1) I'd say the MIT course idea isn't really what the poster was looking for.
2) I know at least a few people who are/were working on undergraduate degrees in the evenings. The trick around here (Michigan) is check the directional schools. Your Major Big Time [State] State University or University of [State] aren't the places you're looking for in this case. Check the public universities close by. That may not come across as fancy, but see what they have to offer.

My experience as an interviewer and interviewee is that as long as the program is accredited, you're going to get past the HR filter. You have the experience (and seemingly high quality) to secure your position, and open new opportunities once you have the degree. There are plenty of schools that are friendly to commuters, and they'll get you all the cred you really need. And no, you don't need to be a compiler wizard to survive, just make sure you can pace the program to what you can survive and balance.

If the employer is giving you money to go, use it. 10K/yr should cover about as many as you'd want to take on a year anyway. You don't need to worry about the Comm College route with that sort of budget, and at a regional commuter Uni, it's not worth it if you're not paying for the classes to start with.

Well then, you still have the 6366 HE, which has a thermal rating of 85W... Which translates to 10,625 W for the 2000 cores. I'm not sure what the throughput maximum is... But I'm willing to wager it compares favorably to 10kW of Atoms.

Full Disclosure: I'm a sad sad AMD fanboy.

Which is why I included the "I'm finally forced to use the search function to find the program I'm looking for." I was well aware of the search function in 7, I just never cared enough to use it.

Thank you though.

If we're discussing anecdotes:
I upgraded my gaming rig... Because I figured I might as well get used to using Win 8. My conclusion in using it since the end of August, is that Metro is a glorified start menu. I personally spend less time in the Metro interface than I even spent in the start menu.

Now, in some ways that's good. I'm finally forced to use the search function to find the program I'm looking for. Instead of Start->All Programs->Vendor->Program, I now hit the windows key, and start typing what I'm looking for (which is pretty quick) and I just click that. I feel it's slightly quicker than going through the main start menu. No gain if it was commonly used and I had it it on quick launch. Overall, my keyboard usage in Windows is way up, and I do more switching between keyboard and mouse.

It's also bad because I'm not using Metro Apps at all. I don't use IE. I don't use the "store." If anything, I'm now encouraged to just create desktop shortcuts for the few things I use on a regular basis. I may just be stuck in fallback mode, but that works really well for me. I don't care for the Metro interface on my PC. I don't hate it, I just don't use it. I think the value-add for me was minimal, and in fact I even think Win 8 is a slight loss for me... Not enough to switch back, but on the next rebuild, I might just stick with 7.

Windows 8 on my laptop resulted in formatting and becoming Ubuntu only. I liked it even less, and with the realization that I'm not gaming with that Intel integrated card, I finally felt enough motivation to just abandon Windows on it. I gave it a fair shake... I gave it one month. I'm much happier with Ubuntu.

I get the feeling that most businesses will just stick with 7. I don't think 8 will ever pass 7 in the business environment. The business cost of moving to 8 to gain... Metro?... I don't see it. The costs of doing proper testing vs a benefit I don't see is why I feel this way. If anyone knows of ways that Windows 8 can actually increase productivity vs. Windows 7, I'd love to hear.

Exactly! I've been browsing slashdot through the touch interface on my microwave for years... It's awesome, because by the time I get sick of the comments, the pizza rolls are usually ready.

Based on their actions, I'd wager that it *was* their first time. To be that stupid with something they shouldn't have had in the first place says they have no idea how to keep a secret. They seem stupid enough to be caught the first time... every time.

s+r/like/think/g

hells bells with the quick trigger...

Excuse me, but I don't like I would want to submerge *any* car of any type. Especially when you're talking about storm surge (brackish water).

That's certainly what RapiScan and the TSA officials stated, but they never published what the numbers really were. They just assured us.

I'm not big on going all tin-foil on this. Many of us have been wondering why they insist on not publishing what the measured/actual radiation exposure is. The concerns have been raised as reports came out (some dubious) that TSA agents were already showing higher than normal incident rates for cancers. There was an incident where an inspection turned up unusually high readings. Granted, that also turned out to be a clerical issue where the inspector didn't understand part of the inspection... Which was a concern in itself. Through all this, we still don't know what the exposure is supposed to be, nor what it really is.

The problem here has been a lack of transparency... and other abuses involving the millimeter wave scanner horror stories (storing images, having ladies go through multiple times). Worse is that these "measures" are invasive, possibly a health risk, and they don't actually increase our security. There are plenty of videos out there on how to beat the scanners, the measures irritate us and end up (in my opinion) more complacent.

As for the passive scanners, that would be great. I need to see where they are in development because I haven't heard anything on that yet. If you have a link, I'd appreciate it. I'll get going on Google in the meantime.

Never attribute to malice what can easily be explained by the complete indifference of others?

...And how many of those crystals are in your police box, Doctor?

I, for one, would welcome our bunnicular overlords... cute cute overlords and their invisible pink horned pony sentinels.

That's kinda the point of conquering territories isn't it?

Now, it's worth clarifying... I don't like it. I don't think it's right. But us US Americans are far from the only people in even the last 50 years to impose our beliefs on others. Anyone remember a place called Indochina?

Personally, I'd be a huge fan of stopping the "world's police" line, and adopting a more altruistic approach to the world and its affairs... But let's keep this in perspective... There's always someone who's claiming to "help" people by "telling them how to live."

Indeed. If it shows strong correlation, the /. userbase is going to have to learn braille...

So, does this mean it's time to start evaluating a possible reason?

I ask because I love my coffee. Seriously, I'm stupid for it... But the last thing I need is another activity that supposedly makes me go blind...