So if they do this like their other wonderful policies I cringe to think of what will happen...
Those companies will see their mail servers flooding the net with botnet spam. Their websites will be littered with porn pop-ups. The and all of their secure transactions will no doubt authenticate via a.ru connection.
I've never understood the game console and the concept of game completion. Why does it have to have an end? To what point? Who actually cares you got there?
Personally I would like to L4D or Bioshock with a level-less mode. No bosses, no achievements, just play. There are days when it would be nice to just sit down and bash, shoot and stomp the shit out of zombies for 2 hrs and do nothing more.
So I have a bad attitude about a guy who took a shit job and does it to the bare minimum? He could quit if he's so pissed. And honestly, does a janitor have a multitude of people scrubbing the floor for them? Your analogy is weak at best. If he cannot pony up and teach... then leave.
I did discuss it with him prior to doing it. So no foul there. We also had to submit the tests to the dept. and the testing dept. They kept master copies. But did not require them until after the exam.
That girl winning and losing at the same time, poetic beauty. As a student I never saw much of a point to the rampant cheating but never cared. As an adult, it annoys me. If for no other reason than the fact that it does end up hurting those who really work at it. As many people here have pointed out, in a job interview, the ones who work and actually learn usually shine.
I had an A, B and C exam spaced out so that you never sat next to or in front of your own test. And yes, I would say that almost everyone cheated. The exceptions would be the few who got quite high grades. I should add that I failed the person in the middle who fed the answers to those around them (quite easy to see who that was based on results and seat numbering).
The prof felt that we were basically setting up entrapment and had a moral issue with it on the first test. From then on we told them we were doing this. To help combat potential cheating I added a D exam. Eventually the grades leveled out to a normal distribution.
After looking at this video, I have to add, this guy is a tool. He is EVERYTHING that's wrong with education today. He's a fat lazy ass who feels he's entitled because of his position. Yet he cheats the very students at whom he's pissed. If he felt like he was delivering a good product in his education career he'd NEVER used canned tests. He'd also have fresh material that needed to have a new test created each and every time. Instead uses canned lectures and he's got a bank of assistants to do his bidding while he packs on the pounds and years to get to retirement. Teaching is an easy job for this type of person because they do it once and repeat until they retire. Using the moral high ground is just a way of deflecting the fact that he couldn't even write a good test.
First test (that I'd taken 2 yrs prior) I realized over half of the 180 students cheated. I told him and he could not believe it was possible. So instead of proving it I devised a new test. 3 identical looking exams with 3 entirely different answer keys. Most of the students were using a key person to cheat from. About 4 people were getting the (live) answers from 1 person. With the new test I did nothing to stop the cheating. The questions were all entirely fresh as well. Nothing was brought into the exam room. The class had a normal pas/fail slope on the first exam. On the second 64% failed with less than 25% correct. 20% more got less than 70% correct. So 16% of the class comfortably passed the exam. The professor was outraged. I just thought it was funny. When many of them protested I simply showed them the results to prove who they cheated off and explained they were more than encouraged to go to the administration with the results.
"The Assissination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" has some of the longest shots imaginable. One of the reasons I loved this movie was because of the daring it took to make a movie with such slow pacing about murderers. Each frame is printable and suitable for framing.
"Birth" seems to barely have a script. Slow paced and focused on the acting to such a degree that entire scenes take place in body language and facial expression. It's a treat to see a modern film that takes time to develop a character and let you savour their craft.
I am confident that everyone will switch over in droves to ensure the security of their online communications. No doubt FB offers only the top most level of security with their email. Guaranteeing that they will never harvest data from it or sell/divulge your most intimate of secrets.
