You gave a good example that I didn't even consider. The peekers have an unfair advantage in the housing market around the Cambridge area. (Since this is B-School, I kind of doubt they'll be living in the Yahd.)
I was merely thinking of the anxiety, tension, even anguish already mentioned by other slashdotters who presumably have applied to grad school, and presumably have had to wait along with everyone else for the results. If everyone else must wait, then what is it that makes these students special that they need not wait? The only thing seems to be that they have lapsed ethically. Since Harvard professes that it does not encourage nor even condone unethical behavior, it should not surprise anyone that Harvard would deny these prospective students admission.
It's possible that the total list hadn't yet been finalized. I don't know about the Harvard B-School, but most colleges and universities admission departments place applicants in different pools or tiers. These might have been added to the online list as they were decided upon.
What rolls down stairs and over the chairs and into your neighbor's dog? It fits on your back, It's good for a snack, Everyone knows it's log. It's log, it's log, It's big, it's heavy, it's wood. It's log, it's log, it's better than bad, it's good!
An even better analogy would be dipping into the till at work, because you know you're going to get paid the next day. If the boss didn't authorize it, it's wrong. It's called embezzlement, a form of theft.
I'm not claiming the applicants are guilty of embezzlement, but clearly it is also wrong. They exploited a weakness in the system in order to gain unfair advantage.
No need for Dub to peek. If you have connections that allow you to be AWOL from the armed services (and to cover it up almost completely afterwards), you've got enough juice to know you made it in.
Presumably, they had to login to the system. Then it was a matter of typing in a certain url to get the results. Not too hard to check the logs, and see who requested what page.
Of course, the company that runs Apply Yourself obviously has partial responsibility for the poor security*, but not for the ethical lapses by the prospective students.
*I highly doubt it, but there is a remote possibility it was a sting operation. I guess that they could call it a retro-sting operation.
If they were admitted to Harvard, they're supposed to among the best and the brightest (or, possibly sons and daughters of the very well connected). If they were too stupid to realize that what they were doing was wrong, that would also seem to disqualify them from admission.
But how could you appeal without admitting that you had peeked? "I don't know whether I was originally accepted or not, but since I wasn't, can I appeal on the basis that I did not peek?" Kind of a weak basis for an appeal.
Bah! You kids are so damn lazy. Back in my day we used one of these when space was a little tight. Or if one was an anal retentive neat freak (or the wall was structurally important), one could use one of these.
On the off chance that your walls are metal (maybe it's a bulkhead) or if you're just a bit crazy, there is a third option.
depends on the goal, although you're mostly right. If one is aiming at the top of the corporate ladder, a law degree might be as valuable (or even more valuable) than a MBA.
Ever get the feeling that the slashdot editors were all top 40 radio programming execs in another life? All the hit news, all the time! Less talk, more dupes!
What makes you think Simonetta has a calculator? If lack of a serial port is a deal breaker for her, chances are she does her ciphering using an abacus.
If you look beyond the people that make it big, you'd find that the majority of artists that get recording contracts end up deeply in debt to their label for that first CD and unable to record anything else anywhere else, because it would violate the contract.
So what they get is actually worse than nothing. They end up owing money.
You can blame the artists for having poor business sense all you want, but the fact is that the deck is stacked against the artist. This is the "standard contract", and unless you have major pull, you aren't allowed to modify it. You're considered lucky to be offered it to begin with, since there are so many that would sign it in a heartbeat.
If the recording industry wasn't a de facto monopoly, they wouldn't be able to get away with such predatory practices.
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You gave a good example that I didn't even consider. The peekers have an unfair advantage in the housing market around the Cambridge area. (Since this is B-School, I kind of doubt they'll be living in the Yahd.)
I was merely thinking of the anxiety, tension, even anguish already mentioned by other slashdotters who presumably have applied to grad school, and presumably have had to wait along with everyone else for the results. If everyone else must wait, then what is it that makes these students special that they need not wait? The only thing seems to be that they have lapsed ethically. Since Harvard professes that it does not encourage nor even condone unethical behavior, it should not surprise anyone that Harvard would deny these prospective students admission.
