Exactly. I'm enlightened about it, so are you, and Awptimus Prime & others, but there are a lot of people who aren't, and as a practical matter, ya still have to deal with that.
I must say, a lot of the people that saw me out on my rounds were quite friendly about things.
To kind of reiterate what I said above, I ratcheted back my level of activity in that area not out of shame, but rather, for financial reasons compared to other things I could be doing. In other words, in that regard I treated it like any other revenue-generating activity.
Dumpster diving I used to do some of it, and I'm not ashamed at all either. Salvaging trash always seemed like an honest wholesome way to make a few bucks. (I emphasize that last part because it's by no means a license to print money, generally) I've moved on from it (bigger and better things I suppose you could say; the negative social opinion that some people have is less of an issue to me than the financials)
(Your reference appears to be towards the Civil War, correct?)
I can certainly see your point about Hahvahd being overblown. Seems like we may have a chicken/egg or correlation/causation problem - they may have gotten into Harvard because they were egomaniacs, not made into egomaniacs by Harvard
I go to a private university myself, but I've never been a snob about it.
(during sing-along in dining hall; the songs often drove me nuts, even when they didn't have any political content) Camp staff: He [Columbus] said the world was round-o, he said it could be found-o... Me, mimicking the song's cadence: Which all educated men of the time knew-o...
Mr. Cohen, my former AP United States History teacher (upon an emailed report of the above exchanges): Ah, the perils of knowing your history - losing your innocence.
jcr seems to be on to something about the "Puritan" line being trumped up for Progressive ideological reasons; makes you wonder where these 'errors' come from - it ain't just laziness (although come to think of it, that explains some of it)
Much as I have a problem with the innocent being ensnared by stuff like this, I also have a problem with actually-guilty people getting off because the cops didn't follow proper procedure.
The bad police behavior should be treated separately from the bad civilian behavior.;P
That the student in question feels like a Luddite just because he has a problem with "new technology for the sake of new technology"
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Indeed. Other street traffic can be too fast for cyclists, other sidewalk traffic can be too slow.
I'd like to ride on the edge of the street if I can, but it's hard to fit, especially if (a lot of) people are parked on the side. (Also, in general, cycling on the side roads is a lot easier than cycling on the major ones.)
It seems that far too often, when I cross paths with a motorist, they think *I'm* the crazy one gettign in the way. If this is a true trend, then it's symptomatic of the culture problem
The dedicated bike trails we *do* have are more suited to ride-for-exercise purposes rather than transportation purposes. The one I was on this weekend was at best a long-distance backbone - one would have to be on regular streets at the beginning and end, as well as at occasional intersections.
The inefficiencies of US mass-transit systems are another issue.
Most modern game boxes could easily get into the Priority Mail flatrate envelope, which has a $4.80 postage charge anywhere in the US, which is reduced by a few percent further of you print the shippign label online.
I do have Office 2007, and I've noticed that certain ribbon tabs only pop up when the appropriate task is performed. For example, a tab with stuff related to tables only comes up when Word notices that a table is your active selection. (This tab comes up in addition to the "standard" ribbon )
You mean something like that? Firefox figures out you're torrenting, and puts up a ribbon tab with torrent-related command buttons?
I recall one class for which the professor standardized on a particular HP model (because that's what he had and what the bookstore had) However, the dang functions/concepts were the same, I figured out things just fine on the similar-function TI I already had (if I didn't have one, I might have gone with the flow and gotten the HP. But damned if I was buying a second...:P
..One of my high school's old-hand math teachers recalls paying 100' hours worth of wages for a calculator, and that was worthwhile for him back then, let alone what you could get for workign ~2 hours these days.
Though I've never used it to crib for tests, I've found that, in general, I don't reference my regular-lecture notes much, but the act of paying enough attention to get them down is the learning exercise to some extent.
I had (and still have) some paid-notetaking jobs; the university has to offer that for certain students as part of the disability-services regulations. I had enough of those that I got in the habit, often taking some notes even if I didn't "have to". (In the past, I oftne just tried to run off of normal memory)
At my university, the stats professor even joked about allowing us into the exam room with, in his words, a "cheat sheet" (8 1/2" by 11" paper with formulas of the students' choosing - that made sense; choosing which formulae to include on your sheet was essentially part of the test/challenge.)
That was the first course in the sequence; the 2nd class in the sequence (which I'm in now) is using the same concept, but in a bit more advanced manner; we're in a computer lab with access to Minitab and such.
