There is plenty of fodder in the above comments that could be remarked upon. (Bashing of US companies outsourcing jobs to India) But I think the current state of the economy shows that in the long run, the outsourcing of low wage/skill jobs to India and China is a good thing.
"we-don't-need-no-stinking-unions Amazon."
Unions are dead. Japanese car makers, Walmart, and many other business have show us this time and time again. Unions kill creativity, bring little benefit to workers anymore, and will only stagnate the company's growth.
Well I want to suggest what you probably don't want to hear.
You can't just pickup "Engineering" like you can coding (And Code Monkeys are very different from Computer Science majors anyways). The Engineering disciplines are so detailed to just get into the field without going through the traditional path first. (I.E. A 4 Year College, and preferably 2 more years after that) Sorry, but MIT's OpenCourseware is crap compared to an actual Engineering education.
There is a reason why you don't hear of too many "College Dropout" engineers who make it big in the industry like you do programmers. It's just not that kind of field and with the lack of engineering jobs already, companies aren't giving job offers to people with sub-3.5 GPA's, let alone self-taught engineers.
The above statement is correct. Only 1/3 of UF's funding comes from the State. The rest is tuition, research, patents, etc. The taxpayers do not "own" UF or its bandwidth.
Lets set up a hypothetical situation. Just like people who hold shares in a public company may have a say, but they do not dictate day to day operations.
Increasing the number of states requires you to increase the overall voltage required of the device to acount for noise in the system. So in return for more states you are running at a higher voltage and thus at a higher power consumption level. You still have the same problem.
Microsoft gives all our engineers (4000+) free Windows, Visual Studio, Visio, and much more. They gave our CS department free licenses for VS. Giving students free stuff! Wooo, bad company there!
"He's a right-wing Republican; the GOP is pro-rich, pro-big corporations, and pro-personal interest."
I'm guessing before today's story, you've never heard of this guy. I haven't either so don't feel bad. Sure we all know Frist, but he is hardly a galvinizing conservative icon.
Of course...your second line shows your true colors. Pro-rich, pro-big corporations, blah blah. Same 'ole line from the liberals. Who paints who with broad brush strokes?
Maybe you should give him a chance, before damning him. At least bother to learn a little bit about the person instead of spewing liberal talking points.
As an electrical engineering student, this happens to me -- everyday. Despite what everyone is saying here, there is just no way to avoid it if you are in a demanding major. The web and tv are "escapism" proxies. You just have to weave them into your lifestyle to benefit you instead of having them hurt you.
My advice to manage:
1) Set your life full of as many deadlines as you can handle. As an undergrad I am a teaching assistant, take grad classes, work in the robotics research lab on a group project, and explore new things I'm interested in (Linux, Computer Vision, and Robotics). Needless to say, I don't get home until Dinner. With constant deadlines, you will always be on your toes -- and that is a good thing. Nothing brings out the creative juices like a deadline.
2) Leave the TV ON during your favorite shows and do school projects that require the use of your computer. Yes...leaving the TV on is usually a bad thing, but if you can manage these two things at once you'll be happier then sitting in front of a comp wishing you could watch your favorite show.
3) When not watching TV and just plain studying, take a break every half hour to read a website article or chat for a few mins with a friend.
So what are the downsides of this plan? You are constantly stressed with all the work that needs to be done and some of your real life relationships outside of school suffer. Is this a bad thing? Depends on what kind of person you are and what is most important to you. It's allowed me to keep a 4.0 and to compete for a spot in a top grad school. (Hopefully)
It's called class envy. Some people think it's luck and not hard work is what it takes to get ot the top. It's the same people complaining about government mandated holidays.
I took a few online classes earlier during freshman year. (Statistics and some other bullshit requirements) Waste of time simply put. Its just a way for students AND professors to get out of doing any difficult work.
But completely online Universities? You miss half of what college is all about. As important as the classroom knowledge that is imparted to you, it isn't the complete picture in an education. You don't get the peer interaction, the bouncing of ideas off fellow students and professors, volenteering in a research lab to put your classroom skills to work, and the self disovery.
