In other words, dictating how people work and live. Take your eco-fascism and shove it.
If you use up the earth's potable water, you're dictacting how other people live (or not live). Exploiting resources is just another form of eco-fascism.
dude, I didn't get my PhD till I was 33. I left the academic game behind at 37 and started my career as a software engineer. No I don't have a degree in 'software engineering' (not there's anything wrong with that), but I did have lots of programming experience, in lots of different environments.
Do what you really like, do it well, be honest about your strengths and weaknesses. You've got at least 30 good years of employment ahead, make it work for you.
To use one example, I think delicious' big mistake was to show you "popular" tags for a given link. What that does is encourages you not to create your own tags, but instead just piggyback on popularity. Over time, this creates homogeny, which is great for the group, but not for the individual user.
I disagree. Users don't have any problem going along with a standard vocabulary, with no loss of accuracy or precision. Our brains are wired for it. I think this use of popular tags is a great way to develop a de facto standardized vocabulary.
As painful as it may sound to the original question-asker, I have to agree.
Programming skills + subject competence(science, history, etc) = desirable person
Programming skills only = code monkey
People outside the IT department (managers, small business owners, potential consulting
clients) are MUCH more likely to take you seriously with a degree in something. If you
did get into something like cheminformatics and were able to learn some science as you
go, that would be useful too.
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The implication of the article (and some of the posters in this discussion) is that "Radioactivity isn't so bad". I have to disagree.
The chronic effects of the lingering radioactivity may not show for a long time.
I think the evidence presented (if true) says more about the general influence of people than it does about the health effects of radioactivity. Human occupation is seriously disruptive to the biodiversity of an ecosytem.
If I have the money, and someone else is willing to give me something for it, or do something for it, voluntairlly without coercion or harm to others - then why in the world should the government be involved at all.
That sounds nice in theory, but in practice, completely unrestricted commerce is rarely without coercion or harm.
Slashdot Mirror
Also, was hot on the trail of the double helix, inspiring Watson and Crick to work harder.
Also, big into Vitamin C (although his ideas are considered controversial)
ah yes, JCP. I heart the JCP.
dude, at least provide proper attribution: that was Tina Fey on SNL's Weekend Update.
If the right-wing echo chamber repeats it a million times, does that count as evidence?
Says who?
No, I'm serious: Before the coffee pot, a typical web page was
The coffee pot was an a-ha! moment. It made Jenny-cam possible.
almost 30 /gasp!/ do you have your AARP card yet?
dude, I didn't get my PhD till I was 33. I left the academic game behind at 37 and started my career as a software engineer. No I don't have a degree in 'software engineering' (not there's anything wrong with that), but I did have lots of programming experience, in lots of different environments.
Do what you really like, do it well, be honest about your strengths and weaknesses. You've got at least 30 good years of employment ahead, make it work for you.
Joe is already pnwed by the neo-cons.
All You Tubes belong to US.
Google to Berners-Lee: you are PWN3D!
Mostly out of scope, but see this comment by another poster
I, for one, welcome our new flonking-alien-vamipire XML standards.
we don't need no steenking eagles!
I agree: break it up into small task, work on them incrementally. The company I work for has used this method successfully for 10 years.
Even better, I'm going to send him an Internet (on my extra fast private tube, of course).
Programming skills + subject competence(science, history, etc) = desirable person
Programming skills only = code monkey
People outside the IT department (managers, small business owners, potential consulting clients) are MUCH more likely to take you seriously with a degree in something. If you did get into something like cheminformatics and were able to learn some science as you go, that would be useful too. -
The chronic effects of the lingering radioactivity may not show for a long time.
I think the evidence presented (if true) says more about the general influence of people than it does about the health effects of radioactivity. Human occupation is seriously disruptive to the biodiversity of an ecosytem.
An excellent way to kick off Sunshine week:.
Obviously your President has never tasted undeveloped brains. They are MUCH tastier than the overly developed ones.
You're saying there is no hiring power in mathematics? That must be why I can't get a job!
That sounds nice in theory, but in practice, completely unrestricted commerce is rarely without coercion or harm.
African or European swallow ?
..... Management won't pay for insurance against threats that they don't understand.
Good point. In other words, present a cost/benefit analysis to management.
cost = your budget (staff, computers, consultants, software)
benefit = (avoided cost of systems crashing) x (probability of systems crashing)
Make sure you point out how each item you ask for reduces the probability of a crash.