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On Balancing Career & College...

Posted by Cliff on from the seeking-suggestions-from-those-who've-been-there dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "Hi folks. Some advice please - I've been in university twice already and quit both times - the first due to lack of interest in the course and the second a combination of lack of interest and work pressures. The second time round, I started a tech company and it's now three years old and doing OK. I am now seriously thinking about going back to Uni to get a degree (for real this time ;-). Is anyone out there successfully juggling running a company and studying at the same time? How do you juggle the two without hampering either due to lack of the right amount of attention?"

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  1. USA is #1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP for USA!

    1. Re:USA is #1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ...the quality of life for freedom-minded peeps, however, is looking (and smelling) a LOT like #2, however.
      WTG Dubya!

  2. On balancing Freedom VS saving lives by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's quite selfish of you to bitch about losing some supposed 'rights' (online privacy, etc) when people's lives are at risk.

    The price of "freedom" is airplanes crashing into major financial centers. If one life is saved by the Homeland Security office being able to watch what you do online, I say it's worth it.

    1. Re:On balancing Freedom VS saving lives by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Things like Homeland Security make for a slippery slope. First you give up a few minor things, like maybe you get incovenienced at the airport due to increased security.

      Then you give up a few more things one by one. Next thing you know, you have a subdermal ID chip, you have an 8pm curfew, and there are soldiers patrolling the streets of your city with M16s who shoot on site after dark.

      You can "pshhaw" this idea today, but see what happens in a year or so if nothing is done to curtail the growing powers of the US government. There are places in the world where this is already happening (with the subdermal ID chip though).

      The US is fundamentally about the freedom of its people to live their lives more or less as they see fit. Remember, your ancestors fought and died for their freedom and yours. Don't insult their sacrifice by now restricting those hard-won freedoms. Treat the cause of the problem, not the sympton.

  3. Fuck this story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    All I care about is that there is a new Mozilla Preferences Toolbar! Download this sweet mother fucker RIGHT NOW!

    1. Re:Fuck this story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      awsome

      now i dont have to do ot the ghard way

      http://www.asciiartfarts.com/20020911.html

  4. Die Terrorist Scum by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    God Bless The USA

    by Lee Greenwood

    If tomorrow all the things were gone
    I'd worked for all my life,
    And I had to start again
    with just my children and my wife,
    I'd thank my lucky stars
    to be living here today,
    'Cause the flag still stands for freedom
    and they can't take that away.

    I'm proud to be an American
    where at least I know I'm free,
    And I won't forget the men who died
    who gave that right to me,
    And I gladly stand up next to you
    and defend her still today,
    'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
    God Bless the U.S.A.
    Child waving flag

    From the lakes of Minnesota
    to the hills of Tennessee,
    Across the plains of Texas
    from sea to shining sea.
    From Detroit down to Houston
    and New York to L.A.,
    There's pride in every American heart
    and it's time we stand and say:

    I'm proud to be an American
    where at least I know I'm free,
    And I won't forget the men who died
    who gave that right to me,
    And I gladly stand up next to you
    and defend her still today,
    'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
    God Bless the U.S.A.

    1. Re:Die Terrorist Scum by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      omg
      It's ok to be proud of your country, but why are americans so ultra-nationalistic? I mean, the usa aint that great, being to most polluting country in the world, and refusing to acknowledge the international court in the Hague.. A bit childish, really.

      It's not really meant as a flame, but it probably is.

  5. Re:All I know is . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know, Missy Elliot can throw down rhymes with unparallelled skill, but I do wish she wouldn't rap about herself having sex. I mean, who wants to have to think about porking that fat bitch when they're trying to dance?