This is true. I am also a senior in High School and am done with the whole college thing. I got into NYU early decision and I'm glad. The thing is, NYU may be second-tier but I don't care. I didn't like any of the Ivy's and in fact almost had something against them BECAUSE they were Ivy. The only one I considered applying to was UPenn because it's in Philly where I live and I've grown up with it.
Now the thing is, in High School I was on the school's web team and am the Co-Editor-in-Chief this year. I spent my last summer volunteering at a computer donation place where old computers are repaired and sold at low prices or re-donated to other organizations. The summer before that I took a college course in computer programming (although a lot of the stuff we started with it turned out I knew because I'd started making web pages in 8th grade and programming in 9th and this was the summer before 11th). I've also played Saxophone since 6th grade (actually, 4th grade but I stopped for a year in 5th). I also was on sound crew in 11th and 12th grade. The thing is, I actually enjoyed doing these things. I didn't do them to pad my application.. I was glad that I could pad my application with them, but that wasn't the only reason why I did them. The only thing I really did just to do was a community service club at school which I was really only mildly interested and did because, as much as I hate buying into it, you need community service on your application these days (and I hadn't volunteered at the computer repair place yet).
My grades in high school were generally Bs and sometimes As, and in Freshmen year, I got a few non-final report Cs. However, I went to a magnet public school (considered the best one in Philadelphia or one of them) and all my regular courses are weighted 1.1 and my A.P.s are weighted 1.2. Of course, colleges usually un-weight grades and look at them in context with the school. However, I guess what I'm saying is my grades were pretty average.. I wasn't considered the smart kid like I was in middle school, and part of it was I stopped caring so much (both in a healthy way, and an unhealthy way.. on one hand I didn't stress out as much, but my general dislike of the people I was around and my disappointment at the way middle school and high school treated me made me apathetic). Oh yeah, and my SAT scores with the best combined were a 2090 and my SAT IIs included US History (610 or 630, I forget) and Math Level II (700 or 710 I forget).
Anyway, when looking for colleges I was very picky. I became very cynical in high school and every college I saw made me depressed because I saw overpaid professors talking about socialism and extreme left wing sorts of things in an effort to sound cool, while meanwhile they're accepting humongous paychecks and working for a corporation that charges tons of money (artificially) for what is a necessity these days. I also didn't like high school and felt lost and depressed about all of that. But anyway getting back to the actual topic...
I always liked New York so when I visited NYU, it was the first school I really liked, besides McGill which I ended up deciding was too far (although I really liked Montreal and the school itself). Of course, I wanted to major in computer science and NYU is a liberal arts college known for acting and writing and stuff. Plus it's in the center of Greenwich Village. But thats exactly why I liked it. As much as some hardcore engineer Slashdotters may assume I'm just a lazy person, I liked the fact that not everything was computer science. I wanted liberal arts along with computer science, not just strict engineering (of course comp sci and Computer Engineering are different, but a lot of schools put computer science in the engineering department). Even if NYU doesn't mentally connect with computer science in people's heads like other schools, it doesn't mean anything, and I'm glad I'm going there. I'm sure you all remember the Slashdot stories on the multi-touch screen that could revolutionize GUIs. If not, h
what constitutes porn? to a lot of people it's the act of sex between two people that is captured in a form of "real" media (photos or videos as opposed to paintings). however to a lot of america (or amerikkka as liberal websites would say:/) it is nudity in a medical or anatomy book when not viewed by an artist or doctor.
Note that the only passwords looked at were phished ones, which introduces bias as more security savvy people would be less likely to fall for phishing (and probably more likely to use strong passwords). Of course the article then shows even not-so-security savvy people have good passwords.. but still there is bias whether or not it seems logical:P
Paris Hilton = fail
They should have said Y.T. instead. She also has slutty tendencies but is a) much cooler and b) from a fictional science fiction novel that defined a lot of the ideas we have about virtual realities via networks (Snow Crash is the book for those of you arent sure what I'm talking about)
Create or choose a lossless, unencrypted format that fits with each type of file. Make sure they are always supported with free libraries and utilities. Also, find a type of format that can shrink the size of files (like zip or something)
i've been saying that I'm gonna switch to linux with a small xp partition (possibly vm). Likewise, Microsoft is making it easier and easier for me to keep to that promise.
someone with some sense to say "um the string theory isnt a theory because almost everything is based on 'maybes' and not facts, as theories require'
The string theory is very interesting but the fact remains it is practically all speculation on top of speculation on top of speculation on top of some fact.
A) Vista and XP copied off of Mac OS X's interface.
