Yesterday, at coffee, one of the people at work started an anecdote with "I was reading in the Daily Mail..." (something she does often). At this point, the head of research (pretty much 2nd in command) said "right, this is the time I leave". Admittedly he does leave rather abruptly pretty much every day at coffee, but this was clearly making the point that he didn't want to hear.
This is in fact the prevalent attitude, as I think the entire readership of the DM at work (comprised of mathematicians, statisticians, ecologists, biologists, programmers, and PhD students) is 1.
There was a pattern in the 80's which I saw personally several times, and assume happened all over. An office would get its first ever microcomputer. Since the word processor printed letters, they gave it to the secretary. Three years later, she would either be the office manager or an independent consultant.
I remember my dad tearing his hair out because his department secretaries used to type a letter from scratch rather than re-use the document for a nearly identical one they'd sent to the previous student in the list.
I find the Batman guy slightly disturbing, on two counts. Firstly, the reasons he gives himself for doing it seem a bit weird, and the whole thing seems like a weird obsession or crusade, albeit one that's benign. Second, it's the sort of thing I can imagine right-wingers jumping on and saying, 'See! Philanthropy works! Trickle-down effect! We don't need public money for hospitals!'
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This is in fact the prevalent attitude, as I think the entire readership of the DM at work (comprised of mathematicians, statisticians, ecologists, biologists, programmers, and PhD students) is 1.
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What are the odds that those disks are still readable?
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Several Women's story
An office would get its first ever microcomputer. Since the word processor printed letters, they gave it to the secretary.
Three years later, she would either be the office manager or an independent consultant.
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I remember my dad tearing his hair out because his department secretaries used to type a letter from scratch rather than re-use the document for a nearly identical one they'd sent to the previous student in the list.
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