It's so painfully obvious that I'm mocking myself in my list of why the report is wrong. I'm not saying anything about its validity. Apparently this needed to be spelled out judging from the quality of the replies. I'm not being serious, don't reply to my thread!
all along my lack of concentration, difficulty with social association, and short temper have been a result of video games! I disagree. I can play a game like counter-strike for hours at a time and never lose concentration. I type to my opponents witty remarks like "that was bs!" all the time, and receive similarly witty replies - I've made some great virtual friends through gaming. Lastly, it takes at least 3 or 4 deaths for me to get pissed that some noob/hacker killed me. This may be funny, but it's true too!
movie = noninteractive videogame = interactive understanding the opposing viewpoint is a key to destroying it. but don't get me wrong. i understand and agree with your point completely. your argument reminds me of the whole bit in clerks about the hired workers on the death star that were killed when the thing blew up... drama happens in films that we don't full register when we see it... it goes along with the whole justifying the means with the ends thing...
I'm a CS major who has taken various IS courses and I have to say there are many differences that I have taken notice of: (1) Class size in an IS course is larger than any CS course (of course I go to a small school so I guess I should say "your mileage may vary" here). (2) The quality of students (I'm just being honest here) is much higher in a CS class. I've seen many IS seniors that have no real interest in computers, just want to find work when they graduate. (3) As far as professors go, every CS teacher I've had is a Ph.D. and IS teachers tend to be adjuncts or assistant professors, at least, for the intro classes. Subsequently, I think that more is expected of you as a CS major.
Basically, I would highly recommend going with CS. It has a more difficult curriculum but it opens your mind to some really interesting topics. So if you *like* to program and learn about interesting computer related topics then go with CS. If you want to be a great office user and "know" the ins and outs of how business works I would go with IS. Again, of course, your mileage may vary.
What exactly is the technology being talked about in this article? Could anyone point me to more technical specification of this dry line technology and how it was used in the past or is still used in a commercial arena?
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Apparently AOL client needs to be redefined. Last I heard, Netscape was still a web browser.
j'ever think he just spelled it wrong? calm down, people.
It's so painfully obvious that I'm mocking myself in my list of why the report is wrong. I'm not saying anything about its validity. Apparently this needed to be spelled out judging from the quality of the replies. I'm not being serious, don't reply to my thread!
all along my lack of concentration, difficulty with social association, and short temper have been a result of video games! I disagree. I can play a game like counter-strike for hours at a time and never lose concentration. I type to my opponents witty remarks like "that was bs!" all the time, and receive similarly witty replies - I've made some great virtual friends through gaming. Lastly, it takes at least 3 or 4 deaths for me to get pissed that some noob/hacker killed me. This may be funny, but it's true too!
movie = noninteractive
videogame = interactive
understanding the opposing viewpoint is a key to destroying it.
but don't get me wrong. i understand and agree with your point completely.
your argument reminds me of the whole bit in clerks about the hired workers on the death star that were killed when the thing blew up... drama happens in films that we don't full register when we see it... it goes along with the whole justifying the means with the ends thing...
ok im done blathering...
I'm a CS major who has taken various IS courses and I have to say there are many differences that I have taken notice of: (1) Class size in an IS course is larger than any CS course (of course I go to a small school so I guess I should say "your mileage may vary" here). (2) The quality of students (I'm just being honest here) is much higher in a CS class. I've seen many IS seniors that have no real interest in computers, just want to find work when they graduate. (3) As far as professors go, every CS teacher I've had is a Ph.D. and IS teachers tend to be adjuncts or assistant professors, at least, for the intro classes. Subsequently, I think that more is expected of you as a CS major.
Basically, I would highly recommend going with CS. It has a more difficult curriculum but it opens your mind to some really interesting topics. So if you *like* to program and learn about interesting computer related topics then go with CS. If you want to be a great office user and "know" the ins and outs of how business works I would go with IS. Again, of course, your mileage may vary.
Good luck,
Dominick
What exactly is the technology being talked about in this article? Could anyone point me to more technical specification of this dry line technology and how it was used in the past or is still used in a commercial arena?