...is there such thing as pasty black? I'm sorry if that sounds racist or insensitive, but I live in a community that is 96% white (at last count) and I honestly don't know.
Of the teachers I've had over the years I think I've found that there are certain attributes that really make the learning experience better, and I suppose this will sum up what a lot of the other comments have said:
1) Make it fun (even if it's as dry a subject as Systems Analysis and Design ack!)
2) Challenaging
3) and Beer - heh, one of my teachers bought me beer once when I was getting some help on some material. This actually made the studying more casual and I learned quite a bit because of it.
One of the best teachers I've had was my Systems Analysis and Design teacher in college, he did his best to make it enjoyable and challenaging, but what really helped is that he had just come out of the job market. From his experiences in the work force he gave us a lot of little tips about how to succeed along with the course material which helps a lot.
Being a computer geek and having a brother who is a journalist gives me a bit of an advantage here I suppose. Personally, I don't like the media in the slightest!! I've read the comments from others protecting the media, however, from my point of view there is very little redeeming factors about the media.
An interesting thing about the media that my brother was taught in one of the colleges he went to was that the Media follows each other like a pack! It doesn't really matter if one organization screwed up or not, everybody will follow the other dispite the fact that they may be wrong!
Suffice it to say, whether your reading The New York Times, Globe and Mail, or even Slashdot you are not going to get an accurately description of the event. Biases are always incorporated (just look at any Conrad Black owned newspaper!!) even if we were to send each article through rigorous scanning processes to attempt to keep biases out, they would still find a way into the articles.
Therefore, really, you only have two options if you want an unbiases relating of the news:
1) Witness every particular news worthy event for yourself (slightly difficult to accomplish and besides it would still be biased with your own biases!).
or 2) Learn to extract the few facts that have been thrown in to the news and discern for yourself what actually happened.
I'm not actually going to state my beliefs because that would take too long, however, I did want to comment on the thing about judging others. I'm sure the majority of/. readers are in the computer/technology field and so in that case most of us should - if not naturally - from habit of being in the field for so long think logically and intelligently. That being the cause should you really have to tell people not to judge and argue about other people's beliefs? Shouldn't it just be I suppose common sense to accept that different people believe in different things and they are free to do that?
It would be a nice idea if the various e-companies were to share information and that, making it easier for customers to shop. However, there are too many legal implications, most noteably being, the privacy issue. Although, I suppose if they notified the user they were going to be doing that, they might be able to get away with it.
Unfortunately I grew up in the city this place is based out of. (Chatham) It's all legal, I have a friend who works there and he showed me that it's completely legal and people having been flocking to it like mad. I don't really get the point in buying land you're probably never get to use, but hey! Besides, NASA left all their garbage up there!
I don't know about this Linux on Macs...They are already useless (although even I have to admit they're great for graphics), is Linux really going to be able to make the Mac any better?
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Of the teachers I've had over the years I think I've found that there are certain attributes that really make the learning experience better, and I suppose this will sum up what a lot of the other comments have said: 1) Make it fun (even if it's as dry a subject as Systems Analysis and Design ack!) 2) Challenaging 3) and Beer - heh, one of my teachers bought me beer once when I was getting some help on some material. This actually made the studying more casual and I learned quite a bit because of it. One of the best teachers I've had was my Systems Analysis and Design teacher in college, he did his best to make it enjoyable and challenaging, but what really helped is that he had just come out of the job market. From his experiences in the work force he gave us a lot of little tips about how to succeed along with the course material which helps a lot.
All I have to say is go go gadget phone! heh
An interesting thing about the media that my brother was taught in one of the colleges he went to was that the Media follows each other like a pack! It doesn't really matter if one organization screwed up or not, everybody will follow the other dispite the fact that they may be wrong!
Suffice it to say, whether your reading The New York Times, Globe and Mail, or even Slashdot you are not going to get an accurately description of the event. Biases are always incorporated (just look at any Conrad Black owned newspaper!!) even if we were to send each article through rigorous scanning processes to attempt to keep biases out, they would still find a way into the articles.
Therefore, really, you only have two options if you want an unbiases relating of the news:
1) Witness every particular news worthy event for yourself (slightly difficult to accomplish and besides it would still be biased with your own biases!).
or 2) Learn to extract the few facts that have been thrown in to the news and discern for yourself what actually happened.
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I'm not actually going to state my beliefs because that would take too long, however, I did want to comment on the thing about judging others. I'm sure the majority of /. readers are in the computer/technology field and so in that case most of us should - if not naturally - from habit of being in the field for so long think logically and intelligently. That being the cause should you really have to tell people not to judge and argue about other people's beliefs? Shouldn't it just be I suppose common sense to accept that different people believe in different things and they are free to do that?
It would be a nice idea if the various e-companies were to share information and that, making it easier for customers to shop. However, there are too many legal implications, most noteably being, the privacy issue. Although, I suppose if they notified the user they were going to be doing that, they might be able to get away with it.
Unfortunately I grew up in the city this place is based out of. (Chatham) It's all legal, I have a friend who works there and he showed me that it's completely legal and people having been flocking to it like mad. I don't really get the point in buying land you're probably never get to use, but hey! Besides, NASA left all their garbage up there!
I don't know about this Linux on Macs...They are already useless (although even I have to admit they're great for graphics), is Linux really going to be able to make the Mac any better?