I see what you mean about this particular postgrad course being available to those outside of the UK. Unfortunately all the research I have done, on their first degree courses, indicate they are 99% available ONLY to UK residents. Non residents do not even get the option of paying a higher Fee. If I am wrong PLEASE correct me.
It's really quite something to be able to peruse the MIT's material and all credit to them. However, I think that many find it difficult to go through such material if at the end of the study one has nothing but inner satisfaction and some knowledge to show for it.
In the UK they have the Open University with online University Degrees and Post Graduate study courses in a very wide range of subject matters. See http://www3.open.ac.uk/about/ Now this is NO Free but is extremely cost effective compared to ANY other form of study and after study and exams results in a fully acredited Degree. Unfortunately it's available only to UK tax paying residents. The courses they offer for those outside of the UK are rather more expensive (no Government subsidy) and rather more limited in scope.
There is nothing similar in the USA as far as I can see. Yes there are online degree courses but the cost basis is always rather high (certainly cmpared with the OU. I worked it out that a degree course would cost around Pds6,000.00 in the OU. Also entry is NOT dependent upon High School Certificate. You merely show up online, Register, pay and keep up with the course work etc. Unfortunately UK Citizens outside the UK (no tax residents are also excluded).
It would be good if something similar to the UK's OU were available in the USA, entry wise and price wise.
Meantime this is NOT a criticism of the MIT, I applaud their commitment to offering course material.
If the German Police have all the specifics about the Porno company's bank accoutns etc why not just tell the Credit Card companies NOT to accept charges from Germans to these accounts?
Plus the German Police could go through Interpol in Europe and strongly urge their counterparts thoughout Europe to do this same.
Wouldn't this have the very desirable affect of likely shutting down many of these bad businesses.
Also the German Police need to discuss with the credit card companies how they vet new clients and how such undesirably businesses slip through to be their customers.
Going merely after a few "end users" sorta sounds good but that's attacking the symptom and NOT the cause. All IMHO of course.
I hope they don't try to convince us his character is realy only 40 years old. That NEVER works.
Best would be for him to be a very active older guy, teamed up with someone younger (a son perhaps?) and this film could transition the major future role to the younger character, while leaving the door open to HF's continued particpation as he REMAINS a fan draw.
Let's not also forget that demographics are changing and the Baby Boomer generation wants to see more older characters and the younger generations want to identify with someone their own age.
Thus done well this could be a win, win. Done badle it's probably the end of the Franchise.
The 7.5mm Stock award was "given" to Steve Jobs in October 2001, hence details would have been disclosed re Senior Execs remuneration in documents suppled for that yeas AGM.
Now we are being told that nobody noticed that there had been no board meeting to award that amount of Shares to the CEO.
The CEO didn't notice his award wasn't ratifies by a Board meeting.
The CFO didn't notice
The Gen Counsel didn't notice
The Head of HR didn't notice
The internal Audit Dept didn't notice
The external Auditors in their review didn't notice.
The Board members didn't notice
Only 2 people appear to have left Apple. And yet nonone else in the above list noticed this "small" item?
Background checks are not the panacea that will make companies safe.
Who says this background is acceptable and this is not?
Background checks do not catch people who have yet to committ some "offense".
If someone has say a minor conviction will they become almost unemployable?
If you set a standard for new recuruits, who keeps updating background checks on long serving emplyees who committ offences outside of office hours? Should these existing "loyal" employees be FIRED if they don't meet the new hire "test" score?? Where does it all stop?
Anyone willing to bet that the empoyer, in this specific case, didn't supervise or manage this newer employee well enough and that there were signs he was going to do something silly? Blaming no background check instead of a possible lack of management supervision sounds too easy.
Yes it's troubling that the DHS official cannot even tell anyone how many of the matches were correct. If the system can't answer that it must surely be junk. I can't imagine sitting in front of a Congressional Committee and having to admit that lack of accountability.
The other way such stats are meaningless is that there are "criminals" who try to enter the USA everyday (and are turned back) and there is an already existing database to identisy them. So these SAME matches would also be made in this new database, but because they are already covered by legacy systems they are not NEW matches. Apart from the obvious legality issues DHS officials need to be honest and upfront about how well this new database is really working..or NOT.
I've also heard that this database cannot be accessed by individuals wanting to check their own status. But DHS says you can complain! But how do you know to complain? Also the database can and WILL be given to foreign governments and sold to oustide firms (for MONEY). YIKES!
This new sytem seems full of holes. I thought that DHS was created to have a more competent structure?
