Undergraduate... no. That would be silly. Graduate schools on the others hand... well I suppose that is what you are going to graduate school for. Five years ago when I was considering graduate school (doctorate programs in math) and was talking to my department chair about it he specifically told me to get the US New and World Report rankings for math, go down the list, apply to the highest schools you can possibly get into(not to brag or anything, but he did tell me I get get into anything outside the top 5) and accept from at least one of the highest schools you can get into. He said it will make all the difference in the world when applying for jobs(especially professorships). Sometimes I wish I did that instead of writing software... I would be in my first year of teaching now.
Anybody with a library and curiosity can learn all the art history they want to, it's not particularly difficult, nor do you need to pay a college tuition to have a discussion about it. I'll agree with the first two points, but not the third. Unfortunately, college is the only place where people have these type of discussions. Not that you can't have them elsewhere, but good luck finding enough people to do so in the general population.
The best part of college is that you a little while you can be with a group of intellectuals that are interested in discussing stuff like that.
By the way moderators, although I disagree with this point, I would hardly call the parent post flamebait.
Universities like their mathematics department because it is so cheap. Instead of labs and chemicals and lasers, all the math department needs is paper and a wastepaper basket. The only department they like better is the philosophy department. They don't need wastepaper baskets.
This is nothing compared to the evil man who singlehandedly destroyed human memory 500 or so years ago... Guten something or other. I'll have to look up the name and date later...
Okay so this is offtopic and I am replying to a signature, but my daughter watches the song of the Cebu video over and over... and now I see it on slashdot. There is no escape.
I'll take a stab at actually guesssing what Ron Paul's views on this are. No, I didn't read his website specifically looking for this so I could be wrong, this is just based on what I know of his philosophy and voting record.
privacy/total information awareness: He is as much a privacy nut a the biggest nut job here. Essentially, since the US Constitution does not explicitly grant the federal government the power to collect the data then the government does not have that power. Period. A little more unclear is his opinion on states/corporations gathering information. Corps first... my take on it is that even though he would be apalled by the practice, corporations are private entities and so the government should not prohibit then from collecting data. I really don't want to hazard a guess as to his views on state governments collecting and using data. Obviously he's opposed to it, but whether the feds should prohibit it... you'll just have to ask him.
Internet regulation and taxation: This one's easy. He's opposed to it. Period. Never voted for a tax in his life. Note that since the constitution grants the feds power to regulate interstate commerce, the question is not purely consitutional. It also means he would have no problem prohibitting states from enacting thier own taxes.(I am supposoing here...)
net neutrality: This one has me stumped. On one hand, he would support the rights of providers to run their business the way they see fit. On the other hand, they are usually government granted monopolies which he opposed. I'll have to look into this...
copyright/patent reform: This one is the one that he would disagree with most slashdotters on. While I am sure he would agree tate the current patent office is broken, I am pretty sure he will conceptually side with patent holders on this one.
the right to read: Not sure what is really meant by this? Talking about censorship perhaps? If so, then he is most certainly opposed to all forms of censorship.
the right to secure communications: I am pretty sure he would see this as a free speach issue, so yes he would be in favor of it.
the right to tinker: Pretty sure he would support this as well, despite the patent/copyright implications. At least so long it is for personal use. But this is a guess on my part.
There are things I disagree with Ron Paul on, especially his anti-immigration stances, but overall he is the one I agree with the most. I even changed my affiliation to Republican(from unaffiliated) so that I could vote for him in the primary. Do I think it would be best if he did win... not sure. But I know we need a lot more people like him in office so that maybe, a generation or two from now, we'll have the same rights we used to. It will take that long.
Yeah, I've turned jobs down due to drug testing. I don't even use drugs... I think the last time I even took Tylenol was 5 years ago. I just won't pee in a cup.
