Would the Khmer Rouge count as atheists trying to un-convert people? They were communists (therefore atheists) who deliberately wanted their population not to believe in religion but rather Onka (sp? Khmer Rouge govt who although having certain religious traits, IMHO isn't a religion because of the lack of belief of a diety). Buddhist monks were widely persecuted way back in the 70s, more so than the urban population was. I would describe myself as an apathist (don't care) when it comes to religion but I really can't swallow Dawkins' idea that atheists have never persecuted anyone.
However, the Khmer Rouge take-over wasn't really a war as such. Just mass murder but I'm sure the difference is semantic.
Given that this decision was by National Rail, I'm amazed that they came to a decision at all. I applied for a job once - got a description from the job center and wrote off to apply.
Three months later, I got a reply. Fully expecting, "Sorry but the competition was too intense, etc" I instead got the application form. I replied with it within 24 hours. Over 1 year later, I finally got a rejection letter.
So you would be happy with the UK specifying how the US should deal with security when a plane is bound for the UK from the US? Maybe not a good example as UK security is generally not bad (though it has its moments). Let's try another example.
Would you be happy with Syria telling the US how security in US airports should be run for flights from the US into Pakistan? Or perhaps the Pakistan government demanding that part of the waiting lounge (temporarily) becomes Pakistani territory? Or North Korea telling the US to institute *North Korea's* security regimes which are ineffective and costly?
Though not a collector, having searched for particular books in the past, the "treasures" are rarely in getting a book for less than going rate: rather, it's getting my hands on a book that I really want to read. Luckily, none have had high market values, they're just out of print and didn't sell many copies when they were. But for me, the real treasure is opening up a package to see something that I've been searching for for months if not years and finally have in my hands. Then I can settle down to read and really enjoy.
Personally, I don't have a problem with this guy buying books like this. Has anyone considered that maybe he's performing a valuable social service by buying the high-value books? It may be that they don't sell at all which is no bloody good for anyone whereas if he buys them, the bookseller gets some money. And there's nothing to stop the book sellers themselves from checking out the value of their stock before hand.
I left 3 years ago when the writing on the wall about scientific funding just go too obvious for even me to miss.
Now, instead of being a research fellow in a 5* department doing international quality work (publications and conferences / symposia), I left to do work designing things in the direct marketing industry. Sad really considering that before, I was contributing towards better cancer management in primary care and now I design websites and get them past clients' stakeholders, and so on.
On the other hand, I'm earning four times what I did in research. I work freelance so I have to live on contracts now, but I was on living on contracts in research too. Sorry folks, I have a family to support and they are my priority.
Real pro (interaction designer / information architect) replying: His site is useful, but pure usability only part of the story. For right or for wrong, layout, colours, graphic design etc all play a role in user experience. Jakob's stuff was ground-breaking a few years ago, but he's rapidly falling behind professional design best practice by focusing only on usability which is way more complex than just usability. He doesn't have the cachet that he used to have.
I would suggest, "The de facto office suite". Could lead to some interesting conversations about the merits of TPFKAOOo (the program formally known as OpenOffice.org) against MS Office.
I could have sworn that those key conventions came from Apple's Macintosh (and maybe Xerox before them) with the Windows control key substituting for Apple's command key. MS simply adapted it from Apple when they released Windows. You can examine the key combinations for Word for DOS - it's a free download somewhere, and they aren't the Ctrl-X/C/V combinations that we all know.
And I do agree that it is a great combination. Is Emacs listening?
So if you and other willing passengers consider the risk acceptable, then it's okay to fly? What about anyone who happens to be underneath a crashing aircraft? Do they have any say in the matter?
Being grounded is one of the risks of flying. Don't like running the risk? Then don't fly.
I have to disagree Will. In my experience the most valuable design work is done before anything is coded.
The problem with leaving design (visual / interaction) until after a prototype has been built is that fundamental problems are often just not seen - in other words, the post-development design is a 'band-aid' that can only fix superficial problems. With good research, this is far less likely to be a problem - and can also contribute towards more effective requirements. In my own work, I've often been called in to fix problems that were just too ingrained into the product for me to make any difference. Had I been called in earlier, I would have helped make a much better piece of software. Luckily, where I am now, I can do this research so I know what I am designing for instead of guessing or using my own experience to guide me.
