The other nice part about computational research is the ability to pretty much do your work anywhere, as long as you have an Internet connection. No need to be physically present in the lab. Plus, you can have some interesting conversations with people when you've got your laptop propped open in a bar, your mouse in one hand and a beer in the other,. ..
You forgot one thing: the lawyers. The lawyers need to be paid somewhere, for everything from "reviewing" the plans and the policies to dealing with potential lawsuits from people suing you later on (you know that will happen, right?). Maybe this is part of the "consulting fees" at $20 million; they probably also had to reduce the $1 million for the development & testing down to $250,000 and offshore the work to India or Singapore, just so that the lawyers can take some more,. . . Who cares if the code has tons of loopholes in it that allow tons of people to get in the "back door" and access the content for free? Because the lawyers will find out who's doing that and sue them for breach of copyright. That will, of course, up the total price tag for this to $100 million. And the pirates will still find a way around it.
So, does this mean we'll get a chance to "+1" George W. Bush back up in searches for "miserable failure"? Anyone want to take any bets that the Republicans will attempt to "+1" Barack Obama up there with him? Before long, any search for the term will just be a list of politicians,. ..
From what I can tell, it looks like Boston College has noticed that they're on Slashdot. The bullet point example of using a wireless router has been removed already. Though the third point (Emailing copies of a copyrighted song to all of your friends) is still bogus. Who the heck emails copyrighted songs these days? For that matter, who still uses email?
I probably wouldn't recommend Wikipedia for too young an age group, because their attention span is too short and they need something more interactive. Eighth grade might be about the right time to introduce them to it, but getting them into editing articles is probably something to shoot for more at the 10-12th grade level. Sure, citing "reliable sources" is a pain in the butt when you're a student, but that and writing in general are very useful skills to develop in science. The higher up you go in your career, the more writing you will do, unless you just want to be a lab grunt your whole career,. ..
The Texas Constitution has already dealt with the athiests. Have you read Article I Section 4?
RELIGIOUS TESTS. No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.
I was at an American Chemical Society career symposium a year ago in Pittsburgh and the two biggest things that they encouraged us to use where: (a) Linkedin.com and (b) business cards. And the two go together because Linkedin.com gives you a personal URL with essentially an electronic version of your resume on it. That URL can be put on your business card. While electronic resources are great, there's often times when it just takes too much time to exchange information that way. You can easily swap phone numbers, but a business card has address, phone, email, website, and more. I suppose one day, we'll be able to easily swap this info using our smart phones (iPhone, Droid, etc), but right now, it seems that there are too many compatibility issues (either that, or folks have the capability in their phones but haven't seen the need to set it up).
I wonder if ICE is going to start going after college professors next? I know quite a few professors that put PDF copies of their publications on their websites, because linking to the paper on the publisher's website involves a paywall (unless you're inside the campus's "ivory tower"). Of course, the key difference here is that many of these professors are hosting the files on the sites themselves, and not linking to them. Then again, the other key difference here is that the papers are their own papers, so most authors laugh at the publisher trying to claim "copyright" on something like this,. . . Still, seeing as how the publishing industry is struggling to figure out their business model in this century just as much as the music & movie industries are, I wouldn't be surprised to see them go after a few professors, "to make a point".
What the article didn't tell us is that after the first rejection of the manuscript by the publisher, Myhrvold was overheard in his office screaming, "F*****g Wolfgang Puck is a f*****g pussy. I'm going to f*****g bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f*****g kill Food Network!" A few chairs were seen outside in the parking lot later that afternoon as well,. ..
Perhaps the biggest worry here is that this is Washington State, home of Redmond, and Micro$oft. What do you think the odds are that Ballmer will want to throw his two cents (I mean, chairs) into the debate?
Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information gathered from the Intergalactic Spaceball Chambers Of Commerce And Industry, I have the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $47,500,000.00 (forty seven million, five hundred thousand Spacebucks) into your accounts. The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract, executed, commissioned and paid for about five years (5) ago by a foreign contractor. This action was however intentional and since then the fund has been in a suspense account at The Central Bank Of Planet Spaceball Apex Bank.