By contrast, the calculus class (I only took one, didn't need to take more and won't be doing so) was quite anti-calculator. (To their credit, the problems were structured so that doing the grunt work by hand was at least somewhat plausible.:P) My last econ prof (okay, don't call it a science if you want, but there was definitely applied math), half-jokingly limited us to "ten-dollar calculators"
I have taken some blue-book exams, and considering their structure [read: time limits] and my knowledge or lack thereof of the material, even the small speed boost I got form writing cursive came in handy for getting *some more* information out to the professor.
Also, while you may truly not need the credentials (you don't have 'em but you know your stuff), there's a major problem with people who neither have the credentials nor know their stuff. ("posers", etc.)
It's hard to tell those two categories of people apart at a glance, so The Man plays it on the safe side and 'requests' the credentials.
Certainly, the value placed on the the "credentials/piece of paper" is part of what gives universities their market I understand how the nonsensicalness of this can be frustrating
Yet, although the information is out there, let's be honest: A lot of people (myself included) probably need the formal structure to get their butt in gear. Congratulations to those who don't need that pressure, "you're a better man than I."
This pressure is useful on the boring-but-necessary fundamentals in particular; I admit this can often descend into boring-and-not-really-that-necessary.
Also, the university environment can be good at organizing the information into more-absorbable forms (a subset of this is the presentation skills and relatable personal experiences of the good professors.)
FWIW, I'm in a BSc program at a good private school, not "Hahvahd-level"
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Exactly.
I'm enlightened about it, so are you, and Awptimus Prime & others, but there are a lot of people who aren't, and as a practical matter, ya still have to deal with that.
I must say, a lot of the people that saw me out on my rounds were quite friendly about things.
To kind of reiterate what I said above, I ratcheted back my level of activity in that area not out of shame, but rather, for financial reasons compared to other things I could be doing. In other words, in that regard I treated it like any other revenue-generating activity.
Dumpster diving
I used to do some of it, and I'm not ashamed at all either.
Salvaging trash always seemed like an honest wholesome way to make a few bucks. (I emphasize that last part because it's by no means a license to print money, generally)
I've moved on from it (bigger and better things I suppose you could say; the negative social opinion that some people have is less of an issue to me than the financials)
(Your reference appears to be towards the Civil War, correct?)
I can certainly see your point about Hahvahd being overblown.
Seems like we may have a chicken/egg or correlation/causation problem - they may have gotten into Harvard because they were egomaniacs, not made into egomaniacs by Harvard
I go to a private university myself, but I've never been a snob about it.
Drivers licenses certainly haven't gotten rid of all the bleeping morons who I have to share the road with...:(
Different time, same year:
(during sing-along in dining hall; the songs often drove me nuts, even when they didn't have any political content)
Camp staff: He [Columbus] said the world was round-o, he said it could be found-o...
Me, mimicking the song's cadence: Which all educated men of the time knew-o...
Mr. Cohen, my former AP United States History teacher (upon an emailed report of the above exchanges):
Ah, the perils of knowing your history - losing your innocence.
jcr seems to be on to something about the "Puritan" line being trumped up for Progressive ideological reasons; makes you wonder where these 'errors' come from - it ain't just laziness (although come to think of it, that explains some of it)
Back from July 2008, I think this was-
Summer-camp chaplain: This country was founded by men who were reverent...
Me: It was also founded by Virginia tobacco speculators!
*Those* guys certainly don't fall under the category 'reverent', unless you count the Almighty Dollar, er, Almighty Pound Sterling.
What, you caught the virus Weird Al warned us about?
"(Look out!) And [the virus will] make your iPod only play Jethro Tull"
Okay, considering the content of your post,
s/iPod/$some_MP3_Player/g
j/k, I have a few Tull albums in rotation myself.
Much as I have a problem with the innocent being ensnared by stuff like this, I also have a problem with actually-guilty people getting off because the cops didn't follow proper procedure.
The bad police behavior should be treated separately from the bad civilian behavior. ;P
As a student myself, I've sometimes noticed that long summer vacations are too much of a good thing, almost.
An important logistical issue I see here is making sure the schools have decent air-conditioning systems
My chief issue is "more != better", as well as the other problems, those that more time won't address, as many of my fellow /. commenters have said
I thought people got promoted to their failure point, and then stayed there.
"Like the only two options are neophile and dinosaur"
Nice way to put it.
Nice example too.
Wait a second, a somewhat-ethical electronics salesman? What, did the guy find new work after being fired from BestBuy? :P
That the student in question feels like a Luddite just because he has a problem with "new technology for the sake of new technology"
Indeed. Other street traffic can be too fast for cyclists, other sidewalk traffic can be too slow.