B) It doesn't matter because its called healthy competition and is what prevents monopolies and closed markets.
C) Who cares
I was going to! I was gonna say that its too bad this news didnt come out a month or 2 ago when I was doing this in English class. My English teacher would totally go crazy (in a good way) if she saw this:P
this reminds me of when I first got into internet communities, the first messageboard I ever joined was doomworld.com. That is one of the most strict, tight-assed boards out there probably, and I'm glad thats the first one I joined now, because although I didnt realize it then, better to learn tough then to join some board where everyone has 500x500 avatars and every post is just a smiley. Doomworld doesnt even have smileys! We just have ASCII characters that stay that way when you post! haha
anyways I think I see where you're coming from.
also i should note that on Doomworld I'm one of the top 50 posters and probably pust thier limits to the max out of any other top poster on the board. So heh, I'm far from perfect in thier eyes but I'm a helluva lot better than I'd be somewhere else.
i wonder what the copyright is on the character? someone should create a site called "Cpt. Copyright" where Captain becomes Cpt. and see if they get in trouble.
I actually didnt miss your point, because "linux" is a basic os where any person or company can release thier own distro. It isn't one company releasing various versions of an operating system, it's various companies, organizations and people releasing thier own personal versions of a basic operating system. There is no comparison in the first place, because the two are simply unrelated.
the difference being Linux comes in flavors depending on what you like, all free. Windows is gonna come in flavors based on how much money you have and how powerful you want your operating system to be.
Thats cool because ironically I had just been wondering if you needed language to think (because it is like talking to yourself it seems) and now I have an answer:) Whats weird is, I was just thinking about that before I saw this article.
there is always paranoia about "declining communication skills." At the same time there are always contradicting studies showing how language skills are actually increasing. Langauge and usage is always being analyzed way too much.. language is what it is. It is a method of communicating thoughts and ideas with others. As long as we understand each other there is nothing "wrong" and we are devolving or whatever these people seem to think. language exists because we created it for our benefit. People who can't accept that language evolves and branches off for different purposes are close-minded and ignorant to reality.
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This is true. I am also a senior in High School and am done with the whole college thing. I got into NYU early decision and I'm glad. The thing is, NYU may be second-tier but I don't care. I didn't like any of the Ivy's and in fact almost had something against them BECAUSE they were Ivy. The only one I considered applying to was UPenn because it's in Philly where I live and I've grown up with it.
Now the thing is, in High School I was on the school's web team and am the Co-Editor-in-Chief this year. I spent my last summer volunteering at a computer donation place where old computers are repaired and sold at low prices or re-donated to other organizations. The summer before that I took a college course in computer programming (although a lot of the stuff we started with it turned out I knew because I'd started making web pages in 8th grade and programming in 9th and this was the summer before 11th). I've also played Saxophone since 6th grade (actually, 4th grade but I stopped for a year in 5th). I also was on sound crew in 11th and 12th grade. The thing is, I actually enjoyed doing these things. I didn't do them to pad my application.. I was glad that I could pad my application with them, but that wasn't the only reason why I did them. The only thing I really did just to do was a community service club at school which I was really only mildly interested and did because, as much as I hate buying into it, you need community service on your application these days (and I hadn't volunteered at the computer repair place yet).
My grades in high school were generally Bs and sometimes As, and in Freshmen year, I got a few non-final report Cs. However, I went to a magnet public school (considered the best one in Philadelphia or one of them) and all my regular courses are weighted 1.1 and my A.P.s are weighted 1.2. Of course, colleges usually un-weight grades and look at them in context with the school. However, I guess what I'm saying is my grades were pretty average.. I wasn't considered the smart kid like I was in middle school, and part of it was I stopped caring so much (both in a healthy way, and an unhealthy way.. on one hand I didn't stress out as much, but my general dislike of the people I was around and my disappointment at the way middle school and high school treated me made me apathetic). Oh yeah, and my SAT scores with the best combined were a 2090 and my SAT IIs included US History (610 or 630, I forget) and Math Level II (700 or 710 I forget).
Anyway, when looking for colleges I was very picky. I became very cynical in high school and every college I saw made me depressed because I saw overpaid professors talking about socialism and extreme left wing sorts of things in an effort to sound cool, while meanwhile they're accepting humongous paychecks and working for a corporation that charges tons of money (artificially) for what is a necessity these days. I also didn't like high school and felt lost and depressed about all of that. But anyway getting back to the actual topic...
