tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post2937970480726757883..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #10138Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-25391493839366794352010-05-18T18:49:28.596-05:002010-05-18T18:49:28.596-05:00Re: Educated Plan Unfortunately the $50 grand is m...<b>Re: Educated Plan</b> Unfortunately the $50 grand is more likely to be closer to $80K. Equally unfortunate is this little catch-22 - the <i>"learning how to actually work, to communicate, how to behave in the workplace and then going out and doing"</i> part is even harder to achieve without the degree unless you're interested in a career in retail food-service or widget assembly. Maybe that'll change . . . but for now, where I work we actually hire college students (at cut-rate wages) and if they "work-out" have the option of keeping them on when they graduate. They learn the ropes, get a dose of reality, and we get to judge if they can handle reality. But HS grads need not apply. It's a cruel world.kwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-36326503691850374462010-05-18T11:09:00.326-05:002010-05-18T11:09:00.326-05:00"they say the gap will be filled by “Unidenti...<i>"they say the gap will be filled by “Unidentified projects".</i><br /><br />Bicycles?Dinknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-86298386657638190042010-05-18T10:40:49.801-05:002010-05-18T10:40:49.801-05:00Fewer fish - this seems like a perfect example of ...Fewer fish - this seems like a perfect example of the tragedy of the commons, and an argument for world government.<br /><br />It's too bad that more carbon dioxide won't promote plant growth.<br /><br />Re long-necked gulping dinosaurs - this is interesting and it makes sense. However, I don't think it's a general principle that "the larger an animal is the more time it spends eating." For warm-blooded animals, heat loss by radiation goes down at size increases (surface area goes up as the square of linear size, but heat-generating mass goes up as the cube). And it depends on WHAT they eat - pandas spend all day eating because they eat low-nutrient-density plant food, while cats of all sizes can lie around after eating meat (or Fancy Feast Shrimp and Cod Medley, in the case of my own cat).mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com