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[Bindair Dundat]

[pencilead]

a team player is someone who agrees with the status quo.

[dmb]

I agree

[007]

[pencilead]

Team players are people who will always agree, nod vigorously and polish, polish, polish!

[redsoxman]

I am considering an offer from U of Q as well as HCT. Has anyone had experience of both places? Which place is better?

[veiledsentiments]

I have only had direct experience with HCT, but even with its warts, I'd say that I would definitely choose it over QU. I think QU's problems are probably overblown here as commonly happens, but HCT is more predictable as to its pros and cons... and life in the Emirates is much better than Doha.

JMHO

VS

[redsoxman]

I read you VS. The UAE sounds like a more ineresting place so I'll opt for that. Sounds like there's a lot to do in the UAE from what I read about it. I guess I'll try this wadi-bashing thing. Sounds exciting.

The thing that really turned me off U of Q was Celtababe's rejection.
The lady asked some questions that were relevant to her personal situ & for her honesty she got turned down. I was wondering about the so-called spying system that keeps being referred to. That's one thing that bugs me a lot. Did they match Celtababe's application to her questions? Her rejection makes me wonder. Anyway, your input made me go in the direction I was heading towards. I hope Celtababe found something that suits her. I hope HCT suits me. Hope it's not a cesspool.

[veiledsentiments]

It's not a cesspool at all, but it also isn't a paradise spa.

VS

[redsoxman]

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Now I know I have made the right decision to go to HCT.


Turtles
Turtles
Turtles all the way down

There certainly seems to be some truth in that.


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" I first read the phrase "Turtles All the Way Down" in a book by Stephen Hawking. According to the story, a bigname scientist was giving a lecture on astronomy. After the lecture, an elderly lady came up and told the scientist that he had it all wrong. 'The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist asked "And what is the turtle standing on?"
To which the lady triumphantly replied: "You're very clever, young man, but it's no use -- it's turtles all the way down."




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I've asked several people what they think this story means, and everyone seems to have a slightly different take on it.

To me, it is a reminder that most scientific fact is really hypothesis that has not been disproven, and there is always the possibility that maybe the old lady is right.

Here are some web pages that have very little in common except that they include the phrase "Turtles all the way down."

Symbolic Modeling
A Gateway to Jungian Psychology
O'Donnell Lecture
The Scheme Underground Web System
A Quarter-Century of Methodist Theology
Cretinism or Evilution
Review of A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME.
The Biblical Creation Society
Hypertext '96 notes
Glenn Vanderburg's Quotes
Past Lives, Constructivism, and Quantum Theory
Learning Organizations
Annotations to Terry Pratchett's SMALL GODS
Cognitive Linguistics
A Way to Describe and Evaluate Thought Experiments
Reality Ain't What It Used To Be
Slow Threats
Developing Your Personal Genius "Demon"
Ontological P*tons
Quarks -- It's Turtles All The Way Down
Our Picture of the Universe - by Stephen Hawking
Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa
Space, The Final Frontier


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