Fri 16 May 2008
And Georgia Tech guys complain?
Posted by shelbinator under Culture, Geekery, Local News, Mobile, Photo, Sci-Tech, Video
The ISEF08 winners have been announced, and the recipients of the grand prize scholarships are these fine young ladies (left to right, below): Natalie Omattage of Cleveland, MS; Yi-Han Su of Taipei, Taiwan (I’m politically incorrect like that); and Sana Raoof of Muttontown, NY. While they were being put through the wringer for publicity photos, I asked them to do one more silly pose. Eat this, “Math is Hard” Barbie!
Oh, to be eighteen again!
Some mobile video from the N95:
Tags: engineering, Intel, isef08, science, women in science
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May 16th, 2008 at 8:57 pm[…] Nerdageddon, aka the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta. Shelbinator has a photo. Nearly half the entrants were female. Natalie Saranga Omattage of Cleveland, Miss., won for […]
May 16th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Math is hard Barbie is a line I use at least once a month. Great reference.
June 7th, 2008 at 11:54 am
What is politically incorrect about saying Taiwan?
Nothing is wrong with it, that’s what. All you did is write where she came from.
Taiwan is a Province. Even people who want an independent Taiwan, who see Taiwan as also a country, agree on this, and they say that their country (which they call Taiwan) has two provinces in it, one being Taiwan, and another being some of the islands that are part of Fujian province.
In other words, Taiwan has two meanings, and your readers will choose the meaning they want. No need to feel politically incorrect. You have used the right term.
June 7th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
According to those concerned with protocol, anonymous Mark, the proper term during the fair was “Chinese Taipei.” You know, to smooth the PRC feathers and stay a full Taiwan Straits-width away from the notion of independence, I am guessing.
Me, I’m not one for smoothing feathers, especially not those of repressive regimes.