humour – Simon Waldman https://www.simonwaldman.me.uk Oceans and energy Mon, 15 Aug 2016 01:47:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.simonwaldman.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/work_gravatar-150x150.png humour – Simon Waldman https://www.simonwaldman.me.uk 32 32 Academics are the same everywhere ;-) https://www.simonwaldman.me.uk/2016/08/15/academics-are-the-same-everywhere/ Mon, 15 Aug 2016 01:47:18 +0000 https://www.simonwaldman.me.uk/?p=240 Today and tomorrow are the public holiday of Obon, a time that people take off work to honour their ancestors with their families. I’m working, because I have a very limited time in which to do my project, and I’m finding – judging by the lengths of the job queues – that the university supercomputer that I’m using is busier than on a normal day.

I suspect that a lot of Japanese academics, visiting their families and freed from the responsibilities and interruptions of their offices, are using the time to get on with research – just like at home!

Young person looking at an early IBM PC-compatible.

Waiting for computer time. Image from Bundesarchiv collection, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 de

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