Bollocks
(From my associate supervisor in Chicago)
Mat,
I have spent the past couple of days reading through the revised paper. First, congratulations on making all of this rigorous. This is an impressive effort, and I think goes far beyond what the reviewers should expect. I have some editorial comments, which I plan to fax to you. However, I have a much greater concern. Overall the paper (or at least the derivations in the appendices) has become much more difficult to read, and is quite a bit longer. Frankly, I am no longer able to follow the derivations, at least to the extent I was able to follow them previously, and feel that it would take me an inordinate amount of time to understand all of the steps.
I realize the tremendous time and effort you have spent on this, but wonder if the paper might be revised by starting with the previous submitted version, and adding a separate appendix, which addresses the convergence issues for just one of the main theorems to illustrate how all this can be made rigorous. This would certainly make the paper more accessible. Let me know what you think.
Cheers,
...
Dear ...,
I think that you should suck my balls.
Lots of love,
Mat
Mat,
I have spent the past couple of days reading through the revised paper. First, congratulations on making all of this rigorous. This is an impressive effort, and I think goes far beyond what the reviewers should expect. I have some editorial comments, which I plan to fax to you. However, I have a much greater concern. Overall the paper (or at least the derivations in the appendices) has become much more difficult to read, and is quite a bit longer. Frankly, I am no longer able to follow the derivations, at least to the extent I was able to follow them previously, and feel that it would take me an inordinate amount of time to understand all of the steps.
I realize the tremendous time and effort you have spent on this, but wonder if the paper might be revised by starting with the previous submitted version, and adding a separate appendix, which addresses the convergence issues for just one of the main theorems to illustrate how all this can be made rigorous. This would certainly make the paper more accessible. Let me know what you think.
Cheers,
...
Dear ...,
I think that you should suck my balls.
Lots of love,
Mat
posted by dr. cok at 11:48 AM
27 Comments:
aw. don't worry, mat. it's probably just over his head. or he's jealous of your beauty or something... it happens...
have you considered the use of bullet points?
:)
aw .... That is no good. Must feel quite disappointing. But, you can't always be perfect .. Or at least, you can, but you can't expect everyone to be able to read your perfection, mores the point.
It is starting to sound a little like my eyebrow obsession. Gotta keep yr eye on the main game.
Did your Sydney supervisor give you similar feedback? Are there any other academics that you might be able to get a third opinion from?
P.S. Kelly Jordan???
Sounds like you're too good for him Mat.
If it was actually wrong before, it should be made correct.
does it extend the length of the paper significantly?
p.s. I hope he doesn't read your blog :)
KT: Bullet points, now there's an idea.
Nerita: It's not that disappointing, because it's gonna be MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY BABY!
Choco: No, no, and NO!
Ian: I agree. It wasn't wrong before, it was just very vague on some steps that were in retrospect, critical. The submitted paper was 61 pages, now it is 75 (that's single column, 33 lines per page), so it was long, and now it's longer, so what. I sure as hell hope he doesn't read my blog also. If he does, I hope he understands that saying 'suck my balls' is crazy youthspeak hipster lingo for 'ok, right away sir'.
Hmm, maybe for the published paper you could pull out those five magic words "it can be shown that" for the trickiest parts, and include the real deal in your thesis?
Or you could just say, bugger you Mr Chicago, think you're some big lincoln-town-car-driving prohibition-era gangsta, this is Australia, and we do our theorems the good ol' rigorous way.
What the hell is schmoko, Guro?
Mat - could you please update your blog?
I have finished the Herald and NW, so am ready.
Thank you,
Avid Reader.
Oh, I gots to do me some work. I have 3 ulcers in my mouth, and the pain sharpens my attention...
So I thinks to myself, 'chrisp eah?'. Click the hyperlink and follow to 'my webpage'. What should appear but: www.pop77.com/blog
If this is the real deal and not some internet prankster you officially have your first celebrity post.
My hat (and my pants) off to the both of you.
Oh, I thought that was you Choco-Chris.
Cheers for the heads up, Chris!
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i like software! thanks!
oh, hang on... that's a bit sus...?
Nah - mine still works after a LOT of Enrique... not that he sux... let's pause and think of him for a mo too...
Would you believe Guro makes even less sense when she posts on blogs than in person?
(Maybe that has something to do with negative information??)
Speaking of which, what the fuck???
What, the, fuck, indeed. Maybe she is trying to empathise with computer nerds, and thought a bit of quick arithmetic on binary representation would be an appropriate opener. Maybe she's mad.
Pete who is elite, I have never met you but I've heard stories of you hurling insults at a one legged man so you must be alright. However, I would appreciate it if you apologise to the 'chuckle bunny' as his web site is 5 kinds of awesome. He is no random interloper but indeed a valued guest.
That's my piece said, I'll allow everyone else to kiss and make up in there own time.
ROFFLE! Pete was having a go at the spam which has since been deleted. Down boy!
yeah - you're a cranky string bean, aren't ya?
Apologies and 'suck my balls' to the appropriate persons.
Thats great :)
HELLO EVERYONE IN THE INTERNET
you're going to have to start using pseudonyms...
I think your blog has been targeted by an Al Qaeda sleeper spammorist cell.
Yes - the internet seems quite social today. It must be sunny in data land.
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