I'm doing reports, reading/. and responding to email. Unfortunately, I also have a tendency to need to use obscenities and discharge my fire arm every few minutes...
My Christmas of 1986 will never be forgotten. I was 9 years old and my grandparents and parents got together and bought this for me and my brothers, even though they were 6 and 3 at the time. I stayed up all night playing this and Duck Hunt. My love of video games was not born (we had an Atari VCS) but my love of video games was solidified with this game and system.
why I like DSL so much. I pay for for what I get. $19.99 a month gets me 300k/second d/l speeds and I max out at around 315 or so, very rarely do I not get my maximum speed unless the site I'm downloading from limits it.
of the collegiate educational system. First and foremost, we need to stop telling every child they need to get a 4 year degree. That is just plain madness for several reasons, the most obvious being over saturation of the job market and the second being not every child is meant for 4 years of college.
I would suggest that the accrediting associations of 4 year colleges also start working at the 2 year college level for certain industrial certifications in different areas: such as, automotive repair, aircraft repair, solar cell repair, etc. Let's start pumping out some actual industry in this country once again.
Some of you will say that we already have programs like this in our community and 2 year colleges. You are right; but there is a stigma associated with these trade schools. That could be fixed in two ways: bettering the curriculum and giving a specialized two year degree the same status of a general 4 year degree. I know some of this sound radical, but we really do have to change how things are going so that we can continue to sustain ourselves as a country.
I had an excellent experience with my online education while obtaining my M.A. in Leadership from Saint Mary's College in Moraga. We had very intelligent discussions online, but it took a bit of time for us to get into the habit of making more informed posts than one would usually see in a online forum. It took a lot of moderating and poking and prodding by the facilitators (teachers), but after 6 months, we reached a comfortable point.
I should point out that we did meet face-to-face at the beginning and ending of each module. As to your other issues, you may have picked the wrong program for what you wanted. For my B.A., online program, I was able to "test-out" of beginning classes by writing a 15-20 page paper on the subject I wanted credit for. So, in short, there are online programs out there that work, you may want to attend open-house sessions and talk to graduates to see what their experience was like and see if it suits your preferences.
I'm one of the people this article mentions. I really just needed a netbook around the house and after 1 month I'm completely happy with the iPad. I read books and play games or study Japanese on BART and in my house I check email, surf the web or stream movies.
More expensive than netbook, yes, but I like it.
This is a serious question, what can we do? What can I do to start turning the tide on this. What organization would help us fight this? I'm not being facetious here, if we don't do something now, we will all suffer the consequences. So what can a geek we do?
When I'm visiting other countries (Mexico, UK and Japan mainly) I don't walk around with my Passport. I leave my passport in the safe back at my hotel room and only carry around my CA DL, the cash I plan to spend immediately and a credit card for unexpected purchases or for an emergency. I guess I've been breaking the laws in those countries; better think twice about carrying my passport.
Last year I wrote a paper on video games and violence for a course in my Master's program. To make a long story short, parents needs to start parenting once again. It is not up to the government to "protect" your children from video game violence. It is up to you as a parent to be involved enough in your child's life to understand what forms of entertainment they are participating in. All video game systems come with parental controls these days. If you really don't trust your child, set the control and apply a password they don't know.
The other thing that irks me is that the ESRB has done a great job in reducing the % of minors that are able to purchase M-rated games. As found by this FTC report back in 2008, the video game industry had the best improvement and lowest rate of underage shoppers purchasing or viewing "explicit" content. I really hope the lawyers in this case are able to use the government's own statistics to show how wrong and one-sided this argument is. If you want to do this to video games, do it to all forms of entertainment.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/secretshop.shtm
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I'm doing reports, reading /. and responding to email. Unfortunately, I also have a tendency to need to use obscenities and discharge my fire arm every few minutes...
My Christmas of 1986 will never be forgotten. I was 9 years old and my grandparents and parents got together and bought this for me and my brothers, even though they were 6 and 3 at the time. I stayed up all night playing this and Duck Hunt. My love of video games was not born (we had an Atari VCS) but my love of video games was solidified with this game and system.
needs to take his own advice and remove himself from the gene pool.
