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Gettin' ready to graduate

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:29 pm
by DanEnsign
From the acknowledgements page of my thesis:

"I would like to thank my many coworkers and friends from Stanford without whom graduate life would have been unbearably uninteresting. ... My advisor, Vijay Pande, is without doubt one of the coolest smart people ever, even if he is a Patriots fan (nobody is perfect). Even the least of my accomplishments were made worthwhile through his trust, guidance, and encouragement.

Finally, most of the calculations I have done were accomplished through the grace of the thousands of Folding@home contributors who donated their processors and sometimes ridiculous amounts of their time. This is their Ph. D., too."

Seriously, thanks guys.

Have fun,
Dan

Re: Gettin' ready to graduate

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:45 pm
by toTOW
Thank you too :)

Don't forget to keep us posted with the results of your thesis ... ;)

Re: Gettin' ready to graduate

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:52 pm
by John Naylor
Thanks for your witty insights into how the world works :wink:

Good luck with the thesis :D

Re: Gettin' ready to graduate

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:02 pm
by kiore
Must be a nice feeling, good on you and the best for your next step.
Happy to contribute, but they're your letters really :wink: I've got my own, actually some of them say "GTX".
kiore.

Re: Gettin' ready to graduate

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:32 pm
by P5-133XL
Congrats, glad we could help.

Re: Gettin' ready to graduate

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:06 pm
by uncle fuzzy
Do we get duplicate degrees? :D

Re: Gettin' ready to graduate

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:16 pm
by DanEnsign
uncle fuzzy wrote:Do we get duplicate degrees? :D
I could get my diploma in the form of a tattoo, then everyone could get a matching tattoo.

D

Re: Gettin' ready to graduate

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:33 pm
by ihaque
Get back to work, you.

Re: Gettin' ready to graduate

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:34 pm
by bruce
Maybe you could fax us a copy or scan it and email it to us. ;)

Re: Gettin' ready to graduate

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:44 pm
by rhavern
DanEnsign wrote:
uncle fuzzy wrote:Do we get duplicate degrees? :D
I could get my diploma in the form of a tattoo, then everyone could get a matching tattoo.

D
distributed.degrees? Sounds like a new thesis to me :wink:

Re: Gettin' ready to graduate

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:18 pm
by De Berghut
If only i could get a degree for al the computer-nerding i've been doing :(