Based on my experience in as hard science, I'd venture a guess that the majority of published data is fudged to some degree. With some authors that fudge factor is perhaps 0% but with others it approaches a high double-digit percentage. Given that my particular profession shows this problem in experiments that should be easily reproducible in any lab - I can't imagine that studies on global conditions can really be all that reliable. In my case I believe its a matter of the following problem (and perhaps this applies to many sciences):
1) Investigator tells underling -> do experiment A. Perhaps adding that the expected result is B 2) Underling bangs on the problem, perhaps performing the experiment several time in order to get something resembling the desired outcome - even if the average outcome isn't what was expected 3) Underling reports back to investigator - Result B obtained! 4) Investigator publishes results in reputable journal that "Can Never Be Wrong"(tm) because its peer reviewed 5) Other investigators use this data to design experiments
In any case - what if this planet just goes through cyclical temp change? Can we tell what is natural vs. man made? Can the two effects be de-convoluted?
One piece of wisdom I learned from dating and running a couple sites is that men add an inch to their height, and women drop 20 lbs in online profiles. I never ran into any real scams, but I sure did meet some crazy people.
I really like working on my mac, but its nice to shut off the productivity programs and play some games. Since I run my business on a MacBook I hope that there are always going to be great titles available for play-time. I think it would be a selling point...
I love playing wow but it does sometimes seem like I'm logging into the 'office' for a few hours of work. You need to collect a set number of items to get paid (in exp or gold) and it can take hours to do some task. I actually cancelled cable for this.
I supopose if you need to play the next version of Mario whatever this is something to look forward to, but I kinda figued this crowd is more interested in Halo.
Well, part of the problem is that these PH.d's are 35, and have no actual experience.
Every cross-section of the population has its bottom 10%. You can't judge them all by this small sample.
My personal experience, and most of my friends was, I think, more typical - 4 yrs. for the BS and 4 more for the PhD. Graduate at 26 and get a job at one of the largest corps in the world - Exxon. ALL of my co-graduate student friends had similar experiences. At 36 I have 10 years of SOLID experience at both "fortune 3" and startup companies in a wide variety of areas and am now self-employed and working part-time on academic projects. I make far less than I used to, but I'm having the best time yet.
That said - If you're getting your first real-world job at 35 you either fucked-off and took way too long to get your degrees, you do not interview well and ended up working for buddies of your advisor for several 2 year stints at various back-water universities, or you just didn't get into a good institution for your PhD which can probably be related to the first reason mentioned. Nothing was out of this hypothetical PhDs control - they got what they earned in the end, and are a relatively small pool to judge PhDs from.
Are you by chance a engineer at GE? This was a typical attitude taken by engineers at my large former employer. It resulted in several extremely talented individuals finding more rewarding jobs in other companies. PhDs were usually considered lab monkeys with no interest in anything outside their ivory cage, and were treated as such. This lead to resentment and other negative feelings for people that wanted to progress up the company ladder. Luckily they have started letting PhDs into the good-old-boy's club which seems to be working out well for everyone. Hopefully the trend will continue. I say if you want to be a lab monkey and the company wants you there - great - but let the guys out that have mutated into something else.
I had a similar experience installing XP Pro on my sisters PC.
1. Install XP (reformatted entire drive in process) 2. Install fresh AVG downloaded via my Mac 3. Install SP1a also downloaded via my Mac 4. Install MSN from a disk - the version that came with XP Pro didn't recognize her logon! 4. Sister says - can I check my email now??? 5. I say - Heck ya sis - and fire up MSN 6. 2 minutes later - AVG says "XYZ worm found". Don't remember the exact one. 7. Computer crashes 8. Restart, run AVG, worm is purged. 9. Try MSN again - another worm installs itself, computer crashes. 10. Purge worm again. 11. Download Zonealarm via Mac 12. Install on XP Pro machine 13. Try MSN again - all seems well now..... 14. Scratch head - MSN is worm ridden???
I don't specialize in nano-tech, but do read several journals that have gone nano-batty. I can say that while scientists can make interesting nano-structures (tubes, balls etc.) in the lab - they are far from mass manufacturing little robots. We're up against entropy here - its going to be hard to get molecules to form little gears, pumps, claws etc. So far useful nano-tech seems limited to unusually small particles of a solid material (ie. CdSe, GaN) that have interesting properties due to their size.
