Many actually argue that the great rise in our GDP and all other economic factors during Clintons presidency could be associated with Reagan. Its just sad that so many Americans are so short sighted.
Majority, you do remember Gore had the majority. By something like 537,000 people. Keep talking majority, and get the electoral college destroyed in congress. Hell I would stand by you all the way.
I like your comments about how Bush is an honest leader, and cheney's views on civil rights are among the best in the nation. Oh wait, you did not say that, you went after attacking me as a person. But I in fact am not a total left wing. I am just against bush. I agree with most republican stands on economics, many of which are the exact the opposite of what bush is doing right now. As a republican bush should be doing more to seperate the fed gov't from the state gov'ts, but he is doing the opposite. He is passing things like the patriot act which give the federal organizations more power over the people. This is another part where I would like to be republican, because I believe that state gov'ts should be seperate. In addition I am in no way an extreme left wing on abortion. I agree that in the early trimesters abortion is fine. But having the babys head come out and then using a needle to suck out the brain and then delivering the dead baby after 9 month is just horrible. Look it up, you will find that under the current law this is legal, and done all over the nation.
Isnt it sweet how they seperate individuals from corporations. Give Bush 4 more years and he will let corporations vote. But even better, with Cheney in office black people wont be able to own gun pretty soon. And then we will all be safe, as boys like the ones in Columbine kill us all. Good Luck Bush!!!!!
China is still a Socialist Nation. Any mention to US companies to lower prices, and they will automaticaly point out that China is not a capitalist nation. Which is pretty far from the truth when you look at their economy. But the argument will still stand, and will stand for a while since the opponents will have less media exposure due to lack of funding. And our prices stay just as they are, most consumers will never even hear about the prices in China if the capitalistic companies here can help it.
Of course, that particular woman (if the story was true) seemed, among other flaws, to be a bit prone to jump to conclusions. But his assertion that engineering is the ONLY education worth anything sort of rubbed me the wrong way. If someone is acting stupid, will mocking them help them get better? How about showing your fellow human beings some respect?/
Didnt hear him say that engineering was the only education. But come on, integrating. Anyone that doesnt know what it is should be made fun. Its should be a right. Replacing that last Patriot act 2 crap they just passed on us.
Dont expect much from people doing a PhD thesis, or have a PhD in general. My Intel Assembly Prog prof is a complete dumb ass. The class had to teach him how to use the "find" command in the middle of his lecture. His reviews from PickaProf.com:
He Really didn't care about what he was teaching. It reflects a lot on the attitude of the students. Although his class is doable, I would suggest listening to any hints he gives and just studying from the book. If you can take another teacher, than go for it. Roppo needs to stick to something he actually enjoys teaching. - 07/05/2002
ECE 392 GeniusII
I feel sorry for him. He doesn't know what he's doing. He only knows how to talk. Seriously he is an ME major. He got his phd in mechanical, and he should teach that, not ECE classes. I've had him for three classes, and learnt nothing. If you can stay far away from him. - 11/15/2001
raccoon
Not quite as bad as people say, but still pretty bad. Very tough grader so be forwarned. However his classes ARE passable if you study, and you might even learn a little bit about assembly language. If you are a gambler who wants to graduate on time then take Roppo and stick it out. I promise he won't fail you. Trust me:) - 12/04/2001
p86
Strengths
There's really not much to say here for strengths, other than the fact that he actually comes to the class. However, he does know what he's teaching. He speaks English well.
Drawbacks
He knows what he's teaching, he doesn't know how to teach, and he gives too much material at a time. Roppo is one of the worst professors I have ever had. Several times when I was in his office, I would try to ask questions and he would interrupt me and assume he knew what I was going to ask. And it was not what I was going to ask. If you take a Roppo class, that should be the only class in the semester you take. So don't take him, it's not a smart move. - 07/25/2003
PinkPool
Drawbacks
Roppo is the worst teacher I have ever had. He has no respect towards his students or his TA's. He really doesn't care if his students learn while enrolled in his course. I'm surprised he's still teaching because that is obviously not his passion! I strongly suggest that if you are planning to take a class which Roppo is teaching, DON'T, because it will be a waste of your time and money. We as students pay to get a good education and attend classes because we want to learn and better our knowledge; we deserve to have teachers who respect their students and not teachers who demean them. We deserve to have teachers who actually have the passion to teach a subject they love, and roppo is not one of those teachers. - 11/24/2003
kingced
Strengths
no strength.s half the time students get lost in the material. As if reading the text isn't hell enough. Has no explainatory skills concerning ece
Drawbacks
Never take him if you wanna learn something. I wouldn't recommend taking his class ever. - 11/21/2003
You cant say a peer 2 peer network is not a useful tool in a college education. First it is a useful student communication tool, projects not cheating. Kazaa has plenty of downloadable books, some of which may actually be legally free. Kazaa offers a quick way to get software needed for class. Example: I needed MatLab6.5 with the image processing toolbox for my image design class.
