A side note: While being precursors on the development of free/open source software, the Free Software Foundation has become one of its detractors. RMS's anti-commercial attitude about non-free software has hindered many companies from supporting Linux and other free/OS software.
Open source software is good enough to compete in equal terms with commercial software. It doesn't need RMS's self-righteous, "moralizing" sermons.
I wanted to suggest everybody to stop using the term "GNU/Linux" and using "Linux" instead as a form of peaceful, non-confrontational protest against FSF's damage to Open Source enterprises.
This bill forces ISPs to provide the option of blocking a list of sites. If I don't want blocking or I want blocking but I don't like the list of sites ot the slowdowns that this can cause, I simply can opt out. Don't worry, all the pedophiles will still have access to whatever they want to watch.
Dude, you are simply showing your ignorance. You have not considered that Utah has a very high percentage of Mormons (about 50% in Salt Lake City, about 90% anywhere else), there is a clear and distinctive separation of Church and state here, it is the voters (aka. the voice of the people) that usually agrees with Mormon ideas. Simple, pure, fair democracy
You guys think that conservative people simply want to push religious beliefs on yourselves.
While you guys have no evidence to prove that embryos are not alive, other people (like those Russians described in an earlier post) are developing methods that do not use embryonic cells. Well, the embryonic cells that have been already extracted can be used I guess (if they are alive, your super scientists made them unviable for life already, or in other words, killed them). But I don't see why anybody (private or public) should be allowed to continue extracting embryonic cells, despite of funding or whatever.
PLEASE. While I agree that several patents are whacko and I am a big advocate of Open Source, music and movie copyrights MAKE sense. After all, people actually work making the movies (it looks like many Slasdotters don't) and they need to sustain themselves.
I wouldn't waste my time watching "free as in freedom" movies
5 cents is NOTHING. If people complain for 5 cents then they are screwed up. But you always find whiners that will complain because they just love complaining...
YES. You can tell because a good programmer will use the best tool for each thing. None of that stupid editor religiosity ("Visual Studio is better!" "No, Emacs!" "Vim is the way to go!"). That is plainly stupid.
Usually, having two bachelor degrees is worthless. 2 years of a MS or MBA will be much better than 2 bachelors (I've asked many people about this, and EVERYONE agreed). Go to grad school, don't waste your time.
Note: there are majors that are intended to be used in conjunction with another one. For example, many schools make their language majors that way, so that you can double major in Business and Korean, for example. These are exceptions to this rule
I disagree with your comment that MBAs are worthless. A technical degree + MBA combo is actually very good, you can get good paying jobs and you can move up in the management ladder fairly quick, IF you love management stuff. The issue is what it is that he wants to do. Maybe an MBA is not what would be best for his goals. Maybe a graduate IT degree isn't either. Maybe grad school altogether isn't. He hasn't told us what it is that he would like to do.
MBA is a good option if you want to go into industry, get some technical experience but then getting involved in management. After you start down that path you won't see much programming, it will be mainly administrative stuff.
On the other hand, a Master on CS or a similar discipline DOES increase your marketability despite what other people have posted. You application will have more weight that those without a MS. And regarding PhDs, the market is not more limited (over-qualification is a myth), and all the very good paying jobs will definetely give priority to a PhD over anybody else.
You first need to know what it is that you wanna do. If you like programming a lot, go for the MS, an MBA might increase your pay but it will drive you away from programming. If you like the idea of managing, then the MBA is a better option. But make sure you choose what you want because ending up doing something you hate can be depresing.
And last, do NOT, NO, NEVER choose where you wanna go before knowing what it is that you want to do, unless you want to end up doing something you don't like. Really, and MBA in Harvard might get you a lot of money but if you like programing better than managing you'll hate your life.
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A side note: While being precursors on the development of free/open source software, the Free Software Foundation has become one of its detractors. RMS's anti-commercial attitude about non-free software has hindered many companies from supporting Linux and other free/OS software. Open source software is good enough to compete in equal terms with commercial software. It doesn't need RMS's self-righteous, "moralizing" sermons. I wanted to suggest everybody to stop using the term "GNU/Linux" and using "Linux" instead as a form of peaceful, non-confrontational protest against FSF's damage to Open Source enterprises.
