Have you ever wondered if it's possible to set up a competitor for the record companies that comprise the RIAA? Say... if you had the billions of $$ that Bill Gates has and you decided you just wanted to f*ck with the RIAA, you could set up a large-scale online music distribution system, a marketing arm to promote artists, and a recruiting arm to bring the talent into your agency. You could then proceed to just beat the RIAA in their own market.
I suppose this could fail on two counts: a) there's no way to be profitable on the same scale as the RIAA without protecting your assets through the same tactics they're currently using (which I doubt most of us believe) or b) to have the Gates-type bucks to do this you have to be such an unscrupulous bastard that you'd be no better than the RIAA anyway.
I've always admired your lovely toupee. Are you a member of the Hair Club for Men? If so, how would you rate their service and the durability of their product? Apparently one can fight Klingons without a hair falling out of place, but can you really swim with that thing on, as the commercials would imply?
I've been in school forever, about to complete a PhD in CS, and I have heard the undergrad advisor give the same lecture to students over and over again. A Computer Science degree program is not intended to generate programmers. CS is best described as applied mathematics, which is why the primary focus of most of the CS coursework is on the theoretical underpinnings, with a heavy dose of math study. Rarely will you get degree credits for taking a pure programming class.
Now aside from that, I question the validity of any Bachelors degree that you can obtain in a year. I hate to sound esoteric, but a four year degree is not vocational training. You are supposed to learn something broader than your field of study. I think we lost something important a while back when our reason for attending a University became motivated solely by the desire to increase our salary. I think there's still something to be said for the pursuit of knowledge and possibly the experience of being surrounded by other smart and motivated students. But then again, I'm an academic nerd, so what do I know.:)
Hmmm... seems to me the issue of restricting Internet access would be unconstitutional. For the same reason that people have challenged the constitutionality of restricting access at public libraries. The people who can afford to go to private schools or out of state get the privilege of full Internet access, while those at the state schools don't. I'd be surprised if the law held up in court.
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Have you ever wondered if it's possible to set up a competitor for the record companies that comprise the RIAA? Say... if you had the billions of $$ that Bill Gates has and you decided you just wanted to f*ck with the RIAA, you could set up a large-scale online music distribution system, a marketing arm to promote artists, and a recruiting arm to bring the talent into your agency. You could then proceed to just beat the RIAA in their own market.
I suppose this could fail on two counts: a) there's no way to be profitable on the same scale as the RIAA without protecting your assets through the same tactics they're currently using (which I doubt most of us believe) or b) to have the Gates-type bucks to do this you have to be such an unscrupulous bastard that you'd be no better than the RIAA anyway.
I've always admired your lovely toupee. Are you a member of the Hair Club for Men? If so, how would you rate their service and the durability of their product? Apparently one can fight Klingons without a hair falling out of place, but can you really swim with that thing on, as the commercials would imply?
I've been in school forever, about to complete a PhD in CS, and I have heard the undergrad advisor give the same lecture to students over and over again. A Computer Science degree program is not intended to generate programmers. CS is best described as applied mathematics, which is why the primary focus of most of the CS coursework is on the theoretical underpinnings, with a heavy dose of math study. Rarely will you get degree credits for taking a pure programming class.
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Now aside from that, I question the validity of any Bachelors degree that you can obtain in a year. I hate to sound esoteric, but a four year degree is not vocational training. You are supposed to learn something broader than your field of study. I think we lost something important a while back when our reason for attending a University became motivated solely by the desire to increase our salary. I think there's still something to be said for the pursuit of knowledge and possibly the experience of being surrounded by other smart and motivated students. But then again, I'm an academic nerd, so what do I know.
Hmmm... seems to me the issue of restricting Internet access would be unconstitutional. For the same reason that people have challenged the constitutionality of restricting access at public libraries. The people who can afford to go to private schools or out of state get the privilege of full Internet access, while those at the state schools don't. I'd be surprised if the law held up in court.