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This school nailed it. We rely on the latest technology too much and it
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On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
This school nailed it. We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. |
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On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:57:27 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote: On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote: This school nailed it. We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. Until fairly recently (late 18th century anyway) paper was too expensive for kids to use tho. |
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On 17/8/19 12:57 pm, trader_4 wrote:
On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote: This school nailed it. We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. Paper availability was variable and it was also expensive. The article isn't talking about a *blackboard* as such, instead it is referring to a hand held slate upon which students could write. It wasn't used for *permanent recording*, just as a scratch pad for arithmetic problems and the like. It was also considered sound educational practice for students to *interact* in some way with what they were being taught - and remains to this day. This article should clear the matter up and, yes, the timelines do fit; https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept13/2...-rote-to-note/ -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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On 8/16/19 9:57 PM, trader_4 wrote:
On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote: This school nailed it. We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. Considering blackboards, I went to a school built around 1970 when somebody decided to make the blackboards light brown, almost the same color as white chalk. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "Irreligion: The principal one of the great faiths of the world." -- Ambrose Bierce |
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On 8/16/19 10:10 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:57:27 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 wrote: On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote: This school nailed it. We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. Until fairly recently (late 18th century anyway) paper was too expensive for kids to use tho. Young people don't use paper as much. They use their phones to take notes. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "Irreligion: The principal one of the great faiths of the world." -- Ambrose Bierce |
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On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 1:02:17 PM UTC-5, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 8/16/19 9:57 PM, trader_4 wrote: On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote: This school nailed it. We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. Considering blackboards, I went to a school built around 1970 when somebody decided to make the blackboards light brown, almost the same color as white chalk. .... in the 1990's my adult sister discovered Armor All for her car and went a little overboard and Armor Alled the brake pedal! It LOOKED great but was slippery! She learned never to do THAT again. John Kuthe... |
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On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 1:03:27 PM UTC-5, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 8/16/19 10:10 PM, wrote: On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:57:27 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 wrote: On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote: This school nailed it. We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. Until fairly recently (late 18th century anyway) paper was too expensive for kids to use tho. Young people don't use paper as much. They use their phones to take notes. What phone? I don't carry a phone! My phone lives on my desk like a good phone should. John Kuthe... |
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On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 4:33:57 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 1:03:27 PM UTC-5, Mark Lloyd wrote: On 8/16/19 10:10 PM, wrote: On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:57:27 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 wrote: On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote: This school nailed it. We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. Until fairly recently (late 18th century anyway) paper was too expensive for kids to use tho. Young people don't use paper as much. They use their phones to take notes. What phone? I don't carry a phone! My phone lives on my desk like a good phone should. John Kuthe... That's pretty good. Andy |
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On 08/17/2019 03:32 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 1:02:17 PM UTC-5, Mark Lloyd wrote: On 8/16/19 9:57 PM, trader_4 wrote: On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote: This school nailed it. We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. Considering blackboards, I went to a school built around 1970 when somebody decided to make the blackboards light brown, almost the same color as white chalk. ... in the 1990's my adult sister discovered Armor All for her car and went a little overboard and Armor Alled the brake pedal! It LOOKED great but was slippery! She learned never to do THAT again. Armor All on a motorcycle saddle isn't the best idea in the world either. |
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On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 10:19:30 PM UTC-5, Xeno wrote:
On 18/8/19 7:33 am, John Kuthe wrote: On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 1:03:27 PM UTC-5, Mark Lloyd wrote: On 8/16/19 10:10 PM, wrote: On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:57:27 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 wrote: On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote: This school nailed it. We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. Until fairly recently (late 18th century anyway) paper was too expensive for kids to use tho. Young people don't use paper as much. They use their phones to take notes. What phone? I don't carry a phone! My phone lives on my desk like a good phone should. John Kuthe... That's fine if your life revolves around your desk. Mine doesn't. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) BasicTalk, phone over Internet. My life does NOT revolve aroundÂ*my phone. Most peoples' DO! Part of Borg, most seek to be!! Not ME! John Kuthe... |
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On 18/8/19 1:19 pm, Xeno wrote:
