Posts by Flambeur

whoa

Quote:Originally Posted by imatlas  A friend of mine is a communications PhD and has a fantastic life, makes good money, etc...

Quote:Originally Posted by Gibonius That's not entirely true. There are some fields, mostly hard sciences, where the lifetime earnings potential is reasonably higher for PhDs. It is very field specific though. Doesn't surprise me...

Quote:Originally Posted by imageWIS Other than: dam's, military projects (and only then its submarines, aircraft carriers or attack ships; technically a 'new' b-2 would cost $1.01 Billion), spacecraft, and the international space...

6AM... Not because I have to, but because I prefer to. Usually get to work somewhere between 8-9.. Unless I'm traveling or have one of my favorite 6/7AM calls.

Quote:Originally Posted by Lord-Barrington Since SF is populated by a lot of successful, educated, and intelligent people it's nice to see so many people in this thread focused on the right things. Ambition is only useful insofar as...

ugh @ people who measure their position in life by type/# of cars they drive, money they can save, "nice things" they can afford. Grow the fuck up.

By the way, there was just a recent article based on recent academic research stating that in general, intelligence tests are very much learnable and it's possible to improve one's score. Just saying.

Quote:Originally Posted by sns23 You agreed with a person who could not even write a paragraph without contradicting himself. the fuck?

Quote:Originally Posted by mandom I think caution must be raised when you mix ascots with navy blue blazers, dress shirts, slacks and moccasins. You will need the following to make it work, as follows to wit, a: 1) yacht; 2) a...