Re: How to get into Scientific Programming

"Baruch Vainas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> So it appears that now you are taking the worst case (no research at
> all done) and trying to make it typical to a situation where the Prof
> can't get some corporate grant, some time. Why don't you also suggest,
> that a Prof who didn't manage getting a corporate grant, loses his/her
> mind, so that the University would ask him/her to leave?

Nope, dude, I never said it was typical. I kept using words like "may"
and "can", and stressed that it didn't apply to all fields. (Depends on
the overhead of research - losing corporate grants from some fields
probably wouldn't have much effect, in others it could have drastic
effects both for uinversities and individuals.)

This isn't a presumption, it's a fact of life in the U.S. It does happen.
And I keep stressing that I am talking about the U.S., of which you've
admitted some lack of knowledge. You've taken an absolute position
which can only be validated if there are no exceptions, anywhere.
(While, oddly, using phrases such as "Professors I know [...]" which
suggests even you aren't convinced there might not be exceptions.)

-Wm