dail-up is not broadband, and satellite is unusuable for anything but web-browsing due to latency. WiMax is often only available where DSL already exists as an alternative to Comcast.
They only care about money and sensationalism. Just look at how many PETA employees have been caught taking animals from perfectly good animal shelters just to leave them die in unventilated, furnace like bins.
Actually, I was pointing out that in America, high schools have 1 purpose: to put out people who can pass tests. Yes, European secondary education is better than ours because fewer people are expected to go to university. So, they create a well rounded education.
That is no longer the purpose of American secondary education (thanks to Washington DC politicians). So, to obtain a well rounded education, one needs to attend post secondary institutions that offer such.
Which is why you get your well rounded education in high school.
If you graduated from an American high school in the last 8 years, you likely didn't have a well rounded education. You were taught to take tests and that's about it. And given that part of the reason American is in trouble is that American children in general don't have a love of learning and won't go out of their way to learn something that isn't required of them, it is likely that the recent American high school graduate didn't bother to try and give themselves a well rounded education.
And exactly what help is a liberal arts component to your degree when there's a downturn in software engineering?
My LA let me move into other aspects of CS with relative ease where my fellows who had programming degrees mostly went without jobs because they couldn't adapt to hardware and systems administration. All they could do was program. Of course, the fact that I hated programming and liked the other aspects of computers may have helped that, but I'm also a better technical writer, and better at interpersonal communication than most of the tech school grads I have met. Those are the skills that get me the high paying jobs I have had lately. Those are the skills that make me stand out from the equally (and sometimes more) technically qualified people I have had to compete with.
If you want to be a specialist, you are likely better off going with the tech school. The experience could burn you out if you have any outside interests at all, and you might wind up hating it with a passion, but you will have a better set of skills for the work.
If you want to have the skills/ability/flexibility to approach a wider range of CS careers, albiet with a larger learning curve for each individual specialty you might have to master, the LA will probably give you a better foundation for that. Also, if you want to go to grad school, a LA gives you more of the non-technical skills you will need to be successful.
In truth, I prefer to deal with LA graduates in CS...they have better communications skills, better writing skills, and aren't quite as prone to being arrogant pricks.
The point of university is to totally immerse yourself in your chosen subject. See European universities for examples of how this really works. You spend three or four years doing nothing but what you signed up for. Far better use of time
There are significant differences between the US and Europe, if you haven't noticed...Until recently, the United States appreciated well rounded individuals with wide expertise and the ability to do multiple kinds of jobs over the European preference for specialists. While this preference has changed in recent years, American universities still teach to those old preferences. So, most American universities would say the point of attending is getting a "well rounded" education. Besides, seeking to limit yourself so narrowly means you are more heavily affected when a downturn occurs in your field of specialization.
Whilst being articulate helps, you've clearly never hired a software engineer. Some narrow technical skill is EXACTLY what will get you the big money in software, and what will get you hired over and over.
Not everyone who goes into computer science wants to be a programmer.
There's very little to be gained for a university to start making direct attacks on Bush.
Universities should be in the forefront of attacks on Bush. Universities are supposed to stand for freedom of information and the expansive distribution and aquisition of knowledge. In the last eight years, the Bush administration has forcefully attacked both of those things. Universities (at least the ones teaching real stuff as opposed to Creationism) should be vocally oppposing the Bush administrations totalitarian dictates.
Maybe in Scotland, the flight screeners are friendly and efficient. In the US, they are meglomaniacal assholes who wanted these jobs so they could push people around. They intentionally go out of their way to make flying as unpleasant and as big a hassle as possible. Don't believe me? Fly through O'Hare some day.
I'd not ever even see their latest if they only sell through Wally World.
One point to be made...Wal-Mart is the only brick and mortar access to the album, but you can buy the ablum through their website as well. And I recently read that about 20% of their sales have come from the website.
If it was more profitable to sell crappy products and give shit service, Sears would be first in line to start doing that.
It is more profitable. Why do you think Wal-Mart over took Sears as the world's largest retailer...crappy products at a cheap price.
Dude, California is bandwagon thinking...not forward thinking. They promote hybrids because their legislators have been convinced by the likes of Ed Beagley Jr that hybrids are the solution. They promote Ethanol for similar reasons. If you look at their track record, the California legislature is worse than the Bush administration when it comes to ignoring science advise that they don't like or don't want to actually take the time to understand.
