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The $100 Masters Degree From Udacity 191

Posted by timothy on Saturday June 16, 2012 @09:26AM from the hope-of-udacity dept.

mikejuk writes "In an interview with Udacity founder Sebastian Thrun, it was revealed that he hopes to offer a Masters degree for only $100, and is close to offering a full computer science degree. 'There are unfortunately some rough edges between our fundamental class CS101 and the next class up, when this is done I believe we can get an entire computer science education completely online and free and I think this is the first time this has happened in the history of humanity.' The latest course from Udacity is on statistics, and he is hoping to top the 160,000 sign up for his first online class on AI. It is also hoped to be the first class where students can visit a testing center to get their achievments formally certified."

Ireland's Largest ISP Settles With Record Industry 222

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 29, 2009 @09:50AM from the don't-encourage-them dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In what has been billed as a world first, four music companies and Irish ISP Eircom have agreed to work together to end illegal music downloading. The Irish branches of the record companies (EMI Records Ltd, Sony BMG Music Entertainment Ltd, Universal Music Ltd and Warner Music Ltd.) brought a High Court action against Eircom last March which has resulted in this settlement after eight days of trial. Eircom will be implementing a three-step process — informing a subscriber that their IP address has been detected infringing copyright; warning the subscriber that if they do not stop they will be disconnected; and finally disconnecting the user if they fail to heed the warning. Which technology they will be using to spy on their customers is currently unknown. EMI and the other record companies have recommended US-based Audible Magic, which (among other things) claims to block copyright violating web content from sites like Youtube and MySpace. However, digital surveillance is nothing new in Ireland and Eircom may have already tested and implemented the necessary technologies."

Comment Find a local HP warranty provider. (Score 1) 702

by HeadbangerSmurf on Tuesday March 27, 2007 @06:26PM (#18508643) Attached to: HP Dishonors Warranty If You Load Linux

My company is an HP reseller and authorized warranty delivery partner. If someone brought me a laptop with linux on it I would do the same thing I do for all of the HP gear we work on, troubleshoot it and get parts ordered. If you're going directly to HP be prepared to deal with people that have no idea what you're talking about. You're best bet is to find a local warranty delivery partner (there's a search on the HP web site) and take your machine there. The local guys usually know what the deal is. I've got a crapload of HP servers running linux. Why would HP support linux if they were going to deny your warranty claim? Sounds like someone didn't know what they were doing. If you can't find a decent warranty deliver partner send your stuff to me. :) Another note: HP has a consumer product line and a commercial product line. Save yourself a headache and buy the commercial line products. The hardware is a ton nicer and so is the support. Tom

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