I hope, though, that no one is letting this distract them from the environmental and national resource damage of the meat they're eating. Precious little of the cattle being eaten by Americans or Europeans is being fed on healthy, unirrigated grasslands.
My basic phone line (required for DSL to "ride on", and used for the DirecTiVo) costs me $17/month. SBC certainly has an economy of scale advantage over Vonage.
This was a sarcastic exaggeration of the flawed motivation of its parent.
The original "Screw the Arabs" assertion (which ignored the myriad of other uses of petroleum and the difficulty of convincing industries to act for the greater payoff to civilization) was modded up while this hint to read more carefully was modded underground. This all in a few minutes, causing me to doubt how much consideration was exercised at all.
I know you're all out there checking out Millennium Cell (MCEL), who's "Hydrogen on Demand" system stores Hydrogen as part of a benign solution with a high potential energy density.
However, the real monopoly-in-training here is Ballard Power (BLDP), who have most of the patents involved in converting that Hydrogen into electricity.
If the bids came in anywhere near the projected budget for this project (under $28M), then they're getting the iBooks, networks (routers/switches/hubs, access points, cards), software, and training (including curriculum integration, not merely "how to launch IE") for $725 per user.
I thought about replying to every uneducated troll who whined about "$2K" or even "$2,700 per student", but I've given up. There are far too many of them, and it isn't my place to teach them to research before posting.
It would be irrational to pass up the opportunity to equip the schoolchildren of your state with solid, up-to-date technology at $300 a piece, including hardware, software, infrastructure, and training. The middle-term payback on this to the state economy is likely to be substantial if they raise the level of education even a smidgen. Not being a citizen of Maine, I want to know why my state didn't think of this first!
According to the FAQ on their site, "the Maine Department of Education will develop a statewide strategy to support the leadership and professional development of teachers and integration of learning technology into teaching and learning."
The task force report that led to this program specifies "...a program not focused on learning about computers, but a focus on using computer technology as a tool to learn problem-solving, critical-thinking, teamwork and communication skills across all content areas..."
Why all the knee-jerk reactions that passing computers out to students necessitates a substantial amount of time be spent learning the computers themselves, rather than *using* them? You all must be using Windows or Linux.;-)
My old profs might take offense that you don't think they'll be useful in mathematics. Don't underestimate the value of seeing abstract concepts animated in realtime in Maple or Mathematica.
The filename filters seem to be installed now, if anyone still cares. It appears to be quite effective, and it's easy to discern which labels sent in names.
ironic, since comets are also thought to be the source of the complex organic molecules that eventually assembled into life in the first place.
See amara.com for a layman's introduction to the cosmic dust that comprise comets, and space.com for a discussion of the possible link to life.
RMS should be a member of The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, if he is not already.
Those of you posting knee-jerk reactions to this kabuki-west citation would do well to take a deep breath, read over the VHEMT site, and think before you submit.
I just pray that the shower doesn't suffer the slashdot effect. I'd hate to stare at empty sky for hours just to learn that the shower crashed under the load when all the east coast geeks watched.
Check out Dallas Semiconductor's TINI. I want the planned single-chip version in everything electronic that involves interaction. This and an IEEE 802.11 wireless ethernet transceiver will make X10 look terribly archaic.
More details about the board to be displayed can be found at Synergy's product page. Alas, no prices are posted. They already produce a number of PPC-based boards, though, and claim Linux support for many. I want a VGMD for my Miata.
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You're absolutely right.
I hope, though, that no one is letting this distract them from the environmental and national resource damage of the meat they're eating. Precious little of the cattle being eaten by Americans or Europeans is being fed on healthy, unirrigated grasslands.
My basic phone line (required for DSL to "ride on", and used for the DirecTiVo) costs me $17/month. SBC certainly has an economy of scale advantage over Vonage.
This was a sarcastic exaggeration of the flawed motivation of its parent.
The original "Screw the Arabs" assertion (which ignored the myriad of other uses of petroleum and the difficulty of convincing industries to act for the greater payoff to civilization) was modded up while this hint to read more carefully was modded underground. This all in a few minutes, causing me to doubt how much consideration was exercised at all.
I miss kuro5hin.
I know you're all out there checking out Millennium Cell (MCEL), who's "Hydrogen on Demand" system stores Hydrogen as part of a benign solution with a high potential energy density.
However, the real monopoly-in-training here is Ballard Power (BLDP), who have most of the patents involved in converting that Hydrogen into electricity.
If the bids came in anywhere near the projected budget for this project (under $28M), then they're getting the iBooks, networks (routers/switches/hubs, access points, cards), software, and training (including curriculum integration, not merely "how to launch IE") for $725 per user.
I thought about replying to every uneducated troll who whined about "$2K" or even "$2,700 per student", but I've given up. There are far too many of them, and it isn't my place to teach them to research before posting.
Here's praying for k5's return.
It would be irrational to pass up the opportunity to equip the schoolchildren of your state with solid, up-to-date technology at $300 a piece, including hardware, software, infrastructure, and training. The middle-term payback on this to the state economy is likely to be substantial if they raise the level of education even a smidgen. Not being a citizen of Maine, I want to know why my state didn't think of this first!
Oh, and for anyone who missed earlier references, or simply decided to post their wisdom prior to any research: Maine Learning Technology Endowment
According to the FAQ on their site, "the Maine Department of Education will develop a statewide strategy to support the leadership and professional development of teachers and integration of learning technology into teaching and learning."
;-)
The task force report that led to this program specifies "...a program not focused on learning about computers, but a focus on using computer technology as a tool to learn problem-solving, critical-thinking, teamwork and communication skills across all content areas..."
Why all the knee-jerk reactions that passing computers out to students necessitates a substantial amount of time be spent learning the computers themselves, rather than *using* them? You all must be using Windows or Linux.
My old profs might take offense that you don't think they'll be useful in mathematics. Don't underestimate the value of seeing abstract concepts animated in realtime in Maple or Mathematica.
The filename filters seem to be installed now, if anyone still cares. It appears to be quite effective, and it's easy to discern which labels sent in names.
Could you provide pointers to some of that "lots of evidence"?
ironic, since comets are also thought to be the source of the complex organic molecules that eventually assembled into life in the first place. See amara.com for a layman's introduction to the cosmic dust that comprise comets, and space.com for a discussion of the possible link to life.
RMS should be a member of The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, if he is not already. Those of you posting knee-jerk reactions to this kabuki-west citation would do well to take a deep breath, read over the VHEMT site, and think before you submit.
I profess complete ignorance of Eiffel, and substantial, if not complete, ignorance of utilizing the JVM for multiple languages. But...
Wouldn't implementing Eiffel to live in the JVM also require it to lose multiple inheritance?
[for the record, as a Java coder, I don't miss multiple inheritance]
Long live Poe.
I just pray that the shower doesn't suffer the slashdot effect. I'd hate to stare at empty sky for hours just to learn that the shower crashed under the load when all the east coast geeks watched.
>Yeah! Issue a share or two to the first 1000 slashdotters or something! A 'just for fun' kind of thing.
:-)
I'll support that!
To track people-links, try Six Degrees.
Check out Dallas Semiconductor's TINI. I want the planned single-chip version in everything electronic that involves interaction. This and an IEEE 802.11 wireless ethernet transceiver will make X10 look terribly archaic.
shopping.com. If the link breaks, search on Palm III.
Free shipping. I'm happy.
More details about the board to be displayed can be found at Synergy's product page. Alas, no prices are posted. They already produce a number of PPC-based boards, though, and claim Linux support for many. I want a VGMD for my Miata.
Will this finally give us reason to stop griping about Apple hardware prices?