I have to concur. My research career began with a stipend (not salary as it meant paying extras like insurance) of less than $15,000. This is for full time work and by full time they meant full time (ie, 60+ hours a week at minimum). After I while, I progressed to the dizzying heights of about $40,000 (not sure as I had to move country) which was salary. I couldn't even afford to buy a studio flat there never mind a house. After 3 years of this (and 8 years of training / further research / original contributions), I was let go despite being published and speaking at conferences worldwide because my salary had just got too large. Instead, they got in a PhD student to do my job which I understand has backfired somewhat as the person has to learn so much to get to the level I was operating at.
Since then, I've begun working for a corporate doing research. My starting salary was over double what I had before, plus the cost of living is lower, and I have a good manager and back-up staff who deal with all the admin so that I can spend most of my time doing my work.
Many trained scientists are finding this out: they are leaving academia in droves because the salary is so bad, the security is poor (yearly contracts only which are only certain if you do something stellar and yes you can be let go earlier if your bosses want), and more time is spent chasing grants, dealing with ethics committees, lecturing undergrads etc.
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Sigh. The British sense of humour is so dry sometimes... ;-)
That's nothing. I went in with wget and now I own the company!
Would the Khmer Rouge count as atheists trying to un-convert people? They were communists (therefore atheists) who deliberately wanted their population not to believe in religion but rather Onka (sp? Khmer Rouge govt who although having certain religious traits, IMHO isn't a religion because of the lack of belief of a diety). Buddhist monks were widely persecuted way back in the 70s, more so than the urban population was. I would describe myself as an apathist (don't care) when it comes to religion but I really can't swallow Dawkins' idea that atheists have never persecuted anyone.
However, the Khmer Rouge take-over wasn't really a war as such. Just mass murder but I'm sure the difference is semantic.
Given that this decision was by National Rail, I'm amazed that they came to a decision at all. I applied for a job once - got a description from the job center and wrote off to apply.
Three months later, I got a reply. Fully expecting, "Sorry but the competition was too intense, etc" I instead got the application form. I replied with it within 24 hours. Over 1 year later, I finally got a rejection letter.
What professional help is that? Hiring a hit-man to bump off people who use the word "savvy"?
That's silly. We'd have to bump off all the PHBs in the world...
Okay, maybe not the best argument...
So you would be happy with the UK specifying how the US should deal with security when a plane is bound for the UK from the US? Maybe not a good example as UK security is generally not bad (though it has its moments). Let's try another example.
Would you be happy with Syria telling the US how security in US airports should be run for flights from the US into Pakistan? Or perhaps the Pakistan government demanding that part of the waiting lounge (temporarily) becomes Pakistani territory? Or North Korea telling the US to institute *North Korea's* security regimes which are ineffective and costly?
Perhaps the OP meant, "full of idiots compared to outside of the universities"?
How well did the iphone 4 sell? Genuinely asking: did the antenna issue make the iphone 4 a failure?
Unless of course, the books that he bought were not bought by any "regular" person - in which case, the poor still aren't getting any favours.
Though not a collector, having searched for particular books in the past, the "treasures" are rarely in getting a book for less than going rate: rather, it's getting my hands on a book that I really want to read. Luckily, none have had high market values, they're just out of print and didn't sell many copies when they were. But for me, the real treasure is opening up a package to see something that I've been searching for for months if not years and finally have in my hands. Then I can settle down to read and really enjoy.
Personally, I don't have a problem with this guy buying books like this. Has anyone considered that maybe he's performing a valuable social service by buying the high-value books? It may be that they don't sell at all which is no bloody good for anyone whereas if he buys them, the bookseller gets some money. And there's nothing to stop the book sellers themselves from checking out the value of their stock before hand.
I left 3 years ago when the writing on the wall about scientific funding just go too obvious for even me to miss.