Online Video/TV is a win win situation for the BBC and it's viewers.
Their Revenue comes largely from the License Fees, thus no Ads, so online BBC programs are NOT a loss leader, like they would be for say ITV. Indeed the BBC could even start a new source of Revenue.
Instead of restricting their present trials of online programming, to UK residents only, they could open this up worldwide. Such new viewers could pay say %50.00 per annum and receive the BBC programming online. This would satisy those of us starved of good UK BBC programming and create new sources of revenue for the BBC.
So Auntie BBC get with it and offer it outside of the UK ASAP.
Forget those lousy deals re BBCAmerica etc. First I can't get that channel and if I could they mainly show 30 year old offerings that I already have on DVD. I can sign up now on Cable for dozens of international channels from all over the world, with the exception of the UK. So does us and yourself a favor, open up online BBC programming NOW to those of us o/s the UK.
At best this shows the police officers have had wholy inadequate training, in how to conduct themselves in the simplest of tasks. The situation gets completely out of control. Sure the student should have left the library more quickly. However, security and police officers are supposed to be trained in how to handle such situations. They were not dealing with an individual caught doing any "ciminal" act, or showing a "violent" tendency. The student appears to have been loath to leave the library when asked.
Instead of taking plenty of time to handle the individual, the aggressors were the security officers, who used vviolent force. Consider what their actions might have been had they had no "taser" equipment. Would they have taken more time to remedy the situation? Probably. Thus the UCLA needs to re-examine the whole training program for such officers. AT first glance it appears they had no idea how to peacefully control a non aggressive individual.
I wonder what the guidelines are for the use of tasers? Are they to be used upon non violent individuals? Are they to be used on those who react too slowly to commands?
Why does "Bank" employee need all 11mm customer records downloaded onto a Laptop and taken home?
Such wholesale downloads should NOT be allowed as they neceasarrily but the confidential data at HUGE risk.
Graphic chipsets are often more complicated than the CPU.
I agree about the lowering of cost and reducing power consumption.
Nvidia themselves have a similar project with a hoped for release late 2007 and VIA are powering the "Walmart" Laptp with remarkably low power consumption and reduced cost.
Thus the market for a combined CPU/Graphics chipset is likely to be in low end desktops AND most importantly in LAPTOPS.
It will be interesting to see wat Intel have up their sleeves also.
Or you could replace the whole Fusion chipset with the projected Nvidia chipset (release also late 2007) which attaches a CPU onto their graphic chipset.
I visited relatives in Spore and switched on my WiFi PDA. I immediately got on line. Problem was I suddenly realised i wasn't using my relatives WiFi. I did some quick research and found 3 strong and one week network was available (all open for me). I had to go and ask my relatives which was their network. Basically houses and apartments in Spore are pretty close together.
I would think the need is more to educate the people, who open up the networks, to make them difficult to enter, b4 prosecuting users. Of course we don't know the background to this incident and how much and for what prupose this person used the open network.
On the one hand the AG Gonzalez has been on Bush's side defending the legality of the NSA surveillance programs.
On the other hand his lawyers have now been prevented from doing their job.
What should be the position of the US AG now?
Does he continue to defend his boss, or does he speak out against the secrecy cloak, which has stopped his own lawerys from carrying out their duty?
Simply put: Surely the US AG has now to decide whether his greater duty is to the encumbent President, or to the US democracy and the people?
Some people are unhappy about the sharing of the 34 pieces of personal information with the US, though they appear to be happy that the airline holds the same database?
And these same people would rather fly to the USA w/o the US Gvt running basic security analysis of the data, before the plane takes off? Even though this would could make their flight safer and rather less likely to be hi-jacked.
Ergo these objectors would rather take a higher risk of being hijacked and feel happy that only the airline has their info?
I also wonder if anyone reads the small print when one buys a ticket, even though one has to "tick" that box saying one agrees with the terms and conditions. The airlines will simply add a few more lines on each ticket noting that the simple personal info will be reviewed for security analysis. That will end that matter legally and everyone will continue to fly and make no fuss and be safer IMHO.
When you decide to travel to another country you intrinsically accept to abide by their Rules/Regulations and Laws.
If you can't accept this do NOT travel.
Basic "security" information can either be collected by the airline b4 you travel, or by obtaining a visa via filling in a lengthy questionaire from that country's Embassy in your home country, or upon arrival. If upon arrival you refuse to give such information I don't doubt that you will be refused entry and sent home.
If the EU does not overturn this Ruling (quite possible) then Europeans will likely have to queue at Embassies Visa section before any travel to the USA is contemplated.
