Don Alexander, just a few days ago wrote:It is now early March 2011, and it is FINALLY DONE!!!
I resubmitted it Friday night, it arrived safely and has been passed on to the editor (who had been informed beforehand). Said editor, who wrote me in late January he would reject the paper if I did not hurry up!!
I had already worked quite a bit on it in December, but then had all my huge computer troubles, and in January, I was without a work computer for a while etc.
And then the referee report was truly The Mother of all Referee Reports, and from early this year until now, the paper grew by an additional 23 pages to 129!!! I hope the referee has no further major complaints.
Aaaaaand.... ACCEPTED!!!!
Actually, already on Tuesday. Within, like, 24 hours of it landing on the desk of the scientific editor. Which is ridonkulously fast.
But concerning "I hope the referee has no further major complaints. ". Hoh boy. I'm not gonna go into any details. Let's just say it was... rather inappropriate of the conduct between scientists. The SE seemed to recognize this and valued the hard work I did in revising the paper by accepting it anyway...
Sheesh, completely forgot...
A few weeks ago, FINALLY, it was published in all finality.
While this is usually just a very last small - and inveitable - step after acceptance, in my case, it took about three times as long as usual because I had to herd a bunch of scientist kittens to get them to pay for part of the article.
So now I'm basically up to new stuff... Though my defense looms in just a few days!!!
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Sithlord of the Sithling and best customer of McLovecraft's , in the business of keeping the little Platypus in business Moderations in GREEN and signed by the DAMNed. I am not anonymous! Also, MODSMACK!! Winner of the... 2010 Kilopost FRANKIE; 2010 Mad March Nom Off; 2010 Joker Cleavage Contest; 2010 Fan-Thing Contest; 2010 Mimic Contest (tied); 2011 Joker Cleavage Contest; 2011 Contest-for-the-next-Contest (tied)
Edit: And this post is the same number as the year I was born. 1985.
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TellusEidolon wrote:Congratulations, Don, you postwhore.
I kind of wonder if everyone really understood my post...
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Don Alexander wrote:I kind of wonder if everyone really understood my post...
Not sure what the reference or meaning behind the "Dr. rer. nat." is.
Artificial does not mean obtuse! ~Uno from Paperinik's New Adventures. It is important to draw wisdom from different places. If you take it from only one place it become rigid and stale. ~Iroh You can't make an omelette without ruthlessly crushing dozens of eggs beneath your steel boot and then publicly disemboweling the chickens that laid them as a warning to others. ~Tarquin The skin stretched and tanned, the striped suit sown into the flesh itself, the killer donned a new body, giggling to no one, "Wears Waldo." This is here for future reference.
It's the German equivalent to a ph.d.
You earn it by writing a thesis which is usually the result of a few years of research. DA has successfully defended his thesis and been awarded the highest possible degree. In Germany he'll now be addressed as Dr. DA.
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I hope the referee has no further major complaints.
". Hoh boy. I'm not gonna go into any details. Let's just say it was... rather inappropriate of the conduct between scientists.
The SE seemed to recognize this and valued the hard work I did in revising the paper by accepting it anyway...
, in the business of keeping the little Platypus in business
I'll never forget you or all the good times we had.
Alex!
