need help with school.

Knappy
Knappy Posts: 6
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
does anybody know any sites to get around surf control so i can get to gaming web sites in school?
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited May 2006
    don't worry about that crap and "STUDY"!
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  • Knappy
    Knappy Posts: 6
    edited May 2006
    this is for when i stay after school when i have to wait for a ride home.
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,649
    edited May 2006
    An excellent time to brush up on your studies.
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  • Knappy
    Knappy Posts: 6
    edited May 2006
    i have gone 3 years so far and this is my last year in school, without studying for anything and i am doing fine.
  • read-alot
    read-alot Posts: 812
    edited May 2006
    So you have earned a full ride to med or law school and you just need to spend a little free time gambling away your spare change.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited May 2006
    Knappy wrote:
    i have gone 3 years so far and this is my last year in school, without studying for anything and i am doing fine.


    Just an FYI, the pronoun "I" always gets the cap treatment.:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited May 2006
    I put "Burger Time" on my cell phone, helps pass time when needed.
  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited May 2006
    Just an FYI, the pronoun "I" always gets the cap treatment.:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
    Just an FYI - it's AN, not AND

    :D:D

    Hah - you **** - got it fixed before I could correct you...
  • nebborjk
    nebborjk Posts: 425
    edited May 2006
    You may think that you're doing fine now, but wait until you're in the real world.
    Proud SOPA Member since 2005!
  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited May 2006
    Good for you. I've always prided myself on how little I studied in high school. Keep it up.
  • Knappy
    Knappy Posts: 6
    edited May 2006
    read-alot wrote:
    So you have earned a full ride to med or law school and you just need to spend a little free time gambling away your spare change.
    no I haven't but that has nothing to do with this thread, I just want to know some web sites to get around Surf Control.
  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited May 2006
    You do know this is an audio forum right? Not that someone here won't be able to help - just a little strange to see this as someone's first post...
  • Knappy
    Knappy Posts: 6
    edited May 2006
    yes I know this is an audio forum, but this is what I need help with right now, because there is nothing wrong with my sound system.
  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited May 2006
    www.thehun.net

    Excellent gaming website, school friendly as well.....
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited May 2006
    Zero wrote:
    Many moons ago (back in 99'), I used to back-door out of MS Excel to bypass surf controls, firewalls, and all that gibberish. It's literally been that long since I had any concern over hardware and software so I am unable to really assist you.

    I also wanted to say, ignore most of these folks. There is nothing in your high-school books (hell,even college half of the time) that will teach you about the 'real world'. Good on you so far, and keep truckin' along. Hopefully someone will be able to answer your question instead of giving you crap.

    Actually, there is very little job-specific knowledge in most post grad programs (excepting some applied science and technical training programs either). However, you miss the point. You are doing a couple of things. One, a foundation in broad areas is always a good thing. Especially things like history. Those that don't know it are doomed to repeat it. Also, take something like discrimination. If you know about things like the holocaust, Brown v. Board of education....you can see WHERE things come from and what happens when things go to an extreme. If you learned about, say, Plessy v. Ferguson you'd know where legalized segregation and institutional racism really planted roots. Cause/effect...analytical thinking, that whole thing? Yup, **** like that ain't no good in the real world. :rolleyes:

    Another is socialization. This is one of my MAIN gripes w/ homeschooling. Schools teach you about group dynamics and social skills. You develop coping skills and a plethora (some good, some bad) of other things about integrating yourself in a social structure.

    Another thing that a post grad degree gives you is a piece of paper that says you have the onions and dedication to devote a substantial effort in pursuit of a goal.

    Yup, you don't learn **** in school. Again, Sean, you couldn't be farther off base. Of course, you probably don't have the foggiest idea what I'm talking about, sport.

    BDT
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2006
    TroyD wrote:
    Another is socialization. This is one of my MAIN gripes w/ homeschooling. Schools teach you about group dynamics and social skills. You develop coping skills and a plethora (some good, some bad) of other things about integrating yourself in a social structure.

