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From: William Clark on 17 Feb 2010 14:34 In article <MPG.25e3b1c585f863a5989bc6(a)news.giganews.com>, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > In article <4b79e07b$0$4847$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, > nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says... > > You know the picture of her with writing on her hand is from like 1990, > > correct? > > Does that mean she has been stupid or senile for 20 years? No, nor does it mean she is Barbara Boxer, either.
From: MNMikeW on 17 Feb 2010 14:37 "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message news:clark-5B0F4E.14314417022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > In article <7u2g5vFiqcU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message >> news:4b7b4aa8$0$5080$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... >> > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:58:43 -0600, MNMikeW wrote: >> >> "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message >> >> news:wclark2-136058.13321416022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... >> >>> In article >> >>> <426168e1-3d62-4f84-bf59-dfcfb6d47537(a)u9g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, >> >>> Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2002(a)att.net> wrote: >> >>>> On Feb 16, 12:30 pm, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> You seem to think that being elected to something is a monumental >> >>>>> achievement that outshines anything else one might accomplish. You >> >>>>> got a Ph.D? Big deal. Sarah Palin got elected Mayor of Wasilla, AK. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Obama was elected to the Illinois State Senate, the U.S. Senate and >> >>>>> the Presidency of the United States. You going to give him the same >> >>>>> credit you give Sarah? >> >>>> >> >>>> Obama is not the issue. Similar record to Palin at the time of the >> >>>> 2008 election though. >> >>>> >> >>>> It's not all that hard to get a Ph.D. More a matter of motivation. >> >>>> It's pretty hard to get elected US senator though. >> >>> >> >>> It's not all that hard to get elected to the US Senate. More a matter >> >>> of money. Pretty hard to get a PhD from a good university, though. >> >> >> >> Too bad you didnt go to one. >> > >> > Be serious. Oxford is one of the best universities in the world. >> >> Well, I only know one guy who went to Oxford. So I base my opinion on >> that. >> :-) > > Sorry, you don't "know" me at all. I know all I need to from here.
From: Dinosaur_Sr on 17 Feb 2010 14:38 On Feb 17, 2:30 pm, William Clark <cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio- state.edu> wrote: > In article > <f74dfd04-3f70-4cb2-a0fb-bce55945b...(a)d27g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>, > > > > Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote: > > On Feb 17, 9:18 am, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Feb 16, 11:56 pm, assimil...(a)borg.org wrote: > > > > > On 16-Feb-2010, William Clark <wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > > It's not all that hard to get elected to the US Senate. More a matter of > > > > > money. Pretty hard to get a PhD from a good university, though. > > > > > I'm sure the US Senate welcomes fewer new members each year than Oxford > > > > hands out DPhs > > > > > -- > > > > bill-o > > > > Yes, that makes sense given that there are only 100 Senate seats and > > > only about a third of them are contested every election year. The > > > Senate has "welcomed" some pretty dim bulbs who couldn't get an Oxford > > > D. Phil. if their life depended on it. > > > OTOH, Oxford has surely given graduate degrees to self absorbed twits > > who cannot formulate the notion that they should be of service to > > their communities, let alone actually be such! > > But usually they are not consumed by the anger of envy like you are. I suppose. At least you admit that Oxford gives degrees to useless, self absorbed twits!