We are now ready to transfer the fund intergalactically and that is where you come in. It is important to inform you that as civil servants, we are forbidden to operate a foreign account; that is why we require your assistance. The total sum will be shared as follows: 70% for us, 25% for you and 5% for local and international expenses incidental to the transfer.
The transfer is risk free on both sides. I am an accountant with the Spaceball Galactic Energy Corporation (SGEC). If you find this proposal acceptable, we shall require the following documents:
(a) your banker's name, telephone, account and fax numbers.
(b) your private telephone and fax numbers —for confidentiality and easy communication.
(c) your letter-headed paper stamped and signed.
Alternatively we will furnish you with the text of what to type into your letter-headed paper, along with a breakdown explaining, comprehensively what we require of you. The business will take us thirty (30) Spaceball days to accomplish.
Please reply urgently.
Best regards
Sgt. First Class Philip C. Asshole
Spaceball Intergalactic Fleet
Spaceball Galactic Energy Corporation
It may not sound like much, but think about it. This guy probably won't be doing this when he's 50 (heck, he probably won't do it much longer than 3-4 years). So he gets to have fun playing with Legos AND get paid a livable salary (based on Texas standards). Then, when he's looking for a real job, he gets to put "Lego Czar" on his resume! He'll quite easily stand out among all the 100s of other resumes submitted through the websites,. . . =)
I'm with the DVR/Hulu crowd, since I've been watching at least the last two seasons of Fringe on Hulu. I couldn't even tell you what day it used to air. I usually catch it on the weekends, on my own time (less, but more effective, commercials that way). Hope it's not going to be canceled -- it's really getting quite good. Looking forward to the upcoming season.
Slashdot Mirror
Michael Bolton approves.
Sadly, most cable companies still wish that everyone had this.
The other nice part about computational research is the ability to pretty much do your work anywhere, as long as you have an Internet connection. No need to be physically present in the lab. Plus, you can have some interesting conversations with people when you've got your laptop propped open in a bar, your mouse in one hand and a beer in the other,. . .
OMG!!!! PONIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Three weeks of development and $25 million for one line of code that will be broken with a simple Firefox extension! Priceless! =)
You forgot one thing: the lawyers. The lawyers need to be paid somewhere, for everything from "reviewing" the plans and the policies to dealing with potential lawsuits from people suing you later on (you know that will happen, right?). Maybe this is part of the "consulting fees" at $20 million; they probably also had to reduce the $1 million for the development & testing down to $250,000 and offshore the work to India or Singapore, just so that the lawyers can take some more,. . . Who cares if the code has tons of loopholes in it that allow tons of people to get in the "back door" and access the content for free? Because the lawyers will find out who's doing that and sue them for breach of copyright. That will, of course, up the total price tag for this to $100 million. And the pirates will still find a way around it.
So, does this mean we'll get a chance to "+1" George W. Bush back up in searches for "miserable failure"? Anyone want to take any bets that the Republicans will attempt to "+1" Barack Obama up there with him? Before long, any search for the term will just be a list of politicians,. . .
From what I can tell, it looks like Boston College has noticed that they're on Slashdot. The bullet point example of using a wireless router has been removed already. Though the third point (Emailing copies of a copyrighted song to all of your friends) is still bogus. Who the heck emails copyrighted songs these days? For that matter, who still uses email?
Slashdot has been reporting on the delay of Duke Nukem Forever since 1999.
Shall we play a game?
I probably wouldn't recommend Wikipedia for too young an age group, because their attention span is too short and they need something more interactive. Eighth grade might be about the right time to introduce them to it, but getting them into editing articles is probably something to shoot for more at the 10-12th grade level. Sure, citing "reliable sources" is a pain in the butt when you're a student, but that and writing in general are very useful skills to develop in science. The higher up you go in your career, the more writing you will do, unless you just want to be a lab grunt your whole career,. . .
RELIGIOUS TESTS. No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.
Well, on the bright side, 2011 is going to be the year of Duke Nukem Forever, so there's hope for Linux on the Desktop! ;-)
Better yet, I just check two news sites on a daily basis: FARK and Slashdot. What more news sites does a geek really need?
