Buying a domain name

[CYdTracked]

I freaking hated him. Worst professor I have had and it is a required course too.

You kidding? His class was great. Granted I took it back in 1998 so maybe he's changed but all you had to do was show up for class and give half a damn about it to get a decent grade in it. Didn't even have to care about MIS, just in general that was a cake walk class that required minimal effort to get a good grade in and I thought he made the class a lot more fun than most profs did.

Does he still have the "fun quizzes" that were essentially extra credit for attendance. Someone apparently got a question wrong once on that and the next class he pointed out that someone must not have been paying attention because the answers to the fun quiz are given to you.

 

[ArgentCy]

Slow day today . I was wondering if anyone has boughten a domain name for the shear fact they think it'll be worth something eventually and been successful selling it later ?

Your about 20 years to late. I've met several who understood the process and bought some nice names back in the day. You might get lucky with a name here or there but I can't see it being worth the time.

 

[jkclone]

You kidding? His class was great. Granted I took it back in 1998 so maybe he's changed but all you had to do was show up for class and give half a damn about it to get a decent grade in it. Didn't even have to care about MIS, just in general that was a cake walk class that required minimal effort to get a good grade in and I thought he made the class a lot more fun than most profs did.

Does he still have the "fun quizzes" that were essentially extra credit for attendance. Someone apparently got a question wrong once on that and the next class he pointed out that someone must not have been paying attention because the answers to the fun quiz are given to you.

He still does the quizzes which were nice, but his tests now are much harder. If I could just show up and get a good grade that would have been one thing. I got a B- in that class because of how poor the actual teaching was. I'm an A- to B+ student and am now taking accounting information systems and bored out of my mind because it is easy.

 

[CYdTracked]

What is FAC? The problem was I didn't learn about MIS. Half the class was him talking about his investments and the other half was very detailed fast information about the course. His not posting PPTs and insistence on using his own site that was awful instead of blackboard made it much more difficult than it needed to be.

He is relatively nice and I think genuinely cares, but he is not an effective teacher.

Out of curiosity how old are you? FAC = Friday After Class (aka go to the bar and wind down from the week.) Granted most people taking that class were not of age to go to FAC but it's a pretty common term I thought.

And I enjoyed his investment talks. Once you get out into the real world the stuff he was talking about becomes part of real life. I liked guys like him who expected you to know a little more than what was in the text book and relevant to the course. That's one thing I think college does a poor job at is preparing you for what the working world is like once you graduate. No more memorizing facts and terms from books and notes from powerpoint slides, being able to solve real problems that aren't in a text book and adjusting to your constantly changing work environment is something most college grads lately don't seem very well prepared for. I can tell you after 14 years removed from college there isn't a whole lot of stuff I learned there that is relevant to me now. I learned a hell of a lot more related to my profession through internships and on the job training.

 

[CYdTracked]

Good ol' Fred Choobineh and "the Google."

Make sure you are in his "system" too and put those "stupid boxes" on your assignments and you'll do just fine. We had a smartass in my class who asked him why we had to put those "stupid boxes" on all the work we handed in. At the end of the semester he put a poster on the presenter stand for him before class. Fred comes in and opens it up and it's a poster of different martinis. Fred asks who it was from, the guy raised his hand and Fred says "I cannot accept this as it doesn't have the stupid boxes on it." Guess you had to be part of the class to get the full effect knowing how much crap this guy gave Fred but it was a pretty funny moment and Fred picked his times to throw stuff back when he could.

 

[jkclone]

Out of curiosity how old are you? FAC = Friday After Class (aka go to the bar and wind down from the week.) Granted most people taking that class were not of age to go to FAC but it's a pretty common term I thought.

And I enjoyed his investment talks. Once you get out into the real world the stuff he was talking about becomes part of real life. I liked guys like him who expected you to know a little more than what was in the text book and relevant to the course. That's one thing I think college does a poor job at is preparing you for what the working world is like once you graduate. No more memorizing facts and terms from books and notes from powerpoint slides, being able to solve real problems that aren't in a text book and adjusting to your constantly changing work environment is something most college grads lately don't seem very well prepared for. I can tell you after 14 years removed from college there isn't a whole lot of stuff I learned there that is relevant to me now. I learned a hell of a lot more related to my profession through internships and on the job training.

