I agree almost completely, though with a slight difference of opinion.
to me, CS == computing, rather than the 'IT' courses, which are; as you say, just how to use MS office.
I myself (at 17) am currently doing computing AS, and we *are* learning about arrays, stacks, queues, vectors and binary trees. Most people are doing maths AS, but not further maths (modules like decision really help with computing concepts). I doubt most of the class will even remember any of this in 2-3 years time. In the class of around 25, there's only 5 or so people who'll probably even continue any further in a computing career. most people my age can't even et spelling or grammar right. It's saddening.
Most people don't realise what computing actually is, and seem to think it's all about some magical 'hacking' ability that'll allow them to do anything. They aren't cut out for creating software, as most don't even understand computer hardware at all. Most of what I've learned has been through experimentation with programs, which I doubt any of the others in the class are doing (other than one or two).
However, (hopefully, in a sense) luckily for me this should leave me in a rather well off position, being one of the few who will likely be in high demand in years to come.
Apologies for ranting, it seems to happen whenever I write a/. comment
the team decided to track the number of users with unique IP addresses who connected to yum in search of updates for a new installation of FC6
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It's how any new systems are being checked for the first time, and most people probably aren't reinstalling it constantly and downloading updates, so there's very little attacking you could do to these figures.
I doubt courts will understand the similarity, given that papers are tangible, and emails are not (unless printed).
Either they will not understand, or use the technicality to get a hold of information they should not really have.
And you think this will help how?
Parents will complain that there aren't stringent checks enforcing these rules.
There must be many, many users on myspace who are too young to join according to the current rules, but they know enough to get past this: they ignore it.
This sort of problem is not something that can be escaped on the internet. No amount of education will completely irradicate it, but it may help some. The problems is, there's nowhere to get advice other than the obvious "don't talk to strangers", which everyone ignores anyway.
If anything, the courts should throw these cases out, as they're purely for money. If they were actually campaigning for some sort of online awareness education, then I might feel differently.
I think most younger people over here in Britain would prefer metrification of the roads (myself included). We're barely taught about imperial units (no-one memorises conversion rates any more), and Metric makes much more sense. It'll probably be at least 10 years before we even stand a chance of holding the majority of public opinion, however. Even thatn, the most we're likely to get is dual metric/imperial signs, which I'd be happy with, at least.
I can't believe some of the rubbish they come out with:
"From what I've seen (of the movie) and what my husband has expressed to me, if (the movie) is going to take the approach of 'bad America, bad America,' I don't think it should be shown at all," Gayle Hardison said. "If you're going to come in and just say America is creating the rotten ruin of the world, I don't think the video should be shown." So they don't want it shown because it says that they might be contributing to the problems on our planet? They just want to close their eyes to the problems that will extend past their lifetime.
"The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is.... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD." I thought the whole point of global warming was that it involves things to warm up, surely something would burn at some stage;)
I live in the UK, so I may be wrong on this respect, but doesn't US law separate religion and the state? Surely a school should be under state jurisdiction. And surely, if any religion is mentioned, others should be mentioned in equal regard, so as not to shoe a bias of the state towards one religion.
Even in the UK, Christianity is one religion that school always teach in RE lessons (as far as I'm aware). Most of my lessons concentrated on Christianity, only later moving on to spending part of our time on Islam.
Even with that, recent events have caused a lot of nonsensical fear of other religions over here (mainly Islam), which cause many problems. At my old school, half the students in a class weren't allowed to go on a trip to a mosque, because parents would not sign permission slips. I'm sure the same problem wouldn't happen if it were a church.
I'm no fan of fundamentalism, especially that of Christianity, and events like these help to further cement my opinions on religions. I've got to the point where I'm not sure what I'm saying now, so I'll leave it at that.
Woohoo!
Even after enabling the fullscreen controls under options, there don't actually seem to be any. Maybe it's just my computer acting up, but I can't see any. Looks like I'll have to stick with the keyboard to control playback.
