Comments on: Men from Mars, Women from Venus, Ph.Ds from Uranus

By: Curtiss Leung

Curtiss Leung — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 02:52:05 +0000

Hrm…I wonder if any of these place will allow me to get a PhD in John Gray studies.

By: bad Jim

bad Jim — Sat, 20 Mar 2004 05:31:50 +0000

Kieran has it exactly backwards. Computer scientists don’t want an MD from CPU, they want a CPU from AMD. These non-technical types, really …

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:03:57 +0000

Naw, your joke regarding the acronym “CPU” was commonly understood, and pretty funny.

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 23:20:57 +0000

Just when I was reading this post I got an email that seems to invite me to another academic sham. I quote at length: “Dear potential VIP Speaker: We are pleased to invite you, as a VIP Forum speaker, to the CAITA-2004 conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (arrival: Thursday July 8, 2004. and departure Sunday July 11, 2004.). All relevant information and the detailed invitation letter can be found on the web (http://www.internetconferences.net). This is a broadband conference, aimed at bringing together the scientific/technical elite. Keynote: Dr. Dag von Lubitz, Laureate of the Smithsonian Award. Important deadlines: Abstract – March 20 (the deadline is short, but 100 words is easy). Full paper – April 10.” I’d be interested to hear if other academics have received similar emails. It’s certainly the first one of this kind that I received. But would anyone with a degree from a real university be stupid enough to reply to this – especially after visiting the conference website?

By: chris

chris — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:07:56 +0000

Nah, you’re all right. In the olden days computer scientists did machine architecture courses. Want to fund me setting up Rotherham International Science College?

By: Backword Dave

Backword Dave — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:05:58 +0000

I didn’t.

By: Kieran Healy

Kieran Healy — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:58:02 +0000

What is your objection to computer science? It’s been a legitimate field since the 1950s at least. [Rolls eyes.] Oy veh. Please tell me not everyone read the relevant sentence that way.

By: David Brake

David Brake — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 09:22:27 +0000

The diploma mill problem was covered by the BBC not long ago. Here’s a tip – if a UK institution’s website doesn’t end with .ac.uk it’s not a university (though it may be a legit institution of learning).

By: tcb

tcb — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 06:54:16 +0000

What is your objection to computer science? It’s been a legitimate field since the 1950s at least.