You personally might be willing to accept distortions of various kinds (we all make our own tradeoffs), but the point in audio design is that the equipment attempts to recreate as faithfully as possible the original sound. The fact that people are willing to accept less than outstanding audio fidelity is analogous to people being willing to eat fast food. Most people being willing to eat fast food doesn't mean that a world-class chef using the finest ingredients doesn't create a fundamentally different gustatory and nutritional experience, or that there aren't people who can discern and appreciate the difference.
I understand the analogy, but in this case I think its more like having the same world class chef getting his/her ingredients sent by the super market vs going to the market and hand picking all the freshest ingredients personally. Both are going to be so superior that personal biases are going to play more of a role than the technical differences between the results.
Plus, these are audiophile headphones not reference headphones, they aren't meant for professional use (although I'm sure they could be).
I agree with this to a point. If you have the drive and talent to learn this stuff on your own then it can be equivlent, but if you need to be spoon fed, then the will never be equvilent. I mean I took Advanced Calculus, Mathematical Statistics, and this spring I'm taking Abstract Algebra online, so if I had to rely on the professor to spoon feed me mathematics over the computer I would be dead in the water, but I've learned how to use the lecture notes and textbook to understand math, so why wouldn't I be able to get an equivlent education in other subjects.
They require quite a bit of group work in my program online. And yes I agree that traditional is better. I have no choice. I'm working full time in Korea and that really limits my options for getting my degree otherwise.
It depends. Right now I'm enrolled in University of Illinois - Springfield's (UIS) online computer science degree and they don't make any mention that it was online when you graduate. So, it is the same degree that the students on campus get, but UIS isn't exactly in the top of the computer science programs. I feel satisfied with the degree though. Also, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign offers a professional masters degree in computer science (also no mention when you get your degree that it was online) and I believe that would help you quite a bit because UIUC is a very highly ranked computer science program. So, I would say as long as you take it from a school that has a traditional campus and degree in computer science. It'll be pretty much equivilent to their on campus degree. But I wouldn't touch University of Pheonix or similar "Universities" with a ten foot pole. That's as close to buying your degree as you can get and your school still being accredited.
I agree and I think that is a good thing for a first programming language. It's the same as Pacal. It's a very strucured language and it forces you into good habits, and not having any habits to being with then you don't need to worry about it seeming overly strucured because you don't have a base of reference.
As the parent of this post said Pacal is a great language, especially for beginners, but it isn't seen outside the classroom (because it was designed as a learning language, not for commercial use), but Ada was based on Pascal. I have not personally used it, but it appears very similar to Pascal, and because of this fact I think it would be good. It is a very structured language that forces you to use good style and learn good programming habits, whether you want to or not. This is very important for someone learning how to program. I've had people that have skipped this step and most of the time it takes me minutes to make heads or tails of code that should be simple to understand, also this code can usually be written much more simply, and this would be obvious to them if they used better design and coding techniques.
The main reason that the curriculum contains so much math, including all the stuff that you may never need in your life is because it, albeit indirectly, teaches you critical thinking and problem solving skills that ARE in fact very important in the real world no matter what job kind of life you lead or job you have.
Tell me, what other subject forces you to wrap your mind around a problem to figure out what they are asking, then figure out a way to get from what your given, to the final solution, to the exclusion of math?
I must disagree. The SCIF I work in is almost all Sercret/SCI computers. You're right, in the states they are not very common, but they are extensively used in some areas. And while it's possible to properly use USB memory we have banned it because of the ease of abuse (ie very easy to stick in your pocket and walk off with).
First question is, is it a Secret computer or Secret/SCI? That makes all the difference. Secret/SCI computers cannot be stored outside of a secure building of at least that level of classification, Secret computers just need to be locked up when not in use and have controlled access. You need to talk with your security people about this (an SSO, ISSO, ISM, ISSM, etc.).
