You're right with his statement, but the differences between ARPANET in the 70s, and what we saw as the Internet in the 90's certainly did not happen without governemental support (funding). Or are you stating that it morphed on it's own? Gore was involved in the transition from a defense-network into the Internet we saw explode in the 90's. By involved, I mean he introduced legislation that would become the High Performance Computing Act of 1991, and would lead to what he referred to as The Information Superhighway. So my point is that his statement was wrong, but his role in the evolution of the Internet we use today should not be diminished because of that statement. It would be akin to judging any politician's career by one incident (oh wait, WE ALL already do that!).
Politicians will ALWAYS make statements that will come back to haunt them. President Carter made an odd statement that he "lusted in his heart" for women other than his wife back in 1976 (granted it WAS a Playboy article!). And the elder President Bush made the inopportune statement in 1988 about http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Geor ge_Bush_1988_No_New_Taxes.ogg "Read My Lips: No New Taxes". The fact that they DO make errors like that make them human. And situations like the younger President Bush saying some great ones, just makes me giggle at times...
Yes, it was called "Commercial Advance" and ReplayTV gave in to lawsuit threats & disabled it on their last series of units (55xx Series instead of the 50xx Series). I swear by Commercial Advance, as I own 4 units, 3 active and 1 a hot-spare in case a hardware failure occurs.
I have to correct you that West Wing has regularly had 22 episodes per season since it's start back in Sept of 1999. The only deviations have been "Specialty" episodes (like interview show with actual former WW staff & inhabitants). And 22 was the magical number in my other obsessive TV show, Babylon 5.
I think you're referring to Crusade, and not Legend of the Rangers. Crusade was on TNT, Legend of the Rangers was SciFi. The most informative site I have found in the 8+ years I have been following all things B5 has been The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5
I must chime in and give the perspective that time in College/University (especially completing a degree program) gives more than just the degree.
Along with that book knowledge, there is significant skills developed in how to work with different people. I know, and have worked with Techs and SysAdmins that really should just stay in their server rooms and never interact with people.
But the need to social-interaction skills is not limited to the IT field. When I was in management, and hiring people, there was a noticeable difference in interviewees that had the experience of interacting with diverse groups in a cooperative way. Those were the people who were offered jobs, because I knew they could relate to people.
By the way, I am now a SysAdmin for a public school. My clients are sometimes high-maintenance, but they just need to be treated with the Other CS knowledge (customer service).
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You're right with his statement, but the differences between ARPANET in the 70s, and what we saw as the Internet in the 90's certainly did not happen without governemental support (funding). Or are you stating that it morphed on it's own? Gore was involved in the transition from a defense-network into the Internet we saw explode in the 90's. By involved, I mean he introduced legislation that would become the High Performance Computing Act of 1991, and would lead to what he referred to as The Information Superhighway. So my point is that his statement was wrong, but his role in the evolution of the Internet we use today should not be diminished because of that statement. It would be akin to judging any politician's career by one incident (oh wait, WE ALL already do that!).
Politicians will ALWAYS make statements that will come back to haunt them. President Carter made an odd statement that he "lusted in his heart" for women other than his wife back in 1976 (granted it WAS a Playboy article!). And the elder President Bush made the inopportune statement in 1988 about http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Geor ge_Bush_1988_No_New_Taxes.ogg "Read My Lips: No New Taxes". The fact that they DO make errors like that make them human. And situations like the younger President Bush saying some great ones, just makes me giggle at times...
Yes, it was called "Commercial Advance" and ReplayTV gave in to lawsuit threats & disabled it on their last series of units (55xx Series instead of the 50xx Series). I swear by Commercial Advance, as I own 4 units, 3 active and 1 a hot-spare in case a hardware failure occurs.
You're referring to the much-hated "Battlestar: 1980" spin-off series. That was different from the Original Series by many degrees.
I have to correct you that West Wing has regularly had 22 episodes per season since it's start back in Sept of 1999. The only deviations have been "Specialty" episodes (like interview show with actual former WW staff & inhabitants). And 22 was the magical number in my other obsessive TV show, Babylon 5.
I think you're referring to Crusade, and not Legend of the Rangers. Crusade was on TNT, Legend of the Rangers was SciFi. The most informative site I have found in the 8+ years I have been following all things B5 has been The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5
And Gary Cole is currently acting in The West Wing as the vice-president...
I must chime in and give the perspective that time in College/University (especially completing a degree program) gives more than just the degree.
Along with that book knowledge, there is significant skills developed in how to work with different people. I know, and have worked with Techs and SysAdmins that really should just stay in their server rooms and never interact with people.
But the need to social-interaction skills is not limited to the IT field. When I was in management, and hiring people, there was a noticeable difference in interviewees that had the experience of interacting with diverse groups in a cooperative way. Those were the people who were offered jobs, because I knew they could relate to people.
By the way, I am now a SysAdmin for a public school. My clients are sometimes high-maintenance, but they just need to be treated with the Other CS knowledge (customer service).