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# I wrote my PhD Thesis in LaTeX



no, I'm not a doctor
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Sat 26 Jan 2008, 11:12, archived)
# oooh theses
what particular area? (if i may inquire)
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Sat 26 Jan 2008, 11:16, archived)
# i was a dirty CompSci
software reuse, OO programming

now that i'm out in the real world, seems like a load of nonsense.
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Sat 26 Jan 2008, 11:29, archived)
# I'm just starting
to learn LaTeX. But I'm going to stick to Word for my PhD thesis, because it's nearly finished (we hope) and I don't want to risk screwing it up by transferring it over.
(batsflewin (is learning(to program (in Lisp))), Sat 26 Jan 2008, 12:01, archived)
# bloody typical of creepy lecturers to use an app that's spelled 'latex' even if they pronounced it different
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Sat 26 Jan 2008, 12:03, archived)
# We're
not all creepy, I'll have you know. I assiduously avoid letching on any of my students.

Unless they're blonde and cute.
(batsflewin (is learning(to program (in Lisp))), Sat 26 Jan 2008, 12:09, archived)
# no but my PhD supervisor was very creepy
being a CompSci, this is not surprising

no gender preference then?
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Sat 26 Jan 2008, 12:11, archived)
# Pffft
I must surely be allowed to maintain some mystery?
(batsflewin (is learning(to program (in Lisp))), Sat 26 Jan 2008, 12:13, archived)
# this is b3ta, what the bloody hell do you take us for?
of course you can't maintain any mystery*

*unless you can afford the exorbitant maintenance charges
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Sat 26 Jan 2008, 12:16, archived)