America's Most Connected Campuses

foghorn666 writes "Forbes and the Princeton Review have posted their list of America's Most Connected Campuses, which measures the technological capabilities of the country's 357 top colleges and universities. They're looking at infrastructure stuff like whether wireless networks are available, if you can register for classes online, and so on - not really curriculum. But the results are interesting, and the winner not a huge surprise: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute."

We're #13! -- We're #13!

[The I Shing]

I am pleasantly surprised to find my school ranked as #13 overall, ahead of Boston University, even!

Kids today have it too easy...

[bennomatic]

I remember dialing in with a 9600 baud modem to do my CS 60A (scheme) homework at UC Berkeley and only getting 2400 baud because of the answering modem's speed most of the time.

And then once I got on, the slowdown was that our new superfast server (danube, IIRC) was bogged down running poorly written interpreted, recursive, memory-hogging programs by 500+ students all trying to get in under the wire.

Sigh. The good old days.

reminds me...

[LiquidMind]

I read this on some IRC channel a couple'a years ago...

A: this school i'm trying to apply for is asking me all these stupid questions. like "why do you want to attend our school?"
B: tell them 'cuz you got a phat pipe that i can use to download porn, warez and mp3s.

Re:Not a surprise?

[poot_rootbeer]

MIT is in Cambridge Mass, where there are lots of interesting things to do. RPI is in... Troy, NY. I'd spend all my time on the Internet too if I were there.

Re:Kids today have it too easy...

[nick-less]

I remember dialing in with a 9600 baud modem to do my CS 60A (scheme) homework at UC Berkeley and only getting 2400 baud because of the answering modem's speed most of the time.
[..]
Sigh. The good old days.

9600 Baud? Come on youngster, I bet I got pants older than you...

NYU underrated

[Anonymous Coward]

NYU has aeron chairs in the library computer lab....doesn't that count for something? Or not, but maybe it explains why I pay $1000 a unit here.

Stay away!

[Zardus]

Don't be fooled by the promise of connectivity and online registration! If you care at all about your sanity, go somewhere else! RPI is not a g -- asfedj;sah( &Gfsogf AGOYD SABDAISLHD!! MUST ... KILL ... LINCOLN.....

Re:Way to go RPI

[DonServo]

Geez... At my university, we have to bribe the bursar with dried frog pills to get a response!

9600 "Baud"

[Anonymous Coward]

Bah, a true old-timer would have flamed him for saying "baud" when he meant "bps".

Re:We're #13! -- We're #13!

[general_re]

I passed that info to my boss, mentioning that I graduated from #13. It did not, however, result in the raise I asked for.

sincerely,
Your Future

Re:RPI

[Greyfox]

Yes, the town looks like a nuclear bomb went off there... and sure it rains all the time... and um... snow gets asshole deep on a camel in the winter... but the area does kind of grow on you. And um... you could do worse when global warming comes... it's ah... not like it's freaking New Jersey, or anything.

Finally we're number 1 in something.

[colin_n]

Its about time RPI was number one in something other than student depression and nothing to do around campus! Go Shirley! [rpi.edu]

New Ranking Options

[Ba3r]

1. %bandwidth used by Counterstrike & Warez Servers
2. number of students that refer to their 'other' computers as boxxen
3. number of students who let out bloodcurling yells when flashed with a UV lamp
4. %students who respond "html" when asked for a programming language

That being said, my school [rit.edu] was 12th, and unlike RPI, we have well over 10,000 students.

Re:Not a surprise?

[Ohreally_factor]

They probably mean campus-wide wireless, and I kinda doubt you've got coverage in every pasture and field. =)

Re:Kids today have it too easy...

[Anonymous Coward]

Come on youngster, I bet I got pants older than you...

Oh? You had pants? In my days kids still wore dresses regardless of gender. And we liked it!