This little meme is repeated endlessly, yet I've never heard it justified. Will someone please explain to me how operating a device I own, on infrastructure that I am required to pay for, is a privilege?
The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to tell the tale.
Also: WHOOSH!
What I did to correct the same issue was to preset an access policy that totally banned the wife's IP. When I start seeing lag spikes in WoW, I just enable that policy for a minute or two... works like a champ, heh.
You guys disappoint me. Seriously. I can't believe no one pointed out that the BASIC example is fundamentally different from the others because it would terminate execution.
Right! We need physics acceleration for a game that doesn't even have hit-box collision... I think I'll keep playing on my dinosaur PC, thank you very much.
Programming courses, at least in my experience, tend to be too formulaic. Ultimately, no student ever has cause to think critically and understand what they are doing and why. Basically, it's equivalent to a foreign language class wherein one learns the phrases, "Where is the bathroom?" and, "I am holding my pencil," but after completion, cannot ask, "Where is my pencil?"
Has anyone had any different experiences? Are there better teaching methods out there?
I agree, there's fraud going on. And the programmer who convinced Coupons.com that setting up a registry key (e.g. 'ThisDudeAlreadyHasCoupons=True') was a foolproof way of preventing people from printing multiple coupons should spend 10-15 in a federal pound-me-in-the-*** prison.
No way -- we Americans by and large grew out of that naivete years ago. The majority of us now realize that most money paid into insurance will never, ever be paid out. You see, there's this clause here in the fine print...
I feel quite ashamed to be the one to point this out, but a clip from that song was also used in an old Megadeth song... which happened to be about the aftermath of nuclear war.
However, we're still talking about a huge investment in time. I love learning about things that aren't necessarily directly useful, but can rarely justify taking the time to do so. I don't disagree that early in life, such digressions aren't quite the drain, but once you're already out there in the workforce -- especially with mouths to feed and all that -- it's a different situation altogether. This is just the opinion of a (proud) dropout, though. Take it for what it's worth.
A means of transport is not a waste of money:: Increasing your general knowledge level is not a waste of money
It's not worth being in debt for the rest of your fricking life for a Ferrari:: ???
I can already smell my karma burning, but what does this say about academia? Judging by the revision dates, this evidently was not a claim quickly made and quashed. To me, the fact that someone so young without the appropriate schooling could've made the claim unquestioned - and convinced even one person with the appropriate schooling - brings into question the value of the degrees in the first place.
My personal feeling is that the only alternative to autodidactism is ultimately ignorance, but then I'm a bit biased. Opinions?
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Seriously, though, driving is a privilege,
This little meme is repeated endlessly, yet I've never heard it justified. Will someone please explain to me how operating a device I own, on infrastructure that I am required to pay for, is a privilege?
Did the same to me, but then, I couldn't help thinking 'goatse' the whole time I was looking at the pictures.
The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to tell the tale. Also: WHOOSH!
WARNING: When downloading porn, may come to a screeching halt.
Ah, he proved he was smarter than his educators, and we all know they can't stand that!
What I did to correct the same issue was to preset an access policy that totally banned the wife's IP. When I start seeing lag spikes in WoW, I just enable that policy for a minute or two... works like a champ, heh.
Well... doesn't that make this whole business illegal then?
You guys disappoint me. Seriously. I can't believe no one pointed out that the BASIC example is fundamentally different from the others because it would terminate execution.
That's what I hate about voting in presidential elections... no option for CowboyNeal
Mars ran smooth as silk on my 386 back in the day. If your hardware can handle win95, I'm pretty sure it can handle Mars.
Morally equivalent, perhaps, but a higher apparent chance of being caught. Not sure this is a fair comparison.
Right! We need physics acceleration for a game that doesn't even have hit-box collision... I think I'll keep playing on my dinosaur PC, thank you very much.
10000ms ping? I guess that we gamers will just have to wait for the whole quantum entanglement thing to pan out...
Programming courses, at least in my experience, tend to be too formulaic. Ultimately, no student ever has cause to think critically and understand what they are doing and why. Basically, it's equivalent to a foreign language class wherein one learns the phrases, "Where is the bathroom?" and, "I am holding my pencil," but after completion, cannot ask, "Where is my pencil?"
Has anyone had any different experiences? Are there better teaching methods out there?
The haunts! They sounded so scary until I saw them, and noted the resemblance to Skeletor...
I agree, there's fraud going on. And the programmer who convinced Coupons.com that setting up a registry key (e.g. 'ThisDudeAlreadyHasCoupons=True') was a foolproof way of preventing people from printing multiple coupons should spend 10-15 in a federal pound-me-in-the-*** prison.
No way -- we Americans by and large grew out of that naivete years ago. The majority of us now realize that most money paid into insurance will never, ever be paid out. You see, there's this clause here in the fine print...
Or someone melts the face off the statue of liberty...
Merda l'Artiste is proof that "high" art is shit. When the hell did "high" and "crap" become synonyms?
"Harry Potter, do you want your possessions identified? (y/n/q)"
... which, ironically, have no shame about showing off their 'glowy bits'...
I feel quite ashamed to be the one to point this out, but a clip from that song was also used in an old Megadeth song... which happened to be about the aftermath of nuclear war.
However, we're still talking about a huge investment in time. I love learning about things that aren't necessarily directly useful, but can rarely justify taking the time to do so. I don't disagree that early in life, such digressions aren't quite the drain, but once you're already out there in the workforce -- especially with mouths to feed and all that -- it's a different situation altogether.
This is just the opinion of a (proud) dropout, though. Take it for what it's worth.
A means of transport is not a waste of money :: Increasing your general knowledge level is not a waste of money
It's not worth being in debt for the rest of your fricking life for a Ferrari :: ???
I can already smell my karma burning, but what does this say about academia? Judging by the revision dates, this evidently was not a claim quickly made and quashed. To me, the fact that someone so young without the appropriate schooling could've made the claim unquestioned - and convinced even one person with the appropriate schooling - brings into question the value of the degrees in the first place. My personal feeling is that the only alternative to autodidactism is ultimately ignorance, but then I'm a bit biased. Opinions?