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[Chin Diesel]

The Stud earned my quickest Ignore ever. For the longest time, I ignored Ignore. A couple of dopes forced my hand, I went for it and never looked back. I just checked and I'm now up to 41. I read a few posts now that don't make sense in context, but they are usually just calling someone an idiot. I don't feel like I'm missing anything.

41 ignores? Oy Vey. I think I'm at 5 or 6. But this board does go muchore smoothly with strategically used ignore.

 

[Waquoit]

41 ignores? Oy Vey. I think I'm at 5 or 6. But this board does go muchore smoothly with strategically used ignore.

It's like tattoos. You get one or two then it just gets out of hand.

 

[pj]

I tried ignoring one person, couldn't understand the thread for the next few days, and unignored him. The sillier posters are also some of the most entertaining ones.

 

[CL82]

It's like tattoos. You get one or two then it just gets out of hand.

My mental image @Waquoit now:

 

[FDNY99]

It's like tattoos. You get one or two then it just gets out of hand.

Well put!!!

 

[Seaa Blue]

Swimming in shark-free waters ...

FYI on Rodney's OmniPop post. It comes almost a year to the day of his previous post on the subject:

Key Tweet: What do Ann Arbor, Washington, D.C., and West Hartford have in common?

There he referenced Connecticut's fiber initiative: Internet2 and Connecticut Education Network (CEN) Announce 100 Gbit/s Connection for University of Connecticut | Internet2 News

If found a more recent article here on yet another initiative to beef up the backbone: Legislative Committee Backs Study Of Internet Speed, Broadband Access

The latest flash point is state legislation, approved 15-5 Thursday by the General Assembly's commerce committee, calling for a task force to study a plan for data centers and an ultrahigh-speed broadband network for the bioscience, health care and insurance industries and public and private universities and research institutions.

Backers of the legislation, which now heads to the Senate, say it will promote key business, particularly as the state aggressively promotes its bioscience industry. Business lobbyists counter by saying such a plan falsely implies that Connecticut lags in broadband speed and access.

State Comptroller Kevin Lembo called ultrahigh-speed broadband an economic development tool and a "strategy that needs to be pursued."


"If we don't do something, someone else will and they'll eat our lunch," he said.

 

[Seaa Blue]

Also,

Fred Carstensen, an economics professor at the University of Connecticut, told the committee that the state has invested more than $100 million for a high-quality Internet network as part of the Connecticut Education Network. But the state has failed to develop a "coherent strategy" to use CEN and "trails woefully" in data centers that house computer systems, components and computing power, he said.

Not sure what the expectation is there since there are so many options for "cloud computing" now.

 

[whaler11]

If you want to understand the internet link between NY and Chicago just read the Michael Lewis book Flash Boys.

It will also show you how Wall Street is screwing you if you'd like to know.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

If you want to understand the internet link between NY and Chicago just read the Michael Lewis book Flash Boys.

It will also show you how Wall Street is screwing you if you'd like to know.

Amazing how they make split second trades based on split second information.

 

[Stinger92860]

Amazing how they make split second trades based on split second information.

It's less than a second.

 

[whaler11]

Amazing how they make split second trades based on split second information.

They don't make trades so much as they front run orders. Hopefully it gets the same film treatment as The Big Short.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

(Memphis) Must've gotten an SEC invite with that non conference schedule.

Nah, Memphis is just reverting to their original West Tennessee State name and appropriate Sun Belt directional place in the world with N. Texas and S. Alabama games.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

He (ESPN's Trotter) did mention those schools, but he started with UCONN and ended with UCONN.

Quite the transition; you’re just suggesting Trotter’s saying UConn’s the Α and Ω of CR.

 

[HoopsFan21]

If you want to understand the internet link between NY and Chicago just read the Michael Lewis book Flash Boys.

It will also show you how Wall Street is screwing you if you'd like to know.

I read something that said the internet wasn't fast enough because of the distance, so now they can use microwaves (not the kind that heats up food).

 

[whaler11]

I read something that said the internet wasn't fast enough because of the distance, so now they can use microwaves (not the kind that heats up food).

That's part of the story....

 

[mavblues]

I read something that said the internet wasn't fast enough because of the distance, so now they can use microwaves (not the kind that heats up food).

This kind of microwave?

 

[dayooper]

This kind of microwave?

Only one Microwave in my book - Vinnie Johnson

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Well-rounded is the reason it takes four years to graduate college instead of three (thereby raising costs for students). We don't need a gazillion bogus general education courses (two or three is fine), and we don't need sports we can't afford.

Specifically, do you know the total # of scholarships respectively granted to each of the following: 1) golf, 2) Men's CC, and, perhaps most importantly, 3) Women's CC? For the latter, see Title IX. Asked another way, how much of your commentary leans heavily on speculation versus actual fact-based knowledge?