This is the best way to go (other than keyboard shortcuts). I don't see why there isn't just a simple way of changing it though (as many people don't even know of about:config).
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I agree almost completely, though with a slight difference of opinion. to me, CS == computing, rather than the 'IT' courses, which are; as you say, just how to use MS office.
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I myself (at 17) am currently doing computing AS, and we *are* learning about arrays, stacks, queues, vectors and binary trees. Most people are doing maths AS, but not further maths (modules like decision really help with computing concepts). I doubt most of the class will even remember any of this in 2-3 years time. In the class of around 25, there's only 5 or so people who'll probably even continue any further in a computing career. most people my age can't even et spelling or grammar right. It's saddening.
Most people don't realise what computing actually is, and seem to think it's all about some magical 'hacking' ability that'll allow them to do anything. They aren't cut out for creating software, as most don't even understand computer hardware at all. Most of what I've learned has been through experimentation with programs, which I doubt any of the others in the class are doing (other than one or two).
However, (hopefully, in a sense) luckily for me this should leave me in a rather well off position, being one of the few who will likely be in high demand in years to come.
Apologies for ranting, it seems to happen whenever I write a
It's how any new systems are being checked for the first time, and most people probably aren't reinstalling it constantly and downloading updates, so there's very little attacking you could do to these figures.
I doubt courts will understand the similarity, given that papers are tangible, and emails are not (unless printed). Either they will not understand, or use the technicality to get a hold of information they should not really have.
It's not immediately obvious that you eed to compress the folders. And it's stupidly annoying. Something that needs automation, or a replacement.
And you think this will help how? Parents will complain that there aren't stringent checks enforcing these rules. There must be many, many users on myspace who are too young to join according to the current rules, but they know enough to get past this: they ignore it. This sort of problem is not something that can be escaped on the internet. No amount of education will completely irradicate it, but it may help some. The problems is, there's nowhere to get advice other than the obvious "don't talk to strangers", which everyone ignores anyway. If anything, the courts should throw these cases out, as they're purely for money. If they were actually campaigning for some sort of online awareness education, then I might feel differently.
The fact is she shouldn't be labelled a sex offender at all.
From what I can see, there's no evidence that can tie it to her with any degree of certainty.
I think most younger people over here in Britain would prefer metrification of the roads (myself included). We're barely taught about imperial units (no-one memorises conversion rates any more), and Metric makes much more sense. It'll probably be at least 10 years before we even stand a chance of holding the majority of public opinion, however. Even thatn, the most we're likely to get is dual metric/imperial signs, which I'd be happy with, at least.
It doesn't seem like something we can escape from, so it's easier just to point and laugh ;)
I live in the UK, so I may be wrong on this respect, but doesn't US law separate religion and the state? Surely a school should be under state jurisdiction. And surely, if any religion is mentioned, others should be mentioned in equal regard, so as not to shoe a bias of the state towards one religion.
Even in the UK, Christianity is one religion that school always teach in RE lessons (as far as I'm aware). Most of my lessons concentrated on Christianity, only later moving on to spending part of our time on Islam.
Even with that, recent events have caused a lot of nonsensical fear of other religions over here (mainly Islam), which cause many problems. At my old school, half the students in a class weren't allowed to go on a trip to a mosque, because parents would not sign permission slips. I'm sure the same problem wouldn't happen if it were a church.
I'm no fan of fundamentalism, especially that of Christianity, and events like these help to further cement my opinions on religions. I've got to the point where I'm not sure what I'm saying now, so I'll leave it at that.
The key is the same length as itself? I believe that's true in all cryptographic forms that use a key
Woohoo! Even after enabling the fullscreen controls under options, there don't actually seem to be any. Maybe it's just my computer acting up, but I can't see any. Looks like I'll have to stick with the keyboard to control playback.
I guess I'll have to wait a bit before I can try it.
This is the best way to go (other than keyboard shortcuts). I don't see why there isn't just a simple way of changing it though (as many people don't even know of about:config).