Lt. Cmdr. Donald Sewell, a Pentagon spokesman, defended the program, saying, "The Department of Defense still feels that it's a tool that can be used to alert us to terrorist acts before they occur." He added, "It's not a program that snoops into American citizens' privacy."
*cough* Bull$hit *cough*
Of course it "snoops" into American citizens' privacy, that's the primary mission of DARPA and TIA.
It's like saying the gun I'm pointing at you won't kill you.
eBay, Amazon and MSFT have already licensed from NCR
Provide links to evidence that this is indeed true.
And honestly, any story that begins with "my buddy" or "my friend" should be rejected immediately.
According to documentation that a friend's company has recently received,
What documentation? What company?
Seriously, I could pen a story claiming that my friend's company just received a million dollar grant from Bill Gates to create a self-propelled rocket to Mars... sounds great and makes good "copy", but it's complete bull$hit. Bold, baseless accusations do not make a story valid. Timothy should have spent more time validating this story.
I do agree that Scorecese should have won an Oscar by now (especially for Raging Bull), but please don't tell me that "Gangs of New York" is the year's best film or worthy of a Best Director award.
I think the historical relevance and Daniel Day-Lewis' performance were brilliant, but otherwise the dialogue was weak, the storyline was weaker, and Diaz should stick to comedy. (Do I need to mention how horribly overly dramatic Titanic boy's acting was?)
...and like UHF, Nemesis just flat out sucked. Both films had poorly written scripts, weak plots, and bad direction. Only difference, Nemesis spent a hell of a lot more money on special effects and creature make-up.
As grades spiral upward, my job becomes more difficult. Somehow, I have to get the most from my students without the external motivator of grades.
This is a university professor? Since when do university professors care in the least what grade a student earns? We're not talking about high school (where education is mandated by law); we're talking about university (where you pay to learn, hence not a right; it's a privilege).
True, for some students -- those with a strong internal desire to learn -- the absence of real grades is actually a blessing. Outstanding students don't need a teacher who carries a big stick. They need educators who are partners and facilitators in learning.
No university student should EVER need a teacher with a big stick; nor should a university student ever need a "motivator." University students should already be "motivated" to participate and learn in class... else they shouldn't be at university.
But not every student is so motivated.
Fine. Then students who are not motivated should fail and be removed from university.
So when the commonest grade is A, I have to use other means to get them to learn: I have to cajole, to gently persuade.
Why? Why should a university professor feel pressure to "cajole" a student to learn, to participate? Again... a university student is of age and should be held responsible/accountable for his actions/decisions.
And in all honesty, I don't think I have the psychological skills necessary in this climate to approach my goal of educating all my students well. Many of my colleagues around the country would, I think, acknowledge a similar lack of such skills if pressed.
I do believe a lot of his colleagues would scoff at the notion that they must "motivate" or utilize some sort of "psychological skill" to get students to learn. All of my university professors were the exact same: show up to class and participate or... don't. They didn't care. It was up to me to participate, to learn, to questions, to achieve. It wasn't the job of my professor to gently push me in the right direction. Bullshit. He/she gave me the tools needed to succeed. It was entirely up to me to use them.
We spend way too much time these days making excuses and making things easier. We need to stop making excuses and start demanding better performance. If students are failing science, for god's sake don't lower the science standard. Demand more from the students. If they don't work hard and don't achieve, then don't pass them.
A good example is the new California state English standard. 10 years ago most graduating high school students were required to pass 4 years of English (grammar, writing, and 2 years of literature). However, in the past 10 years the average test score has fallen dramatically and in response our beloved and respected School Administrators decided to lower the standards and require only 3 years of English study. Why? Why lower the standard when test scores fall? Why not demand more from students? And more from educators.
If they still have funding and you're currently unemployed, check them out. Government assisted retraining. Lots of paperwork and meetings, but if you're approved, you get up to $10k to spend on training: that's how I got my CCNP.
To start the process find your local One Stop. Go there and sign up and attend there introduction seminar. After that you should be assigned a case worker. From there do everything they ask and hopefully you'll be accepted.
is about as good and respected in the industry as A+ certification. If you're going to get a Cisco cert, you have to get at least CCNP. In addition, check out the new security cert they're offering.
In my opinion, if you have experience with networks (NT or therwise) I'm sure you could home study for the CCNP (the RAS exam is the most difficult) cert.
I can tell you that the West Coast is FLOODED with MCSE and CCNA types... don't know about the East Coast.
