Additionally, contrary to "popular" belief, Internet Explorer has actually been a decent product since version 7.0; web sites render quicker and more accurately, and security is actually acceptable, especially under Vista.
With this in mind, IT departments or their overseers will probably lack the need to switch.
Grades have always been an indicator of how well you've mastered that course, not the material in it. Seldom does a grade truly reflect one's mastery of the material taught.
I got an A in a summer course on Thermodynamics while slacking it the entire way. It felt cheap, but it sure helped my GPA steer away from the gutter. On the other hand, I nearly failed a Linear Algebra course that I must have spent several hours a day, daily, studying and preparing for. Math is not my strong suit, but I'm decent at it. That, however, was something I just didn't get. (I'm re-taking it the next time I have space to do so.)
Needless to say, I retained MUCH more about linear algebra than I ever will about thermodynamics (except stuff about Carnot engines). Neither course, however, really helped me in any of the co-op jobs I've had these last four years, but just about everything I've learned before and outside of college helped me immensely.
It's not about the grade (though one shouldn't slack it).
I partially disagree. While this is the situation for many college students, there actually are quite a few opportunities out there, both paid and unpaid, that can advance students in their field of study significantly.
How many of these students actually consult with their career services departments (and I mean hunt them down) to gather internship opportunities? How many students get out there and network with working professionals (save workshops and stuff) to extend their contact pool? How many students waste an incredible amount of time partying, drinking and living the high life?
Example: I was in the bathroom taking care of business, and I overheard two seniors talking about vacation. One of them had the option of either landing an internship or taking off the entire summer, flying to Vegas and just "chillin'." He decided to chill for the summer, and explicitly rely on his parents to come both the vacation and any outstanding loans and such.
Now, to give benefit of the doubt, he could have been in school for three summers, or was already working really hard and needed a break. However, something tells me that neither of those were the case.
This is one example out of many. To say that college kids can do "nothing" to expand their opportunities is horribly one-sided.
What's unfortunate about this model is that most of the successes earned in the real world directly contrast this ideal of diligence and academic mastery. Yes, there are influential leaders that truly did work hard to earn their position; Barack Obama and Sonia Sotomayor are widely prevalent examples of such people. However, the majority of those who have earned similar authorities were either "born into it," immorally attained it or luckily had it bestowed on them.
Now, I'm not advocating schools to pay students for good grades; on the contrary, I think it completely disregards the true intent of earning an education. I argue that this model is well-aligned with what most "successful" students can expect after their academic careers come to an end.
I'm not arguing about fairness here. In fact, I think that the subsidies administered by cell phone providers are inflated a bit too high. I'm just stating that those who are complaining about this practice should have done a bit of their own homework, at the very least.
You know what's somewhat ironic about all of this? At this point, the iPhone is probably the easiest phone to unlock EVAR, and is also the poster child for phones chained to tailored calling plans.
Exactly. I guess with a phone this popular, inane complaints will always rise to the surface.
This is the case with every mobile provider, at least here in the United States. You sign a contract, get a subsidized phone, and in a few years, provided that the phone qualifies, a customer can apply for a discounted upgrade. It's worked nicely for T-Mobile, Sprint and VZW customers since it's conception.
What exactly is patriotic about running a corporation? The goal of a corporation should be to maximize shareholder profit, not to pledge blind allegiance to its country of origin. If the opportunity to accomplish this lies elsewhere, then a corporation should take advantage of it...
With that said, who would Microsoft threaten to move? More support operations (which are mostly in India now)? Other teams that are not too far in the hierarchy?
In fact, not only have I *never* purchased hardware from any of the vendors you name, one of the vendors doesn't even sell hardware! (when did VMWare get into the hardware business?)
I agree with those at America Online that think that as of now, it's best suited for a vertical move to social networking. It's internet connectivity model has been stagnant for a long time, but it's social networking features are strong and have room to improve. (AIM is the quintessential example of this.)
However, I feel bad for those that still work at the company, and users still chained to their internet services for some reason or other.
