For me, I got accepted into three master's program, but only one, the one that I have my undergrad, offer an assistantship.
Usually it is MUCH easier to get financial aid if you stay. I live in a big city, and my university offers the traveling scholars program (it is called CIC) that will allow you to study in another university for one year without going through their admission process, and you of course pay tuition only to your home university.
In this kind of economy, you will be better off riding out of recession by going to grad school. If you are U.S. citizen or resident (not international students), loans are way to go.
Two years ago, when I graduated, even before the the Great Economic Tsunami, I was being offered an IT job in a food company for $35K (this is in the Chicago area).
Having a B.S. in EE, I decide to go forward and have grad school instead. Now lucky I made that decision, and even now may have a chance to shoot for the PhD and do some real research.
Chances are if I took that job offer, I would probably get laid off, after being abused for 2 years, and may have difficulty go back to school, as you need to reset your mentality.
$60K of loans are worth it if you like what you are doing.
In our university, the computer lab division consist of 200+ student employees, working an average of 15 hours per week. In order for a university to eligible for Federal Work-Study funds, there must be at least a certain percentage of students working on campus.
That is how we pay for our tuition, without the problem (especially scheduling and commuting problem) associated with an off-campus job.
AMD Phenom II 940 is even better price for that kind purpose.
I use 16 GB RAM, 4x WD Velociraptor 300GB for RAID 0+1, ATI Radeon 4870 X2, Windows Vista Ultimate as host OS and use Virtual PC for Ubuntu, windows 2008 datacenter it works fabulous.
They forgot one thing. You can just walk in to an apple store with a broken Mac/iphone etc. and they will send it for repair, then notify you when the repaired stuff is ready to pickup.
Same thing cannot be done with a PC. Just the phone call to Dell/Toshiba/HP/ blah blah is going to take you more time. Not even counting the time you need to find a translator to understand what the customer service rep. talking over the phone.
Behind USA in scientific research, but apply it fast for civilian use.
USA:
Bleeding edge scientific research, but not for civilian use.
Look, MagLev, Concord, AI-controlled robotic news reporters etc. , these idea comes from research in the U.S. , but only visible in East Asian countries to adopt.
That is the reason why we have crappy public transportation systems.
For Best Buy, they set it to 1 minute between you walk up to the front desk showing your ID and the credit card you used for the order, and when they hand the stuff to you. If they can't meet it is $10 off your order.
The problem is, for the same grade and academic quality, it is far easier for an international student to get financial aid then U.S. Citizens / Permanent resident. FOr us, we can only get loans, while international students get loads of assistantships.
Here is why... it is easier for the professors to abuse international students.
We need a united labor union for IT. Somebody needs to start it. This union should provide legal assistance to its member, in return for its dues. Only that the serious, prolonged abuse of IT staff everywhere will be stopped.
There is no way you can take over and WIN without being unified. Given the current situation, any single Linux distribution will not be able to challenge Microsoft's OS.
Yeah, like we can generate academic papers automatically, without human intervention. It is called SCIgen. It is readable and understandable, depend on your definition of "Readable" and "Understandable".
The most beautiful, smartest, and the richest are in the medical school, most of them are Indian or Middle Eastern girls, if you can stand their fiery behavior.
You hit it right there. Overdoing things are our weakness.
During my first love campaign, the girl's parent was scared because I am using D&D terms when talking to their daughter. So that fails (of course there are some racism involved too, as most white people are against east Asian people over anything)
In my second campaign, another girl got scared off because I was trying to give her a birthday present, and end up planning for a birthday party instead. She did not appreciate that at all. (She think I have been giving too much attention, although there are external sabotage as well).
So, for that matter, we need to start looser when thinking. Don't go to overboard. Look at other success stories and copycat them. Even if it does not make sense in your logic.
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For me, I got accepted into three master's program, but only one, the one that I have my undergrad, offer an assistantship.
Usually it is MUCH easier to get financial aid if you stay. I live in a big city, and my university offers the traveling scholars program (it is called CIC) that will allow you to study in another university for one year without going through their admission process, and you of course pay tuition only to your home university.
In this kind of economy, you will be better off riding out of recession by going to grad school. If you are U.S. citizen or resident (not international students), loans are way to go.
Two years ago, when I graduated, even before the the Great Economic Tsunami, I was being offered an IT job in a food company for $35K (this is in the Chicago area).
Having a B.S. in EE, I decide to go forward and have grad school instead. Now lucky I made that decision, and even now may have a chance to shoot for the PhD and do some real research.
Chances are if I took that job offer, I would probably get laid off, after being abused for 2 years, and may have difficulty go back to school, as you need to reset your mentality.
