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Comments (7)I would thing MS Office 2007, 2010, and 2013 would most likely work (IMO, I don't think anything older will work). MS Office 365 is the way to go if you upgrade your software often. It's much better than paying $400 - $600 every time there is a new version that's released! This way it's under $100 (each time) but you're always up to date! I've registered for Windows 10 on my New Acer Aspire Laptop and my New Acer Iconia Tablet (both have Windows 8.1 installed). I have yet to register for Windows 10 for either of my Windows 7 computers. My Windows 7 Laptop is an Acer Aspire (Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2.0GHz, 8gb G. Skill RAM and 500gb Seagate SSHD Hybrid Hard Drive, w/Windows 7 Home Premium). My Desktop is an (AMD Quad-Core 3.0GHz, Asus Motherboard, 8gb G. Skill RAM, 3 Seagate 7200rpm Hard Drives = 2.5GHz, XFX 285 2gb Video Card, w/Windows 7 Professional). Then there is my Wife's Lenovo Laptop (Intel Pentium 2.0GHz, 4gb RAM, 320gb Hard Drive). I'm thinking about buying her a New Laptop just like my new laptop....See MoreResearching for a Desktop Computer
Comments (19)Snidely, When going to Wal-Mart always be careful in what you buy. Their Return Policies are so liberal that: I saw a Logitech Mouse I didn't recognize (thought I knew every Logitech mouse out there) and when I picked up the package I found out why I didn't recognize it. Someone had returned their Old Microsoft Mouse in the Logitech Package. Of course Wal-Mart didn't bother to look at the returned product or they would have seen this right away (thru the plastic). I also purchased a set of The Rain-X Wiper Blades ($20 for each blade). Mine were so bad I went right out to the car and started to change them while in the parking lot. When I took the Blades out of the package they were falling apart. Someone had returned their Old Blades (which were worse than the Blades I was replacing). I walked right back in and Returned them for my money back! I told them that they were welcome to come look at the blades I was replacing and the blades I purchased there 5 minutes before! Anyway, they just gave me my money back! Just saying, be careful when shopping at Wal-Mart. Lot's of Opened Items on the Shelves being sold as New! They just return the Returns to the shelves and never inspect them. Maybe this differs from Store to Store, but this is the policy at the Wal-Mart I shop at!...See MoreAnother cell phone question
Comments (12)If you want to talk about power flow through batteries and electrical devices, I'll put it separate so as not to confuse the above. You're right - draw and pull aren't really the right words to use. They're colloquialisms I've used for years in my job. "This pulls 10 amps," etc. The best analogy, and the one that was often used in my education, is to liken the flow of electricity to that of water in a pipe. A higher amp circuit is a bigger pipe. A higher voltage circuit is like a pipe with higher water pressure. The current-using device is like the faucet you open or close. Higher pressure (voltage) and lower resistance (Ohms) are what will increase the current (amps) through the circuit. Amps do not exist until current begins flowing. Amperage ratings of power delivery equipment refer to the maximum allowable amperage the circuit or device can safely carry. Amperage ratings of power consuming equipment refer to the maximum amperage they'll carry in normal operation. To relate that to this discussion, it should now be clear why a higher amperage charger is fine: it's merely a bigger pipe that can deliver more current if needed. That doesn't mean the current will flow - the voltage and resistance will determine that - but that it can flow if needed, exactly as I started in my analogy of the night light and the microwave oven. Charging batteries is an interesting area, because you can observe what happens with a device called a Kill-a-Watt that indicates the wattage used by any device you plug into it. I have a 12-volt car battery that is one of those "booster" batteries you can use to jump-start your car if there's no other car around. You charge this battery with a supplied plug-in charger. If the battery is heavily discharged, the charging wattage will show about 14, but as the battery nears a full charge, the wattage slowly drops to about 2, and at that point you can unplug the charger. This happens because as the charger continues to supply a constant voltage, the charging current drops as the battery's internal voltage nears that of what the charger is delivering. This all occurs not as a function of any type of computerized circuitry in the charger, nor as a result of the charger's maximum amp rating, but simply because of how current flows in the battery charging process. "Smart" chargers can affect the charge rate of a battery by applying different voltages at different phases of the charging process, as batteries of different chemistry do better with faster, slower charges or other specific things, such as high voltage early and low voltage late in the charge, or whatever. Most cell phones today have charge control circuitry to somewhat counter the detrimental effects of constant overcharging, as people frequently do when they charge the phone all night while it's still turned on and they're asleep....See MoreEducation question
Comments (57)I teach mostly freshmen at a public university. I have come to the conclusion that most of my students are mediocre intellectually (also, I don't teach the more gifted freshmen who test into the advanced composition class in the fall). Now, some of them seem to be better at science and math than English; they can solve a math problem with a definite answer, memorize for a test, but abstractions (ideas, ideologies, connections, parallels, analogues) and the ongoing intellectual curiosity that relies on analysis and synthesis and contextualization to explore them eludes them. And of course few actually read. The few (very few) that do read popular fiction. Most of my students are Hispanic in origin, varying in generations away from Mexico or other countries. Many are bilingual, which I actually think should be an asset to learning grammar (we only spoke English in my house; my Dad heard my grandmother speak Polish, but it was not encouraged in a family that wanted to assimilate in the 1940s); if one learns a different language, one has to learn the grammar, but they grew up speaking English and Spanish fluently. It's not like they went to school to be taught another language. Also, many of my students are Polish (Chicago holds the largest population of Poles next to Warsaw), and in contrast to my Dad's upbringing, many speak Polish at home, and even though they may have been born here, English is the second language. It is a challenge, and more so each year as the school takes in more underserved students who are more unprepared and need remediation. Some do show potential, but their background (as well their own internal struggles) often keeps them from achieving what they could do. And it's not just the minority students who are underserved; most of the students are struggling financially, and I've seen more who need to work full time to support themselves and their families. The traditional student who goes away for four years at age 18 and lives in the dorm and graduates in four years is more the minority. I could say more, but I've spent the last two days grading their first major project; I have so many papers to grade I cancelled class tomorrow (I gave them plenty to do in the interim) in order to get caught up. I do agree with some posters that basic writing techniques like cursive, civics, and grammar are no longer emphasized. Now, one can still learn them without the beat it into you/rote method I encountered, especially in Catholic school, but sometimes the new mediums to do so overwhelm the message,...See MoreElmer J Fudd
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