Posts by arced

Quote:Originally Posted by Manton Yes, Benton says that. Students just move on until they find someone who will tell them what they want to hear. I know the conversation can be difficult. Not that I have many of them but...

Quote:Originally Posted by Manton Profs should be aware of the way the system now works and should, if they are being decent, tell students how the system is rigged against them. I don't think they do this to the extent and in the...

I also have to agree that the Korean metal ones can be difficult to get used to. I'd recommend non-lacquered Japanese chopsticks. There are some beautiful ones made from nice woods. For a slightly off beat suggestion, there's the...

Quote:Originally Posted by Dewey If someone is really interested in a humanities Ph.D. right now -- considering that this means they will finish around 2019 or 2020 -- I think it might not be the worst gamble, in a buy-low kind of...

^ Good, it's far better to be crushed before grad school than to go and find out the reality later. A lot of ABDs and not-so-recent PhDs are crushed, but they're 40 years, heavily in debt, and can't figure out with to do in their lives.

^ really interesting article If you're thinking about grad school, you must get a hold of the National Research Council's ranking of grad school. As opposed to the US News & World Report-type ones, the NRC's has hard data about student...

Quote:Originally Posted by Manton I tried to find these when posting in a Teger thread a while back but I couldn't. Now I have found them again. I post them for the edification of everyone. The third one is really the kicker. The...

Here's the situation, moving out of the country for a year, so I'm planning to cancel my cell phone. Is there any way to 'park' the number for a year without paying a provider? It's not that big of a deal, but if there was a simple (and...

How much space is there between the bottom of the sleeve and the first button?

Quote:Originally Posted by TRINI Canon s95 +1 I love my s90. I never, ever use my flash.