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Tragedy minus time equals happily ever after

Sunday, 11. February 2007, 09:36:04

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So there's this guy, and he has a very simple problem: he wants to see his dead father again.

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Guide to Ph.D. Research

Friday, 9. September 2005, 21:42:00

  • When you don't know what you are doing, do it neatly.
  • Experience is directly proportional to the quantity of equipment ruined or destroyed.
  • Past experience is always correct, and should never be misled by present facts.
  • In case of doubt, make it sound convincing.
  • Don't believe in miracles, rely on them.
  • Teamwork is essential, it allows you to blame someone else.
  • Record of data is essential, it indicates you have been doing something.
  • No matter what result is anticipated, someone will always fit the facts to it.
  • No matter what happens, there is always someone that believes it happened according to his or her pet theory.
  • The probability of an event occurring is inversely proportional to its desirability.
  • The quantity which when added to, subtracted from, divided into, or multiplied by the results obtained experimentally to give the correct result, is known as a constant.
  • Experiments must be reproducible, they should fail in the same way. If any experiment works you must be using the wrong equipment.
  • An experiment may be considered successful if no more than half the data must be discarded to obtain the results required.
  • For neatness always draw the curves first and afterwards plot the data.
  • If an experiment is a complete failure it can always be used as a bad example.


Summary:
  • When in charge- ponder
  • When in trouble- delegate
  • When in doubt- mumble

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