I was wondering the same thing... who needs a 3D printed gun? There are a @#$$ load of more useful applications for this. I guess we'll get to it after the newness wears off.

Yes, we're all watching now, but at least Biology-Online has fired the guy.

Want to make a statement about the necessity of government services? Shut EVERYTHING down... the ports, the national defense, the food inspectors, the air traffic controllers. That would last about 15 minutes and the Tea-rrorists will crawl back into their hole and stop holding the economy hostage every six months. (or should we just start the market manipulation hearings now instead of waiting for them to secure their trades and shorts?)

The description from TFV says this was an art project to provoke thought, not a serious attempt to beat DRM.

Kindle Readers and DRM aside for a moment, this combination of automated Legos and stop motion photography may require some exploration...

That's the thing with the education system.

FTFY

It's not a public vs. private debate; it's about the teaching methods and curriculum being used. We don't raise educated kids anymore, we manufacture them. This force-fed, dependency-driven model kills any drive for our kids to self-educate and explore...that won't be on the test! We stick them in a chair and yell things at them. We tell them to be quiet. We entertain them with videos of experiments. We send them home to practice this model on themselves. We measure their value by the volume of their output and their ability to recite the thoughts of others. We never ask their opinions.

To fix the problem you need to start at the top of the educational process: the teacher factories, where they instruct the "best and brightest" on the most effective methods of conscription while simultaneously removing from these future teachers their own creativity and desire to help others grow.

running a server from a home ISP is great for people to learn technology, sparks creativity, and is great for those of us who are IT focused

Isn't that the supposed reason Google is doing Fiber, to encourage learning, collaboration, and innovation by removing bandwidth as a contraint? Or is this a lie?

I think a twenty-something media age is pretty normal in any large company, tech or not. I work for a large non-tech firm and our average is closer to 28 and the average lifespan of a new hire is around 4 years. Those who stay (i.e. make the 4th year cut) tend to stick around for 25+ years and gobs of money.

Most people start their careers in places that can hire in bulk, train in bulk, manage in bulk, and promote in bulk. You do your time, decide what you want in life, and move "up or out." Assuming you move out, then there will be plenty of smaller companies waiting to hire you for your prior company's investment in your experience and training. Circle of life stuff, really.

Let's say that happens...this isn't as easy as turning off Google Wave. Where do the numbers go? Will future generations call it Port-ageddon? Will there be FCC intervention, socialist cape included? Will puppies be scarified too?

This is not a future I want to see.

Another abbreviation comes to mind with your eager correction to the obvious variations for the "A". DILLIGAFF

Three Letter Acronym

The 651 page, taxpayer-funded version of LMGTFY.

I can only imagine how long the still-classified document for connecting to an office printer must be.

My kids will be crushed, especially with the Mii contest going away. The spend as much time inventing and sharing Miis as they do playing the games.

Don't presume my politics, or that using in-house IT staff provides any guarantee of improved student privacy.

Quick cites: "...It would require the DOE to create a web-based point for authorized researchers to gather aggregated data as well as a âoeresearch engine,â allowing access to âoestudent levelâ data...."

"Harvard University raised concern on and off campus with the revelation that the administration searched e-mails for leaks to the media during the cheating scandal revealed last year...."

"U. of Iowa Ceases Sending Student Data to Sheriffâ(TM)s Office Over Privacy Questions"

and my favorite...a school administrator spying on his students (see interview at 4:37).

Really? And that's good how? So local IT staff can manage the in-house mail and document management system in their spare time?

School flock to Google to save money on software and administration. How is this different from Microsoft offering free software to teachers and students?

Dr. Bakker, It seems to me that those Christians who reject evolution and dinosaurs are viewing God as some kind of puppeteer who guides every action and reaction in the universe. Applied to free will, that view basically means that we're little more than Calvinistic slot cars running around a track.

How involved do you think God has been in the evolution of life on Earth? Were the dinosaurs intentionally killed off or was it just one of many possible outcomes for them?

Thanks for doing what you do.