But there were people who were told to pay up by the RIAA for whom it would have been impossible to trade files. They didnt countersue. If that case was actually possible to win, lawyers would have seen it and jumped on it. This rules out your case of the girls innocense mattering.
I can see how the Environmental movement is an excelent example with new nuclear power plants being built every day. And the cutting down of forests in foreign countries, so it could be shipped back here. And fighting against the NRAA is a tricky thing. I personally dont like to disagree with someone who has a lot of guns or money without having anonymity. I in fact do agree with most of the stuff the NRAA says. But many environmentalits are blind, and do not see far enough ahead. Also remember that examples that agree with theories do not actually prove them. You can site as many examples as you want, it will still be a theory not a fact. But one counterexample and its gone. Remember the hole Diebold voting problem. Diebold contributed 200,000 to the Bush administration. In return the Republicans in the area are arguing to keep using Diebold. See the problem here? The republicans had a direct initiative in giving government money to a corporation, just so it could give it back into their pockets.
Most of the people that rail of the US's political system either haven't ever seen any alternatives, or have very unpopular views
Politicians have the power to make large numbers of people agree with them. Just remember the arguments in the Nuremburg Trials. That if you tell people to go to war, without any facts its wrong to do so. And yet the politicians push it by saying those who oppose are not patriotic and should not be listened to. Dont remember exact quote. Good thing we went and freed all those Iraqi's. They just all wanted freedom so bad. And we stopped them from nuking us. Yeay. How about now we go actually help some people that want to be helped. Like all the countries in Africa suffering from AIDS, and us selling them overpriced medicine which they cant afford. You wanna help someone help them. Democracy doesnt work if the people are dying.
The evidence the RIAA has against users is not very strong. This exactly why some ISP's like SBC(my ISP) is fighting this. Spammers are disliked by most of the ISP's customers, and if they show they are anti-spam they create a positive attitude. It is in everybodys best interest to stop spamming. The RIAA on the other hand is disliked by more users than there are spammers. Read my other comments before you fight back.
The current situation is like David and Goliath. Maybe there are many David's but Goliath is just too big. My point is that the government should step in and make David stronger so he can actually fight back against Goliath in extreme cases like this. Right now the RIAA is just bullying people financially into agreeing with them. That should not be legal. Read my other comment for financial problems.
I was proud of those insults, even though I stole them from another web page.
What she says outside of court is not important. Interviews she gave to reporters will never make it inside a court house. And in America its still innocent until proven guilty. Therefore until the RIAA can actuall prove their case she is innocent, therefore done nothing wrong. What would you do if the RIAA said that you shared files. And told you either pay up a little, or go to court and pay a lot for lawyers, even if you can prove that you didnt. This is not the way a system should function. And I hope that the system is effective to the point that you are the next one put under their microscope for no apparent reason, and you have to prove your innocense. By paying 100,000 for lawyers.
It is not up to you to decide whether 3500 is unreasonable. It is up to courts. And since the RIAA is threatening a fee of 800,000 might be added on if the case goes to court, 3500 sounds reasonable to pay, instead of lawyer fees even in a winning situation. The RIAA is simply making the right thing to do, fight it, the financially wrong decision. The best way to motivate people into giving into their demands without a fight. Making people give up the rights given to them by the constitution.
There in fact are people sharing thousands of digitized textbooks. But the publishing companies are not prosecuting them the way the RIAA is. You can go onto Kazaa just as easily and find most e-books available. And why are you so intent on protecting the RIAA. What is your position in this?
I dont care if you whether you mentioned the FCC or not, I brought it into the argument. Republicat and Demican? Schitzo? Dont speak for most people. Most people can speak for themselves. And guess what most people are not qualified to argue that copyright law works well. Copyright law is thousands of pages. Most people in this country havent read that many pages in their lives. I will violate copyrights until I have the money to change them. After all politics is ruled by money, considering the amounts the RIAA is giving to the congressmen who support stricter penalties for piracy. If I would had that kind of money to donate, things would be different. No one argued that she didnt, I said that in many cases they were given information based on wrongful subpoenas. Bush has a lot to do with this. The fact that he turns a blind eye on all this, never even answering questions about it is bad enough.
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Many actually argue that the great rise in our GDP and all other economic factors during Clintons presidency could be associated with Reagan. Its just sad that so many Americans are so short sighted.
Majority, you do remember Gore had the majority. By something like 537,000 people. Keep talking majority, and get the electoral college destroyed in congress. Hell I would stand by you all the way.
