KU is still offering a class on this subject in the Anthro department. The several other universities (Kansas State, Emporia) are also offering classes on Intelligent Design as a myth. The professors just were better at staying out of the limelight.
There is such a bike; it is just in bad shape.
I have my old bike unlocked out on my porch in a high bike theft area, and no one has taken it in 6 weeks. I found it in the yard at one point, I figure someone started to take off with it, and then realized the poor thing was not even worth the effort. One of these days I'll take it apart for practice.
As a sometime scientist-turned-programmer, it is true. It helps that it works how we thing and does what we need well. It helps that it easy to learn. Most of us prefer to spend the time tweaking assumptions in the model instead of learning the intricacies for something we don't need.
And the old modeling programs handed down from advisor to students are a bonus.
He wrote threee books with S.M. Stirling. They were average, but a cut above some other Star Trek author writing. I always thought it hilarious that the covers of the books featured a thinly disguised "Scotty" picture, though the only similairity between the main character and Scotty is that they were engineers.
Or it trains you to have a thick skin. Thankfully, I am a girl, so escaped most of the physical abuse in middle school, but as a unashamed nerd, I had plenty harassment. I found that nothing offends me now. You can tell me I'm ugly, people hate me, I'm weak.. and I don't care. A "self"-esteem if you will. I had a supportive family, and a big sis who stepped in the only time the abuse got physical. It hurts, but if you support your kids, they are tougher than you give them credit for, so help them with their coping skills before suggesting violence.
Not unless us women are seriously shortsighted. As troublesome as men can be, they are still much cheaper for baby production than artificial methods. Even feminist science fiction realizes that you get a static, fragile society if you get rid of men. At most we'll have a number of lesbians who are interested in raising a child genetically related to both mothers. I just the research isn't stamped out because of narrow minded conservatatives who are scared of lesbian families.
Well, for the CDR in the USNR part, he probably has a bachelors (requirement for regular commision in US military) and been through OCS or OIS. As for being astrobiologist, I don't know of any certifying authority, as it is a rather small community. I'm guessing he probably has a PhD as he was in the astronaut program. Which I think is the relationship between his other two careers and the buddy to get him this job with NASA. It is an issue that I think NASA wants to deal with before they get slapped for it, and it sounds like he has a wide range of applicable expierence (as much as anyone does).
I know this is nitpicky, but...
Early pictures (from the orbiters) of layered rocks were used as early evidence of the possiblity of water on Mars. So we sent rovers to go take a better look. As Intraloper said, not all layered rocks (striated means something different to geologists) are necessarily sedimentary. You can have layers of extrusive igneous formations (lava). And not all sedimenary rocks are created by water, though most are. Some can be created by blowing dust, which is common in Mars' thin atmosphere.
This is the stuff that inspires me to become a planetary scientist. A few years ago I did an internship with LPI/JSC for college students wanting to get into this. Most of us had been kindergarten to second grade when Challenger exploded. And for us, Challenger had been one of the big tragedies of our childhoods.
NASA has a quite active astrobiology section. And while the geologists involved are not experts, they are just as interested in what could be fossils. In fact, at the planetary science conferences I've been to, the astrobiology talks are some of the best attended.
Of course they are being really careful about what they are saying is evidence of life, especially what they are declaring to the general media. Remember the Mars meteorites and those possible fossils? Responsible science requires caution before announcing that every spherical blob is a fossil bacteria. That's why NASA sponsors research projects investigating Earthly bacteria fossils such as the those in the Gunflint Iron formation of Ontario to see what they should look like (check out the work of Rachel Schelble in the scientific journals).
Oh, and from guestimating from the crossbedding, the picture in this article is not heavily magnified, these spheres would be awfully big bacteria.
I remember seeing the movie before reading the booking and thinking "This is so Heinleinesque, especially the coed shower." The subtle parody reminded me much of "Stranger in a Strange Land." It's just nothing like the book it's named after.
I think my favorite history I found was for corpsicle. Apparently a easy sci-fi concept that needed a silly term. And then reused by many of the better names in sci-fi books.
Most of the admin systems use Windows NT. Much of the message traffic is interface with Windows NT (though Outlook). Chat is used a lot now between ships for basic coordination. However, there are still plenty of comms systems (mostly voice) that go through their own old school, propietary systems. Navigation is being done more with electonic plotting on Windows computers, however the QM's still plot primarily on paper charts. Heck, most still do periodic celestial shots to compare to GPS data. The critical weapons, sensors and engineering systems are mostly run on older, non-Windows systems. There are some newer systems that are being tried with off the shelf components using Windows, but all of these have backups. The Navy has learned to have a back up system for everything.
My objection is that NASA has decided that the search for life is is the most important aspect of planetary research, because it is what catches headlines. Venus is not a likely source of life, however the geology is still very interesting but ignored.
And I'll give the Navy perspective.
Similiarly, we hire a lot of people and pump them through tech schools. And then there is a lot of on the job training, with senior enlisted training the new guy. Do well, and get promoted.
Unfortunately, the Navy had it's own IT boom. Computers ended up being the domain of the IT (formerly radiomen) rate. Many bright young guys got recruited to be ITs. There are a lot of clueless ITs out there. And they get promoted faster than many other rates which leads to a corresponding lower quality of work for the rank. Also, a good IT3 knows he will make much better money on the outside. So you only get those who love being locked on a tin can for months on end for job security.
And the US military does hire on the basis of having a degree, not looking at aptitude for the work, with a higher starting wage. They're called officers.
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KU is still offering a class on this subject in the Anthro department. The several other universities (Kansas State, Emporia) are also offering classes on Intelligent Design as a myth. The professors just were better at staying out of the limelight.
