I've known a few folks who went to Simmons, including a PhD student at Syracuse who taught my searching class. Sounds exotic, doesn't it. It was actually all about dialog and Lexis, which were harder to search five years ago. Anyway, he was great and said nothing but good things about Simmons. They should provide a good all around. Sending application ~ma, not that you'll probably need it.
Saffron: He's my husband. Mal: Well, who in the damn galaxy ain't?
'Trash'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
libkitty - Apr 25, 2005 4:50:14 pm PDT #8841 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Jesse - Apr 25, 2005 4:53:38 pm PDT #8842 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yay for library school!
It was actually all about dialog and Lexis, which were harder to search five years ago.
I was just talking about that the other day -- someone who hadn't used it in a long time asked me if I "know how to use" Nexis. I was like, dude. There's nothing to know anymore!!
libkitty - Apr 25, 2005 4:56:42 pm PDT #8843 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
So true. I could do command line searching with the best of them for a while there. It was so fun using the free practice account in dialog. One person in class got a search wrong, and it would have cost over $500 for this dinky search, if we had to pay for it. Free is good.
Jesse - Apr 25, 2005 4:57:44 pm PDT #8844 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't even mean to say you don't still need to know how to construct a good search, but I definitely remember using cheat sheets for all the secret codes of how to search.
libkitty - Apr 25, 2005 4:59:14 pm PDT #8845 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Yeah. The $500 thing could happen today.
I'm glad I could help, Beej! Feel free to email my profile addy any time if you have any questions.
tommyrot - Apr 25, 2005 5:01:32 pm PDT #8846 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A headline in the Chicago Tribune that concerns me: Sewage warnings for Chicago River
(OK, that was actually the text of the link to the story.)
The river is the cleanest it has been in decades. But people riding the popular downtown tour boats or canoeing the concrete-lined channels soon will see warnings above each of the 241 pipes that pour untreated human and industrial waste into the river's murky flow after heavy rains.
OK, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that untreated human and industrial waste being poured into a river is a bad thing.
brenda m - Apr 25, 2005 5:02:15 pm PDT #8847 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Just ask Dave Matthews.
tommyrot - Apr 25, 2005 5:05:16 pm PDT #8848 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Coincidentally, there was also a story about Dave Matthews in the Tribune today: [link]
Ben & Jerry's recently unveiled its spring line of flavors, and the makers of Chunky Monkey and Cherry Garcia have introduced a new taste that's likely to be a hit -- except perhaps in Chicago.
Dave Matthews Band Magic Brownies.
For those who recall the incident of last August, you have to think that everyone involved -- ice cream maker and band members alike -- could have picked a less-disquieting flavor.
DXMachina - Apr 25, 2005 5:06:12 pm PDT #8849 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Heh, I just went to Amazon, and this is what popped up as the first item on my Amazon recommendations page:
Recommended For You
Verbatim
Verbatim, says the language quarterly's editor, Erin McKean, is "a magazine about all of the fun parts of English and linguistics, written for people who don't necessarily have a Ph.D." This... Read more
I just think that's neat.
libkitty - Apr 25, 2005 5:07:02 pm PDT #8850 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
So cool.