"And, most recently, it was the company that fired the guy who uploaded the amusing Today Show clip of Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric discovering the internet."[italics mine]
Al Gore is going to be so pissed when he finds out Gumbel and Couric are now claiming credit for this.
Re: asanage is the new US hero, for making the US look like morons..
If they must block all of wikileaks due to some offending content, then to be consistent they must block all of the NY Times due to some of the same offending content.
I am with Gibson on this one. This moron in a hurry would assume that Gibson guitars is somehow associated with the paper product.
Therefore the quality (and customer service and all) of the paper guitar company's product and delivery could well impact Gibson's reputation. I don't think Gibson is either over-reaching or double-dipping.
1. Most text publishers make review questions available to students (back of chapter or online); if a professor tests from these he has to accept that some students will use them to study. Most publishers also make "test banks" available to professors. My reading of this case is that it is such a test bank this professor used. While these are not supposed to be accessible by students, we all know that there is no way to fully secure information that is distributed to some.
Second, this whole discussion misses the point that testing from a publisher's test bank is no way to help students learn skills useful to the real world. This professor is doing his students a disservice and his teaching/testing technique should change ASAP.
a. The publisher test bank notoriously do not ask for any conceptual thinking, they simply ask students to feedback as fact information presented to them in the textbook.
b. There is no useful reason to memorize textbook information (except, perhaps, toward building a functional professional vocabulary--and even then I am not sure simply knowing the word means one knows how to use it properly.)
c. Once one is finished with school, one can always Goolge information. We no longer live in an age where information is a useful resource--or memorized information is a useful job skill.
d. What differentiates people in the workforce are several things: [1] knowing how to access the right information quickly; [2] knowing how to apply that information to inform decision making; [3] knowing how to combine information in novel ways to solve problems; (there are probably more statements along these lines). All of this assumes one can easily access basic factual information; all of this assumes no reason to memorize information because one can access it upon need (and anyway, information changes quickly--so what is memorized in school is potentially out of date by the time the student is in the workforce and would need to be reconfirmed anyway.)
e. So why would a professor ask students to memorize a textbook and feedback factual multiple choice information?
f. I am giving a final exam Monday in an undergrad Content Management Systems course (IT-320 at DePaul). I've arranged to give my final exam in a computer lab. I've told the student the final is "open everything"--the only thing they are not permitted to do is have synchronous or asynchronous communication with anyone inside or outside the classroom during the two hour exam period. I've told them they can access anything on the Internet they want (outside of communication tools); and that they can even pre-build their own repositories of information to call upon if they like.
My exam is about 20 multiple choice questions (that I've written myself) that take a form when you have to understand the underlying "why" to get the question right. Plus, one short essay (on a topic related to one of my lectures, but not exactly the same--so they will have to give it some thought or quick research). Plus I am having them build two quick and dirty CMS (one in WordPress and one in Joomla (probably) to my specifications.
I am testing deeper understanding of concepts and the ability to solve problems under time pressure. I am also testing that they've been doing their own work all term as this is far to much for them to complete if they've been having someone else do their project for them.
My system may not be perfect (and my teaching leaves a lot to be desire), but I think I am better preparing my students than this UCF professor is his.
"...but it seems like just another form of DRM which will likely only serve to piss off legitimate users."
If anyone suspends a legitimate activity, they are going to have a hell of a time copying a memo instructing people to RESUME it, should the company block RESUME in order to limit job seekers from using the copy technology.
I've actually had email rejected from a corporate server for using "resume" (first meaning above) in an email to an employee inside the firm.
People have been trying to look like celebrities well before Farah Fawcett and Dorothy Hamill had "signature" hairdos. There must be some prior art that invalidates this patent.
