Bunches O treasures

[Socratoad]

I been looking over the Annenberg site and really want to let the rest of you who are unaware of this site to take a peek. I had mentioned this to vm this morning but this was before I realized just how vast was the scope of free videos here, and so in my childish delight I need to post this URL now.

http://www.learner.org/about/sitemap.html

Methinks that there is probably something here for everybody no matter what your interests. Uf course one must sign up, but its a painless process.

The videos are FREE and stream easily on my puter. If one has a slow connection I suppose that one could download first.

Perhaps I am just the last person to have found this source of videos, but :chin:


If perhaps you should feel in a generous mood after watching a couple of videos from this source may I suggest a generous contribution to the old Toad retirement fund :yup:

[ApostateAbe]

I been looking over the Annenberg site and really want to let the rest of you who are unaware of this site to take a peek. I had mentioned this to vm this morning but this was before I realized just how vast was the scope of free videos here, and so in my childish delight I need to post this URL now.

http://www.learner.org/about/sitemap.html (http://www.learner.org/about/sitemap.html)

Methinks that there is probably something here for everybody no matter what your interests. Uf course one must sign up, but its a painless process.

The videos are FREE and stream easily on my puter. If one has a slow connection I suppose that one could download first.

Perhaps I am just the last person to have found this source of videos, but :chin:


If perhaps you should feel in a generous mood after watching a couple of videos from this source may I suggest a generous contribution to the old Toad retirement fund :yup: I would love to download some of those videos on economics (http://www.learner.org/resources/series79.html), and I will as soon as my danged roommate stops taking up bandwidth playing Warcraft 3 online. I really need to learn elementary economics.

[viscousmemories]

Hmm... now do I respond to the PM or here? :)

I'll respond here. Thanks for the PM, Toad. I've been running in and out today so I haven't had a chance to respond. At a glance it looks like a very cool resource. I can't wait to see what types of videos they have available.

Thanks again. :)

[Socratoad]

Hmm... now do I respond to the PM or here? :)

I'll respond here. Thanks for the PM, Toad. I've been running in and out today so I haven't had a chance to respond. At a glance it looks like a very cool resource. I can't wait to see what types of videos they have available.

Thanks again. :)

No problem vm, I am just like a little kid wanting to show-off my new toys
:mememe: :woohoo:

[Adora]

I have access to a university library. I also have a very limited monthly bandwidth. So I think I'll pass.

[viscousmemories]

I watched the introduction to statistics video. It was very interesting and informative, even though the clothes and hairstyles of the people in it were a bit outdated. :)

A couple points of particular interest to me:

They used Domino's Pizza's pan pizza marketing strategy as an example to illustrate the benefit of statistics. This was interesting to me because I didn't realize just how much research is involved in the introduction of a new product, plus Domino's is based in my hometown of Ann Arbor.

The woman who narrated the film (Teresa Amabile) is a psychologist who happens to also have an MBA, and is responsible for some interesting research on creativity and competitive rewards. It seems that according to her findings creativity is its own reward, and economic competition actually stifles it. She touched on this briefly in the film, but I read a bit more about it after Googling her name. I found this interesting because I've heard certain people argue that without a winner-take-all competitive market people wouldn't have any inspiration to innovate.

Anyway it was definitely an interesting an educational experience. Thanks again, Toad. :yup:

[Socratoad]

You're welcome vm. I'm glad you're enjoying this resource.

I'm slowly watching my way through "The Western Tradition" The artwork, sculptures,maps and insights are breathtaking. Prof. Eugen Weber has such a great delivery in this series. I had seen him a bit before on PBS, but to have the whole series available to watch and listen at my leisure is a treat beyond description. Next Ima gonna watch the "Western Art" series. Sooner or later I hope to watch all the series. :yup:

[beyelzu]

I have access to a university library. I also have a very limited monthly bandwidth. So I think I'll pass.
what does "limited monthly bandwidth" mean?

are their limits on how much you download and upload?


Or do you just mean that your connection sucks?

[beyelzu]

I am currently listening/watching some of the econ ones, and I intend to watch a bunch of these things.


thanks for the link toad

[JoeP]

I have access to a university library. I also have a very limited monthly bandwidth. So I think I'll pass.
what does "limited monthly bandwidth" mean?

are their limits on how much you download and upload?

Or do you just mean that your connection sucks?
I guess she means a download/upload total. For the ADSL service here, there is a 3GB limit. I hear you can reach this limit in a few days - then they basically slow your service to dial-up speed.

Adora, what's your limit?

[Adora]

Yes, what Joe said.

Currently I'm 700MB per month on 56K dialup with Telstra. Yeah yeah yeah. I know I'm getting fucked, but I can't afford the installation charge for Broadband, even if companies like iPrimus have really really good deals that I'd like.

[ApostateAbe]

I watched the first episode in the economics series. I learned a thing or two. Thanks, socratoad.