reminds me of first learning about computers in late elementary school, back when we had truly floopy floppy disks
; we learned terms like CPU and RAM and how input and output worked; fun times!could this page be used appropriately as an introduction for elementary students today to the world of computers?
is a wiki the most appropriate place to keep information on computer hardware, given its frequently changing nature--or are wikis too unstable?
has anyone else seen the MSN gallery of pimped out computer hardware, like the fishbowl and the bedazzled stuff? sweetness
Moore's Law
it's mind boggling that we have that much information, let alone that much space for information on such a tiny physical object; my confusion reminds me a scene in How Green Was My Valley
(good movie, better book)
where the salt-of-the-earth mother expresses her confusion with the algebra quiz the father and priest are giving the tweenage boy having to do with water flowing into and out of a bathtub with two spouts and many holes "Silly men, filling bathtubs with holes. Fix the holes that's what!" Hope that's not too obscure a reference, but that pretty well sums up my feeling when I try to wrap my head around so much being fit onto so little.Computer History Museum
And I thought I was nerdy for liking the Smithsonian so much, lol! I really shouldn't be surprised that such a museum exists, and it does seem interesting for at good hour's visit or so. More likely it will be highly engaging in another generation when kids will have to try to imagine a world before computers--just like we love imagining a world before humans when we explore dinosaur museums.
I am very fond of how well organized and aesthetically pleasing the website is--it is everything you'd like to see from a collaboration of museum people, library people, and computer people.
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More likely it will be highly engaging in another generation when kids will have to try to imagine a world before computers--just like we love imagining a world before humans when we explore dinosaur museums.
This image really scares me. It's one thing if it's dinosaurs, It's another thing if it's computers! Already, everyone is afraid of nature and no one knows what to do waiting without their cellphone/blackberry/gameboy advance/PSP/iPhone/IPod/other portable devices. It's like no one is willing to be inside their own head. People who compulsively use their cell phone for no reason. It's an addiction and I'm not sure it's healthy. This from someone who is online all the time. I seriously question the good this technology can bring our society, as it appears to already be out of our control.
There is more at stake than simply the cost of more expensive technology. We are losing connections to ourselves, each other and the world around us. For what?
It's like IT can't be used in moderation, it's a real addiction. I question whether we can break free, or if once there is a certain threshold of use, you cannot go back.
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