And why, may I ask, does fusion beat "the hell out of fission" in the department of long journey manned space flight? Neither provides thrust, just energy to run a thrust producing engine, e.g. an ion drive. Both power sources would very heavy, because of shielding in the fission case and magnetic containment field generators in the fusion case. If you want a long lasting, nuclear reaction power source, an existing, mature solution exists.
If possible, I would suggest getting your MS in a field outside your BS to diversify your education. (My BS is in Physics and my MS is in Applied Mathematics.) I would also suggest that if you have to pay for your graduate degree out of your own pocket, you are doing something wrong. Many employers have continuing education programs that will pay for a graduate degree. I think you should only stay within the University system if you have a TA position that pays for tuition.
Going to work right away could really be the best of both worlds. You can earn work experience and get your degree through an employee continuing education program. My suggestion, when the time comes, is to apply for graduate school and commence the job search. Grad school will act as a safety net, but it also looks great on a resume or during an interview. I would also talk to those professors and see what the chances are to getting accepted to a program and getting a TA position.
"But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."
Pres. John F. Kennedy
Remarks at the dedication of the
Aerospace Medical Health Center
San Antonio, Texas, November 21, 1963
I have not played CoH, but the instance maps of type "kill boss" sound similar to WoW endgame content of constantly raiding dungeons to kill bosses in hopes of attaining epic loot. Guilds spend weeks farming dungeons and bosses to deck their mains in greens/purples/magentas all so they can...farm the next dungeon for oranges/maroons/aquamarines. Lather, rinse, repeat. To me, farming is grinding.
I want to play a SciFi MMO. Tried Eve, did not like it. Yeah, you get a ship, but you have no body, just a picture. I want to fly to a planet and set up a mining outpost with Ion cannon emplacements. I want story lines dealing with AI civil rights. I want to load so many cyber implants into my avatar that he can carry a howitzer into battle but can only function for an hour away from an external power source. I want a game that just is not Eve.
If they eventually died out because the K-T event drastically changed the environment or the K-T event reduced a species genetic diversity below the point necessary to sustain its population, did that species really survive the K-T event?
If you live through a bomb blast but die 3 days later because of shrapnel in you liver, did you really survive the bomb blast?
This is an insightful and deliciously ironic post. Who would have thought 20 years ago the majority of European automobiles would be highly efficient, low sulfur burning diesels, essentially "clean diesel." And who would have thought that technology would push begin to change the trucking and automobile market and industry, at least in the US. I applaud you, sir.
For me living and paying taxes in Florida ($1700 property taxes,) the most unattractive part is building a brand new city instead of retrofitting an existing one. I would like to see the tax money used on this project benefit existing residents who have paid into the system, not new residents moving into brand new homes.
While you were working out how much money M$ wanted back, I was wondering how many people were going to take this opportunity to poop in a box and send it to that address in ND. Nice job, by the way.
How is this article 6 pages long? I cannot help but snicker reading the first paragraph. I get the image of a restaurant owner cringing every time the phone rings, dreading the voice of Henchman Number 24 on the other end.
"Would you like to purchase advertising on our site? We can rearrange the order of your ratings. The Monarch Mobile will be right over with the paperwork."
Beside the point. "Under Australian law, all games require a formal rating to be sold. Due to an oversight, many MMOs do not carry such a rating, yet they have been sold since release without anyone realizing the problem." This is not about protesting censorship, this is about a dumbass move. Oversight? An MMO is a video game, video games require a ratings label, a label was not applied (that is the law right now, whether anyone agrees with it or not)...stupid.
...Dvorak blames for elevating once lowly bean counters to the executive suite and enabling them to make some truly horrible decisions. even if you believe that VisiCalc was the root-of-all-evil, as Dvorak claims...
That which infuriates me the most about the tech sector is corporate executives building wealth upon the backs of laboring engineers. I have yet to receive an explanation as to why some VP somewhere gets to make ten times as much myself. When the company is not making record profits, it is an engineering problem. When we are raking in the dough, it is an executive success. No one ever looks to see how difficult the problem is because, they cannot fathom the problem being solved. My first day at orientation, you could tell the engineers from the financial analysts. We were in Dockers and collars and they were in three piece suits. Where did we go so wrong that support staff are the ones elevated to executive positions? Why is balancing a checkbook a more executive skill than writing the tool that tool used to balance the checkbook?!?
This only thing that disgusts me more is sharing a sentiment with Dvorak.
1) Why send a person when you can send a probe?
2) It's hard to do safe, inexpensive reentry.
3) How do you get people home once they are there?
4) It costs to much to send a large party vs flying a bunch of bots there or looking through a telescope.