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Undergraduate... no. That would be silly. Graduate schools on the others hand... well I suppose that is what you are going to graduate school for. Five years ago when I was considering graduate school (doctorate programs in math) and was talking to my department chair about it he specifically told me to get the US New and World Report rankings for math, go down the list, apply to the highest schools you can possibly get into(not to brag or anything, but he did tell me I get get into anything outside the top 5) and accept from at least one of the highest schools you can get into. He said it will make all the difference in the world when applying for jobs(especially professorships). Sometimes I wish I did that instead of writing software... I would be in my first year of teaching now.
Bah! That process is going nowhere! He forgot the "???"
Probably not until the checks stop clearing.
So when are they coming out with a video phone?
The best part of college is that you a little while you can be with a group of intellectuals that are interested in discussing stuff like that.
By the way moderators, although I disagree with this point, I would hardly call the parent post flamebait.
Reminds me of a math joke....
Universities like their mathematics department because it is so cheap. Instead of labs and chemicals and lasers, all the math department needs is paper and a wastepaper basket. The only department they like better is the philosophy department. They don't need wastepaper baskets.
All they have to do is identify the problem and then fix it. What's the issue?
This is nothing compared to the evil man who singlehandedly destroyed human memory 500 or so years ago... Guten something or other. I'll have to look up the name and date later...
Good call on the communication minor... that's where the girls are.
You should make that 99.99%. You just never know.
The best thing about high school girls... No matter how old you get, they always stay the same age.
Okay so this is offtopic and I am replying to a signature, but my daughter watches the song of the Cebu video over and over... and now I see it on slashdot. There is no escape.
I'll take a stab at actually guesssing what Ron Paul's views on this are. No, I didn't read his website specifically looking for this so I could be wrong, this is just based on what I know of his philosophy and voting record.
privacy/total information awareness: He is as much a privacy nut a the biggest nut job here. Essentially, since the US Constitution does not explicitly grant the federal government the power to collect the data then the government does not have that power. Period. A little more unclear is his opinion on states/corporations gathering information. Corps first... my take on it is that even though he would be apalled by the practice, corporations are private entities and so the government should not prohibit then from collecting data. I really don't want to hazard a guess as to his views on state governments collecting and using data. Obviously he's opposed to it, but whether the feds should prohibit it... you'll just have to ask him.
Internet regulation and taxation: This one's easy. He's opposed to it. Period. Never voted for a tax in his life. Note that since the constitution grants the feds power to regulate interstate commerce, the question is not purely consitutional. It also means he would have no problem prohibitting states from enacting thier own taxes.(I am supposoing here...)
net neutrality: This one has me stumped. On one hand, he would support the rights of providers to run their business the way they see fit. On the other hand, they are usually government granted monopolies which he opposed. I'll have to look into this...
copyright/patent reform: This one is the one that he would disagree with most slashdotters on. While I am sure he would agree tate the current patent office is broken, I am pretty sure he will conceptually side with patent holders on this one.
the right to read: Not sure what is really meant by this? Talking about censorship perhaps? If so, then he is most certainly opposed to all forms of censorship.
the right to secure communications: I am pretty sure he would see this as a free speach issue, so yes he would be in favor of it.
the right to tinker: Pretty sure he would support this as well, despite the patent/copyright implications. At least so long it is for personal use. But this is a guess on my part.
There are things I disagree with Ron Paul on, especially his anti-immigration stances, but overall he is the one I agree with the most. I even changed my affiliation to Republican(from unaffiliated) so that I could vote for him in the primary. Do I think it would be best if he did win... not sure. But I know we need a lot more people like him in office so that maybe, a generation or two from now, we'll have the same rights we used to. It will take that long.
Forget where I read this, but "A woman's place isn't behind a desk, it's under it.".
I've always found the concept of growing food to pump into our cars instead of eating kind of disturbing.
Yeah, I've turned jobs down due to drug testing. I don't even use drugs... I think the last time I even took Tylenol was 5 years ago. I just won't pee in a cup.