A mac address alone is still as close to worthless as it's possible to get...
A MAC address on a random wireless connection in a carpark is probably worthless. A MAC address at an organization running a "real" DHCP server (ISC et al) gets you the PC's Windows hostname out of the DHCP log files, and it gets you a current IP address and a switch CAM table trace if the MAC ever comes back.
We do this all the time (after first searching logs for IP -> MAC) to try to locate and notify impacted users when processing DMCA takedown notices, which typically come with an (alleged) offense date some time in the past.
Always treat Visa transactions like any other transaction; that is, you may not impose any surcharge on a Visa transaction. You may, however, offer a discount for cash transactions, provided that the offer is clearly disclosed to customers and the cash price is presented as a discount from the standard price charged for all other forms of payment.
"Discount" okay, "surcharge" not okay. It's all in the wording.
Everyone's answer talks about which school will give you the best or most interesting education, the best social experience, the best resume for your first interview, the best networking to get you your first job, blah blah blah. Young punks, looking at the short-term picture.
Ten, fifteen years from now, you're going to start having really great, innovative ideas you want to develop on your own, away from your employer; but by yourself, you won't have all the different technical skills you need to get the job done.
If you went to an MIT or CMU, you're going to know half a dozen people with the complementary skills you need to get the job done and get your idea into the market. If you went to a liberal arts college, you're going to sit around on your ass muttering about how you could have made a million off this one great idea if the deck weren't stacked against you.
There's a reason technical school graduates keep cranking out innovations, and it's not the great education, nor the old party line about having the right connections for great opportunities or venture capital. It's about having the right connections to do absolutely anything they can imagine. Everything else follows from there.
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A MAC address on a random wireless connection in a carpark is probably worthless. A MAC address at an organization running a "real" DHCP server (ISC et al) gets you the PC's Windows hostname out of the DHCP log files, and it gets you a current IP address and a switch CAM table trace if the MAC ever comes back.
We do this all the time (after first searching logs for IP -> MAC) to try to locate and notify impacted users when processing DMCA takedown notices, which typically come with an (alleged) offense date some time in the past.
Everyone's answer talks about which school will give you the best or most interesting education, the best social experience, the best resume for your first interview, the best networking to get you your first job, blah blah blah. Young punks, looking at the short-term picture.
Ten, fifteen years from now, you're going to start having really great, innovative ideas you want to develop on your own, away from your employer; but by yourself, you won't have all the different technical skills you need to get the job done.
If you went to an MIT or CMU, you're going to know half a dozen people with the complementary skills you need to get the job done and get your idea into the market. If you went to a liberal arts college, you're going to sit around on your ass muttering about how you could have made a million off this one great idea if the deck weren't stacked against you.
There's a reason technical school graduates keep cranking out innovations, and it's not the great education, nor the old party line about having the right connections for great opportunities or venture capital. It's about having the right connections to do absolutely anything they can imagine. Everything else follows from there.