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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> It's as relevant as anything else. Computer science (such as it is)
>> doesn't solve any problems on its own. :-)
>
> See, I don't give a **** about solving real-world problems. I only care
> about solving "interesting" problems. ;-)
You have PhD written all over you.
(And no, I don't mean it sarcastically - most PhD work has no use
whatsoever, but is done because someone found it interesting).
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"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."-Asimov
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/ \/ \ u e e n / \/ a w a z
>>>>>>mue### [at] nawaz org<<<<<<
anl
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Invisible wrote:
>> For many companies, just that you have experience talking in
>> public is
>> a _huge_ plus.
>
> Heh. Last time I had to stand up and give a talk (to 3 people, mind you)
> I almost threw up over the projector! o_O And only one of the people in
> the room actually knew WTF I was actually talking about anyway. And he
> already knew what I was going to say!
You get over it after a few times. Grab some fellow students in your
research area once a month, bribe them with pizza, and present to them.
Get their feedback. You don't have to worry about screwing things up
because no one cares.
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"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."-Asimov
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>>>>>>mue### [at] nawazorg<<<<<<
anl
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Well sure. But it seems it would take little old me a *long* time to
> travel all the way to the frontiers of knowledge to do genuinely new stuff.
Nah. Getting a PhD, in a sense, is supposed to be the beginning. You
learn enough to do something useful, and if you go into academia, spend
the rest of your life simultaneously getting to the frontiers and adding
stuff to it (they're codependencies, not strict dependencies).***
> OTOH, presumably that's what your supervisor is for? ;-)
Good ones, yes,
*** Giving idealized case. Most people in academia spend more time doing
administrative work + grant writing than actually doing research. They
just guide grad students to do it for them.
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"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."-Asimov
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/ \/ \ u e e n / \/ a w a z
>>>>>>mue### [at] nawazorg<<<<<<
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:49:19 +0000, Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:51:57 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>
>>>>> ...and now I'm thinking about the "Ode to a lump of putty I found in
>>>>> my left armpit". :-S
>>>> A most excellent poem. :-)
>>> It excells - but at *what*??
>>
>> Being a piece of Vogon poetry, of course. :-)
>
> I thought that was one from the pen of Grunthos the Flatulent?
D'oh! I must now go and hang my head in shame for goofing that up.
Of course, you are correct. Grunthos' poetry was deemed the second worst
in the history of the universe.
Who can name the first? (Vogons were third)
Jim
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On 21-2-2009 0:03, Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>>> <insert asshole PhD comment here>
>> ok: Thanks for pointing out.
>
> Just to be clear, I was calling myself an ass for making fun of you for
> a mistake like that. I wasn't calling you that. I'm not sure what your
> response means you thought I meant. :-)
>
Just to be clear: I was totally unsure which of us you meant, it could
mean either, so I opted for an ambiguous comment. :)
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:07:28 +0100, "scott" <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
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>What % of people in Milton Keynes do you think can program in a functional
>language, know half of what you know about knot theory, and half of what you
>know about fourier transforms etc? What % would even be capable of
>understanding? I can tell you, not many.
>
You may have picked the wrong town. Milton Keynes is where the OU is based. :)
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Stephen
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:21:18 +0000, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
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>See, I don't give a **** about solving real-world problems. I only care
>about solving "interesting" problems. ;-)
I've found that when I get paid to do something it mysteriously becomes
interesting ???
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Stephen
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:33:27 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>
>Having just discovered that I actually suck at Haskell, I think I'm the
>one who needs convincing. :-S
to ignore them. Don't look for reasons why you can't do something as you will
find plenty of them. Just say to yourself, I want it I will do it. Every time
you have self doubts force your mind away from those thoughts.
I want you to never, ever post self doubting comments here again. It only
reinforces your weakness. Try it for a season or two.
Here endeth the lesson, according to uncle Stevie.
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Stephen
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:49:19 +0000, Bill Pragnell wrote:
>
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:51:57 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> ...and now I'm thinking about the "Ode to a lump of putty I found in
>>>>>> my left armpit". :-S
>>>>> A most excellent poem. :-)
>>>> It excells - but at *what*??
>>> Being a piece of Vogon poetry, of course. :-)
>> I thought that was one from the pen of Grunthos the Flatulent?
>
> D'oh! I must now go and hang my head in shame for goofing that up.
>
> Of course, you are correct. Grunthos' poetry was deemed the second worst
> in the history of the universe.
>
> Who can name the first? (Vogons were third)
Ah, well, that depends on which version you're most familiar with... I
think he changed the name from the radio series because of threatened
legal action!
PS RIP Grunthos... death by intestinal brain throttling.
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:30:06 +0000, Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:49:19 +0000, Bill Pragnell wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:51:57 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> ...and now I'm thinking about the "Ode to a lump of putty I found
>>>>>>> in my left armpit". :-S
>>>>>> A most excellent poem. :-)
>>>>> It excells - but at *what*??
>>>> Being a piece of Vogon poetry, of course. :-)
>>> I thought that was one from the pen of Grunthos the Flatulent?
>>
>> D'oh! I must now go and hang my head in shame for goofing that up.
>>
>> Of course, you are correct. Grunthos' poetry was deemed the second
>> worst in the history of the universe.
>>
>> Who can name the first? (Vogons were third)
>
> Ah, well, that depends on which version you're most familiar with... I
> think he changed the name from the radio series because of threatened
> legal action!
I'm not sure if it was threatened legal action or just that he was
advised to not use a real name for the books - but you are correct, there
were two different people who received the honour of "worst poetry of
all" - originally it was "Paul Neil Milne Johnstone of Redbridge", but
later this was changed to Paula Nancy Milstone Jennings.
> PS RIP Grunthos... death by intestinal brain throttling.
Yes, gruesome way to go. :-)
I should mention as well, though, that Invis didn't use the proper name
of Grunthos' poem, either. It is in fact "Ode to a small lump of green
putty I found in my armpit one midsummer's morning" IIRC (don't have my
copy of the scripts handy and I should know this from memory anyways, as
frequently as I've listened to the original series).
My brother and I used to fall asleep listening to episodes of the radio
series, and we'd quiz each other on the finer details. Clearly I've lost
my touch a little bit. ;-)
Jim
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