And you had a billion dollars you can make your OWN Star Wars movie but until then, you can rant all you want. I don't see any of you guys creating an epic movie series that has universal appeal and has lasted the test of time (22 years). Now we have a new one and all are so ready to rip it apart. Some are rooted in truth (the gungans just have to go.). Some was unduly harsh (ever read the first few chapters of the Lord of the Rings? Boring! Hardly any plot! Dialogue was cheesy! Sound familiar?).
Is Sir Alec correct about his lines? Yes. Does he have to treat a child in such a way? No.
If you guys are so sick and tired of the hype machine and all of the despot-like way George makes his movies, DON'T GO SEE THEM AND DON'T GO SEE EPISODE II!!!
Ah yes, it was when I was graduating HS 6 years ago and all my elders urged me to get into bio-tech. because it was the next big thing and CS was a dead end. Then came the web and the six digits... Who's laughing now? But seriously, the articles only mentions students that declare their majors, it doesn't mention the numbers of students that actually GRADUATE with a CS degree. If I am not mistaken, I read on slashdot a couple of months ago that the number of students that are graduating with ANY tech/sci degree has been on a steady decline for some years now. Which article do you believe? And this guy expressing that we don't need more HTML people in five years. Is HTML CS? While yes, HTML is the cornerstone of the web it has little to do with these two words Computer Science. I think the fundamental problem is not that these kids are chosing CS as a major, it is underlying philosophy of our educational system in our society. We educate our kids not to have them better themselves for the sake of education but, to fill a specific economic role. And whether it is CS or basket weaving, as long as our motives are money driven rather than the contiunued quest to gather more knowledge you will see this sort of major shifting time and time again.
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And you had a billion dollars you can make your OWN Star Wars movie but until then, you can rant all you want. I don't see any of you guys creating an epic movie series that has universal appeal and has lasted the test of time (22 years). Now we have a new one and all are so ready to rip it apart. Some are rooted in truth (the gungans just have to go.). Some was unduly harsh (ever read the first few chapters of the Lord of the Rings? Boring! Hardly any plot! Dialogue was cheesy! Sound familiar?).
Is Sir Alec correct about his lines? Yes. Does he have to treat a child in such a way? No.
If you guys are so sick and tired of the hype machine and all of the despot-like way George makes his movies, DON'T GO SEE THEM AND DON'T GO SEE EPISODE II!!!
Ah yes, it was when I was graduating HS 6 years ago and all my elders urged me to get into bio-tech. because it was the next big thing and CS was a dead end. Then came the web and the six digits... Who's laughing now? But seriously, the articles only mentions students that declare their majors, it doesn't mention the numbers of students that actually GRADUATE with a CS degree. If I am not mistaken, I read on slashdot a couple of months ago that the number of students that are graduating with ANY tech/sci degree has been on a steady decline for some years now. Which article do you believe? And this guy expressing that we don't need more HTML people in five years. Is HTML CS? While yes, HTML is the cornerstone of the web it has little to do with these two words Computer Science. I think the fundamental problem is not that these kids are chosing CS as a major, it is underlying philosophy of our educational system in our society. We educate our kids not to have them better themselves for the sake of education but, to fill a specific economic role. And whether it is CS or basket weaving, as long as our motives are money driven rather than the contiunued quest to gather more knowledge you will see this sort of major shifting time and time again.