Several years ago I came into the possession of a Tobinstock laser pointer (see below).\u00a0 I won\u2019t divulge how I came to own this; however, I will say that I\u2019m finally glad to pitch it into the waste bin.\u00a0 I used this laser pointer in a number of general chemistry classes that I taught.\u00a0 Although it was free in cost (hee, hee {yes, this is sarcasm}) the main problem I experienced was its unreliable performance.\u00a0 The most frequent issue that I encountered was that the button used to activate the laser did not work about 40 % of the time and the failure rate only increased with usage.\u00a0 Thus, once I finished my most recent class I pitched it.\u00a0 This brings up several interesting digressions (which are repetitive themes in academics).<\/p>\n
One is the god embossed on the defective pointer is actually from the great white north and not a true American, a common occurrence in our so-called great academicians.\u00a0 That is, we have a number of people on the dole at our major universities who hold no true allegiance to the country.\u00a0 Moreover, their prestige is questionably derived from their student\u2019s inventions and not their own.\u00a0 Why do I say such things?\u00a0 Well as for the latter, all I can say here is I\u2019ve been told that one of the great findings in the coordination polymerization field was in fact discovered by a Chinese student and was not an invention of a so called great professor.\u00a0 When time permits I\u2019m going to attempt to find out the name of this person (the supposed inventor) so at the moment I cannot divulge specific information until I verify it is factual.\u00a0 Likewise, as for the controlled radical polymerization field again my intelligence sources within another great professor\u2019s research groups stated that a student was actually to blame for that invention :).\u00a0 Again, should you be reading this blog and know specific details of what I am discussing or other instances of where a professor takes credit for a student\u2019s invention feel free to disclose that information to me.\u00a0 One other thing that I should mention (which is another recurrent theme) is that nobody likes these people at all.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know, maybe you could find an Asian student who does but my guess is they are the same sort that would be weeping at Kim Jong-il\u2019s funeral.\u00a0 I can only imagine the sort of negative karma these people are accumulating.<\/p>\n
As for the former point above (i.e. lack of allegiance to the U.S.) I recount the following story as it ties into the crappy laser pointer that was handed out at a lame parody of Woodstock (nerd fest would be more appropriate).\u00a0 While the god from the great white north began exuding his evil dark radiation during a meeting with students (of which I was an attendee) he recounted a recent trip to the vassal slave state (i.e. China).\u00a0 According to this individual he toured a plant that made acetaminophen and said it was wonderful that they could crank it out so much cheaper than we could here in the U.S. and that was of course why it was no longer made in America (the latter factoid I\u2019m not sure is true, but it wouldn\u2019t surprise me).\u00a0 In any event, according to him there was only one problem (a minor impurity that caused the product to be pink) and that was why this drug was solid in a solid tablet form with a coating over it (i.e. so the consumer wouldn\u2019t ask questions).\u00a0 I\u2019m guessing he stuffed these laser pointers in his suitcase on his return back to the states\u2026<\/p>\n
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