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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
If that Canadian professor had tenure at a U.S. university there is no way that he would have been fired over that stuff.
not necessarily. one of the few things that tenured professors can be fired for is misconduct. they might not win, but they have a decent argument.
I don't think bacon is generally considered a weapon.
No, but some of the organic compounds that could be derived from the nitrites they use to make bacon might be picked by the sniffers as explosive-like compounds.
That's a good bacon saftey tip.
A big block of frozen bacon might be used to bludgeon someone. And if you happened to dip a thin bacon slice into liquid nitrogen or hydrogen, you might end up with a sharp edge-weapon. (Not 100% sure about that last one - I might need to do some testing.)
Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Wolfram!
I think liquid nitrogenized bacon would shatter on impact.
At least that's what happened to the armadillo I heard about.
one of the few things that tenured professors can be fired for is misconduct.
You can be fired for misconduct, but posting anonymous criticisms on a public web page would not rise to the level of misconduct that justifies revoking tenure. I mean, we might all think that the guy behaved badly, but that doesn't make it misconduct as the concept has been applied in universities. It pretty much has to be gross violation of your responsibilities to students, or faking data (in the sciences) or plagiarism (in the humanities). Even these things rarely result in dismissal. Spreading rumors about your colleagues? Standard. Finding ways to take advantage of new technology in doing so? The academic way.
Have fun Dana! I will be jealous of you the whole time you are gone. In good will, of course.
Hi David! ::waves::
I think liquid nitrogenized bacon would shatter on impact.
Sure, if you give it a sharp blow. But if you hold it in some semi-solid object (wood?) and use it to cut a human, it wouldn't shatter until it contacted bone.
I think.
Maybe I need to write a script for CSI....
Congrats, Wolfram and family!