alloutmacstoday Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 PS: Also mate, whether it's the best university in the US or not or whether or not it's even a university good luck in the future. All the best. Now Mash take charge of this thread!!! yeah, it doesn't matter where you got to college swad, but you created this awesome forum, so that's much better than being able to say "i went to harvard", becuse you can say "i created insanelymac", i mean, that's so much cooler than going to yale or harvard Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-265157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Swad, this guy needs to get kicked off. Serious. He's like a toilet that won’t flush. I like having bofors around and he makes a good point that is completely relevant, even if it comes off as offensive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-265162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloutmacstoday Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 bofors is awesome, everyone syas weird things sometimes Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-265174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Well, bofors, I'm of the opinion that as long as you attend a college that actually places an importance on students, you'll get out of your education about as much as you put into it. Drury is certainly no Harvard, but the faculty is top notch and it's a great "real" university. Highly recommended. Interesting recognition of note: National Recognition USNews College Rankings Drury has been at or near the top of the "Great Schools, Great Prices" list for the Midwest since 1999, including five years in the #1 slot. In 2006, it was ranked #3. Additionally, DU was ranked by US News & World Report as #9 on the list of Best Master's Universities in the Midwest for 2006 (7th consecutive year in top 15). The Princeton Review - Best Midwestern College Drury University was given the award Best Midwestern College in 2007 by the Princeton Review. There are actually a couple of Drury grads on this forum. We're all pretty proud of our alma mater. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-265194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Drury University was given the award Best Midwestern College in 2007by the Princeton Review. Well, at least the Princeton Review got it right, Drury is just a college. Not even a real university? Someone's on a rampage this week. Drury does not have a medical school, a law school, an engineering school or even a business school, nor is it a research institution. These are of course the normal characteristics of a university. I really don't know what your problem is but it's getting tiring reading posts from you that all mean to insult or offend people. I am sorry, but I think it is just ridiculous for places like Drury to get away with marketing themselves as "universities". I know the difference and the people running these schools should obviously know the difference too. It is clear to me that they should not be misleading the public this way. It's one of the best universities in the Midwest ... Here is the "real" US News & World Report list of top universities in America: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/r...tudoc_brief.php These are best in the Midwest: 9. University of Chicago 12. Washington University in St. Louis 14. Northwestern University(IL) 20. University of Notre Dame(IN) 21. Carnegie Mellon University(PA) 24. University of Michigan—Ann Arbor * 34. Univ. of Wisconsin—Madison * 38. Case Western Reserve Univ.(OH) 41. U. of Illinois—Urbana - Champaign * Those below that are certainly not among the best in the Midwest and I do not even see Drury on the list at all (which is no surprise to me because I have never even heard of it before). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-265253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Hm, i still miss GayLush Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-265505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sHARD>> Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I doubt anyone in the real world gives a {censored} about the difference between a university and a college, especially given a liberal-arts field. They're all universities to the Brits anyway. So why don't we drop this damn-near useless tangent? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-265601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Bofors- I'm not sure what prompted this tirade, but I'd like to get this thread back on track, so I've cleaned it up and won't entertain any other posts that aren't introduction-related. First, you know not of what you speak. Drury is a true University - among all the rest of their programs, they have semi-autonomous Architecture (a first among liberal arts schools) and a Business school with a world-renowned SIFE team. Also, if you read the part about the US News article, you'll see that Drury was on a different list. (Reading training comes standard with tuition here, just in case ya need it :censored2:) Also, guess who graduated from Drury? Yeah. Bob Barker. (He's speaking at graduation this year) Bob Barker is like Mike Ditka - he wins. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-265701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev7en Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Happy New Year To EveryONE! :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-265709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Happy New Year To EveryONE! :censored2: Another 20 mins here in the UK. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-265713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I'm not sure what prompted this tirade... I am sorry this came across as a personal attack, I was just trying to make a clear, simple and objective point. Since it is apparently not obvious to some people here, I can very easliy explain in detail why the issues I raised are very important, but let's move on now... I am actually interested in your major, Political Science. I have not been formally exposed to this subject, but I started looking into it myself a few months ago because I think it is an important topic, one that I want to know more about. However, in a cursory search I was unable to find anything on the Internet that simply laid out the fundemental theories or even ideas on which Political Science is based. In short, I found the field to be rather "unscientific". Am I missing something or can you lay out basis for Political Science for us here? