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Date: 2010-06-24 11:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bracknellexile.livejournal.com
So iOS4 has crippled the 3G and the iPhone4 seems to have a fundamental design flaw. Not good for Apple really.

Date: 2010-06-24 01:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poisonduk.livejournal.com
I have a 3GS and have had no slowdown issues with ios4.0. I suspect it's the older models which are struggling.

Date: 2010-06-24 01:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bracknellexile.livejournal.com
Which does make you wonder why they released iOS4 to the older 3G models

Date: 2010-06-24 08:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] errolwi.livejournal.com
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.

Date: 2010-06-24 11:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/
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.

Date: 2010-06-24 12:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-pawson.livejournal.com
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.

Date: 2010-06-24 01:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/
I'm in the UK. I can't speak for any chemistry departments, but the overwork, presentee thing is omnipresent in my field, which is history.

Date: 2010-06-24 03:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spacelem.livejournal.com
I think I'm very good at remembering faces, but terrible at remembering who the person is, what their name is, where I met them etc.

I'm not straight, but I'm very left brained.

On Waterless Urinals:

Date: 2010-06-24 04:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] phillipalden.livejournal.com
Here in Northern California we have many waterless urinals. I've used them, I have no problem with them, and I love the water they save.

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."

Date: 2010-06-25 12:10 am (UTC)
matgb: Artwork of 19th century upper class anarchist, text: MatGB (Default)
From: [personal profile] matgb
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.

(this post has too many good links, I like)

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