Rudolph asked the section to publish his response, which ran in the 26 May issue of the section's online newsletter alongside the section's letter to NSF.
Here's a sample of the heavy reader response, which ran roughly 60%to40%0% against McKenna's opinion.
The question I ask is "What do you wish you had learned in grad school--that you didn't--about the world or about the way things work in industry?" In this month's column, I've gone back through years of interviewing notes and come up with the following responses, which run the gamut from more science classes to formal training in business, management, and ethics.
Our original story on the Orvillecopter also drew lots of responses, which ran the gamut, from deeply disturbed to amused to defensive.
It is well known that the amplitude of the unbalance response of a rotor which runs through a critical speed can be reduced by increasing the value of the acceleration.
In response, mX – which ran a story on the agency's attack under the headline "Pyongyang goes ballistic over mX tally" – said the table was not intended to be offensive.
"We hope that a lot of people have been able to find alternative placement by now, but I really do anticipate there's going to be a significant need," said Tim Rickey, the senior director of the society's field investigations and response team, which ran emergency shelters in Joplin, Mo., after the 2011 tornadoes.
In their response, Rights of Women (RoW), which runs its own specialist legal advice line and so knows a thing or two about telephone advice, welcomed the helpline (in addition to face-to-face advice) but "strongly opposed" the gateway.
The most enthusiastic response has come from EDF Energy, which runs eight nuclear power plants in the UK and wants to build two new ones in Somerset.
