On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Sacha Chua wrote:
> I'm saving some money for an ACM subscription so that I don't have to ask my
> parents to sponsor me on that one, because I really want access to the
> Digital Library. I want to read papers like the Psychology of Programmers
> and all those other things I flagged for future reading. Can't wait to save
> up $15, and I want to join SIGCPR, SIGCHI and SIGCSE too. With the peso
> rapidly depreciating, though, it'd be reaaally nice if other people would
> like to <ahem> "adopt" me, lend me books, take me to conferences... ;-)
That's what getting a scholarship or a fellowship is for. ;) Also,
getting into an MS or PhD program and becoming a Research
Associate/Assistant under a specific professor will get you to become an
official "slave" to the said professor. <grin> Said professor may or may
not provide you with adoption papers, but generally you get the privilege
of borrowing eir books, taking you with er to conferences, and possibly
helping you get funding for said perks. Of course, I wouldn't mind that
happening to me either.
-x
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