Comment Re:India? I don't think so... (Score -1, Flamebait) 187
Wow, the Indian H1-B contigent must be on Slashdot today...
Wow, the Indian H1-B contigent must be on Slashdot today...
Pythagorean theorem was discovered in India.
Really? I heard it was discouvered in North Korea by Great Leader Kim Il-sung, and later perfected under the guidence of Dear Leader Kim Jong-il
The sound of a line printer spewing out paper a line at a time.
Zip, zip, zip, zip...
borders are gone.
If you think Borders was a real bookstore, you've never been to one. Try Powells in Portland. Doing great business, they are.
that a puff story about how the internet isn't important wouldn't understand how a hyperlink works.
So says an Anon Coward.
I've been reading about how "dead tree" books and radio were "buggy whips", and by now the Internet would have eliminated both.
At the same time, I want to know where my flying car is...
Next thing you know, there will be a story about how a lot of people still buy books and go to libraries!
I simply stop reading when an author makes obvious grammar mistakes.
They haven't taught grammar in schools since the early naughties
Pumping out water for that shaft has caused ground settling in the area.
Pure speculation by the anti-tunnel folks. Water pumping has resumed.
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Charlotte Iserbyt was the former Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education during the Raegan years.
And she is a certifiable loon: http://www.newswithviews.com/i...
University and college kids might want to keep the book forever (such as a good math book or a book on timeless algorithms).
You bet I want to keep a book I pay $200 for. Many of my basic references are fro college. This is not such a big deal for grade school and high school.
And for me, I find that I can find and absorb material faster and better with printed references. Indeed, when I buy an technical ebook, I immediately print it out and put it in a ring binder (thanks, boss for the copier)
Ed-Tech vendors' so-called "weapons of mass instruction," argues Beyer, may show "gains" on the high-stakes tests because they mimic the targeted test format, but the learning gains don't necessarily transfer to the real world, or last much longer than the end of the school year.
This has long been a problem with "standardized tests", schools teach only to the test because their jobs and budgets depend on high numbers. Thinking and teaching outside the test? Not allowed, hell, we already don't teach proper handwriting anymore.
We should absolutely be teaching technology in schools, starting with real actual math and reading comprehension, moving on to both software and hardware and other types of technology - I'm not a teacher, who knows... But like the house with an operating system, I think many of these new computer teaching tools are simply companies looking for ways to squeeze money out of people for things they don't really need, and if the government is paying for it, you know they paid a whole lot for it. Are we just fattening some venture capitalist's pocket with this stuff?
I'm on the fence about the textbooks themselves being on tablets, maybe that makes sense. But if we are going to hand off teaching to computers, why pay for anything more than a human babysitter - or is that what we are doing already?
You assume those networks are ran by professionals. They may work for a company, but rarely do you hear about a professional place getting hacked.
It's easy to make statements like that, but from a factual standpoint, you'vr got nothing to support your view.
Your mistake is in assuming that wired homes will serve their occupants. They're meant to serve government and civil authorities at the occupant's expense. Note: I avoided using the term 'owner' on purpose.
Makes me think of "smart meters".
Thanks for the comment about Soilent News, didn't know they existed. No, I can't figure out Reddit either.
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