...back when I used to call the White House on a regular basis
I was a cloakroom page in Congress in 1974. One of our tasks in the cloakroom was to dial the phones for congressmen. We had a simple PBX system with a switchboard phone mapped to the phones in each of 13 phone booths. The congressman would hand the page at the switchboard a sheet of paper with a number on it, and walk into a phone booth. Then the page would dial the number, nod to the congressman who would pick up his/her extension and talk.
Some, of course, dialed their own calls.
Here's a recent photo I just found of the cloakroom I worked in. The page is sitting at the switchboard; the phone booths look the same. The door opens onto the back corner of the House floor. That flat panel screen wasn't there in '74 :-)
Looks like pretty much the same place. Oh, and I believe the elevators still require operators so Congressmen and Senators don't have to push their own buttons.
Wow, are those contracts/releases one sided! Of course they are written by one side, the one with all the power in this relationship.
I guess any adult can sign a contract like this if he/she really wants to appear on the show. There must be many nasty family situations when other adults refuse to sign their release. It isn't at all clear to me that the relatives' release is binding in any way as it is not clear what consideration passes to them to make it a contract.
The release for kids to sign is just obscene. Not only does there appear to be no consideration passing to the kids, but the CBS lawyers know full well the signature of the minor is not binding in any way.
Mike, you might want to delete the religious and Tom jones spamming from the thread. The pro-Morris comments, while likely placed as part of a campaign seem legit in that they are on topic.
While I have no idea whether Mr Morris is Jewish ( and don't care), I can see why one partisan would call him a shyster. He really is a piece of work. And it was nice of him to start the ball rolling again so that a whole new generation can learn about him and his evolving company names.
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ahem
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Re: asanage is the new US hero, for making the US look like morons..
Bet they aren't doing that.
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Old school
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Old school
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What, me? A moron?
Therefore the quality (and customer service and all) of the paper guitar company's product and delivery could well impact Gibson's reputation. I don't think Gibson is either over-reaching or double-dipping.
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Re: Re: I have just started school again...
-Woody Allen
On the post: 200 Students Admit To 'Cheating' On Exam... But Bigger Question Is If It Was Really Cheating Or Studying
This discussion misses the big picture
1. Most text publishers make review questions available to students (back of chapter or online); if a professor tests from these he has to accept that some students will use them to study. Most publishers also make "test banks" available to professors. My reading of this case is that it is such a test bank this professor used. While these are not supposed to be accessible by students, we all know that there is no way to fully secure information that is distributed to some.
Second, this whole discussion misses the point that testing from a publisher's test bank is no way to help students learn skills useful to the real world. This professor is doing his students a disservice and his teaching/testing technique should change ASAP.
a. The publisher test bank notoriously do not ask for any conceptual thinking, they simply ask students to feedback as fact information presented to them in the textbook.
b. There is no useful reason to memorize textbook information (except, perhaps, toward building a functional professional vocabulary--and even then I am not sure simply knowing the word means one knows how to use it properly.)
c. Once one is finished with school, one can always Goolge information. We no longer live in an age where information is a useful resource--or memorized information is a useful job skill.
d. What differentiates people in the workforce are several things: [1] knowing how to access the right information quickly; [2] knowing how to apply that information to inform decision making; [3] knowing how to combine information in novel ways to solve problems; (there are probably more statements along these lines). All of this assumes one can easily access basic factual information; all of this assumes no reason to memorize information because one can access it upon need (and anyway, information changes quickly--so what is memorized in school is potentially out of date by the time the student is in the workforce and would need to be reconfirmed anyway.)
e. So why would a professor ask students to memorize a textbook and feedback factual multiple choice information?
f. I am giving a final exam Monday in an undergrad Content Management Systems course (IT-320 at DePaul). I've arranged to give my final exam in a computer lab. I've told the student the final is "open everything"--the only thing they are not permitted to do is have synchronous or asynchronous communication with anyone inside or outside the classroom during the two hour exam period. I've told them they can access anything on the Internet they want (outside of communication tools); and that they can even pre-build their own repositories of information to call upon if they like.
