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Comment Re:That will teach you not to use a sarcasm tag. (Score 1) 531

by L. VeGas (#20044425) Attached to: Higher Tuition For an Engineering Degree

I can't imagine hardly anyone goes to college for anything other than increasing their money making potential.
This makes me sad. Honestly. I know a lot of people feel this way, but to it expressed in such a blunt manner shows me how poor the educational system can be.

Many, many people go to college for reasons other than "increasing their money making potential", my wife being one. At my urging, she went (back) to college after we were married and got a B.A. in fine arts, graduating when she was nine months pregnant. She has not had a job or made any income in thirteen years, and we have no plans for her to do so. Despite this, her education was worth all the effort and every penny. She is more rounded, has more confidence and simply learned a great deal.

I really, really don't want to sound like I'm being rude, but the fact that you can't even imagine pursuing higher education for any reason other than money indicates to me that this is probably what was emphasized while you were in school.

Education can truly be its own reward.
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Journal Journal: Brain Computer Interface Hat

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Nature has an article about a brain-computer-interface hat that "can read your thoughts". You can "stroll down a virtual street" by just thinking about walking. I have to admit, if I could do something in the virtual world just by thinking about it, I doubt that it would be walking down a street.
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Journal Journal: Low-Power Sensors / Transmitters Arrive This Year

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Wired has a good story about ZigBee ,"a specification for building large networks of low-power radio transmitters". Expect consumer products by the end of the year. Because of the low-power consumption, batteries will run for years. Applications include h
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Journal Journal: Air Car Emits No Pollution

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MDI (Moteur Developpment International) claims that they have developed a car that uses "bi-energy" (compressed air + fuel) that has an effective driving range of 2000 km with "zero pollution in cities and considerably reduced pollution outside urban areas". They are promoting it to be used as a CAT vehicle.
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Journal Journal: Build Your Own Robot

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There's a nice roundup of do-it-yourself robot building here. Lots of links and resources for the budding robotocist.
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Journal Journal: Mazda has USB key

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Everything USB reports that Mazda has developed a concept car that abandons the traditional cylinder key in favor of a USB key. It can also store driving directions and, of course, songs. This seems so obvious, I can't believe nobody has already done this.

Comment Getting used to it (Score 4, Interesting) 353

by AtariAmarok (#13415786) Attached to: Usability Eye for The GIMP Guy
I'm getting used to it. But there are some flaws, like that you don't get a standard file selector from "Open" that lets you enter a file name: you have to use "Open Location" instead (it should be one function), and the oddity of having two "Rotates", one crippled and one not. The more useful one is buried deeper.

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