tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9848115.post4593326098711865988..comments2023-10-30T08:30:47.431-05:00Comments on See Jane Compute: A snapshot of what's on my mind latelyJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17082496114155799356noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9848115.post-78496994856651621282007-09-04T21:13:00.000-05:002007-09-04T21:13:00.000-05:00Sounds like you have a great group of peer support...Sounds like you have a great group of peer support - I'm still looking for my same group of grad school students...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9848115.post-33374968071817289862007-08-28T13:34:00.000-05:002007-08-28T13:34:00.000-05:00This is really sad. When you write about not getti...This is really sad. When you write about not getting enough money to attend a few conferences and you do all this research to help move humanity forward, it just boggles the mind. Yet, if one is a football player, there is plenty of money to move a whole university football squad to their football games several times per year. (And when you think about players like the now guilty Michael Vick with the dog fighting thing and his 130 million dollar contract--lost pretty much now--for tossing a ball, running the ball, and going over a goal line, well, you can see that priorities are all screwed up. It's really sickening. Yet, the pressure is on the talented scholar to produce (to publish), teach, and get along with everyone while trying to swim up the academic ladder. It's just maddening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9848115.post-34558796474281132852007-08-27T21:48:00.000-05:002007-08-27T21:48:00.000-05:00anon #1, thanks for the recommendation! I do want...anon #1, thanks for the recommendation! I do want to check that book out, as I've heard good things about it.<BR/><BR/>anon #2, that's certainly one way to deal with the letter issue, I guess. :) But the problem still remains: even if I could open the letter, and found out it was less than ideal, then what? I'd still need a letter from these people, regardless. That's the real problem I see here.<BR/><BR/>csprofessor, I'm not sure what the deal is either. Especially since even corporations are not willing to pay the $$$ to send people to these conferences anymore. Maybe it's just cluelessness on the part of those who run these conferences? I do agree that the small conferences are better, in terms of networking and learning new stuff. Unfortunately, if I want tenure I need to get my stuff into the "bigger" conferences, too. I don't know how people with smaller travel budgets do it, frankly.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082496114155799356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9848115.post-69486261910543386002007-08-25T08:43:00.000-05:002007-08-25T08:43:00.000-05:00Amen sister, these conferences are *so* out of con...Amen sister, these conferences are *so* out of control expensive - where do people get the money for them? I can get only 2/3 of the price for one conference a year *if* I have a paper accepted. I can't afford it, so I don't submit papers any more.<BR/><BR/>I attend the little workshops held at universities, stay with friends and eat cheap food. These workshops do much more to further our science, in my opinion, than these overblown major conferences.<BR/><BR/>How can we force them to stop? What conspiracy is behind this? And again - where do the other guys get the money to attend? Robbing grants?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9848115.post-83864796660462313232007-08-24T01:18:00.000-05:002007-08-24T01:18:00.000-05:00While I am not suggesting you do anything illegal ...While I am not suggesting you do anything illegal or immoral here, nevertheless, you may find the following URLs 'interesting' and perhaps it may have relevance to <BR/>"Item #4: The next Scientiae" and the letter of recommendation? See:<BR/><BR/>http://www.ehow.com/how_2054977_secretly-open-sealed-envelope.html<BR/><BR/>&<BR/><BR/>http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Sealed-Envelope<BR/><BR/>Ah, the World Wide Web!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9848115.post-8462632217271034332007-08-23T11:29:00.000-05:002007-08-23T11:29:00.000-05:00He just needs a copy of the book. You can read it...He just needs a copy of <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Babyproofing-Your-Marriage-Communicate-Better/dp/0061173541/" REL="nofollow">the book</A>. You can read it too -- although it was written by three women the point of view is admirably balanced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com