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 Cocles
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Patje
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| Cocles wrote: |
You should check out Gecko's gallery.... she's a long time member here who specializes in dragons.
http://www.geckzilla.com/
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Awesome.
Now I know where she got her avatar from hehe.
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Jazzman
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| Since I'm doing a PhD in Physics, they took "schrod" from Schrodinger who is famous in quantum physics, the "ie" part at the end, because I'm a girl. |
That's pretty cool, Schroddie. It adds a bit of "uncertainty" to you. But I have to ask: do you own a cat? |
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schroddie
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| That's pretty cool, Schroddie. It adds a bit of "uncertainty" to you. |
 Definitely. Especially, my reseach is very uncertain!
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| But I have to ask: do you own a cat? |
I wish. I love cats! My first one (Mickey) got poisoned by a neighbor and my second (Mimine) died of cancer. Since I moved to the U.S., I don't have a cat because it would be a problem when I go to France to visit my family. But, on my msn messenger, I had a picture of a smiling cat. My friends called that the Schrodinger's cat of course.
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thuringwethil 
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Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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Oh but Gray calls me "buffy" instead of thur
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Hurr78
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Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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schroddie was invented by my friends. They wanted to give me a nickname. Since I'm doing a PhD in Physics, they took "schrod" from Schrodinger who is famous in quantum physics, the "ie" part at the end, because I'm a girl.
I liked it because it kind of sounds like someone from another planet so I kept it. |
You must really love physics to be doing a doctorate in it. My father is a physicist and even he doesn't advise people to pursue that path
Do you want to be an academic or do you want to work in the private sector? |
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schroddie
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Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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| You must really love physics to be doing a doctorate in it. My father is a physicist and even he doesn't advise people to pursue that path |
Actually I don't and I also advice people not to pursue this path!! I love maths though. But, to me, maths is useless unless you apply it to something. I hated chemistry, was not that good in biology so I chose physics.
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| Do you want to be an academic or do you want to work in the private sector? |
I'd like to continue on doing research, and teaching is fun so most likely academic.
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Hurr78
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Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| But, to me, maths is useless unless you apply it to something. I hated chemistry, was not that good in biology so I chose physics. |
Yeah, I always liked physics better than the other two sciences too. Like you, I especially disliked chemistry.
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I'd like to continue on doing research, and teaching is fun so most likely academic. |
Sounds cool. Good luck with it. |
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schroddie
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Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I always liked physics better than the other two sciences too. |
Biology and medicine fascinate me though so I'll try to find a job linked to medical physics.
What do you do in life? Science related work?
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 genericdragon
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Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| My father is a physicist and even he doesn't advise people to pursue that path |
Same here Hurr. That's one of the reasons I became an artist.
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Hurr78
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| What do you do in life? Science related work? |
Nope, it's kind of a long story. Right now I'm a grad student in international affairs, conflict/defence specialty. I mostly work from a historical perspective, because I used to be a grad student in history. I'm going to be shifting back into pure history because I'd like to teach at a university and I find myself more inspired by that particular discipline.
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| Same here Hurr. That's one of the reasons I became an artist. |
lol... yeah, that was one of the biggest reasons I didn't go into science too. I actually did my first year of university in Math, but decided to change. |
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genericdragon
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Mine was computer science. I also decided to change.
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Hurr78
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Thu Aug 26, 2004 3:46 am Post subject: |
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| Mine was computer science. I also decided to change. |
Interesting. I was also aiming at Computer Science (you had to take math in your first year at my school to go into comp sci) but quickly changed my mind when I witnessed people trying to sing Spice Girls songs in the computer lab. |
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Caliburn
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Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:14 am Post subject: |
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Hey stop bashing Computer Scientists!
I liked my eductation :-) |
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Hurr78
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Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:10 am Post subject: |
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lol... it's nothing personal against you, Cal. I'm sure you didn't sing Spice Girls songs in your labs. Or... did you??? |
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