A Ms. Grimes was quoted in the article, "This has been a longtime requirement in Minnesota (at least 20 years) and applies to online and brick-and-mortar postsecondary institutions that offer instruction to Minnesota residents as part of our overall responsibility to provide consumer protection for students,” However, Coursera is free, so how do consumer protection laws come into play? Also, take a look at some of the participating institutions : Princeton, Duke, Illinois, Brown, University of Michigan, Columbia... I'm glad the Minnesota officials are so vigilant about protecting Minnesota residents.
I agree. I'm left-handed and have always used a right-handed mouse or trackball. I can't even use a left handed mouse or scissors comfortably anymore. In some ways using a mouse right-handed helps me work faster. I can click on a pull down menu using the mouse, then press a key with my left hand. (At least until Office went to the ribbon interface)
Recycling is breaking something down into component materials and re-fabricating those materials into new things. Unplugging a tube and plugging it in somewhere else isn't recycling. Still, it conserves natural resources, so what the hey.
Parts that are not being used, are being transferred to active research projects saving a lot of money. This is a very good thing. Why are we splitting hairs on this?
I would suggest finding some non-profit organizations and offering to develop/redevelop their websites. Many of them use template web pages that are of decent quality, but don't really stand out. A number of them would like to add more functionality, such as a "Members Only" area or a self service address update function, but lack the time or capability to set this up. Part of the work could include documentation, update procedures, etc. The websites of these organizations are generally hosted by a third party so after the initial meetings, you wouldn't have to spend a lot of time traveling. Even 3 or 4 of these would be a good start to build a portfolio and you would be able to pick up some references. A potential employer (or customer) would be able to easily check out your work.
I have been using SAS for about 3 years and it is not suitable based on the posters requirements: 1. "I also place emphasis on anything that is open source and easy to implement": SAS is not open source and has a tremendously steep learning curve. 2. "allow me to bypass the convoluted purchase approval process.": It is licensed directly from SAS, you won't find it at CDWG or JourneyEd etc. SAS requires a lot of effort, but will produce tremendous results. Since this is a relatively small part of the poster's job, it doesn't look like it would be time or cost effective approach.
I'm imagining this with the HDDs being used as clay pigeons. I sincerely hope that's close to the truth.
I don't think that would be very effective. When you are shooting "trap", the shot is very small as the clay pigeons are very fragile. Off the top of my head, I would say the shot is about the diameter of a Fondue stick. I doubt it would penetrate the case of the hard drive. Stick with the high powered rifles.
As a retired Navigator (17 years in KC-135's (A/E/R) I think that this post is absolutely correct on the mindset of flyers. They don't want be sick and go DNIF (Duties, Not Including Flying-- Grounded) and the schedulers sure don't want you off flying status. If you were grounded, once you got back on flying status, there was punishment in terms extra duty and crappy flights. I flew when I probably shouldn't have, but most everybody did. Maybe more information will come out now the shuttle program is over.
SAS -- I started with SAS at age 50. It has a very steep learning curve. After a couple of years, I crossed the line to where it increased my productivity and efficiency. I was told by my old boss that I didn't need to do it, but that absolutely defied any common sense. I have a lot of skills, most of which are obsolete. (Celestial Navigation anyone?) You have to keep picking up new skills. You are only too old to learn something new if you think you are. Hats off to your coworker who is willing to take on a new challenge.
I'm sure those monitors will be very expensive when they first come out. Why not try it in a store first? If it doesn't work, you won't have spent your money on a product that is only partially functional for you. Or you can purchase a regular monitor and have some money left over for something else.
Crappy does not describe this. The price of the paper is 30 Euros! (I didn't buy it, if I had I would be posting as AC) Who is going to pay that kind of money based on the posted abstract?
Getting the data is only the beginning. From the article: "He worked for three years on the discovery, analyzing data made public by the university using his two home computers, spending hundreds of hours of his spare time in the task." This sounds like he did a lot of hard work to accomplish this. This shows the value of making the data publicly available.
I would like to amplify on this post. There are some time when there is no middle ground, no compromise. Just suck it up and don't keep score because it all works out. For example, my wife really wanted to see "Chocolat" I decided to grin and bear it, but next week we watched "We Were Soldiers" That is a small example, but there will be bigger issues. I wish you two a long and happy marriage.
I remember reading a similar case about someone who wanted to grow barley for use in home brewing. None of the suppliers would sell to him because of the tiny quantity he needed, but the government wouldn't allow him to grow his own because he would affect interstate commerce because he wouldn't be buying it on the open market.
Most of the cable companies now contract out the burying part. Time Warner in southeast Wisconsin does it this way. I'm sure if you checked back in a few days, you would find that the cable was now buried. Another interesting fact that the cable guy told me: The phone company and the cable company constantly cut each other's lines. It was costing more to assess blame and pay each other for damages than it would just to fix their own cables.
