We discovered this with co-op students. While you're on co-op your tuition goes to zero, although you are still registered as a student. So you don't need any financial aid. But when you come back for your last couple of semesters, you really get stretched over. I've seen students who had gone on co-op who begged, borrowed and stole so they could finish up their degree.
Actually, the financial aid at RPI works such that you are not allowed to receive more financial aid than you did the previous year. So he's not going to be hurt by giving him money through paypal.
At best, I said. You know, the ones who meekly knuckle under and get their four years and their piece of paper and they're outta there. If you want the horror stories of the past five or six years or so, go here:
I was trained as an EE, worked as a freelance programmer for a year and a half until I could no longer find contracts, and I'm headed back to school for a law degree to go fight the good fight. I'm up in Albany, and now that I'm back in school, I'm stuck around here for a while. The two others I live with are a Chemical Engineer (and a natural one at that) and a Mechanical Engineer with previous project manager experience.
I guess the moral is "don't bother coming to the Northeast, we have enough unemployed people here already".
The nice thing about Phynd was that you could also find recordings of local and student bands who actually wanted to be listened to. I remember some Single Bullet Theory (a student band that could do a kickin' rendition of Dark Side Of The Moon) recordings a couple years ago, for instance.
But I can't help but wonder... does it fuck with your emotions and hormonal balance in the ways the pill, Norplant and Depo do to women? No matter how much drug companies may try to ignore this, every woman I've known that has gone on the pill or Norplant (never known a depo user) had an absolutely hellish time while her body got used to it- 2-month long periods, unnatural mood swings, huge increases in acne, weight or fatigue; no wonder the decidedly male business of drug development hasn't bothered to find a contraceptive drug for men.
YEEP! Who the hell do you know?!
I'm currently on Depo-Provera and was previously on the Pill (Norplant is yicky). Haven't had one emotional problem yet. I usually lose weight when I'm on birth control because I'm doing more aerobic exercise (ie, lots of sex). If the women you know are having that many problems, they should talk to their doctor and ask what the fuck they just put in their bodies.
The only time I ever had a problem physically while using hormonal contraception was when I was on the Pill and my mother came to visit while she was menopausing. It took my period four months to come off the two-week, um, period with which it was occurring.
Also, some of the girls have experienced weight gain that they did not experience while on the pill.
That's because Depo's an appetite stimulant. It actually makes you hungrier. The pill just makes you absorb nutrients differently. I've done both, and as long as you excercise and eat the same, you don't have the bloating problem when you're on Depo that you otherwise get with the Pill.
However, one of the reasons that birth control pills for women work so well is because the women taking them have a *huge* incentive to take them -- they don't want to get pregnant. So, they're much less likely to forget a dose.
Uhm, actually...
I have a terrible time remembering to take meds in the morning. This became a problem when I was on the pill; there were several weeks when I was using condoms with the pill anyway simply because I'd missed one.
So I went for Depo-Provera this time. I don't mean to sound like an ad, but one injection every three months? If my Visor can remember it, I'm there, dude. The bonus is I don't get a period! Whoohoo!
And I will say that I don't trust a man to take a pill in the morning; how can I when, if I'm the one with the most to lose, can't remember to take a pill? No thank you, I'll handle my own contraception. If the boy wants to kick in some money to help pay for it, that's great. But if I had to remind him every morning to take a pill? I suppose I could write a cron job to email him every morning...
Hmm, scriptable boyfriends. Now there's a thought...
Pure socialism breeds mediocrity, just as pure capitalism breeds coercion. A good balance between the two (the current US system on *paper*, not the one in use) would seem to be most ideal. You can't overcome people's inherent greed. Otherwise pure communism would have worked and we'd still be in the 19th century.
Arrgh, the quote is "I thought that what's good for America is good for GM". If you're going to be anti-corporate, the very least you can do is be better than them and NOT misquote in order to distort intent. Come on-- let's win this fight not because we've stooped to their tactics, but simply because we are better.
Sorry to gripe at you specifically, it's just something that's been ticking me off in our little liberal circles here.
Don't speak for me. Just don't. You want to measure your newly-trendy patriotic wang next to mine, fine. Just don't try to speak for me. Don't use the royal 'We' when you speak of your own narrow troglodyte views. You are the reason many otherwise decent Americans are hated and loathed abroad, because you are merely perpetuating the awful stereotype. Speak and write as much as you like, but don't be so wussy as to try to cloak your personal bigotries in the stars and stripes we all have to wear. Okay? Okay.
Have you ever done a gig up on an honest-to-bob stage with spotlights in your face? Trust me, you don't notice photo flashes at all. You can't even see (or can barely see) the people you're making the music for. The first time I did a gig on a real stage it really creeped me out; I was used to feeding off how people reacted to the sound. But with enough floodlights, you actually find yourself understanding what 'showmanship' is all about because you feel alone, even though there might be a couple hundred people watching you.
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Sucks, doesn't it?
We discovered this with co-op students. While you're on co-op your tuition goes to zero, although you are still registered as a student. So you don't need any financial aid. But when you come back for your last couple of semesters, you really get stretched over. I've seen students who had gone on co-op who begged, borrowed and stole so they could finish up their degree.
This is why it's called "the Tute Screw"...
Actually, the financial aid at RPI works such that you are not allowed to receive more financial aid than you did the previous year. So he's not going to be hurt by giving him money through paypal.
At best, I said. You know, the ones who meekly knuckle under and get their four years and their piece of paper and they're outta there. If you want the horror stories of the past five or six years or so, go here:
www.inflatablewhale.com
BTW, this isn't Purser, is it? Shouldn't you be working?
Why didn't university help him?
