And I wonder where my 25k+ tuition goes....

[krotchy]

That looks like the A.T.L.A.S. center they just built at CU. Except they ordered way wayy too many flat screen TV's aparently, so theres flat screens in the lobby of like every building on campus, and they jsut have pointless slideshows goin.

 

[Shawn]

sweet

 

[OS]

dude, steal all that sh*t

 

[fire400]

WTF.......... WHAT A WASTE OF BLOODY MONEY_

Op, I feel you man. That is stupid. projector finishes off all of those displays, amen for projectors, dude.

I swear, money and education requires conservative planning, not hyped up displays all over the room becuz someone forgot their glasses...

good hell.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
My school had 1-2 projectors in every room in the newer buildings, with power outlets, ethernet jacks, and wireless for laptops.

Same at my current school.

 

[compuwiz1]

Do I detect that you are complaining about this? I fail to see the problem. Bring em on!

 

[Triumph]

Demand is up, meaning the schools raise tuition and install sh!t like this to get you to come to their school. That's why you pay $25,000.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Triumph
Demand is up, meaning the schools raise tuition and install sh!t like this to get you to come to their school. That's why you pay $25,000.

And what do the students care? Its daddy's money anyway.

(Sorry, I know everyone isn't like that...it just seemed like everyone but me when I was going to college.)

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: Whisper
Don't feel too bad, in one of the buildings on campus here, there's a pair of newly-installed, multi-thousand-dollar plasmas sitting on the wall doing nothing more than serving as a directory...and a static one at that.

$10k just to have a crisp and clear picture pointing the way to room 212.

yeah i have noticed a lot of schools doing this (mine included).

i think what is happening is school administrators are trying to be "in" with technology to make schools seem advanced, but its pretty annoying to me. a poster can do what these TVs are doing. maybe not in aphex's case, but most of the time its just a banner for a school, or a phone number, or something else just as stupid.

yeah. i wonder how they come up with useing a $4k plasma when a $20 and nice frame/glass could do the same fricken thing?

 

[Reel]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Triumph
Demand is up, meaning the schools raise tuition and install sh!t like this to get you to come to their school. That's why you pay $25,000.

And what do the students care? Its daddy's money anyway.

(Sorry, I know everyone isn't like that...it just seemed like everyone but me when I was going to college.)

Law school is often the bank's money to be repaid for many years.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Whisper
Don't feel too bad, in one of the buildings on campus here, there's a pair of newly-installed, multi-thousand-dollar plasmas sitting on the wall doing nothing more than serving as a directory...and a static one at that.

$10k just to have a crisp and clear picture pointing the way to room 212.

Wow, they did that with some plastic signs in the new building we have.
The hilarious part was, before the signs were made, they had printouts of the signs. The printouts included clear photocopies of the Braille. I suppose if you have really sensitive fingers, you could still feel the slightly raised areas of toner.

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: Whisper
Don't feel too bad, in one of the buildings on campus here, there's a pair of newly-installed, multi-thousand-dollar plasmas sitting on the wall doing nothing more than serving as a directory...and a static one at that.

$10k just to have a crisp and clear picture pointing the way to room 212.

Wow, they did that with some plastic signs in the new building we have.
The hilarious part was, before the signs were made, they had printouts of the signs. The printouts included clear photocopies of the Braille. I suppose if you have really sensitive fingers, you could still feel the slightly raised areas of toner.

I believe Daredevil could 'read' the newspaper through the ink that way.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: aphex
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Did we really need THAT many 50"+ plasmas... :roll:

Wouldn't a single projector be cheaper and more efficient?

BTW, my school has plasmas in the music department just scrolling the day's agenda. Oh well, as long as it's the music department's money and not the engineering or the science. (though there are 4 plasmas in the engineering building that just sit around deactivated)

Oh, and a new $30M engineering and business building. It was just finished at the end of August this year. The roof is already leaking in several places, at least one area was roped off for repairs, a wall has plywood over it, windows throughout the building leak, and the concrete walkways are already cracking. Some skimming off the top perhaps?
Oh but it looks fancy - excessive use of glass everywhere. The damn railing supports are thick panes of glass. The heating bills are going to be insane for that place.

Ha, sounds like my school. I'd think it was my school, except our engineering building was built 10 years ago.

 

[fitzov]

If it's a public school, it goes to the state, which then funds the university.

 

[sniperruff]

shush they well from a hotdeals on fatwallet ok?

 

[lyssword]

lol

 

[XZeroII]

Just wait 5 years when those plasmas all need maintinence. Then you'll start paying $30,000/year

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Just wait 5 years when those plasmas all need maintinence. Then you'll start paying $30,000/year

thats why i dont get why they do that (well use them as maps etc). a good map incased in glass or something will last 20+years and is far far cheaper.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Just wait 5 years when those plasmas all need maintinence. Then you'll start paying $30,000/year

thats why i dont get why they do that (well use them as maps etc). a good map incased in glass or something will last 20+years and is far far cheaper.

And think of how much power they're going to use.
Think of the cost to replace in the event of vandalism or theft.