I'm also not a "bio-technician", but I think bio-tech is the future, and the ultimate nano-technoligy. Nano-bots have existed probably as long as life has on this planet, they're called viruses, prions, bacteria etc. We're figuring out how to modify them to do our bidding - for better or worse. They're the best candidate for grey goo.
Was curious about the drawing and found a copy here (Google cache)
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Tubgirl - I just had to find out...I just lost my appetite. My lunch is in the microwave, but I'm gonna throw it in the trash. Just when I thhought I'd seen some sickness, along came this.
Processors burn hotter than that, how useful would it still be for cooling purposes if it were a gas?
Actually air conditioners work just that way. They take a volitile liquid and run it through a "hot" radiator. The liquid absorbs the heat and vaporizes, resulting in a temp drop in the radiator. The gas is returned to a compressor via a second radiator used to blow off some of the heat and the compressor reliquifies the gas to start the process all over again. Not terribly efficient, but thats what cools our homes. Manufacturers actually already use fluorinated hydrocarbons and esters in regular ACs.
There are ways around using fossil fuels as stated by lots of other readers.
What I'd like to point out is that ethanol - while perhaps not the most efficient energy 'storage' vehicle available - is much safer than storing hydrogen, which is probably on of the reasons it was looked at as a fuel. A tank of ethanol hooked up to one of these gizmos would generate hydrogen on-demand allowing a hydrogen based economy to emerge based on renewable resources. No pipelines necessary - we could generate ethanol wherever needed and use existing gas stations to deliver the fuel.
If its efficient it could speed up the adoption of clean burning fuels.
Expense is usually only involved when you hire a lawyer. If you're on a shoestring budget get a book and do it yourself. I did it for a state fee of $90 in FL. You can file in FL online and they email you the corp papers. Get an EIN from the IRS and file one more form to elect your corp. type (don't remember the form #) and you're on the way! BTW IANAL and IANAA.
I'm in the middle of a bootstrapping enterprise right now - its not IT but the idea is the same. My savior has been buying surplus. My field is a bit more 'old school' than IT, and I need to worry about regulatory issues (chemicals). That said, I've been able to rent space ($500/mo), get permitted, buy basic lab equipment for about 10% of original cost, and use my own skillz to put together a web site, business cards, brochures etc.
I will say a business plan helps a lot - even if you don't follow it to the letter. It does give you a place to start and forces you to think about what you want to do and who your customer is. It may all change by the time the business is running, but it at least does make you think.
The hardest part of the business is ahead however. Its pretty easy to get a spot and make some pretty cards up - the rubber hits the road when you start going to trade shows and calling old industry chums trying to get people interested. Luckly at this point its pretty cheap to keep the business open so some patience and marketing should start the revenues rolling in.
Then the question becomes - how do you handle growth?...
Charter is a big bag of p**p. We used them for two buildings that couldn't get DSL and the modem was up and down for the better part of the first 6 months on one building. Finally they acknowledged it may be a hardware issue and came out - it was. They had done a crappy cable install and one of the connections was breaking randomly. After that we had OK service for a short while - except when they finally admitted the network was unstable and had to do a full scale modem swap out. I called to find out what the new problem was (our modems at that point were no longer working more than one hour per day on average) and NEVER gat a call back from the corp. sales cheeze whiz. Dumped them and moved to DSL - no unplanned disconnects yet! We have a VPN so any down time is quickly noticed when the big whig can't get his email.
It may not be as serious for everone else, but if MS gains dominance over serach engines, they will control traffic on the internet and the little guy will have as much chance as your local mom & pop store had against WalMart.
Maybe I should just forget IT and open a laundromat.
I have to say that the sourcing of jobs overseas could have some beneficial effect on the prices we pay for services, however - that assumes that corporations would pass the savings along. Highly doubtful in this climate. They'll hold onto any increase in margin they can squeeze out, so there really isn't any silver lining to this cloud right now. In this case jobs that pay very well are being lost. Its not like when a blue-collar worker loses his/her job. Often they can get vocational training and make similar money or better. An accountant/engineer/scientist who spent 4-8 years getting an education doesn't want to get more "vocational" training. They did that already...we'd become a nation of professional students.