On 18/8/19 7:33 am, John Kuthe wrote: On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 1:03:27 PM UTC-5, Mark Lloyd wrote: On 8/16/19 10:10 PM, wrote: On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:57:27 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 wrote: On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote: This school nailed it.Â* We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. Until fairly recently (late 18th century anyway) paper was too expensive for kids to use tho. Young people don't use paper as much. They use their phones to take notes. What phone? I don't carry a phone! My phone lives on my desk like a good phone should. John Kuthe... That's fine if your life revolves around your desk. Mine doesn't. Not at all. If I wasn't carrying a phone, I wouldn't need one. My home phone now is redundant since I took up mobiles 2 decades+ ago. The only reason I have a home phone is that it is part of a default bundled internet plan. People can now reach me whereas it was nigh on impossible with only a home phone available. It has to be said, I make very few outgoing calls, even now. Just Doctor appointments, travel arrangements, etc. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 12:04:24 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
Not at all. If I wasn't carrying a phone, I wouldn't need one. My home phone now is redundant since I took up mobiles 2 decades+ ago. The only reason I have a home phone is that it is part of a default bundled internet plan. People can now reach me whereas it was nigh on impossible with only a home phone available. It has to be said, I make very few outgoing calls, even now. Just Doctor appointments, travel arrangements, etc. My bundled internet came with phone. The only time a phone has ever been plugged in was to test one that I was taking to my mother's house to diagnose trouble with her internet phone. My husband and I use our cell phones exclusively. Cindy Hamilton |
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On 18/8/19 8:51 pm, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 12:04:24 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote: Not at all. If I wasn't carrying a phone, I wouldn't need one. My home phone now is redundant since I took up mobiles 2 decades+ ago. The only reason I have a home phone is that it is part of a default bundled internet plan. People can now reach me whereas it was nigh on impossible with only a home phone available. It has to be said, I make very few outgoing calls, even now. Just Doctor appointments, travel arrangements, etc. My bundled internet came with phone. The only time a phone has ever been plugged in was to test one that I was taking to my mother's house to diagnose trouble with her internet phone. My husband and I use our cell phones exclusively. Cindy Hamilton Yes, my wife and I are pretty much the same these days. Some people still call us on the land line, like earlier this evening for instance, but we prefer to be reached via our mobiles. I am not *tethered* to the landline and my life definitely doesn't revolve around my mobile. It is a very convenient tool and I use it as such for a multiplicity of tasks. Recently my phone served as a GPS when I was navigating around Canberra, the nation's capital. Very handy since my Navman died a while back. Anyone who has tried to negotiate the streets of Canberra will realise how handy a GPS in a phone can be. Compact package, always with you, perfect even when walking the streets of a strange city. The only thing I really don't like on my phone is social media like Facebook. Now that stuff really does try to *take over your life*. All those messaging aps like WhatsApp, they too are banned - just the messenger app that comes with the phone is all that's permitted. As I said, my phone is a tool, a convenience, and when it gets uppity and tries to take over, I pull it back into line. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message ... On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 12:04:24 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote: Not at all. If I wasn't carrying a phone, I wouldn't need one. My home phone now is redundant since I took up mobiles 2 decades+ ago. The only reason I have a home phone is that it is part of a default bundled internet plan. People can now reach me whereas it was nigh on impossible with only a home phone available. It has to be said, I make very few outgoing calls, even now. Just Doctor appointments, travel arrangements, etc. My bundled internet came with phone. The only time a phone has ever been plugged in was to test one that I was taking to my mother's house to diagnose trouble with her internet phone. My husband and I use our cell phones exclusively. I do too now, but there are still a few who only have my landline number so I still have a phone on that line. Only ever get a spam call on it every couple of weeks or so now. Maybe one call from someone who only has my landline number every couple of years. |
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"Xeno" wrote in message ... On 18/8/19 8:51 pm, Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 12:04:24 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote: Not at all. If I wasn't carrying a phone, I wouldn't need one. My home phone now is redundant since I took up mobiles 2 decades+ ago. The only reason I have a home phone is that it is part of a default bundled internet plan. People can now reach me whereas it was nigh on impossible with only a home phone available. It has to be said, I make very few outgoing calls, even now. Just Doctor appointments, travel arrangements, etc. My bundled internet came with phone. The only time a phone has ever been plugged in was to test one that I was taking to my mother's house to diagnose trouble with her internet phone. My husband and I use our cell phones exclusively. Cindy Hamilton Yes, my wife and I are pretty much the same these days. Some people still call us on the land line, like earlier this evening for instance, but we prefer to be reached via our mobiles. I am not *tethered* to the landline and my life definitely doesn't revolve around my mobile. It is a very convenient tool and I use it as such for a multiplicity of tasks. Recently my phone served as a GPS when I was navigating around Canberra, the nation's capital. Very handy since my Navman died a while back. Anyone who has tried to negotiate the streets of Canberra will realise how handy a GPS in a phone can be. Compact package, always with you, perfect even when walking the streets of a strange city. And handy for finding a dunny or the closes light rail stop and where that light rail line can take you etc. And a very convenient way to pay the fare etc. The only thing I really don't like on my phone is social media like Facebook. I do because I have my own facebook garage sale group where I put the ads from the local paper and any others I can find on other facebook groups and can update that with more details when someone puts a very misleading location of the garage sale like one did a couple of weekends ago. She thanked me for doing that because otherwise hardly anyone would have showed up. Now that stuff really does try to *take over your life*. Doesnt take over mine. All those messaging aps like WhatsApp, they too are banned More fool you;. They are very handy for stuff that is better in text form like the stuff someone got me to torrent yesterday and much more convenient when I wanted to tell them when it was ready and why a couple of the ones they wanted werent available. just the messenger app that comes with the phone is all that's permitted. More fool you. Thats nowhere near as convenient when someone wants to send you a link to something they are asking about. As I said, my phone is a tool, a convenience, and when it gets uppity and tries to take over, Mine never does. I pull it back into line. Just a silly little fantasy. |
