Yeah, the hard sciences are pretty much bulletproof when it comes to funding cuts. I imagine that for humanities types, the Suits could say, "You guys aren't working for the next week, we're killing all the power to the building so clean out your mini-fridges, no secretaries, no janitorial staff, say hello to the ghost town." But you can't do that in a building that houses science labs, because people tend to say things like, "Oh, you want to turn off the power? Well, would you like to explain to the government, who has spent several million dollars over the last few years to collect this tissue/establish and maintain this breeding colony of animals/establish and maintain these cell lines, why that is all going to be destroyed? No? Then GTFO, kthxbai." Similar deal with physics and chemistry labs, where experiments can be ongoing for several months, and one little interruption in data collection can ruin half a years' worth of work.
It sucks that you get no help with grants. They're a big enough pain in the ass to WRITE, when that's over with, you should at least be able to give it to someone who can handle all the paperwork BS.
Military flight simulators as theatrical staging tools... Now I sort of want to see A Comedy of Errors, with a Stealth Bomber and an F-18 playing Antipholus and Dromio. I mean, if there's one thing Shakespeare lacks, it's aerial dogfighting.
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Date: 2009-09-20 07:26 am (UTC)It sucks that you get no help with grants. They're a big enough pain in the ass to WRITE, when that's over with, you should at least be able to give it to someone who can handle all the paperwork BS.
Military flight simulators as theatrical staging tools... Now I sort of want to see A Comedy of Errors, with a Stealth Bomber and an F-18 playing Antipholus and Dromio. I mean, if there's one thing Shakespeare lacks, it's aerial dogfighting.