I don't know - but at this point I've read several articles about this trend and would like to know which companies are doing this type of thing. For example - Capital One credit of moving a chunk of its call center to India. I don't really want to deal with someone in India when I have a problem, I mean I'm sure everyone is well trained and all, but I feel more warm and fuzzy talking to someone here...I guess its just personal preference.
Well the keyboard on the iBook I'm using isn't cheap - and you won't notice that great of a speed difference between the 12" powerbook and iBook unless you're running something like Photoshop.
BTW don't use VNC with your windows server - its a nice piece of software, but terminal services is MUCH faster and it gives you more connection options (i.e web or rdc software). I use it to admin an exchange server and the OSX native remote desktop connection software from M$ is actually quite nice.
Crude production. A working solution of alkylated anthraquinones which is alternately hydrogenated (using either nickel or palladium catalyst) and then air oxidized to split off H2O2. Each producer has its proprietary collection of anthrquinones, and maintaining the integrity of this working solution is key to safe and efficient H2O2 production.
Separation. The (water insoluble) working solution is then separated from the H2O2 by solvent extraction, and then concentrated and returned to the hydrogenator. The crude H2O2 (about 40% w/w) is sent to distillation.
Purification. Crude H2O2 is purified by distilling to about 60% w/w. This storage product may then be diluted to 35% or 50%, distilled to 70%, and/or purified for high-purity uses (e.g., food processing or semiconductor manufacture).
Stabilization. Since H2O2 decomposition is accelerated by trace levels of contaminants (esp. transition metals) stabilizers are added prior to shipping and storage. The type and level of stabilizer depends on the product grade, but generally consists of chelants/sequestrants such as inorganic and organic phosphates, and/or stannate and silicate.
I think Elf makes peroxides as well in the Houston area. May be able to get a French company to ship to you:) Barring that, try a distributor....
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is what these jokes are
I already dislike AT&T and after they merge with SBC I had an inclination to drop their DSL service - this is the final nail in the coffin for me
No wait thats methane...
Based on my experience in as hard science, I'd venture a guess that the majority of published data is fudged to some degree. With some authors that fudge factor is perhaps 0% but with others it approaches a high double-digit percentage. Given that my particular profession shows this problem in experiments that should be easily reproducible in any lab - I can't imagine that studies on global conditions can really be all that reliable. In my case I believe its a matter of the following problem (and perhaps this applies to many sciences):
1) Investigator tells underling -> do experiment A. Perhaps adding that the expected result is B
2) Underling bangs on the problem, perhaps performing the experiment several time in order to get something resembling the desired outcome - even if the average outcome isn't what was expected
3) Underling reports back to investigator - Result B obtained!
4) Investigator publishes results in reputable journal that "Can Never Be Wrong"(tm) because its peer reviewed
5) Other investigators use this data to design experiments
In any case - what if this planet just goes through cyclical temp change? Can we tell what is natural vs. man made? Can the two effects be de-convoluted?
One piece of wisdom I learned from dating and running a couple sites is that men add an inch to their height, and women drop 20 lbs in online profiles. I never ran into any real scams, but I sure did meet some crazy people.
I really like working on my mac, but its nice to shut off the productivity programs and play some games. Since I run my business on a MacBook I hope that there are always going to be great titles available for play-time. I think it would be a selling point...
I love playing wow but it does sometimes seem like I'm logging into the 'office' for a few hours of work. You need to collect a set number of items to get paid (in exp or gold) and it can take hours to do some task. I actually cancelled cable for this.
1) Write ransom virus ....
2) Release
3)
4) Profit!
Wait - that actually works I think
I supopose if you need to play the next version of Mario whatever this is something to look forward to, but I kinda figued this crowd is more interested in Halo.
Well, part of the problem is that these PH.d's are 35, and have no actual experience.
Every cross-section of the population has its bottom 10%. You can't judge them all by this small sample.
My personal experience, and most of my friends was, I think, more typical - 4 yrs. for the BS and 4 more for the PhD. Graduate at 26 and get a job at one of the largest corps in the world - Exxon. ALL of my co-graduate student friends had similar experiences. At 36 I have 10 years of SOLID experience at both "fortune 3" and startup companies in a wide variety of areas and am now self-employed and working part-time on academic projects. I make far less than I used to, but I'm having the best time yet.