The force is strong with this one
ATI stood for ATI Technology Incorporated now it stands for And That's It
perspective. Guess my one way 2 hour commute really isn't shit compared to this.
I will see a PHD (Playa Hatin' Degree) in Ebonics show up in the spam email I get from "online" colleges?
why I like DSL so much. I pay for for what I get. $19.99 a month gets me 300k/second d/l speeds and I max out at around 315 or so, very rarely do I not get my maximum speed unless the site I'm downloading from limits it.
the white board is a lie?
a bit small in order to draw these sorts of conclusions? In either case; I completely understand the "Green" tech thriving in California.
at least take the Earth out to dinner and a movie first?
the jig is up.
of the collegiate educational system. First and foremost, we need to stop telling every child they need to get a 4 year degree. That is just plain madness for several reasons, the most obvious being over saturation of the job market and the second being not every child is meant for 4 years of college.
I would suggest that the accrediting associations of 4 year colleges also start working at the 2 year college level for certain industrial certifications in different areas: such as, automotive repair, aircraft repair, solar cell repair, etc. Let's start pumping out some actual industry in this country once again.
Some of you will say that we already have programs like this in our community and 2 year colleges. You are right; but there is a stigma associated with these trade schools. That could be fixed in two ways: bettering the curriculum and giving a specialized two year degree the same status of a general 4 year degree. I know some of this sound radical, but we really do have to change how things are going so that we can continue to sustain ourselves as a country.
I had an excellent experience with my online education while obtaining my M.A. in Leadership from Saint Mary's College in Moraga. We had very intelligent discussions online, but it took a bit of time for us to get into the habit of making more informed posts than one would usually see in a online forum. It took a lot of moderating and poking and prodding by the facilitators (teachers), but after 6 months, we reached a comfortable point. I should point out that we did meet face-to-face at the beginning and ending of each module. As to your other issues, you may have picked the wrong program for what you wanted. For my B.A., online program, I was able to "test-out" of beginning classes by writing a 15-20 page paper on the subject I wanted credit for. So, in short, there are online programs out there that work, you may want to attend open-house sessions and talk to graduates to see what their experience was like and see if it suits your preferences.
walking up to the teller, I wonder if the teller thought, "I have a bad feeling about this"
I'm seeing digital album prices going back up to $12 or $13 again, they have to subsidize their "winning strategy"
Very true; though not everyone wants to be a martyr. Hopefully this will happen in CA so the ACLU will step in and get things corrected.
Please stop stealing the identities of our customers. Signed, CEO of Lifelock
go down under in the down under. Well, at least taping or photographing it is...
sour grapes to me. I wasn't smart enough to rip off my friends first and make millions before *that* guy did.
I'll be surprised if the ACLU isn't all over this like a bee on honey; oh wait, is honey on the list too?
I'm one of the people this article mentions. I really just needed a netbook around the house and after 1 month I'm completely happy with the iPad. I read books and play games or study Japanese on BART and in my house I check email, surf the web or stream movies. More expensive than netbook, yes, but I like it.
This is a serious question, what can we do? What can I do to start turning the tide on this. What organization would help us fight this? I'm not being facetious here, if we don't do something now, we will all suffer the consequences. So what can a geek we do?
When I'm visiting other countries (Mexico, UK and Japan mainly) I don't walk around with my Passport. I leave my passport in the safe back at my hotel room and only carry around my CA DL, the cash I plan to spend immediately and a credit card for unexpected purchases or for an emergency. I guess I've been breaking the laws in those countries; better think twice about carrying my passport.
Last year I wrote a paper on video games and violence for a course in my Master's program. To make a long story short, parents needs to start parenting once again. It is not up to the government to "protect" your children from video game violence. It is up to you as a parent to be involved enough in your child's life to understand what forms of entertainment they are participating in. All video game systems come with parental controls these days. If you really don't trust your child, set the control and apply a password they don't know. The other thing that irks me is that the ESRB has done a great job in reducing the % of minors that are able to purchase M-rated games. As found by this FTC report back in 2008, the video game industry had the best improvement and lowest rate of underage shoppers purchasing or viewing "explicit" content. I really hope the lawyers in this case are able to use the government's own statistics to show how wrong and one-sided this argument is. If you want to do this to video games, do it to all forms of entertainment. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/secretshop.shtm