First time I read this, I thought you said revolver. But anyways, I typed help into mozillas address line and it took me to cnet. The corporate whores
I like your comments about how Bush is an honest leader, and cheney's views on civil rights are among the best in the nation. Oh wait, you did not say that, you went after attacking me as a person. But I in fact am not a total left wing. I am just against bush. I agree with most republican stands on economics, many of which are the exact the opposite of what bush is doing right now. As a republican bush should be doing more to seperate the fed gov't from the state gov'ts, but he is doing the opposite. He is passing things like the patriot act which give the federal organizations more power over the people. This is another part where I would like to be republican, because I believe that state gov'ts should be seperate. In addition I am in no way an extreme left wing on abortion. I agree that in the early trimesters abortion is fine. But having the babys head come out and then using a needle to suck out the brain and then delivering the dead baby after 9 month is just horrible. Look it up, you will find that under the current law this is legal, and done all over the nation.
Personally I cant wait for:
Public right to search suspected opposite sex, February 28,2007.
Isnt it sweet how they seperate individuals from corporations. Give Bush 4 more years and he will let corporations vote. But even better, with Cheney in office black people wont be able to own gun pretty soon. And then we will all be safe, as boys like the ones in Columbine kill us all. Good Luck Bush!!!!!
China is still a Socialist Nation. Any mention to US companies to lower prices, and they will automaticaly point out that China is not a capitalist nation. Which is pretty far from the truth when you look at their economy. But the argument will still stand, and will stand for a while since the opponents will have less media exposure due to lack of funding. And our prices stay just as they are, most consumers will never even hear about the prices in China if the capitalistic companies here can help it.
Finally Canadians get a taste of RIAA's medicine. Theyve had these freedoms for way too long.
True, but if you add up all the totals Democrats beat out Bush by 13,972,819. If they could only join forces, we would have a pretty good chance.
Actually I think we should buy a judge. More longterm profit.
Of course, that particular woman (if the story was true) seemed, among other flaws, to be a bit prone to jump to conclusions. But his assertion that engineering is the ONLY education worth anything sort of rubbed me the wrong way. If someone is acting stupid, will mocking them help them get better? How about showing your fellow human beings some respect? /
Didnt hear him say that engineering was the only education. But come on, integrating. Anyone that doesnt know what it is should be made fun. Its should be a right. Replacing that last Patriot act 2 crap they just passed on us.
Examples dont prove a point, they only show cases in which it is true.
What I meant to say was that not all people doing a PhD are anything special. Think about Doctor Nick from the Simpsons.
Dont expect much from people doing a PhD thesis, or have a PhD in general. My Intel Assembly Prog prof is a complete dumb ass. The class had to teach him how to use the "find" command in the middle of his lecture. His reviews from PickaProf.com:
:) - 12/04/2001
p86
Strengths
There's really not much to say here for strengths, other than the fact that he actually comes to the class. However, he does know what he's teaching. He speaks English well.
Drawbacks
He knows what he's teaching, he doesn't know how to teach, and he gives too much material at a time. Roppo is one of the worst professors I have ever had. Several times when I was in his office, I would try to ask questions and he would interrupt me and assume he knew what I was going to ask. And it was not what I was going to ask. If you take a Roppo class, that should be the only class in the semester you take. So don't take him, it's not a smart move. - 07/25/2003
PinkPool
Drawbacks
Roppo is the worst teacher I have ever had. He has no respect towards his students or his TA's. He really doesn't care if his students learn while enrolled in his course. I'm surprised he's still teaching because that is obviously not his passion! I strongly suggest that if you are planning to take a class which Roppo is teaching, DON'T, because it will be a waste of your time and money. We as students pay to get a good education and attend classes because we want to learn and better our knowledge; we deserve to have teachers who respect their students and not teachers who demean them. We deserve to have teachers who actually have the passion to teach a subject they love, and roppo is not one of those teachers. - 11/24/2003
kingced
Strengths
no strength.s half the time students get lost in the material. As if reading the text isn't hell enough. Has no explainatory skills concerning ece
Drawbacks
Never take him if you wanna learn something. I wouldn't recommend taking his class ever. - 11/21/2003
He Really didn't care about what he was teaching. It reflects a lot on the attitude of the students. Although his class is doable, I would suggest listening to any hints he gives and just studying from the book. If you can take another teacher, than go for it. Roppo needs to stick to something he actually enjoys teaching. - 07/05/2002 ECE 392 GeniusII I feel sorry for him. He doesn't know what he's doing. He only knows how to talk. Seriously he is an ME major. He got his phd in mechanical, and he should teach that, not ECE classes. I've had him for three classes, and learnt nothing. If you can stay far away from him. - 11/15/2001 raccoon Not quite as bad as people say, but still pretty bad. Very tough grader so be forwarned. However his classes ARE passable if you study, and you might even learn a little bit about assembly language. If you are a gambler who wants to graduate on time then take Roppo and stick it out. I promise he won't fail you. Trust me
So its not just me.