As far as the hardware goes just about any commercial hardware is okay. Just no USB memory devices and no wireless. Any methods to remove information from the computer (Floppy, CD-burner, etc) need to be controled so only authorized personnel can use it, other than that hardware shouldn't be an issue. We use factory direct Dells all the time. As far as networks go, you can only connect to a network that is of the exact same classification (i.e. Secret->Secret/SCI is a big no-no!).
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Bullshit. All it means is that we keep getting more and more free time and we don't know what to do with ourselves.
And as far as Asian culture goes. The Japanese are addicted to dating simulators and who do you think MAKES anime. Not to mention the endless dramas on Japanese television. And an amazing number of video games come out of there too. Then we have Hong Kong. Come on. You've never seen a HK Action flik? Those are about as far out as you can get.
And I don't know the numbers, but Korea is, one of, if not the most wired country in the world. And do you know what they do with it? They have a computer in their homes, then go out to a PC Bang (PC room) to play Linage, Linage 2, or Starcraft for hours at a time, then decide which hotel to stay the night at with their boyfriend by which hotel has a computer in the room. How much more addicted and withdrawn from real life can you get? I know Japan isn't quite as bad, but they like their video games too.
I won't comment on the Arabic world, but I think they'll need to stop killing each other before they do much more than control a lot of oil.
I do agree that Asia will over take the western world, but I don't see the western world declining as you say, I just see their economy growing much faster than ours. We've just become laxidazical about staying out front.
Just a quick blurb on family and religion in Japan and Korea (these are the only countries that I can personally vouch for), but if you ask a Japanese person what religion they are over 90% of them would say none. And in both Japan and Korea the family is just what you call people you live with because you never see each other. The mom/wife is the only one that will see everyone. The husband will generally work all day, then go drinking with co-workers until late (several times a week) and MAYBE come home that night. Then you have the child that goes to school followed by cram schools (to learn everything else they should have learned in school if they were taking another 4 classes) followed by a couple hours of homework...I don't really see much of a family there.
Finally, I'd like you to name one city (anywhere in the world) that couldn't be hit by a well planned air strike by an extensively trained, well funded group that has no problems with knowing they won't live though the mission (Knowing you'll die doing this mission no matter what goes a long way in how far in you can push).
Disclaimer: All of this is very general and is not ever case or even close to it, but I've seen all this happen WAY too often not to mention. (Can you find the part that I've actually done?)
Well, it seems that even if they had it wouldn't've worked because she's said she's turned down some rather generous offers to buy her domain name already.
If Bush ever finds this website I'll bet he has the Department of Homeland Security shut it down on the grounds that terrorists could possibly thinking about consider using it for terrorism.
Yes, apple is nice, but I wouldn't consider it "cool." In Japan there are some truely cool laptops, I just wish I had that import computer site still...
It's funny how a lot of the "cool" stuff takes forever to get to the states. I mean MP3's players like this have been standard since I got here in Jan and probably long before that. You'll see grandma's on the bus with these guys.
Why is it that when it comes to tech like this, or cell phones or cool laptops that we always have to wait years???
Maybe not quite as fast, but I think Microsoft's production schedule is too fast for the type of product they're trying to deliver and that's one of the thing that's kills the quality
Yeah, sure. The picture quality'll go up, but the overall quality go down, just like video games, or processors, or....
All show and no substance...
I mean that's what seems to be happening with these rapid production cycles; they concentrate so much on improving one aspect that the entire product suffers, or at least starts to suffer, from it.
And let's not forget our favorite one, Microsoft; Although I'm sure this is not the main reason M$ sucks... *Insert M$ bashing here* *and here*
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What about TeX stopping to use this unreadable syntax and moving to xml?
As much as I like this whole "compile your text to different outputs"-thing and the results of TeX layout, the markup language is a PITA!
Mod this post up. He got it right!!!
