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Comment Homeschool, then Public school (Score 1) 700

by __aaedhn419 on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @01:21PM (#48980811) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Pros and Cons of Homeschooling?

Even in the public system, how fast children learn to read is strongly correlated with their family environment, so you might as well keep them home to start. Also most parents are fully capable of teaching basic reading, writing, and arithmetic. It's in the later grades, especially high school, when trained teachers are essential.

Comment Then what happened in 18th century England? (Score 1) 1037

by __aaedhn419 on Sunday April 06, 2014 @04:54PM (#46678751) Attached to: How the Internet Is Taking Away America's Religion

On Easter Day 1800, in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, six people took Communion. SIX. Clearly wasn't the fault of the internet.

BBC's Open Player Claims Not Followed Through 311

Posted by timothy on Friday August 15, 2008 @02:03AM from the working-on-it-working-on-it dept.

ruphus13 writes "BBC's iPlayer was originally built on Microsoft's DRM-protected technology, and has never really been liked by folks like the FSF. The BBC is trying to play nice, though, recently claiming, 'the BBC has always been a strong advocate and driver of open industry standards. Without these standards, TV and radio broadcasting would simply not function. I believe that the time has come for the BBC to start adopting open standards such as H.264 and AAC for our audio and video services on the web.' This article argues that actions speak louder than words, and this is where the BBC falls short. 'The fact that both AAC and H.264 are encumbered with patent licenses that make their distribution under free licenses problematic flies in the face of this definition. It's good to see a major organization like the BBC switching from closely held secretive codecs to more widespread and documented ones. But it would be even better to see them throw their considerable weight behind some truly open formats.'"

Labels Not Tags, Says Google 284

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday January 20, 2007 @10:13AM from the a-tag-by-any-other-name dept.

Ashraf Al Shafaki writes "The word 'tags' is the one in common use on the Web today and is one of the distinctive features of Web 2.0. Ever since Gmail came out, Google has decided to use the term 'label' instead of the term 'tag' despite they are basically the exact same thing and have the exact same function. Why is Google using inconsistent terminology in its products for such an important term? Is there a real difference between a tag and a label?"

Mahir To Borat, I Sue You! 275

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday November 05, 2006 @12:26PM from the my-wife-she-is-dead-now-is-ok-i-have-new-wife dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The mockumentary Borat bears more than a passing resemblance to late '90s net celeb Mahir Cagri of ikissyou.org, and he's not amused. Steven Leckart of Wired magazine gives him the third degree."

Comment Re:Illegal (Score 1) 1143

by __aaedhn419 on Friday November 12, 2004 @02:59AM (#10795961) Attached to: EA Games: The Human Story

Actually Ontario is no different, according to this chart.

(Look under information technology professionals)

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