Apple Corp had a legal agreement with Apple PC that the latter would NOT engage in the music business.
Apple PC then starts and 100% owns iTunes and sells music.
The judge found there was no confusion in the "Apple" logo being used on itunes.
He found that itunes doesn't sell music.
W/o reading all the court documents if the above is a fair summary it would appear that the Judge decided to ignore the legally binding documents the 2 APPLES had previously SIGNED.
I admire both Apples, but surely the root is the legal documents pure and simple, whilst the judge decided to go into the grey area of "intent" and "use of logos". Sounds like this could end up in court again, as the newcomer (Apple PC) could theoretically take over full use of the "Apple" logo which does not seem right.
What you show in homechoice appears to be a closed channel. i.e. one has to sign up for their broadband to get their services which do include TV channels.
I am resident in the USA and, for instance, our choice of UK TV is so so limited. My cable channel doesn't even offer BBCAmerica which anywa shows mosts 30 year old sitcoms. I am looking for a source of UK television. Right now I am held ransom to whatever PBS decide to offer, which basically isn't very much these days.
How can I receiven UK TV over the internet?
(I already have a very hig speed ISP)
Thanks
Sadly IMHO TIVO have now priced themselves out of the market.
ReplyTV is, I understand, morphing from hardware to a software offered product (I use them with a Lifetime service fee paid).
I also use various PC offerings with FREE electronic guides.
It wouldn't surprise me if either Yahoo or Google spotted this opening and bought a software provider and offered the service via PC media type center softeware.
Sad really in some ways that TIVO seems to be walking the plank of their own volition.
Here's a thought and a question:
It seems top me that Intel's "new" platform CPU design can be used across most sectors. i.e. Laptops, PCs and Servers at 65 nanos. They also admit that it's as cheap to produce in dual core as the Pentium single core is at 90 nanos.
So here we have excellent computing power, great power saving and MASSIVE cost savings in production.
Conclusion and question: Given the above will this give Intel, what looks like, a huge price advantage in terms of production and enable them to realise much greater margins than ever? This of course would enable them to underprice anything AMD could offer.....
If so, for the consumer it looks like second half 2006 will be a great time to build/buy a new PC.
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I see what you mean about this particular postgrad course being available to those outside of the UK. Unfortunately all the research I have done, on their first degree courses, indicate they are 99% available ONLY to UK residents. Non residents do not even get the option of paying a higher Fee. If I am wrong PLEASE correct me.
That's most interesting input.
It's really quite something to be able to peruse the MIT's material and all credit to them. However, I think that many find it difficult to go through such material if at the end of the study one has nothing but inner satisfaction and some knowledge to show for it. In the UK they have the Open University with online University Degrees and Post Graduate study courses in a very wide range of subject matters. See http://www3.open.ac.uk/about/ Now this is NO Free but is extremely cost effective compared to ANY other form of study and after study and exams results in a fully acredited Degree. Unfortunately it's available only to UK tax paying residents. The courses they offer for those outside of the UK are rather more expensive (no Government subsidy) and rather more limited in scope. There is nothing similar in the USA as far as I can see. Yes there are online degree courses but the cost basis is always rather high (certainly cmpared with the OU. I worked it out that a degree course would cost around Pds6,000.00 in the OU. Also entry is NOT dependent upon High School Certificate. You merely show up online, Register, pay and keep up with the course work etc. Unfortunately UK Citizens outside the UK (no tax residents are also excluded). It would be good if something similar to the UK's OU were available in the USA, entry wise and price wise. Meantime this is NOT a criticism of the MIT, I applaud their commitment to offering course material.
If the German Police have all the specifics about the Porno company's bank accoutns etc why not just tell the Credit Card companies NOT to accept charges from Germans to these accounts? Plus the German Police could go through Interpol in Europe and strongly urge their counterparts thoughout Europe to do this same. Wouldn't this have the very desirable affect of likely shutting down many of these bad businesses. Also the German Police need to discuss with the credit card companies how they vet new clients and how such undesirably businesses slip through to be their customers. Going merely after a few "end users" sorta sounds good but that's attacking the symptom and NOT the cause. All IMHO of course.
I hope they don't try to convince us his character is realy only 40 years old. That NEVER works. Best would be for him to be a very active older guy, teamed up with someone younger (a son perhaps?) and this film could transition the major future role to the younger character, while leaving the door open to HF's continued particpation as he REMAINS a fan draw. Let's not also forget that demographics are changing and the Baby Boomer generation wants to see more older characters and the younger generations want to identify with someone their own age. Thus done well this could be a win, win. Done badle it's probably the end of the Franchise.