You personally might be willing to accept distortions of various kinds (we all make our own tradeoffs), but the point in audio design is that the equipment attempts to recreate as faithfully as possible the original sound. The fact that people are willing to accept less than outstanding audio fidelity is analogous to people being willing to eat fast food. Most people being willing to eat fast food doesn't mean that a world-class chef using the finest ingredients doesn't create a fundamentally different gustatory and nutritional experience, or that there aren't people who can discern and appreciate the difference.
I understand the analogy, but in this case I think its more like having the same world class chef getting his/her ingredients sent by the super market vs going to the market and hand picking all the freshest ingredients personally. Both are going to be so superior that personal biases are going to play more of a role than the technical differences between the results.
Plus, these are audiophile headphones not reference headphones, they aren't meant for professional use (although I'm sure they could be).
Nope, this is an honest review, but its just not very professional.
In my opinion there isn't a person on earth that would need reproduction that accurate. Seriously 6Hz?
The school I go to requires you to complete some of those courses before you begin their program. For that exact reason.
I agree with this to a point. If you have the drive and talent to learn this stuff on your own then it can be equivlent, but if you need to be spoon fed, then the will never be equvilent. I mean I took Advanced Calculus, Mathematical Statistics, and this spring I'm taking Abstract Algebra online, so if I had to rely on the professor to spoon feed me mathematics over the computer I would be dead in the water, but I've learned how to use the lecture notes and textbook to understand math, so why wouldn't I be able to get an equivlent education in other subjects.
Right and the syllabus for the courses are almost the same too, aren't they?
They require quite a bit of group work in my program online. And yes I agree that traditional is better. I have no choice. I'm working full time in Korea and that really limits my options for getting my degree otherwise.
It depends. Right now I'm enrolled in University of Illinois - Springfield's (UIS) online computer science degree and they don't make any mention that it was online when you graduate. So, it is the same degree that the students on campus get, but UIS isn't exactly in the top of the computer science programs. I feel satisfied with the degree though. Also, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign offers a professional masters degree in computer science (also no mention when you get your degree that it was online) and I believe that would help you quite a bit because UIUC is a very highly ranked computer science program. So, I would say as long as you take it from a school that has a traditional campus and degree in computer science. It'll be pretty much equivilent to their on campus degree. But I wouldn't touch University of Pheonix or similar "Universities" with a ten foot pole. That's as close to buying your degree as you can get and your school still being accredited.
I agree and I think that is a good thing for a first programming language. It's the same as Pacal. It's a very strucured language and it forces you into good habits, and not having any habits to being with then you don't need to worry about it seeming overly strucured because you don't have a base of reference.
As the parent of this post said Pacal is a great language, especially for beginners, but it isn't seen outside the classroom (because it was designed as a learning language, not for commercial use), but Ada was based on Pascal. I have not personally used it, but it appears very similar to Pascal, and because of this fact I think it would be good. It is a very structured language that forces you to use good style and learn good programming habits, whether you want to or not. This is very important for someone learning how to program. I've had people that have skipped this step and most of the time it takes me minutes to make heads or tails of code that should be simple to understand, also this code can usually be written much more simply, and this would be obvious to them if they used better design and coding techniques.
The main reason that the curriculum contains so much math, including all the stuff that you may never need in your life is because it, albeit indirectly, teaches you critical thinking and problem solving skills that ARE in fact very important in the real world no matter what job kind of life you lead or job you have.
Tell me, what other subject forces you to wrap your mind around a problem to figure out what they are asking, then figure out a way to get from what your given, to the final solution, to the exclusion of math?
I must disagree. The SCIF I work in is almost all Sercret/SCI computers. You're right, in the states they are not very common, but they are extensively used in some areas. And while it's possible to properly use USB memory we have banned it because of the ease of abuse (ie very easy to stick in your pocket and walk off with).
First question is, is it a Secret computer or Secret/SCI? That makes all the difference. Secret/SCI computers cannot be stored outside of a secure building of at least that level of classification, Secret computers just need to be locked up when not in use and have controlled access. You need to talk with your security people about this (an SSO, ISSO, ISM, ISSM, etc.).