Because it's RPI. Their actions sometimes seem like they actually hate their students, and usually seem like they only tolerate them at best.
Nope, but Hoplites will be kicking ass.
I was trained as an EE, worked as a freelance programmer for a year and a half until I could no longer find contracts, and I'm headed back to school for a law degree to go fight the good fight. I'm up in Albany, and now that I'm back in school, I'm stuck around here for a while. The two others I live with are a Chemical Engineer (and a natural one at that) and a Mechanical Engineer with previous project manager experience.
I guess the moral is "don't bother coming to the Northeast, we have enough unemployed people here already".
Hey derf, didn't know you were still around!
The nice thing about Phynd was that you could also find recordings of local and student bands who actually wanted to be listened to. I remember some Single Bullet Theory (a student band that could do a kickin' rendition of Dark Side Of The Moon) recordings a couple years ago, for instance.
No, he can't. I'm living with two other RPI alums who can't find jobs, either.
go pico! ;>
I think we need to transition to a non-magic-fish based economy.
How about a Swedish fish-based economy? Then my gallon bag of the things would make me totally rolling in jellified corn syrup.
this is not rocket science.
Nope, but if you do it right, it just possibly could be brain surgery.
Current aid to Afghanistan: $300 million.
Except that Bush sort of 'forgot' to slide that into his plan for this year's aid budget. Here's the link to the BBC.
So I guess we'll be going back in another twenty years.
I severely dislike certain presidents who refuse to study history.
Actually, that was only one type called the Dalkon Shield, and that was in the 70's. Modern IUDs have no such problem.
But I can't help but wonder... does it fuck with your emotions and hormonal balance in the ways the pill, Norplant and Depo do to women? No matter how much drug companies may try to ignore this, every woman I've known that has gone on the pill or Norplant (never known a depo user) had an absolutely hellish time while her body got used to it- 2-month long periods, unnatural mood swings, huge increases in acne, weight or fatigue; no wonder the decidedly male business of drug development hasn't bothered to find a contraceptive drug for men.
YEEP! Who the hell do you know?!
I'm currently on Depo-Provera and was previously on the Pill (Norplant is yicky). Haven't had one emotional problem yet. I usually lose weight when I'm on birth control because I'm doing more aerobic exercise (ie, lots of sex). If the women you know are having that many problems, they should talk to their doctor and ask what the fuck they just put in their bodies.
The only time I ever had a problem physically while using hormonal contraception was when I was on the Pill and my mother came to visit while she was menopausing. It took my period four months to come off the two-week, um, period with which it was occurring.
Also, some of the girls have experienced weight gain that they did not experience while on the pill.
That's because Depo's an appetite stimulant. It actually makes you hungrier. The pill just makes you absorb nutrients differently. I've done both, and as long as you excercise and eat the same, you don't have the bloating problem when you're on Depo that you otherwise get with the Pill.
However, one of the reasons that birth control pills for women work so well is because the women taking them have a *huge* incentive to take them -- they don't want to get pregnant. So, they're much less likely to forget a dose.
Uhm, actually...
I have a terrible time remembering to take meds in the morning. This became a problem when I was on the pill; there were several weeks when I was using condoms with the pill anyway simply because I'd missed one.
So I went for Depo-Provera this time. I don't mean to sound like an ad, but one injection every three months? If my Visor can remember it, I'm there, dude. The bonus is I don't get a period! Whoohoo!
And I will say that I don't trust a man to take a pill in the morning; how can I when, if I'm the one with the most to lose, can't remember to take a pill? No thank you, I'll handle my own contraception. If the boy wants to kick in some money to help pay for it, that's great. But if I had to remind him every morning to take a pill? I suppose I could write a cron job to email him every morning...
Hmm, scriptable boyfriends. Now there's a thought...
You try to front with rhymes / Stolen from the Jackson 5
We erase your tapes at night
You cower from KOMPRESSOR might!
Wow, I didn't think anyone else here had heard of KOMPRESSOR... Cool.
Its cases like that where socialism is better.
Pure socialism breeds mediocrity, just as pure capitalism breeds coercion. A good balance between the two (the current US system on *paper*, not the one in use) would seem to be most ideal. You can't overcome people's inherent greed. Otherwise pure communism would have worked and we'd still be in the 19th century.
Arrgh, the quote is "I thought that what's good for America is good for GM". If you're going to be anti-corporate, the very least you can do is be better than them and NOT misquote in order to distort intent. Come on-- let's win this fight not because we've stooped to their tactics, but simply because we are better.
Sorry to gripe at you specifically, it's just something that's been ticking me off in our little liberal circles here.
Don't speak for me. Just don't. You want to measure your newly-trendy patriotic wang next to mine, fine. Just don't try to speak for me. Don't use the royal 'We' when you speak of your own narrow troglodyte views. You are the reason many otherwise decent Americans are hated and loathed abroad, because you are merely perpetuating the awful stereotype. Speak and write as much as you like, but don't be so wussy as to try to cloak your personal bigotries in the stars and stripes we all have to wear. Okay? Okay.
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MESA OpenGL gonna die?
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an ass-clown is the goatse guy coated in greasepaint.
come on, why do you think they call them the ringling brothers?
Screw you, you damned Victorian! MY clit will NOT be denied! ;>
Have you ever done a gig up on an honest-to-bob stage with spotlights in your face? Trust me, you don't notice photo flashes at all. You can't even see (or can barely see) the people you're making the music for. The first time I did a gig on a real stage it really creeped me out; I was used to feeding off how people reacted to the sound. But with enough floodlights, you actually find yourself understanding what 'showmanship' is all about because you feel alone, even though there might be a couple hundred people watching you.
good shot, red 2!