It seems to me that this week has shown a clear step forward for Apple and the Mac OS. In the very near future Lion will no longer be a computer OS but an Apple Platform. The difference being the user will not be able to just have their way with the interface, the usage or what goes on the device. I've watched the evolution of my desktop and have to say the more "stable" it becomes the more it is owned by Apple and I'm just there to rent it. OS 9 was the last time we had an easy OS to tweak and customize. It was the last time Apple allowed you to just put anything on the machine and give it a go. While I do think there's a bit of an overly paranoid reaction from many of the Mac haters; I do think the AppStore is the death of the home user control. Eventually we will not be able to put anything on our computer without Apple's approval. This gives Apple a clear appeal to the media industry across the board: "Our system cannot run pirated media!" And it gives them the ability to shape the market to whatever they see profitable. Not running Java may be justified by various reasons, but at it's core, I suspect this is them just weeding the OS from any intruders so they can begin a process of lockdown. While simplicity may have it's elegance, for those of us who want a machine tailored specifically to them we may be looking elsewhere.
The MBP and the Cinema displays are all black bezel. I'd have thought, since they want you to bundle this with that display, it would match and not look like a lead weight.
At least the screen bezel, why is that not black in keeping with the rest of Apple's current design scheme? For $1k, I'd expect perfection across the board, not halfassedness.
Before you tag this as flaimbait, it's just critique. I've had a Mac in some manner since 1988. But fanbois won't read this far down anyway.
Never. More accessible, perhaps. The cost has been set. Technology does not decrease the price point to the consumer it only changes the service/goods offered at that price point. Get used to paying a fairly hefty price in the US. Does anyone seriously believe the people making a good profit from this are going to lower their earnings? Dream on.
Wow, and here I thought Tom Cruise only posted on Oprah's website and a Scientology blog. I am honoured to have you here on/.! (Tag that last sentence with sarcasm please.)
Until Cory Doctorow chimes in, I'm a blank slate on this issue. I'm sure he'll have a way to sort this out and make the world a free place for hugs and artists.
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When you put sophomoric children in charge of "spreading information" you get exactly this type of knee jerk blogging (I'd never call it journalism).
So if they do this like their other wonderful policies I cringe to think of what will happen...
.ru connection.
Those companies will see their mail servers flooding the net with botnet spam. Their websites will be littered with porn pop-ups. The and all of their secure transactions will no doubt authenticate via a
I've never understood the game console and the concept of game completion. Why does it have to have an end? To what point? Who actually cares you got there?
Personally I would like to L4D or Bioshock with a level-less mode. No bosses, no achievements, just play. There are days when it would be nice to just sit down and bash, shoot and stomp the shit out of zombies for 2 hrs and do nothing more.
We did that as well - test #3. It was amazing to see how many sat wherever they wished and claimed ignorance to the directions.
So I have a bad attitude about a guy who took a shit job and does it to the bare minimum? He could quit if he's so pissed. And honestly, does a janitor have a multitude of people scrubbing the floor for them? Your analogy is weak at best. If he cannot pony up and teach... then leave.
I did discuss it with him prior to doing it. So no foul there. We also had to submit the tests to the dept. and the testing dept. They kept master copies. But did not require them until after the exam.
That girl winning and losing at the same time, poetic beauty. As a student I never saw much of a point to the rampant cheating but never cared. As an adult, it annoys me. If for no other reason than the fact that it does end up hurting those who really work at it. As many people here have pointed out, in a job interview, the ones who work and actually learn usually shine.
I had an A, B and C exam spaced out so that you never sat next to or in front of your own test. And yes, I would say that almost everyone cheated. The exceptions would be the few who got quite high grades. I should add that I failed the person in the middle who fed the answers to those around them (quite easy to see who that was based on results and seat numbering).
The prof felt that we were basically setting up entrapment and had a moral issue with it on the first test. From then on we told them we were doing this. To help combat potential cheating I added a D exam. Eventually the grades leveled out to a normal distribution.
After looking at this video, I have to add, this guy is a tool. He is EVERYTHING that's wrong with education today. He's a fat lazy ass who feels he's entitled because of his position. Yet he cheats the very students at whom he's pissed. If he felt like he was delivering a good product in his education career he'd NEVER used canned tests. He'd also have fresh material that needed to have a new test created each and every time. Instead uses canned lectures and he's got a bank of assistants to do his bidding while he packs on the pounds and years to get to retirement. Teaching is an easy job for this type of person because they do it once and repeat until they retire. Using the moral high ground is just a way of deflecting the fact that he couldn't even write a good test.
