I don't want to be responsible for loss of life. I am American - grew up in
Texas - but my PhD specialities are mathematical modeling of political
economics and European political systems. Lived in Europe and Japan for bit
-live in NYC now and commute to my other jobs.
My interest in Linux and programming are as tools. I want the best tools -
period. For example, I hated statistics until I saw how statistics could
answer questions that I was interested in. I became obsessed with finding
the best way of answering these questions.
I have no interest in how a Kernel works - but have a strong interest in
optimizing the system(s) to work as efficiently as possible. The key here is
that the way you work is very personalized. Nobody can really optimize your
system/software/editors/etc to work besst for you except you.
Compare this to your car - I think people drive in pretty much the same way.
You can buy fast cars, big cars, etc, but there isn't that much that a
mechanic needs to do after the car is bought to optimize it for you.
Here is a puzzler though. I am quite interested in physics, but have no
interest in computer science as an abstract subject.
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Michaell Taylor
Senior Economist, Reis.com, New York
Professor of Comparative Politics, NTNU, Norway
Professor of Statistics, UofD, South Africa
On Saturday 21 October 2000 08:41, you wrote:
> Heck, if we are going to continue this thread, I'm dying to know if the
> prof. is american, norwegian, or south african then (or something else).
>
> Now, I've personally never understood how people who can understand
> technical subjects cannot also understand and do mechanical things. I've
> worked with very bright programmers who don't understand how an internal
> combustion engine works, and don't care. I can't walk past something
> mechanical without being curious about how it operates - but I have the
> same attitude towards computers, hardware and software.
>
> dunno. just wondering.
> charles
>
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Michaell Taylor wrote:
> > I had to assemble a Beowulf cluster to run a simulation of probabilities
> > of different sorts of economic events and their impact on the political
> > landscape. Gotta use linux if you do serious computing.
> >
> > Sorry, even the most basic mechanics is beyond me - I prefer to simulate
> > my world - that way you don't bang your knuckles on the engine.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > On Behalf Of Christopher Northrop
> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 3:02 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: US Elections
> >
> > What is a ummm..
> >
> > > Senior Economist, Reis.com, New York, USA
> > > Professor of Political Science, NTNU, Norway
> > > Professor of Statistics, UofD, South Africa
> >
> > doing on this mailer group? Not that they can't be here, just seems
> > Odd.. Yo teach, Could ya fix my car to?
>
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