Define "good pay". Back when I looked at working for a similar agency, the pay was usually GS-9 at max to start.
GS-9 is $47,448-$61,678 according to the 2012 locality tables - not very good at all considering someone with a similar education could earn 90-100k in private industry.
Sure, it's better than most people in Utah make, but by no means "good" pay by any objective metric.
Graduate studies costs 4-5x more than undergrad studies, and carry a stigma of "Well, you couldn't cut it there, why would we accept you here?".
If you don't receive full tuition reimbursement and a stipend (especially in a STEM field) you should not be pursuing a doctoral degree. Any halfway decent candidate can get a modest stipend and tuition reimbursement.
I personally am by no means living high on the hog, but I pay my rent and have a little leftover for the occasional beer with friends. If I hadn't been offered this funding, I'd have gone and worked in industry, because this would not make economic sense.
Maybe this is because people who drink coffee are less depressed?
One of the symptoms of severe depression is tireness. People with severe depression often sleep all day. People who are not severely depressed want to get up and out of bed, into the world, and drink coffee to help them do so.
Thus, mortality numbers are skewed by the suicides of the depressed (and thus more likely to fall ill, abuse drugs/alcohol, and/or commit suicide.)
How does this compare to the amount that other large, successful companies spend on research?
Because guess what: long term gambles with no immediate payoff - that's basically corporate research.
What percent of Google's operating costs is spent on these projects, versus say, the amount spent on Microsoft Research or HP Labs?
(We all agree that having a corporate research division is good, right?)
Some of the finest people I've worked with in software have degrees distantly related to computer science, math, or software engineering. Music, religion, "interdisciplinary studies", and an accounting dropout are included in that mix. They are right to pish-posh it away. Actually, as an art person, you wouldn't happen to live near Phoenix, know Java well, and be interested in working on GIS applications for remote sensing, would you? We have a good product that probably could use a techie with an art background to improve its UI.
You want someone with a background in Human Computer Interaction (HCI).
If you're looking for local hires, Arizona State has an HCI program: http://technology.asu.edu/appliedpsych
Why not make it a round 1.25? Delays the next raise, and allows you to not get stuck with a useless nickel that will probably get lost.
There's Google store in Mountain View, at the 'plex. They sell the same products as their online store.
Gavin Russell, prime minister of the student government, gathered scores of signatures on a petition supporting Mr. Christie before two staff members warned him that, if he continued, he could also face punishment.
Apparently petitions are also banned by the cryptofascists who run this school.
As I recall, LOIC is for use with Windows machines.
There is no linux version, since script kiddies don't use linux.
Usernames can't be trending topics, and a ton of people use the tag #wikileaks.
Cash is anonymous.
Anonymity protects privacy.
Privacy is necessary for a functioning democracy.
I have noticed a disproportionate number of intellectuals are depressed. Probably because they are smart enough to know no matter what you do you are screwed. This in turn leads to acting out against the dumb/happy people. The dumb/happy people are generally unphased because they didn't even realized you just dissed them making the intellectual even more furious. Which in turn leads them to target the dumbest group of all...that's right...government officials which gets twisted to be a political statement instead of the "kill all dumb people" it was truly intended as.
Smart parent... you get it pretty much on the nose. The technical term is "depressive realism".
You don't need a proxy or perl to game facebook places... you can do it by changing one line in your about:config and hard code "geo.wifi.uri"
I wrote up a full tutorial on my blog for those who are interested.
CMU had a similar site pop up entitled "Before We Leave", which to my knowledge has not garnered any scorn from the administration.
From their FAQ page:
Life should be lived with no regrets. Undoubtedly there are people that you know (or know of) that you've always wanted to 'encounter' physically. With graduation right around the corner, these final weeks are your last chance. This site is devoted to facilitating those encounters.
So... you enter the andrew IDs of the top five people you have always wanted to get with. If they also list you in their top five, we will email both of you-- the rest is up to you. If nobody matches with you, c'est la vie-- at least you tried. It's as simple as that.
Your top five are safe: your desires will only be revealed if the other person also desires you. Otherwise they will be kept secret forever.
C++ is the best example of second-system effect since OS/360.