Actually, I'd argue that it makes it worse. In the worst (and not too uncommon) case, they could make the woman suffer through their addiction...
This is why I don't think ladies (sans baggage) or sex (sans viruses) are the answer to anything. If anything, those are the benefits of leading a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
The best step to recovery for a computer junkie is to go outside and learn.
Ever hear of the Tetris effect? People who play video games for a long period of time and then stop find themselves involuntarily thinking about or mentally picturing the game, to their detriment. Yeah it's not delirium tremens, but it sounds like withdrawal to me.
I absolutely love cycling and being on my bike. I think about it when I'm doing other stuff, but that's because I love it. I would be addicted to it if I were sacrificing other stuff to make time for it, which there are many cyclists out there who do exactly that. (Yes, there are cyclists that choose bikes over jobs, women and/or just about everything.)
The benefits of the activity are irrelevant; addiction is NEVER good, and EVERYONE loses.
I'll second (or third) this claim. I wasn't addicted to MMOs, but to being on the computer ALL day (forums, games, you name it). My parents and family all tried to pull me away from it, and even disconnected my phone line sometimes (when we had dial-up, which I used almost exclusively). Thank God for high school debate teams; had to take the arguments somewhere, right?:)
While the immediate and physical consequences weren't dire, I still have issues befriending people and having relationships with women because of many years of poor social skills. Nowhere as severe as they used to be years ago, but they are still resident.
You can lead the horse to the water, but can't force him to drink.
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Additionally, contrary to "popular" belief, Internet Explorer has actually been a decent product since version 7.0; web sites render quicker and more accurately, and security is actually acceptable, especially under Vista.
With this in mind, IT departments or their overseers will probably lack the need to switch.
Why would that be any different than just using IE? IETab runs a native session of IEXPLORE inside Firefox, so...
In fact, this can actually be worse considering that IT departments will have to test Firefox working with their images and everything else...
The real solution is to make intranet applications cross-browser compatible, which is much easier said than done.
Sorry about the misinformation. I've only owned the non-3G iPhone flashed to iPhone OS v2.2, so I referred to that in my post.
Grades have always been an indicator of how well you've mastered that course, not the material in it. Seldom does a grade truly reflect one's mastery of the material taught.
I got an A in a summer course on Thermodynamics while slacking it the entire way. It felt cheap, but it sure helped my GPA steer away from the gutter. On the other hand, I nearly failed a Linear Algebra course that I must have spent several hours a day, daily, studying and preparing for. Math is not my strong suit, but I'm decent at it. That, however, was something I just didn't get. (I'm re-taking it the next time I have space to do so.)
Needless to say, I retained MUCH more about linear algebra than I ever will about thermodynamics (except stuff about Carnot engines). Neither course, however, really helped me in any of the co-op jobs I've had these last four years, but just about everything I've learned before and outside of college helped me immensely.
It's not about the grade (though one shouldn't slack it).
I partially disagree. While this is the situation for many college students, there actually are quite a few opportunities out there, both paid and unpaid, that can advance students in their field of study significantly.
How many of these students actually consult with their career services departments (and I mean hunt them down) to gather internship opportunities? How many students get out there and network with working professionals (save workshops and stuff) to extend their contact pool? How many students waste an incredible amount of time partying, drinking and living the high life?
Example: I was in the bathroom taking care of business, and I overheard two seniors talking about vacation. One of them had the option of either landing an internship or taking off the entire summer, flying to Vegas and just "chillin'." He decided to chill for the summer, and explicitly rely on his parents to come both the vacation and any outstanding loans and such.
Now, to give benefit of the doubt, he could have been in school for three summers, or was already working really hard and needed a break. However, something tells me that neither of those were the case.
This is one example out of many. To say that college kids can do "nothing" to expand their opportunities is horribly one-sided.
What's unfortunate about this model is that most of the successes earned in the real world directly contrast this ideal of diligence and academic mastery. Yes, there are influential leaders that truly did work hard to earn their position; Barack Obama and Sonia Sotomayor are widely prevalent examples of such people. However, the majority of those who have earned similar authorities were either "born into it," immorally attained it or luckily had it bestowed on them.