Sad, but true. SCO's situation: 1) bankrupt due to lack of sales or 2) bankrupt due to 800lb gorilla crushing them? Man, I'm glad I'm not SCO's CEO. What a choice to make.
If they were really creative they could just fudge the accounting numbers like Enron and stay a float another couple years...:)
The US (and Americans) like to think they are much more important and far reaching than they are.
Precisely what gets America in trouble and why 3/4 of the world hates us.
IBM strongly suggested SCO shouldn't do this, and my guess is that if SCO tries it IBM will fuck SCO.
SCO management has admitted that they are in financial trouble. And this is quite possibly one way to lift SCO out of potential bankruptcy. I'm not sure IBM's threat would keep SCO from trying to collect; especially if collecting is what is keeping SCO alive.
SCO, on the other hand, needs the money. Its tiny Linux business is a disaster and there's little doubt that the company, founded by ex-Novell CEO Ray Noorda, would be out on the street by now if it weren't for the Unix operating systems it got from Santa Cruz.
Like I said, last year: lots of interviews and press releases, some good technical articles and some small ad work and then the release of the manuals. The manuals had nice graphics and some new content.
Then, soon after the push began, everything stopped. Then, the negative articles and rumors began to fly and the push just stopped.
You nailed it: a rebranding. I think MS Marketing woke up and realized if they continued they would actually be trying to re-brand (thus competing with itself) products that already have the strongest brand in the business.
I got that.NET was quite a bit more than.NET server. My point was simply that Micorsoft Marketing failed to promote.NET.
In the past Micorsoft has always found a way to market it's products. However, they always marketed their products individually... Windows 9x to everyday end users and coding tools to industry users, for example.
With.NET encompassing everything, I don't think MS could determine a good way to market it. In addition, I think someone realized that maybe all the time and money used to create such strong brand recognition would be for naught if they continued to try and change the "brand" to.NET.
Good point. Going one step farther... I believe that Microsoft never got behind.NET. Sure, there was a mild push last year, but then *poof* no more push.
They had really pretty sections in most book stores for the VAST number of.NET books, but really there was never a "Microsoft type" marketing push. Maybe because there wasn't a "product" to push?.NET RIP 2003
So viewed from that perspective, the courts ought to come down harder on religious scammers than regular con men.
I disagree. Clergy should only be held to the same standard of law that any other citizen is. This is one of the reasons I am so dissappointed with the Catholic Church. They try and "solve" their problems internally (even when it is a criminal problem). I understand that Catholic faith dictates that priests should be forgiven once they complete the sacrament of confession; however they should be made to answer to civil authorities. Just because they have made peace with their God, church, and faith, doesn't mean that they are free from criminal prosecution.
In the same sense, a preacher should be made to answer to civil authorities if he knowingly commits fraud (as in the case of a great many "born-again," bible-thumping, hellfire & brimstone, tent preachers & TBN).
As the article notes, there is a remote available for the MCE PC. There are also 3rd party remotes available if you want to build your own home theater PC.
That's all fine and dandy, but my computer is not in my living room (where my TV is). IMO Tivo is still better.
Why can I not trade in my two boxed Photoshop-for-PC copies and receive Photoshop 7 for Mac OS X?
I called Adobe and they said no problem with "exchanging" Photoshop 6. Only catch is the Mac version is currently 7, so what you must do is a Cross Platform Upgrade. So, you would be charged the upgrade cost, but you're not charge the full commercial license fee. Save you a few bucks, but you'll have to shell out a bit to convert.
I talked to Macromedia and they're pretty much the same.
Not sure about Microsoft. I don't enjoy sitting on hold waiting for their pre-sales folks to get on the phone and try and sell me everything.:)
Ummm... It's clear from the submission that you can install it on any computer. In addition, it's clear from the News story that you can install it on any computer, in addition, you can print from anywhere as long as you get your customer ID from Intuit.
So, what's up with this story? Should we be discussing DRM, because we can't really flaim Intuit... they haven't done anything wrong.
90% of Universities and Technical Schools have a Career or Job Placement/Assistance office. I'm not asking for a handout, but I do expect that with a University association like SMU that there be some assistance.
In addition, it's great for the program if a high percentage of graduates are employed.
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Lt. Cmdr. Donald Sewell, a Pentagon spokesman, defended the program, saying, "The Department of Defense still feels that it's a tool that can be used to alert us to terrorist acts before they occur." He added, "It's not a program that snoops into American citizens' privacy."