Wrong. It sucks to sit behind some dumb freshmen playing games during class. And yes, I blame him/her for ruining my concentration.
I still wonder why they didn't put this in the Your Rights Online section. Pitiful minds...
Again, this is just another attempt by Micro$oft to take over the world (I'm sure the space ring will have closed standards) :p
First videogame consoles, next the world!
Does it matter? Are there any GPU manufacturers other than NVIDIA out there? :)
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No you can't, because you're stupid.
This bill forces ISPs to provide the option of blocking a list of sites. If I don't want blocking or I want blocking but I don't like the list of sites ot the slowdowns that this can cause, I simply can opt out. Don't worry, all the pedophiles will still have access to whatever they want to watch.
Dude, you are simply showing your ignorance. You have not considered that Utah has a very high percentage of Mormons (about 50% in Salt Lake City, about 90% anywhere else), there is a clear and distinctive separation of Church and state here, it is the voters (aka. the voice of the people) that usually agrees with Mormon ideas. Simple, pure, fair democracy
Agreed, they should worry about them.
You guys think that conservative people simply want to push religious beliefs on yourselves. While you guys have no evidence to prove that embryos are not alive, other people (like those Russians described in an earlier post) are developing methods that do not use embryonic cells. Well, the embryonic cells that have been already extracted can be used I guess (if they are alive, your super scientists made them unviable for life already, or in other words, killed them). But I don't see why anybody (private or public) should be allowed to continue extracting embryonic cells, despite of funding or whatever.
PLEASE. While I agree that several patents are whacko and I am a big advocate of Open Source, music and movie copyrights MAKE sense. After all, people actually work making the movies (it looks like many Slasdotters don't) and they need to sustain themselves. I wouldn't waste my time watching "free as in freedom" movies
5 cents is NOTHING. If people complain for 5 cents then they are screwed up. But you always find whiners that will complain because they just love complaining...
I'm sorry, but funds for research are not easy to get. Don't count on it.
YES. You can tell because a good programmer will use the best tool for each thing. None of that stupid editor religiosity ("Visual Studio is better!" "No, Emacs!" "Vim is the way to go!"). That is plainly stupid.
Now you can impress you new boss!
Usually, having two bachelor degrees is worthless. 2 years of a MS or MBA will be much better than 2 bachelors (I've asked many people about this, and EVERYONE agreed). Go to grad school, don't waste your time. Note: there are majors that are intended to be used in conjunction with another one. For example, many schools make their language majors that way, so that you can double major in Business and Korean, for example. These are exceptions to this rule
You might be sarcastic about it, but CS + law makes a good combo and I know people that are actually doing very well.
I disagree with your comment that MBAs are worthless. A technical degree + MBA combo is actually very good, you can get good paying jobs and you can move up in the management ladder fairly quick, IF you love management stuff. The issue is what it is that he wants to do. Maybe an MBA is not what would be best for his goals. Maybe a graduate IT degree isn't either. Maybe grad school altogether isn't. He hasn't told us what it is that he would like to do.
MBA is a good option if you want to go into industry, get some technical experience but then getting involved in management. After you start down that path you won't see much programming, it will be mainly administrative stuff. On the other hand, a Master on CS or a similar discipline DOES increase your marketability despite what other people have posted. You application will have more weight that those without a MS. And regarding PhDs, the market is not more limited (over-qualification is a myth), and all the very good paying jobs will definetely give priority to a PhD over anybody else. You first need to know what it is that you wanna do. If you like programming a lot, go for the MS, an MBA might increase your pay but it will drive you away from programming. If you like the idea of managing, then the MBA is a better option. But make sure you choose what you want because ending up doing something you hate can be depresing. And last, do NOT, NO, NEVER choose where you wanna go before knowing what it is that you want to do, unless you want to end up doing something you don't like. Really, and MBA in Harvard might get you a lot of money but if you like programing better than managing you'll hate your life.