Archives for the 'News' CategoryThey keep killing the Electric Car.
Why did it fail then? Personally, and the quickest response… it was the 1920’s. Do you know the quality and maximum charge of the batteries that were used back then? The lack of power, distance, and the (what looked like to be) unlimited supply of gasoline forced it to a halt. Since then, electric cars have been halted on numerous occasions. In the 70’s, 90’s, and again in 2003-2005 (with the introduction to hydrogen cars). Whats your excuse now? For those who do not know what happened in 2002-2005, GM came out with a pretty nice car. It was the EV1. They marketed it and while there was a demand, they scrapped it. They took all the cars back and they junked them. (that is putting a major summary on the story, as there were a lot of factors including pressure from the oil companies that were involved in the decision, along with government factors and lack of public awareness). Slowly, we have seen companies trying to give birth to the electric car yet again (and about time, especially with the oil/gas prices ;)). For those that do not know, the batteries used in the EV1’s could have been easily upgraded and give you the opportunity to not only charge your car overnight, at home, but have up to 200 miles+ per charge. (or so they say - but never implemented). The Future? Nissan is one of the companies who are developing an electric-only car with its french alliance partner and hope to mass market it by 2011. Mercedes is another who is trying to create an electric-only car. Personally, Hydrogen cell cars were never really an ideal alternative, as the costs would be worth more than 2x what your house is worth. With an electric car, currently while not mass produced is may be a bit expensive, but as it is mass produced in the next little bit, the price will drop significantly. (hopefully) Even though things look good, there are companies which try to delay things by any means. Its depressing. Do you Stumble-Exchange often?
Note: This post has been edited from the original, as things have changed quite a bit over the past month. Some of you may have heard this, others may have been tagged by a group of individuals, but it appears that stumbleupon users are fighting spammers. Many of these users are trying to crack down on a lot of the spam that are coming from forums and ’stumble exchanges’. A month Ago: It started with a single person. “SUhallofshame” (get it, Stumble Upon Hall of Shame). Man, has a lot happened since then. Digital Point stopped allowing stumble exchanges. Half of the sites that have used exchanges are now gone. He, among others, are giving ‘thumbs down’ on any thread and post that they can find that offers exchanges. A month ago or more, I would have disagreed with this as a lot of quality sites are part of exchanges. However, now, is a different story. My Confession: I admit, I exchanged in the past. Quite a bit. I will get flagged as a spammer, so be it. However, after actually stumbling on Stumbleupon for a while, I noticed something unique about the community and what they stand for. I do not stumble-exchange anymore. I am against it. So do I still get marked as a spammer? Whether I do or not, it does not matter. The idea of stopping certain webmasters from posting spam sites to people is quite noble, in my opinion. I often stumble through websites, looking for something interested, but am often plagued with spam sites or made for adsense sites. Bias? Maybe. Maybe not. A lot of webmasters who first start out, try to get a name for themselves by posting to social bookmarking sites, submitting to directories and search engines, etc. I was naive to do this as well when I first started. I wish I could delete every single one of those exchanges, but I cannot. Back Then, and now: I took stumbleupon for granted. However, Stumbleupon brings quality traffic to my blog. I visit websites through stumbleupon to find good websites that I can read, or have a good laugh over. I thank you for that. The reason why I decided to edit it now is because over the last 24 hours I have gotten a lot of bad reviews for this one post, when the original post was against what I believed in. And… this means?Frankly, if you do not believe me. Its ok. It doesn’t matter. I will continue to stumble to sites and be happy. I lost the trust of stumblers because I exchanged a lot in Stumbleupon. Despite the rather snarky and rude remarks/comments of the last few people. I do not believe that this site is poor quality just because I need a bit of a boost, thats a rather narrowminded way of looking at things and I think you need a time out ;). Colleges (like Fanshawe) adopt Second Life for Online Education
Some of you may be thinking it may be neat, others might think that they are wasting their money. To what extent do these colleges mean by using Second Life as an online educational medium? Read on to find out. Second Life: If someone here does not know what second life is, then I shall try to briefly explain it. It is a metaverse, an online reality that lets you choose your character (”Avatar”) and basically do whatever you want. It of course, takes a bit of money, but the things that you could do are pretty much endless. It lets you interact with others around you, make things, buy/sell whatever you desire. There are events, malls, buildings, you name it, someone built it. Consider sims but much less limited and you can create any aspect that you wish, but online. Colleges/Universities: I knew of a few post secondary institutions that have been toying with the idea but what sparked this is that today, my local college (Fanshawe), bought a moderate sized island in the hopes to use Second Life as a medium for online education. Basically: I ask this to you in a rather interesting question. Do YOU think it is a good idea? Yes or no? Why or why not? I would really like to hear the opinions on this, so keep them coming Wordpress 2.5 Might be Delayed yet again
Previously, the date scheduled for this was around the 10th of March, and then the 17th, and by the looks of their roadmap, they may have to delay it further. Countdown: 4 hours. According to the Wordpress Roadmap Tracker, the release date of Wordpress 2.5 should be due within 4 hours of this post. At this single point in time, they have closed 621 tickets and still have 375 to go. Though some of those tickets are suggestions which might not be fit into this release, there are still a few bugs left to shuffle through. Would a delay be bad? Short answer yes…. long answer no. Some people (like myself) have managed to choose out a new selection of plugins and design, while others are patiently waiting. I am a bit of both. I do not mind waiting a bit more if it is delayed again. Why? I would rather have Wordpress take the time and go through all tickets rather then just spit out a new version that has stability problems. They are trying their hardest to make the next release possible (as soon as possible) with as little problems and bugs. Beta Tests and Bug Fixes. With the beta releases already out to the testers, there have been some people that have already created some noteworthy and unique plugins. So keep in mind, that although it may be delayed, it is delayed for a good reason | |
Time and time again, it has happened. Why do we resist change so much? Why do we say no to the things which could benefit our society? This rhetoric has been going on since as far back as the 1920’s.
Yep, you heard it. There has been an increasing number of colleges and universities in the area (at least, my area) that have adapted their online education to Second Life.
Here we have it. On the second announced day of what is supposed to be a new Wordpress frame open to the general public.
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