From: William Clark on 17 Feb 2010 14:38 In article <47695efe-ec36-492d-af12-6abe134a83d7(a)d2g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2002(a)att.net> wrote: > On Feb 16, 10:08�pm, William Clark <wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> > wrote: > > > > "Jealousy", is it? I do what I love to do, and count it a privilege to > > be able to do so. I stay where I am because I love it here - it is one > > of America's "public ivies". Then I look at you, constantly having to > > try to pull others down to make up for your own lack of achievement, and > > make up phony credentials to try to put yourself on their level. Very > > sad. > > > >You don't see me giving a flying fig about what you may have published. > >OTOH, you are worried to the point of posting to this group about the nature > >of materials science pubs I have. I could care less what you like or don't > >like. It is just a fact that you are envious of me. I don't do my job > >because it's some sort of epiphytic plant, but rather a chance to do things. > > A Ph.D. and a faculty position are in no sense an end; they are a > means to an end. I suspect this is what really bothers you...the idea > that you should be accomplishing things, and that the credentials you > have are in themselves only meaningful in the light of what you are > accomplishing. Nothing else is relevant or meaningful! Whoever said they were? Oh, that's right, you did. The rest is pure delusion. > > > > I care not about OSU P&T - the standards are the same at any reputable > > university. You probably didn't have to match up to them, though, did > > you? You have no peer reviewed materials science publications anywhere > > in your record. Science Citation Index says so. > > > > Firstly, I do have at least one such peer reviewed publication, > although I never claimed so previously. This peer review issue is yet > another red herring you introduced into the discussion. Not according to the Science Citation Index, you don't. Period. > > > > Who "works for industry"? Contract work is never acceptable for P&T - > > only scientific publications in the best peer reviewed journals count. > > You are delusional. > > > And you thereby are incompetent. How much money you bring in is the #1 > criterion for P&T in research, and you should know this. If I applied > for a job in your department and showed that I could bring in 10 > million worth of funding every year with say a 40% overhead, they > would hire me, regardless of the opinion of one such as yourself with > respect to the "quality" of publications. So, are you really so consumed by the spectre of non-achievement that you have to create this absurd strawman to comfort yourself with? How very sad.
From: Dinosaur_Sr on 17 Feb 2010 14:39
On Feb 17, 2:33 pm, William Clark <cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio- state.edu> wrote: > In article > <4a71efed-20c0-48ea-badf-538fecb79...(a)w31g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, > > > > Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote: > > On Feb 13, 12:29 pm, William Clark <wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> > > wrote: > > > In article > > > <de2e5548-0783-4608-a88a-d906c877b...(a)36g2000yqu.googlegroups.com>, > > > > Dinosaur Sr <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote: > > > > On Feb 13, 11:05 am, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:18:11 -0600, Moderate wrote: > > > > > > "Carbon" <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message > > > > > >news:4b7497cf$0$5110$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... > > > > > >> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:19:44 -0800, dene wrote: > > > > > >>> <bkni...(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > > > > > >>>news:heu8n5t5m6bopoc55sburstujj9897ii1t(a)4ax.com... > > > > > >>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:31:23 -0800 (PST), Dinosaur Sr > > > > > >>>> <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote: > > > > > > >>>> You're kidding. Biden wasted Palin in debate, and he's a > > > > > >>>> lightweight. She's a joke that is riding a wave of simple minds. > > > > > > >>> In your dreams. Palin did just fine with Blabben. > > > > > > >> She was drilled night and day going into the debate and managed to > > > > > >> repeat a bunch of memorized sound bites, mostly without embarrassing > > > > > >> herself. It's not like she did well. > > > > > > > Well I guess that qualifies her to be President. Obama is nothing > > > > > > more than a talking head. He is the Commander in Chief, yet he > > > > > > doesn't know what a Corpsman is. > > > > > > Watch the recent live unscripted debate between Obama and the GOP.. > > > > > Debate? A debate has a form, that was one person asking a question, > > > > another replying and then moving on to some other question. Hardly a > > > > debate. In that form there is no viewpoint expressed other than that > > > > of the person answering the questions. A joke maybe, but no debate. > > > > Then how come SarahQuitter couldn't manage even a scripted Q&A without > > > scrawling notes on her palm like some 3rd grader? > > > What does anything anyone else do have to do with Obama's presentation > > style? It is what it is regardless. Can't you focus at all? > > "Anything anyone else DOES" please. Can't you write English at all? Tell > you what, scrawl on your palm so you have it for next time. English |