First test (that I'd taken 2 yrs prior) I realized over half of the 180 students cheated. I told him and he could not believe it was possible. So instead of proving it I devised a new test. 3 identical looking exams with 3 entirely different answer keys. Most of the students were using a key person to cheat from. About 4 people were getting the (live) answers from 1 person. With the new test I did nothing to stop the cheating. The questions were all entirely fresh as well. Nothing was brought into the exam room. The class had a normal pas/fail slope on the first exam. On the second 64% failed with less than 25% correct. 20% more got less than 70% correct. So 16% of the class comfortably passed the exam. The professor was outraged. I just thought it was funny. When many of them protested I simply showed them the results to prove who they cheated off and explained they were more than encouraged to go to the administration with the results.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8gSTiWKm6A
This can only go terribly wrong.
"The Assissination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" has some of the longest shots imaginable. One of the reasons I loved this movie was because of the daring it took to make a movie with such slow pacing about murderers. Each frame is printable and suitable for framing.
"Birth" seems to barely have a script. Slow paced and focused on the acting to such a degree that entire scenes take place in body language and facial expression. It's a treat to see a modern film that takes time to develop a character and let you savour their craft.
I am confident that everyone will switch over in droves to ensure the security of their online communications. No doubt FB offers only the top most level of security with their email. Guaranteeing that they will never harvest data from it or sell/divulge your most intimate of secrets.
It seems to me that this week has shown a clear step forward for Apple and the Mac OS. In the very near future Lion will no longer be a computer OS but an Apple Platform. The difference being the user will not be able to just have their way with the interface, the usage or what goes on the device. I've watched the evolution of my desktop and have to say the more "stable" it becomes the more it is owned by Apple and I'm just there to rent it. OS 9 was the last time we had an easy OS to tweak and customize. It was the last time Apple allowed you to just put anything on the machine and give it a go. While I do think there's a bit of an overly paranoid reaction from many of the Mac haters; I do think the AppStore is the death of the home user control. Eventually we will not be able to put anything on our computer without Apple's approval. This gives Apple a clear appeal to the media industry across the board: "Our system cannot run pirated media!" And it gives them the ability to shape the market to whatever they see profitable. Not running Java may be justified by various reasons, but at it's core, I suspect this is them just weeding the OS from any intruders so they can begin a process of lockdown. While simplicity may have it's elegance, for those of us who want a machine tailored specifically to them we may be looking elsewhere.
The MBP and the Cinema displays are all black bezel. I'd have thought, since they want you to bundle this with that display, it would match and not look like a lead weight.
At least the screen bezel, why is that not black in keeping with the rest of Apple's current design scheme? For $1k, I'd expect perfection across the board, not halfassedness.
Before you tag this as flaimbait, it's just critique. I've had a Mac in some manner since 1988. But fanbois won't read this far down anyway.
In Space No One Can Hear You Download.
try reading Orwell's "1984", it will vastly improve your understanding of this world.
double plus good say I.
Lawyers.
Babies just have a hard time saying the word.
Never. More accessible, perhaps. The cost has been set. Technology does not decrease the price point to the consumer it only changes the service/goods offered at that price point. Get used to paying a fairly hefty price in the US. Does anyone seriously believe the people making a good profit from this are going to lower their earnings? Dream on.
Wow, and here I thought Tom Cruise only posted on Oprah's website and a Scientology blog. I am honoured to have you here on /.! (Tag that last sentence with sarcasm please.)
It was a joke asshat.
Mod this post up!
This is a perfect example of why we need a [sarcasm] [/sarcasm] tag. Even then, I suspect, the ego of C.D. would trump it.
Until Cory Doctorow chimes in, I'm a blank slate on this issue. I'm sure he'll have a way to sort this out and make the world a free place for hugs and artists.