Used to be so easy to get a Tech transcript. Fax a one-page form to the registrar and it was mailed anywhere for free. Now you have to spend 20 minutes filling out several pages of an online form and pay an external contractor $10.00.
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Used to be so easy to get a Tech transcript. Fax a one-page form to the registrar and it was mailed anywhere for free. Now you have to spend 20 minutes filling out several pages of an online form and pay an external contractor $10.00.
It was free as recently as 2011.Quote:
Originally Posted by roughedge
It still is if you are sending to another university.
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Damn, even when we upgrade our systems we downgrade.
Myself for still not getting my foot in the door anywhere.
The clock, cause it can't roll near fast enough getting to 6:00 on Saturday.
No kidding! I haven't looked forward to a football season this much since the 2002 season after we won the WAC in 2001.Quote:
Originally Posted by techman05
How'd that work out for you? :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by tenacious_dog
I still have several "Battle of the Bone" tshirts. Didn't realize they were so old.
running through my neighborhood on the night before heavy trash day (i could have stopped with the first word of this sentence, but i'm trying to be positive). running along, bathing in the aroma of someone's gardenia or jasmine, only to be suddenly engulfed in the smell of their week-old shrimp shells and banana peels.
That sounds like TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by arkansasbob
Ticketmaster not allowing me to pick my seat.
Just do like that one woman did at the last game when she walked up and asked me if the seat next to me was taken. It was my wife's and had her stuff by it as well as one of our personal stadium chairs (not the generic ones from Tech). I think she was looking for several next to each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
Tech's Pepsi contract. Pepsi refuses to change their restocking schedule to meet the needs of students. Machines are always out.
Does this fall under Jim King?Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
Arriving at the doctors office extremely early, seeing an empty waiting area, and still not getting called back before your scheduled time.
it's fewer. not less.
les distance; fewer miles.
The condition of the Louisiana flag in front of the TAC is horrendous. The right wing and part of the banner is missing. Whole flag faded. It needs to be replaced yesteryear.
American flag needs replacing, too.
...but we got the silly looking flags on the helmets for "military day".:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
Must be where the flag budget went.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
Pathological liars.
We're not all bad. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by techman05
People being sociable in a very clearly non-sociable environment.
What else are you supposed to do at a "visitation"/wake?Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
Nose hairs again, but this time mine.
Kind of vague on what's bothering you. Are we talking bridge of the nose whiskers or innies hanging out?Quote:
Originally Posted by Soonerdawg
Of course you know, either means you're WAY past puberty.
Thanks for sharing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soonerdawg
It really is sad when you see it. I'm not talking nose hair, I'm talking appendage! It's been there for YEARS!
Reading glasses work wonders.
New math.
Let's completely abandon common sense like teaching a math problem using numbers then pictures. It is way more productive to teach them something like.......
Please write a story that illustrates the doubles + 2 problem 5+7=12.
Answer: 5 baseballs + 5 footballs= 10 balls, so 5 baseballs + 7 footballs = 12 balls
Yes, the math makes sense to a 33 year old, but the question was asked of a 6 year old 1st grader.
I'm right their with you. The questions don't make since to a 38 year old with a degree in Secondary Education (Mathematics) from Louisiana Tech University!!! I have to read the question several times before guessing what they want!Quote:
Originally Posted by techman05
My 1st grader got points taken off his homework because he did not draw "links" to show 7+6. He just wrote 13!
Believe it or not, they were experimenting with new math in the early sixties. It didn't work then either. My sister and brother, both of whom are very intelligent and now successful people didn't do well in math in school. They are great at it now. I have an aptitude for math and got it, but I can't say it helped me learn the subject. 7+6 = 13. Why make that harder than it needs to be?Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
I recently got to see some of how Montessori teaches math to lower elementary students. Very logical. Very straight forward. And the rest of the curriculum was the same way. If I had young kids now, I'd have to consider going that route. But being a tuition situation, I know a lot of young families could have a tough time finding the money.
It is almost parental malpractice to send your kid to public school now.
I know there are a few exceptions, but still.