And Wired left off Moonlight, which, with Reaper, are the only vaguely interesting new shows in the lineup...Looks like a less TV, more exercise/Age of Conan, kind of fall season for me.
You almost strike to the heart of the real issue here: there is a large segment of parents who no longer want to parent. They want the government to do it for them. They want laws passed so they don't have to make decisions and teach their children.
The answer is to repeal all those laws and make them parent. If they don't want to research the computer games their kids are playing, then don't let them have computers. Maybe the little bastards will learn how to read then.
Sure, you can register your offense, but that doesn't mean that any should muzzle themselves because of that. In the case of the comics page, if something offends you, turn the page. Move on to the next comic. There is something patently evil about the modern prevailing attitude that if it offends, it must be censored.
As I see it, there is a solid basis for attempting to not offend Muslims (whereas what I am about to say now is extremely offensive to them): They can't take a joke.
There is no right not to be offended. If they can't take a joke, they need to get over it. And the Washingont Post's editors should be ashamed of themselves.
Well, let's see...we are letting the goverment run roughshod over our civil liberties for fear of "terrorism". We allow the government to operate shady elections withouth punishing the officials responsible, and then don't force them to redo those elections because...well I don't know why, but just because. We allow the government to target citizens who oppose the government's policies, again because of fear of "terrorism". Yeah, sounds like we are a nation of cowards to me.
I know a guy who works for Sony on this stuff. It appears that locallization is quite a bit easier (if quirkier) using XML. His entire job is writing the XML to change "Sword of Manifest Destiny",etc. into what ever it's supposed to be in the other languages they want to sell in.
What we need is for the public to keep a close eye on how things are regulated and actually use their vote to weed out the crooks, otherwise it will only get worse.
Which will never happen. Most Americans, let's face it, are simply disinterested when it comes to politics. And the ones who aren't are too stupid or corrupt to move beyond the surface picture painted for them by the national Parties.
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Why is it that guitarists get so pissy about Guitar Hero when I never hear any space marines complaining about Metroid?
Because the average lead guitarist gets his ass kicked by the typical drummer when playing Guitar Hero?
dail-up is not broadband, and satellite is unusuable for anything but web-browsing due to latency. WiMax is often only available where DSL already exists as an alternative to Comcast.
They only care about money and sensationalism. Just look at how many PETA employees have been caught taking animals from perfectly good animal shelters just to leave them die in unventilated, furnace like bins.
Actually, I was pointing out that in America, high schools have 1 purpose: to put out people who can pass tests. Yes, European secondary education is better than ours because fewer people are expected to go to university. So, they create a well rounded education. That is no longer the purpose of American secondary education (thanks to Washington DC politicians). So, to obtain a well rounded education, one needs to attend post secondary institutions that offer such.
Which is why you get your well rounded education in high school.
If you graduated from an American high school in the last 8 years, you likely didn't have a well rounded education. You were taught to take tests and that's about it. And given that part of the reason American is in trouble is that American children in general don't have a love of learning and won't go out of their way to learn something that isn't required of them, it is likely that the recent American high school graduate didn't bother to try and give themselves a well rounded education.
And exactly what help is a liberal arts component to your degree when there's a downturn in software engineering? My LA let me move into other aspects of CS with relative ease where my fellows who had programming degrees mostly went without jobs because they couldn't adapt to hardware and systems administration. All they could do was program. Of course, the fact that I hated programming and liked the other aspects of computers may have helped that, but I'm also a better technical writer, and better at interpersonal communication than most of the tech school grads I have met. Those are the skills that get me the high paying jobs I have had lately. Those are the skills that make me stand out from the equally (and sometimes more) technically qualified people I have had to compete with.
If you want to be a specialist, you are likely better off going with the tech school. The experience could burn you out if you have any outside interests at all, and you might wind up hating it with a passion, but you will have a better set of skills for the work.
If you want to have the skills/ability/flexibility to approach a wider range of CS careers, albiet with a larger learning curve for each individual specialty you might have to master, the LA will probably give you a better foundation for that. Also, if you want to go to grad school, a LA gives you more of the non-technical skills you will need to be successful.
In truth, I prefer to deal with LA graduates in CS...they have better communications skills, better writing skills, and aren't quite as prone to being arrogant pricks.
