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Standing casually in the hallway of Maxwell Dworkin’s third floor, bespectacled and wearing a basic brown sweater, David J. Malan ’99 explains why he thinks computers are sexy. “I think that once you’ve become sufficiently acclimated to the world of computer science, you do begin to see sexiness in lines of code and an elegance that someone who hasn’t taken a class like CS50 would never notice,” says Malan. When asked what he thinks the sexiest thing about working on computers...
...made by students who travel to MIT on a regular basis to participate in training should be recognized and valued. They demonstrate a commitment to service that should be admired and followed by the rest of the student body. Because of this, the University can and should take several basic steps to facilitate the choices of these students who wish to serve...
...most crucial question facing the company, however, is quite basic: does Rosetta Stone actually work? The company's teaching method is called "dynamic immersion," in which users are taught a new language through images, text, and sound. There is neither translation nor grammar explanations. You learn by listening to people talk in the language you're trying to master, and by reading words on a screen. The images clue you into the meaning of the words. The system eschews rote memorization - Rosetta Stone promises you'll learn a second language in the same way a child learns...
Through all the current optimism about negotiations and rapprochement with Iran, we cannot lose sight of one basic fact: Allowing Iran to develop nuclear weapons would destabilize the entire international order...
...Della Frye (Rachel McAdams), a young but eager political blogger for The Globe, Cal discovers that at the center of the plot is PointCorp, a private company bidding for Defense Department contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan that Collins is investigating.Based on a BBC television miniseries, the film follows the basic conventions of a political thriller. Macdonald includes the obligatory love triangle as well as the requisite parking garage chase scene that we’ve seen so many times before. The movie bears a passing resemblance to other classic political thrillers such as “The Manchurian Candidate?...