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Definitions for 'PhD'

And for some more stuff that has disappeared from the internet, here are definitions of PhD. What "PhD" really stands for: * Patiently hoping for a Degree * Piled higher and Deeper * Professorship? hah! Dream on! * Please hire. Desperate. * Physiologically Deficient * Pour Him a Drink * Philosophically Disturbed * Pathetically hopeless Dweeb * Probably heavily in Debt * Parents have Doubts * Professors had Doubts * Pheromone Deprived * Probably hard to Describe * Patiently headed Downhill... * Permanent head Damage * Pulsating heaving Disaster? * Pretty homely Dork * Potential heavy Drinker * Professional hamburger Dispenser... "Would you like fries with that?" * Post hole Digger ...
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The graduate student anthem

So, I wanted to send round the graduate student anthem to some labmates, but I just could not find it on the internet. So, finally, on the wayback machine I found that on an old website of mine instead of linking to it I had actually reproduced it. Hurrah for redundancy. So here it is again, hopefully to rise up from the depths of the 'net once more (to be sung to the tune of Hotel California): In a dark deserted room, Brylcreem in my hair. Warm smell of unwashed socks, Rising up through the air. Up ahead on my PC... I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, I had to work through the night. As he stood in the doorway, I heard the Rush Rhees bells. And I was thinking to myself, 'two years of researching - and this could be hell' Then he picked up my paper, And he gave me an 'F'. there were voices down the corridor, Thought I heard them say, 'Welcome to the world of academia Such a lovely place, such a lovely place, such a lovely phase. Pl...
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Switching a project's SVN repo on eclipse

Needed to change the subversion repository for a project I had in eclipse. The machine was the same, its address had changed: 1. Disconnect project, (Yes to delete SVN files?) 2. Share project (Yes, it will check out new version blah blah) This does not over write the existing files on your local copy...
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