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Comment Re:Yep, keep searching (Score 1) 434

So, please do show us what law she's disregarding.

Did she break the law? Probably. Did she disregard the law? Almost certainly. But the fact that she apparently destroyed any incriminating evidence (if there was any) makes that difficult to prove. To main point is that she was not the one to decide what should be archived and what should be destroyed.

Submission + - A lunar geologist gives a reality check for NASA funded return to the moon study (examiner.com)

MarkWhittington writes: The study that suggested that American astronauts could return to the moon by 2021 for $10 billion has caused rare excitement in the media though perhaps a little bemusement as well. Officially, due to a presidential mandate, NASA has eschewed a return to the moon. Of course, presidencies and thus space policy mandates change. In any event, Paul Spudis, a lunar geologist who frequently writes about space policy and is an advocate of a return to the moon, provided a reality check for the proposal.

One the one hand. Dr. Spudis noted with approval the plan’s emphasis on the mining of lunar water and its refining into rocket fuel. He has helped develop a plan to do just that, which the NASA-funded proposal seems to have borrowed heavily from.

However, Spudis has some objections to the plan.

Comment Re:Not the first rodeo with this (Score 1) 162

One of the biggest problems in American education is that teachers have to teach 30 students with different learning styles at the same time.

At some point that is pretty much an irreducible problem.

The problem is easily solved, but the solution is not politically correct: Don't jumble 30 students of all different capabilities and intelligence levels together.

Instead they system tends toward mainstreaming so the little snowflakes get exposed to people who are special, instead of getting an education.

Comment Re:The 19 year old is a lunatic (Score 1) 150

His comments indicate vision. Decades ago it was necessary to have caching and virtual memory, but with modern chip design he sees that it's no longer needed; instead of trying to fix yesterday's problem with yesterdays solution let's move on to solving the problem as if there was never a need for caching and virtual memory in the first place.

Submission + - Melinda Gates: Facebook Engineers Have Solved One of Education's Biggest Problem 1

theodp writes: Asked by the NY Times if Silicon Valley is saving the world or just making money, Melinda Gates replied, "I can say without a doubt — because I’ve seen it — that some of them [SV companies] are innovating in ways that make life better for billions of people." As an example, BillG's better half suggests that a handful of Facebook engineers have solved one of education's biggest problems with their 20% time project at billionaire-backed Summit Public Schools, a small charter school operator. Gates writes, "One of the biggest problems in American education is that teachers have to teach 30 students with different learning styles at the same time. Developers at Facebook, however, have built an online system that gives teachers the information and tools they need to design individualized lessons. The result is that teachers can spend their time doing what they’re best at: inspiring kids." Some people — like the late Roger Ebert — might not be quite as impressed as Melinda to see Silicon Valley trying to reinvent the 1960's personalized-learning-wheel in 2015!

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