Members of the Hivemind Academy - The Envelope Please....

[randomling]

You really know how to crush a guy, don't you?

Sorry... I'm writing an undergraduate dissertation at the moment which has to be 10,000. My friend's PhD was a brick. Seriously.

Yeah, I know orals are common in the UK and US. Us Austrians seem to be more relaxed about these things, though. As evidenced by how it took them 6 months to get the results back to me....

Australians? Relaxed? Never.

Six months is forever though. Ouch.

Hm, wtf was it again...? Ah yes:

"Recursive partitioning for density estimation and mode-hunting"

There's a draft of an article I sent to a journal on my ANU page. It's basically 50% of what's in the thesis.

http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~ooi

The subject gets a and a

The link doesn't seem to be working for me.

 

[Horacio]

The narrative structure of roleplaying games.

Seriously??????

Arwink is a lucky boy!

 

[randomling]

Isn't he just! (It means gaming books are tax deductible, too. I hate him! )

 

[Silver Moon]

(which are usually rare here in Austria), basically becase my thesis was so short. The typical PhD thesis is 100,000 words, right? Mine was 12,000.

That's interesting. My draft came to 176 pages, but I hadn't done a word count until now. It clocked in at a little over 35,000, which excludes the 17 Tables and 5 Figures. Mine is actually for a D.B.A. degree (Doctorate in Business Administration) which is a little different than a PhD (application based rather than pure theoretical).

 

[hong]

Sorry... I'm writing an undergraduate dissertation at the moment which has to be 10,000. My friend's PhD was a brick. Seriously.

What's particularly embarrassing is that the HERO 5 and Fantasy HERO rulebooks are both bigger than my thesis. I should have got Steve Long to write mine for me.

The subject gets a and a

The link doesn't seem to be working for me.

I just checked, and you're right. By Murphy's Law, the frellin' server would have to be down tonight. Oh well, it's a great read, absolutely nailbiting, you'll never guess who did it in the end.


Hong "trust me, I'm a statistician" Ooi

 

[the Jester]

Seriously??????

Arwink is a lucky boy!

Yeah, working on his story hours counts as 'research' for him.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

What up!

How's everyone this fine morning?

On my end the last two days have been the best that i can remeber in recent history. Not only did a certain missing Hiver return, but my boss hooked me up big time for the extra work i did for him. I can actually afford to go see a movie today, something i haven't doen in over a month. God, it'll feal good to get out of the house for something other then work.

 

[hong]

Hey there, Sir Osis! How's _your_ thesis coming along?


Hong "metaphorical" Ooi

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Hey there, Sir Osis! How's _your_ thesis coming along?


Hong "metaphorical" Ooi

Concidering i just nocked over an empty beer bottle to make room for my bowl o' mini wheats, i'd say pretty damn good.

 

[hong]

That's interesting. My draft came to 176 pages, but I hadn't done a word count until now. It clocked in at a little over 35,000, which excludes the 17 Tables and 5 Figures. Mine is actually for a D.B.A. degree (Doctorate in Business Administration) which is a little different than a PhD (application based rather than pure theoretical).

Ah. Would a DBA be like the next step up from an MBA? MBAs tend to cost the earth over here, being a business thing and all.