I'm 22 but I commute so I don't go to the bars in Ames.

I agree that just memorizing isn't great, I usually do well in those classes to, but you have to teach something and not test on ridiculous stuff. It's been a while, but I remember stuff that had nothing to do with MIS being on the tests. Compare that to FIN 425 that manages an investment fund where I got an A, and had no issues.

 

[JHUNSY]

Make sure you are in his "system" too and put those "stupid boxes" on your assignments and you'll do just fine. We had a smartass in my class who asked him why we had to put those "stupid boxes" on all the work we handed in. At the end of the semester he put a poster on the presenter stand for him before class. Fred comes in and opens it up and it's a poster of different martinis. Fred asks who it was from, the guy raised his hand and Fred says "I cannot accept this as it doesn't have the stupid boxes on it." Guess you had to be part of the class to get the full effect knowing how much crap this guy gave Fred but it was a pretty funny moment and Fred picked his times to throw stuff back when he could.

That class was full of extra credit opportunities. Stupid boxes and logos for days.

 

[CYdTracked]

I'm 22 but I commute so I don't go to the bars in Ames.

I agree that just memorizing isn't great, I usually do well in those classes to, but you have to teach something and not test on ridiculous stuff. It's been a while, but I remember stuff that had nothing to do with MIS being on the tests. Compare that to FIN 425 that manages an investment fund where I got an A, and had no issues.

Hate to break it to you but after you are out of college you are going to have to deal with all kinds of rediculous stuff that you find unimportant right now. Not trying to sound like a jerk by saying that, just my opinion how I think for some these things some think are "stupid" such as the things you mentioned about Fred's class are much more relevant than you realize at the time. That's why I appreciate Fred's class even more now than I did when I took it. There are probably at least 4 classes I took at ISU that I find the most relevant and prepared me more to what I do today than I did anything else I took:

- Fred's MIS 330 class
- Larry Curtis's Acct 215 business law class
- I can't remember the exact class numbers of the other 2, I think one was MIS 435 at the time which was Business Systems and Networking or something like that which was tought but a guy that worked for ISU FPNA at the time. It was all online tests where he posted them on Thursday, 120 questions and you had to pick 100 to answer. Even with 120 questions and 3 days to complete it was hard to find 100 questions you were confident in the answers because he made it hard enough. His philosophy was in the real world when you boss asks you something complicated chances are you probably won't have an immediate answer and will have to use the resources you have to find and answer. Also had some projects both individually and in groups and I found that class to be where I learned many skills that I use in my job today for working with people and finding solutions and answers to things.
- The last class is the Management Course you have to take your final semester before graduation. It too was different as the only exam was an optional final exam. All your grades were either papers or group case study assignments where you had to work with pretty much everyone in your class at some point throughout the semester and turn in a case study paper that all 4 of your grades for that assignment hinged on how well you worked together to write the paper for the study.

Sorry, got a little off topic from the OP but college classes should be more than just tests and papers, the profs that mix in some real world topics and practices that seem off topic are the classes you may wind up appreciating more once you get out into the work forces because you aren't memorizing and taking exams for a profession the rest of your life.

 

[jkclone]

Hate to break it to you but after you are out of college you are going to have to deal with all kinds of rediculous stuff that you find unimportant right now. Not trying to sound like a jerk by saying that, just my opinion how I think for some these things some think are "stupid" such as the things you mentioned about Fred's class are much more relevant than you realize at the time. That's why I appreciate Fred's class even more now than I did when I took it. There are probably at least 4 classes I took at ISU that I find the most relevant and prepared me more to what I do today than I did anything else I took:

- Fred's MIS 330 class
- Larry Curtis's Acct 215 business law class
- I can't remember the exact class numbers of the other 2, I think one was MIS 435 at the time which was Business Systems and Networking or something like that which was tought but a guy that worked for ISU FPNA at the time. It was all online tests where he posted them on Thursday, 120 questions and you had to pick 100 to answer. Even with 120 questions and 3 days to complete it was hard to find 100 questions you were confident in the answers because he made it hard enough. His philosophy was in the real world when you boss asks you something complicated chances are you probably won't have an immediate answer and will have to use the resources you have to find and answer. Also had some projects both individually and in groups and I found that class to be where I learned many skills that I use in my job today for working with people and finding solutions and answers to things.
- The last class is the Management Course you have to take your final semester before graduation. It too was different as the only exam was an optional final exam. All your grades were either papers or group case study assignments where you had to work with pretty much everyone in your class at some point throughout the semester and turn in a case study paper that all 4 of your grades for that assignment hinged on how well you worked together to write the paper for the study.