Now, instead of being a research fellow in a 5* department doing international quality work (publications and conferences / symposia), I left to do work designing things in the direct marketing industry. Sad really considering that before, I was contributing towards better cancer management in primary care and now I design websites and get them past clients' stakeholders, and so on.
On the other hand, I'm earning four times what I did in research. I work freelance so I have to live on contracts now, but I was on living on contracts in research too. Sorry folks, I have a family to support and they are my priority.
Real pro (interaction designer / information architect) replying: His site is useful, but pure usability only part of the story. For right or for wrong, layout, colours, graphic design etc all play a role in user experience. Jakob's stuff was ground-breaking a few years ago, but he's rapidly falling behind professional design best practice by focusing only on usability which is way more complex than just usability. He doesn't have the cachet that he used to have.
Hey! im an will-edukated gye so I knows wat the truthy is. do'nt u go teling me nuffing i dunno ab-out.
Quoth: "but they both mean the same thing... really."
No they do'nt!!!! And your a looser if you beleive that.
Heh, I always do'nt not feel better after Ive' losed of some energy.. As if I could care less. ;-)
I would suggest, "The de facto office suite". Could lead to some interesting conversations about the merits of TPFKAOOo (the program formally known as OpenOffice.org) against MS Office.
I could have sworn that those key conventions came from Apple's Macintosh (and maybe Xerox before them) with the Windows control key substituting for Apple's command key. MS simply adapted it from Apple when they released Windows. You can examine the key combinations for Word for DOS - it's a free download somewhere, and they aren't the Ctrl-X/C/V combinations that we all know.
And I do agree that it is a great combination. Is Emacs listening?
Good grief! I thought it was only religious people who were meant to continually bring up religion without provocation?
Even worse, they're hushing up all the damage that dihydrogen monoxide is causing to the economy!
There doesn't appear to be support for Vim but that already has another script called snipMate http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2540
So if you and other willing passengers consider the risk acceptable, then it's okay to fly? What about anyone who happens to be underneath a crashing aircraft? Do they have any say in the matter?
Being grounded is one of the risks of flying. Don't like running the risk? Then don't fly.
And for every user who pipes up with the "fix it or I'll leave" line, there are at least 10 who go quietly without leaving their reasons.
Or, as was put more succinctly several decades ago:
"Here's a chord. Here are two more. Now form a band."
I have to disagree Will. In my experience the most valuable design work is done before anything is coded.
The problem with leaving design (visual / interaction) until after a prototype has been built is that fundamental problems are often just not seen - in other words, the post-development design is a 'band-aid' that can only fix superficial problems. With good research, this is far less likely to be a problem - and can also contribute towards more effective requirements. In my own work, I've often been called in to fix problems that were just too ingrained into the product for me to make any difference. Had I been called in earlier, I would have helped make a much better piece of software. Luckily, where I am now, I can do this research so I know what I am designing for instead of guessing or using my own experience to guide me.
Because it's by a "collective sense of outrage" ;-)
I have to concur. My research career began with a stipend (not salary as it meant paying extras like insurance) of less than $15,000. This is for full time work and by full time they meant full time (ie, 60+ hours a week at minimum). After I while, I progressed to the dizzying heights of about $40,000 (not sure as I had to move country) which was salary. I couldn't even afford to buy a studio flat there never mind a house. After 3 years of this (and 8 years of training / further research / original contributions), I was let go despite being published and speaking at conferences worldwide because my salary had just got too large. Instead, they got in a PhD student to do my job which I understand has backfired somewhat as the person has to learn so much to get to the level I was operating at.
Since then, I've begun working for a corporate doing research. My starting salary was over double what I had before, plus the cost of living is lower, and I have a good manager and back-up staff who deal with all the admin so that I can spend most of my time doing my work.
Many trained scientists are finding this out: they are leaving academia in droves because the salary is so bad, the security is poor (yearly contracts only which are only certain if you do something stellar and yes you can be let go earlier if your bosses want), and more time is spent chasing grants, dealing with ethics committees, lecturing undergrads etc.