My exam is about 20 multiple choice questions (that I've written myself) that take a form when you have to understand the underlying "why" to get the question right. Plus, one short essay (on a topic related to one of my lectures, but not exactly the same--so they will have to give it some thought or quick research). Plus I am having them build two quick and dirty CMS (one in WordPress and one in Joomla (probably) to my specifications.
I am testing deeper understanding of concepts and the ability to solve problems under time pressure. I am also testing that they've been doing their own work all term as this is far to much for them to complete if they've been having someone else do their project for them.
My system may not be perfect (and my teaching leaves a lot to be desire), but I think I am better preparing my students than this UCF professor is his.
On the post: 200 Students Admit To 'Cheating' On Exam... But Bigger Question Is If It Was Really Cheating Or Studying
Re: I have just started school again...
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Art imitates life
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law firms are going to love this
If anyone suspends a legitimate activity, they are going to have a hell of a time copying a memo instructing people to RESUME it, should the company block RESUME in order to limit job seekers from using the copy technology.
I've actually had email rejected from a corporate server for using "resume" (first meaning above) in an email to an employee inside the firm.
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The denominator doesn't have to be zero if the numerator is infinity
Um, Mike.
If you sit there long enough you will.
Am pretty sure that works at all refresh rates.
On the post: Preparing New Techdirt CwF+RtB Offerings, And Extending The Crystal Ball For Those Who Bought
Or would you prefer no irony clothing?
"the message on this t-shirt is in the public domain"
With a copyright (c) next to the message.
On the post: Preparing New Techdirt CwF+RtB Offerings, And Extending The Crystal Ball For Those Who Bought
Or would you prefer no irony clothing?
"the message on this t-shirt is in the public domain"
With a copyright (c) next to the message.
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Re: How do you avoid planes?
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Re:
As sleazy as they are, I have to give them credit for figuring this out. Unless it was just luck they fell into it.
On the post: City Councilor Sue Uteck Silences, Threatens To Sue, Person Who Set Up FakeSueUteck On Twitter
FakeMikeMasnick.ha
On the post: Patent Lawsuit Fight Over Who Has The Right To Sell Paris Hilton Hair Extensions
Jenny Lind hair extensions?
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...back when I used to call the White House on a regular basis
I was a cloakroom page in Congress in 1974. One of our tasks in the cloakroom was to dial the phones for congressmen. We had a simple PBX system with a switchboard phone mapped to the phones in each of 13 phone booths. The congressman would hand the page at the switchboard a sheet of paper with a number on it, and walk into a phone booth. Then the page would dial the number, nod to the congressman who would pick up his/her extension and talk.
Some, of course, dialed their own calls.
Here's a recent photo I just found of the cloakroom I worked in. The page is sitting at the switchboard; the phone booths look the same. The door opens onto the back corner of the House floor. That flat panel screen wasn't there in '74 :-)
Looks like pretty much the same place. Oh, and I believe the elevators still require operators so Congressmen and Senators don't have to push their own buttons.
On the post: Is The Contract Cast Members Sign To Be On Survivor Covered By Copyright? CBS Thinks So...
Selling one's soul to the devil (AKA) CBS
I guess any adult can sign a contract like this if he/she really wants to appear on the show. There must be many nasty family situations when other adults refuse to sign their release. It isn't at all clear to me that the relatives' release is binding in any way as it is not clear what consideration passes to them to make it a contract.
The release for kids to sign is just obscene. Not only does there appear to be no consideration passing to the kids, but the CBS lawyers know full well the signature of the minor is not binding in any way.
Sheesh.
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Piece of work
While I have no idea whether Mr Morris is Jewish ( and don't care), I can see why one partisan would call him a shyster. He really is a piece of work. And it was nice of him to start the ball rolling again so that a whole new generation can learn about him and his evolving company names.
Please keep us posted as to how this turns out.
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