Objectivity is one of the greatest challenges of science. To achieve it, a scientist must move against the current of the fashionable thinking of his peers, as well as his own personal bias. If a scientist discovers an unfashionable truth, fashion will be unchanged by it, and the fashionable alternative to the truth will persist amongst the scientific community at large. It has always happened that way, and there's no reason to think that it's about to change now.
This is true for merely scientific fashion and truth, but if the issue is also an emotional, global, political issue, any such tendancies away from the truth will be magnified a thousand times. Thus if you are attempting to find the truth about global warming via the consensus of the scientific community, you are seriously misguided; and if you believe that you can discern the truth yourself by reviewing the results of scientific studies, there is a very good chance that you are delusional in respect to your own objectivity.
I have an AA from a regular college, a year of coursework towards my BS (no pun intended) in C.S. at a regular university, and I have a BS (no pun intended) in C.S. from Almeda University for my previous credits plus credit for my work in the industry since then. I list the the two degrees plus the coursework on my resume and answer any questions about them honestly. (And I happen to be the best developer in my organization.) So I should be fired because why?
I am a 21 year old kid, who went to 3 years of college for computer science, and by the time the 3rd year came around, I was sick of it...
That's exactly what I did in the same situation. Then after 10 years in really good position with a company, they went out of business, in what happened to be very bad job market for programmers and with me supporting a family. So I had to resort to getting a questionable "degree" on the Internet to put on my resume. I'd recommend finishing the credits you need in your spare time while it's easy.
I've gone 16 years in my career without ever getting or feeling the need for a cert, but I'm about to get the Java Programmer cert because
1) My boss offered to pay for it.
2) It will have a positive effect on my resume.
3) It will benefit both me and the company, insofar as the higher-ups will see it and say, "oh, he must really know what he's doing."
I think that *all* intelligent human beings, of both sexes, should be outraged and disgusted that the society in which is so hostile to the pursuit of actual truth, that research scientists find themselves in a position where they need to be "apologetic about the findings" of their research.
I think this is a fantastic idea. Not so much because of the idea that they're going to protray scientists in flattering ways, which seems like a highly suspect goal. But because they are introducing some critical thinking into the big Brain Dump which funnels through hollywood, and in turn so heavily influences the future cultural direction of the country. Kudos to the Army and Air Force for thinking from causes rather than effects, and seeing the value in this.
if you are a nerd -- even if you are a Linux/Unix nerd -- you probably owe your livlihood to Microsoft. Not that there's anything wrong with criticizing them when they invite it, and they certainly invite it from time to time. But the rational mind should be well-balanced enough to give them their due.
Do you really, really, believe that Bin Laden decided to spend several years planning the 9/11 attack, sacrifice several people, kill thousand of innocent people just because he wanted, without a reason? Do you really be that terrorist are the "bad guy" that decides to kill random people?
It's not so much that he wanted to do it without a reason, it's that he wanted to do it and so developed a reason. His whole public life he's been either at war with someone or else searching out an enemy to go to war with. He's developed a religion that has no context outside of war.
He therefore has the kind of reason the comes out of hatred, which is the desire to kill people. Not the kind of reason that comes out of thought. The latter kind reason is always worth understanding, both in friends and enemies. The former kind is of no value or relevence whatsoever.
Hypothetically we could pull all our troops and embassies out of other countries and build a giant all around our country, but that's not the healthy thing to do. I think we have a duty to actively defend ourselves when attacked, which is what we trying to do.
Are the terrorists "bad guys" who just want to kill random people? Yes, that's exactly what they are. As said by one of the Al Zawahiri terrorists on a beheading tape, (and something similar on the Al Qaeda tape claiming responsability for the Madrid bombing) "as much as you love life, we love death." That's what evil is.
"Whoever finds [Wisdom] finds life...but whoever fails to find [Wisdom] harms himself; all who hate [Wisdom] love death." - Proverbs 8:35,36
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Objectivity is one of the greatest challenges of science. To achieve it, a scientist must move against the current of the fashionable thinking of his peers, as well as his own personal bias. If a scientist discovers an unfashionable truth, fashion will be unchanged by it, and the fashionable alternative to the truth will persist amongst the scientific community at large. It has always happened that way, and there's no reason to think that it's about to change now.
This is true for merely scientific fashion and truth, but if the issue is also an emotional, global, political issue, any such tendancies away from the truth will be magnified a thousand times. Thus if you are attempting to find the truth about global warming via the consensus of the scientific community, you are seriously misguided; and if you believe that you can discern the truth yourself by reviewing the results of scientific studies, there is a very good chance that you are delusional in respect to your own objectivity.
I have an AA from a regular college, a year of coursework towards my BS (no pun intended) in C.S. at a regular university, and I have a BS (no pun intended) in C.S. from Almeda University for my previous credits plus credit for my work in the industry since then. I list the the two degrees plus the coursework on my resume and answer any questions about them honestly. (And I happen to be the best developer in my organization.) So I should be fired because why?
I've gone 16 years in my career without ever getting or feeling the need for a cert, but I'm about to get the Java Programmer cert because 1) My boss offered to pay for it. 2) It will have a positive effect on my resume. 3) It will benefit both me and the company, insofar as the higher-ups will see it and say, "oh, he must really know what he's doing."
I think that *all* intelligent human beings, of both sexes, should be outraged and disgusted that the society in which is so hostile to the pursuit of actual truth, that research scientists find themselves in a position where they need to be "apologetic about the findings" of their research.
I think this is a fantastic idea. Not so much because of the idea that they're going to protray scientists in flattering ways, which seems like a highly suspect goal. But because they are introducing some critical thinking into the big Brain Dump which funnels through hollywood, and in turn so heavily influences the future cultural direction of the country. Kudos to the Army and Air Force for thinking from causes rather than effects, and seeing the value in this.
if you are a nerd -- even if you are a Linux/Unix nerd -- you probably owe your livlihood to Microsoft. Not that there's anything wrong with criticizing them when they invite it, and they certainly invite it from time to time. But the rational mind should be well-balanced enough to give them their due.
So does your boss know you have a gmail account? :-)
LOL, Hey it's probably a lot of work to get a PhD. What's the point of getting it you don't brag to everyone you know that you have it?
Clearly, the code should be effecient for the default case where the three values agree:
int bestOfThree(int a, int b, int c) {
return (a==b)? a : ((a&b)|(b&c)|(a&c));
}
It's not so much that he wanted to do it without a reason, it's that he wanted to do it and so developed a reason. His whole public life he's been either at war with someone or else searching out an enemy to go to war with. He's developed a religion that has no context outside of war.
He therefore has the kind of reason the comes out of hatred, which is the desire to kill people. Not the kind of reason that comes out of thought. The latter kind reason is always worth understanding, both in friends and enemies. The former kind is of no value or relevence whatsoever.
Hypothetically we could pull all our troops and embassies out of other countries and build a giant all around our country, but that's not the healthy thing to do. I think we have a duty to actively defend ourselves when attacked, which is what we trying to do.
Are the terrorists "bad guys" who just want to kill random people? Yes, that's exactly what they are. As said by one of the Al Zawahiri terrorists on a beheading tape, (and something similar on the Al Qaeda tape claiming responsability for the Madrid bombing) "as much as you love life, we love death." That's what evil is.
"Whoever finds [Wisdom] finds life...but whoever fails to find [Wisdom] harms himself; all who hate [Wisdom] love death." - Proverbs 8:35,36
These guys are idiots. Havn't they seen Pet Semetary?
>>the brain is the most important sexual organ.
;-)
On you maybe.