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-266197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 Sure, bofors. I know that Political Science does seem like a bit of a misnomer, but it's actually quite scientific. The discipline ranges from the philosophical, such as studying Locke, Hobbes, Hayek, etc, to the very empirical study of voters, voter preferences, game theory, etc. But those are really the ways to approach the studies - the main subfields here in the US are Formal Theory (the quantitative stuff), International Relations, Comparative Politics (studying governmental institutions), Political Theory, and American Government. I love it - it's one of the most relevant (as in, real world impact) studies out there. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-266205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Hi Swad, nice to kinda know ya on track> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-266208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
br0adband Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I am actually interested in your major, Political Science. I have not been formally exposed to this subject, but I started looking into it myself a few months ago because I think it is an important topic, one that I want to know more about. However, in a cursory search I was unable to find anything on the Internet that simply laid out the fundemental theories or even ideas on which Political Science is based. In short, I found the field to be rather "unscientific". Am I missing something or can you lay out basis for Political Science for us here? Watch all seven seasons of "The West Wing" start to finish, read all the Tom Clancy books (fiction) you can get your hands on... that's all the political science you'll ever need... </strong_super_dose_of_sarcasm> hehe Happy New Year, folks... let's make this a good one... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-266266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 the main subfields here in the US are Formal Theory (the quantitative stuff). Great, this is the part I am interested in. Can you tell us what is the bass for the Formal Theory? Basically, I am looking for a set of postulates, equations and/or principles that can be said to account for political phenomena in general. Does this exist and if so, can you tell what they are or provide a link to a reference? I am also wondering if you have heard of the so-called "mushroom" theory of Political Science and if there are other similiar types of theories in the field. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-266304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Who is Jonathan Black that wikipedia references in addition to sHARD? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-269756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 hee hee... i could tell you, but then i'd have to kill you. next week: Just Who Is Jonathan Black? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-269814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjastance Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 First off, THANKS for making this site Swad! This i the best newest thing I've learned/done in a while computer wise. I'm bored with Windows and Linux lacks what I needed. I was bored one day searching around and I stumbled across this site. So.. THANKS! Now, on to me. I'm John from Tucson, AZ. I'm 24 and I've been playing with computers since I was 9. I was big into gaming, played a lot of Nintendo, Genesis, SNES, N64, PSONE.... and then I got big into computer gaming. I started with Windows 95, then I continued to love computers ever since I started gaming on them. I built my first PC at 14, in 1997. Was a K6II AMD 400, 64mb of SD-Ram, a Riva TNT AGP card, Quantom Fireball Hard Drive, was built for gaming. I built my first website at 14, and now I'm a computer technician II (level 2 of 3... ooohhh ahhhh! ) at a hospital in Tucson. I'm also into cars and I've built many sites/forums to bring car lovers together. Here are some of the sites: bB Squad, EK Squad, AZMazdaClub (Formerly Mazdasports). I love computers and technology, and now I love Mac's and of course Mac OSX thanks to this website. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-357009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ictinike Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Ninja, why did you bump a 3 month old news article? >.> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-357045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjastance Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 i didnt bump it.. i replied. i wanted to thank jason. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-358348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 BUMP Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-358470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NET Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Me no one, me no speak english, me no better than U, me love U, U look nice .... Joking, I'm 1980, dev/network designer (job/hobby), National Geographic photoreporter (hobby), I own a small company (http://datasec.biz/), studying Economical science on Westpomeranian univercity, xhacks cince deadmoo or a bit before (we tried on univercity run on some AMD cores in early 2004 but no luck only bootscreens) Right now helping friends to get the hakintosh, dealing with world; tax revenues; univercity; my second half and tryeing not to insane Cheers mates Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36866-hi-im-jason/page/4/#findComment-363862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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