A viral marketing campaign based upon a rage filled argument between two people ignorant of their respective fields and situations? You, sir, have been at this far to long. I suggest a walk in a park, preferably one with ducks to feed.
...yelling on the internet, this would have been a non-issue.
You hit it square on the head and I think you do not even know it. There is a reason senators, parliamentarians, presidents and prime ministers have handlers, spokespeople and speech writers. When they say something, people listen. People listen for no other reason than they have a very large, very public soap box.
Arguing on the internet is not longer just packets floating passing in the night because, people are now paying attention. For better or worse and as scary as it is, these tubes now have a measure of credibility. Public figures care about their wikipedia profile, millions of people interact with social software and the internet has made a man President of the United States. It has also made many ugly things public and given an unprecedented voice to the vocal minority.
The internet is the largest and most public soap box in history. In this case, two people who appear to be very good at their jobs crossed paths. Their intersection occurred in a place of misunderstanding and the very real, very human fear of the unknown erupted in a hiss of venom and malice. It is unfortunate that the worst part of their interaction was placed on display for all to see. It is very heartening to see they have made effort to discuss their misunderstandings and learn from each other. Two people lost their heads and had a heater exchange. Normally only they and their close friends would know. They did it on the internet and shared their anger almost telepathically. Ironically, we use the internet to simultaneously blather on about meaningless trivia and share an almost telepathic bond.
This is so far down the list, it will probably be missed. I will say it anyway. I would suggest an interpreted language, such as MatLab. I have not used Octave, but it is free and mostly compatible with MatLab. You can easily set break points and watch the code as it executes. There is nothing that can be done in Basic that cannot be done in MatLab. Plus there is an extensive library of MatLab code available on Mathworks file exchange.
What if human antibodies are incompatible with neanderthal physiology? What about the symbiotic bacteria living within the gut? All mammals today have some bacterial system living inside them. Is neanderthal physiology similar enough to host the same bacteria as humans? This would be a very sick individual.
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And why, may I ask, does fusion beat "the hell out of fission" in the department of long journey manned space flight? Neither provides thrust, just energy to run a thrust producing engine, e.g. an ion drive. Both power sources would very heavy, because of shielding in the fission case and magnetic containment field generators in the fusion case. If you want a long lasting, nuclear reaction power source, an existing, mature solution exists.
So, killing it after people have invested 5 years of their life at 98% completion is better PR than doing it earlier in the process?
If possible, I would suggest getting your MS in a field outside your BS to diversify your education. (My BS is in Physics and my MS is in Applied Mathematics.) I would also suggest that if you have to pay for your graduate degree out of your own pocket, you are doing something wrong. Many employers have continuing education programs that will pay for a graduate degree. I think you should only stay within the University system if you have a TA position that pays for tuition.
Going to work right away could really be the best of both worlds. You can earn work experience and get your degree through an employee continuing education program. My suggestion, when the time comes, is to apply for graduate school and commence the job search. Grad school will act as a safety net, but it also looks great on a resume or during an interview. I would also talk to those professors and see what the chances are to getting accepted to a program and getting a TA position.
"But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."
Pres. John F. Kennedy
Remarks at the dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center
San Antonio, Texas, November 21, 1963
I have not played CoH, but the instance maps of type "kill boss" sound similar to WoW endgame content of constantly raiding dungeons to kill bosses in hopes of attaining epic loot. Guilds spend weeks farming dungeons and bosses to deck their mains in greens/purples/magentas all so they can...farm the next dungeon for oranges/maroons/aquamarines. Lather, rinse, repeat. To me, farming is grinding.
I want to play a SciFi MMO. Tried Eve, did not like it. Yeah, you get a ship, but you have no body, just a picture.
I want to fly to a planet and set up a mining outpost with Ion cannon emplacements.
I want story lines dealing with AI civil rights.
I want to load so many cyber implants into my avatar that he can carry a howitzer into battle but can only function for an hour away from an external power source.
I want a game that just is not Eve.
If they eventually died out because the K-T event drastically changed the environment or the K-T event reduced a species genetic diversity below the point necessary to sustain its population, did that species really survive the K-T event?
If you live through a bomb blast but die 3 days later because of shrapnel in you liver, did you really survive the bomb blast?
This is an insightful and deliciously ironic post. Who would have thought 20 years ago the majority of European automobiles would be highly efficient, low sulfur burning diesels, essentially "clean diesel." And who would have thought that technology would push begin to change the trucking and automobile market and industry, at least in the US. I applaud you, sir.
