Quote:Have you ever drafted a grant, wrote a proposal, published in a peer reviewed journal etc etc? Do you even know what one looks like? Getting a project funded is not easy, period. The odds are heavily skewed to your project being rejected, unless you have a very novel idea. How much of your life can you attribute to science, and the research we dedicate our lives to? What did you decide to dedicate your life to? Oh, talking on a message board about a crappy football team.

 

Since I triggered you, I guess I'll answer.

 

I've never drafted a grant (whatever that is) but I have written several proposals for contracts that we were bidding on, and have published in a peer reviewed forum.  Do I get a prize for that?

 

I've written several proposals regarding government contracts that involved both hardware and software.

 

I've published software code reviewed by people that know a lot more than I do about programming or the Linux Kernel.  Some of my edits and contributions are included in the current Linux kernel release.  It's all public and free to see for anyone interested in it.  Along with that, I have also edited and published the documentation that goes along with it.

 

I don't attribute much of my life to science.  I dedicated my life to three things that anger liberals like you.  God, family and country in that order.  I work with on a daily basis components that I have to use real proven science to understand.  You know, math, physics, biology, etc.  I also program many different types of processors ranging from a simple 8 bit micro-processor up to the latest 64 bit computer.

 

Of course, a liberal like you would want to see my "credentials".  I don't hold a single college degree, yet I have to train and teach young engineers coming into my field of work that are EE's or CE's because they don't have a clue.  In other words, I have to review and sometimes correct programming code that a "Computer Engineering" graduate might have written or edited.  I have to review circuits that an "Electrical Engineer" designed for errors.

 

In addition to that, I also have to see how the devices operate on a secure and classified network.

 

My point is, what I do actually ACCOMPLISHES something.  Many scientists want their funding for things that are not useful or relevant, especially the global warming climate change "scientists".

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