It's possible that the total list hadn't yet been finalized. I don't know about the Harvard B-School, but most colleges and universities admission departments place applicants in different pools or tiers. These might have been added to the online list as they were decided upon.
What rolls down stairs
and over the chairs
and into your neighbor's dog?
It fits on your back,
It's good for a snack,
Everyone knows it's log.
It's log, it's log,
It's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
It's log, it's log, it's better than bad, it's good!
An even better analogy would be dipping into the till at work, because you know you're going to get paid the next day. If the boss didn't authorize it, it's wrong. It's called embezzlement, a form of theft.
I'm not claiming the applicants are guilty of embezzlement, but clearly it is also wrong. They exploited a weakness in the system in order to gain unfair advantage.
No need for Dub to peek. If you have connections that allow you to be AWOL from the armed services (and to cover it up almost completely afterwards), you've got enough juice to know you made it in.
Presumably, they had to login to the system. Then it was a matter of typing in a certain url to get the results. Not too hard to check the logs, and see who requested what page.
Of course, the company that runs Apply Yourself obviously has partial responsibility for the poor security*, but not for the ethical lapses by the prospective students.
*I highly doubt it, but there is a remote possibility it was a sting operation. I guess that they could call it a retro-sting operation.
If they were admitted to Harvard, they're supposed to among the best and the brightest (or, possibly sons and daughters of the very well connected). If they were too stupid to realize that what they were doing was wrong, that would also seem to disqualify them from admission.
But how could you appeal without admitting that you had peeked? "I don't know whether I was originally accepted or not, but since I wasn't, can I appeal on the basis that I did not peek?" Kind of a weak basis for an appeal.
Your sarcasm was working right up to the very end.
You shouldn't wear undepants that are so tight. I'm just guessing as to where your brain is located at the moment. =)
Obviously, I'm "self-employed".
But who did they get to represent humankind in the Robot Bukakke Competition?
Thanks for the insights, Comicbook Guy.
No, that would be wrist wrestling.
On a related note, can I claim that the blisters, calluses, and scabs on my pee pee are RSI related, and file for workman's comp?
Welcome our wimpy, weak Robot Overlords.
I'm not telling you what to do, nor judging you. Just passing on the information.
fug-dup the link. Sorry.
story here
You do know that the CEO of Macmice, one Jack Cambell, is a felon and known scam artist? Story here.
Not to mention, I prefer a mouse that doesn't scroll just because I look at it the wrong way. It'd be way too easy to scroll by mistake.
Then you definitely want to avoid the Travis Bickle mouse.
"You looking at me?"
Bah! You kids are so damn lazy. Back in my day we used one of these when space was a little tight. Or if one was an anal retentive neat freak (or the wall was structurally important), one could use one of these.
On the off chance that your walls are metal (maybe it's a bulkhead) or if you're just a bit crazy, there is a third option.
depends on the goal, although you're mostly right. If one is aiming at the top of the corporate ladder, a law degree might be as valuable (or even more valuable) than a MBA.
Ever get the feeling that the slashdot editors were all top 40 radio programming execs in another life? All the hit news, all the time! Less talk, more dupes!
I think I finally understand Taco's comment when the iPod was first released.
FM = wireless
Now, if only one of these flash players could have as much storage as the Archos . . . .
What makes you think Simonetta has a calculator? If lack of a serial port is a deal breaker for her, chances are she does her ciphering using an abacus.
If you look beyond the people that make it big, you'd find that the majority of artists that get recording contracts end up deeply in debt to their label for that first CD and unable to record anything else anywhere else, because it would violate the contract.
So what they get is actually worse than nothing. They end up owing money.
You can blame the artists for having poor business sense all you want, but the fact is that the deck is stacked against the artist. This is the "standard contract", and unless you have major pull, you aren't allowed to modify it. You're considered lucky to be offered it to begin with, since there are so many that would sign it in a heartbeat.
If the recording industry wasn't a de facto monopoly, they wouldn't be able to get away with such predatory practices.