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Comment We are sorry. (not really) (Score 1) 56

Everything about this story has the same issues.
"You care about some stupid movie more than you care about Middle East disputes?"
"Whatever, you're idiot proles. We'll say 'we are sorry' even though its obvious that we're not and then imply you're dumb for being angry at us for giving away the plot to a movie."
"We obviously cannot comprehend how people would be fascinated by a realm where working class heroes can accomplish great things, and have grand adventures, while we report on a corrupt existence where if you're not born rich you'll always be disenfranchised, and struggle to pay you're rent so you have somewhere to starve."

Comment Winternight Recommend (https/ssl3) (Score 1) 59

I've tried and kind of like Winternight Classic / Crescent-Vine. Per the github site "A fork of Gecko 1.8.1 to improve support for the modern web in older versions of Windows". Its based off a fork from the somewhat defunct Retrozilla.

Has issues, especially since Javascript is disabled by default, and 'a lot' of the modern web 'hates' having Javascript disabled, yet many news websites, casual information sites, and common references like Wikipedia at least render.

Comment Do Away With Dorm Room Exams (Score 1) 84

Have people go to classrooms, sit through classes, take tests with a professor or grad student. The article mentions Cleveland State. There's a campus and classrooms at 2121 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44115. One of the other referenced articles is University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Its a top 50 land grant university from 1867. Its got classrooms and professors. Stop doing everything video conference.

Every single example I've seen of online schools, online test taking, online education of almost any kind has resulted in garbage. It does not help that a huge majority are also in the for-profit school variety, and then many of the traditional schools see dollar signs.

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