I was at an American Chemical Society career symposium a year ago in Pittsburgh and the two biggest things that they encouraged us to use where: (a) Linkedin.com and (b) business cards. And the two go together because Linkedin.com gives you a personal URL with essentially an electronic version of your resume on it. That URL can be put on your business card. While electronic resources are great, there's often times when it just takes too much time to exchange information that way. You can easily swap phone numbers, but a business card has address, phone, email, website, and more. I suppose one day, we'll be able to easily swap this info using our smart phones (iPhone, Droid, etc), but right now, it seems that there are too many compatibility issues (either that, or folks have the capability in their phones but haven't seen the need to set it up).
I wonder if ICE is going to start going after college professors next? I know quite a few professors that put PDF copies of their publications on their websites, because linking to the paper on the publisher's website involves a paywall (unless you're inside the campus's "ivory tower"). Of course, the key difference here is that many of these professors are hosting the files on the sites themselves, and not linking to them. Then again, the other key difference here is that the papers are their own papers, so most authors laugh at the publisher trying to claim "copyright" on something like this,. . . Still, seeing as how the publishing industry is struggling to figure out their business model in this century just as much as the music & movie industries are, I wouldn't be surprised to see them go after a few professors, "to make a point".
What the article didn't tell us is that after the first rejection of the manuscript by the publisher, Myhrvold was overheard in his office screaming, "F*****g Wolfgang Puck is a f*****g pussy. I'm going to f*****g bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f*****g kill Food Network!" A few chairs were seen outside in the parking lot later that afternoon as well,. . .
"50 nm ought to be enough for anybody."
Perhaps the biggest worry here is that this is Washington State, home of Redmond, and Micro$oft. What do you think the odds are that Ballmer will want to throw his two cents (I mean, chairs) into the debate?
Confidential Business Proposal
Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information gathered from the Intergalactic Spaceball Chambers Of Commerce And Industry, I have the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $47,500,000.00 (forty seven million, five hundred thousand Spacebucks) into your accounts. The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract, executed, commissioned and paid for about five years (5) ago by a foreign contractor. This action was however intentional and since then the fund has been in a suspense account at The Central Bank Of Planet Spaceball Apex Bank.
We are now ready to transfer the fund intergalactically and that is where you come in. It is important to inform you that as civil servants, we are forbidden to operate a foreign account; that is why we require your assistance. The total sum will be shared as follows: 70% for us, 25% for you and 5% for local and international expenses incidental to the transfer.
The transfer is risk free on both sides. I am an accountant with the Spaceball Galactic Energy Corporation (SGEC). If you find this proposal acceptable, we shall require the following documents:
(a) your banker's name, telephone, account and fax numbers.
(b) your private telephone and fax numbers —for confidentiality and easy communication.
(c) your letter-headed paper stamped and signed.
Alternatively we will furnish you with the text of what to type into your letter-headed paper, along with a breakdown explaining, comprehensively what we require of you. The business will take us thirty (30) Spaceball days to accomplish.
Please reply urgently.
Best regards
Sgt. First Class Philip C. Asshole
Spaceball Intergalactic Fleet
Spaceball Galactic Energy Corporation
Too bad the actual slashdot reader that started this thread doesn't know how to use that comment,. . . Overload? Dude, it's "overlord".
So games that depict blood and guts on the streets are not ok. But games that allow you to build a civilization and develop the most powerful weapons known to man and nuke Montezuma back to the Stone Age are still A-ok! Alright, that's fine. I guess Montezuma was a jack-ass anyways,. . . =)
Since you're not an authorized sponsor of the NFL, that would be, "Big Game" . . .
It may not sound like much, but think about it. This guy probably won't be doing this when he's 50 (heck, he probably won't do it much longer than 3-4 years). So he gets to have fun playing with Legos AND get paid a livable salary (based on Texas standards). Then, when he's looking for a real job, he gets to put "Lego Czar" on his resume! He'll quite easily stand out among all the 100s of other resumes submitted through the websites,. . . =)
I'm with the DVR/Hulu crowd, since I've been watching at least the last two seasons of Fringe on Hulu. I couldn't even tell you what day it used to air. I usually catch it on the weekends, on my own time (less, but more effective, commercials that way). Hope it's not going to be canceled -- it's really getting quite good. Looking forward to the upcoming season.