$60K of loans are worth it if you like what you are doing.
In our university, the computer lab division consist of 200+ student employees, working an average of 15 hours per week. In order for a university to eligible for Federal Work-Study funds, there must be at least a certain percentage of students working on campus.
That is how we pay for our tuition, without the problem (especially scheduling and commuting problem) associated with an off-campus job.
AMD Phenom II 940 is even better price for that kind purpose.
I use 16 GB RAM, 4x WD Velociraptor 300GB for RAID 0+1, ATI Radeon 4870 X2, Windows Vista Ultimate as host OS and use Virtual PC for Ubuntu, windows 2008 datacenter it works fabulous.
Or actually Bachelor of Arts (or Fine Arts) in Theology. That is a more appropriate terminology.
They forgot one thing. You can just walk in to an apple store with a broken Mac/iphone etc. and they will send it for repair, then notify you when the repaired stuff is ready to pickup.
Same thing cannot be done with a PC. Just the phone call to Dell/Toshiba/HP/ blah blah is going to take you more time. Not even counting the time you need to find a translator to understand what the customer service rep. talking over the phone.
Having a dictionary attack of 8000 accounts requires probably 1 million machines using Intel Core i7-965 for a thousand years.
If, according to comcast, the password are heavily encrypted, how the hell someone can find it in clear text?
That means someone or something in somewhere store these information in clear text to begin with.
Japan, China:
Behind USA in scientific research, but apply it fast for civilian use.
USA:
Bleeding edge scientific research, but not for civilian use.
Look, MagLev, Concord, AI-controlled robotic news reporters etc. , these idea comes from research in the U.S. , but only visible in East Asian countries to adopt.
That is the reason why we have crappy public transportation systems.
"CC lets you chargeback".
And in most places, this type of behaviour constitutes fraud.
For Best Buy, they set it to 1 minute between you walk up to the front desk showing your ID and the credit card you used for the order, and when they hand the stuff to you. If they can't meet it is $10 off your order.
With a little RTS or reconnaissance skills you can get your dream girl in little to no cost.
Yes they already did. It is called Windows 7.
RC1 is expected to arrive on April 10th. Should be going Gold really soon.
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Windows_7_RC_Gets_36_Changes/551-99470-643.html
"Well, Wall Street will say all of what they do is a waste, because it might take longer than next quarter's results."
And now you see why we have the Great Economic Tsunami of 2008.
When you have Neo-Cons calling for expulsion of non-white immigrants from America, this is pretty much what is expected.
The problem is, for the same grade and academic quality, it is far easier for an international student to get financial aid then U.S. Citizens / Permanent resident. FOr us, we can only get loans, while international students get loads of assistantships.
Here is why... it is easier for the professors to abuse international students.
Come on. You can afford more. Just print more euro and pay them with those.
We need a united labor union for IT. Somebody needs to start it. This union should provide legal assistance to its member, in return for its dues. Only that the serious, prolonged abuse of IT staff everywhere will be stopped.
There is no way you can take over and WIN without being unified. Given the current situation, any single Linux distribution will not be able to challenge Microsoft's OS.
Unless victory is not your objective.
Looks like in the U.S. nobody ready embrace the true g33k sport yet.
The MLS Cup, U.S. Open Cup, CONCACAF Champions League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EURO, and FIFA World Cup deserve far more greater respect.
For this is a IEEE symposium on bots, there should be a crapload of SCIgen-supported paper as well.
Yeah, like we can generate academic papers automatically, without human intervention. It is called SCIgen. It is readable and understandable, depend on your definition of "Readable" and "Understandable".
All RTS players out there, I mean C&C, Warcraft (not WoW), Starcraft players etc. Use your skill you learned!
Fight for girls, expel your opposition. Plan a thoughtful campaign. Plan your resource ($$$) carefully, as girls drain these a lot.
Setup a website for the center of action. Invite expert opinion and advisor throughout your love campaign.
Victory is in reach!
The most beautiful, smartest, and the richest are in the medical school, most of them are Indian or Middle Eastern girls, if you can stand their fiery behavior.
You hit it right there. Overdoing things are our weakness.
During my first love campaign, the girl's parent was scared because I am using D&D terms when talking to their daughter. So that fails (of course there are some racism involved too, as most white people are against east Asian people over anything)
In my second campaign, another girl got scared off because I was trying to give her a birthday present, and end up planning for a birthday party instead. She did not appreciate that at all. (She think I have been giving too much attention, although there are external sabotage as well).
So, for that matter, we need to start looser when thinking. Don't go to overboard. Look at other success stories and copycat them. Even if it does not make sense in your logic.