*cough* Bull$hit *cough*
Of course it "snoops" into American citizens' privacy, that's the primary mission of DARPA and TIA.
It's like saying the gun I'm pointing at you won't kill you.
eBay, Amazon and MSFT have already licensed from NCR
Provide links to evidence that this is indeed true.
And honestly, any story that begins with "my buddy" or "my friend" should be rejected immediately.
According to documentation that a friend's company has recently received,
What documentation? What company?
Seriously, I could pen a story claiming that my friend's company just received a million dollar grant from Bill Gates to create a self-propelled rocket to Mars... sounds great and makes good "copy", but it's complete bull$hit. Bold, baseless accusations do not make a story valid. Timothy should have spent more time validating this story.
I do agree that Scorecese should have won an Oscar by now (especially for Raging Bull), but please don't tell me that "Gangs of New York" is the year's best film or worthy of a Best Director award.
I think the historical relevance and Daniel Day-Lewis' performance were brilliant, but otherwise the dialogue was weak, the storyline was weaker, and Diaz should stick to comedy. (Do I need to mention how horribly overly dramatic Titanic boy's acting was?)
I thought MS dropped the .NET name???
will retire and make room for a much more creative team to come in and revive a near dead Trek storyline.
...and like UHF, Nemesis just flat out sucked. Both films had poorly written scripts, weak plots, and bad direction. Only difference, Nemesis spent a hell of a lot more money on special effects and creature make-up.
Oh well.
As grades spiral upward, my job becomes more difficult. Somehow, I have to get the most from my students without the external motivator of grades.
This is a university professor? Since when do university professors care in the least what grade a student earns? We're not talking about high school (where education is mandated by law); we're talking about university (where you pay to learn, hence not a right; it's a privilege).
True, for some students -- those with a strong internal desire to learn -- the absence of real grades is actually a blessing. Outstanding students don't need a teacher who carries a big stick. They need educators who are partners and facilitators in learning.
No university student should EVER need a teacher with a big stick; nor should a university student ever need a "motivator." University students should already be "motivated" to participate and learn in class... else they shouldn't be at university.
But not every student is so motivated.
Fine. Then students who are not motivated should fail and be removed from university.
So when the commonest grade is A, I have to use other means to get them to learn: I have to cajole, to gently persuade.
Why? Why should a university professor feel pressure to "cajole" a student to learn, to participate? Again... a university student is of age and should be held responsible/accountable for his actions/decisions.
And in all honesty, I don't think I have the psychological skills necessary in this climate to approach my goal of educating all my students well. Many of my colleagues around the country would, I think, acknowledge a similar lack of such skills if pressed.
I do believe a lot of his colleagues would scoff at the notion that they must "motivate" or utilize some sort of "psychological skill" to get students to learn. All of my university professors were the exact same: show up to class and participate or... don't. They didn't care. It was up to me to participate, to learn, to questions, to achieve. It wasn't the job of my professor to gently push me in the right direction. Bullshit. He/she gave me the tools needed to succeed. It was entirely up to me to use them.
We spend way too much time these days making excuses and making things easier. We need to stop making excuses and start demanding better performance. If students are failing science, for god's sake don't lower the science standard. Demand more from the students. If they don't work hard and don't achieve, then don't pass them.
A good example is the new California state English standard. 10 years ago most graduating high school students were required to pass 4 years of English (grammar, writing, and 2 years of literature). However, in the past 10 years the average test score has fallen dramatically and in response our beloved and respected School Administrators decided to lower the standards and require only 3 years of English study. Why? Why lower the standard when test scores fall? Why not demand more from students? And more from educators.
Workforce Investment Act of 1998
If they still have funding and you're currently unemployed, check them out. Government assisted retraining. Lots of paperwork and meetings, but if you're approved, you get up to $10k to spend on training: that's how I got my CCNP.
To start the process find your local One Stop. Go there and sign up and attend there introduction seminar. After that you should be assigned a case worker. From there do everything they ask and hopefully you'll be accepted.
Good luck!
is about as good and respected in the industry as A+ certification. If you're going to get a Cisco cert, you have to get at least CCNP. In addition, check out the new security cert they're offering.
In my opinion, if you have experience with networks (NT or therwise) I'm sure you could home study for the CCNP (the RAS exam is the most difficult) cert.
I can tell you that the West Coast is FLOODED with MCSE and CCNA types... don't know about the East Coast.
Good luck.
Sad, but true. SCO's situation: 1) bankrupt due to lack of sales or 2) bankrupt due to 800lb gorilla crushing them? Man, I'm glad I'm not SCO's CEO. What a choice to make.
