I think it mostly comes down to politicians having to have simple soundbite justifications for any money spent, which is quite hard to do, for say, the LHC, or research into the early universe.
I think that it is not easy to strike a balance between fundamental and applied science. You are right in that more and more money seem to go to applied research than to fundamental research. But maybe it is better that way. I don't know what the balance should be and I don't know anyone who does.
I think you are breathing too much into the statement you're referring to. I don't think so. I know that physics labs have less money now than before and that the public grants have gone to life sciences. And some people at (for instance) the CERN are quite pissed off by that. And I understand them. But then I work in the life sciences, so...
The author was of the opinion that the life sciences are not as rigorous in testing the veracity of research results. Very true. But biology is where physics was at the time of Newton. Each big science domain is doing what it can with what it has. I don't think that applying a physics point of view to just life sciences or any other scientific domain is right.
I fully agree with the author of the Physics Today article that the corporatisation of universities is quite dangerous. So do I.
From the article: This is especially true vis-à-vis the life scientists, who have more money, less oversight, and much more tolerance for imprecision than physicists. Rather than allow ourselves to be defined by the property we generate, I suggest we take the high ground and turn ourselves into the gold standard of truth. This is the way to make physics relevant and important in this "age of biology."
Do I see some bitterness in the physics community? It is seen nowadays as very important for humanity to spend more money on the life sciences and less on physics. And the physics guys do not like it! Tough.
You don't know what you are asking for! If you want ads in general website (like newspapers, amazon,...) to be relevant, then the advertising companies will have to TRACK your interests to make your profile and thus show you the ads interesting for you. Guess what? That's what big agencies are doing. And that's the way you lose your privacy.
I don't care about the size of adverts. What I care about is where they are and what they show. If the text has to be so small to escape an advert it becomes unreadable. That I hate. If I have to scroll to read the text like with/. ads, I don't care. The second thing I hate is adverts that are constantly flashing. My eyes are constantly attracted by the ad and I can't read the text of the web page. So, in my phoenix browser I have the ZAP EMBEDS bookmark to kill flash and I have the animated image setup to loop only once.
I am reading the 3rd volume of the excellent Mars trilogy of Kim Stanley Robinson: Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars. In the story, those that are for the terraforming of Mars are the Greens and those against are the Reds.
Second duplicate in a less than three hours from editors. Why don't we do the same? Let us repost our comments from the original discussion and see if they get the same moderation. Your karma could go up (or down) twice as fast! Or even faster if on second reading moderators get the joke you post!
One of these techniques involves the introduction of genetically altered mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells (e.g. with genes 'knocked-out' or replaced) into a developing mouse blactocyst to create progeny hybrid organisms. Isn't that suppose to be HUMAN embryonic stem cells and not mouse?
Not exactly. That's what is done now. Take a mouse/fly/worm/bacteria/..., remove some gene(s), see what happens.
What these people are trying to do is closer to: 1. Assume we know just enough about C programming 2. type %cat > first_try.c 3. write some code 4. compile && run 5. if exit != 0, goto 2
The current Dilbert cartoon is about a guy doing nothing and waiting for his retirement. How is that a good advise? Oh. Maybe you're right. I'll just browse/. for the rest of the day.
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Then, couldn't you just selectively have the humans review the highest probably error prone sections of a book, instead of every single word of every single page?
This is stupid. How could you understand the plot then?
This Reuters article explains it. He said one reason for the switch was that Sendo could get access to the source code for Nokia software and therefore customize products. It could not do that with Microsoft.
Many European companies have and still produce video games. So there are no issue there.
Europe is not producing for itself its own fresh supply of culture No European movies, actors, writers, musicians, painters,... You must be joking. Maybe if you live in the US which does not really import foreign cultures, but if you live in Europe you cannot possibly say that there is no NEW European cultural productions.
And Orson Welles compared Swiss peace with Italian anarchy. Are you saying that the US or Japan are anarchies?
It was most probably a joke, but if you thing choice of operating systems is not a sensible reason for divorce, you've never been through a divorce yourself. Relative to most other reasons, it is a perfectly reasonable one.
I think it is less about being competitive and more about showing your feelings. The brits are notorious for showing as much feelings as a dead trout and the americans are equally notorious for being an over-enthusiastic bragging bunch.
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I think it mostly comes down to politicians having to have simple soundbite justifications for any money spent, which is quite hard to do, for say, the LHC, or research into the early universe.
I think that it is not easy to strike a balance between fundamental and applied science. You are right in that more and more money seem to go to applied research than to fundamental research. But maybe it is better that way. I don't know what the balance should be and I don't know anyone who does.
I think you are breathing too much into the statement you're referring to. ...
I don't think so. I know that physics labs have less money now than before and that the public grants have gone to life sciences. And some people at (for instance) the CERN are quite pissed off by that. And I understand them. But then I work in the life sciences, so
The author was of the opinion that the life sciences are not as rigorous in testing the veracity of research results.
