"The function of eduction is to create human beings who are integrated and, therefore, intelligent. We may take degrees and be mechanically efficient without being intelligent. Intelligence is not mere information; it is not derived from books, nor does it consist of clever self-defensive responses and aggressive assertions. One who has not studied may be more intelligent than the learned. We have made examinations and degrees the criterion of intelligence and have developed cunning minds that avoid vital human issues. Intelligence is the capacity to perceive the essential, the what is; and to awaken this capacity, in oneself and in others, is education.
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Unfortunately, the present system of education is making us subservient, mechanical, and deeply thoughtless; though it awakens us intellectually, inwardly it leaves us incomplete, stultified, and uncreative.
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When there is no self-knowledge, self-expression becomes self-assertion, with all its aggressive and ambitious conflicts. Education should awaken the capacity to be self-ware and not merely indulge in gratifying self-expression."
- Krishnamurti


I found this incredible section in a book I'm reading by Krishnamurti. It's about education... and how people tend to correlate it to their persona. Beyond these amazing excerpts, you'll find that "education" should mean something much more than how it is defined in today's societies.

Wow! This guy is awesome!

http://www.siliconera.com/2006/12/08/a-wii-game-developed-by-a-single-person-makes-the-european-launch/

So you can easily install OSX Leopard off your retail DVD to your PC. For instance I did it on my Dell XPS M1720 laptop. I used a retail OSX Leopard 10.5.6.

I learned of this after researching iATKOS and EFI-X. iATKOS being an ISO that you download that has a hacked installation, and depending on what version you have, it'll only work on certain motherboards... you can view the wiki for the availability. Doing this method, it's illegal obviously... and you'll be trusting torrent sites for your source files. EFI-X is a dongle that you plug into your USB port and it'll make your PC able to install OSX. Feel like shelling out serious cash? Me neither. There are definitely other methods that I haven't listed, and after seeing those methods, you'll have to have a lot of time on your hands.

So the guy who assisted in the creation (so I've read) of EFI-X, has released a boot loader that allows you to install OSX on your PC, without going nuts and running terminal commands. It's called Boot-132:

download here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?uwd9dtttjfk

or

learn here:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=113288

Basically you download the ISO, burn it to a CD/DVD... you boot your computer from this disk, it'll load, then you swap your disk at the Darwin prompt with the actual OSX Leopard install DVD (retail) and you can simply tap your Enter key to enter the installation process. The process is incredibly easy. You might be confused when it asks your for the hex number of your default device, just hit "Enter", it'll pick the default for you.

So, now you're looking at the installation screen... wait, my keyboard and laptop mouse pad don't work. That's right... at least with my installation and others (I've read about, not everyone though). So you can just plug in a USB keyboard and mouse and you're off. And for that reason, I did not keep my installation. I like a more practical OS to my laptop. I don't want a separate keyboard... but, if I had a desktop. I'd install it.

Keep in mind that when you perform the installation, your hard drive will need to be formatted to be recognized by the OS. So you'll have to go to Disk Utility before you continue your installation. This is pretty easy, you'll partition a new space and in the "Options" you'll choose "GUID Partition Table". From that point, you'll see your drive for your installation.

You can also perform this same method, to simply install your OSX on a USB stick, and boot from that stick on your PC. That function can be outlined here:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html

The cons of installing OSX on your PC:
- it's possible that you'll need a USB mouse and USB keyboard. Not laptop friendly.
- your devices may not work correctly, built-in laptop camera. Not laptop friendly. Ofcourse if you buy Apple products you're good.
- your graphics card may not be supported. If you get to the installation screen. Try opening a window (say Disk Utility) and drag the window around. If you don't see any glitches, you should be good.


Note: I tried installing OSX on Sun's VirtualBox OSE within Ubuntu/Linux (PC). I got to the gray screen with the apple logo and that was it. To get there, I had to enable some settings for the OS in VirtualBox... but since it doesn't work, it's not worth mentioning.

"A true artist is beyond the vanity of the self and its ambitions. To have the power of brilliant expression, and yet be caught in worldly ways, makes for a life of contradiction and strife. Praise and adulation, when taken to heart, inflate the ego and destroy receptivity, and the worship of success in any field is obviously detrimental to intelligence. Any tendency or talent which makes for isolation, any form of self-identification, however stimulating, distorts the expression of sensitivity and brings about insensitivity. Sensitivity is dulled when gift becomes personal, when importance is given to the "me" and the "mine" - I paint, I write, I invent. It is only when we are aware of every movement of our own thought and feeling in our relationship with people, with things and with nature, that the mind is open, pliable, not tethered to self-protective demands and pursuits; and only then is there sensitivity to the ugly and the beautiful, unhindered by the self."

-Krishnamurti

Think on These Things
http://www.amazon.com/Think-These-Things-Jiddu-Krishnamurti/dp/0060916095/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246639184&sr=8-1