This has certainly been the case in some disciplines, at some institutions. But it's much less common in disciplines where graduate students already have significant hiring potential (e.g. Computer Science)
There are always people who want things to remain as they always were, so they don't have to ever change or adapt to new things. But time moves on regardless.
But why are these people all on slashdot? isn't this a geek site?
I want multiplayer games. CS is still my number 1 game, although I plan on giving Mechwarrior a crack.
The last one player game I played was Fallout3, finished it on goody-to-shoe and never bothered again. And I love that game.
Multiplay has the random human element; even in CS on good ol' dust2, people do wierd things. Games AI will never match the entertainment value of chatty, bored online players, although an epic story/graphic can match that of a decent movie.
Telstra in Australia still screws Aussies with "their" network they built while being a Government company 100 years ago! They refuse to sell "their" network back to the Government cheap enough that we can get round to building decent broadband infrastructure, despite said network being installed - and for all bar the past 10 years maintained - by the taxpayer!
I'm not American so my understanding of this may be a little off, but didn't Germany and Italy first declare war on the US due to a mutual defense treaty with Japan after the US declared war on Japan.
No, I'm saying that when it's your own son or daughter that stands a chance to end up blown to pieces in some desert or jungle, it makes you think a little bit before voting to engage in unnecessary foreign entanglements.
But then, the people on top may have different ideas then you as to what defines an "unnecessary foreign entanglement"
Just like to point out that WW1 started because of hundreds of years of scheming, conflicts and personal vendettas of various European royal families.
The scale of the war was so much larger because the countries had so much more money to spend or the war, courtesy of the colonies, but the war was not about the economy.
I am writing you on behalf of the exile king of........ Our kingdom would like to reward you the golden cross, our highest recommendations, a knighthood.
In exchange for this great honor, we would like you to help with releasing the frozen accounts of the king, by allowing a small sum to pass through your account....."
I find it interesting that everybody is up in arms over this filter, and ready to vote Liberal second last; yet the Liberal party is ready to scrap the NBN, setting Australia's broadband infrastructure back another 3 years...
What about the Google level filtering? I mean typing "kiddy porn" in the search engine wont get a link to uncle-toms-basement.com. If anything its just got companies selling filtering software.
The filter wouldn't of changed the kiddy porn distribution one bit because I'd imagine that stuff would be done mostly peer-to-peer.
Regardless of Govt, I think Google's done a fine job stopping what it can and that adding a filter on ISP's is quite redundant.
I always thought this filter campaign was simply a legal thawte at privacy allowing the Govt later to scrutinize peoples access better.
This is an excellent point. Here's my top 3 result of my google for kiddie porn:
Now I'm of the opinion that total freedom of speech isn't necessarily a right I feel everyone needs.
Then please please PLEASE stay home playing Yahtzee on election days from now on. Trust me, it's way more fun than having your voice heard. Everyone's doin it.
If Rudd didn't get into power things would have been very different during the GFC. With Work Choices in effect wages for every profession would have dropped through the floor, mass layoffs would have been commonplace and working hours increased. We are extremely fortunate that Rudd repealed Work Choices before the GFC actually hit.
What? How will wage decreases lead to increased unemployment!
Contrary to popular belief, the last three years under Rudd have not been a total disaster, our national debt is not spiralling out of control, in fact we are one of the few nations to come out of the GFC. Debt is at far less then 10% of our GDP, right now I have more cash in the bank then is required to pay my share of the national debt (A$9,050, BTW, my state of WA is in the black) and this is during a global recession.
Then you should know that the federal government had less to do with last year's growth, than China did.
Here's where you go horribly wrong. right now Labor cant do anything without the Greens and independents, I want to keep it that way. Green preferential vote goes towards Labor so Labor remains in power whilst being reliant on the Green party who has openly opposed Labors more insane policies this term such as the filter and ETS. My interest is in keeping a minor party in a position of power as they are actually afraid of being voted out. My preference is two or three minor parties but I'd also like a pony.
The worst possible scenario for Australia is a dripping-wet, semi-naked Tony Abbot being elected Prime Minister. This is something we fear deep in our hearts.
Really, as a (West) Aussie I fear a federal-Rudd, state-Labor rule. Can anyone spell GST increase?
And an FYI for our overseas friends: the political party is spelt Labor, even though Aussie spelling of the word is labour.
Frankly the Coalition scare me more then Conroy. Both the leader of the Liberals and the Nationals are ultra conservatives (not in the good way, they are religious nutbars) so voting them in would be just as bad, probably worse then another 3 years of Rudd.
Slashdot Mirror
Think of the pigs! Won't someone think of the pigs!
Dude, you forgot your rant tags.
The literate amongst us know all this.
The illiterate simply disbelieve you.
And if intellectuals bother you, you're in the wrong place.
I assume you mean "the internet" and not slashdot
This has certainly been the case in some disciplines, at some institutions. But it's much less common in disciplines where graduate students already have significant hiring potential (e.g. Computer Science)
Really, then why can't I get a friggen job!!!
hmmmm, books hey?
So what do you guys think, are these "books" gonna be the next big thing? should I put my money into some form of book-com
One word.
Cricket.
Baseball.
Proof that Americans never had an attention span.
and what would that do to the tides?
wouldnt the energy given off by the thrust in a nuclear reactor be radioactive?
I wouldn't back a buzzword that doesn't bring anything new to the table.
Damnmit! I just invested all my monopoly motels in the buzz-market!
