So, YOU define "sinister" as not getting your manuscript published without including your famous advisor's name on it? Interesting. I'll have to check my dictionary on that alternative definition... ;-)
----- Original Message ----- From: Al Shealy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, April 29, 2004 8:31 pm Subject: Re: Good news and bad news > You either didn't read the last paragraph or you didn't find it > sinister.Interesting. > > Reminds me of the time I submitted a manuscript (without my famous > advisor's name) to the most prestigious journal in my field. The > editorsent it back without sending it out for _blind_ review. She > listed three > reasons for sending it back. Every one of the reasons was factually > incorrect. She didn't read it. In other words, she didn't > recognize my > name, didn't recognize my school; so she assumed that my paper > couldn't be > worthy of her journal. I called my famous advisor and asked if I > could put > his name on it. He said "sure" and the paper has since been > published in a > different journal. > > Al > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-tips- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