At UF we are required to take at least 6 EE labs (3 core, 3 specialized). The labs are where you learn the majority of the material if you put effort into it. I thought this was normal curriculum.
There is no substitute for getting involved, even as an undergraduate, in the real research labortories in the department though. Thats where you learn the real stuff.
It said on the news last night that Atlantis was already being prepped for a future launch and it would have taken two weeks to finish up the launch procedures.
Two shuttles in orbit would have been amazing stuff.
I've watched the original a dozen times, the Animatrix another half dozen, and I watched the trailer for Reloaded almost everyday for the past month. The Matrix is what Star Wars was to a previous generation. But I don't think I've ever been so disapointed by a movie sequel. Not even Lucas' butchering of the Star Wars universe with Episodes I and II could compare to what the Wachowski brothers did to their world.
As hot as Carrie-Anne Moss is, did we need a sex scene that lasted 3 minutes and ended with a shot of Keanu's ass? Somethings are better left to the imagination. Even before that, the whole relationship seemed forced on the viewer, not something natural that developed in the first. And the cake scene, wtf was that?
The whole movie's plot points just seemed forced, as if they were strung loosely together only to get to the next Bullet-Time moment. The original had that gritty feel; made you feel as if the characters were in peril the entire time. Trinity dying? Ha! Lets just reverse the ending of the first movie and play it into this one!
And the ending...how do you end on that? Give us a satisfying conclusion if you are going to have a cliffhanger. (Similar to The Empire Strikes Back)
I'll see Revolutions, but only for completions sake.
I just love the tone of the article/blog./sarcasm off
The belief that government control of broadcasting better serves the public interest is the same foolish arguement that the Russians used to enslave their people in a socialist economy. Government intrusion and regulation doesn't work, this is only a natural progression of a capitalist society.
I find the link's description of the book hilarious. The blurb sounds like the book targeted at middle/high school students so they can go around calling themselves "Master Hackers". Get the book before Microsoft does! Come on now. Who wants to bet this book contains nothing but buzzwords and a simple instruction set found on the internet on how to install the Enigmah.
I'm not sure why the hell someone would mod the parent comment to flaimbait. I have to agree that the ending to FFX was the most moving ending of a game I've ever played. I didn't bawl my eyes out, but I certainly felt for the characters. Seeing Yuna speak to the crowd at the end just topped it all off.
The FF series has had it's ups and downs, but I will take anyone of them over 99.9% of the games out there. People said the FF series was dead when IX came out (To me, it was weakest of the series), but I think FFX suprised everyone. Square is trying something new with FFXI, give 'em a chance or wait until XII if online gaming isn't your cup of tea.
I must say that of all the games I have played, the final fantasy series continues to amaze me how deep those games really are. There is no other game(s) that comes up more often in discussions on video games (Okay, so we engineering geeks get bored in college =P) then the entire Final Fantasy series, especially episodes 7,8, and 10.
I loved the zelda series, but I couldn't tell you a single plot element from any of the games. I can recall verbatim any of the scenes in final fantasy 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
To a lesser extent, the same can be said about two other square creations - Xenogreas and Chrono Trigger. Let's hope that Square continues it's trend in the future.
Deus Ex, almost every game of the Final Fantasy series, Xenogears/saga, and Chono Trigger (Not Cross =P) all had significant philosophical issues that had an "impact" or at least made an interesting discussions with friends. Similar to some of the discussions The Matrix causes.
If there was no wired.com, Slashdot's front page would be half the size. Maybe just have a big link at the top of the page that says "Fellow nerds, go here."
"By contrast, it is the strength of the second superpower that it could mobilize hundreds of small groups of activists to shut down city centers across the United States on that same first day of the war."
What a crock of shit. This guy's definition of a "Second Superpower" is to have cival disobedience everytime you don't agree with the government? It's comforting to know that instead of supporting our troops, liberals are more interested in being economically destructive.
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The University of Florida's Machine Intelligence Lab did the research 7-10 years ago. http://mil.ufl.edu/
There is plenty of fodder in the above comments that could be remarked upon. (Bashing of US companies outsourcing jobs to India) But I think the current state of the economy shows that in the long run, the outsourcing of low wage/skill jobs to India and China is a good thing.