Very true. But biology is where physics was at the time of Newton. Each big science domain is doing what it can with what it has. I don't think that applying a physics point of view to just life sciences or any other scientific domain is right.
I fully agree with the author of the Physics Today article that the corporatisation of universities is quite dangerous.
So do I.
From the article:
This is especially true vis-à-vis the life scientists, who have more money, less oversight, and much more tolerance for imprecision than physicists. Rather than allow ourselves to be defined by the property we generate, I suggest we take the high ground and turn ourselves into the gold standard of truth. This is the way to make physics relevant and important in this "age of biology."
Do I see some bitterness in the physics community? It is seen nowadays as very important for humanity to spend more money on the life sciences and less on physics. And the physics guys do not like it!
Tough.
Make them relevant.
...) to be relevant, then the advertising companies will have to TRACK your interests to make your profile and thus show you the ads interesting for you. Guess what? That's what big agencies are doing. And that's the way you lose your privacy.
You don't know what you are asking for! If you want ads in general website (like newspapers, amazon,
Now nobody will say that MS does not innovate.
All of Borland's and Rationale's innovations are belong to MS!
And now they want to make even larger ads? What are they thinking?
Thinking? These are marketing people!
I don't care about the size of adverts. What I care about is where they are and what they show. /. ads, I don't care.
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small to escape an advert it becomes unreadable. That I hate. If I have to scroll to read the text like with
The second thing I hate is adverts that are constantly flashing. My eyes are constantly attracted by the ad and I can't read the text of the web page. So, in my phoenix browser I have the ZAP EMBEDS bookmark to kill flash and I have the animated image setup to loop only once.
Just one word: Espresso
I am reading the 3rd volume of the excellent Mars trilogy of Kim Stanley Robinson: Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars. In the story, those that are for the terraforming of Mars are the Greens and those against are the Reds.
Second duplicate in a less than three hours from editors.
Why don't we do the same? Let us repost our comments from the original discussion and see if they get the same moderation.
Your karma could go up (or down) twice as fast! Or even faster if on second reading moderators get the joke you post!
One of these techniques involves the introduction of genetically altered mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells (e.g. with genes 'knocked-out' or replaced) into a developing mouse blactocyst to create progeny hybrid organisms.
Isn't that suppose to be HUMAN embryonic stem cells and not mouse?
Am I the only one to notice an advert in the Related Links section: Compare the best prices on: Software/Utilities?
/., are you trying to sneak paid links like a bad search engine?
Not exactly. That's what is done now. Take a mouse/fly/worm/bacteria/..., remove some gene(s), see what happens.
What these people are trying to do is closer to:
1. Assume we know just enough about C programming
2. type %cat > first_try.c
3. write some code
4. compile && run
5. if exit != 0, goto 2
... and creates an intelligent life form, from scratch, would man be it's "Creator"? If so, could one say that man is it's God?
Contradiction: If they are intelligent enough, they will not believe in the surpernatural.
I get spam filtering for free on Yahoo!
The current Dilbert cartoon is about a guy doing nothing and waiting for his retirement. How is that a good advise? Oh. Maybe you're right. I'll just browse /. for the rest of the day.
Then, couldn't you just selectively have the humans review the highest probably error prone sections of a book, instead of every single word of every single page?
This is stupid. How could you understand the plot then?
Instead of proofreading the books, I think this guy is asking for his new server setup to be tested!
This Reuters article explains it.
He said one reason for the switch was that Sendo could get access to the source code for Nokia software and therefore customize products. It could not do that with Microsoft.
MS Xdocs
MS eXchange
MS Xbox
MS Windows XP
What next?
MS Xwindow?
MS Xnotfree86?
You are a troll, but I'll bite.
... You must be joking. Maybe if you live in the US which does not really import foreign cultures, but if you live in Europe you cannot possibly say that there is no NEW European cultural productions.
Many European companies have and still produce video games. So there are no issue there.
Europe is not producing for itself its own fresh supply of culture
No European movies, actors, writers, musicians, painters,
And Orson Welles compared Swiss peace with Italian anarchy. Are you saying that the US or Japan are anarchies?
Damn you! Computers are serious business! I'd kill my wife if she even went too close to my computer!
Obviously all this was a big joke. Claude_Juan, you should get a sense of humour.
It was most probably a joke, but if you thing choice of operating systems is not a sensible reason for divorce, you've never been through a divorce yourself. Relative to most other reasons, it is a perfectly reasonable one.
the result can be *the* Windows-killer in the corporate space.
Windows won't be killed since, AFAIK, it must be installed for Suse/Crossover to work.
I think it is less about being competitive and more about showing your feelings. The brits are notorious for showing as much feelings as a dead trout and the americans are equally notorious for being an over-enthusiastic bragging bunch.