Two papers accepted yesterday....la la la...
Sorry.
(Sorry.
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 24 May 2008, 20:20,
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yeah yeah yeahfuck off
:)
what i also did the other day was plan out seven or eight of the buggers. it'll be months to get everything done but i've got a very clear line to follow at the minute and it's actually looking up.
so FUCK YOU.
(:)
what i also did the other day was plan out seven or eight of the buggers. it'll be months to get everything done but i've got a very clear line to follow at the minute and it's actually looking up.
so FUCK YOU.
boris the spider,
Sat 24 May 2008, 20:25,
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Excellent work.Theoretical or practical?
We've got a glut of papers coming up, and then it's collecting results for six months again after that.
(We've got a glut of papers coming up, and then it's collecting results for six months again after that.
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 24 May 2008, 20:31,
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Theoreticalone or two that are highly specious and may not be publishable depending on how cleverly we write the paper, then one that'll be utterly fantastic when it works and will be truly and funamentally ground-breaking, then a few that are interesting and worthwhile and in principle actually observable. and therefore less interesting. :)
i'm quite chuffed,it was a very worthwhile visit. it'll be a busy next few months but i think it'll be a very good next few months.
i do sometimes wish i could churn out papers at your kind of rate though.
(i'm quite chuffed,it was a very worthwhile visit. it'll be a busy next few months but i think it'll be a very good next few months.
i do sometimes wish i could churn out papers at your kind of rate though.
boris the spider,
Sat 24 May 2008, 20:35,
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Horses for coursesCoordination chemistry's always been a printing press. It's just trying to write the papers so they stand out from the absolute drivel that's turning up nowadays.
Not trying to sound a bit, well, racist, but a certain emerging nation's really f***ing up the party at the moment.
(Not trying to sound a bit, well, racist, but a certain emerging nation's really f***ing up the party at the moment.
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 24 May 2008, 20:37,
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sounds much likeour field, but even worse. there's about a hundred papers a day get posted to the preprint servers and i'm meant to keep up with them all.
like hell.
instead i've chosen to work on controversial fields, which gets me a reputation amongst those who actually bother checking the archives rather than just writing shit and citing themselves (about five people worldwide) as being a dangerous person to employ if you want a good image for your department, and also some very angry emails from people whose feet i tread on.
it's fun. :)
(like hell.
instead i've chosen to work on controversial fields, which gets me a reputation amongst those who actually bother checking the archives rather than just writing shit and citing themselves (about five people worldwide) as being a dangerous person to employ if you want a good image for your department, and also some very angry emails from people whose feet i tread on.
it's fun. :)
boris the spider,
Sat 24 May 2008, 20:43,
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Ah yes.One of my long-term projects is to write a paper that (not intentionally) does a hatchet job on a very famous (and now deceased) professor.
It's a hard life...
Mind you, a chunk of my publication record is Acta Cryst. Sect. E which is only worth more than loo roll for the image editing that goes into it.
(It's a hard life...
Mind you, a chunk of my publication record is Acta Cryst. Sect. E which is only worth more than loo roll for the image editing that goes into it.
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 24 May 2008, 20:52,
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I've started making nicer figures tooB3ta in helping academic careers shocker! :)
I've only been doing it for talks so far but I'm going to start putting much better figures in my papers, too. Just because it's theoretical physics it doesn't mean it actually has to be boring, grey, drab rubbish.
Next task: let's try and slip some meme into our next papers. Not Goatse, something a bit less well known. Any ideas?
(I've only been doing it for talks so far but I'm going to start putting much better figures in my papers, too. Just because it's theoretical physics it doesn't mean it actually has to be boring, grey, drab rubbish.
Next task: let's try and slip some meme into our next papers. Not Goatse, something a bit less well known. Any ideas?
boris the spider,
Sat 24 May 2008, 20:59,
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B3ta has helped me no endF'rinstance:
if I hadn't have been cocking about making stuff for here, I'd never have found this tool.
I'm going to work Teh Quo into a table-of-contents image.
(if I hadn't have been cocking about making stuff for here, I'd never have found this tool.
I'm going to work Teh Quo into a table-of-contents image.
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 24 May 2008, 21:01,
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I wondered about the Quobut I think there's probably something better out there. I'm going to pay more attention to memes on this place, and then build it into a paper.
linked for being disgustingly huge (370k, about 1024x1024 i think) is the kind of image I'll be playing with. I think there's a lot of potential for working something into that.
Mummies, for example.
(linked for being disgustingly huge (370k, about 1024x1024 i think) is the kind of image I'll be playing with. I think there's a lot of potential for working something into that.
Mummies, for example.
boris the spider,
Sat 24 May 2008, 21:13,
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You model Preying Mantis heads?I did the wrong Ph.D.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 24 May 2008, 21:25,
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