> You're calling the power to take away other people's freedom, a "freedom" in itself.
Oh come on.
No one is taking away anything, including freedom, by releasing software as closed source. Sure, a closed source release is not granting the full possible freedom that could be granted, but it is certainly not taking any freedom away.
Oh yeah, and a good CS degree is not about being taught. It's about being tortured into learning because your professor is really bright but can't teach. So he gives you hard tests and you have to teach stuff to yourself in order to pass. At least, that's the shared experience amongst most of the grads from top-10 CS schools that I've talked to.
Danger! Danger Will Robinson!
A good teacher doesn't keep you from teaching yourself. Exactly the opposite. A good teacher helps you learn the best ways to teach yourself.
There are many ways to learn, but being proud of suffering through crappy teachers is pushing towards ludicrous. I went to a small liberal arts college where teaching was paramount, and enjoyed every minute of it. Moreover, I had no trouble getting into top graduate programs when I decided to get an advanced degree. I appreciate the resources of a big university (despite the poor teachers), but I sure as heck miss my old profs. At the undergraduate level, I'd take good teachers over a big name any day of the week.
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> You're calling the power to take away other people's freedom, a "freedom" in itself.
Oh come on.
No one is taking away anything, including freedom, by releasing software as closed source. Sure, a closed source release is not granting the full possible freedom that could be granted, but it is certainly not taking any freedom away.
Signed,
Human Capacity for Lameness is Apparently Inexhaustible, Esq.
Another similar project is BATS here at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Danger! Danger Will Robinson!
A good teacher doesn't keep you from teaching yourself. Exactly the opposite. A good teacher helps you learn the best ways to teach yourself.
There are many ways to learn, but being proud of suffering through crappy teachers is pushing towards ludicrous. I went to a small liberal arts college where teaching was paramount, and enjoyed every minute of it. Moreover, I had no trouble getting into top graduate programs when I decided to get an advanced degree. I appreciate the resources of a big university (despite the poor teachers), but I sure as heck miss my old profs. At the undergraduate level, I'd take good teachers over a big name any day of the week.