    Your main gripes with Homeschooling? If I can ask without sounding like I'm trying to pick a fight, what personal experience have you had with home schoolers? A little fact for this comment would be appreciated, 'cause I am curious how you got this point of view...

    Thanks!
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited May 2006
    I know several people that homeschool. Some do an outstanding job. Some don't. My gripe, not gripe but observation is that a good number of the children that I know who are homeschooled are at huge disadvantage when it comes to social skills. They don't interact well with other children, tend to be isolated and so forth.

    I'm not saying homeschooling is bad. I am saying there are pitfalls and the social aspect is one of them.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2006
    TroyD wrote:
    I know several people that homeschool. Some do an outstanding job. Some don't. My gripe, not gripe but observation is that a good number of the children that I know who are homeschooled are at huge disadvantage when put it comes to social skills. They don't interact well with other children, tend to be isolated and so forth.

    I'm not saying homeschooling is bad. I am saying there are pitfalls and the social aspect is one of them.
    BDT

    Fair enough. I know that I was home schooled, GASP, but my mom took the route of staying at home full time and actually giving us a Superior education. We took SAT's every year in school, and when I took the ACT I scored a 31. If the parents take the time, I believe you can get a better education than alot of public schools.

    Regarding the socialization problem, I agree it can get outta hand. Here in the Midwest, there is a group called, Midwest Parent Educators or something like that, and over 700 families are involved with it. I for one, was made to talk and communicated with ALL ages of people, including adults, not just those that were in my CLASS as a lot of Public school age kids do. Name me a public school child who can carry on a decent conversation with an Adult? It's harder these days than ever.

    I had more friends than I believe I would have ever known, because of Homeschooling. Again, It can be true that some parents aren't cut out for it, or are too lazy and their kids are stupid. :D But, to group all home schoolers into this category is ridiculous.

    My .02 of personal experience. Will I home school my kids? I haven't a clue. I know I am not a good teacher, but we'll see. Besides, if the parents are reinforcing what is learned during the day anyways, it's all wasted knowledge.

    Oh ya, I played Soccer my entire years in JH and High School... so the sports thingy isn't a valid argument either. They even had a Football team, but my mom wouldn't let me try out... afraid I'd break my neck :D
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited May 2006
    Again, I'm not saying homeschooling is a bad idea. I am saying that many of the people that I know tend to think that by eliminating certain aspects of public education that they will protect thier children from the evils of society. I think that's a bad idea.

    The quality of academics is usually better with homeschoolers, IMO.

    BDT
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2006
    TroyD wrote:
    Again, I'm not saying homeschooling is a bad idea. I am saying that many of the people that I know tend to think that by eliminating certain aspects of public education that they will protect thier children from the evils of society. I think that's a bad idea.

    The quality of academics is usually better with homeschoolers, IMO.

    BDT

    This is true. Many do seek to shelter their kids, and that is just stupid.

    Thanks for clarifying :)
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  • noimposse
    noimposse Posts: 264
    edited May 2006
    dorokusai wrote:
    www.thehun.net

    Excellent gaming website, school friendly as well.....


    Bahahaha, if that is what I remember it as, you are a good man Doro. Bahahaha.

    My friend visits that site 3 or 4 times a day if you know what I mean ;)


    Hopefully I'm not way off base here, havent see that in a long time and can't check because I like my job....
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited May 2006
    Ok, Sean...here we go.

    I didn't address his work ethic in school, did I? If you can make the grade, I could care less how you do it. If you want to spend your day playing games and do your homework on the bus, that's cool. I never lugged a book home and managed to graduate top ten. However, that hurt me when I got to college because I didn't have the self-discipline to study. I came around but it was an adjustment.
    Discrimination goes beyond the class-room. I am not sure about how things were in your day Troy, but in mine, Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education got roughly a days coverage. These courses are on average, introduced to students at around 16-18 years of age. By then, they should already have a good concept of racism and where they stand on the matter. Once again - books provide you with a record of events leading up to the way things are. Thats excellent. However, morals and viewpoints are something that go beyond the books.

