University of Florida shutting down research in Computer Science department

Re:University of Florida shutting down research in Computer ... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday April 12, 2012 @04:57PM (#3834131)

I can't deny that the department being cut back is a good one. But sometimes there isn't room for all the good departments.

I plant 4 tomato plants every spring. In a few weeks I pull up 2 of them, even if they are thriving. There is only so much soil, water and sunlight to go around.

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Re:University of Florida shutting down research in Computer ... by wpietri on Thursday April 12, 2012 @07:17PM (#3834607)

Great point. After all, computer science is a relatively unimportant discipline. It's obviously a waning field. As we've seen in the news, people with CS degrees don't make much money and almost never get rich, so they are unlikely to donate to schools later on in life.

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Re:University of Florida shutting down research in Computer ... by JoeAltmaier on Friday April 13, 2012 @09:56AM (#3836712)

AsI understand it, there are several CS departments in the college. Several tomato plants.

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Re:University of Florida shutting down research in Computer ... by myp3 on Saturday April 14, 2012 @11:37AM (#3841134)

Tomatoes? EE one of 5 CS department? All the good courses (and one bad one)I had were taught by CISE faculty.

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Re:University of Florida shutting down research in Computer ... by Gormo on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @07:26PM (#3855572)

No, they're potatoes. The CISE ones are conveniently chopped into french fries. Turlington's is still raw.

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