Sorry, got a little off topic from the OP but college classes should be more than just tests and papers, the profs that mix in some real world topics and practices that seem off topic are the classes you may wind up appreciating more once you get out into the work forces because you aren't memorizing and taking exams for a profession the rest of your life.

I really liked my ACCT 215 class (mine was with Bootsma). I am not an MIS person so didn't have that. I'm currently in MGMT 478 which is the last class, and I find that to be really easy.

There is a difference between what MIS 301 was and real world experience think outside the box classes. Maybe there has been a significant change in the last 15 years or so in how he did the class.

 

[mywayorcyway]

I've never bought with the intention of squatting. There's very little left out there. One of my former bosses registered a domain name that was relevant to his business, never used it, then sold it for just under six figures at auction after he had owned it for 10 years. It was a simple noun name, only five letters and commonly used in English. He says he just got lucky. He gets lucky on business things often.

I have bought a domain from a squatter. It sucked, but it was cheaper than fighting it through legal action.

 

[CyCrazy]

What is FAC? The problem was I didn't learn about MIS. Half the class was him talking about his investments and the other half was very detailed fast information about the course. His not posting PPTs and insistence on using his own site that was awful instead of blackboard made it much more difficult than it needed to be.

He is relatively nice and I think genuinely cares, but he is not an effective teacher.

GTFO

 

[Farnsworth]

- Fred's MIS 330 class
- Larry Curtis's Acct 215 business law class

Another classic class and professor. I wonder if everyone still has copies of the exam's ahead of time. You know it's a good class when everyone has a copy of every exam, yet they still show up for lecture as it's very informative and entertaining.

 

[jbhtexas]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting You gotta be kidding me this is illegal ?

MikeRoweSoft.com...I wish that kid would have went to court instead of settling for an Xbox...

 

[Dandy]

Slow day today . I was wondering if anyone has boughten a domain name for the shear fact they think it'll be worth something eventually and been successful selling it later ?

Tell me which one you're thinking about buying and I'll tell you if it's a good idea or not.

 

[CYdTracked]

Another classic class and professor. I wonder if everyone still has copies of the exam's ahead of time. You know it's a good class when everyone has a copy of every exam, yet they still show up for lecture as it's very informative and entertaining.

Another classic class and prof: I had Jack Blanshan for a TransLog class, first day of lecture he held up the textbook and asked who had bought it then told everyone if they had take it back and get a refund because he doesn't teach out of a textbook but was required to have 1 on file at the book store and everything you needed to know for the exam would be covered in lecture. A month or so into the class we noticed a few people sitting near us with copies of what looked like notes and they were highlighting. Turns out he used the same set of slides nearly every class for several semesters so 1 of my buddies was able to acquire them from someone which made note taking so much easier and if you needed to miss a lecture you still didn't miss out on what was covered.

 

[Farnsworth]

Another classic class and prof: I had Jack Blanshan for a TransLog class, first day of lecture he held up the textbook and asked who had bought it then told everyone if they had take it back and get a refund because he doesn't teach out of a textbook but was required to have 1 on file at the book store and everything you needed to know for the exam would be covered in lecture. A month or so into the class we noticed a few people sitting near us with copies of what looked like notes and they were highlighting. Turns out he used the same set of slides nearly every class for several semesters so 1 of my buddies was able to acquire them from someone which made note taking so much easier and if you needed to miss a lecture you still didn't miss out on what was covered.

The class I had with him everyone had copies of the actual exams with answers. Every single exam was the exam same as what we had, same questions, same answers, same order.

Exam day was always funny because people would rush through marking all the answers and then it was a waiting game to see who dared get up first to turn theirs in. This was until one test where he cut the line to turn them in after like the 20th person and put them in a separate pile, good thing I was a few people after this.

People would literally turn in the test minutes after it was handed out.