That said - If you're getting your first real-world job at 35 you either fucked-off and took way too long to get your degrees, you do not interview well and ended up working for buddies of your advisor for several 2 year stints at various back-water universities, or you just didn't get into a good institution for your PhD which can probably be related to the first reason mentioned. Nothing was out of this hypothetical PhDs control - they got what they earned in the end, and are a relatively small pool to judge PhDs from.
Are you by chance a engineer at GE? This was a typical attitude taken by engineers at my large former employer. It resulted in several extremely talented individuals finding more rewarding jobs in other companies. PhDs were usually considered lab monkeys with no interest in anything outside their ivory cage, and were treated as such. This lead to resentment and other negative feelings for people that wanted to progress up the company ladder. Luckily they have started letting PhDs into the good-old-boy's club which seems to be working out well for everyone. Hopefully the trend will continue. I say if you want to be a lab monkey and the company wants you there - great - but let the guys out that have mutated into something else.
I had a similar experience installing XP Pro on my sisters PC.
1. Install XP (reformatted entire drive in process)
2. Install fresh AVG downloaded via my Mac
3. Install SP1a also downloaded via my Mac
4. Install MSN from a disk - the version that came with XP Pro didn't recognize her logon!
4. Sister says - can I check my email now???
5. I say - Heck ya sis - and fire up MSN
6. 2 minutes later - AVG says "XYZ worm found". Don't remember the exact one.
7. Computer crashes
8. Restart, run AVG, worm is purged.
9. Try MSN again - another worm installs itself, computer crashes.
10. Purge worm again.
11. Download Zonealarm via Mac
12. Install on XP Pro machine
13. Try MSN again - all seems well now.....
14. Scratch head - MSN is worm ridden???
I don't specialize in nano-tech, but do read several journals that have gone nano-batty. I can say that while scientists can make interesting nano-structures (tubes, balls etc.) in the lab - they are far from mass manufacturing little robots. We're up against entropy here - its going to be hard to get molecules to form little gears, pumps, claws etc. So far useful nano-tech seems limited to unusually small particles of a solid material (ie. CdSe, GaN) that have interesting properties due to their size.
I'm also not a "bio-technician", but I think bio-tech is the future, and the ultimate nano-technoligy. Nano-bots have existed probably as long as life has on this planet, they're called viruses, prions, bacteria etc. We're figuring out how to modify them to do our bidding - for better or worse. They're the best candidate for grey goo.
Was curious about the drawing and found a copy here (Google cache)
Tubgirl - I just had to find out...I just lost my appetite. My lunch is in the microwave, but I'm gonna throw it in the trash. Just when I thhought I'd seen some sickness, along came this.
Processors burn hotter than that, how useful would it still be for cooling purposes if it were a gas?
Actually air conditioners work just that way. They take a volitile liquid and run it through a "hot" radiator. The liquid absorbs the heat and vaporizes, resulting in a temp drop in the radiator. The gas is returned to a compressor via a second radiator used to blow off some of the heat and the compressor reliquifies the gas to start the process all over again. Not terribly efficient, but thats what cools our homes. Manufacturers actually already use fluorinated hydrocarbons and esters in regular ACs.
There are ways around using fossil fuels as stated by lots of other readers.
What I'd like to point out is that ethanol - while perhaps not the most efficient energy 'storage' vehicle available - is much safer than storing hydrogen, which is probably on of the reasons it was looked at as a fuel. A tank of ethanol hooked up to one of these gizmos would generate hydrogen on-demand allowing a hydrogen based economy to emerge based on renewable resources. No pipelines necessary - we could generate ethanol wherever needed and use existing gas stations to deliver the fuel.
If its efficient it could speed up the adoption of clean burning fuels.
Expense is usually only involved when you hire a lawyer. If you're on a shoestring budget get a book and do it yourself. I did it for a state fee of $90 in FL. You can file in FL online and they email you the corp papers. Get an EIN from the IRS and file one more form to elect your corp. type (don't remember the form #) and you're on the way! BTW IANAL and IANAA.
