Another teacher was killed this week with a box cutter. Clearly we need to rid the world of these devices of death.

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Yes, there are. And no, using IE8 is still sufficient ...

I have given this a bit of thought, if I get tired of the nonsense I will simply quit working and join the other half of the nation.

I think he means it was Bush's fault, wonder what the story is going to be after the mid-terms.

Native Code Execution, it runs as fast as it is going to run.

That $300 dollar plan you speak of likely has a deductible of around 6k as well. So not only are you forced to buy it but you are forced to buy it, for the most part it is worthless to you. Now some idiot is like to chime in here and start talking about subsidies, well subsidies are not monthly checks, bill collectors however work in the here and now.

I pretty universally blame management for not listening to their techies-with-brains for the loads of half-assed jobs of all kinds out there. I say "shit rolls downhill".

Interesting. I think that most places here in the states unequivocally blame the person doing the rear-ending. What if the stopped vehicle was a car that had mechanical troubles? Would it still be their fault? I'd have to also blame the person who does the rear-ending... aren't they looking where they're going?

I want to read about its success in navigating some of the highway system surrounding the twin cities in Minnesota.

I remember once merging onto an interstate there (from the right) only to need to cross four lanes so that I could catch my exit (on the left) what seemed to be only a half-mile later. I probably endangered myself, my passengers and fellow motorists making that maneuver. This would be a good place to reduce accident risk. :)

Yeah, the icon design finally got out of alpha.

He hadn't taught them yet, that was the issue.

What I take from all of this?

Everyone learns differently. You recommend one thing, the author another, and I learned another. I'm not sure that the iPad is the right choice but I would agree that a tablet, seeing as it has greater potential, is probably a better choice of aids for the students than any of the methods we've become attached to. Why? The tablet can emulate all of those things in one form or another and if they can't then they can have custom software that does if it is needed.

I guess, really, that what I'm saying is that the tablet offers all those choices (even an abacus I suppose) but doesn't lock anyone into a specific method, device, or thought process by default. It will, ideally, allow students to learn how they're best suited to learn.

We've been mucking about in the Middle East longer than that I'm afraid. *sighs* If you exclude the US it goes as far back as the Crusades. However, check what happened to the whole area after WWI and then under the direction of the League of Nations (which the US didn't join, we weren't wanting to police the planet back then - I'm not sure what happened to change the mentality honestly except maybe the Cold War happened but that's a rather generic statement and I can't pin it down to a specific turning point so I'd be curious to hear thoughts on the subject).

The truth and the short answer:

Their side is in office.