Re: How to get into Scientific Programming

"William" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "Baruch Vainas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > "William" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >
> > [...]
> > > > The "core business" (apologizing for the business buzzword) of the
> > > > academia are scientific DISCIPLINES.
> > >
> > > "academia" != "university";
> >
> > According to dictionary.com, academia = academe ==> academic
> > environment. Its source is, academy ==> "An institution for the study
> > of higher learning; a college or a university". Note the last word.
> > Nice try William, but you are wrong.
> 
> So "Marine Corps"* == "Microsoft Corporation" because at some point,
> the latin root "corpus" gets involved?  There is such a thing as too much
> deconstruction, you know.

A load of twisted reasoning based on an inappropriate analogy and
butchering the context (a-propo, your talking about "sweet death" of
thread etc).
Where is the alleged common root to "academia" and "university" (like
the "corpus" in "Marine Corps"* and "Microsoft Corporation").
"University" was given the meaning of "Academy" not because they
contain a common root, but because they happen to MEAN the same,
William.
Perhaps my use of the word "source" has "confused" you, William. To
help you, in that case, here is a simple example, to put the word
"source" in the context, relevant to my argument:
The *source* of "linguistics" is "language", isn't it? Are these terms
as unrelated as "Marine Corps" as "Microsoft Corporation"?
Now, the source of "academia" (defined as "academic environment") is
"Academy". As to what "Academy" means, see above.
If you still have difficulties with this simple stuff just look in
Word (sorry) thesaurus. There you will find that the meaning of
"academia" is "academic world", and it is synonymous with
"university".

--Baruch