That is the (second) point of education today. The first being stealing your money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soonerdawg
twssQuote:
Originally Posted by Soonerdawg
I don't think she EVER said that :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
She didn't like the traction pullys I had rigged up.Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
When WBB threads get stuck on top of the "new threads" page and I'm forced to click on them in order to get them off the page.:o
And why would she???????Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
How old and outdated every single computer system on campus is. Not only is this embarrassing, its unacceptable. It's deceptive, unsecure, and detrimental to the universities ability to function properly.
Every computer is outdated the day after you buy it. Heck I am still using a 19 year old computer with Windows 98 for one application which is a 16 bit dos program. I thought students had their own by now. Just need secure WiFi in all the class rooms and housing.
Im talking about the systems that run the university. The WiFi is still pretty bad on campus, but we're running systems from 40 years. Job security if you ask me: "No, sir, we don't need to replace these ancient computers that only I know how to fix."Quote:
Originally Posted by Houston Techsan
We're not talking about slightly old servers. We're talking about ancient, sluggish servers from another millennium that are only still here because of stubbornness and ignorance. We shouldn't bill ourselves as a paragon of cyber-anything when we're still using Dual-ROLM systems and a mainframe from 2000.
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Louisiana Tech University uses the SunGard SCT IA Plus 2000 Student Information System (SIS). Installed during AY 1998-1999 on an IBM mainframe platform, it went fully operational during the Fall Quarter 1999 (AY 1999-2000). Only the Plus SIS module is installed and operational.
The BOSS system is embarrassingly slow and decrepit, and has to be taken offline once a day so we can manually print screenshots and store a physical backup.Quote:
Louisiana Tech University maintains a legacy system database of student academic records on the same IBM mainframe platform that date back to the mid 1970’s when records were first computerized.
Old technology is fine as long as it works and looks decent. Ours is neither.
I agree that is embarrassing.
The day advertisements are outlawed on pain of death will be a great day.
Advertising Christmas before Thanksgiving. I probably mention this each year.
It starts before Halloweem now.
Should start right after my birthday on Dec 17th.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soonerdawg
Fake twitter accounts and the people that retweet them
The internet has KILLED reading comprehension. No age demographic is unaffected.
I don't understandQuote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
I normally skip over anything that requires me to watch something.
Me too, but more because I never seem to have the proper viewing thing-a-ma-jig.Quote:
Originally Posted by Houston Techsan
We *have* to find some way to teach our students the right way to sing the Alma Mater.
A lot of it requires the ADOBE FLASH PLAYER which everyone (the Browsers) recommended be deleted for security reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
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Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
Amen!!
Too late. Did the band do that?Quote:
Originally Posted by techman05
Dunno if they started it but everyone's doing it. Need a PSA.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
Guess y'all are talking about the Baby part?
tl;drQuote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
:D
I really enjoy being half way through the crosswalk entering a shopping establishment and dodging cars while drivers talk on the phone. Life size FROGGER.
Are you one of THOSE crosswalk users who walks slow on purpose and DARES people to run over you? I bet you are!Quote:
Originally Posted by techman05
No I'm the guy who darts out at the last second and stares at you when you almost run over me. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
Actually I am the guy who waits for you to stop, walks quickly, and waves to say thanks(do people wave in appreciation anymore?).
Yes!Quote:
Originally Posted by techman05
Noise
Not many give the appreciative wave any more. LABulldog will agree with me that the crosswalk at Glenwood Hospital is fine example of the "non-wave".Quote:
Originally Posted by techman05
I try to hold the door for people when possible. For the most part they are ALL appreciative.
You're right maddawg.. Most don't even acknoledge that you've stopped (even though it's required by law if pedestrians are present). I try to cross the crosswalk quickly to not hold up the traffic anymore than I have to.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
I also try and hold doors open for people but I do tend to say "you're welcome" under my breath when I'm completely ignored by the person I've held the door open for!
I went to Burke's in RUSTON today and as soon as I entered I saw a Lsu themed CHRISTmas tree with a table full of lsu crap and just to the left a Lsu section with all the lsu merchandise you want. Made me wonder if the owner is from down south. How disrespectful to Tech, you would think they would have ONE piece of Tech gear. It took all I could muster to go ahead and spend money there. I'm not planning to return.
Did you ask if the proprietor's business license said BR or Ruston?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kodawg
No, but that would have been a very appropriate question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
People who forget how to drive as soon as rain starts falling.
