Comments on: The less acknowledged rules of writing papers…

By: FYI

FYI — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:46:58 +0000

Steve Pavlina is a liar. The man claims to have earned two degrees in three semesters. The list of his tall tales is as long as his arm.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:37:26 +0000

Nice pictures might also make the front cover, then you can have them framed and put on your wall, around the dept…

By: Matt J.

Matt J. — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:54:30 +0000

Man…now I wish I had worked on the epothilones when I was there…

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:39:38 +0000

Christ, you’re an asshole.

By: Uncle Al

Uncle Al — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:36:11 +0000

Canuckistani technical publications have their abstracts written in White and Frog. One looks forward to that bright, bright social activist day when all US technical publications have their abstracts written in gutter Spanish, Ebonics, and Wymynch.

Equality means cutting everybody down to size.

By: Ψ*Ψ

Ψ*Ψ — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:43:42 +0000

My favourite easter eggs are the ones that come up in classes. It’s the only way to keep me awake sometimes.

By: milkshake

milkshake — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:33:43 +0000

I can name some not-so-hot journals where lining up the referees against the wall would only improve the journal quality. I suppose some people become embittered by the lackluster career of their own and they try to compensate on others and the anonymous reviewing provides a perfect cover.

By: Kyle Finchsigmate

Kyle Finchsigmate — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:35:37 +0000

That sounds about right.

By: J

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:06:40 +0000

You could ask that the reviewer be shot, perhaps.

By: Wavefunction

Wavefunction — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:39:21 +0000

How about when you get reviewers who challenge your definition of dipole moment, and ask whether it should be instead defined going from positive to negative?