I really do sympathize with my American counterparts. The internet is a wonderful information source and more users do need it. Unfortunately, many users abuse it and use it for uses other than what the University intended. While tuitions go up only the high end schools can afford the new amenities and thus it creates and oligarchy over educational status. This is not to say that education can't be completed without the Internet. It's just an extra learning tool and some places might turn out students more capable of learning from different resources (and better educated) than those that don't. At the University of Waterloo I'm working on a project that will allow students to supliment their learning through an online resource system. So far the results have been fantastic and it's based on students learning most of the material ahead of time and then learning what they don't know in class. It's given them more free time. In our case the Internet is a huge learning tool.
Energy is not lost. Sound is a wave, the canceling sound is a mirror wave. When two sounds meet you detect both but at one point you have to measure them both. So you take the average of the two and result is 0. You aren't destroying them, you're just taking the average as that's what we detect. The energy still passes through. It's been studied for a long time (play with a slinky, wave from each end, you'll see parts cancel each other out but the waves still carry through)
yes I do, headphones aren't because people will talk to you right?
ok, you need fabrics, cloth that sort of stuff. Get cloth chairs, anything that will absorb sound. You don't want solids because they create that sound you get when you cup your ears.
Try putting up a cork board near your desk as well, you can post stuff to it. Try getting cubicle walls that are fabricy.
I find that positioning the computers in a V format (kinda like chevrons as in a V contains two computers with the fans pointing in) helps reduce the noise. If you set them up in this fashion: >>>>>> then you get a nice breeze through the middle (air circulation) and the fans cancel each other out.
funny story to that. I have a lot of linux boxes in my room and it gets nice and warm (the heating bill this winter was the lowest ever). Any how, I got in a car accident a while back and had some minor head injuries. As luck would have it I had to get a new bed at the same time and was unable to sleep in my room. For the first few nights the head injury caused me to get tired and go to sleep, but after a few nights I couldn't sleep, I was always worried about the computers and everytime the cron.daily would start writing to the hard drive I wouldn't hear the customary hard drive sounds and I'd panic and wake up (sleeping in the room right next to mine). That said, I swear that after a year in the room with the machines you get used to them and they're like your little babies. This story has not point to it, just thought I'd share.
Except your tape player isn't meant to play a DVD player. If I spend money to buy a tape player then I expect a tape to play in it otherwise it isn't a tape player. It's called standards, they're there for a reason.
actually it's fair use. A CDrom should be playable in any device that is meant to play it. Otherwise it is not allowing a subset of the population to use the CD from a media player on which tariffs have been paid (to allow playability). By tarrifs I mean the money to build a hardware decoder, buyers contribute to the cost and thus have a purchased right/contract to play music media on it. Crashing the computer is damage not only to the system but breach of contract (by Sony) which happenned when you paid for the CD. Paying for something is having the _right_ to use it without discrimination.
Our University does provide off campus internet access through dialup (very very cheap)...but high speed is more affordable because there's a huge high speed market in the area. Almost everybody has it and the University helps subsidize it.
It seems that American Universities are royally screwing the students. Here at the University of Waterloo LAN speed connections are provided for all the students in residence for a very very very low price (I think it's something like $10 a month (canadian)). High Speed around here is less than $40 CDN a month and dial up is next to free. Seeing as how the US is such a "leader" in the Internet, isn't it time for the prices to go down?
I think you have a lot to learn. I've done 3.5 years of University now and am surviving without taking a loan. If I can not have to worry about how much money I have for food or the sort then all the better. In addition to that I'm in a high tuition program which they keep increasing every term. DSL prices have to be cheap for them to be affordable and in my area they are cheap $30 Canadian a month. Divide that among 4 people and I pay $30 a term for High speed...oh yeah.
Actually, rolling out your own DSL is easier in some cases. It's also cheaper since they aren't trying to profit from it. Also (I'm not completely sure on this) but doesn't the US government provide financial support to Universities to allow them to provide internet access?
If this is going to be a student initiative a wireless/ethernet combination is a g00d idea.
You could have several computers close to campus communicating with a wireless network. These computers would act as the 'middlemen' between the the school and external machines. You'd hook up to these machines through cables and would patch that into another set of machines and so on. Problem is that it's expensive and hard to setup.
Another solution is dialup...but that limits you in speed. If you school is willing to jump through loop holes (regulations is all), you can setup your own DSL: info here. The cost to setup can initially be covered by the school and you can rent the modems to the students. A small fee to use the line can also be included in the rental charge.
Here at the University of Waterloo (www.uwaterloo.ca) the Residences have account quotas so that people don't download movies 24/7. Investigation into how you could do that would also be worthwhile, or just keeping track of how much a specific computer downloads (just to give people warnings).
You may not realize it but 350 a year is quite a bit. As it happens the students are already broke and want a cheap solution. We have more important things to worry without having to worry about money. A better solution is to actually talk to other Universities on how they solved the problem.
