Marching in Washington is absolutely not a comparison that can be made. The equivalent on the Internet would be a web site that you create that promotes your views. The idea is not to interfere with the message of those who don't agree with everything you say, that is prohibiting free speech.
If there is a march in your town supporting let's say new roads, and you didn't agree with that march, would you prevent the other group from marching? NO! You would organize your OWN march. Or if these folks had their way they would prevent the New Roads Fascists from even voicing their opinion!
This is the most ridiculous thing I've heard. If someone wants to impact the upcoming election, they should go door to door convincing people locally to vote for Kerry (or Nader), contribute to campaigns or volunteer to actually work with other human beings in a campaign office. Slamming a web site (which is just plain silly anyway, and not "hacking") amounts to childs play that wouldn't impact anything in the scheme of things, but is more akin to childish vandalism.
Charlie Ergen, CEO Dish of Dish Network, just confirmed that all Viacom channels will be disabled at midnight tonight. He called it "extortion", and said that Viacom is being very unreasonable.
He also said that they expect to lose some customers to DirecTV or cable, but they have to draw the line somewhere. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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It would be great to see if this application could stand up to a true groupware offering - Lotus Notes/Domino. Groupware = Empowering teams to better communicate and share information through technical means. Lotus Notes allows discussion databases to be easily created/customized with minimal development effort, and includes a full, robust security model. Will Kroupware compete with this or is it just an Outlook (email) front-end?
Another 80s band did something similar on their latest release, X. There is some encryption key available on the CD that software reads, opening up some new content on the web site (making of videos, some other stuff). By the way it's a good album (imho).
...but depends on your goals and what you expect to achieve from a degree program. There are more and more "traditional" universities offering online programs, Univ of Maryland at Univ College is one of the good ones. I am currently attending a graduate program at Regis University, and have been very pleased with the experience thus far. Online discussion forums and group activities allow you to interact with other students.
The important thing to note is that in an online setting the mode of teaching is different than a traditional classroom. The professors are more akin to "facilitators" that guide you through the education process, which will typically involve a lot more reading/writing than a classroom based program (at least this has been my experience at Regis). Since you don't show up at a pre-set time to hear a professor in a lecture, you learn from reading, applying what you have read to individual or group projects, and/or on-line research activities, and getting feedback from the on-line professor.
For me, the online choice was the only one possible due to Monday-Friday travel related to work. I have found that is the case with many, but not all, of the classmates that I've had online. Some individuals that I have met dislike online education because of the lack of physical presence of other students, others prefer it over a traditional classroom setting, because they have more time to aborb knowledge over the course of a week while reading on-line forums/books/etc., vs. capturing a significant amount of information during class times.
Just watch out for fly-by-night operations, or "degree mills" - before you join any program I would suggest making sure they are fully accredited by a regional accrediting agency (I believe there are 5 regional boards in the U.S., such as the North Central Assocation of Colleges and Schools).
In addition, search the alt.distance.education newsgroup for information on specific schools/programs that you are researching. You can find a lot of interesting related web sites in that forum.
How do HR departments treat online degrees? Depends on the organization. If the degree is from an accredited university that also offers the same program in a traditional classroom setting, this shouldn't be an issue. If you are interested in more "pure" academia - going back to get a PhD from a traditional university - I get the sense that you might face some resistance, but I think that attitudes are slowly changing. Again, the newsgroup offers a lot of information/opinions on this.
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Marching in Washington is absolutely not a comparison that can be made. The equivalent on the Internet would be a web site that you create that promotes your views. The idea is not to interfere with the message of those who don't agree with everything you say, that is prohibiting free speech.
If there is a march in your town supporting let's say new roads, and you didn't agree with that march, would you prevent the other group from marching? NO! You would organize your OWN march. Or if these folks had their way they would prevent the New Roads Fascists from even voicing their opinion!
This is the most ridiculous thing I've heard. If someone wants to impact the upcoming election, they should go door to door convincing people locally to vote for Kerry (or Nader), contribute to campaigns or volunteer to actually work with other human beings in a campaign office. Slamming a web site (which is just plain silly anyway, and not "hacking") amounts to childs play that wouldn't impact anything in the scheme of things, but is more akin to childish vandalism.
And not all "hackers" are anti-Bush btw.
Charlie Ergen, CEO Dish of Dish Network, just confirmed that all Viacom channels will be disabled at midnight tonight. He called it "extortion", and said that Viacom is being very unreasonable.
He also said that they expect to lose some customers to DirecTV or cable, but they have to draw the line somewhere. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
It would be great to see if this application could stand up to a true groupware offering - Lotus Notes/Domino. Groupware = Empowering teams to better communicate and share information through technical means. Lotus Notes allows discussion databases to be easily created/customized with minimal development effort, and includes a full, robust security model. Will Kroupware compete with this or is it just an Outlook (email) front-end?
Another 80s band did something similar on their latest release, X. There is some encryption key available on the CD that software reads, opening up some new content on the web site (making of videos, some other stuff). By the way it's a good album (imho).
...but depends on your goals and what you expect to achieve from a degree program. There are more and more "traditional" universities offering online programs, Univ of Maryland at Univ College is one of the good ones. I am currently attending a graduate program at Regis University, and have been very pleased with the experience thus far. Online discussion forums and group activities allow you to interact with other students.
The important thing to note is that in an online setting the mode of teaching is different than a traditional classroom. The professors are more akin to "facilitators" that guide you through the education process, which will typically involve a lot more reading/writing than a classroom based program (at least this has been my experience at Regis). Since you don't show up at a pre-set time to hear a professor in a lecture, you learn from reading, applying what you have read to individual or group projects, and/or on-line research activities, and getting feedback from the on-line professor.
For me, the online choice was the only one possible due to Monday-Friday travel related to work. I have found that is the case with many, but not all, of the classmates that I've had online. Some individuals that I have met dislike online education because of the lack of physical presence of other students, others prefer it over a traditional classroom setting, because they have more time to aborb knowledge over the course of a week while reading on-line forums/books/etc., vs. capturing a significant amount of information during class times.
Just watch out for fly-by-night operations, or "degree mills" - before you join any program I would suggest making sure they are fully accredited by a regional accrediting agency (I believe there are 5 regional boards in the U.S., such as the North Central Assocation of Colleges and Schools).
In addition, search the alt.distance.education newsgroup for information on specific schools/programs that you are researching. You can find a lot of interesting related web sites in that forum.
How do HR departments treat online degrees? Depends on the organization. If the degree is from an accredited university that also offers the same program in a traditional classroom setting, this shouldn't be an issue. If you are interested in more "pure" academia - going back to get a PhD from a traditional university - I get the sense that you might face some resistance, but I think that attitudes are slowly changing. Again, the newsgroup offers a lot of information/opinions on this.
Good luck with your studies.