posted on August 17, 2005 06:48:34 AM new
I've been using Firefox for a while now and everything worked fine. Now, I can't click on the arrow box in My eBay (where you can revise, etc. your listings). Nothing happens when I click on the down arrow. It's okay in IE, but all of a sudden it's not in Firefox. Any ideas?
posted on August 17, 2005 07:38:01 AM new
Slightly off topic, but my Firefox consumes up to 16% of my CPU (2.8 GHz Pentium) when the stupid U of Phonix ad is running.
posted on August 18, 2005 04:05:08 AM new
They've gotten a number of complaints about the ad. OTOH, they have a contract... Anyway, my opinion was noted.
Since I use Firefox, I installed Adblock and got rid of the ad. That problem is solved, but I still feel that when I pay for a service, the available screen real estate should be used to provide useful functions, not pitches. Free web sites can do what they like; they're entitled. When I pay $75 - $150 each month to a company, I don't want them doing anything other than making my pages useful.
posted on August 18, 2005 04:40:16 AM new
I watched one of the news shows the other day and I thought they mentioned the University of Pheonix and their being under investigation for handing out diplomas and such to unqualified students. I could be wrong. They mentioned a lot of schools in the program. I did find this article on them:
"The University of Phoenix has been under fire because of its recruiting practices. In September 2004 the U.S. Department of Education reviewed complaints from 60 employees and former employees. Some of the practices were considered to be illegal or unethical. Reports indicated how admission counselors were sent to a glassed-in isolation room, called the Red Room where underperformers were put on display. The University of Phoenix settled out of court paying $9.8 million dollars. Founder John Sperling and his son are the two richest men in Arizona with $1.8 billion each [1].."
posted on August 18, 2005 04:48:33 AM new
It's probably one of those mills where they convince unqualified people to sign up, get government grants/loans/etc. for the tuition, possibly kick back some to the students as an inducement, and then do very little to educate the uneducatable.
Capitalism at its best.
With that kind of money, they are powerful. With no morality, they are even more powerful. With a deregulation environment, they are invincible.