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On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 03:56:47 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote: "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message ... On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 12:04:24 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote: Not at all. If I wasn't carrying a phone, I wouldn't need one. My home phone now is redundant since I took up mobiles 2 decades+ ago. The only reason I have a home phone is that it is part of a default bundled internet plan. People can now reach me whereas it was nigh on impossible with only a home phone available. It has to be said, I make very few outgoing calls, even now. Just Doctor appointments, travel arrangements, etc. My bundled internet came with phone. The only time a phone has ever been plugged in was to test one that I was taking to my mother's house to diagnose trouble with her internet phone. My husband and I use our cell phones exclusively. I do too now, but there are still a few who only have my landline number so I still have a phone on that line. Only ever get a spam call on it every couple of weeks or so now. Maybe one call from someone who only has my landline number every couple of years. If you ported your land line over to your cell phone you will get as many robo calls as anyone else in that LATA. They dial all 10,000 numbers. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 04:09:22 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: FLUSH the trolling senile Ozzie cretin's latest troll**** -- Website (from 2007) dedicated to the 85-year-old trolling senile cretin from Oz: https://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/r...d-faq.2973853/ |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 03:56:47 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: My husband and I use our cell phones exclusively. I do too now, Nobody talked to you, you deluded self-important senile asshole troll from Oz! -- Website (from 2007) dedicated to the 85-year-old trolling senile cretin from Oz: https://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/r...d-faq.2973853/ |
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wrote in message ... On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 03:56:47 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message ... On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 12:04:24 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote: Not at all. If I wasn't carrying a phone, I wouldn't need one. My home phone now is redundant since I took up mobiles 2 decades+ ago. The only reason I have a home phone is that it is part of a default bundled internet plan. People can now reach me whereas it was nigh on impossible with only a home phone available. It has to be said, I make very few outgoing calls, even now. Just Doctor appointments, travel arrangements, etc. My bundled internet came with phone. The only time a phone has ever been plugged in was to test one that I was taking to my mother's house to diagnose trouble with her internet phone. My husband and I use our cell phones exclusively. I do too now, but there are still a few who only have my landline number so I still have a phone on that line. Only ever get a spam call on it every couple of weeks or so now. Maybe one call from someone who only has my landline number every couple of years. If you ported your land line over to your cell phone Not possible to do that here. We have a separate block of numbers for cellphones and landlines. you will get as many robo calls as anyone else in that LATA. There is no LATA here. They dial all 10,000 numbers. Not here they don't. I don't get any robo calls at all on my cellphone. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 06:37:42 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: If you ported your land line over to your cell phone Not possible to do that here. Here? That's Australia? Then **** off to an Australian ng! But then, they chased you senile pest away from there! BG -- "Anonymous" to trolling senile Rot Speed: "You can **** off as you know less than pig **** you sad little ignorant ****." MID: |
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On 8/17/2019 6:49 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 08/17/2019 03:32 PM, John Kuthe wrote: On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 1:02:17 PM UTC-5, Mark Lloyd wrote: On 8/16/19 9:57 PM, trader_4 wrote: On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote: This school nailed it.Â* We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. Considering blackboards, I went to a school built around 1970 when somebody decided to make the blackboards light brown, almost the same color as white chalk. ... in the 1990's my adult sister discovered Armor All for her car and went a little overboard and Armor Alled the brake pedal! It LOOKED great but was slippery! She learned never to do THAT again. Armor All on a motorcycle saddle isn't the best idea in the world either. Â*And most definitely not on the tires ! -- Snag Yes , I'm old and crochety - and armed . Get outta my woods ! |
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John Kuthe posted for all of us...
On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 1:02:17 PM UTC-5, Mark Lloyd wrote: On 8/16/19 9:57 PM, trader_4 wrote: On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 9:43:07 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote: This school nailed it. We rely on the latest technology too much and it can fail. https://imgur.com/gallery/Mk0vN59 I smell a fake. Paper was in existence and used for a thousand years before 1815 and blackboards were never really an alternative AFAIK. Considering blackboards, I went to a school built around 1970 when somebody decided to make the blackboards light brown, almost the same color as white chalk. ... in the 1990's my adult sister discovered Armor All for her car and went a little overboard and Armor Alled the brake pedal! It LOOKED great but was slippery! She learned never to do THAT again. John Kuthe... One time a female washed & detailed the ambulance. Good job, except she Armour All'd the bench seat. Lucky the medic in the back found out at the first stop and was not hurt. -- Tekkie |
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