tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post6061871208299407181..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: NSF Bows to Blog Pressure (Tongue-in-Cheek)Michael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-4457621313458141292011-05-22T22:05:58.245-04:002011-05-22T22:05:58.245-04:00Congratulations! Good work, if you had anything to...Congratulations! Good work, if you had anything to do with this!Claire Mathieunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-42090323576240378522011-05-22T19:52:51.433-04:002011-05-22T19:52:51.433-04:00Does anyone know what NSF means by "similar a...Does anyone know what NSF means by "similar activity"? Is that limited to teaching activities, or does it also mean that it's OK to give NSF Fellows research supplements?<br /><br />Background: It used to be that schools could supplement NSF Fellows' salaries by giving them a research appointment. Also, it used to be that NSF Fellows could teach, and their teaching pay would be on top of the fellowship pay. As Michael had previously pointed out, a few months ago NSF announced that neither of these would be allowed any longer. The most recent announcement from NSF clarifies that NSF is going back to the old rules for teaching. But what about research appointments/supplements? Are we back to the old rules, or are those prohibited?AnonProfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-38427637858625097742011-05-22T12:58:51.630-04:002011-05-22T12:58:51.630-04:00Anon 2: In spirit I agree; in practice, there a ...Anon 2: In spirit I agree; in practice, there a surprising number of people online who cannot recognize a joke or tell one properly. Rather than take the risk that I'm in the second camp, since I don't want anyone actually thinking I'm taking credit for this, I disclaimed.Michael Mitzenmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02161161032642563814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-53140280761806676292011-05-21T11:37:19.120-04:002011-05-21T11:37:19.120-04:00This is a blog, not a column in an ACM/IEEE period...This is a blog, not a column in an ACM/IEEE periodical. If you want to write something tongue-in-cheek, I say you should just go for it -- no disclaimers needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-16454723352518905652011-05-20T21:18:28.220-04:002011-05-20T21:18:28.220-04:00This is democracy in the making. It doesn't ma...This is democracy in the making. It doesn't matter if you were right or wrong or if it was your opinion that changed their minds, but that a government authority considered a civilian's proposal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364120444779754928noreply@blogger.com