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Did you minor in bad science-ology? There are about ten links above you who show how the same shapes can be made in liquid water with a spinning plate...this suggests that the spinning of Saturn's core could very well be creating the same effect in the dense atmosphere.

But let's not waste any opportunity in jumping to conclusions, because, as everyone knows, there are no straight lines in nature.

Why is it all the UFO freaks have no grasp of science? Why does that follow?

The proper way to dispose of an old monitor is to throw it off a building. Or not...

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The proper way to dispose of an old monitor is to throw it off a building. Or not...

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You do have a cute ignorance about the Amish, doncha?

Just 'cause you're Amish doesn't mean you don't go through a period of druggin' drinkin' drivin' and enjoying the sins of the flesh

I have it on pretty reliable authority, second-hand from several Mennonites I know, that your average 30-something Amish man or woman has been pretty exposed to "Americanization" at one point or another, and this exposure is an essential part to their culture.

why the rice?

We did this at my college... the computer support staff hired CS and IT students to work in high profile positions in the network administration of computer services. We had a student network admin, webmaster, help desk staff, UNIX admin, software tech, and multiple hardware techs. It was the most experience I could have possibly recieved in college. On the job experience is way better than the degree. http://www.juniata.edu

That didn't fly, thank goodness.

Basically, pose these thoughts:
1. Can someone with a BSCIS get a MSCS? At most schools you won't have the pre-reqs.
2. Can someone with a BSCS get an MIS? Dude, you'd know more math than the prof, and you'll probably be bored...

What about MBA? CIS is usually a branch of business. If you want to get an MBA at a well-respected school for MBA-ness, they don't care what your BS is in, they want you to have a couple years' experience in the real world. So you could get the CIS and pay for things you'll probably have to learn later anyway.

But the part that irks me the MOST, that really PISSES ME OFF when I have to work with people, are computer people with the "I don't program" problem. Sys admins, web masters, DBAs, network/router admins... who have NO IDEA how to automate some of the stuff they do everyFREAKINGday. Configging routers, maintaining users, scripted backups, whatever.

It's a set of problem-solving skills that don't get developed while you're taking classes on how to write memos (i swear my roommate had a class like that) or paying to take your certification exams.

Being able to program is a powertool while everyone else is using rocks and sticks.

CS doesn't mean you're going down the road of "building nice big software". It means you use the computer as a tool and a means to make your own tools.

You want a minor? Take some communications classes. That'll open some eyes...

--mandi

IIS is horrible. All the configs are in weird places, it logs in weird places, asp pages run the client machines like mad...sometimes inetinfo just up and forgets that it's supposed to be serving pages. Oops! And that's only when it's limited to 200 connections....

bah. run linux. you need stuff from nt you don't want to move? smbmount is there for you, babe.

--Mandi walls@NOSPAM.juniata.edu

aka kerolin