    I'm not disagreeing with you but I'm using that for an example. Nor am I suggesting that there aren't things learned outside the classroom. I AM suggesting that academics in and of themselves teach far more than what's on the printed page. If you don't see that, we don't agree on the principles of education.
    You got it. Its a piece of paper that essentially says "I put in my time, I put in my money (for college), and paid my due's". Sure, you had to read the books and do the work. We all take something from it, little as that may be. This statement completely dismisses the very common fact that it does not mean someone who earned this paper actually *learned* a thing. They just did what they had to do to get it. For most, that means remembering something just long enough for a test.

    Isn't that a small slice of real life though? A lesson in and of itself. You learn some discipline. You learn how to deal with success and failure and how to achieve either etc etc and so on.

    Now, I'm not saying that an education is *everything* or that you can't learn these lessons elsewhere. I am saying that it's important to learn these lessons somewhere. I'm also saying that learning fundamentals about things like math, science and history are important less for the facts themselves but learning things like problem solving, cause/effect etc and so forth.

    Potential means diddly-squat without achievement sport.

    BDT
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited May 2006
    Zero wrote:

    You never really cease of playing this game do you Troy? Then again, you probably don't have the foggiest idea of what Im talking about, do ya? :rolleyes:

    It's not a game to me, Sean. You are a mid-20's, intelligent kid with a world of potential. Got plenty of brains but maybe had you learned some of the things that I'm talking about at an earlier age you wouldn't have pissed away your late teens/early twenties in a self described depression/funk working for minimum wage all the while convince nobody was as intelligent as you. MYSTIFIED why less cerebral individuals passed you by up the chain. You think I don't have a clue about you, and you are correct. I was lucky in that someone put a foot in my **** a couple decades ago. Someone told me that the world don't give a rat's behind about what you could POSSIBLY do, only what you DO.

    If you think it's ok to pollute others with that sort of drivel, fine. I do not.

    Look, Sean, finally...I don't want this to be a eff you/I don't like you thing. You have your point of view, I have mine. Let's leave it at that.

    BDT
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited May 2006
    TroyD wrote:
    Someone told me that the world don't give a rat's behind about what you could POSSIBLY do, only what you DO.
    Actually, 95% of the world could care less about you, 4.99% are probably pulling against you, and the .01% that care are your friends and family.

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited May 2006
    Just remember the older you get the less you know, its just hard to remember though.

    RT1
  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited May 2006
    Sean,

    My point is and has been that knowledge (of the academic variety) and practical experience compliment each other. They are not mutually exclusive concepts as I think you implied.

    BDT
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited May 2006
    noimposse wrote:
    Bahahaha, if that is what I remember it as, you are a good man Doro. Bahahaha.

    My friend visits that site 3 or 4 times a day if you know what I mean ;)


    Hopefully I'm not way off base here, havent see that in a long time and can't check because I like my job....

    You would be correct :D
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2006
    dorokusai wrote:
    You would be correct :D

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  • thehaens@cox.net
    thehaens@cox.net Posts: 1,012
    edited May 2006
    Knappy wrote:
    does anybody know any sites to get around surf control so i can get to gaming web sites in school?


    Try this one. At least they have some trivia out there.....

    http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=15833
  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited May 2006
    I am with Troy on a few points here.

    1) Studying...I never did it in HS, and did I ever have to learn in college. Very unprepared for that aspect.
    2) Home schoolers. I know people who do it, and more than anything I admire it. But their kids are so sheltered that I fear when they get to the college level one of three things will happen, A)they quit because they cannot cope, B) they go so buck wild with the freedom that drugs and alcohol become a major factor in their life, or C)they actually survive the ordeal and go on to do better and greater things.

    My wife and I have talked about this extensively, and in fact their oldest child has complained about it in very subtle ways. They have 5 kids, and I am really interested to see what happens. I sure as hell hope that I am wrong.
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