It's a great idea. However, until they become accredited here in the US, the education is pointless. I talked with the head of transfers at my university, and was told they wouldn't even accept these classes for credit. Also, I don't know how many establish companies would take you seriously if your resume education listed a Bachelors from The University of the People.
Might be fine outside the US, but it has some BIG hurdles to jump here!
Why do education and accredidation have to go together? I'd much rather learn on my own (through these online courses), then take a one-month intensive series of accredited projects and tests (a bit like a Google interview) to get a diploma.
Yes I agree that is isn't specifically about TV. It's about the power of peer pressure and the behavior of crowds. It's known that people try to align themselves with whatever they believe is "the norm" in any situation, even if this contradicts their prior beliefs.
First, the two studies are more than 25 years apart. Society has changed, and so have we.
Second while participants believed they we "on a tv show" it's a logical leap to believe that this would somehow be a extenuating factor than if they were at a gathering of some other sort.
A 15% jump, to me, would show that the variable of the "TV" played a part.
I also think it's a leap to say television caused this. If they really wanted to prove causation, they could have tested it back to back in different regions. Instead, they settled on the answer they appeared to be looking for all along, that it's just TV.
The variable was mostly just "large live audience egging the participant on".
If the participant were able to reason under contrary social pressure, he'd probably consider that the general (much larger) TV audience wouldn't necessarily react in the same way as the taping crowd, which is generally known to be prompted.
Interesting that the url of the search result is also green, like Google. I just opened the two sites side-by-side and their results use mostly the same color scheme:
Blue Title
Black description
Green URL
I would definitely say MS went with a the "familiarity factor."
Wow, we have some Kayne West fans. Say what you want about him, but I wouldn't want his name connected to my start-up... not if I wanted to be taken seriously. Might as well quote Glenn Beck while you're at it.
On the contrary, if you stop and think about it, my comment is constructive; especially if you care about brand management. The simple fact is, Kayne's brand is tainted by his actions and diatribe. As a start-up, I would not want to engage my brand in the kind of controversies he stirs up (unless I was targeting only his fans as my demographic).
Dude, what are you smoking? The only person for whom Kanye's brand may be tainted is George Bush, who probably secretly thinks Kanye is hilarious. You seem to be severely out of touch with contemporary culture and reality.
I use an Android; it has copy-and-paste. I believe I have used it exactly once in over a year of using the phone - I had started composing an SMS to the wrong person and decided to copy/paste the text instead of simply typing it again.
For most users, I am guessing the most common use case is copying a browser link to an email/IM/SMS, and this can be supported without an actual copy/paste implementation. The hard part of full-blown copy/paste isn't implementing copy/paste storage, it is figuring out the UI for selecting text on a touch screen.
you couldn't just change the addressee? well, that sucks. my "horrible" winmo 6.1 device lets' me do that, and it auto-completes based on my contact list.
but yes, copy+paste isn't all that necessary, but i can imagine mobile bloggers, among others, needing it from time to time.
btw, don't downvote me for using winmo. i'm not a fanboy, I just get tethering (bluetooth/usb), opera mini (the latest version is great), skyfire (streams flash/sivlerlight). It's a bit slow and the ui isn't great but I use a utily that helps me start apps using keyboard shortcuts and can multi-task (go figure) very easily.
My iPhone got undo/cut/copy/paste in the OS 3.0 update. The main difference in my life is when I carry my phone in my hand without locking it, swaying my arm back and forth triggers the "shake to undo" gesture, and the phone complains "nothing to undo".
They learnt that having every last feature ready from the beginning is not so important. Not having Copy and Paste from the beginning didn’t slow down the iPhone.
Here in NJ, the Governor is swinging blindly with an axe. If much of his cuts get passed, there is a real possibility some local munis will actually go bankrupt... along with their bonds. While this is speculation right now, it does seem that either counties are going to go broke or the State is.
There was also a story not too long ago about foreign investors forgoing the usually favorable T-bills because there were considered too risky. I am not quite sure what that really means. Here it is at WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB3000142405274870480420457506...
Now, about this 0.00%. I firmly believe that we are in a time vacuum, by design. You see, consumers form the foundation of our economic system. They are the engine. By keeping interest rates across the board obscenely low, we are providing much needed time for them to pay off debts. Once the bulk of the consumers become stable, then the rates should rise. Until then, the front of the caterpillar has to wait for the back to catch up!
If much of his cuts get passed, there is a real possibility some local munis will actually go bankrupt.
Yes, and I hope that happens. Just like the fed bailout of banks and of GM were wrong, we need to let bad institutions die. How else can society learn what works and what doesn't?
By keeping interest rates across the board obscenely low, we are providing much needed time for them to pay off debts.
Interesting thought, I hadn't considered it that way. The question is whether it's worth the cost.
It is growing fast. It has more than doubled its market share. I don't care how small the actual starting number was, it is still good progress. If you don't think so, go ask Palm!
On a similar note, the rapid Android evolution, I think, might actually be harmful. I have been without a contract for over a year now. I have been wanting an Android phone. However, each time I settle for one, a new and better one rises over the horizon. So I wait. By the time that one comes to market, the pattern is repeated.
Another real interesting story, from this data, is that the iPhone growth has become stagnate. Looks like Apple hit the ceiling! Unless of course they add in iPad sales numbers next year.
I have been without a contract for over a year now. I have been wanting an Android phone. I have been wanting an Android phone. However, each time I settle for one, a new and better one rises over the horizon. So I wait.
Contract-free Nexus One plus month-by-month with T-Mobile. There's nothing significantly better due out for several months, and if you want to upgrade in a year or so you won't have a problem selling it.
How can rapid evolution be harmful? It's the same sort of evolution that happens with other software and hardware platforms. My laptop is obsolete when I buy it but I still buy one every couple of years.
Might be fine outside the US, but it has some BIG hurdles to jump here!