Darwin's Radio Labs said:I keep reading that these guys are being asked to live like
Monks. Have they passed out the hair shirts yet? Maybe NIH should fast
on every Friday.* From Washington Post: "Last week, in an e-mail that drew a fresh
round of groans from NIH scientists, some research leaders were
advised to file formal 'outside activity' requests for every
scientific journal for which they occasionally review article
submissions -- a routine, unpaid professional activity not
previously subject to oversight" (Doh! I thought that was part of
their duty).* From Science: "NIH approval is now required for any outside
employment, whether or not for compensation, or any self-employed
business activity, even singing in a choral group or selling
artwork: 'It suggests the NIH owns our lives away from work'."* From LA Times: "Protesting NIH staff scientists and members of
Congress opposing the new regulations would have us think [the NIH
director] intends to bulldoze the agency's 300-acre campus in
Bethesda, Md., and turn it into a garment-district sweatshop", then
go on saying new rules "don't go far enough".DRL
Hell, if they want to protest, they should just swamp the system with
requests. Fight silliness with silliness.
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Proton Soup
"And all this peace has been deceiving,
I need some wind to get me sailing"