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by harry 16y ago
We are in the process of writing up and hiring three positions from Associate director to database admin here at KU for Institutional Research (the focus is on machine learning and prediction). I'd say it's a fair indicator in a 'business'
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by harry 16y ago
Whenever I signed my contract - it did. It was one of the "upgrade packages" along with the verizon mobile tv that tacked 10$ a month onto the bill.
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by harry 16y ago
Yeah! I doubt I read as much as you did - I spent much of my unsupervised time taking things apart that I shouldn't and building really silly shit in my dad's shop. The effect is in the same vein as your reading abilities: I feel confident
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by harry 16y ago
Yeah wow, same here. I wasn't allowed to watch TV in the family house until age 14 (minus the random Nature/Nova special.) I am also lacking pop culture knowledge from the late 1980's and early 1990's. That was a (self-created) "big deal" i
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by harry 16y ago
I suppose if you average Dungeon Keepers graphics with Dwarf Fortress's stock ASCII set, you'd get something close to 8-bit styling.
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by harry 16y ago
I started using Froyo earlier this year by loading it on my Droid. (I really wanted the chrome to phone!) It took about 30 minutes to do, mostly by reading guides ahead of time then giving it a whirl. No problem at all. Functionality overal
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by harry 16y ago
We have seen this at KU - but now it's changing due to receding budgets. The culture has moved away from creating some project and sorta 'guessing' that they work using anecdotal evidence and student surveys since there simply isn't the mon
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by harry 16y ago
The university I work at just reorganized the administrative structure to put institutional research at it's core. Involved in that mission is data mining, statistics and assessment efforts. We (the IR folk) have been pushing data for years
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by harry 16y ago
I've been curious about this myself. Through my work I get to take whatever college level course each semester I want. Been dabbling in physics and the like, but it hasn't really proven to be worth it. The material is COOL and when the prof
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by harry 16y ago
60% graduation rate is about on par for open admissions schools. ( http://www2.ku.edu/~oirp/profiles/current/9-601.pdf ) Usual retention melt from fall to fall is around 20% dropouts after the first year. http://www2.ku.edu/~oirp/profiles/
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by harry 16y ago
Yes! Glad someone echoed my sentiment. A parallel from my own world. I bought a new truck - only if I buy something that I truly invest in will I care enough about it to care FOR it for the 20 years I expect it to last. I do all the mainten
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by harry 16y ago
so how can we defend the money lent and given by the people (from the federal government) is going to a good cause?
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by harry 16y ago
Ahhh this is one of the issues I've heard tossed around - what makes for a successful individual post graduation? How can we measure it? The feds are putting in place systems to track income as the best metric. But... I hesitate to call a 1
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by harry 16y ago
Definitely, it's from an AACRO conference which is full of collegiate registrars and provosts. The message may ignore contrary data to get a political agenda across. Until I can review the actual reports the argument is based upon, I can't
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by harry 16y ago
This is very true. We don't see too many administrators who are paid outrageously, our athletics department handles all of that. Highest paid state employee for a few years - the ex Coach Mangino.
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by harry 16y ago
I do not have any reports to back this up as the transcript from the meeting is yet to be released. I've been curious to dig into the distinctions and locations used for the selection populations. The discussion I paraphrased was made at an
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by harry 16y ago
This is true, the chancellor/president position really does the full time baby kissing for a University. It's hard to say that's not worth a half mil.
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by harry 16y ago
Man, if only that was the truth here at KU. Everyone has shit parking here unless you carry a massive title or tenure. maybe 100 cars total don't have to hike up a hill.
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by harry 16y ago
The long term studies of technical degrees vs 'soft science' hasn't been looked at in depth on a national scale with relation to earnings and salary. These studies are just beginning. From AACRO: after 10 years the earning potential for an
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by harry 16y ago
I get what you're saying that this is how it is and that it's an insignificant thing. I'm opposed to making hardware disposable and I see this move as another step in that direction, thus I disagree with what MOTO has done.
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by harry 16y ago
Classic example of longevity: http://www.stevenhumour.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/xbox-...
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by harry 16y ago
3 years from now someone's 11 year old kid will be using a technophile uncle's hand me down phone and I'll be asked to repair it when the power connector is worn. A company that creates a device and directly states "buy something else if yo
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by harry 16y ago
I appreciate that Motorola is honest. It is still a PITA to tell a distant in-law/customer/acquaintance that I can't fix THEIR phone because of some dumb thing the company decided 2 years ago and has since replaced and forgotten about. The
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by harry 16y ago
One that sticks out to me are the early 00's palm devices. Driver support dropped off after 6 MONTHS, copious glue in weird places (covering traces and connectors) and they'd yell at you if you called their tech lines (for unopened, warrant
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by harry 16y ago
The commercial sector to produce some products with longevity and ease of repair as features.
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by harry 16y ago
I also dislike this move by Motorola. It's like using tamper proof screws and violates the idea from Make: "If you can't open it, you don't own it." DIY/Makers and anyone else who ends up repairing fancy devices (phones, after market stereo
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by harry 16y ago
Producing a predictive model for student retention: aiming to assign a score to a student on whether or not a newly admitted student will complete their first semester through final semester (graduate). Using SAS Enterprise Miner's various
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by harry 16y ago
Ecstasy is not typically pure MDMA. Around here (Kansas) it is usually entirely dextromethorphan, caffeine, methamphetamine, MDA or a combination of the lot. Very rarely a batch will turn up that is pure MDMA or a mixture of MDA/MDMA (usual
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by harry 16y ago
I've been keeping up on your unfolding story and it's inspiring. Please keep the updates coming!
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by harry 16y ago
Huh, it's just now defaulting back to white for me.

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