For me living and paying taxes in Florida ($1700 property taxes,) the most unattractive part is building a brand new city instead of retrofitting an existing one. I would like to see the tax money used on this project benefit existing residents who have paid into the system, not new residents moving into brand new homes.
The volcano god will demand a virgin sacrifice, so we can count out Bristol.
Which games are you playing on the PS3?
Only on /. can a discussion about planetary exploration MMO transition into a diatribe on the drawbacks of Libertarianism.
While you were working out how much money M$ wanted back, I was wondering how many people were going to take this opportunity to poop in a box and send it to that address in ND. Nice job, by the way.
How is this article 6 pages long? I cannot help but snicker reading the first paragraph. I get the image of a restaurant owner cringing every time the phone rings, dreading the voice of Henchman Number 24 on the other end.
"Would you like to purchase advertising on our site? We can rearrange the order of your ratings. The Monarch Mobile will be right over with the paperwork."
There is no such thing as enough ions.
Hey! Whoever owns this senator, she just pooped on my lawn. I expect you to clean up the mess and do something keep it from happening again.
Beside the point. "Under Australian law, all games require a formal rating to be sold. Due to an oversight, many MMOs do not carry such a rating, yet they have been sold since release without anyone realizing the problem." This is not about protesting censorship, this is about a dumbass move. Oversight? An MMO is a video game, video games require a ratings label, a label was not applied (that is the law right now, whether anyone agrees with it or not)...stupid.
...Dvorak blames for elevating once lowly bean counters to the executive suite and enabling them to make some truly horrible decisions. even if you believe that VisiCalc was the root-of-all-evil, as Dvorak claims...
That which infuriates me the most about the tech sector is corporate executives building wealth upon the backs of laboring engineers. I have yet to receive an explanation as to why some VP somewhere gets to make ten times as much myself. When the company is not making record profits, it is an engineering problem. When we are raking in the dough, it is an executive success. No one ever looks to see how difficult the problem is because, they cannot fathom the problem being solved. My first day at orientation, you could tell the engineers from the financial analysts. We were in Dockers and collars and they were in three piece suits. Where did we go so wrong that support staff are the ones elevated to executive positions? Why is balancing a checkbook a more executive skill than writing the tool that tool used to balance the checkbook?!?
This only thing that disgusts me more is sharing a sentiment with Dvorak.
Those sound like very reasonable issues to me.
1) Why send a person when you can send a probe?
2) It's hard to do safe, inexpensive reentry.
3) How do you get people home once they are there?
4) It costs to much to send a large party vs flying a bunch of bots there or looking through a telescope.
If you invest in health IT, it will help all those people going to the hospital who were driving/walking on the bridge when it collapsed beneath them.
A viral marketing campaign based upon a rage filled argument between two people ignorant of their respective fields and situations? You, sir, have been at this far to long. I suggest a walk in a park, preferably one with ducks to feed.
...yelling on the internet, this would have been a non-issue.
You hit it square on the head and I think you do not even know it. There is a reason senators, parliamentarians, presidents and prime ministers have handlers, spokespeople and speech writers. When they say something, people listen. People listen for no other reason than they have a very large, very public soap box.
Arguing on the internet is not longer just packets floating passing in the night because, people are now paying attention. For better or worse and as scary as it is, these tubes now have a measure of credibility. Public figures care about their wikipedia profile, millions of people interact with social software and the internet has made a man President of the United States. It has also made many ugly things public and given an unprecedented voice to the vocal minority.
The internet is the largest and most public soap box in history. In this case, two people who appear to be very good at their jobs crossed paths. Their intersection occurred in a place of misunderstanding and the very real, very human fear of the unknown erupted in a hiss of venom and malice. It is unfortunate that the worst part of their interaction was placed on display for all to see. It is very heartening to see they have made effort to discuss their misunderstandings and learn from each other. Two people lost their heads and had a heater exchange. Normally only they and their close friends would know. They did it on the internet and shared their anger almost telepathically. Ironically, we use the internet to simultaneously blather on about meaningless trivia and share an almost telepathic bond.
This is so far down the list, it will probably be missed. I will say it anyway. I would suggest an interpreted language, such as MatLab. I have not used Octave, but it is free and mostly compatible with MatLab. You can easily set break points and watch the code as it executes. There is nothing that can be done in Basic that cannot be done in MatLab. Plus there is an extensive library of MatLab code available on Mathworks file exchange.
What if human antibodies are incompatible with neanderthal physiology? What about the symbiotic bacteria living within the gut? All mammals today have some bacterial system living inside them. Is neanderthal physiology similar enough to host the same bacteria as humans? This would be a very sick individual.
BFG9000...seriously, have you no respect for the tools of your craft?