Modelers do model, scientists do science

虞左俊 2011-8-31 15:47

I don't remember exactly how it was phrased, but that was carved on a plaque and put on the wall in a big office at Scripps (one of the top research institutes in the US for oceanography). Since I was trained as a modeler (and a scientist), I decided not to apply to a post doc position there with t ...

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Will there be a tomorrow?

热度 3 虞左俊 2011-5-22 01:58

It's May 21, 2011. What a question to ask, you may tell me. Well, I hope you are right. Where I live, the talk of "End of Days" is in the air (wave) and on the front page (of the internet). So, I have been asking myself these questions. If it's 6pm, which time zone is it going to b ...

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忍一时风平浪静，退一步海阔天空

热度 2 虞左俊 2011-5-8 13:11

I know translation is HARD, but I want to try it for fun. 忍一 时风平浪静 -- Let your partner (or evil boss) have the last say during an argument. 退一步海阔天 空 — Don't assume this is the only big tree to hang yourself. N ...

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Life imprisonment vs. death penalty

热度 1 虞左俊 2011-4-14 09:28

I am against death penalty, for two reasons: 1) Humans are not chives, according to Chairman Mao, so cutting one’s head off needs to wait until the technology is advanced to the point that the body parts can be frozen forever in case the conviction is proven wrong later on and the he ...

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你适不适合在家工作 by 鲁稚 & my comments

虞左俊 2010-11-24 07:28

..... 有些人适合在家工作，有些人不适合在家工作。 我有个朋友，从国外回来，没有合适的单位，她就在家给人翻译东西，计件，多少钱一千字那种。若论字数算，报酬也不低，但极不稳定，有时很 ...

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