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  1. Re:However, in special ed, they do keep them engag on Report: Computers 'Do Not Improve' Pupil Results · · Score: 1

    In 2010 my local elementary deployed iPod Touch 2Gs. They bought a class set of around 50 and then bought one for every teacher and staff. The idea was supposedly the teachers could perform reading assessments using an app created by the test company, and students would use apps on them to learn. One assessment was carried out using them and the teachers complained so much they went back to paper. A lot of money was allocated for app purchases, but the IT group was lazy in handling it. They waited about a year and a half before finally trying to add apps to them. The technology had already moved by then and none of the apps they tried supported the 2G anymore. The class set was moved into a closet. I don't think there was any plan for the teacher iPods, and they remain unaccounted for and no one really wants them back.

    I remember the grant total was over $100,000 for this, but I think it included the purchase of some Macbooks for the teachers, a cart to hold all the iPods, accessories for the iPod 2G, and money for app purchases.

  2. Re:Glad they didn't read the books on "Sensationalized Cruelty": FCC Complaints Regarding Game of Thrones · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only if his party had enough money to spring for a true resurrection. Otherwise he loses one level and it can not be repaired by any means.

  3. Re:Ubuntu does not support hibernate on SteamOS Has Dropped Support For Suspend · · Score: 2

    You definitely don't want Windows then. I woke up this morning and turned on my monitor to find everything I had open was closed, including active Virtual Machines, an active SSH session, and unsaved documents in Notepad. All gone. Windows Update strikes again.

  4. Re:Little Tiny Keyboards on Blackberry Defeats Typo In Court, Typo To Discontinue Sales of Keyboard · · Score: 1

    No one would assume it's a tall Q10 because no one has ever seen a Q10 in the wild, and no one is that familiar with Blackberry anymore to be able to spot a keyboard that looks like their product. People would just assume it's some new phone or phone accessory. They might say it's like Blackberry to have a stationary keyboard, but the comparison would end there.

  5. Re:sampling bias on Is IT Work Getting More Stressful, Or Is It the Millennials? · · Score: 5, Informative

    The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
    -- Socrates (470 BC – 399 BC)

  6. Re:hmmm on Wikipedia Entries On NYPD Violence Get Some Edits From Headquarters · · Score: 1
    Wikipedia does have a Terms of Use that you must agree to before modifying or submitting content to Wikipedia. It states:

    By clicking the "Save page" button, you agree to the Terms of Use and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL with the understanding that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient for CC BY-SA 3.0 attribution.

    However, the Terms of Use do not cover conflict of interest. CoI is covered by the guidelines you linked to. I just wanted to make it clear that Wikipedia does have a Terms of Use.

  7. Re:Thank you Epic on Unreal Engine 4 Is Now Free · · Score: 3, Informative

    The experience using the development environment of Unity/Godot/Unreal is completely different than Cocos2d. Coding in Cocos2d requires you constantly be reading docs, hunting across the net for examples because the docs are horrendously incomplete and outdated, and doing all the coding and asset management by hand. There is a studio editor for Cocos2d, but it is difficult to use and the documentation for it is limited. I never managed to get it to work. Part of the problem is that much of the development of Cocos2d takes place in Asia, so the docs need to be translated to English. By the time this happens, they no longer represent the current state of the library.

    If you try making a simple loading screen and short game in Cocos2d compared to Unity/Unreal/Godot, you will instantly see how very different the two are. The learning curve for Unity-like development is really low. You can start on your game immediately and learn as you go. Cocos2d has a huge upfront learning requirement, and it's hard to pass because of the state of the docs. Frankly, I'm surprised at how many games are made in Cocos2d given the other offerings that are available which include a strong development environment. The biggest pluses to Cocos2d to me are that it's 100% free and that it has great crossplatform capabilities. But when you consider how much more difficult it is to use, and the fact that your game is unlikely to ever make money or cross the royalty threshold, you probably should be using an easier tool that is more popular and might lead to job opportunities. A lot of great engines are offering a free-to-start-with option: Unity, Unreal, Marmalade, Corona, GameMaker, Shiva, Stencyl, Construct2. Many of these didn't use to have a free option other than a 30-day trial.

  8. Generate List of Heritable Traits on Police Use DNA To Generate a Suspect's Face · · Score: 1

    They could release a facial construction along with a list of heritable traits such as if the perpetrator has cystic fibrosis, Crohn's disease, lactose intolerance, sickle cell anaemia, or a number of other traits that can be tested for using DNA. If the person tested positive for a rare disease it could go a long way towards finding them.

