killerswan

It is indeed interesting, but IIRC most of the funding for satellite launches (R&D for III-V semiconductors) came from intelligence, not NASA.

So, um, thank you, NSA! :P

Probably: our relatives ate them all! There's basically no corner of our planet, from the hottest volcanic ocean vent to the coldest ice at the poles, to the highest clouds in the air, where our relatives don't live.

Of course, it has taken us about 1/4 the lifetime of the entire universe to get this far, so YMMV. :D

Iff you were rich and white protestant.

My grandma remembered the Great Depression as a time when life improved.

I vividly remember reading that several years ago when it was first put online someplace. o_O

"without the JVM" ... "Once the JVM compiler is up"

Does not compute! :P

Am I the only one pained that none of the favicon, the "KNOOP" title, the links on the right, or the article's hyperlinks matched #FF4A00, or even eachother, even before I saw it? :D :D

A similar thing was done at Iowa State when I was there.

Anyone hated by lots of murderous psycho control-freak business owners is probably doing some good in the world.

Also: get an SSL certificate.

This is the organization which thinks hyperlinks from other websites can be a copyright and/or terms of use violation, too. Right?

That is not what I said. I think you will agree that working on the right things is more important than just volume of work.

Accomplishment is nice, but there's a lot more to it than simply working hours. A consistent thing: long hours without consideration of whether you could do even better with a change in process are always a mistake.

If you're doing the work in a situation where adding staff or changing commitments really will not help you, by all means, continue to work, and find whatever tricks you need to stay focused in that time.

Edison had a whole company helping him do his work, and I bet the best of piano players have a cleaning lady, a chauffeur, and a specialist in tuning pianos all helping them to spend more time mentally preparing (including via sleep) and with hands on keys.

I haven't seen statistics, but I know of many that have passed a reexam or two with flying colors.