On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, "Trent W. Buck" <[email protected]> wrote: > English lit, now that is a subject that's pure child-minding. Should go > back to teaching rhetoric and grammar.
The subject "English" should be about blogging, email, twitter, SMS, and writing technical documents - with probably about that order of importance. > > If we are going to maintain the illusion that school is teaching > > skills that are relevant to work then we should be able to have > > schools implement practices that work in a commercial environment. > > So... how to spend all day on facebook while pretending to use word? > They cover that in the "IT" classes. True. > It's a lot harder to smash a textbook than a tablet. Don't forget the > tablet will need a new liion battery every three years, even if it's > well-treated. Part of the issue of Li-Ion battery life depends on how fully it is charged and how fully it is discharged. Phones are benchmarked on how long the battery lasts when new so there's a real incentive to fully discharge the battery even if it means that you need a new one in a couple of years. With tablets there is less of an incentive to do that so the device can be optimised for batteries that have less need for replacement. http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/ Mugen sells replacement phone batteries for as little as $30. So replacing a battery after 3 years won't be an insurmountable problem, although you might not want to spend $40 on a new battery for a 3yo tablet that cost $150 new. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
