I get that this is April Fools joke, but it might be worthwhile to mention that there is a real project aimed at accomplishing this goal: RepRap.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard#One-handed_versions

According to the article, the tweet in question was a reference to the Prophet Muhammud. In some parts of the word, disavowing the religion of the majority (apostasy) can be punishable by death. Interpol's compliance in this act violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Interpol itself is tasked with upholding by its constitution.

I think it's important to note that the Green Party platform supports transitioning government agencies to Open Source Software, supports Net Neutrality and opposes Software Patents. Those are three key "geek" issues to me which both the Democrats and Republicans choose to ignore. Read the Green Party 2010 Platform and decide for yourself.

I don't think any list of "Most Violent Video Games" would be complete without Time Killers. Who needs solid game play or nice graphics when you can just up the ante on blood and gore with the ability to dismember your opponent?

Totally agree.

Totally disagree. There's definitely a base level of mathematical understanding that is necessary to use calculators and computers. For example, students need to know that entering "1 + 3 / 4 - 2" into the calculator is not the same as "(1 + 3)/(4 - 2)".

Personally, I think computational mathematics is one of the important areas where the "traditional curriculum" is currently lacking. It's like the curriculum is trapped in the early 1900s and hasn't acknowledged the way computers have transformed society. In this technology rich era, students need to become educated computer users.

Accordingly, the focus of mathematics education needs to shift from "memorizing formulas" to "thinking algorithmically". Not only will this benefit the students going into further STEM studies, but other subject areas as well. Even something as simple as "baking a cake" can be thought of as an algorithm.

You may be interested in the Teach Scheme! project. The idea is to teach the programming fundamentals with Scheme where the syntax is simple and use those experiences as a scaffold for more complex languages. The project offers both a LGPL Scheme interpreter, Racket, and an online textbook, How to Design Programs. Follow up with How to Design Worlds, and students could be making games in no time! An intro course to game design might give that touch of creativity you were looking for.

Carnegie Mellon has an open source speech recognition project you might want to look into. Sphinx

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Nope. Quite frankly, the only way its going to get made is if you do it yourself. I'd suggest using an established engine to cut development time/cost to a minimum and going with a digital distribution service like Steam to bring the product to market.

I realize that they were trying to be funny and all, but calling Kurt Gödel an "idiot" seemed a little low.

I don't t that zombies represent our fear of science and technology, but rather the lack of them. We're afraid of what would happen if mankind were to revert back to a primitive state of being.

Obligatory: "Empty your cup so that it may be filled; Become devoid to gain totality" -- Bruce Lee

When I was doing my undergraduate work in mathematics, I found that I had to "unlearn" much of what I was taught earlier in order to grasp some of the more advanced concepts. At the time, I couldn't help but feel that I would have been better prepared for these classes if I had been allowed to explore mathematical ideas on my own, rather than being subjected to the public school curriculum. Looking back, I realize the irony in this hypothesis because I would not be me if my experiences had been different.

To complete the parent's saying, I'd suggest "You must unlearn what you know before you can learn that you know not".

From the description of the study, it sounds like this effect could be due to stress rather than depression and the two just happen to be correlated. When you encounter a complex problem, how would you describe your emotional state? depressed or stressed?

The study notes that stressful life events have been shown to induce depression, but their analysis does not seem to control for stress as a potential factor.