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No, its a bunch of self obsessed morons jiggling around gormlessly to techno in Ibiza. Its been on the sodding beeb all weekend.
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I don't think it's appropriate to post links in the Lounge that only work in the UK! 
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
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get tunnelling software....
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Postings in the Lounge that require special software to view? You must be kidding! 
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
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Why cant UK people post for UK people. Is there a law against it?
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Munchies_Matt wrote: Why cant UK people post for UK people.
I thought that was MySpace.com. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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This is typical of the kind of self elected lounge police that have given CP a bad name.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: self elected lounge police that have given CP a bad name.
I was making a joke; however, on a serious note I don't see a problem with someone expecting you to post a link that everyone can get access to. That does not seem unreasonable.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I thought everybody used a VPN with selectable worldwide servers these days?
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I won't lie - seeing your name here was disconcerting.
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It's almost like you're twins or something. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Yeah, we badly need education reform: online education is the way to go! Otherwise...
Substitute Teacher (Key & Peele, Comedy Central) [^]
PS. frankly, eLearning should be implemented on a mass scale long time ago: what is that special they are doing in the classrooms that cannot be done online?
PPS. 2those who care: Part Numero Uno can be found here: Guy Stuck in History Class [^] 
<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
modified 2-Aug-15 18:11pm.
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DrABELL wrote: what is that special they are doing in the classrooms that cannot be done online?
:cough: girls :cough:
Personally, I prefer to learn in a classroom, it just works better for me.
The larger point is that a student should be allowed to learn in the way that works best for him. One size does not fit all.
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Well, in ideal world students might be allowed to choose what they want, but in our substantially non-ideal real world a set of choices for a student in the Upper East Side Manhattan (for e.g.) is very different from the one living in distant village somewhere in Alaska. The online education is practically the only way to effectively address such sort of ZIP code differences. Plus, it’s not just “one size fits all”: online education comes in many sizes, like 1280x800, 1366x800, 1920x800, 2560x1440, etc.
<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
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DrABELL wrote: many sizes, like 1280x800, 1366x800, 1920x800, 2560x1440, etc
I see what you're saying, but that still excludes students with only a 25x80 character monochrome dumb terminus and 2400 baud MODEM and a yak.
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ja, right ... Gilgamesh High School, Enkidu tutoring service?
<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
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What about those with only an 80 column card punch? That's how I learned.
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DrABELL wrote: what is that special they are doing in the classrooms that cannot be done
online?
Interactivity with the audience, full non-verbal feedback and the chance to give someone a quick personalized explanation.
Or, you try to learn to paint from Bob
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Interactivity with the audience, full non-verbal feedback and the chance to give someone a quick personalized explanation.
... kinda like this (Van Halen & Twisted Sister version): Van Halen[^], Twisted Sister[^]
<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
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Online:
Pluses: Wide reach (suitable for countries like mine, India) with immediate delivery, ...
Minuses: Procrastination ("I'll watch the video tomorrow"), Relatively more difficult evaluation, Near-impossible personalization of teaching, ...
Classroom:
Pluses: High degree of personalization, Less procrastination, ...
Minuses: Limited reach, Bad teaching can really spoil the show, ...
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Avijnata wrote: Bad teaching can really spoil the show, ...
Buuut... it takes only one student to point out an error and correct it for the whole class. Whereas in online, the other students may never hear about it.
I know I probably came off as a bit of a know-it-all (I did know it all ; I was eighteen at the time), but there was a class I took in college where I knew a few things the teacher didn't -- he was familiar with Apple, but the college had a PDP-11. I felt it MY DUTY to provide system-specific clarification to the class.
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Virtual Classrooms can easily be made Interactive (see my other post)
<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
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Well, depends on the culture. In cultures where I come from, pointing a mistake of the teacher is generally frowned upon. Also, many kids tend to be introverted, so would not point out such mistakes even on spotting them, for fear of getting ridiculed. But, that was a long time back ... times have changed ...
(I was also one such kid  )
modified 2-Aug-15 23:27pm.
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Every online class I took in college required that we post at least once per week in the class forum. Granted, that doesn't necessarily mean that the other students read what you write, but how many other students were actually paying attention when you corrected that teacher?
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True! I'm gonna just add couple words: online education can be easily made REAL-TIME/INTERACTIVE (so called, VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS). Also:
Online Education pros
1). Huge variety of topics and teachers to select
2). Comfort and Safety
3). Flexible schedule
Classroom cons
1). Very unsafe and/or over-crowded in many areas
2). Public toilet hygiene issues
3). Huge transportation overhead
Best regards,
<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
modified 2-Aug-15 14:42pm.
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