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These are NOT "rent-a-cops." Any campus of the UW system that has a police department has a state-certified police force. They are armed and have all the powers that any other city/municipal police department does, including the ability to arrest you or cite you under UW system administrative code or state or local statute, depending on their mood.

http://www.uwstout.edu/police/about.cfm
http://nxt.legis.state.wi.us/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&d=code&jd=UWS

Of course, the same can be said about nitrogen ZOMG, we're all going to die! 78% of our atmosphere is already nitrogen!

I've never even heard of a degree in "network engineering,"

Cisco Academy. Do an advanced search for 4 year institution. Or, I can point you to where I went, a 4 year degree in essentially, network engineering (name changed since I graduated). Or you could google it. 1.2 million hits...not bad. My company employs hundreds of network engineers. How have you not heard of us? The Internet didn't configure itself!

There is currently no support for private wireless networking in any of the residence halls. Students are not allowed to install or use wireless stations in any part of the Residence halls. Unauthorized use of such devices may result in the loss of your network connection.

There is currently no support for private wireless networking in any of the residence halls. Students are not allowed to install or use wireless stations in any part of the Residence halls. Unauthorized use of such devices may result in the loss of your network connection.

University of Wisconsin - Stout is where I went to school. I was not in this major, but I heard good things.

B.S. in Telecom

I majored in Applied Math & CS.

University of Wisconsin - Stout is where I went to school. I was not in this major, but I heard good things.

B.S. in Telecom

I majored in Applied Math & CS.

I can't debate your first point, as you didn't provide me with any sources. The fact that Gulf War Syndrome is defined as "Gulf War Syndrome" obviously means that the effects aren't deniable, indeed they are observable. We don't name things that have no observable effects. We can't. We wouldn't know they existed. The fact that the soldiers are sent into the Gulf in the first place is akin to sending fire-fighters to put out a fire. We know flames are dangerous. Yet we continue to send fire-fighters to put them out. There are always going to be bad people in positions of power that do bad things. If you don't want to be placed "in harms way" do not sign up to be a soldier. It is your job, necessarily, to die to protect those that cannot or do not fight. I would find it hard to believe that the scientific body of knowledge dealing with radiation's effect on physiology was anything larger than "slim" during the time period of the Bikini Atoll, Manhatten Project, and "Fat Man" and "Little boy" projects.

As to your second point, we can quantify the amount of damage to a biological system. We can use either rem (roentgen-man-equivalents) or Sieverts. One Sievert is the equivalent to 100 rem ( 1 Sv = 100 rem). A Sievert is the amount of energy delivered per unit mass ( measured in Grays ) multiplied by relative biological effectiveness ( RBE or some quality factor ). A gray is a measure of Joule/Kg. The quality factor you use depends upon the type of radiation you are exposed to (i.e. Gamma, Beta, Alpha, etc...). Different types of radiation are more "reactive", or more energetic than others. Cancer is typically a broad term that describes a malfunctioning of cells during cellular reproduction. The affected cells reproduce themselves at a rate that is too fast for the bodies natural mechanisms (cell "suicide switch") to keep up with (or when the natural mechanism fails altogether.). Radiation causes the genetic mutations within the cell that eventually lead to the generation of cancer. We do not know that it takes "ONE unlucky mutation" to lead to cancer. It may take several to overwhelm the bodies defenses. Please visit this website for more information. I would counter that it is the public that is ill informed with regards to nuclear power, nuclear safety, and nuclear regulation. The pro-nuclear lobby, the ones that truly "have a dog in the fight" are well versed in radiation and its affects. They have to be, it is their jobs.

The school I went to had us rent text books. We paid a fee each semester (much less than buying even one book). The school had the books in a part of the library and at the beginning of each semester, we went and checked out our books for the semester. If someone really wanted to buy one of the book, they could. Discontinued books would often be sold for $1. After the first week of classes, they were OK with people getting books for classes they were not in. At the end of the semester, the books were returned.

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Just thought I'd mention that my shower seems to have a similar effect and the cost is zero since I need an apartment anyway! Add the cost of water and I have a make-shift autotuner for about twenty-five cents an hour....

I was one of the first students through the CISCO Networking Academy, and in the first class at my high school. Out of a class of 20 or so there were only two of us who took, and passed the CCNA (the first version of the curriculem was pretty bad and didn't prepare you nearly as well as the new curriculem does). I have since moved on to the University of Wisconsin Stout Telecommunications Systems Program. Which is a regional Cisco academy offering even more oppertunities to me along with a four year degree. I now have my CCNA, CCDA, and Amateur Radio licence. By the end of this semester I will have my CCDP, CWNA (wireless), CCAI (Cisco instructor) and MCP. Within a year I will have my MCSA, CCNP, A+ and Network+, all while earning a degree from a state university. Perhaps I'm not an average student from one of these High School academies, most of them never go further with it However, I am an example of the benefit of creating these academies, inspiring a student with the technical know-how and mental maturity to continue learning and overcoming new challenges. It's true no one's going to hire you for $40k a year straight out of high school with just the cert, but if you got the cert, got a four year degree in say, greek literature, then found out it was boring you might have somthing to fall back on. It's also a good way to find out if this is something you really want to do when it's still easy to change the direction you're going.

The 2001 archive has the little 'requires quicktime 5' logo on it...Actually, I'll slightly amend my original statement - the only archive of a complete ignobel ceremonty that seems to be available at the moment appears to be quicktime 5 only. The 2000 archive is on another site, and is just plain broken, but appears to have been Real as well. (The links that work seem to be a message saying "This program has expired"...) I haven't yet found any complete videos of years prior to 2000 online.

They DO have an .avi of "Highlights from some older ceremonies" but not complete videos, except for some available for purchase (on videotape).

There may be a million different ways to spell it, but "Menonmonie" is not one of them. Menomonie (two n's) IS correct, however. Though it usually has the pronounciation indicated above, it is sometimes called "Me No Money", as Menomonie, Wis. is home to UW Stout, which is something of a party school, considering the student population is 3-4x larger than the town itself.
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