"we-don't-need-no-stinking-unions Amazon."
Unions are dead. Japanese car makers, Walmart, and many other business have show us this time and time again. Unions kill creativity, bring little benefit to workers anymore, and will only stagnate the company's growth.
Well I want to suggest what you probably don't want to hear.
You can't just pickup "Engineering" like you can coding (And Code Monkeys are very different from Computer Science majors anyways). The Engineering disciplines are so detailed to just get into the field without going through the traditional path first. (I.E. A 4 Year College, and preferably 2 more years after that) Sorry, but MIT's OpenCourseware is crap compared to an actual Engineering education.
There is a reason why you don't hear of too many "College Dropout" engineers who make it big in the industry like you do programmers. It's just not that kind of field and with the lack of engineering jobs already, companies aren't giving job offers to people with sub-3.5 GPA's, let alone self-taught engineers.
Stick with being a Doctor, it pays better anyway.
70% women huh?
/cry
Goes back to his EE department that has 9 males for every female.
America owns!
The above statement is correct. Only 1/3 of UF's funding comes from the State. The rest is tuition, research, patents, etc. The taxpayers do not "own" UF or its bandwidth.
Lets set up a hypothetical situation. Just like people who hold shares in a public company may have a say, but they do not dictate day to day operations.
Increasing the number of states requires you to increase the overall voltage required of the device to acount for noise in the system. So in return for more states you are running at a higher voltage and thus at a higher power consumption level. You still have the same problem.
Microsoft gives all our engineers (4000+) free Windows, Visual Studio, Visio, and much more. They gave our CS department free licenses for VS. Giving students free stuff! Wooo, bad company there!
"He's a right-wing Republican; the GOP is pro-rich, pro-big corporations, and pro-personal interest."
I'm guessing before today's story, you've never heard of this guy. I haven't either so don't feel bad. Sure we all know Frist, but he is hardly a galvinizing conservative icon.
Of course...your second line shows your true colors. Pro-rich, pro-big corporations, blah blah. Same 'ole line from the liberals. Who paints who with broad brush strokes?
Maybe you should give him a chance, before damning him. At least bother to learn a little bit about the person instead of spewing liberal talking points.
As an electrical engineering student, this happens to me -- everyday. Despite what everyone is saying here, there is just no way to avoid it if you are in a demanding major. The web and tv are "escapism" proxies. You just have to weave them into your lifestyle to benefit you instead of having them hurt you.
My advice to manage:
1) Set your life full of as many deadlines as you can handle. As an undergrad I am a teaching assistant, take grad classes, work in the robotics research lab on a group project, and explore new things I'm interested in (Linux, Computer Vision, and Robotics). Needless to say, I don't get home until Dinner. With constant deadlines, you will always be on your toes -- and that is a good thing. Nothing brings out the creative juices like a deadline.
2) Leave the TV ON during your favorite shows and do school projects that require the use of your computer. Yes...leaving the TV on is usually a bad thing, but if you can manage these two things at once you'll be happier then sitting in front of a comp wishing you could watch your favorite show.
3) When not watching TV and just plain studying, take a break every half hour to read a website article or chat for a few mins with a friend.
So what are the downsides of this plan? You are constantly stressed with all the work that needs to be done and some of your real life relationships outside of school suffer. Is this a bad thing? Depends on what kind of person you are and what is most important to you. It's allowed me to keep a 4.0 and to compete for a spot in a top grad school. (Hopefully)
It means Dean is doing another lame publicity stunt. Come January he will just be a faded memory.
It's called class envy. Some people think it's luck and not hard work is what it takes to get ot the top. It's the same people complaining about government mandated holidays.
I took a few online classes earlier during freshman year. (Statistics and some other bullshit requirements) Waste of time simply put. Its just a way for students AND professors to get out of doing any difficult work.
But completely online Universities? You miss half of what college is all about. As important as the classroom knowledge that is imparted to you, it isn't the complete picture in an education. You don't get the peer interaction, the bouncing of ideas off fellow students and professors, volenteering in a research lab to put your classroom skills to work, and the self disovery.