I would have over-filled two shopping carts with everything other than lsu crap and then when I got to the check-out stand, I would say, "gosh I actually only came in to buy a Tech cap, but since I was here I thought I'd get all this stuff too - where are the Tech caps anyway?" Then when they said they didn't have any, I would say, "oh then I can't patronize you business." And walked out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kodawg
They must be selling the crap or they wouldn't keep it just to show support for LSUPoo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kodawg
McClelland called us a mid-major again. And I got my blood pressure up arguing with some little smit on Twitter about it (I think it was the same kid that tried to sue Tech a while back over butthurt).
No excuse for that crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
G5, Group of five, Non-BCS, etc..
Nobody can define "mid-major". It's just a stupid thing to say.
If you're talking about teams within a single division, non-AQ/AQ is fine to say IF you're discussing legal relations between players and schools. Otherwise, there's just D1. Or D2, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
Nobody who uses the ridiculous "mid-major" term can define it. They all have their own ideas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
It's G5!
Mid-major = non p-5 who is not Sun Belt.
not sure if you are serious, but if you are you have to have a different definition for MBB.Quote:
Originally Posted by Houston Techsan
Oh, and your definition does not agree with everybody else.
G5 is not flexible.
Even G5 is somewhat subjective ("power" according to whom? the vandy powerhouse?). I meant to say Autonomous/non-Autonomous above, since that's the only codified distinction. Autonomous conferences have way more power in setting rules for themselves whereas the non-A are still under the thumb of the broader NCAA.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
That's a semantic distinction though, even though I don't prefer it it doesn't piss me off like "mid-major" does.
Again G5 is not subjective. They are the group of 5 not included in the A5 (or P5 if you choose).Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
The semantics come in with the P5 and those who would rather call them the A5.
I was just joking. Trying to poke a little fun at the Belch.
What I figured, but close to reality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Houston Techsan
All of the "spoofed" telephone numbers that show up on my caller ID. Yesterday I got a call from my own phone number. Caller ID is becoming useless.
Senseless acts of evil.
Willful ignorance.
I really hate not being able to bring video up for screenshots or clips. Media is so damn dumb today.
People who put up wall paper without painting or priming the sheet rock first.
Every time Obama opens his mouth.
As you get older, as you all will see, there are two things that grow. Your nose and your ears. Actually that's three, but you get what I mean. My peeve is......why not something else! I mean, some of us can use a little boost of ego before we check out!;)
Selective coloring effect. ;)
The inexorable march of time. Having turned 60 this year I have become more keenly aware of how fast time passes. But I have picked up a greater appreciation for Dawgs that are older then me. It takes grit to get old. Bark on Ol Dawgs! I feel ya!
Trying to spend about $3000 on a new computer and getting some car maintenance and other things done and NO ONE wants my business. I hate this area so much sometimes.
There are several local computer peeps in the area. ASUS is a great deal IMO, but I'm certainly not a computer geek.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
Car Maintenance - I've used ABC Auto Repair several times for my Tech kiddos. They have been very fair and reasonable. I have an aversion to "being booked" at a repair shop (when they look at a book to see what to charge). ABC has never done this to me. 318-251-0196
ABC is very friendly.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
When your shirt sleeve gets hung on an door handle as you walk by. Perfectly good shirt is unwearable now.
New pajama, workout, outside chore shirt.Quote:
Originally Posted by techman05
On ESPN 97.7 Terry Waldrop just called Conference USA a "low Division I conference" and equated us to the SWAC. :rolleyes4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
I can't believe those people gave that guy a show. He offers NOTHING to talk radio.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
What is wrong with these people??Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
First and last time time I'll ever listen. I didn't realize he had a show then. I listened to Aaron and Nick this morning instead of Fletch cuz I was curious about the spin they were putting on the JUCO mess. Then Waldrop came on talking about how C-USA and the Sunbelt are "low DI conferences" like the SWAC. I couldn't make up that kind of ignorance.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
A quick Facebook search yields that he attended Southeastern Louisiana University but he is decked out in purple and piss in photos. Why do y'all put up with that bull in NELA?Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
My commute lasted about thru the end of the Viator interview.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
We try not to...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Hand Clyde