There are always people who want things to remain as they always were, so they don't have to ever change or adapt to new things. But time moves on regardless.
But why are these people all on slashdot? isn't this a geek site?
Since we all seem to posting what we want...
I want multiplayer games. CS is still my number 1 game, although I plan on giving Mechwarrior a crack.
The last one player game I played was Fallout3, finished it on goody-to-shoe and never bothered again. And I love that game.
Multiplay has the random human element; even in CS on good ol' dust2, people do wierd things. Games AI will never match the entertainment value of chatty, bored online players, although an epic story/graphic can match that of a decent movie.
Damn, I was hoping that joke wasn't taken...
Bullshit!
Telstra in Australia still screws Aussies with "their" network they built while being a Government company 100 years ago! They refuse to sell "their" network back to the Government cheap enough that we can get round to building decent broadband infrastructure, despite said network being installed - and for all bar the past 10 years maintained - by the taxpayer!
In the last several decades the "peaceful years" could be counted on one hand. .
Throughout human history the peaceful years could be counted on two hands.
Fixed that for ya!
I'm not American so my understanding of this may be a little off, but didn't Germany and Italy first declare war on the US due to a mutual defense treaty with Japan after the US declared war on Japan.
Yep, the Tripartite Pact
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_Pact
No, I'm saying that when it's your own son or daughter that stands a chance to end up blown to pieces in some desert or jungle, it makes you think a little bit before voting to engage in unnecessary foreign entanglements.
But then, the people on top may have different ideas then you as to what defines an "unnecessary foreign entanglement"
Very true, and the debt was repaid by accepting a giant statue of some chick, then sending soldiers to help the revolution in France.
Someone ought to remind China of what the US does to people it owes money to...
Just like to point out that WW1 started because of hundreds of years of scheming, conflicts and personal vendettas of various European royal families.
The scale of the war was so much larger because the countries had so much more money to spend or the war, courtesy of the colonies, but the war was not about the economy.
I too once received a knighthood:
"Dear Sir....
I am writing you on behalf of the exile king of ........ Our kingdom would like to reward you the golden cross, our highest recommendations, a knighthood.
In exchange for this great honor, we would like you to help with releasing the frozen accounts of the king, by allowing a small sum to pass through your account ....."
Hey, I've got one of those too!
We should find some peasants and start a crusade!
I find it interesting that everybody is up in arms over this filter, and ready to vote Liberal second last; yet the Liberal party is ready to scrap the NBN, setting Australia's broadband infrastructure back another 3 years...
What about the Google level filtering? I mean typing "kiddy porn" in the search engine wont get a link to uncle-toms-basement.com. If anything its just got companies selling filtering software.
The filter wouldn't of changed the kiddy porn distribution one bit because I'd imagine that stuff would be done mostly peer-to-peer.
Regardless of Govt, I think Google's done a fine job stopping what it can and that adding a filter on ISP's is quite redundant.
I always thought this filter campaign was simply a legal thawte at privacy allowing the Govt later to scrutinize peoples access better.
This is an excellent point. Here's my top 3 result of my google for kiddie porn:
http://www.detritus.org/agency/kid_porn.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography
http://www.efc.ca/pages/media/spectator.24may97c.html
(possibly) malware, wiki, and a 13 year-old scaremongering article.
Off to clean my cookies
Now I'm of the opinion that total freedom of speech isn't necessarily a right I feel everyone needs.
Then please please PLEASE stay home playing Yahtzee on election days from now on. Trust me, it's way more fun than having your voice heard. Everyone's doin it.
And don't forget to pay your fine! :)
Work Choices.
If Rudd didn't get into power things would have been very different during the GFC. With Work Choices in effect wages for every profession would have dropped through the floor, mass layoffs would have been commonplace and working hours increased. We are extremely fortunate that Rudd repealed Work Choices before the GFC actually hit.
What? How will wage decreases lead to increased unemployment!
Contrary to popular belief, the last three years under Rudd have not been a total disaster, our national debt is not spiralling out of control, in fact we are one of the few nations to come out of the GFC. Debt is at far less then 10% of our GDP, right now I have more cash in the bank then is required to pay my share of the national debt (A$9,050, BTW, my state of WA is in the black) and this is during a global recession.
Then you should know that the federal government had less to do with last year's growth, than China did.
Here's where you go horribly wrong. right now Labor cant do anything without the Greens and independents, I want to keep it that way. Green preferential vote goes towards Labor so Labor remains in power whilst being reliant on the Green party who has openly opposed Labors more insane policies this term such as the filter and ETS. My interest is in keeping a minor party in a position of power as they are actually afraid of being voted out. My preference is two or three minor parties but I'd also like a pony.
Bloody agreed!
The worst possible scenario for Australia is a dripping-wet, semi-naked Tony Abbot being elected Prime Minister. This is something we fear deep in our hearts.
Really, as a (West) Aussie I fear a federal-Rudd, state-Labor rule. Can anyone spell GST increase?
And an FYI for our overseas friends: the political party is spelt Labor, even though Aussie spelling of the word is labour.
Frankly the Coalition scare me more then Conroy. Both the leader of the Liberals and the Nationals are ultra conservatives (not in the good way, they are religious nutbars) so voting them in would be just as bad, probably worse then another 3 years of Rudd.
I would like to point out the Rudd is actually more of a hardened Christian than Abbott
http://www.themonthly.com.au/monthly-essays-kevin-rudd-faith-politics--300
http://www.wesleymission.org.au/releases/may05/050530c.asp