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So considering the OP is an "Assistant Professor of Computer Science University of Rochester" please refine your analogy whether his target audience falls clos
by diminish 12y ago
So considering the OP is an "Assistant Professor of Computer Science University of Rochester" please refine your analogy whether his target audience falls closer to become the cab driver or the mechanic?
Edit: quoted below OP's case:
>> Write a piece of prototype computer software that demonstrates the feasibility of a novel idea."
>> Write a piece of prototype computer software that collects, processes, and analyzes data to produce novel insights about some topic"
- tptacek 12y agoFacility with the Unix command line is not in fact all that valuable for fundamental CS research.
- mcguire 12y agoThe "killer app" for most CS researchers is indeed Microsoft Word.
- pbsd 12y agoNonsense. The standard writing tool in mathematics and computer science is LaTeX, which has plenty of bullshittery of its own. Most researchers will generally be suspicious of a Word-produced paper, since it usually will come from crackpots.
- pjene 12y agothe standard writing tool in mathematics and computer science is the pencil. Or pen, if you are feeling cocky. http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/
- mcguire 12y agoI was actually quoting Philip Grenspun there[1]. [1] http://books.google.com/books?id=Gb6vumaGwJAC&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=philip+greenspun+computer+science+microsoft+word&source=bl&ots=ZoWKHLLHRI&sig=K8ycBxUQ9btKl23FU5uhjufWziE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vRc4VIfGDfGHsQTx8oDwAQ&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=philip%20greenspun%20computer%20science%20microsoft%20word&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=Gb6vumaGwJAC&pg=PA47&lpg=PA...