It depends on the situation. You're thinking of the University as a business, it's not. A University is the life of a student. Almost everything in that students life will happen close to the University. Internet is important as it helps with the research, not only that but the University becomes a leader in the community for getting Internet access.
Perhaps a direct correlation can be made between speed of compiled code and sex life. Maybe after Java you need some sp33d/action to liven up your life. Perhaps C++ is such a harsh mistress that you can't handle anymore.
Myself, I'd like to test that theory with any available test subjects. Please, it's for Science.
But the problem with the FTP client is what if the user gets some random ftp client? if the ISP specifically provides a certain client then they can help trouble shoot when a user can't connect. Every little thing helps, help documents, Acrobat Reader for example...
alternative browsers, ftp clients, software required for connecting to the ISP servers and that's it...the ISPs should not intrude on the users personal computer other than with software required to use the connection.
Putting fake information in is not a good idea. According to the agreement (which you agreed to by signing up) they can revoke your account for false information...of course, they'd have to find out but they've got their fingers in many pies...
so what if it costs money
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Lots of people complaining about the costs...of course it is a worthy cause so I did buy membership at the old AdCritic.
If it's worth it then buy it, ain't that the tr00th?
Also, the advertising professionals section (to which I subscribed) was quite worth it. Giving feedback on the ads (most of which were specatuclar) helped the industry and led to some ads that marketing execs thought were st00pid getting aired (success) and those that were st00pid not getting aired. You're not only helping others you're helping getting sn00ty marketing execs get fired.
That whenever we think of AI we think that it must think like a human. On the contrary, if it thinks like anything at all that's living then it's intelligent.
Intelligence:
The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge.
The faculty of thought and reason.
According to the above AFSM's are the exact principle behind intelligence. Think about how any analysis of the world happens. We don't consider the entire world when we try to catch a ball, we consider the position of the ball and where it will be. We don't take the position of a bird in relation to the ball, or something far away, all that matters is the ball.
Slightly more complex would be hit detection, is there anything close to me? Yes or no...that easy, you'd have a range that it's ok for an object to be in, a range where we should slow down and a range where we fire thrusters to stop.
Simple actions put together equal complex life form.
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I really do sympathize with my American counterparts. The internet is a wonderful information source and more users do need it. Unfortunately, many users abuse it and use it for uses other than what the University intended. While tuitions go up only the high end schools can afford the new amenities and thus it creates and oligarchy over educational status.
This is not to say that education can't be completed without the Internet. It's just an extra learning tool and some places might turn out students more capable of learning from different resources (and better educated) than those that don't.
At the University of Waterloo I'm working on a project that will allow students to supliment their learning through an online resource system. So far the results have been fantastic and it's based on students learning most of the material ahead of time and then learning what they don't know in class. It's given them more free time. In our case the Internet is a huge learning tool.
Energy is not lost. Sound is a wave, the canceling sound is a mirror wave. When two sounds meet you detect both but at one point you have to measure them both. So you take the average of the two and result is 0. You aren't destroying them, you're just taking the average as that's what we detect.
The energy still passes through. It's been studied for a long time (play with a slinky, wave from each end, you'll see parts cancel each other out but the waves still carry through)
Go there, get really drunk and start throwing up on the sidewalk when the police is watching. They'll have their licence revoked.
yes I do, headphones aren't because people will talk to you right?
ok, you need fabrics, cloth that sort of stuff. Get cloth chairs, anything that will absorb sound. You don't want solids because they create that sound you get when you cup your ears.
Try putting up a cork board near your desk as well, you can post stuff to it. Try getting cubicle walls that are fabricy.
I find that positioning the computers in a V format (kinda like chevrons as in a V contains two computers with the fans pointing in) helps reduce the noise. If you set them up in this fashion: >>>>>> then you get a nice breeze through the middle (air circulation) and the fans cancel each other out.
funny story to that. I have a lot of linux boxes in my room and it gets nice and warm (the heating bill this winter was the lowest ever). Any how, I got in a car accident a while back and had some minor head injuries. As luck would have it I had to get a new bed at the same time and was unable to sleep in my room. For the first few nights the head injury caused me to get tired and go to sleep, but after a few nights I couldn't sleep, I was always worried about the computers and everytime the cron.daily would start writing to the hard drive I wouldn't hear the customary hard drive sounds and I'd panic and wake up (sleeping in the room right next to mine).
That said, I swear that after a year in the room with the machines you get used to them and they're like your little babies. This story has not point to it, just thought I'd share.
Except your tape player isn't meant to play a DVD player. If I spend money to buy a tape player then I expect a tape to play in it otherwise it isn't a tape player. It's called standards, they're there for a reason.
actually it's fair use. A CDrom should be playable in any device that is meant to play it. Otherwise it is not allowing a subset of the population to use the CD from a media player on which tariffs have been paid (to allow playability). By tarrifs I mean the money to build a hardware decoder, buyers contribute to the cost and thus have a purchased right/contract to play music media on it. Crashing the computer is damage not only to the system but breach of contract (by Sony) which happenned when you paid for the CD.