You cant say a peer 2 peer network is not a useful tool in a college education. First it is a useful student communication tool, projects not cheating. Kazaa has plenty of downloadable books, some of which may actually be legally free. Kazaa offers a quick way to get software needed for class. Example: I needed MatLab6.5 with the image processing toolbox for my image design class.
It is in the US
See my argument on countersuit.
But there were people who were told to pay up by the RIAA for whom it would have been impossible to trade files. They didnt countersue. If that case was actually possible to win, lawyers would have seen it and jumped on it. This rules out your case of the girls innocense mattering.
I can see how the Environmental movement is an excelent example with new nuclear power plants being built every day. And the cutting down of forests in foreign countries, so it could be shipped back here. And fighting against the NRAA is a tricky thing. I personally dont like to disagree with someone who has a lot of guns or money without having anonymity. I in fact do agree with most of the stuff the NRAA says. But many environmentalits are blind, and do not see far enough ahead. Also remember that examples that agree with theories do not actually prove them. You can site as many examples as you want, it will still be a theory not a fact. But one counterexample and its gone. Remember the hole Diebold voting problem. Diebold contributed 200,000 to the Bush administration. In return the Republicans in the area are arguing to keep using Diebold. See the problem here? The republicans had a direct initiative in giving government money to a corporation, just so it could give it back into their pockets.
Most of the people that rail of the US's political system either haven't ever seen any alternatives, or have very unpopular views
Politicians have the power to make large numbers of people agree with them. Just remember the arguments in the Nuremburg Trials. That if you tell people to go to war, without any facts its wrong to do so. And yet the politicians push it by saying those who oppose are not patriotic and should not be listened to. Dont remember exact quote. Good thing we went and freed all those Iraqi's. They just all wanted freedom so bad. And we stopped them from nuking us. Yeay. How about now we go actually help some people that want to be helped. Like all the countries in Africa suffering from AIDS, and us selling them overpriced medicine which they cant afford. You wanna help someone help them. Democracy doesnt work if the people are dying.
The evidence the RIAA has against users is not very strong. This exactly why some ISP's like SBC(my ISP) is fighting this. Spammers are disliked by most of the ISP's customers, and if they show they are anti-spam they create a positive attitude. It is in everybodys best interest to stop spamming. The RIAA on the other hand is disliked by more users than there are spammers. Read my other comments before you fight back.
The current situation is like David and Goliath. Maybe there are many David's but Goliath is just too big. My point is that the government should step in and make David stronger so he can actually fight back against Goliath in extreme cases like this. Right now the RIAA is just bullying people financially into agreeing with them. That should not be legal. Read my other comment for financial problems.
I was proud of those insults, even though I stole them from another web page.
What she says outside of court is not important. Interviews she gave to reporters will never make it inside a court house. And in America its still innocent until proven guilty. Therefore until the RIAA can actuall prove their case she is innocent, therefore done nothing wrong. What would you do if the RIAA said that you shared files. And told you either pay up a little, or go to court and pay a lot for lawyers, even if you can prove that you didnt. This is not the way a system should function. And I hope that the system is effective to the point that you are the next one put under their microscope for no apparent reason, and you have to prove your innocense. By paying 100,000 for lawyers.
It is not up to you to decide whether 3500 is unreasonable. It is up to courts. And since the RIAA is threatening a fee of 800,000 might be added on if the case goes to court, 3500 sounds reasonable to pay, instead of lawyer fees even in a winning situation. The RIAA is simply making the right thing to do, fight it, the financially wrong decision. The best way to motivate people into giving into their demands without a fight. Making people give up the rights given to them by the constitution.
There in fact are people sharing thousands of digitized textbooks. But the publishing companies are not prosecuting them the way the RIAA is. You can go onto Kazaa just as easily and find most e-books available. And why are you so intent on protecting the RIAA. What is your position in this?
I dont care if you whether you mentioned the FCC or not, I brought it into the argument. Republicat and Demican? Schitzo? Dont speak for most people. Most people can speak for themselves. And guess what most people are not qualified to argue that copyright law works well. Copyright law is thousands of pages. Most people in this country havent read that many pages in their lives. I will violate copyrights until I have the money to change them. After all politics is ruled by money, considering the amounts the RIAA is giving to the congressmen who support stricter penalties for piracy. If I would had that kind of money to donate, things would be different. No one argued that she didnt, I said that in many cases they were given information based on wrongful subpoenas. Bush has a lot to do with this. The fact that he turns a blind eye on all this, never even answering questions about it is bad enough.