 

[shizzle787]

Specifically, do you the total # of scholarships granted respectively granted to each of the following: 1) golf, 2) Men's CC, and, perhaps most importantly, 3) Women's CC? For the latter, see Title IX. Asked another way, how much of your commentary leans heavily on speculation versus actual fact-based knowledge?

It works out perfectly: there are 29 athletes (some may be walk-ons) between golf and men's cross country, and 29 athletes in women's cross country.

 

[huskymedic]

Specifically, do you the total # of scholarships granted respectively granted to each of the following: 1) golf, 2) Men's CC, and, perhaps most importantly, 3) Women's CC? For the latter, see Title IX. Asked another way, how much of your commentary leans heavily on speculation versus actual fact-based knowledge?

It works out perfectly: there are 29 athletes (some may be walk-ons) between golf and men's cross country, and 29 athletes in women's cross country.

You are allowed only 12.6 men's cross country scholarships, only 18 female cross country scholarships and only 4.6 male golf scholarships (golf is an equivalency sport where partials are allowed - not sure about x-country.)

 

[shizzle787]

You are allowed only 12.6 men's cross country scholarships and only 18 female cross country scholarships and 4.6 male golf scholarships (and golf is an equivalency sport where partials are allowed.)

So basically you are allowed 17.2 male scholarships between the two sports and 18 female scholarships. You would have to likely take one scholarship away from one other male sport (one where the impact wouldn't be too bad such as baseball) in order to break even.

 

[huskymedic]

So basically you are allowed 17.2 male scholarships between the two sports and 18 female scholarships. You would have to likely take one scholarship away from one other male sport (one where the impact wouldn't be too bad such as baseball) in order to break even.

You are also not taking into consideration that a number of these scholarships are endowed and covered by external funds.

 

[shizzle787]

You are also not taking into consideration that a number of these scholarships are endowed and covered by external funds.

We'll leave it at we don't know how many of these scholarships are endowed (as it's a challenge to find out), and some of these sports are losing money (even with donor funds) so something has to happen. If we get into the Big 12, we shouldn't have to worry about it as the budget deficit will be shrunk if not closed entirely.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

It works out perfectly: there are 29 athletes (some may be walk-ons) between golf and men's cross country, and 29 athletes in women's cross country.

Perfectly? Perhaps, but total # of athletes per sport does not necessarily have to equal total # of scholarships. The first, specific question focused on the actual # of scholarships granted by sport. In other words, the # of allowable scholarships (partial or full) does not have to equal the # of scholarships actually granted by UConn. Based on your reply, speculation appears to be a real possibility versus actual, fact-based knowledge.

 

[shizzle787]

Perfectly? Perhaps, but total # of athletes per sport does not necessarily have to equal total # of scholarships. The first, specific question focused on the actual # of scholarships granted by sport. In other words, the # of allowable scholarships (partial or full) does not have to equal the # of scholarships actually granted. Based on your reply, speculation appears to be a real possibility versus actual, fact-based knowledge.

I have found out that 17.2 scholarships for men are allocated between the two sports, and 18 scholarships are allocated for the women (via the above posts), meaning we would have to offer two half scholarships instead of one full to two baseball players for instance to cover the last male scholarship.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I have found out that 17.2 scholarships for men are allocated between the two sports, and 18 scholarships are allocated for the women (via the above posts), meaning we would have to offer two half scholarships instead of one full to two baseball players for instance to cover the last male scholarship.

My first question is do you know if these sports are fully funded (provide the full number of allowable scholarships)?

 

[shizzle787]

My first question is do you know if these sports are fully funded (provide the full number of allowable scholarships)?

I'm not sure, the total number of males athletes is 29 between the two sports, and women have the same. I don't see why (even if they were permitted to do so) Uconn would have less scholarship players than the cap (other than for mass defections in basketball to the NBA, but they usually give walk-ons scholarships if there aren't enough scholarship players already).

 

[shizzle787]

My first question is do you know if these sports are fully funded (provide the full number of allowable scholarships)?

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/genrel/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/endowments.pdf This details endowed scholarships, but I can't find anything about if 100% of the possible scholarships available are being used.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

In the revenue sports (football, men's & women's hoops) we generally are at or near the maximum scholarships at all times. There are sports we intentionally leave ourselves a few (or more) under the limit on for financial reasons.

 

[IMind]

We'll leave it at we don't know how many of these scholarships are endowed (as it's a challenge to find out), and some of these sports are losing money (even with donor funds) so something has to happen. If we get into the Big 12, we shouldn't have to worry about it as the budget deficit will be shrunk if not closed entirely.

These sports never made money, they don't make money at schools outside of the D1 either... they also don't costs a ton. Cross country is a pittance. The men's track team probably stretches 10 scholarships across 40 kids. Football's operating deficit is greater than the operating budget of cross country and track.