Of course, underated could apply to talent also, including well established bands, but that's mared by opinion often, wheras judging by popularity or how "big" they are generally is the better way to say how underrated a band is. Also I'd like to add another band that I think is terribly underrated, the melodic death metal band Norther, whom are virtually unknown, despite having been around for a good while. Actually reffering to underrated according to talent, I must name Polish death metal band Behemoth, who are relatively well known, but are often overlooked, and who's drummer is one of the very best in the world at metal drumminig. ithilgore2006
There are way more bands underrated by talent than by popularity, I think. But like you said, it's much more subjective than objective. For instance, I can name five drummers who I think are superior in ability to Behemoth's.
For Cold Fusion and Electromagneticism to work well enough to be a new form of energy, we need to be able to build superconductors that work at room-temperature. Once we do that, unbelievable amounts of new technology will be made possible, electronics will get smaller, it's possibilities are endless. It may even be enough to make space travel faster.
I went to Virginia Tech for one year. Decided I shouldn't pay that much for the resources I was given, and skipped the last two months of school. Now I'm at a junior college, and I'm transferring to a university as part of a degree program. The social aspect of almost any four-year university is great, but the academics aren't. Many ****s are taught by foreign-born TAs whose grasp of the English language is difficult to understand. The entire online aspect is pretty much the same at my junior college as it was at VT. The teachers here have more time to help students, even though most of them also hold other jobs.
At VT, it seemed like the focus for all of my classes was quantity instead of quality. For general education credits, this is BAD. It's much better to learn at a slower rate and grasp the concepts fully than to learn faster but only get enough to pass the tests and forget it once you're out of school. Which is why I think it's better to go to a junior college for gen. ed. credits first. I know not all colleges are the same as VT, but after frequenting a few social websites, it's apparent that that is the case for a large portion of them.
Age of Conan is coming to the 360, which is a better game anyways. Only MMO I've seen so far that has tried to make the quests fun. Every other MMO relies on the fact that it is a social interaction tool or that it has new and exciting crafting mechanics. And Hyboria pwns Azeroth.
Katatonia is not better than Tool. Both are decent, but Tool is better. I'm not gonna argue music theory here, so I'll leave it at that.
Bands that I think are underrated: Genghis Tron (they're starting to get bigger) Windir (now defunct due to Valfar's death, they were overshadowed by Darkthrone and Emperor and Mayhem and so forth) Boards of Canada (extremely mellow music, it's amazing when mixed with hallucinogens) Cynic, Aghora, and Gordian Knot (all three took progressive metal in a new direction) The Stooges (the original crazy frontman, Iggy Pop) Weather Report (awesome Jazz Fusion) Mahavishnu Orchestra (more awesome Jazz Fusion)
The approach I would take for almost any college is to go to a Junior College (2 year) first, and get all of your general education credits out of the way there. It saves you from spending several thousand dollars a semester at a more famous school just so you don't have to live with your parents. The teachers at community colleges are generally more helpful as well, there are a lot fewer foreign TAs who have almost unintelligible accents (a huge problem at quite a few universities). Anyways, since you're only planning to go for two years and be a fireman, you're doing the right thing. While you're at it, you could set it up so the courses you take end up in EMT certification, if you ever feel like going back.
The only drawback to going to a Junior College is that it is often quite difficult to transfer into a 4-year university that isn't connected to said Junior College by a degree program. And you have to keep living with your parents or afford your own apartment for two years (which shouldn't be that difficult). But the flexibility it offers at about 10% of the cost of a major university is a good thing to have.
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