I'd like to ride on the edge of the street if I can, but it's hard to fit, especially if (a lot of) people are parked on the side. (Also, in general, cycling on the side roads is a lot easier than cycling on the major ones.)
It seems that far too often, when I cross paths with a motorist, they think *I'm* the crazy one gettign in the way. If this is a true trend, then it's symptomatic of the culture problem
The dedicated bike trails we *do* have are more suited to ride-for-exercise purposes rather than transportation purposes.
The one I was on this weekend was at best a long-distance backbone - one would have to be on regular streets at the beginning and end, as well as at occasional intersections.
The inefficiencies of US mass-transit systems are another issue.
We can do that.
Here's your 35-euro 35-centiliter soft drink.
Most modern game boxes could easily get into the Priority Mail flatrate envelope, which has a $4.80 postage charge anywhere in the US, which is reduced by a few percent further of you print the shippign label online.
Hmm, the Office Button seems a heckuva lot like a File menu to me.
Maybe more of a hybrid approach *is* possible.
I do have Office 2007, and I've noticed that certain ribbon tabs only pop up when the appropriate task is performed. For example, a tab with stuff related to tables only comes up when Word notices that a table is your active selection.
(This tab comes up in addition to the "standard" ribbon )
You mean something like that? Firefox figures out you're torrenting, and puts up a ribbon tab with torrent-related command buttons?
http://magiccards.info/al/en/113.html Kudzu isn't all that hard to destroy - even http://magiccards.info/al/en/202.html will do the trick
I recall one class for which the professor standardized on a particular HP model (because that's what he had and what the bookstore had) However, the dang functions/concepts were the same, I figured out things just fine on the similar-function TI I already had (if I didn't have one, I might have gone with the flow and gotten the HP. But damned if I was buying a second...:P
..One of my high school's old-hand math teachers recalls paying 100' hours worth of wages for a calculator, and that was worthwhile for him back then, let alone what you could get for workign ~2 hours these days.
Though I've never used it to crib for tests, I've found that, in general, I don't reference my regular-lecture notes much, but the act of paying enough attention to get them down is the learning exercise to some extent.
I had (and still have) some paid-notetaking jobs; the university has to offer that for certain students as part of the disability-services regulations. I had enough of those that I got in the habit, often taking some notes even if I didn't "have to". (In the past, I oftne just tried to run off of normal memory)
At my university, the stats professor even joked about allowing us into the exam room with, in his words, a "cheat sheet" (8 1/2" by 11" paper with formulas of the students' choosing - that made sense; choosing which formulae to include on your sheet was essentially part of the test/challenge.)
GP: By Z-tests, I'm assuming you mean using something like this:
http://people.rit.edu/~smam320/Tables/NORMTAB.PDF
That was the first course in the sequence; the 2nd class in the sequence (which I'm in now) is using the same concept, but in a bit more advanced manner; we're in a computer lab with access to Minitab and such.
By contrast, the calculus class (I only took one, didn't need to take more and won't be doing so) was quite anti-calculator. (To their credit, the problems were structured so that doing the grunt work by hand was at least somewhat plausible. :P)
My last econ prof (okay, don't call it a science if you want, but there was definitely applied math), half-jokingly limited us to "ten-dollar calculators"
I have taken some blue-book exams, and considering their structure [read: time limits] and my knowledge or lack thereof of the material, even the small speed boost I got form writing cursive came in handy for getting *some more* information out to the professor.
Also, while you may truly not need the credentials (you don't have 'em but you know your stuff), there's a major problem with people who neither have the credentials nor know their stuff. ("posers", etc.)
It's hard to tell those two categories of people apart at a glance, so The Man plays it on the safe side and 'requests' the credentials.
Certainly, the value placed on the the "credentials/piece of paper" is part of what gives universities their market
I understand how the nonsensicalness of this can be frustrating
Yet, although the information is out there, let's be honest: A lot of people (myself included) probably need the formal structure to get their butt in gear. Congratulations to those who don't need that pressure, "you're a better man than I."
This pressure is useful on the boring-but-necessary fundamentals in particular; I admit this can often descend into boring-and-not-really-that-necessary.
Also, the university environment can be good at organizing the information into more-absorbable forms (a subset of this is the presentation skills and relatable personal experiences of the good professors.)
FWIW, I'm in a BSc program at a good private school, not "Hahvahd-level"