On Thursday 26 May 2011, Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 14:52 -0600, Jacob Albretsen wrote: > > > However it is theoretically possible to establish a context from the > > > center of existence if you assume that such a point exists. > > > > And every time we've made that assumption, it's been wrong wrong wrong. > > For those that haven't met Jake: you should know that he's an Astronomy > PhD in all but sheepskin. (It's my fault he's not Doctor Jake, but > that's a story for another day.) When he tosses out a statement like > this, it carries more weight than you think.
In my academic group of friends, this is lovely referred to as "ABD". All But Dissertation. I do have a Master's degree however, so all are free to refer to me as: "Master Jake" or if you prefer, just "The Master". /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