The 7.5mm Stock award was "given" to Steve Jobs in October 2001, hence details would have been disclosed re Senior Execs remuneration in documents suppled for that yeas AGM. Now we are being told that nobody noticed that there had been no board meeting to award that amount of Shares to the CEO. The CEO didn't notice his award wasn't ratifies by a Board meeting. The CFO didn't notice The Gen Counsel didn't notice The Head of HR didn't notice The internal Audit Dept didn't notice The external Auditors in their review didn't notice. The Board members didn't notice Only 2 people appear to have left Apple. And yet nonone else in the above list noticed this "small" item?
Background checks are not the panacea that will make companies safe. Who says this background is acceptable and this is not? Background checks do not catch people who have yet to committ some "offense". If someone has say a minor conviction will they become almost unemployable? If you set a standard for new recuruits, who keeps updating background checks on long serving emplyees who committ offences outside of office hours? Should these existing "loyal" employees be FIRED if they don't meet the new hire "test" score?? Where does it all stop? Anyone willing to bet that the empoyer, in this specific case, didn't supervise or manage this newer employee well enough and that there were signs he was going to do something silly? Blaming no background check instead of a possible lack of management supervision sounds too easy.
Yes it's troubling that the DHS official cannot even tell anyone how many of the matches were correct. If the system can't answer that it must surely be junk. I can't imagine sitting in front of a Congressional Committee and having to admit that lack of accountability. The other way such stats are meaningless is that there are "criminals" who try to enter the USA everyday (and are turned back) and there is an already existing database to identisy them. So these SAME matches would also be made in this new database, but because they are already covered by legacy systems they are not NEW matches. Apart from the obvious legality issues DHS officials need to be honest and upfront about how well this new database is really working..or NOT. I've also heard that this database cannot be accessed by individuals wanting to check their own status. But DHS says you can complain! But how do you know to complain? Also the database can and WILL be given to foreign governments and sold to oustide firms (for MONEY). YIKES! This new sytem seems full of holes. I thought that DHS was created to have a more competent structure?
Isn't "pretexting" the same as "identity theft" and therefore illegal?"
Online Video/TV is a win win situation for the BBC and it's viewers. Their Revenue comes largely from the License Fees, thus no Ads, so online BBC programs are NOT a loss leader, like they would be for say ITV. Indeed the BBC could even start a new source of Revenue. Instead of restricting their present trials of online programming, to UK residents only, they could open this up worldwide. Such new viewers could pay say %50.00 per annum and receive the BBC programming online. This would satisy those of us starved of good UK BBC programming and create new sources of revenue for the BBC. So Auntie BBC get with it and offer it outside of the UK ASAP. Forget those lousy deals re BBCAmerica etc. First I can't get that channel and if I could they mainly show 30 year old offerings that I already have on DVD. I can sign up now on Cable for dozens of international channels from all over the world, with the exception of the UK. So does us and yourself a favor, open up online BBC programming NOW to those of us o/s the UK.
At best this shows the police officers have had wholy inadequate training, in how to conduct themselves in the simplest of tasks. The situation gets completely out of control. Sure the student should have left the library more quickly. However, security and police officers are supposed to be trained in how to handle such situations. They were not dealing with an individual caught doing any "ciminal" act, or showing a "violent" tendency. The student appears to have been loath to leave the library when asked. Instead of taking plenty of time to handle the individual, the aggressors were the security officers, who used vviolent force. Consider what their actions might have been had they had no "taser" equipment. Would they have taken more time to remedy the situation? Probably. Thus the UCLA needs to re-examine the whole training program for such officers. AT first glance it appears they had no idea how to peacefully control a non aggressive individual. I wonder what the guidelines are for the use of tasers? Are they to be used upon non violent individuals? Are they to be used on those who react too slowly to commands?
Why does "Bank" employee need all 11mm customer records downloaded onto a Laptop and taken home? Such wholesale downloads should NOT be allowed as they neceasarrily but the confidential data at HUGE risk.
Graphic chipsets are often more complicated than the CPU. I agree about the lowering of cost and reducing power consumption. Nvidia themselves have a similar project with a hoped for release late 2007 and VIA are powering the "Walmart" Laptp with remarkably low power consumption and reduced cost. Thus the market for a combined CPU/Graphics chipset is likely to be in low end desktops AND most importantly in LAPTOPS. It will be interesting to see wat Intel have up their sleeves also.
