ODS-1 Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 I heard this from a friend, you can now take MIT classes online in your home. You don't get credit but it's still pretty awesome. I dont know the website maybe www.mit.edu ?? It's like notes and shit that you download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsøn Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Hate to burst your bubble champ but there have been online college (and highschool) courses online for quite some time now. * And get credit. :idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 excellent. i'm gonna use this. thank you. http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html Welcome to MIT's OpenCourseWare: a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership. MIT OCW: * Is a publication of MIT course materials * Does not require any registration * Is not a degree-granting or certificate-granting activity * Does not provide access to MIT faculty 700 Courses Now Available With the publication of 700 courses, MIT OCW offers educational materials from 33 academic disciplines and all five of MIT's schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 Originally posted by CILONE/SK Is it just instructional shit? If it is a class, why would you take it if you didn't get credit? Is it free? I am too lazy right now to click on the link and check it out. Who cares if you don't get credit? Atleast you won't be a retard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 Maybe because people share interest in other things on the internet besides 12 ounce. What's wrong with learning shit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarzAbove Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Its corny if u don't get credit, but good if ur bored with nothing better to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 why would oyu assume that what works for you works for everyone? and to make a statement that learning without being motivated by a degree is retarded?? wtf??? learning is never retarded my friend. what about my situation? i have a degree in molecular biology and biochemistry sure, but just MAYBE there are new discoveries that i didn't learn about in school.. or maybe there are som ephysiology classes that would really compliment what research i am wokring on right now..but i don't NEED another degree. or just maybe i'm curious about art and philosophy but think that taking classes for a degree in that shit is a waste of time? in class oyu have to prepare and do homework and take tests..not too mention that it's MIT. shit ain't easy. but maybe they JUST WANT TO SPREAD KNOWLEDGE clearly, humanity could use all the education it can get. i may have just lost a little respect for you :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarzAbove Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Well i can careless aboutrespect on this site cause almost no1 gets it any when expressing opinions but you are right there isn't a lost in learning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Feets Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 i have a degree in molecular biology and biochemistry You said this in another thread... It's like your bragging but not intentionally. Anyways, I do agree with what you said. Because of that, I am going to check out that MIT site. I'm only 16 but I guess the quote "knowledge is power" applies here. Let's see if my attention span is powerful enough to get me interested. And... to see if I can teach myself a thing or two (or three). But first, I will make good use of that search engine. (The one on the MIT page) peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsøn Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Originally posted by StarzAbove Well i can careless aboutrespect on this site cause almost no1 gets it any when expressing opinions but you are right there isn't a lost in learning! You should take a few classes on sentence structure or punctuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Originally posted by Yellow Feets You said this in another thread... It's like your bragging but not intentionally. peace brag v. tr. To assert boastfully. n. 1. A boast. 2. Arrogant or boastful speech or manner. 3. Something boasted of. 4. A braggart; a boaster. 5. Games. A card game similar to poker. naw, i was saying it because it was part of the point i was making. just a comment: very few people on the site would be impressed by my degree. no one cares. *starzabove: that was for cilone, not you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracked Ass Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 CILONE just made the most ignorant remarks of the day. "I don't care if I learn anything, I just want the credits!" Hahaha...wow. I never did it but I thought about just showing up for some classes on a college campus - without paying or registering - just to learn some stuff that interested me. In fact when I decided to drop out of college, because I couldn't take the courses I wanted, I spent a lot of time at the library learning about shit I was interested in. I doubt I'd take advantage of the MIT stuff because I have a longstanding rift with doing math, but it's a good opportunity for the more motivated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 Originally posted by Crimsøn You should take a few classes on sentence structure or punctuation. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-...sophy/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsøn Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Originally posted by ODS-1 http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-...sophy/index.htm Look at the building for this place! http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/66379132-E094-4D8B-80EF-56977800349E/0/Course_24_dept.jpg'> Hmm...is anyone into architecture? Most of the time I don't put much thought into it but then I see some buildings that just amaze me. Hmmm...maybe in a little while I'll browse this site and see what it gots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrIot Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Originally posted by CILONE/SK Nothing is wrong with learning, but you can probally get the same info from a library. Or better yet, go to a school that you can get into. If your going to learn about something, you might as well take a fucking class. ITS MIT CLASSES. MIT u wanna be a fuckin genuis at hands on shit u go there the highest point in tech ed..