Now, I'm not advocating schools to pay students for good grades; on the contrary, I think it completely disregards the true intent of earning an education. I argue that this model is well-aligned with what most "successful" students can expect after their academic careers come to an end.
I'm not arguing about fairness here. In fact, I think that the subsidies administered by cell phone providers are inflated a bit too high. I'm just stating that those who are complaining about this practice should have done a bit of their own homework, at the very least.
A common practice is a common practice.
Obama will fix all of this. Don't you worry.
You know what's somewhat ironic about all of this? At this point, the iPhone is probably the easiest phone to unlock EVAR, and is also the poster child for phones chained to tailored calling plans.
Education goes a long way...
Exactly. I guess with a phone this popular, inane complaints will always rise to the surface.
This is the case with every mobile provider, at least here in the United States. You sign a contract, get a subsidized phone, and in a few years, provided that the phone qualifies, a customer can apply for a discounted upgrade. It's worked nicely for T-Mobile, Sprint and VZW customers since it's conception.
HTFU.
What exactly is patriotic about running a corporation? The goal of a corporation should be to maximize shareholder profit, not to pledge blind allegiance to its country of origin. If the opportunity to accomplish this lies elsewhere, then a corporation should take advantage of it...
With that said, who would Microsoft threaten to move? More support operations (which are mostly in India now)? Other teams that are not too far in the hierarchy?
I doubt that this is a big deal.
Point.
In fact, not only have I *never* purchased hardware from any of the vendors you name, one of the vendors doesn't even sell hardware! (when did VMWare get into the hardware business?)
Since ESX Server.
9/11
Thanks for spotting those; I muck up's me grammer sometime. :)
I agree with those at America Online that think that as of now, it's best suited for a vertical move to social networking. It's internet connectivity model has been stagnant for a long time, but it's social networking features are strong and have room to improve. (AIM is the quintessential example of this.)
However, I feel bad for those that still work at the company, and users still chained to their internet services for some reason or other.
That's heartbreaking, man; I can relate. I'm sorry about the loss.
Actually, I'd argue that it makes it worse. In the worst (and not too uncommon) case, they could make the woman suffer through their addiction...
This is why I don't think ladies (sans baggage) or sex (sans viruses) are the answer to anything. If anything, those are the benefits of leading a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
The best step to recovery for a computer junkie is to go outside and learn.
I know of a few people...never heard of obsessive readers?
Ever hear of the Tetris effect? People who play video games for a long period of time and then stop find themselves involuntarily thinking about or mentally picturing the game, to their detriment. Yeah it's not delirium tremens, but it sounds like withdrawal to me.
I absolutely love cycling and being on my bike. I think about it when I'm doing other stuff, but that's because I love it. I would be addicted to it if I were sacrificing other stuff to make time for it, which there are many cyclists out there who do exactly that. (Yes, there are cyclists that choose bikes over jobs, women and/or just about everything.)
The benefits of the activity are irrelevant; addiction is NEVER good, and EVERYONE loses.
I'll second (or third) this claim. I wasn't addicted to MMOs, but to being on the computer ALL day (forums, games, you name it). My parents and family all tried to pull me away from it, and even disconnected my phone line sometimes (when we had dial-up, which I used almost exclusively). Thank God for high school debate teams; had to take the arguments somewhere, right? :)
While the immediate and physical consequences weren't dire, I still have issues befriending people and having relationships with women because of many years of poor social skills. Nowhere as severe as they used to be years ago, but they are still resident.
You can lead the horse to the water, but can't force him to drink.
Did you forget that G-Mail is free and e-mail services providing that kind of uptime make you pay a LOT?
I thought that daydreaming, or dreaming in general, was the period where problems that occurred during the day re-manifested themselves...
When I daydream, I usually think of solutions to problems that go on throughout the day.
Wasn't there a similar innovation made by Phoenix or ASUS last year? I can't remember the name of it, but Slashdot covered it.
Baptists also do not fully consider Catholics as "Christians," mostly for doctrinal reasons.