Paying for something is having the _right_ to use it without discrimination.
Our University does provide off campus internet access through dialup (very very cheap)...but high speed is more affordable because there's a huge high speed market in the area. Almost everybody has it and the University helps subsidize it.
It seems that American Universities are royally screwing the students. Here at the University of Waterloo LAN speed connections are provided for all the students in residence for a very very very low price (I think it's something like $10 a month (canadian)). High Speed around here is less than $40 CDN a month and dial up is next to free.
Seeing as how the US is such a "leader" in the Internet, isn't it time for the prices to go down?
funny since I'm working a full time job
I think you have a lot to learn. I've done 3.5 years of University now and am surviving without taking a loan. If I can not have to worry about how much money I have for food or the sort then all the better. In addition to that I'm in a high tuition program which they keep increasing every term. DSL prices have to be cheap for them to be affordable and in my area they are cheap $30 Canadian a month. Divide that among 4 people and I pay $30 a term for High speed...oh yeah.
Actually, rolling out your own DSL is easier in some cases. It's also cheaper since they aren't trying to profit from it. Also (I'm not completely sure on this) but doesn't the US government provide financial support to Universities to allow them to provide internet access?
If this is going to be a student initiative a wireless/ethernet combination is a g00d idea. You could have several computers close to campus communicating with a wireless network. These computers would act as the 'middlemen' between the the school and external machines. You'd hook up to these machines through cables and would patch that into another set of machines and so on. Problem is that it's expensive and hard to setup.
Another solution is dialup...but that limits you in speed. If you school is willing to jump through loop holes (regulations is all), you can setup your own DSL: info here. The cost to setup can initially be covered by the school and you can rent the modems to the students. A small fee to use the line can also be included in the rental charge.
Here at the University of Waterloo (www.uwaterloo.ca) the Residences have account quotas so that people don't download movies 24/7. Investigation into how you could do that would also be worthwhile, or just keeping track of how much a specific computer downloads (just to give people warnings).
You may not realize it but 350 a year is quite a bit. As it happens the students are already broke and want a cheap solution. We have more important things to worry without having to worry about money.
A better solution is to actually talk to other Universities on how they solved the problem.
It depends on the situation. You're thinking of the University as a business, it's not. A University is the life of a student. Almost everything in that students life will happen close to the University.
Internet is important as it helps with the research, not only that but the University becomes a leader in the community for getting Internet access.
this is after April F00ls day so it must be serious...w0w, does this mean that monkeys now rule the Universe? or at least Verisign?
Perhaps a direct correlation can be made between speed of compiled code and sex life. Maybe after Java you need some sp33d/action to liven up your life. Perhaps C++ is such a harsh mistress that you can't handle anymore.
Myself, I'd like to test that theory with any available test subjects. Please, it's for Science.
This is s00 exciting, can you imagine Virtua Fighter in a 3d environment? Or...Super Smash Brother M3l33?
of course the medical benefits are enourmous, you can completely see where specific t00ls exist in 3 space.
and yet, it seems that James Bond and MI6 already have this technology (The World Is Not Enough) (g00d 0ld Q)
But the problem with the FTP client is what if the user gets some random ftp client? if the ISP specifically provides a certain client then they can help trouble shoot when a user can't connect. Every little thing helps, help documents, Acrobat Reader for example...
alternative browsers, ftp clients, software required for connecting to the ISP servers and that's it...the ISPs should not intrude on the users personal computer other than with software required to use the connection.
Putting fake information in is not a good idea. According to the agreement (which you agreed to by signing up) they can revoke your account for false information...of course, they'd have to find out but they've got their fingers in many pies...
Lots of people complaining about the costs...of course it is a worthy cause so I did buy membership at the old AdCritic.
If it's worth it then buy it, ain't that the tr00th?
Also, the advertising professionals section (to which I subscribed) was quite worth it. Giving feedback on the ads (most of which were specatuclar) helped the industry and led to some ads that marketing execs thought were st00pid getting aired (success) and those that were st00pid not getting aired. You're not only helping others you're helping getting sn00ty marketing execs get fired.
Intelligence:
The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge.
The faculty of thought and reason.
According to the above AFSM's are the exact principle behind intelligence. Think about how any analysis of the world happens. We don't consider the entire world when we try to catch a ball, we consider the position of the ball and where it will be. We don't take the position of a bird in relation to the ball, or something far away, all that matters is the ball.
Slightly more complex would be hit detection, is there anything close to me? Yes or no...that easy, you'd have a range that it's ok for an object to be in, a range where we should slow down and a range where we fire thrusters to stop.
Simple actions put together equal complex life form.
I think that Verisign is spamming, but physically, damn Post Office, it's an relay server ain't it?