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Comment on Uh oh. I think I have Swine Flu… by Remona Reichert

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Comment on How Hubble Killed God… by Creationist challenges scientists in a $10,000 contest to prove evolution; will lose $10,000 | Brav's Bookmarks

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 02:30:12 +0000

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Comment on The Failed Revolution? by Ben

Ben — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:52:25 +0000

Wasn’t a total waste as we did get 45 new machines deployed within the school and active.

Won’t say public or private, but will say I’m in the NT.

Comment on The Failed Revolution? by paralleldivergence

paralleldivergence — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:32:52 +0000

Interesting. So for you it was a total waste of money then? Can I ask what state you work in, and is it public or private?

Comment on The Failed Revolution? by Ben

Ben — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:41:34 +0000

Totally disagree Stu. Other jurisdictions (such as the one I work in) also boycotted the first year, but were shafted in terms of funds. The legacy for us is that we still have computers in boxes and no money to roll them out and now no money to support them.

Comment on The Failed Revolution? by Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:39:51 +0000

Great response that much better reflects the New South Wales experience of the Digital Education Revolution. While there were teachers in my school that initially shunned the laptops and all they brought, within three years, I saw major changes in teaching attitudes, new skills development and a resurgence among jaded teachers. It will be an absolute tragedy if we are forced to go back to the old ways.

Comment on The Digital Education Real Illusion by The Failed Revolution | Parallel Divergence

The Failed Revolution | Parallel Divergence — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:38:17 +0000

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Comment on Is this Technically the Best 1:1 Rollout in the World? by The Failed Revolution | Parallel Divergence

The Failed Revolution | Parallel Divergence — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:38:15 +0000

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The Failed Revolution | Parallel Divergence — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:38:13 +0000

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Comment on Forget your Day-Job. Become a Psychic! by Samigene

Samigene — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:53:30 +0000

I truly believe that we all have psychic gifts. Lots of people are scared of it. I have seen ghosts, had prophetic dreams, can hear others through telepathy. I fail to tell everyone or none because people look at you like you’re not of this planet. I heard from my father three months after he passed. Some believe it and some look at you like okay.

Comment on All We Are is Dust in the Wind by dust in the wind

dust in the wind — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:39:53 +0000

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Comment on Watch out Firefox – Here Comes Maxthon! by IbizanHound

IbizanHound — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:53:48 +0000

You are right Paralleldivergence,
I was a really strong supporter of Maxthon.
to the point of my friends making fun of me for it : )
Indeed,
5 years ago half of the 22 Firefox plugins
I mentioned did not exist,
so for me Maxthon was the way to go.

It is a shame!
It is a shame because this browser
is not even in the lists
of the top 5 internet browsers,
when its really, really powerful!

I think the Maxthon team forgot
what made Maxthon 2 great,
and that was that it was packed
with usefull features by default
which were highly customizable.

I follow the development progress
of Maxthon 3 for about 2 years now,
and every end of the week they upload
a new version and its changelog.

It is still of bugs, missing usefull tools
and its half as customizable as version 2.

I didnt mind continuing using version 2
until version 3 had reached a desent point,
but the problem is that ever since
I installed the latest version of 2,
it had HUGE memory leak problems,
to the point of tabs crashing literaly every 5 to 10 mins.
I even tried rolling back to previous versions
but it was too late.
The problem persisted.

Comment on Watch out Firefox – Here Comes Maxthon! by paralleldivergence

paralleldivergence — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:47:25 +0000

Thanks IbizanHound. You will note that when this article was written more than FIVE years ago, you probably would have agreed with it. But I have not used it for about three years myself for the reasons you articulated. I tend to prefer Google Chrome now, but also use Firefox.

Comment on Watch out Firefox – Here Comes Maxthon! by IbizanHound

IbizanHound — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:06:48 +0000

Just a correction,
its 22 plugins not 32 (its less dramatic than what i remembered).

Comment on Watch out Firefox – Here Comes Maxthon! by IbizanHound

IbizanHound — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:01:33 +0000

Take it from an 8 year user of Maxthon,

DON’T EVEN GO CLOSE TO MAXTHON!

Why 8 years then, you might wonder?
Well, its true that Maxthon in its 2nd version (its now 3)
had a lot of neat features that it came with by default
and I honestly didn’t think were available on other browsers.
It was those features that kept me to this browser,
even though the others were faster and more reliable.
Oh yeah,
I forgot to mention…

IT CRASHES LIKE 1930′s TEST PLANE!

If it wasn’t for its crashed tabs recovery list, every time you reopened it after a crash, I would have been completely un-usable.

Well it was a bit difficult,
but after 32(!) plugin installations on Firefox,
I get the same power as i did on Maxthon,
only now everything is faster, more reliable
and more customizable to my needs than even before!

As for the 3rd version of Maxthon,
the new engine does make it as fast as other modern browsers,
but what good is that when it lacks important features, and its less customizable than its predecessor?

And believe me,
the developers are taking their sweet time developing this one.
I’ve been asking for 9 months for them to make mouse gestures
as customizable as it used to be in version 2,
but that never happened,
Instead they prefer to solve problems,
like “compatibility with the webpage of the game Cut the Rope” when their browser is full of important bugs that need immediate attention.

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2012 The Year Of The Dragon Could Be A Year Of Wonders | Living History — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:47:34 +0000

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Comment on How Google Earth Killed Santa… by helly

helly — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:53:17 +0000

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