So, apparently nobody will look at it because of Silverlight. Here, I present you an argument for checking it out. Listen, this picture is pretty big and from the top of a hill looking down 360 into houses and shit. Something of this size, there simply HAS to be some ridiculous stuff captured inside... will you be the one to find it and lay the embarrassment right on Microsoft?
I have nothing against Silverlight. The photo is actually quite cool to navigate. I am guilty, however, of refusing to install Quicktime or iTunes or any of THAT noise.
I thought about doing the same, but one of the handiest things I now do with my phone is to remote desktop into my home PC. Wyse Pocket Cloud is full of win. Likely one of the coolest evolutions in computing I have ever seen. I can even log in to our ancient HP-UX POS machine from anywhere*. Using it takes some practice, but it's a great way to access such a legacy system without having to install a bunch of new stuff.
If they come out with an Android version of Reflections, our entire customer processing dynamic TOTALLY changes. A smart phone that also doubles as a cash register is an incredibly powerful new tool for us.
AT&T, no thank you. I've had their service in different forms, and was passed along between them and Cingular for too long.
Verizon, no thank you. After limited use with their terrible computer hijacker called VZ Access Manager, any company with deceptive practices like this are not for me.
TMobile, no thank you. Had them for just over two years. I was never really dissatisfied with the service, but my phone bill was approaching $100/mo toward the end of my contract because I started using my phone a lot more often (was on the $45/mo basic plan).
Sprint, my new provider. I'm sure that, in time, I will stop liking them. For now, however, I am very happy with my service. Unlimited data. Unlimited mobile to mobile voice. My phone works inside my apartment (unlike TMobile), and 4G is supposedly coming to Denver in October (I can connect to 4G now, but it doesn't really work yet).
I honestly don't see the point of getting one of these super cool new "phones" that do everything else, only to be limited by the amount of data you can pass through it. With just four days left of my first billing cycle, I've used 478,100kb.
Of course, not being limited by data limits just means that I'm limited by my battery limits. Though, my netbook functions as a pretty good backup battery.
Let me clarify this for everyone. The citation isn't required simply because the claim is not true. No no no. The citation is required because there is not a single place where you can access a genuine objective ranking of schools. It is impossible. You search for stuff and all kinds of questionable "rankings" come back (ie adwords).
The citation is needed because someone needs to cite something. The world requires this information and we do not have it.
In that case, we need to specialize our workers even further. Maybe someone could get a Bachelor's in Roadway Paving, maybe go to grad school and get a Master's in Alpine Engineering.
Or, maybe we need to just scrap the piece of paper that comes with the education. It's becoming less relevant each day. Find a better way to measure a person's capabilities. It really is pretty archaic.
I know you have a point, but it does come off kind of elitist. Sure, there are a lot of people attending "college" now that lack the remedial assistance to even function at the college level. But this is not unique to higher-ed. These kids have been passed along to the next grade since they were 7.
It just kind of seems like the wrong attitude to blanketly state that people shouldn't try to improve themselves. Sure, a vocational school might be what is appropriate, but what about those who want to actually BETTER themselves?
To send the message that people shouldn't attempt something beyond their abilities is a recipe for stagnant education, exactly where we are right now.
I am really not comfortable with the state education is in these days. The problems are very deep and it is going to take some pretty drastic action to fix it.
While it is sometimes true that success is not a result of education, it remains a barrier for so many millions of people that we have fallen behind. I am a fan of Capitalism for its economic merits, but when it comes to education, it undermines some of the inherent beauties of learning.
What is is going to essentially come down to, is the marketability of a specific education will draw even more attention and scrutiny. Simply having a degree will mean nothing if it didn't come from somewhere that produces marketable graduates.
More economic adaptations are going to need to occur before the education being served is more important than the revenue of the school.
That's just a silly argument. Is homicide only homicide if the -goal- was to kill someone? Is it only fratricide if your goal was to kill a fellow soldier?
Intention has nothing to do with it. The best intentions can still result in someone dying, doesn't make it their goal.
I would, instead, liken it to a grocery store that tracks your shopping habits with a bonus card thingy. You walk into their store and sign up to use their services.
