I wouldn't mind the ben and jerry's. but the UC's have established a pretty good system that monitors P2P usage and separates that from surfing the net for research. It allocates a particular amount to both, and (while I haven't used it yet) I hear it's pretty fair.
Even though it hasn't hit yet, who wants to read a 1000+ pg. book on a computer anyway. This will have zero impact on their sales, in fact it will help them because of all the publicity this will get.
Anyone remember Divx? Hollywood thought they were so great that now they were "protected," but they neglected to remember that people actually need to BUY their product. The crappy invention eventually failed because nobody bought it.
I hope that this Toshiba player goes the way of Divx and is shown the door out.
Call me old fashioned, but I learn better using a textbook than I ever would using a computer. Now I realize where I'm posting this, but unless the laptops are tabletPCs it's much more difficult to take GOOD notes and there's something to be said about a good 'ol paper book.
Granted, the internet and computers DEFINITLY have their place in education. A Social Psych class I'm taking right now has a feature that allows me to do easily do more research online with what I'm reading in the textbook. I find that alot of fun and it makes the class much more enjoyable.
To Sum Up: E-texbooks = bad; Textbooks + Online Component= good
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I wouldn't mind the ben and jerry's. but the UC's have established a pretty good system that monitors P2P usage and separates that from surfing the net for research. It allocates a particular amount to both, and (while I haven't used it yet) I hear it's pretty fair.
http://www.cdigix.com/website/press/press071805. asp
It offers popular music as well as movies and TV. Mindawn I'm still kind of confused on.
hahahahha...funny that they don't work when we need them.
Even though it hasn't hit yet, who wants to read a 1000+ pg. book on a computer anyway. This will have zero impact on their sales, in fact it will help them because of all the publicity this will get.
I hope that this Toshiba player goes the way of Divx and is shown the door out.
Call me old fashioned, but I learn better using a textbook than I ever would using a computer. Now I realize where I'm posting this, but unless the laptops are tabletPCs it's much more difficult to take GOOD notes and there's something to be said about a good 'ol paper book. Granted, the internet and computers DEFINITLY have their place in education. A Social Psych class I'm taking right now has a feature that allows me to do easily do more research online with what I'm reading in the textbook. I find that alot of fun and it makes the class much more enjoyable. To Sum Up: E-texbooks = bad; Textbooks + Online Component= good
the surplus has to go somewhere. remember they just came out with their NEW and IMPROVED iPods! haha