I'm in the middle of a bootstrapping enterprise right now - its not IT but the idea is the same. My savior has been buying surplus. My field is a bit more 'old school' than IT, and I need to worry about regulatory issues (chemicals). That said, I've been able to rent space ($500/mo), get permitted, buy basic lab equipment for about 10% of original cost, and use my own skillz to put together a web site, business cards, brochures etc.
I will say a business plan helps a lot - even if you don't follow it to the letter. It does give you a place to start and forces you to think about what you want to do and who your customer is. It may all change by the time the business is running, but it at least does make you think.
The hardest part of the business is ahead however. Its pretty easy to get a spot and make some pretty cards up - the rubber hits the road when you start going to trade shows and calling old industry chums trying to get people interested. Luckly at this point its pretty cheap to keep the business open so some patience and marketing should start the revenues rolling in.
Then the question becomes - how do you handle growth?...
One of the few shows that teaches me new words....
Charter is a big bag of p**p. We used them for two buildings that couldn't get DSL and the modem was up and down for the better part of the first 6 months on one building. Finally they acknowledged it may be a hardware issue and came out - it was. They had done a crappy cable install and one of the connections was breaking randomly. After that we had OK service for a short while - except when they finally admitted the network was unstable and had to do a full scale modem swap out. I called to find out what the new problem was (our modems at that point were no longer working more than one hour per day on average) and NEVER gat a call back from the corp. sales cheeze whiz. Dumped them and moved to DSL - no unplanned disconnects yet! We have a VPN so any down time is quickly noticed when the big whig can't get his email.
It may not be as serious for everone else, but if MS gains dominance over serach engines, they will control traffic on the internet and the little guy will have as much chance as your local mom & pop store had against WalMart.
Maybe I should just forget IT and open a laundromat.
I have to say that the sourcing of jobs overseas could have some beneficial effect on the prices we pay for services, however - that assumes that corporations would pass the savings along. Highly doubtful in this climate. They'll hold onto any increase in margin they can squeeze out, so there really isn't any silver lining to this cloud right now. In this case jobs that pay very well are being lost. Its not like when a blue-collar worker loses his/her job. Often they can get vocational training and make similar money or better. An accountant/engineer/scientist who spent 4-8 years getting an education doesn't want to get more "vocational" training. They did that already...we'd become a nation of professional students.
The remedy?
1) Laws? Tax corporations that "oversource" jobs?
2) Accept lower salaries?
3) Grass roots activisim?
I don't know - but at this point I've read several articles about this trend and would like to know which companies are doing this type of thing. For example - Capital One credit of moving a chunk of its call center to India. I don't really want to deal with someone in India when I have a problem, I mean I'm sure everyone is well trained and all, but I feel more warm and fuzzy talking to someone here...I guess its just personal preference.
Well the keyboard on the iBook I'm using isn't cheap - and you won't notice that great of a speed difference between the 12" powerbook and iBook unless you're running something like Photoshop.
BTW don't use VNC with your windows server - its a nice piece of software, but terminal services is MUCH faster and it gives you more connection options (i.e web or rdc software). I use it to admin an exchange server and the OSX native remote desktop connection software from M$ is actually quite nice.
Well the stuff is not easy to make:
:) Barring that, try a distributor....
Crude production. A working solution of alkylated anthraquinones which is alternately hydrogenated (using either nickel or palladium catalyst) and then air oxidized to split off H2O2. Each producer has its proprietary collection of anthrquinones, and maintaining the integrity of this working solution is key to safe and efficient H2O2 production.
Separation. The (water insoluble) working solution is then separated from the H2O2 by solvent extraction, and then concentrated and returned to the hydrogenator. The crude H2O2 (about 40% w/w) is sent to distillation.
Purification. Crude H2O2 is purified by distilling to about 60% w/w. This storage product may then be diluted to 35% or 50%, distilled to 70%, and/or purified for high-purity uses (e.g., food processing or semiconductor manufacture).
Stabilization. Since H2O2 decomposition is accelerated by trace levels of contaminants (esp. transition metals) stabilizers are added prior to shipping and storage. The type and level of stabilizer depends on the product grade, but generally consists of chelants/sequestrants such as inorganic and organic phosphates, and/or stannate and silicate.
I think Elf makes peroxides as well in the Houston area. May be able to get a French company to ship to you