I think the graphic on the NYT showing the enrollment of both genders is informative:

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepa...

I wasn't in the field in 82, so don't know much about that time, but interest from both genders spiked around the dot com bubble, which from my experience correlated to more folks who were less interested in Computer Science and more interested in the anticipated salaries. I do think there are more few factors at play, but the respective spikes seem more like aberrations than norms.

I think in this debate, it's important to separate the meat from the minutia. Learning _how_ something works is valuable, scouring code for an unclosed parenthesis or a semicolon tedious and frustrating when a decent editor could help you track it down in seconds. Some happy medium of editor for learning seems more appropriate.

How do you mean, no such thing? The Act clearly added an exclusion for "The underground injection of fluids or propping agents (other than diesel fuels) pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities." from being defined as "UNDERGROUND INJECTION", and subject to the corresponding regulation.

I think the biggest challenge is that we don't _need_ perfect software when good enough will do. Nobody is going to pay for a house that has every measurement calculated and validated, with the perfect torque applied to each screw and every conceivable test method applied to each board and roof shingle. Even if it were, I still think we'd have houses that fall over because of poor design choices.

Though I agree that the tools can and should be better, I can't conceive of a toolchain or stack is going to tell me that I miscalculated a total because I left out a variable.

79% of the AMS study participants self-identify as non-publishers of climate papers. link. That bears about the same weight as a slashdot poll on the subject. I rest my case.

Publishing a paper about the climate is not promoting climate change. I see nothing wrong with the methods. If you do, please point them out. Your flippant dismissal is disheartening, as if you do not wish to know things that might challenge your world view.

this article was published in 2009 From the abstract:

"Here, we use an extensive dataset of 1,372 climate researchers and their publication and citation data to show that (i) 97–98% of the climate researchers most actively publishing in the field support the tenets of ACC outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and (ii) the relative climate expertise and scientific prominence of the researchers unconvinced of ACC are substantially below that of the convinced researchers"

This study does not seem to have the flaws you mention. There have been several studies I've seen with similar outcomes.

That's absurd, even if the Saudis funded the entire invasion it was hardly only their interests at stake. You may be surprised to know that virtually the entire world supported stopping Saddam/Iraq from taking over Kuwait and reducing the military power of the psychopathic ruler.

Many(most?) supermarkets in the US have a surprisingly decent selection of produce. Unfortunately, far too few of us actually go into the produce section but instead opt for the pre-packaged foods or don't make it into the supermarket at all. It really is hard to convince some folks that cooking is worth the preparation time.

Indeed. The further we go the more complicated we find the information including synthesis between chemical reactions and differences based on a host of factors, not the least of which is our large variance in gut microbes. Not to mention the fact that if you aren't chewing/ripping your food, you're not exercising your jaws, which might affect your facial musculature/skeletal development, which might affect your breathing patterns, which might introduce more bacteria, which...

how much are you paying? Do you have a link to the jobs?

I don't see that as altogether different from fear of public ridicule or being given a ticket. Fear is a prominent mechanism for politeness, as evidenced by the poor behavior of many US drivers when they think they are immune from reprisal.

Indeed, it's shocking that anyone ever chooses a language or platform other than the database for doing complex application logic. Certainly couldn't be a limitation of the tools or languages available in the DB, those are top notch for every business case.

So do you think the Tommy gun users switched to handguns instead of an AR 15 semi auto or a shotgun? Or did removing the Tommy gun option just stop the crime altogether? How do you account for the relatively low percentage of rifle deaths?

I typically use a fine grind and a bit of tamp on the coffee grinds so that it requires pressure to push down the coffee, somewhat more like espresso. I really like the results.