I haven't noticed any issues on my 3G, but I don't have resource-hungry apps. So works fine with Tweetdeck and Stanza, haven't bothered with iBooks yet.
That expectation of 7 day a week, 24 hours a day working is not unique to chemistry -- or to the sciences. I've had senior colleagues in history express the same expectations. This is modern university culture in action.
Unless things have changed dramatically since I did my PhD (8 years ago), there is a massive difference between the expectations in academia in Europe and the USA.
I did a Chemistry PhD and most students worked 9-5 Mon-Fri. Yes, most of us worked the odd weekend or late night, but it was not the norm (except during the thesis writing phase). Postdoc staff worked 9-5, Mon-Fri the same as any other employee of the university.
Contrast that with a couple of friends I have in the US who are doing postdoc work. They seem to work 10 or 12 hour days as standard and work at least one day every weekend. As far as I can gather, this is not just expected, but required in US universities. One person I know was sacked from for a postdoc position for refusing to work both days each weekend following the birth of his first child.
I had no idea FB contributed that much to so many OS projects. I knew they used stuff, and contributed to memcache, but that much extra stuff is impressive.
Shame they've taken/created so much good stuff, then covered it over with a layer of, well, Facebook.
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Date: 2010-06-24 11:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-24 12:26 pm (UTC)I did a Chemistry PhD and most students worked 9-5 Mon-Fri. Yes, most of us worked the odd weekend or late night, but it was not the norm (except during the thesis writing phase). Postdoc staff worked 9-5, Mon-Fri the same as any other employee of the university.
Contrast that with a couple of friends I have in the US who are doing postdoc work. They seem to work 10 or 12 hour days as standard and work at least one day every weekend. As far as I can gather, this is not just expected, but required in US universities. One person I know was sacked from for a postdoc position for refusing to work both days each weekend following the birth of his first child.
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Date: 2010-06-24 03:21 pm (UTC)I'm not straight, but I'm very left brained.
On Waterless Urinals:
Date: 2010-06-24 04:57 pm (UTC)In some societies there are people who drink urine, (which is disgusting to me,) but it shows how harmless urine is, (in general.)
These "waterless urinals" could save thousands, (if not millions) of gallons of fresh water. That's no "drop in the bucket."
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Date: 2010-06-25 12:10 am (UTC)Shame they've taken/created so much good stuff, then covered it over with a layer of, well, Facebook.
(this post has too many good links, I like)