If you don't like it, don't sign up for a service. I'm sorry if google researches what you click on when you use their products. There are work arounds, just like not signing up for the bonus card at the store.
Of course, certain metrics will always be practically accessible. A grocery store, for example, doesn't need to do any "suspicious" tracking just to know how big of a parking lot they will need. It would be pretty obvious that a bigger lot was needed if empty spaces were always at a premium.
I was under the impression that if you went to Las Vegas, and something happened that you didn't want people to know about (maybe embarrassment, blackmail, or you don't want your grandchildren to know)... I thought it was supposed to stay there. Have I been lied to?
I was rushed and was naive. In the long run, however, I am glad that I caught my mistake when I did (and thanks for the great feedback everyone).
As an update, I am going to withdraw from UoPx soon and will be transferring to Regis University. While not the most ideal of schools (it is Jesuit, I am agnostic, hahaha, that should be fun!) it does seem like a relatively good fit. And hey, I might even try out for the baseball team.
If the audience want's real, they'd be out hiking, walking, boating, sailing, soaring, etc - not watching the mind numbing crap the movie companies produce.
Do you genuinely believe this? I'd be curious to compare the revenue of the top 25 movies of 2009 with the revenue of the National Park Service. Heck, maybe you're right, but somehow I think people would prefer to sit in front a picture.
That's all they do when the go to National Parks anyway, they take pictures. They stop up traffic on the highway so they can chase down a bear and get a photo to look at later. Or they pile in by the thousands to watch Old Faithful erupt for a few mintues. When I was in Yosemite a couple years ago, there seemed to be a disproportionate amount of Europeans fascinated by squirrels, taking pictures of them every chance they had. Squirrels.
Most NP visitors probably spend more time on the road in their Cruise America dot com RVs watching Spongebob and whatever else people watch than they did walking a trail. We hardly ever saw people on the trails in Yellowstone.
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Good advice, but in my case, a bit redundant. I am completely aware of the free knowledge. My brain is filled with it. I haven't looked at many of the options you put forth, but I have gone through CS106A from Stanford. I loved it and I actually learned something.
When Intro to Java came around, I already had a good idea of what to do. I'm not sure the instructor appreciated me posting the video lectures to other students, however.
While, of course, the primary goal is to learn, I am also interested in the prestige part of school. Prior to my current enrollment, I spoke with other graduates and they mostly had good things to say about my program. I felt relatively good about putting UoPx on a resume. Now, not so much. Hell, if I were checking over resumes, I would definitely give the UoPx candidate more scrutiny after seeing first-hand the types of students that can come from there. I wouldn't ignore them, of course, but I would be wary.
I tried that. I worked at a.com startup in Santa Clara after high school. Made a ton of money while I was there, but the 60-70 hour weeks along with the horrendous commute ruined my brain. They also went bottom up.
If it was a great startup, possibly, but in all likelihood it could very well be a waste of time.
B&M is a possibility, like I said, it's just not ideal. I live in Denver, and with few exceptions, the type of program I'm looking for is not offered around here. This is still very much a cow-town.
Thanks for you insight. You mention "do your research", and unfortunately, this is a pretty difficult task when it comes to comparing online schools. Go ahead and look up reviews of online schools. It is a mess. Most of the time it is impossible to distinguish which reviews are legitimate, which are shills, and which are just utter BS.
My choice in school ended up amounting to the least of all evils. I was definitely uneasy about my choice, but between the pressure from my GF to go back to school and the high-pressure tactics used by admissions, I didn't stand a chance.
Now I'm going through the same thing. There are a couple programs that I'm looking at, but I'm basically narrowing it down to those involved with the NSA Academic Centers for Excellence. Colorado Technical is one of them, but talking with an admission advisor today left me with some of the same emotions I had after talking with the UoPx advisor. Regis University and Denver University are both on the list, though expensive. It is, however, much easier for me to justify the high cost of these schools because I have a lot more faith in their ability to provide a valuable experience. Lastly, Air Force Academy is on the list, but that is not going to happen.
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Maybe too late? What was he doing trying to score free video? You can't always be sure about someone's motives.
Like what the heck is going on here?
Maybe you're already too late.