As far as the hardware goes just about any commercial hardware is okay. Just no USB memory devices and no wireless. Any methods to remove information from the computer (Floppy, CD-burner, etc) need to be controled so only authorized personnel can use it, other than that hardware shouldn't be an issue. We use factory direct Dells all the time. As far as networks go, you can only connect to a network that is of the exact same classification (i.e. Secret->Secret/SCI is a big no-no!).
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Bullshit. All it means is that we keep getting more and more free time and we don't know what to do with ourselves.
And as far as Asian culture goes. The Japanese are addicted to dating simulators and who do you think MAKES anime. Not to mention the endless dramas on Japanese television. And an amazing number of video games come out of there too. Then we have Hong Kong. Come on. You've never seen a HK Action flik? Those are about as far out as you can get.
And I don't know the numbers, but Korea is, one of, if not the most wired country in the world. And do you know what they do with it? They have a computer in their homes, then go out to a PC Bang (PC room) to play Linage, Linage 2, or Starcraft for hours at a time, then decide which hotel to stay the night at with their boyfriend by which hotel has a computer in the room. How much more addicted and withdrawn from real life can you get? I know Japan isn't quite as bad, but they like their video games too.
I won't comment on the Arabic world, but I think they'll need to stop killing each other before they do much more than control a lot of oil.
I do agree that Asia will over take the western world, but I don't see the western world declining as you say, I just see their economy growing much faster than ours. We've just become laxidazical about staying out front.
Just a quick blurb on family and religion in Japan and Korea (these are the only countries that I can personally vouch for), but if you ask a Japanese person what religion they are over 90% of them would say none. And in both Japan and Korea the family is just what you call people you live with because you never see each other. The mom/wife is the only one that will see everyone. The husband will generally work all day, then go drinking with co-workers until late (several times a week) and MAYBE come home that night. Then you have the child that goes to school followed by cram schools (to learn everything else they should have learned in school if they were taking another 4 classes) followed by a couple hours of homework...I don't really see much of a family there.
Finally, I'd like you to name one city (anywhere in the world) that couldn't be hit by a well planned air strike by an extensively trained, well funded group that has no problems with knowing they won't live though the mission (Knowing you'll die doing this mission no matter what goes a long way in how far in you can push).
Disclaimer: All of this is very general and is not ever case or even close to it, but I've seen all this happen WAY too often not to mention. (Can you find the part that I've actually done?)
Well, it seems that even if they had it wouldn't've worked because she's said she's turned down some rather generous offers to buy her domain name already.
If Bush ever finds this website I'll bet he has the Department of Homeland Security shut it down on the grounds that terrorists could possibly thinking about consider using it for terrorism.
So, what is your favorite dummy e-mail address???
I like asdf@lkj.com
But the question on everyone's minds is:
Will it be full of colourful balls and do you have to take your shoes off before going in?
Yes, apple is nice, but I wouldn't consider it "cool."
In Japan there are some truely cool laptops, I just wish I had that import computer site still...
They did in Korea and Japan. See my first post. Doesn't it suck we still don't have this in the states?
It's funny how a lot of the "cool" stuff takes forever to get to the states. I mean MP3's players like this have been standard since I got here in Jan and probably long before that. You'll see grandma's on the bus with these guys.
Why is it that when it comes to tech like this, or cell phones or cool laptops that we always have to wait years???
Maybe not quite as fast, but I think Microsoft's production schedule is too fast for the type of product they're trying to deliver and that's one of the thing that's kills the quality
Wow, I didn't realize it was so applicable to so many subjects... Thank you. This is exactly what I wasnted.
Yeah, sure. The picture quality'll go up, but the overall quality go down, just like video games, or processors, or....
All show and no substance...
I mean that's what seems to be happening with these rapid production cycles; they concentrate so much on improving one aspect that the entire product suffers, or at least starts to suffer, from it.
And let's not forget our favorite one, Microsoft; Although I'm sure this is not the main reason M$ sucks... *Insert M$ bashing here* *and here*
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