There is such a bike; it is just in bad shape. I have my old bike unlocked out on my porch in a high bike theft area, and no one has taken it in 6 weeks. I found it in the yard at one point, I figure someone started to take off with it, and then realized the poor thing was not even worth the effort. One of these days I'll take it apart for practice.
As a sometime scientist-turned-programmer, it is true. It helps that it works how we thing and does what we need well. It helps that it easy to learn. Most of us prefer to spend the time tweaking assumptions in the model instead of learning the intricacies for something we don't need. And the old modeling programs handed down from advisor to students are a bonus.
He wrote threee books with S.M. Stirling. They were average, but a cut above some other Star Trek author writing. I always thought it hilarious that the covers of the books featured a thinly disguised "Scotty" picture, though the only similairity between the main character and Scotty is that they were engineers.
Or it trains you to have a thick skin. Thankfully, I am a girl, so escaped most of the physical abuse in middle school, but as a unashamed nerd, I had plenty harassment. I found that nothing offends me now. You can tell me I'm ugly, people hate me, I'm weak.. and I don't care. A "self"-esteem if you will. I had a supportive family, and a big sis who stepped in the only time the abuse got physical. It hurts, but if you support your kids, they are tougher than you give them credit for, so help them with their coping skills before suggesting violence.
Not unless us women are seriously shortsighted. As troublesome as men can be, they are still much cheaper for baby production than artificial methods. Even feminist science fiction realizes that you get a static, fragile society if you get rid of men. At most we'll have a number of lesbians who are interested in raising a child genetically related to both mothers. I just the research isn't stamped out because of narrow minded conservatatives who are scared of lesbian families.
Well, for the CDR in the USNR part, he probably has a bachelors (requirement for regular commision in US military) and been through OCS or OIS. As for being astrobiologist, I don't know of any certifying authority, as it is a rather small community. I'm guessing he probably has a PhD as he was in the astronaut program. Which I think is the relationship between his other two careers and the buddy to get him this job with NASA. It is an issue that I think NASA wants to deal with before they get slapped for it, and it sounds like he has a wide range of applicable expierence (as much as anyone does).
Or originally taken from the young adult book, MY NAME IS SUS5AN SMITH. THE 5 IS SILENT, in which the main character is.. well, it's in the title.
I know this is nitpicky, but... Early pictures (from the orbiters) of layered rocks were used as early evidence of the possiblity of water on Mars. So we sent rovers to go take a better look. As Intraloper said, not all layered rocks (striated means something different to geologists) are necessarily sedimentary. You can have layers of extrusive igneous formations (lava). And not all sedimenary rocks are created by water, though most are. Some can be created by blowing dust, which is common in Mars' thin atmosphere.
This is the stuff that inspires me to become a planetary scientist. A few years ago I did an internship with LPI/JSC for college students wanting to get into this. Most of us had been kindergarten to second grade when Challenger exploded. And for us, Challenger had been one of the big tragedies of our childhoods.
NASA has a quite active astrobiology section. And while the geologists involved are not experts, they are just as interested in what could be fossils. In fact, at the planetary science conferences I've been to, the astrobiology talks are some of the best attended. Of course they are being really careful about what they are saying is evidence of life, especially what they are declaring to the general media. Remember the Mars meteorites and those possible fossils? Responsible science requires caution before announcing that every spherical blob is a fossil bacteria. That's why NASA sponsors research projects investigating Earthly bacteria fossils such as the those in the Gunflint Iron formation of Ontario to see what they should look like (check out the work of Rachel Schelble in the scientific journals). Oh, and from guestimating from the crossbedding, the picture in this article is not heavily magnified, these spheres would be awfully big bacteria.
I remember seeing the movie before reading the booking and thinking "This is so Heinleinesque, especially the coed shower." The subtle parody reminded me much of "Stranger in a Strange Land." It's just nothing like the book it's named after.
I think my favorite history I found was for corpsicle. Apparently a easy sci-fi concept that needed a silly term. And then reused by many of the better names in sci-fi books.
Most of the admin systems use Windows NT. Much of the message traffic is interface with Windows NT (though Outlook). Chat is used a lot now between ships for basic coordination. However, there are still plenty of comms systems (mostly voice) that go through their own old school, propietary systems. Navigation is being done more with electonic plotting on Windows computers, however the QM's still plot primarily on paper charts. Heck, most still do periodic celestial shots to compare to GPS data. The critical weapons, sensors and engineering systems are mostly run on older, non-Windows systems. There are some newer systems that are being tried with off the shelf components using Windows, but all of these have backups. The Navy has learned to have a back up system for everything.
As a geeky girl, getting into RPGs did great things for my sex life. Just have to be on the right side of the sex ratio.
Exactly what I thought. And the luggable Kaypro was sure useful. Took it to the library all the time to write papers there.
My objection is that NASA has decided that the search for life is is the most important aspect of planetary research, because it is what catches headlines. Venus is not a likely source of life, however the geology is still very interesting but ignored.
And I'll give the Navy perspective. Similiarly, we hire a lot of people and pump them through tech schools. And then there is a lot of on the job training, with senior enlisted training the new guy. Do well, and get promoted. Unfortunately, the Navy had it's own IT boom. Computers ended up being the domain of the IT (formerly radiomen) rate. Many bright young guys got recruited to be ITs. There are a lot of clueless ITs out there. And they get promoted faster than many other rates which leads to a corresponding lower quality of work for the rank. Also, a good IT3 knows he will make much better money on the outside. So you only get those who love being locked on a tin can for months on end for job security. And the US military does hire on the basis of having a degree, not looking at aptitude for the work, with a higher starting wage. They're called officers.
I can program my VCR, so I guess I'm smarter than a rocket scientist. :)
It's not brains, it's that they have more interesting things to do.