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June 30

List of colleges in the USA with the Master's program for Data Science.

I need a List of colleges in the USA with the Master's program for Data Science. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hariomtsingh (talk • contribs)

Who do you expect would have compiled such a list?

Private-sector publications like U.S. News and World Reports have become famous for their listings and rankings of universities and degree programs.

In the United States, many higher education programs are accredited. If you've reached the point in your academic career where you are really qualified to seek post-graduate programs, you should have a well-formed opinion on the role of accreditation - at least whether it will apply to your personal decision-making. After all, you're planning to become a "master" of your field: you'd better start thinking about making a strategy other than asking random internet strangers for help. I mean, let's have some perspective: Leonardo da Vinci was a master; Titian was a master; Roebling was a master. The word means something; it conveys a certain ... "mastery" above and beyond mere, ordinary, quotidien expertise.

In specific, "Data Science" is a challenging area: it is not a very well-established field in the academic world. It is not clear whether your favorite school will offer an accredited course of study in it. It is not clear how it should be accredited. This was, in actual fact, scheduled for discussion this spring at the ABET national symposium, recently cancelled. (Have I previously mentioned that we are in a literal actual national emergency in the United States, and that the consequences are very real and very specific?)

Talk with your current university career-advisory office; talk to admissions-offices. Your strategy for your personal pursuit of higher education should probably not start with a mega-list of every possible option; that's not a very good way to make life-decisions at this level. Narrow the search-space a little bit, else the magnitude of available data might be incomprehensible - or at least, unsuitable for taking any meaningful action.

Here's a list of ABET-accredited programs: Accredited Program Search. You will observe that "Data Science" is not an ABET-approved course of study - so you need to find some other way to get a degree; or you need to decide whether you place your trust in a different organization of national- or regional- repute; or perhaps you have a broad and enlightened view of education that, uh, exceeds the ability to be measured against any particular criterion or standard. Or perhaps you trust a specific university whose organizational accreditation permits them to issue degrees at large, including for graduate study in Data Science.

I mean, for a few bucks, even I can sell you a Masters Degree in Data Science, but I'm just a random guy on the internet. ... and, though I am loathe to decline the opportunity to earn a few dollars on the side, my actual recommendation is that interested students who wish to study "data science" should probably pursue a formal course of study in graduate computer science, mathematics, or statistics; or in an applied discipline such as biology, or engineering; and that their graduate specialization may, if it is so determined, entail a specialization that relates to the formal methods of modern data analysis. I have some experience with the curriculums that are named "data science," and the graduates thereof; and I have personally concluded that I have a fairly dim opinion of them. But again, I'm just some guy on the internet... my advice counts for naught ...

Nimur (talk) 17:28, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

NetObjects Fusion files

I have been sent some NetObjects Fusion files but neither the sender nor I have the software that created them. I've been searching for any free app that can simply display the contents but with no luck so far. I've already tried essentials.netobjects.com which is advertised as free but it requires a password to open the files. I guess if they're password protected then we're out of luck, but I thought I would ask anyway.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 18:53, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find much about the file format, but here's a long shot: rename (a copy) to being a .ZIP file, and see if it will open (that is, get to the "enter the password" prompt) in an unzip program (this isn't that unusual - there are a number of file formats that use ZIP as the container). If that succeeds, there are a number of zip password bruteforce programs (let's face it, it's probably a very simple password). -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 19:50, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The name of the block pops up on Word Office

When touching a text (word, a sentence, a paragraph etc.) on Word Office, immediately pops up kind of small block which has quick access for editing the text (such as font, color etc.). It shown here [1] 8:18). What is the formal name for it? --ThePupil (talk) 22:38, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've always known it as "Yet another annoying M$ feature we don't need" but officially it is the mini toolbar --TrogWoolley (talk) 13:34, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! --ThePupil (talk) 21:54, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]