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Rep Retirement Lodge 135: Rain, rain go away

Rep Retirement Lodge 135: Rain, rain go away

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leswp1 said:
I was just thinking that with RFAlph not on the inter-tubes that the post counts on Board will go down by about half. If RFAlph was on he could tell us the percentage point decrease...
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Math? :eek: ;)
 
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leswp1 said:
I was just thinking that with RFAlph not on the inter-tubes that the post counts on Board will go down by about half. If RFAlph was on he could tell us the percentage point decrease...
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I could tell you that, but then you'd yell at me because my analysis would involve math. :p
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 135: Rain, rain go away

Greyeagle said:
I can't remember, what bureau/department are you with again?
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Census... its been a long few months... my gripe is down to a particular application that's been wholly researched and design by myself and our former project lead (who took a job elsewhere in the federal gov't)... so I'm down to the fine details of getting it all to work, but there's a committee of senior scientists who are reviewing methods... i have two of them that disagrees with me... one of them prominent (a well noted university professor). They both happen to be wrong, and I keep piling up the reasons as to why their concerns don't actually matter and may cause harm. Further, they won't bother themselves with having to do the research for their own opinions. If they want to make the rules, at least get involved.

I'm more spouting frustration than anything else. I'm doing what's termed as "custom tabulation" where we're introducing a better application in a very short amount of time. So, I have a ton of programming to do, while these guys won't let me finalize the methods. I feel like I've aged two years over the last 6 months... I can't wait until I'm done... hopefully successfully.

edit: some of the issues I've had can be described as the following: 1) Cultural reticence.... i saw a statement/cartoon the other day saying that "you can tell the innovators by the number of arrows in their backs"... I work at a place that's adverse to new ideas and practices because they are unsure of the consequences, its beyond their competency (which is the biggest issue), and the fear of any resulting political fallout. This isn't a problem in many other statistical agencies (NIH, BLS, NCHS (CDC), etc.) because their science cultures allow for adaptation. 2) Lack of technical skill. You get what you pay for... point blank. We can't retain competent science and technical staff for the most part so I have fewer people to learn from or fewer people to do my bidding. Granted, this is an issue throughout government. This means, generally, that talented people leave... we can't retain solid programmers... etc. In this economic situation they've been able to hire a lot of young researchers... but that still leaves us with a computational weakness. (Our staff, I believe, has only one person between the ages of 35-50 on it... think about that.)

Combine that with a work place that's off of the planet in DC terms with long commutes for everybody and you get a work place that's rather undesirable. I seriously envy all those people in my building who work downtown... 20-30 minute easy commute by train. Restaurants and bars everywhere for lunch and after work.

Anyhow... i'm just venting.
 
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Patman said:
Census... its been a long few months... my gripe is down to a particular application that's been wholly researched and design by myself and our former project lead (who took a job elsewhere in the federal gov't)... so I'm down to the fine details of getting it all to work, but there's a committee of senior scientists who are reviewing methods... i have two of them that disagrees with me... one of them prominent (a well noted university of michigan professor... no, not our director). They both happen to be wrong, and I keep piling up the reasons as to why their concerns don't actually matter and may cause harm. Further, they won't bother themselves with having to do the research for their own opinions.

I'm more spouting frustration than anything else. I'm doing what's termed as "custom tabulation" where we're introducing a better application in a very short amount of time. So, I have a ton of programming to do, while these guys won't let me finalize the methods. I feel like I've aged two years over the last 6 months... I can't wait until I'm done... hopefully successfully.
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Ahhh, the census. Nothing to do for nine years and busy as hell for one. ;)

Good luck.....sounds like a challenge. To say the least.
 
Ralph Baer said:
There won't be any "spreading -- Ralph" messages. Maybe I will stop that permanently. :)
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Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!


Gaaallllllccckkkk! Didn't get going on the hay til midnight, and then to bed by about four. I feel like death warmed over right now.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 135: Rain, rain go away

I love sundresses and not oversized sunglasses. I fell like it is okay for me to wear them. Houghton is abnormally hot.
 
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I'm stuck. someone please come pick me up at my house at some point. phone is dying.
 
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still drunk .tried to drink bottlr water while laying on deck. poured allover mt face
 
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