I always liked New York so when I visited NYU, it was the first school I really liked, besides McGill which I ended up deciding was too far (although I really liked Montreal and the school itself). Of course, I wanted to major in computer science and NYU is a liberal arts college known for acting and writing and stuff. Plus it's in the center of Greenwich Village. But thats exactly why I liked it. As much as some hardcore engineer Slashdotters may assume I'm just a lazy person, I liked the fact that not everything was computer science. I wanted liberal arts along with computer science, not just strict engineering (of course comp sci and Computer Engineering are different, but a lot of schools put computer science in the engineering department). Even if NYU doesn't mentally connect with computer science in people's heads like other schools, it doesn't mean anything, and I'm glad I'm going there. I'm sure you all remember the Slashdot stories on the multi-touch screen that could revolutionize GUIs. If not, h
what constitutes porn? to a lot of people it's the act of sex between two people that is captured in a form of "real" media (photos or videos as opposed to paintings). however to a lot of america (or amerikkka as liberal websites would say :/) it is nudity in a medical or anatomy book when not viewed by an artist or doctor.
Note that the only passwords looked at were phished ones, which introduces bias as more security savvy people would be less likely to fall for phishing (and probably more likely to use strong passwords). Of course the article then shows even not-so-security savvy people have good passwords.. but still there is bias whether or not it seems logical :P
Paris Hilton = fail They should have said Y.T. instead. She also has slutty tendencies but is a) much cooler and b) from a fictional science fiction novel that defined a lot of the ideas we have about virtual realities via networks (Snow Crash is the book for those of you arent sure what I'm talking about)
Create or choose a lossless, unencrypted format that fits with each type of file. Make sure they are always supported with free libraries and utilities. Also, find a type of format that can shrink the size of files (like zip or something)
i've been saying that I'm gonna switch to linux with a small xp partition (possibly vm). Likewise, Microsoft is making it easier and easier for me to keep to that promise.
someone with some sense to say "um the string theory isnt a theory because almost everything is based on 'maybes' and not facts, as theories require' The string theory is very interesting but the fact remains it is practically all speculation on top of speculation on top of speculation on top of some fact.
add cyanide to your lunch.
A) Vista and XP copied off of Mac OS X's interface. B) It doesn't matter because its called healthy competition and is what prevents monopolies and closed markets. C) Who cares
cue secret nazi forest ytmnd fad
I was going to! I was gonna say that its too bad this news didnt come out a month or 2 ago when I was doing this in English class. My English teacher would totally go crazy (in a good way) if she saw this :P
this reminds me of when I first got into internet communities, the first messageboard I ever joined was doomworld.com. That is one of the most strict, tight-assed boards out there probably, and I'm glad thats the first one I joined now, because although I didnt realize it then, better to learn tough then to join some board where everyone has 500x500 avatars and every post is just a smiley. Doomworld doesnt even have smileys! We just have ASCII characters that stay that way when you post! haha anyways I think I see where you're coming from. also i should note that on Doomworld I'm one of the top 50 posters and probably pust thier limits to the max out of any other top poster on the board. So heh, I'm far from perfect in thier eyes but I'm a helluva lot better than I'd be somewhere else.
i wonder what the copyright is on the character? someone should create a site called "Cpt. Copyright" where Captain becomes Cpt. and see if they get in trouble.
actually, in brave new world, children were made in test tubes and people could have whoever they wanted without commitment.
I actually didnt miss your point, because "linux" is a basic os where any person or company can release thier own distro. It isn't one company releasing various versions of an operating system, it's various companies, organizations and people releasing thier own personal versions of a basic operating system. There is no comparison in the first place, because the two are simply unrelated.
the difference being Linux comes in flavors depending on what you like, all free. Windows is gonna come in flavors based on how much money you have and how powerful you want your operating system to be.
nevermind, he IS a Mormon. Sandy Peterson, I think.
Maddox :)
One of the guys who created Doom was a Mormon.
Thats cool because ironically I had just been wondering if you needed language to think (because it is like talking to yourself it seems) and now I have an answer :) Whats weird is, I was just thinking about that before I saw this article.
heh I use a Binary watch (from ThinkGeek). The Samui Moon (blue LED) one :)
heh color and realize. not colour and realise. you lose. :)
there is always paranoia about "declining communication skills." At the same time there are always contradicting studies showing how language skills are actually increasing. Langauge and usage is always being analyzed way too much.. language is what it is. It is a method of communicating thoughts and ideas with others. As long as we understand each other there is nothing "wrong" and we are devolving or whatever these people seem to think. language exists because we created it for our benefit. People who can't accept that language evolves and branches off for different purposes are close-minded and ignorant to reality.
why do people like submit fucking idiotic replies knowing full fucking well that no one gives a shit about what you have to say?
i had the same experience with yahoo http://search.yahoo.com/