Below is a nice collection of quotes that turned out to be very wrong. Many of the quotes are from very famous and respectable people. Maybe we should stop underestimating ourselves so much?
“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.”Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
“I think there is […]
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Below is a nice collection of quotes that turned out to be very wrong. Many of the quotes are from very famous and respectable people. Maybe we should stop underestimating ourselves so much?
“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.”Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
“I think there is […]
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Yale University, the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, plans to deliver a pilot of seven undergraduate courses to the public free of charge, via the Internet. This is not a brand-new announcement, it was made public in September 2006. But it is nonetheless very interesting. Ultimately, the University aims to offer […]
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Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new series of robots that are simple enough for almost anyone to build with off-the-shelf parts, but are sophisticated machines that wirelessly connect to the Internet. The press release says that the robots can take many forms, from a three-wheeled model with a mounted camera to a flower […]
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Yale University, the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, plans to deliver a pilot of seven undergraduate courses to the public free of charge, via the Internet. This is not a brand-new announcement, it was made public in September 2006. But it is nonetheless very interesting. Ultimately, the University aims to offer […]
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STUDENT VISA – THE INSIDE STORY
(The writer was a U.S. Visa Officer with the Consulate-General of the U.S.,
Chennai.)
I want to try and explain the criteria we visa officers use to adjudicate
student visa cases, explain the recent procedural changes and dispel some
commonly-held student visa myths.
FOUR KEY CRITERIA
Applicants for student visas are required, by U.S. law, to […]
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STUDENT VISA – THE INSIDE STORY(The writer was a U.S. Visa Officer with the Consulate-General of the U.S.,Chennai.)
I want to try and explain the criteria we visa officers use to adjudicatestudent visa cases, explain the recent procedural changes and dispel somecommonly-held student visa myths.
FOUR KEY CRITERIA
Applicants for student visas are required, by U.S. law, to […]
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