so we get to talk to the PR man for IIT.
Speaking as a student of IIT, I've already heard his nice soothing words for the student government, and wasn't a bit impressed. I wish better luck to you in wringing some truth from him.
For clarification, this review is being carried out by IITRI, the research institute on the south end of campus that bears our name but doesn't communicate with the campus. In fact, until we saw the register and slashdot and raised a fuss, they weren't even going to tell us the review was ongoing.
and when they did send in the guys with the very expensive suits and impressive titles to kill two birds with one stone (at that particular student gov. meeting, we were wrangling over other thorny issues) I found that they actually said usefull things when it came to the U-Pass (thorny issue in question) but when it came to carnivore, they seemed eager to lay the issue to rest and shut us up... and I've hear more honest sincerity and truthfulness from Microsoft ads than from those guys.
*shakes head* I have no love for this institution, and no trust in it, having dealt too much with it. I wish you luck, but beg you to take everything it puts out with a very healthy dose of skepticism.
The entire point of reading/watching the news is to get information. Have you looked at the big three lately? Sure, they're great if you want to learn who's divorcing who in hollywood or what the latest media fad is, but as long are there are people who want to know about Linux, or what is actually going on World-wide, there will be plenty of space for other companies.
Think about it: unlike the dead tree editions, internet journals have acess anywhere someone can log on, and anyone can get to them. Therefore, there really is no way to kill them. If they're bought out, nothing is there to stop people from making a new, fresh sight.
therefore, check out http://news.bbc.co.uk and http://www.theregister.co.uk for interesting news, http://cnn.com for their space news, slashdot itself, and anywhere else you find. While you're at it, please feel free to tell us where you go.
any media is only as powerful as the numbers and intelligence of its viewers. If a site prints too little information and/or bad information, it will loose its readers.
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Speaking as a student of IIT, I've already heard his nice soothing words for the student government, and wasn't a bit impressed. I wish better luck to you in wringing some truth from him.
For clarification, this review is being carried out by IITRI, the research institute on the south end of campus that bears our name but doesn't communicate with the campus. In fact, until we saw the register and slashdot and raised a fuss, they weren't even going to tell us the review was ongoing.
and when they did send in the guys with the very expensive suits and impressive titles to kill two birds with one stone (at that particular student gov. meeting, we were wrangling over other thorny issues) I found that they actually said usefull things when it came to the U-Pass (thorny issue in question) but when it came to carnivore, they seemed eager to lay the issue to rest and shut us up... and I've hear more honest sincerity and truthfulness from Microsoft ads than from those guys.
*shakes head* I have no love for this institution, and no trust in it, having dealt too much with it. I wish you luck, but beg you to take everything it puts out with a very healthy dose of skepticism.
Think about it: unlike the dead tree editions, internet journals have acess anywhere someone can log on, and anyone can get to them. Therefore, there really is no way to kill them. If they're bought out, nothing is there to stop people from making a new, fresh sight.
therefore, check out http://news.bbc.co.uk and http://www.theregister.co.uk for interesting news, http://cnn.com for their space news, slashdot itself, and anywhere else you find. While you're at it, please feel free to tell us where you go.
any media is only as powerful as the numbers and intelligence of its viewers. If a site prints too little information and/or bad information, it will loose its readers.