You do realize that we already have NSF grants for that? Or where you trying to conflate academic research with an undergraduate education?Originally Posted by GGT
You do realize that we already have NSF grants for that? Or where you trying to conflate academic research with an undergraduate education?
Hope is the denial of reality
I was comparing national priorities. Finland has a clear preference for funding public education; their teachers are held in high esteem and paid professional wages, using public taxes. The US has conflicted ideas---with many complaints about taxes, public education, and professional teachers.
In Finland, we have saying, Wednesday is little Friday!
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Ignoring the fact that the academic research is done by a tiny portion of the people who go to secondary school, and if your sole intention was to create a lot of brilliant scientists, spending most of your money on people who have no chance of becoming scientists would be a terrible way to do that.
Hope is the denial of reality
Yesterday I woke up after a night of moderately heavy drinking with not as much as a hint of hangover. This is the fourth or so time in a row. I think I'm becoming immune to those.
Carthāgō dēlenda est
Next thing you know, you'll start voting for Saskaņas Centrs.
Hope is the denial of reality
I'm becoming immune to hangovers, not insane.Next thing you know, you'll start voting for Saskaņas Centrs.
Carthāgō dēlenda est
I have 384 rolls of toilet paper sitting in my living room. about 15 people coming over for dinner in a few hours. a wedding in 2 days, and a cruise in 3.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Could be that your hangover immunity is the first sign of a complete failure of higher cognitive functioning, though...
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
Saw ...
... at the Haymarket last night.
I had tears streaming down my face. Just about the funniest thing I've seen.
Deserves all the plaudits it's getting.
Found out how much bonus I'm getting!
Boiler just blew up
How do you expect to run with the wolves at night when you spend all day sparring with the puppies?
- Omar Little
I'm married!
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
My condolences.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
Congrats!
Congrats!
Carthāgō dēlenda est
Congratulations.
I reckon you have long ago made a commitment to your young family OG and this is an official confirmation of that. Of course you're the same people (Good people too it would seem) that you were before getting married whether you had a fairytale wedding or a trip to the registry office.
Such is Life...
Have fun
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Grats on getting hitched to Mrs 'Minous.
Congrats Ominous!
Wow, Bitter, I'm sure that took a lot of man hours. Its beautiful!
'GRATS OMINOUS!!
I have discovered the wonder that is homemade hummus, and the marvel that is tahini. Moreover, I have discovered a very tasty cocktail (aka. concoction) and am successfully embarrassing the anti-vac crowdand now I shall see Chronicle!!!
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Maybe you could continue with this latest FUD about organ donations and braindeath?[...]am successfully embarrassing the anti-vac crowd
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
I filed my tax-returns form and Ronald's. Took me like 4 minutes this time. Hardest part was to find back the passwords. Not getting back much these days but €1.400 will make for a nice extra during the summer vacation.
Congratulations America
R46.2
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Got my bonus today! Spent some of it on a Roland TD-9 KX2:
How do you expect to run with the wolves at night when you spend all day sparring with the puppies?
- Omar Little
Got my bonus today! Spent some of it on a Roland TD-9 KX2:
"Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt
No way it's streetlegal, though... or is that what you're spending the rest of your bonus on?
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
No strings attached sex! I guess I haven't lost everything.
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
You make me envious
"Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt
She was lovely
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
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