Acadia University also has this policy. Although understandable I do not see the threat that is posed if I have a WAP in my room, the center of campus. Oh well...
I am taking bus. admin. at Acadia in NS, Canada. Even though I am not taking computer science courses it is good to see that a university realizes that technology is the way of the future. By getting students used to using a laptop (which is inlcuded in the tuition) graduates are better able to function in the real world, where almost every job requires you to use a computer.
Unis do not just teach the courses. They teach you how to function once you graduate. This is why laptops, and a strong tech programme is needed.
Duke offering iPods seems more of a freebie to me, and I do not believe that a Uni should be using perks such as that to lure students.
In the workspace, lighting is often overlooked. Comfortable ambient lighting is one of the best ways to go, and have been impressed with Steelcase's. Steelcase.com
There are also some chairs that provide back support there too. Spending money on these items does increase productivity, and if i remember correctly, there are some good case studies at steelcase.com as well.
ok, fine, make a headline that catches my attention, i even had NO problem with it being "apple patented by microsoft", but the fact is that it is in the "Apple" section, which is just... plain... deceptive.
This has nothing to do with the apple section, but an apple trre, unrelated to technology, and is not even "news for nerds"... I dont want to hear about an apple tree, and we all know that microsoft patents everything, we going to put all of those as headlines too?
I do not understand why there is all of this fuss about google's gmail.
Firstly, it is a service that YOU sifn up for. You chose whether you want them to target ads to you.
They are using technology to target advertising. This is not an invasion of privacy. Would you suggest that it is an invasion of privacy for a phone carrier to log which calls you made? Of course not, they need to do that so that they can properly charge you for the services you have requested. Google wants to do the same thing, scan your emails which allows for advertising that enables them to offer you the service that you have requested. The problem here is that poeple have the perception that nobody looks at your emails. Google has technology to do this, and it is a shock to people that they are 'opened' because they see them. If people only realized that every server has this capability they would not be so worried about Google abusing it, because if they do they are just as liable as the other guy,
I think that they are forecasting what HD costs will be (per mb) and see that if they offer 1gb now, by the time that people actually need that much, they will be able to bue HDs at that cost, and still profit)
Anti-Piracy Software in Photoshop is pointless for several reasons. The first one being:
many users, including myself, use photoshop and make no money from what we do. We are hobyists. People like me are not going to pay for a professional tool simply to satisfy a hobby.
People who make money from photoshop are going to pay for it. I know many people who, as soon as their company takes off, DO go out and buy legit copies of photoshop, 3DSMax, and other professional apps.
So all in all, I think that the money Adobe looses is not actually losty at all, because I do not think that these illegal copies would be purchased, because I think it is mainly hobyists who use them.
The tides have just shifted. Because we need to type more doesn't make NOT handriting all of a sudden bad. So since we do not have to write as much, what is the big deal? Instead of handwriting we are moving to typing, why is this a bad thing? As long as U d0n7 $7@r7 chatting like this I don't see what the problem is. And the truth is that the people with better handwriting will always be better off, just like people who can type better are better off now. (When it comes to jobs, etc). Look at the english language, it has changed, the way we express it was bound to change.
ok, so computers have been made smaller, and they have been made faster. But what mde this so cool was how it all came together in the end. The final product was quite well refined. I am impressed:D I like the choice of colours too.
It is ridiculous that violence is even sugested as the reason for failure. Games that have good gameplay, regardless of the violence sell best. Games with good storylines, then games with good graphics follow. The violence isnt even a selling factor, I can name many games that hae flopped due to violence, because they had nothing else.
Do you see the irony in M$ recommending that Linux be used for storage? Obviously this is the best solution, but the mere fact that M$ is recommending something other than their own could show a shift in their motives.
as windows IE ias integrated into windows even more I see aproblem when trying to change your browser. I can imagine that Win users will have a harder time moving over to other Browsers because IE is more integrated into Windows. From a business point of view, this is a good move, ethically, it is not.
How about good quality, wooden, metal toys for that matter. Everything seems to be made the cheapest way now, plastic. I find this tough to comprehend. I am only 16 and I see my brother (9) playing with cheap plastic toys for only a few months, meanwhile, he has had hand-me-downs from myself for the past 7 years. The world is shifting toward "easy", "fast", "quantity" rather than "quality", this is dissapointing.
How valid can your point be if you use the words "Normatively people don't take a look at the facts"... hate o break it to you but Normatively is NOT a word, the word is normally.
Slashdot Mirror
oops, in my haste i pasted the wrong link. Here's the REAL link to Cisco's video: http://newsroom.cisco.com/Newsroom/flash/evp/?vidi d=955B868E49E525C3AD0F877DF4845507
http://slashdot.org/articles/05/11/17/0027255.shtm l?tid=126&tid=99
It's a great video about the technology. They talk about the advtantages and interview Cisco employees and the hotel employees. Check it out.