I'm not sure about all of the details with regard to TV antennas being banned. Perhaps you might want to look at the following link: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html
I live in the Milwaukee area and there was absolutely nothing about this in the local news. We subscribe to the local newspaper (Journal-Sentinal), visit the Journal-Sentinal website on a regular basis, and listen to the radio. If the local media is ignoring the story, why should AT&T talk about it. By the way, guess who bought a boatload of advertising on the above mentioned local media to lobby for a change in Wisconsin cable law? The new law allows AT&T to bypass local municipalities to get a franchise.
I guess I'm one of those who fall into that group. I'm not a technophobe, we have Road Runner for high speed access and I have an extensive home network set up with wired and wireless connections. I could not do my job with a computer. However, Cable or satellite TV is a massive time sink and we (my family and I) have better things to do: Some of them: Read books (lots of books for the kids), play outside in both neighborhood sports and on organized teams, play and practice musical instruments, provide computer support for my son's school (currently we are converting the computer lab to thin clients), serve on a board that funds volunteer projects, serve in the AF Reserve, exercise, etc. etc.
We watch an hour or two of TV, ER and Mystery so we will need a converter. I suppose I'll buy a HDTV eventually, but like computers they are constantly getting faster, better, and cheaper. I'll wait for another couple of years.
I'm not saying there is anything wrong with cable or satellite -- if we had it I would park in front of the History Channel, it is just a matter of priorities.
If Mary Wilson is playing the Potawatomi Bingo Casino you've got to feel sorry for her. That's the only gig that these artists who were something 30 or 40 years ago can get.
You say, "On the note of the pictures. I'm not sure they can use the pictures as the primary way to make profit without owing some of that profit to the people in the picture." However, that is exactly what the paparazzi do and they don't limit themselves to public areas.
Here is an extract from the ITS site at the university where I work:
By downloading and installing this software, you can print from your personal computer to any campus XXXXX printer. Click here for a list of campus XXXXX printers.
Printing is available on-campus, including wireless, and off-campus via XXXXX VPN (Virtual Private Network).
The account is tied to your student ID. Personal computers can be connected either via wired or wireless connections all over campus.
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A Ms. Grimes was quoted in the article, "This has been a longtime requirement in Minnesota (at least 20 years) and applies to online and brick-and-mortar postsecondary institutions that offer instruction to Minnesota residents as part of our overall responsibility to provide consumer protection for students,” However, Coursera is free, so how do consumer protection laws come into play? Also, take a look at some of the participating institutions : Princeton, Duke, Illinois, Brown, University of Michigan, Columbia... I'm glad the Minnesota officials are so vigilant about protecting Minnesota residents.
I agree. I'm left-handed and have always used a right-handed mouse or trackball. I can't even use a left handed mouse or scissors comfortably anymore. In some ways using a mouse right-handed helps me work faster. I can click on a pull down menu using the mouse, then press a key with my left hand. (At least until Office went to the ribbon interface)
Recycling is breaking something down into component materials and re-fabricating those materials into new things. Unplugging a tube and plugging it in somewhere else isn't recycling. Still, it conserves natural resources, so what the hey.
Parts that are not being used, are being transferred to active research projects saving a lot of money. This is a very good thing. Why are we splitting hairs on this?
I would suggest finding some non-profit organizations and offering to develop/redevelop their websites. Many of them use template web pages that are of decent quality, but don't really stand out. A number of them would like to add more functionality, such as a "Members Only" area or a self service address update function, but lack the time or capability to set this up. Part of the work could include documentation, update procedures, etc. The websites of these organizations are generally hosted by a third party so after the initial meetings, you wouldn't have to spend a lot of time traveling. Even 3 or 4 of these would be a good start to build a portfolio and you would be able to pick up some references. A potential employer (or customer) would be able to easily check out your work.
I have been using SAS for about 3 years and it is not suitable based on the posters requirements:
1. "I also place emphasis on anything that is open source and easy to implement": SAS is not open source and has a tremendously steep learning curve.
2. "allow me to bypass the convoluted purchase approval process.": It is licensed directly from SAS, you won't find it at CDWG or JourneyEd etc.
SAS requires a lot of effort, but will produce tremendous results. Since this is a relatively small part of the poster's job, it doesn't look like it would be time or cost effective approach.
I'm imagining this with the HDDs being used as clay pigeons. I sincerely hope that's close to the truth.
I don't think that would be very effective. When you are shooting "trap", the shot is very small as the clay pigeons are very fragile. Off the top of my head, I would say the shot is about the diameter of a Fondue stick. I doubt it would penetrate the case of the hard drive. Stick with the high powered rifles.
