StillNoCouch’s Comments

• Sep 10th, 2014 @ 6:46am

  Just for Giggles

  on Fact Checking Is Dead: Mainstream Media Goes Nuts Repeating Debunked Claims By The Fake 'Inventor Of Email'
  I couldn't resist ... I forwarded this link to TMZ.
  
  Maybe they'll PhotoShop Mike Masnick in with the Kardashian's.
• Oct 19th, 2012 @ 7:40am

  Re: taking some action

  on Old Regulations Strike Again: Minnesota Says It's Against The Law To Offer Open Courseware Class Without Approval
  Done.
  
  Will do more too.
• Oct 19th, 2012 @ 7:35am

  Yeah, I took action too

  on Old Regulations Strike Again: Minnesota Says It's Against The Law To Offer Open Courseware Class Without Approval
  Ditto Jeff above.
  
  I fired off a few fact-filled communications to my State Senators and Representatives as well.
  
  Not to let a good pun go by without a nod, I couldn't resist suggesting that members of the State's Department of Higher Education might benefit from some of the more legally-inclined courses offered through Coursera.
  
  I've been taking courses actively for the last year or so.
  
  Looks like I might just have to go back to wasting hours upon hours on Minecraft or FaceBook rather than learning about things like Artificial Intelligence (another pun), Art History ... and all of those other Weapons of Mass Education that my Dear State seeks to abolish.
  
  IRONY WARNING: But ... I'm sure the folks at the Higher Education Department have reasons for believing that MIT, Princeton, Brown, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Berklee, Columbia and the others are just fly-by-night degree mills who are trying to take my money by offering me a free educational experience.