I have nothing against Silverlight. The photo is actually quite cool to navigate. I am guilty, however, of refusing to install Quicktime or iTunes or any of THAT noise.
I thought about doing the same, but one of the handiest things I now do with my phone is to remote desktop into my home PC. Wyse Pocket Cloud is full of win. Likely one of the coolest evolutions in computing I have ever seen. I can even log in to our ancient HP-UX POS machine from anywhere*. Using it takes some practice, but it's a great way to access such a legacy system without having to install a bunch of new stuff.
If they come out with an Android version of Reflections, our entire customer processing dynamic TOTALLY changes. A smart phone that also doubles as a cash register is an incredibly powerful new tool for us.
What is that?
AT&T, no thank you. I've had their service in different forms, and was passed along between them and Cingular for too long.
Verizon, no thank you. After limited use with their terrible computer hijacker called VZ Access Manager, any company with deceptive practices like this are not for me.
TMobile, no thank you. Had them for just over two years. I was never really dissatisfied with the service, but my phone bill was approaching $100/mo toward the end of my contract because I started using my phone a lot more often (was on the $45/mo basic plan).
Sprint, my new provider. I'm sure that, in time, I will stop liking them. For now, however, I am very happy with my service. Unlimited data. Unlimited mobile to mobile voice. My phone works inside my apartment (unlike TMobile), and 4G is supposedly coming to Denver in October (I can connect to 4G now, but it doesn't really work yet).
I honestly don't see the point of getting one of these super cool new "phones" that do everything else, only to be limited by the amount of data you can pass through it. With just four days left of my first billing cycle, I've used 478,100kb.
Of course, not being limited by data limits just means that I'm limited by my battery limits. Though, my netbook functions as a pretty good backup battery.
Let me clarify this for everyone. The citation isn't required simply because the claim is not true. No no no. The citation is required because there is not a single place where you can access a genuine objective ranking of schools. It is impossible. You search for stuff and all kinds of questionable "rankings" come back (ie adwords).
The citation is needed because someone needs to cite something. The world requires this information and we do not have it.
In that case, we need to specialize our workers even further. Maybe someone could get a Bachelor's in Roadway Paving, maybe go to grad school and get a Master's in Alpine Engineering.
Or, maybe we need to just scrap the piece of paper that comes with the education. It's becoming less relevant each day. Find a better way to measure a person's capabilities. It really is pretty archaic.
Tsk tsk.
I know you have a point, but it does come off kind of elitist. Sure, there are a lot of people attending "college" now that lack the remedial assistance to even function at the college level. But this is not unique to higher-ed. These kids have been passed along to the next grade since they were 7.
It just kind of seems like the wrong attitude to blanketly state that people shouldn't try to improve themselves. Sure, a vocational school might be what is appropriate, but what about those who want to actually BETTER themselves?
To send the message that people shouldn't attempt something beyond their abilities is a recipe for stagnant education, exactly where we are right now.
I am really not comfortable with the state education is in these days. The problems are very deep and it is going to take some pretty drastic action to fix it.
While it is sometimes true that success is not a result of education, it remains a barrier for so many millions of people that we have fallen behind. I am a fan of Capitalism for its economic merits, but when it comes to education, it undermines some of the inherent beauties of learning.
What is is going to essentially come down to, is the marketability of a specific education will draw even more attention and scrutiny. Simply having a degree will mean nothing if it didn't come from somewhere that produces marketable graduates.
More economic adaptations are going to need to occur before the education being served is more important than the revenue of the school.
I wonder if forum/comment web sites for authors and writers and such has the occasional "tech nazi" show up to tell someone... nvm.
That's just a silly argument. Is homicide only homicide if the -goal- was to kill someone? Is it only fratricide if your goal was to kill a fellow soldier? Intention has nothing to do with it. The best intentions can still result in someone dying, doesn't make it their goal.
I would, instead, liken it to a grocery store that tracks your shopping habits with a bonus card thingy. You walk into their store and sign up to use their services.
If you don't like it, don't sign up for a service. I'm sorry if google researches what you click on when you use their products. There are work arounds, just like not signing up for the bonus card at the store.
