[OS X TeX] Kudos to everyone

[Steffen Wolfrum]

"in real science fiction manner" ... this makes me curious what  
actually your thesis is about?

Steffen



Am 27.02.2006 um 10:07 schrieb Simon Spiegel:

> 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
>
>
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> "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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