From the Huffington Post Why Workplace Jargon Is A Big Problem http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/25/work-words_n_5159868.html?utm_hp_ref=business&ir=Business When we replace a specific task with a vague expression, we grant the task more magnitude than it deserves. If we don't describe an activity plainly, it seems less like an easily achievable goal and more like a cloudy state of existence that fills unknowable amounts of time. A fog of fast and empty language has seeped into the workplace. I say it's time we air it out, making room for simple, concrete words, and, therefore, more deliberate actions. By striking the following 26 words from your speech, I think you'll find that you're not quite as overwhelmed as you thought you were. Count the number that LLNLs mangers use. touch base circle back bandwidth - impactful - utilize - table the discussion deep dive - engagement - viral value-add - one-sheet deliverable - work product - incentivise - take it to the ...
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Also, any beam strong enough to flame a bug is a safety hazard. Having dozens of these devices around a wetland would pose a serious hazard to all forms of life in the neighborhood.
While Lowell may get his giggles from this upgrade to frying ants with a magnifying glass, in retrospect the idea is just another example of stupid science gone amoke. You combat malaria with waterlands management, appropriate use of anti-mosquito techniques ( fish, birds, BT, pesticides ), and moving people away from the source.
It's about time people stopped funding stupid ideas just because a PhD writes a proposal using big words that even college educated people have difficulty understanding. We don't need to study ants in zero-g for 20 times, blindly approve drugs that medical companies paid off researchers to fake succesful results for, money "gurus" creating new worthless financial instruments, and certainly don't need a laser-based bug-zapper. Stop all this nonsense and we'd be on the way to saving some serious money.
I also noted that the laser may not vaporize the little pests, it just might confuse them. If you can't dazzle them with brilliance....
I assume the guidance control will be done with a S-1 computer.