Of course, certain metrics will always be practically accessible. A grocery store, for example, doesn't need to do any "suspicious" tracking just to know how big of a parking lot they will need. It would be pretty obvious that a bigger lot was needed if empty spaces were always at a premium.
I was under the impression that if you went to Las Vegas, and something happened that you didn't want people to know about (maybe embarrassment, blackmail, or you don't want your grandchildren to know)... I thought it was supposed to stay there. Have I been lied to?
Maybe I should visit Atlantic City instead.
This is exactly how I feel about my previous Ask Slashdot re: online education.
I was rushed and was naive. In the long run, however, I am glad that I caught my mistake when I did (and thanks for the great feedback everyone).
As an update, I am going to withdraw from UoPx soon and will be transferring to Regis University. While not the most ideal of schools (it is Jesuit, I am agnostic, hahaha, that should be fun!) it does seem like a relatively good fit. And hey, I might even try out for the baseball team.
I think he heard you, just give him a couple days to figure it out.
Someone call the Somalis!
If the audience want's real, they'd be out hiking, walking, boating, sailing, soaring, etc - not watching the mind numbing crap the movie companies produce.
Do you genuinely believe this? I'd be curious to compare the revenue of the top 25 movies of 2009 with the revenue of the National Park Service. Heck, maybe you're right, but somehow I think people would prefer to sit in front a picture.
That's all they do when the go to National Parks anyway, they take pictures. They stop up traffic on the highway so they can chase down a bear and get a photo to look at later. Or they pile in by the thousands to watch Old Faithful erupt for a few mintues. When I was in Yosemite a couple years ago, there seemed to be a disproportionate amount of Europeans fascinated by squirrels, taking pictures of them every chance they had. Squirrels.
Most NP visitors probably spend more time on the road in their Cruise America dot com RVs watching Spongebob and whatever else people watch than they did walking a trail. We hardly ever saw people on the trails in Yellowstone.
Titantic casualties - L.I.P.
This thread clearly needs a -1 Nauseating mod.
Good advice, but in my case, a bit redundant. I am completely aware of the free knowledge. My brain is filled with it. I haven't looked at many of the options you put forth, but I have gone through CS106A from Stanford. I loved it and I actually learned something.
When Intro to Java came around, I already had a good idea of what to do. I'm not sure the instructor appreciated me posting the video lectures to other students, however.
While, of course, the primary goal is to learn, I am also interested in the prestige part of school. Prior to my current enrollment, I spoke with other graduates and they mostly had good things to say about my program. I felt relatively good about putting UoPx on a resume. Now, not so much. Hell, if I were checking over resumes, I would definitely give the UoPx candidate more scrutiny after seeing first-hand the types of students that can come from there. I wouldn't ignore them, of course, but I would be wary.
I tried that. I worked at a .com startup in Santa Clara after high school. Made a ton of money while I was there, but the 60-70 hour weeks along with the horrendous commute ruined my brain. They also went bottom up.
If it was a great startup, possibly, but in all likelihood it could very well be a waste of time.
B&M is a possibility, like I said, it's just not ideal. I live in Denver, and with few exceptions, the type of program I'm looking for is not offered around here. This is still very much a cow-town.
Thanks for you insight. You mention "do your research", and unfortunately, this is a pretty difficult task when it comes to comparing online schools. Go ahead and look up reviews of online schools. It is a mess. Most of the time it is impossible to distinguish which reviews are legitimate, which are shills, and which are just utter BS.
My choice in school ended up amounting to the least of all evils. I was definitely uneasy about my choice, but between the pressure from my GF to go back to school and the high-pressure tactics used by admissions, I didn't stand a chance.
Now I'm going through the same thing. There are a couple programs that I'm looking at, but I'm basically narrowing it down to those involved with the NSA Academic Centers for Excellence. Colorado Technical is one of them, but talking with an admission advisor today left me with some of the same emotions I had after talking with the UoPx advisor. Regis University and Denver University are both on the list, though expensive. It is, however, much easier for me to justify the high cost of these schools because I have a lot more faith in their ability to provide a valuable experience. Lastly, Air Force Academy is on the list, but that is not going to happen.