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  • In (near) Total agreement

    My wife habitually gets lost, under/over estimates how much time it takes to get from place to place, can't find her way home out of a paper bag, and is basically the prime candidate for a GPS. As a loving husband I bought one at christmas and installed it in her car. Before the Garmin, I was a semi vocal backseat driver content to stew in my own ...
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by smieak on June 21, 2008

  • Computers will soon be driving

    In a few years this will be moot. Currently computers are navigating. In about 8 years, they will be driving. Within a generation, most humans will not be driving at all, with the younger never having learned. When computers can drive better than humans, it will probably become illegal for humans to drive. Currently 40,000 people are killed ...
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by DJSeeker on June 20, 2008

  • Let's put an English tutorial onto the disc

    Something universally applicable like the Rosetta Stone format. Then, well put additional teachings on U.S. laws, good hygiene and health habits, and how to apply for U.S. temporaryH2-A and H2-B worker visas. While we're at it we can put on tutorials for landscaping, meat-cutting and housecleaning skills, etc. Some of those will qualify for ...
    Posted to The Dismal Science by rhyolite on June 9, 2008

  • Why Giving Poor Kids Laptops...

    Professor Fisman's extrapolations are based on one study in Romania. He uses the findings from Romania to imply that none of the mentioned programs will work. A few facts from the post need to be considered. first it is only one study. Earlier studies have shown that computers had BOTH negative and positive effect on ''scholastic ...
    Posted to The Dismal Science by djbec08 on June 5, 2008

  • Computers on the Cheap

    A comprehensive program in the high schools to refurbish and re-cycle computers for primary school children would mean that no child lacks a computer. I have three Pentium 1 computers that no one wants because they are not suited to surf the internet.They are destined for the dump. Ten years ago, when my son was 4 years old, I bought him a IBM ...
    Posted to The Dismal Science by David Edenden on June 5, 2008