:)
If they were really creative they could just fudge the accounting numbers like Enron and stay a float another couple years...
The US (and Americans) like to think they are much more important and far reaching than they are.
Precisely what gets America in trouble and why 3/4 of the world hates us.
IBM strongly suggested SCO shouldn't do this, and my guess is that if SCO tries it IBM will fuck SCO.
SCO management has admitted that they are in financial trouble. And this is quite possibly one way to lift SCO out of potential bankruptcy. I'm not sure IBM's threat would keep SCO from trying to collect; especially if collecting is what is keeping SCO alive.
SCO, on the other hand, needs the money. Its tiny Linux business is a disaster and there's little doubt that the company, founded by ex-Novell CEO Ray Noorda, would be out on the street by now if it weren't for the Unix operating systems it got from Santa Cruz.
That pretty much explains SCO's motivation.
Like I said, last year: lots of interviews and press releases, some good technical articles and some small ad work and then the release of the manuals. The manuals had nice graphics and some new content.
Then, soon after the push began, everything stopped. Then, the negative articles and rumors began to fly and the push just stopped.
You nailed it: a rebranding. I think MS Marketing woke up and realized if they continued they would actually be trying to re-brand (thus competing with itself) products that already have the strongest brand in the business.
I got that .NET was quite a bit more than .NET server. My point was simply that Micorsoft Marketing failed to promote .NET.
.NET encompassing everything, I don't think MS could determine a good way to market it. In addition, I think someone realized that maybe all the time and money used to create such strong brand recognition would be for naught if they continued to try and change the "brand" to .NET.
In the past Micorsoft has always found a way to market it's products. However, they always marketed their products individually... Windows 9x to everyday end users and coding tools to industry users, for example.
With
Of course, that's just my 2cents.
Good point. Going one step farther... I believe that Microsoft never got behind .NET. Sure, there was a mild push last year, but then *poof* no more push.
.NET books, but really there was never a "Microsoft type" marketing push. Maybe because there wasn't a "product" to push? .NET RIP 2003
They had really pretty sections in most book stores for the VAST number of
So viewed from that perspective, the courts ought to come down harder on religious scammers than regular con men.
I disagree. Clergy should only be held to the same standard of law that any other citizen is. This is one of the reasons I am so dissappointed with the Catholic Church. They try and "solve" their problems internally (even when it is a criminal problem). I understand that Catholic faith dictates that priests should be forgiven once they complete the sacrament of confession; however they should be made to answer to civil authorities. Just because they have made peace with their God, church, and faith, doesn't mean that they are free from criminal prosecution.
In the same sense, a preacher should be made to answer to civil authorities if he knowingly commits fraud (as in the case of a great many "born-again," bible-thumping, hellfire & brimstone, tent preachers & TBN).
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Twice mod points were wasted. You have to wonder what editors are thinking.
As the article notes, there is a remote available for the MCE PC. There are also 3rd party remotes available if you want to build your own home theater PC.
That's all fine and dandy, but my computer is not in my living room (where my TV is). IMO Tivo is still better.
Why can I not trade in my two boxed Photoshop-for-PC copies and receive Photoshop 7 for Mac OS X?
:)
I called Adobe and they said no problem with "exchanging" Photoshop 6. Only catch is the Mac version is currently 7, so what you must do is a Cross Platform Upgrade. So, you would be charged the upgrade cost, but you're not charge the full commercial license fee. Save you a few bucks, but you'll have to shell out a bit to convert.
I talked to Macromedia and they're pretty much the same.
Not sure about Microsoft. I don't enjoy sitting on hold waiting for their pre-sales folks to get on the phone and try and sell me everything.
Hope this helps.
Ummm... It's clear from the submission that you can install it on any computer. In addition, it's clear from the News story that you can install it on any computer, in addition, you can print from anywhere as long as you get your customer ID from Intuit.
So, what's up with this story? Should we be discussing DRM, because we can't really flaim Intuit... they haven't done anything wrong.
90% of Universities and Technical Schools have a Career or Job Placement/Assistance office. I'm not asking for a handout, but I do expect that with a University association like SMU that there be some assistance.
In addition, it's great for the program if a high percentage of graduates are employed.
and $37,000 tutition, there had better be job placement!
Reynolds Wrap commercial. 1000 and 1 uses.
And all fossils were hidden by God to test our faith... *cough* Yeah. Everytime the Jehovia's Witnesses come to my door they spew these same things.