At UF we are required to take at least 6 EE labs (3 core, 3 specialized). The labs are where you learn the majority of the material if you put effort into it. I thought this was normal curriculum.
There is no substitute for getting involved, even as an undergraduate, in the real research labortories in the department though. Thats where you learn the real stuff.
It said on the news last night that Atlantis was already being prepped for a future launch and it would have taken two weeks to finish up the launch procedures.
Two shuttles in orbit would have been amazing stuff.
I've watched the original a dozen times, the Animatrix another half dozen, and I watched the trailer for Reloaded almost everyday for the past month. The Matrix is what Star Wars was to a previous generation. But I don't think I've ever been so disapointed by a movie sequel. Not even Lucas' butchering of the Star Wars universe with Episodes I and II could compare to what the Wachowski brothers did to their world.
As hot as Carrie-Anne Moss is, did we need a sex scene that lasted 3 minutes and ended with a shot of Keanu's ass? Somethings are better left to the imagination. Even before that, the whole relationship seemed forced on the viewer, not something natural that developed in the first. And the cake scene, wtf was that?
The whole movie's plot points just seemed forced, as if they were strung loosely together only to get to the next Bullet-Time moment. The original had that gritty feel; made you feel as if the characters were in peril the entire time. Trinity dying? Ha! Lets just reverse the ending of the first movie and play it into this one!
And the ending...how do you end on that? Give us a satisfying conclusion if you are going to have a cliffhanger. (Similar to The Empire Strikes Back)
I'll see Revolutions, but only for completions sake.
I just love the tone of the article/blog. /sarcasm off
The belief that government control of broadcasting better serves the public interest is the same foolish arguement that the Russians used to enslave their people in a socialist economy. Government intrusion and regulation doesn't work, this is only a natural progression of a capitalist society.
I find the link's description of the book hilarious. The blurb sounds like the book targeted at middle/high school students so they can go around calling themselves "Master Hackers". Get the book before Microsoft does! Come on now. Who wants to bet this book contains nothing but buzzwords and a simple instruction set found on the internet on how to install the Enigmah.
I'm not sure why the hell someone would mod the parent comment to flaimbait. I have to agree that the ending to FFX was the most moving ending of a game I've ever played. I didn't bawl my eyes out, but I certainly felt for the characters. Seeing Yuna speak to the crowd at the end just topped it all off.
The FF series has had it's ups and downs, but I will take anyone of them over 99.9% of the games out there. People said the FF series was dead when IX came out (To me, it was weakest of the series), but I think FFX suprised everyone. Square is trying something new with FFXI, give 'em a chance or wait until XII if online gaming isn't your cup of tea.
I must say that of all the games I have played, the final fantasy series continues to amaze me how deep those games really are. There is no other game(s) that comes up more often in discussions on video games (Okay, so we engineering geeks get bored in college =P) then the entire Final Fantasy series, especially episodes 7,8, and 10.
I loved the zelda series, but I couldn't tell you a single plot element from any of the games. I can recall verbatim any of the scenes in final fantasy 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
To a lesser extent, the same can be said about two other square creations - Xenogreas and Chrono Trigger. Let's hope that Square continues it's trend in the future.
Deus Ex, almost every game of the Final Fantasy series, Xenogears/saga, and Chono Trigger (Not Cross =P) all had significant philosophical issues that had an "impact" or at least made an interesting discussions with friends. Similar to some of the discussions The Matrix causes.
If there was no wired.com, Slashdot's front page would be half the size. Maybe just have a big link at the top of the page that says "Fellow nerds, go here."
The website would have been interesting if the girl woulda recieved the massage face-up...
"By contrast, it is the strength of the second superpower that it could mobilize hundreds of small groups of activists to shut down city centers across the United States on that same first day of the war."
What a crock of shit. This guy's definition of a "Second Superpower" is to have cival disobedience everytime you don't agree with the government? It's comforting to know that instead of supporting our troops, liberals are more interested in being economically destructive.
How about you get your head out of your ass. Try Gallup, FoxNews Dynamics, and Zogby polls that all back up the 70+% number.