Several years ago, when I was taking an intro CS course at Stanford (106X), our exams were on paper and we had to code our responses by hand. There would be a problem to solve at the top of an otherwise blank page, and the rest of the page was where you could "code." Certain caveats were allowed (no declaring variables, etc.), but apart from that it had to be functional code. The point was to test your understanding of the elementary concepts, and how to implement them in a non-hackish manner. It was hard, but it was also a great mental exercise in design. To be fair, I think we could have done something similar by computer (take away the compiler, or something). I have no idea what they are using now.
From time to time, I still pseudo-code on paper. Helps to sort out an overall approach to a problem.
Because delivering information at the highest blazing speeds possible is inherently good teaching...? Seriously?
I have learned a lot more from talented teachers wielding a piece of chalk than from the drones who clicked through 90 packed slides in 50 minutes. PowerPoint is a great way to put your audience into information overload, ensuring that they learn nothing (google "Death by PowerPoint"). Good chalkboard management is much harder to do. I am not saying that PowerPoint can't be used effectively, and I do believe that all of these tech devices add to the learning experience when wielded skillfully and in the appropriate scenarios. But to suggest that teaching by PowerPoint is inherently better? No. No. NO.
It's not the technology that matters. It's the quality of the teaching. Good teachers remain good teachers even when the power goes out. Bad teachers remain bad teachers no matter how much tech (ppt, ARS, web stuff, whatever) they use.
Also, why use a touchpad when you got a mouse? The magic mouse sure is very uncomfortable but regular mouses are much more pleasant to use than touchpads or trackpoints or whatever. And its not like they can't do gestures.
I used to be similarly convinced of the superiority of the mouse over the trackpad. When I bought my first laptop years ago, the first thing I did was hook up a mouse, even before I had booted it up. But over time, I became used to the trackpad, and I learned to control a trackpad just as well as a mouse. One fateful day, I noticed that my mouse had collected a layer of dust on it (because I had inadvertently become an exclusive trackpad user), so I unhooked it.
I don't know if it's the whole not-having-to-move-your-hand thing, or if it's the not-having-to-use-your-elbow, or what. I just know that when I'm on a system that has a good trackpad and a good mouse, I always end up using the former. I'm not saying mice (or trackpoints, or touchscreens, or whatever) don't have their utility, because they definitely do. But I can definitely see why people would be interested in getting a trackpad for their desktop.
... and is designed by "e-lancers" from India and China who didn't understand all of your requirements and in most cases, didn't have time to care
Because no one from India or China could possibly understand all of your requirements, or care about them.
And even after thousands of people started mocking the iPhone for not having [cut and paste], Apple continued to ignore the complaints.
Apple continued to ignore the complaints
*confused*
The Chinese population has nearly doubled since the One Child Policy started.
uhh, [citation needed]? i'm not debating the merits of the policy, but that's a bogus claim.
Population 1979: 965005000
Population 2008: 1324655000
Source: World Bank, http://tinyurl.com/23b8tdx
Word.
Quote from his first Safari Reader bashing article:
"To build a feature like this into their browser and then arrogantly dismiss web advertising as “visual distractions” shows a serious insensitivity to the business model of web publishers."
Riiiiight. And, to build a web page that looks like jimlynch.com and then arrogantly dismissing my reading experience shows a serious insensitivity to your reader.
Hey Jim -- your business model fucking sucks. Adapt or GTFO. I guess I should turn off my popup blocker too, for the sake of your precious revenue.
The only way this could get worse for Apple is if Osama Bin Laden reads his next set of crazy pronouncements off an iPad.
hitler beat osama to it:
i'd feel much better with drivers who know they should pop the car into NEUTRAL if it starts accelerating out of control for any reason, rather than trying to stand on the brake pedals while dialing 911
"hey dumbass..." abe lincoln was president in the 1860s. that was 150 years ago. do today's republicans remind you of abe lincoln? do you consider rick santorum a champion of civil rights?
LBJ and JFK also made enormous contributions to civil rights. i really don't think you can attribute modern civil rights to any single political party.
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed -- it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer. -- A.J. Perlis