Comment News for Nerds, stuff that matters... (Score 1) 360
Comment A couple of options (Score 1) 416
First, there's always graduate school. Math is a fantastic subject to learn more about, just because (like many other things). After she could probably get into academia or industry (industry at a higher level).
Second, the people I know from undergrad with math degrees, who did not go to graduate school, chose one of three options:
1.) Work for a financial company doing number crunching of some sort
2.) Taking the actuarial exams
3.) Computer companies: but I've heard from them that at job fairs, computer companies that want to hire math majors always want to know the amount of programming experience you have
My two cents
Submission + - Five EU countries taken to court for failing to implement cookie law (computerworlduk.com)
These telecoms rules are aimed at protecting users' privacy online. They also require companies to notify users about any data breach without undue delay and to allow customers to switch fixed or mobile phone operators without changing their phone number, within one working day.
But the main sticking point in the telecoms package appears to be the requirement for Web companies to obtain "explicit consent" from Internet users before storing cookies.
Comment This will hinder science in the long run (Score 1) 111
Comment Re:Sorry... (Score 1) 388
Submission + - Ruling Upholds Gene Patent in Cancer Test (nytimes.com)
Submission + - AT&T to Start Data Throttling, How Will It Aff (readwriteweb.com)
Comment Re:This is only a toy (Score 1) 157
Comment Re:This is only a toy (Score 4, Insightful) 157
Comment Re:Its been done before (Score 1) 478
Comment Face book and others (Score 1) 314
Comment How on Earth... (Score 4, Insightful) 282
Submission + - SPAM: Countries ranked in terms of internet freedom
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