  9. Re:Hate to piss on the parade... on VLC Acquiring Lots of New Features · · Score: 1

    Would be nice if Bookmarks worked at all. I'd like using VLC for audiobooks, but without a decent bookmarking system it's not really possible.

    DAUM Potplayer is my main media player. It's closed source, but it has better options than anything else out there including a great bookmark/playlist system.

  10. Re:Glad I didn't bother trying it on CrunchBang Linux Halts Development · · Score: 2

    Given that Gentoo is a masochistic distro, I think you'd be covered in your own blood.

  11. Re:Lateral Flow Strips are available on Smartphone Attachment Can Test For HIV In 15 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Those don't attach to my smartphone.

  12. Re:My question on Interviews: Ask Malcolm Gladwell a Question · · Score: 1
    I think you've answered your own question:

    Your books are full of bullshit masquerading as research

  13. Re:Don't blame the ISPs for STARTTLS on ISPs Removing Their Customers' Email Encryption · · Score: 1

    If you create an account that supports encryption, but the account later silently drops the encryption, will Thunderbird warn you that the message you are sending is being sent as plain text?

  14. Re:Bizarre usage habits on Multi-Process Comes To Firefox Nightly, 64-bit Firefox For Windows 'Soon' · · Score: 1

    Hell you cannot even find a particular tab efficiently with that many open.

    Tree Style Tab addon. Life is better with it.

  15. Re:Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus on Seattle Passes Laws To Keep Residents From Wasting Food · · Score: 1
    Would that I had mod points. A very good explanation! Food can be wasted by not being eaten or by not being used to make fertilizer. Throwing food in the trash is a waste because it was not eaten and not used to make fertilizer.

    It is a waste of a clean glass bottle to throw it in the trash when it could be recycled.

  16. Re:Functional Programming? on Programming Languages You'll Need Next Year (and Beyond) · · Score: 1

    Probably not enough money for an editor.

    Sprinkle in some 'whereby's and no one can tell you did the editing yourself.

  17. Re:You dorks on Dealing With 'Advertising Pollution' · · Score: 1

    I wonder how long before they invent a DRM-based browser that requires a ToS to access restricted web content.

  18. Re:So... on Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer · · Score: 1

    I just attached the little protest note they let you attach and then no one gave a crap about my $50 argument with Verizon.

    Could you elaborate on this?

  19. Re:So... on Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer · · Score: 1

    The better method, though, is to do it in writing, by registered mail.

    Who are you going to send the letter to? I don't believe Comcast has a method to cancel your account in writing. Usually in the contract they state you must call them to cancel your account.

  20. Re:Can't use duck test and rational argument on Court Rejects Fox's Attempt to Use Aereo Ruling Against Dish's Hopper · · Score: 1

    If the OTA signal comes in encoded digitally as MPEG2 and is then re-encoded to MPEG4 to make it use less bandwidth, that is in a sense rebroadcasting.

    What I choose to do with my files on my rented server for my own personal use should be only my business.

  21. Re:Young Gamers on Gamestop's Ludicrous Idea: Require Preorders To Unlock Custom Game Content · · Score: 1

    the Game didn't require a patch every two days

    They often did require a patch; the patches just weren't forthcoming.

  22. Re:But it's simple on Gamestop's Ludicrous Idea: Require Preorders To Unlock Custom Game Content · · Score: 1

    He never said claimed anything of the sort. He simply observed that people like being able to talk about current tv shows and video games.

    To answer you directly: sure, some art is worth appreciating more than 30 days after it's created. But this is unrelated to keeping up with current video game trends.

  23. Re:Any Memory?? what judge will go on just that? on Police Using Dogs To Sniff Out Computer Memory · · Score: 1

    Only do this in a country that will tolerate your games. If they come with a rubber hose and ask you to decipher the hexademicals, they better have some meaning.

  24. Re:Comply first. Litigate later. on Qualcomm Takes Down 100+ GitHub Repositories With DMCA Notice · · Score: 1

    Litigate what? All the documents I checked were clear copyright violations.

  25. Re:No validation on Qualcomm Takes Down 100+ GitHub Repositories With DMCA Notice · · Score: 1

    It seems most or all the code actually belongs to QUALCOMM. In the takedown it says that the documents requested for removal all contain the header "Copyright (c) 2012 QUALCOMM Austria Research Center GmbH". You can find the files still using Google Cache. They seem to mostly be QUALCOMM's own code that others are copying without permission, making it a clear copyright violation.