As a retired Navigator (17 years in KC-135's (A/E/R) I think that this post is absolutely correct on the mindset of flyers. They don't want be sick and go DNIF (Duties, Not Including Flying-- Grounded) and the schedulers sure don't want you off flying status. If you were grounded, once you got back on flying status, there was punishment in terms extra duty and crappy flights. I flew when I probably shouldn't have, but most everybody did. Maybe more information will come out now the shuttle program is over.
SAS -- I started with SAS at age 50. It has a very steep learning curve. After a couple of years, I crossed the line to where it increased my productivity and efficiency. I was told by my old boss that I didn't need to do it, but that absolutely defied any common sense. I have a lot of skills, most of which are obsolete. (Celestial Navigation anyone?) You have to keep picking up new skills. You are only too old to learn something new if you think you are. Hats off to your coworker who is willing to take on a new challenge.
I'm sure those monitors will be very expensive when they first come out. Why not try it in a store first? If it doesn't work, you won't have spent your money on a product that is only partially functional for you. Or you can purchase a regular monitor and have some money left over for something else.
Crappy does not describe this. The price of the paper is 30 Euros! (I didn't buy it, if I had I would be posting as AC) Who is going to pay that kind of money based on the posted abstract?
Getting the data is only the beginning. From the article: "He worked for three years on the discovery, analyzing data made public by the university using his two home computers, spending hundreds of hours of his spare time in the task." This sounds like he did a lot of hard work to accomplish this. This shows the value of making the data publicly available.
I still don't understand how IE could be made less secure. Surely, IE offers more options than just Javascript to install malware.
I would like to amplify on this post. There are some time when there is no middle ground, no compromise. Just suck it up and don't keep score because it all works out. For example, my wife really wanted to see "Chocolat" I decided to grin and bear it, but next week we watched "We Were Soldiers" That is a small example, but there will be bigger issues. I wish you two a long and happy marriage.
Absolutely none!
Reading through the rant:
"So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated."
He really does understand Microsoft. I wonder if he felt like throwing a chair or something.
Today is February 20. This is listed as a critical flaw and they are taking 18 days to release a patch. I'm glad they're getting right on this.
I remember reading a similar case about someone who wanted to grow barley for use in home brewing. None of the suppliers would sell to him because of the tiny quantity he needed, but the government wouldn't allow him to grow his own because he would affect interstate commerce because he wouldn't be buying it on the open market.
Too bad you posted as AC. This comment is very insightful and deserves to be modded to +5.
Most of the cable companies now contract out the burying part. Time Warner in southeast Wisconsin does it this way. I'm sure if you checked back in a few days, you would find that the cable was now buried. Another interesting fact that the cable guy told me: The phone company and the cable company constantly cut each other's lines. It was costing more to assess blame and pay each other for damages than it would just to fix their own cables.
I'm not sure about all of the details with regard to TV antennas being banned. Perhaps you might want to look at the following link: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html
I live in the Milwaukee area and there was absolutely nothing about this in the local news. We subscribe to the local newspaper (Journal-Sentinal), visit the Journal-Sentinal website on a regular basis, and listen to the radio. If the local media is ignoring the story, why should AT&T talk about it. By the way, guess who bought a boatload of advertising on the above mentioned local media to lobby for a change in Wisconsin cable law? The new law allows AT&T to bypass local municipalities to get a franchise.
I guess I'm one of those who fall into that group. I'm not a technophobe, we have Road Runner for high speed access and I have an extensive home network set up with wired and wireless connections. I could not do my job with a computer. However, Cable or satellite TV is a massive time sink and we (my family and I) have better things to do: Some of them: Read books (lots of books for the kids), play outside in both neighborhood sports and on organized teams, play and practice musical instruments, provide computer support for my son's school (currently we are converting the computer lab to thin clients), serve on a board that funds volunteer projects, serve in the AF Reserve, exercise, etc. etc.
We watch an hour or two of TV, ER and Mystery so we will need a converter. I suppose I'll buy a HDTV eventually, but like computers they are constantly getting faster, better, and cheaper. I'll wait for another couple of years.
I'm not saying there is anything wrong with cable or satellite -- if we had it I would park in front of the History Channel, it is just a matter of priorities.
If Mary Wilson is playing the Potawatomi Bingo Casino you've got to feel sorry for her. That's the only gig that these artists who were something 30 or 40 years ago can get.
You say, "On the note of the pictures. I'm not sure they can use the pictures as the primary way to make profit without owing some of that profit to the people in the picture." However, that is exactly what the paparazzi do and they don't limit themselves to public areas.
Here is an extract from the ITS site at the university where I work:
By downloading and installing this software, you can print from your personal computer to any campus XXXXX printer. Click here for a list of campus XXXXX printers.
Printing is available on-campus, including wireless, and off-campus via XXXXX VPN (Virtual Private Network).
The account is tied to your student ID. Personal computers can be connected either via wired or wireless connections all over campus.
I'm sure that this is not a unique situation.