I see. Since all the hubs would be part of the same collision domain the effect would be virtually identical to plugging one of the hubs into itself.

One thing that boggles the mind - what year was this that an 18-building campus network still had MULTIPLE hubs??

Is that a fancy way of saying that he plugged a hub into itself...?

WGU is essentially a vocational school that is accredited to award bachelor's and master's degrees - which, as you say, is what many people need. Most of their IT degrees do not cover any computer science to speak of, and they don't pretend to. Their degrees are "Bachelor's of Science in Information Technology" with various concentrations - network administration, network design and management, security, etc.

WGU hasn't released the program guide for their new "software development" degree yet, but their current "Software concentration" degree is very light on theory, and contains several practical IT certifications. I expect the software development degree will be a variant of this.

You're just not going to get a strong "computer science" degree at a cheap online school. In my opinion this isn't much of an issue, since most IT career paths really just require a vocational education anyway. Most people don't really care about CS theory (and most don't really need to) - they just want skills that are applicable to a job.

Western Governor's University and Excelsior (both non-profit) are the best online options, especially if you want self-paced. They are both very cost-effective and regionally accredited. You should check out the details of the programs that each offers to see if they provide what you want. I know WGU's IT programs are very solid, but I'm not sure about their software development options. I know they just recently added a Software Development concentration option for a Bachelor's degree, but the program guide hasn't been posted yet so I'm not sure of the exact courses offered.

If you end up getting your bachelor's, Georgia Tech now offers their well-respected MS in CS degree online. The admissions requirements are stricter than the online-only schools, but not too onerous.

If you don't really want a degree, but would like some formal training, Stanford and MIT both have strong no-credit open course ware offerings - they also have paid-for online certificate programs.

The University cannot release your records to anyone without your consent. You usually have to actually make the transcript request yourself, and tell the school to send it directly to your company's HR.

Looks like you've been lucky so far.

I'm surprised how many people haven't heard of WGU. I hadn't heard of it until shortly before I enrolled there. Their marketing seems poor.

It's one of the few solutions that meet your criteria - since you can technically complete your degree in 6 months (depending on what you can get transferred in) for $3k - the kicker being that the school is regionally accredited.

I don't know why people keep blathering about this. There are a lot of options out there for the 'phone-only' phones.

A quick google search brings up a recent top-10 list which reveals several decent choices. A couple of exames are: Samsung gusto 2 available for Verizon and Samsung Entro for Virgin Mobile.

What you describe is progressive taxation.

The US has the unique advantage of being a place that not many people want to emigrate from.

A system like this would likely apply only to public institutions.

"going to a school you can actually afford" sounds simple enough, but is not an actual option for a large (and growing) portion of the population, considering there are actually no schools that we can afford.

You're using the wrong definition of "progressive" here. You're thinking of the political ideology Progressivism. The summary (I haven't read the article yet) seems to be referring to a tax mechanic called progressive taxation. Progressive taxation means that the higher income levels pay a higher proportion of the taxes (the theory being because they can afford to do so). This is how most modern tax systems work. An example of this would be income tax in the US.

This is the opposite of a "regressive tax", which has a disproportionate impact on the lower income levels. An example of this is a sales tax on necessities (food, clothing, gas, etc.). Regressive taxation is usually considered to be detrimental and in many cases untenable.

Just like in a physical gold-rush - sometimes it is better to just sell shovels.

It's predominantly an online multiplayer game. LAN gaming is a very small segment of the SC2 player base. The dramatically vast majority of playtime on SC2 is in online multiplayer.

You can play single-player offline, as others have mentioned, but it's still DRM'd and you have to either crack it or activate it.

There are certainly gamers, such as yourself, that would like a completely non-DRM'd version, but the demand is very low.

They only list the schools that they can verify receive public funds. There are a very large number of religion-affiliated private schools who may or may not teach fringe ideas in their curriculum. Where I live there are a lot of very small schools that are affiliated with a specific church and teach whatever they want.

This is almost exactly what I was going to post. If you cannot memorize the multiplication tables (generally considered a trivial tasks for adults) then you have some more-or-less serious problem that is dramatically impacting you intellectually. The only modification to the above would be to perhaps see a physician first (start with a general practitioner). You could have any number of treatable conditions that might respond well to medication or behavioral modification. This is especially the case considering your history of what you describe as a "childhood sleep disorder".

This is not to say that you are any less "intelligent" or "smart" than your peers, so please do not take this the wrong way. Your potential could be very high, you just might need outside assistance to reach it.