Why couldn't they have done this 10 years ago? 20 years ago?
Here's why:
Light-bulb manufacturers, who sell millions of incandescent lights at Wal-Mart, immediately expressed reservations. In a December 2005 meeting with executives from General Electric, Wal-Mart's largest bulb supplier, "the message from G.E. was, 'Don't go too fast. We have all these plants that produce traditional bulbs,' " said one person involved with the issue, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of an agreement not to speak publicly about the negotiations.
-- Wal-Mart Puts Some Muscle Behind Power-Sipping Bulbs, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/business/02bulb. html?ex=1325394000en=7cdfdd70524b7590ei=5088partne r=rssnytemc=rss&pagewanted=all
They're making a nice profit on those old bulbs and they had no reason to rock the boat.
Now the game has changed. They are facing extinction unless they change fast.
The OPs "job" is to educate students not to work hard doing repetitive busy work.
Automating repetitive work is working smart, not hard.
Now the TAs should take the time saved and spend it working with students one-on-one.
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It's amazing how fast a corporation can move when one of it's products is about to be outlawed.
http://science.slashdot.org/science/07/02/20/16322 04.shtml
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/ 31/1826230
Why couldn't they have done this 10 years ago? 20 years ago?
Here's why:
Light-bulb manufacturers, who sell millions of incandescent lights at Wal-Mart, immediately expressed reservations. In a December 2005 meeting with executives from General Electric, Wal-Mart's largest bulb supplier, "the message from G.E. was, 'Don't go too fast. We have all these plants that produce traditional bulbs,' " said one person involved with the issue, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of an agreement not to speak publicly about the negotiations. -- Wal-Mart Puts Some Muscle Behind Power-Sipping Bulbs, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/business/02bulbThey're making a nice profit on those old bulbs and they had no reason to rock the boat.
Now the game has changed. They are facing extinction unless they change fast.
Let's create a ramdisk!
The OPs "job" is to educate students not to work hard doing repetitive busy work. Automating repetitive work is working smart, not hard. Now the TAs should take the time saved and spend it working with students one-on-one.