Lucas Report post Posted April 5, 2006 Autism Diva had it on her site, I thought it was important to print them here. Phrase Translation ------------------------------------------------ It has been long known...............I haven't bothered to check the references It is known..........................I believe It is believed.......................I think It is generally believed.............My collegues and I think There has been some discussion.......Nobody agrees with me It can be shown......................Take my word for it It is proven.........................It agrees with something mathematical Of great theoretical importance......I find it interesting Of great practical importance........This justifies my employment Of great historical importance.......This ought to make me famous Some samples were chosen for study...The others didn't make sense Typical results are shown............The best results are shown Correct within order of magnitude....Wrong The values were obtained empirically.The values were obtained by accident The results are inconclusive.........The results seem to disprove my hypothesis Additional work is required..........Someone else can work out the details It might be argued that..............I have a good answer to this objection The investigations proved rewarding..My grant has been renewed From: eridani#NoSpam.scn.org (Martha K. Koester) Synthesised according to.............Purchased from Sigma standard protocols Thanks to Joe Blow for expert........Thanks to Joe Blow for doing technical assistance and Jane all the work and Jane Doe for Doe for valuable discussion. telling me what it meant. From: neve#NoSpam.up.univ-mrs.fr (Gabriel NEVE) While it has not been possible.......The experiments didn't work out, to provide definite answers to but I figured I could at least these questions. get a publication out of it. Mus musculus domesticus..............Mus musculus domesticus was chosen as especially suitable to is a lovely animal test this hypothesis. which is easy to study in the lab. Accidentally strained during.........dropped on the floor mounting Handled with extreme care............not dropped on the floor throughout the experiments Although some detail has been........It is impossible to tell from the lost in reproduction, it is clear original micrograph. from the original micrograph Presumably at longer times...........I didn't take the time to find out. The agreement with the predicted curve is... excellent fair good poor satisfactory doubtful fair imaginary as good as could be expected non-existent The most reliable values are..........Jones was a student of mine. those of Jones. It is suggested that... It is believed that... I think that... It may be that... It is generally believed that........A couple of other guys think so too. It is clear that much additional.....I don't understand it. work will be required before a complete understanding... Unfortunately, a quantitative........Neither does anybody else. theory to account for these effects has not been formulated. It is hoped that this work will......This paper isn't very good, but stimulate further work in the field. neither are any of the others in this miserable subject. High purity..........................Composition unknown except for Very high purity the exaggerated claims of the suppliers A fiducial reference line on.........A scratch. the specimen... "A definite trend is evident"... These data are practically meaningless. "These results will be in a subsequent report"... I might get around to this sometime, if pushed/funded. "In my experience"... Once! "In case after case"... Twice! "In a series of cases"... Thrice! "It is believed that"... I think... etc. (see above) "A highly significant area for exploratory study"... A totally useless topic selected by my committee. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucas Report post Posted April 5, 2006 Because I copied and pasted, some of it didn't print right. I'll try and fix it with an edit later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted April 5, 2006 That's brilliant Lucas, Someone close to my heart who is wrestling with a Ph D will appreciate this very much. K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted April 5, 2006 Thanks Lucas, I enjoyed that. Lauren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UltraMum Report post Posted April 5, 2006 Thanks Lucas - we're all struggling with our defence and validation at the moment on my degree course so this will be a little light relief Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Valiant_Skylark Report post Posted April 6, 2006 Oh NOW I get it!!!! Thanks, Lucas, brilliant. vs xx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curra Report post Posted April 6, 2006 Excellent! Thanks Lucas <'> Curra Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mel Report post Posted April 6, 2006 i will keep those in mind. Thanks lucas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malika Report post Posted April 6, 2006 Luccas this is so true really brilliant thanks!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
