[OS X TeX] Kudos to everyone
Simon Spiegel
simon at simifilm.ch
Mon Feb 27 04:07:17 EST 2006
Hi everbody,
I just wanted to let you know that I just brought my PhD thesis to
printer. It's a thesis in film studies on the subject of the science
fiction and the following passage is among the acknowledgments:
"Angesichts meines Themas erscheint es mir auch angebracht, all den
Programmierern zu danken, deren Software es mir ermöglichte, mich auf
meine
Arbeit zu konzentrieren, anstatt mich mit Computerproblemen
herumzuschlagen. Ohne Donald E. Knuths wundervolles Satzystem TeX
hätte ich diese
Arbeit gar nicht schreiben können. Dank gebührt ausserdem den
Mitgliedern der TeX on Mac OSX Mailing List, die mir immer mit
Ratschlägen zur Seite
standen, insbesondere Gerben Wierda und Richard Koch sowie dem
BibDesk-Team, das nicht selten in bester Science Fiction-Manier meine
Wünsche und
Anregungen innerhalb weniger Tage umsetzte."
This roughly translates as follows:
"Consideirng my subject, I find it appropriate to thank all the
programmers whose software allowed me to concentrate on my work
instead of fighting with computer troubles. Without Donald E. Knuth's
wonderful layout language TeX I wouldn' t have been able to write
this thesis. Thanks must also go the members of the 'TeX on Mac OSX
Mailing List' who always assisted me with good advice, especially
Gerben Wierda and Richard Koch as well as the BibDesk Team which
regularly, in real science fiction manner, implemented my wishes and
suggestions almost immediately."
Again, thanks to all of you, you definitely improved my life as a PhD
student.
simon
--
Simon Spiegel
Mutschellenstr. 97
8038 Zürich
Telephon: ++41 43 535 81 71
Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39
http://www.simifilm.ch
"I have never been certain that the moral of the Icarus myth is, as
is generally accepted, 'don't fly too high', or whether it might also
be thought of as: 'forget about the wax and feathers, and do a better
job on the wings." Stanley Kubrick
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