The point of university is to totally immerse yourself in your chosen subject. See European universities for examples of how this really works. You spend three or four years doing nothing but what you signed up for. Far better use of time
There are significant differences between the US and Europe, if you haven't noticed...Until recently, the United States appreciated well rounded individuals with wide expertise and the ability to do multiple kinds of jobs over the European preference for specialists. While this preference has changed in recent years, American universities still teach to those old preferences. So, most American universities would say the point of attending is getting a "well rounded" education. Besides, seeking to limit yourself so narrowly means you are more heavily affected when a downturn occurs in your field of specialization.
Whilst being articulate helps, you've clearly never hired a software engineer. Some narrow technical skill is EXACTLY what will get you the big money in software, and what will get you hired over and over.
Not everyone who goes into computer science wants to be a programmer.
There's very little to be gained for a university to start making direct attacks on Bush.
Universities should be in the forefront of attacks on Bush. Universities are supposed to stand for freedom of information and the expansive distribution and aquisition of knowledge. In the last eight years, the Bush administration has forcefully attacked both of those things. Universities (at least the ones teaching real stuff as opposed to Creationism) should be vocally oppposing the Bush administrations totalitarian dictates.
Why do people constantly bash on Vista Super invasive DRM.
I've experienced the same abuse in Los Angeles, Portland, and Atlanta. It's a TSA thing, IMO.
Maybe in Scotland, the flight screeners are friendly and efficient. In the US, they are meglomaniacal assholes who wanted these jobs so they could push people around. They intentionally go out of their way to make flying as unpleasant and as big a hassle as possible. Don't believe me? Fly through O'Hare some day.
I'd not ever even see their latest if they only sell through Wally World.
One point to be made...Wal-Mart is the only brick and mortar access to the album, but you can buy the ablum through their website as well. And I recently read that about 20% of their sales have come from the website.
If it was more profitable to sell crappy products and give shit service, Sears would be first in line to start doing that.
It is more profitable. Why do you think Wal-Mart over took Sears as the world's largest retailer...crappy products at a cheap price.
In California, yes, Gamespot cannot say why Gerstmann was fired. Gerstmann can say why, unless he is bound by some contractual obligation not too.
I don't remember having to pay for StarOffice last year when I downloaded it. Is this a new development?
Dude, California is bandwagon thinking...not forward thinking. They promote hybrids because their legislators have been convinced by the likes of Ed Beagley Jr that hybrids are the solution. They promote Ethanol for similar reasons. If you look at their track record, the California legislature is worse than the Bush administration when it comes to ignoring science advise that they don't like or don't want to actually take the time to understand.
And Wired left off Moonlight, which, with Reaper, are the only vaguely interesting new shows in the lineup...Looks like a less TV, more exercise/Age of Conan, kind of fall season for me.
LOTRO has the same problem the movies had - it lacks the breadth of the books.
In the end God will win.
How? There is no God.
You almost strike to the heart of the real issue here: there is a large segment of parents who no longer want to parent. They want the government to do it for them. They want laws passed so they don't have to make decisions and teach their children. The answer is to repeal all those laws and make them parent. If they don't want to research the computer games their kids are playing, then don't let them have computers. Maybe the little bastards will learn how to read then.
Sure, you can register your offense, but that doesn't mean that any should muzzle themselves because of that. In the case of the comics page, if something offends you, turn the page. Move on to the next comic. There is something patently evil about the modern prevailing attitude that if it offends, it must be censored.
As I see it, there is a solid basis for attempting to not offend Muslims (whereas what I am about to say now is extremely offensive to them): They can't take a joke.
There is no right not to be offended. If they can't take a joke, they need to get over it. And the Washingont Post's editors should be ashamed of themselves.
Are we but a nation of cowards?
Well, let's see...we are letting the goverment run roughshod over our civil liberties for fear of "terrorism". We allow the government to operate shady elections withouth punishing the officials responsible, and then don't force them to redo those elections because...well I don't know why, but just because. We allow the government to target citizens who oppose the government's policies, again because of fear of "terrorism". Yeah, sounds like we are a nation of cowards to me.
I know a guy who works for Sony on this stuff. It appears that locallization is quite a bit easier (if quirkier) using XML. His entire job is writing the XML to change "Sword of Manifest Destiny",etc. into what ever it's supposed to be in the other languages they want to sell in.
What we need is for the public to keep a close eye on how things are regulated and actually use their vote to weed out the crooks, otherwise it will only get worse.
Which will never happen. Most Americans, let's face it, are simply disinterested when it comes to politics. And the ones who aren't are too stupid or corrupt to move beyond the surface picture painted for them by the national Parties.