Archive for October, 2011

Philosophy of the Economy Part Three

It could probably be distinguished by current state of international development, but to simplify this design philosophy, we have 5:

First Basis CILOD to 6000 BC

* It is the individual competition of the best fundamental physical characteristic described by archaeological finds. Small trunk and a large family units move most of the movement, nomadic life.

Second Basic social CILOD to 1100 AD

First It is always of larger empires and tribes of accounting described in the Odyssey and the Iliad, also by the Old Testament and the history of China, South America, characterized Persia, Egypt and Rome. The individual competition increased the perception of the individual qualities of the physical value of which were essentially an organizational or political structures, and organized armies of the most valuable and individual physical strength, the priorities of the new skills and knowledge are made necessary not known before, so that the socio-economic structures of most developed countries and societies were established rules of time and benefits for this type of development in totalitarian political structures, rigid early empires of Persia, Egypt, China and democratic Greece and ancient Rome and early feudal structures in Europe. Some of the most important developments of this long period the development of state structures and the market, the rise of organized monotheistic religions of Christianity, in particular, to organize the delivery of humanitarian values ​​is very powerful and productive, social structures. Economy was the priority in these times of individual survival based on the previous period for most state-changed in the former empires in the market economy of the Greeks and Romans and the market economy of the feudal control.

Third Social CILOD around 1700 AD

Discovery and colonization of the Americas, Africa and Asia developed by most countries are rich curb resource for the settlers, the feudal socio-economic structures and helped the development of the capitalist economy, the structures per “the many opportunities for individuals, compete for money and power gradually, and in some countries like France suddenly of revolutions, brought a renaissance of freedom and high expectations of European citizens in Western and Central Europe and the new feudal kingdom gradually decreased their ability to develop new socio- economic structures. The historical development of this period was of the ideas of social justice and nationalism affected crystallize many nations became increasingly nationalistic confrontations with them, were the holders of great power constantly fight the battle for world domination and the same time, small countries and peoples to distinguish themselves from the larger control “political and economic. Economic growth in Europe has inflamed nationalism and chauvinism, which has recently ideologies, wars of the next century, 20 made already by the hatred between the peoples and the development of the land available. International trade and business, were always interrupted by wars and disputes already showing signs of importance for the political and economic dominance of the most developed countries.
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Open Source Software in Higher Education

Higher education is very different from other industries. It has its own process and a different set of requirements. Most commercial vendors to develop proprietary applications, a field-based applications more widespread in all industries. Complain of these scholars is a gap between software vendors and end users in science.

To fill this gap, the education sector has begun to try to “open source” as an alternative model. Around a decade back, the institutions, the total cost of ownership through the adoption of an open-source community approach vis-à-vis proprietary applications to discuss began, based the viability of open-source business models, sustainability and safety issues .

The success of community-developed open source software is quite well established. Linux and Apache are sufficient proof of the success. A similar trend, though not widely in scope, the development of community projects in the fields of education, such as Moodle and Sakai are attributed.

During his formative years, the open-source approach in community-based education has developed several alternative models. Some of these models and schools of thought flourished and was successfully implemented in a large importance in the industry. Progress and success in open source projects such as Sakai, Moodle, Kuali, uPortal, Shibboleth, and many more are closely monitored by the industry.
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Tips in Studying Geometry

According to van Hiele model of thinking in geometry, learning geometry has five levels: 0 to 4 The zero (0)-plane is the visual. The objects are evaluated in terms of appearance. Offers the first level (1) to analyze the properties of an object and its components. Two (2) level is the logical consequence of the context of informal properties. The third (3) level is deductive theorem. The fourth (4) level is to prove the theorems and postulates.

In cultures to solve the problem remotely in the geometry is intuitive in their lifestyles. Munduruku people as a working knowledge of the geometrical laws. For students in civilized places, but they take the geometry to be hard.

The geometry is simple to understand. Always start with the properties to prove the basic form of theorems and axioms. Here are some tips to help you understand the simple geometry: (more…)