"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
This is hard to read, but pretty enlightening.
http://www.readability.com/read?url=...pt.single.html
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Does anyone have experience with the pen and tablet things you can connect to a computer?
My wife is really getting into computery things where such a device could help. So, I thought it might make a nice christmas present.
Tons of them on Amazon, but I'm not familiar with the options, and what is most desirable. She enjoys computer art, drawing, photo editing, etc.
Something on the consumer side, I don't need a fancy professional setup.
If I ever played pro baseball and hit a home run, I'd sprint as fast I could around the bases.
I'm sure somebody has done this, but since I don't follow baseball, I don't know.
But I'd do it anyway.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Question on graph/chart tools. I'm working on a paper where I need to show a pretty complicated relationship between a lot of data. Excel and Numbers are just not easy to use in this instance.
Any recommendations on tools for making "Power Graphs" ?
Yes, it's an academic paper. Readability is certainly a goal, however, I'm trying to do more. I have 5 dimensional data that I'm trying to understand. The first goal is for me to understand patterns and relationships, identifying which dimensions matter, and under what circumstances. The second is then to present these relationships in a readable way to the intended audience. The audience is pretty sophisticated, so a complex presentation is fine, as long as it's clear. Parallel coordinates plots are pretty good at this kind of thing, but they aren't showing everything as easily as I'd like.
Currently, I'm making a table of charts, essentially breaking it up the 5D data into a set of lower-dimensional charts. This is helpful, and is showing some of the patterns I've found, but I want to explore what else is available.
Excel/Numbers is great for simple stuff, but not for this.
Last edited by Brian; 12-06-2013 at 08:19 AM.
Uh... I'm pretty good at lining up rifle sights... and I don't suck at grappling.
I had to look up genomics and algorithm scalability to even understand what you're talking about. I think I heard them discussing algorithm something or other on Star Trek a long time ago...
Good luck.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Several people I went to high school with became police officers. They're all dicks now on facebook. They didn't used to be.
"This culture doesn't sell modesty. It sells "I am more modest than you" modesty." -- Two Utes
Yeah. Not all cops are dicks. But, these guys are all so hard edged now, and their facebook posts just spew venom against minorities, poor people, immigrants, the President, anyone not like them. It's really sad to see how the demands of the job can change someone.
I've taught a lot of cops now through the years. The chief of police of my town was my student and he's a millpond and a consummate gentleman. I think four of the city's officers are my former students. One of them has the 1,000 yard stare now. The others are coping well with the job. In an ideal world, cops would get sabbatical every seven years. A year off, half for training and fitness work, and the other half to vacation and relax and unwind.
"This culture doesn't sell modesty. It sells "I am more modest than you" modesty." -- Two Utes
Early in my career I almost took a job with the L.A. District Attorney's office. I asked the senior guy (25 years +) who made me the offer how the job had affected him. He said he was certainly not a nicer person now because of it, because he had just seen too much evil perpetrated by human beings who were guilty but insisted they were innocent.
Last edited by LA Ute; 12-09-2013 at 12:09 PM.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Part 2
The language on this clip isn't any safer for work.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
That's one of the reasons in Utah (and many other states) Officers had retirement at 20 years.
While we still have it in Utah, 50% of your highest years salary for those hired prior to July 2011, the changes to things like health insurance have made retiring at 20 years difficult.
All that being said, 95% of officers are great people who do great work. Like any job there are some idiots.
I will say at least in Utah the changes to retirement and benefits have made it much harder to attract good candidates. (Those hired after July 2011 cannot retire until 25 years and at that point would receive 37% of their highest salary, which in Utah equal $22,000 or so for the best paid officers)
And as for sabbaticals, while that would be awesome, it's impossible.
Someone has to cover for an officer who is off. Departments have a certain staffing number that always have to be at work, so only a certain percentage of officers can be off at any given time. There's no calling someone else in to cover
And since it takes roughly 12-18 months to hire, train and certify an officer to work on their own, departments are always understaffed.
And all that being said, I wouldn't do anything else. It's the greatest job in the world.
I'm in a field with years and years of training, roughly 11-12 years to be able to do what I do. Sabbaticals are built in to the rotation, so that if you earn one (they're not automatic where I work), then there's a way to cover. If a police force knew there would be a sabbatical, I imagine that it could be done. However, I realize I'm arguing about nothing here, since I don't know of any police force that does it. A 37% pension is not good for recruiting your best and brightest. But, Utah can boast of low taxes!
"This culture doesn't sell modesty. It sells "I am more modest than you" modesty." -- Two Utes
I"ve got a city cop and a deputy sheriff in my neighborhood. The deputy is 3 doors down from me. The city cop is a pretty good friend.
I've never met nicer guys, and they work long erratic hours with the dregs of the community. Sign me up for the police-sabbatical petition idea.
It seems like my community spends a lot of money on equipment and much less on actual salaries. I suppose there's a reason for that.
σοφῷ ἀνδρὶ Ἑλλὰς πάντα.
-- Flavius Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.35.2.