Or you could replace the whole Fusion chipset with the projected Nvidia chipset (release also late 2007) which attaches a CPU onto their graphic chipset.
I visited relatives in Spore and switched on my WiFi PDA. I immediately got on line. Problem was I suddenly realised i wasn't using my relatives WiFi. I did some quick research and found 3 strong and one week network was available (all open for me). I had to go and ask my relatives which was their network. Basically houses and apartments in Spore are pretty close together. I would think the need is more to educate the people, who open up the networks, to make them difficult to enter, b4 prosecuting users. Of course we don't know the background to this incident and how much and for what prupose this person used the open network.
On the one hand the AG Gonzalez has been on Bush's side defending the legality of the NSA surveillance programs. On the other hand his lawyers have now been prevented from doing their job. What should be the position of the US AG now? Does he continue to defend his boss, or does he speak out against the secrecy cloak, which has stopped his own lawerys from carrying out their duty? Simply put: Surely the US AG has now to decide whether his greater duty is to the encumbent President, or to the US democracy and the people?
All gambling is EVIL. Except when it is State run, when it's very nice thank you.
But who created the sentient entity? A bigger/previous sentient entity?
Some people are unhappy about the sharing of the 34 pieces of personal information with the US, though they appear to be happy that the airline holds the same database? And these same people would rather fly to the USA w/o the US Gvt running basic security analysis of the data, before the plane takes off? Even though this would could make their flight safer and rather less likely to be hi-jacked. Ergo these objectors would rather take a higher risk of being hijacked and feel happy that only the airline has their info? I also wonder if anyone reads the small print when one buys a ticket, even though one has to "tick" that box saying one agrees with the terms and conditions. The airlines will simply add a few more lines on each ticket noting that the simple personal info will be reviewed for security analysis. That will end that matter legally and everyone will continue to fly and make no fuss and be safer IMHO.
When you decide to travel to another country you intrinsically accept to abide by their Rules/Regulations and Laws. If you can't accept this do NOT travel. Basic "security" information can either be collected by the airline b4 you travel, or by obtaining a visa via filling in a lengthy questionaire from that country's Embassy in your home country, or upon arrival. If upon arrival you refuse to give such information I don't doubt that you will be refused entry and sent home. If the EU does not overturn this Ruling (quite possible) then Europeans will likely have to queue at Embassies Visa section before any travel to the USA is contemplated.
Apple Corp had a legal agreement with Apple PC that the latter would NOT engage in the music business. Apple PC then starts and 100% owns iTunes and sells music. The judge found there was no confusion in the "Apple" logo being used on itunes. He found that itunes doesn't sell music. W/o reading all the court documents if the above is a fair summary it would appear that the Judge decided to ignore the legally binding documents the 2 APPLES had previously SIGNED. I admire both Apples, but surely the root is the legal documents pure and simple, whilst the judge decided to go into the grey area of "intent" and "use of logos". Sounds like this could end up in court again, as the newcomer (Apple PC) could theoretically take over full use of the "Apple" logo which does not seem right.
EOM
What you show in homechoice appears to be a closed channel. i.e. one has to sign up for their broadband to get their services which do include TV channels. I am resident in the USA and, for instance, our choice of UK TV is so so limited. My cable channel doesn't even offer BBCAmerica which anywa shows mosts 30 year old sitcoms. I am looking for a source of UK television. Right now I am held ransom to whatever PBS decide to offer, which basically isn't very much these days. How can I receiven UK TV over the internet? (I already have a very hig speed ISP) Thanks
Sadly IMHO TIVO have now priced themselves out of the market. ReplyTV is, I understand, morphing from hardware to a software offered product (I use them with a Lifetime service fee paid). I also use various PC offerings with FREE electronic guides. It wouldn't surprise me if either Yahoo or Google spotted this opening and bought a software provider and offered the service via PC media type center softeware. Sad really in some ways that TIVO seems to be walking the plank of their own volition.
Here's a thought and a question: It seems top me that Intel's "new" platform CPU design can be used across most sectors. i.e. Laptops, PCs and Servers at 65 nanos. They also admit that it's as cheap to produce in dual core as the Pentium single core is at 90 nanos. So here we have excellent computing power, great power saving and MASSIVE cost savings in production. Conclusion and question: Given the above will this give Intel, what looks like, a huge price advantage in terms of production and enable them to realise much greater margins than ever? This of course would enable them to underprice anything AMD could offer..... If so, for the consumer it looks like second half 2006 will be a great time to build/buy a new PC.