Acadia University also has this policy. Although understandable I do not see the threat that is posed if I have a WAP in my room, the center of campus. Oh well...
I am taking bus. admin. at Acadia in NS, Canada. Even though I am not taking computer science courses it is good to see that a university realizes that technology is the way of the future. By getting students used to using a laptop (which is inlcuded in the tuition) graduates are better able to function in the real world, where almost every job requires you to use a computer.
Unis do not just teach the courses. They teach you how to function once you graduate. This is why laptops, and a strong tech programme is needed.
Duke offering iPods seems more of a freebie to me, and I do not believe that a Uni should be using perks such as that to lure students.
In the workspace, lighting is often overlooked. Comfortable ambient lighting is one of the best ways to go, and have been impressed with Steelcase's.
Steelcase.com
There are also some chairs that provide back support there too. Spending money on these items does increase productivity, and if i remember correctly, there are some good case studies at steelcase.com as well.
Good Luck.
Yet another deceiving slashdot headline.
ok, fine, make a headline that catches my attention, i even had NO problem with it being "apple patented by microsoft", but the fact is that it is in the "Apple" section, which is just... plain... deceptive.
This has nothing to do with the apple section, but an apple trre, unrelated to technology, and is not even "news for nerds"... I dont want to hear about an apple tree, and we all know that microsoft patents everything, we going to put all of those as headlines too?
At best, this is Microsoft news, not Apple.
I do not understand why there is all of this fuss about google's gmail. Firstly, it is a service that YOU sifn up for. You chose whether you want them to target ads to you. They are using technology to target advertising. This is not an invasion of privacy. Would you suggest that it is an invasion of privacy for a phone carrier to log which calls you made? Of course not, they need to do that so that they can properly charge you for the services you have requested. Google wants to do the same thing, scan your emails which allows for advertising that enables them to offer you the service that you have requested. The problem here is that poeple have the perception that nobody looks at your emails. Google has technology to do this, and it is a shock to people that they are 'opened' because they see them. If people only realized that every server has this capability they would not be so worried about Google abusing it, because if they do they are just as liable as the other guy,
I think that they are forecasting what HD costs will be (per mb) and see that if they offer 1gb now, by the time that people actually need that much, they will be able to bue HDs at that cost, and still profit)
Just thinking the same thing... that didnt last long did it.
These are terrible haikus... these people should stick to programming, not poetry. It makes me cringe just thinking about them...
Anti-Piracy Software in Photoshop is pointless for several reasons. The first one being: many users, including myself, use photoshop and make no money from what we do. We are hobyists. People like me are not going to pay for a professional tool simply to satisfy a hobby. People who make money from photoshop are going to pay for it. I know many people who, as soon as their company takes off, DO go out and buy legit copies of photoshop, 3DSMax, and other professional apps. So all in all, I think that the money Adobe looses is not actually losty at all, because I do not think that these illegal copies would be purchased, because I think it is mainly hobyists who use them.
The tides have just shifted. Because we need to type more doesn't make NOT handriting all of a sudden bad. So since we do not have to write as much, what is the big deal? Instead of handwriting we are moving to typing, why is this a bad thing? As long as U d0n7 $7@r7 chatting like this I don't see what the problem is. And the truth is that the people with better handwriting will always be better off, just like people who can type better are better off now. (When it comes to jobs, etc). Look at the english language, it has changed, the way we express it was bound to change.
ok, so computers have been made smaller, and they have been made faster. But what mde this so cool was how it all came together in the end. The final product was quite well refined. I am impressed :D I like the choice of colours too.
It is ridiculous that violence is even sugested as the reason for failure. Games that have good gameplay, regardless of the violence sell best. Games with good storylines, then games with good graphics follow. The violence isnt even a selling factor, I can name many games that hae flopped due to violence, because they had nothing else.
Do you see the irony in M$ recommending that Linux be used for storage? Obviously this is the best solution, but the mere fact that M$ is recommending something other than their own could show a shift in their motives.
as windows IE ias integrated into windows even more I see aproblem when trying to change your browser. I can imagine that Win users will have a harder time moving over to other Browsers because IE is more integrated into Windows. From a business point of view, this is a good move, ethically, it is not.
How about good quality, wooden, metal toys for that matter. Everything seems to be made the cheapest way now, plastic. I find this tough to comprehend. I am only 16 and I see my brother (9) playing with cheap plastic toys for only a few months, meanwhile, he has had hand-me-downs from myself for the past 7 years. The world is shifting toward "easy", "fast", "quantity" rather than "quality", this is dissapointing.
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How valid can your point be if you use the words "Normatively people don't take a look at the facts"... hate o break it to you but Normatively is NOT a word, the word is normally.