond the minimum requirements, or they should participate in discussions and help other students to learn.
I agree, but I don't think that means we should give students unlimited access to their cell phones during school. They are kids. They're going to text and play video games all day. In the real world, they would get fired for acting that way, but firing doesn't apply to high school.
Instead, the schools should provide controlled, monitored access to the internet and to collaboration tools (such as a class discussion forum), and open up the teaching process as you have suggested.
The first movie was about a single alien, the second was about about many aliens. If this is a prequel, it will have to be about the egg of that first alien before it hatched.
"Hey, what's that?"
"I dunno, man, but it looks pretty strange."
"I've got a bad feeling about this..."
(spooky music)
Imagine someone purchased a car, and spent many hours customizing and tuning it. The seller then realized he shouldn't have sold the car, so he sneaks into the garage in the middle of the night, takes the car back, and leaves the added components and the cash for the original purchase price lying on the floor.
In this case, it is obvious that the seller acted improperly, and the buyer suffered a loss. The Amazon case involves data and copyrights rather than physical property, but the same principles should apply.
Fixed that for you.
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So this software functions in both space AND time? Fascinating.
It's good that they specified that in the name, to avoid questions such as "Will this software work in the universe which we inhabit?"
Or even worse, don't let someone set the threshold temperature for fighting fires to below 98.6 degrees.
Antarctic ice has actually been growing in the last few years. If a person visited the antarctic they would come to the opposite conclusion. I'm not saying that global warming isn't happening, but it's more complicated than seeing ice melt in a specific area and extrapolating that to the whole planet.
What we know:
What we don't know:
We need to start thinking clearly, do some better research, and approach the problem objectively.
If the web developer is doing a bad job because of too many meetings, that would explain why the meeting is ironic.
I didn't think you were OT. If the post contains a mislabeling of irony, in the geek mindset that becomes at least as important as the post itself. I really enjoyed your linked articles.
Getting marked OT for discussing the use of language in a forum full of pedants - how ironic!
Agreed, Moon was fantastic. It draws a lot from 2001, but that's not a bad thing. It was refreshing to see such a well made sci-fi movie that was not dressed up for mass audiences. In other words, they didn't add explosions, comic relief characters, etc. for the sake of selling tickets.
The movie website has a release schedule - go see it if you can!
I can't tell if this a purist view of pragmatism, or a pragmatic view of purism.
I wish someone could figure out a way to legislate common sense. We're talking about a patent and potential legal battle over putting little smileys and pictures next to a message? I'm sure we can find examples of six year old girls doing this hundreds of years ago, only it was on paper instead of on a computer.
And even if this was a completely new idea, all we are talking about is tiny pictures with an associated feeling. Is it such a breakthrough? Could we never hope for such an advance for mankind unless the patent system would encourage companies to spend millions on smiley face research? The only reasonable response to this patent request is to laugh and tell them to get over themselves.
Alternately, park outside his house and/or outside the Karoo offices, hack into a wireless router, and download as much music as you can.
I particularly like the idea of some Karoo tech setting some options to block a reported IP, and then asking, "Hey, did our network go down?"
Let's make some wild predictions based on recent price trends. (Trends found here). Over the last few years, flash memory has been increasing in GB/$ at a rate of 185% per year. Meanwhile, hard drives have slowed to only 42% improvement per year.
Based on these trends, here is the estimated cost of 10 TB using either technology:
July 2009: Platter = $750, Flash = $28,125
July 2010: Platter = $528, Flash = $9,868
July 2014: Platter= $130, Flash = $150
July 2019: Platter= $23, Flash = $0.80
July 2024: Platter= $4, Flash = $0.004
In July 2024, a 10 PB flash drive would cost $42! Of course, we can't assume these trends will continue, but it seems a good bet that we won't be worrying about the size of our mp3 collections. The traditional hard drive may only have five years of competitive life remaining.
That's because using a gun endangers lives. This would be more akin to drawing the blinds while making illegal copies of Hollywood movies in your basement.
The real scary bit is when they decide that anyone with drawn blinds is acting suspiciously and needs to be searched. Just wait, I guarantee you someone will propose that anyone using this anonymity service should be investigated.
I fear you're probably right. But it is messed up that "taking steps to avoid sharing your personal information with your ISP" can be construed as "actively obstructing justice."
A person who does nothing illegal might want to use this service simply because they value privacy.
Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I prefer top tens lists with #1 first. I usually skip to the end of the list and read backwards. In this case, knowing the size of the #1 botnet gives me some perspective on the scale of the other list items.
Having a countdown only makes sense to me if there is drama about what #1 will be. I wasn't really on the edge of my seat to find out the name of the biggest botnet.
Vaccuum leaks are one of those under-appreciated dangers, along with dry spills, hot freezes, and explosions of calm.
For the real WoW experience, buy it on DVD and watch it a few hundred times.
I think they prefer the term "mammogram".