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrIot Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 take advantage of wuts being given to u for fucking free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 put me down in the you can never learn too much category. there are entirely too many uneducated people running around here. learning and change go hand in hand. fuck the credits...I want the knowledge. and yes it is most definitely power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppa.k Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 this shits right up my alley. i've been to school.. i'm still, and will be, paying it off for a long time. why would i want to spend another wack of cash for something i'd be interested in just learning about. nevermind the fact it might actually look pretty good on a resume... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarzAbove Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Originally posted by Crimsøn Look at the building for this place! http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/66379132-E094-4D8B-80EF-56977800349E/0/Course_24_dept.jpg'> Hmm...is anyone into architecture? Most of the time I don't put much thought into it but then I see some buildings that just amaze me. Hmmm...maybe in a little while I'll browse this site and see what it gots. You should take a few classes on sentence structure or punctuation. "GOTS?" Take ur own advice seriously!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 Originally posted by WrIot take advantage of wuts being given to u for fucking free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrIot Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Originally posted by StarzAbove You should take a few classes on sentence structure or punctuation. "GOTS?" Take ur own advice seriously!! *cough* SARCASTIC *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Peanut Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00009OYSD.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrIot Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 NO ONE POSTS IRRELIVANT THINGS BUT KRON KRON BITER^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 thing is, you aren't PAYING for it. another thing is..you AREN"T DOING THE WORK there isn't homework. there aren't term papers there aren't research projects there aren't required seminars to attend there aren't exams to take or study for. therefore, it is only reading the lecture notes and taking it as far as you want from there. that way, you get what you put in, no more no less. and like i said, if you are like me, you might be interested in a couple classes, not all the classes it would take to earn a degree. a degree usually requires upwards of 100 credits. one class is 3 or 4 credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Originally posted by Crimsøn Look at the building for this place! Article on the Frank Ghery-designed Ray and Maria Stata Center for Computer, Information, and Intelligence at MIT. On the one hand I hate it, cause it's less Ghery and more Disney theme park attraction, on the other I like it because it fits perfectly what goes inside it: A classic example of Stata-style research is Thomas Knight's synthetic biology lab. A hero programmer from the 1960s, Knight now hopes to create organisms for use within microelectronics. His group ties high-powered computing into a microbiology lab, where they can try building, say, plants that tell you when they need water. As for the open courses, I do believe they've been doing it for a while now, and it's fucking awesome. I wish I had time to sit down and take one or two. If the MediaLab is included, I'm on that shit with a quickness... I took a tour of it two years ago and almost shat myself with the stuff that was going on inside it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GucciCondom Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 How did you think there would be work in the first place? It's not like they can tell you what to do if your not going there or whatever so it makes sense that it would just be the notes and whatnot so you can teach yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Don't worry Cilone, I understood what you were trying to say. Yes, it is free (except textbooks), and you have the freedom to do whatever you want in it at your own pace. Just good free knowledge from one of the US's premiere learning institutions, no reward or punishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 http://www.kak.ru/images/archive/15/cigarlabels/CL096.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Wait.. why not just get out of the house, go take the real course and get some fucking edumacation credits. Sure it might cost money, but you'll make your money back when you get older and have something to put on your resume. Even if it's just something you are interested in and not something you want to do, putting a degree that you don't use looks good as well. And when asked and you say "I was just interested in the subject" you will look awesomist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 "Going at your own pace"... if I had the freedom to take the class whenever I wanted it would probably never happen. I'm sure it goes the same way with most of the people my age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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