tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post9187715518647589338..comments2024-03-14T04:53:49.513-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: Qualified v. QuantifiedFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-40489577520123054842007-11-15T21:07:00.000-06:002007-11-15T21:07:00.000-06:00I'm impressed that you were able to bite your tong...I'm impressed that you were able to bite your tongue. I don't think I would have been so quiet; I think I could learn a lot from your restraint!Unbalanced Reactionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13407339711183651108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-58398544668454172312007-11-15T09:00:00.000-06:002007-11-15T09:00:00.000-06:00It worked this time! I guess my intonation on the...It worked this time! I guess my intonation on the secret LaTeX chant wasn't quite right, which is embarrassing for a music major like myself. And no goats required!<BR/><BR/>Well, I did have to proselytize before the gods to get them to forgive my earlier indiscretion involving such a certain sacrifice.<BR/><BR/>Thanks guys. In all seriousness, I hadn't know about TexShop and had been trying to compile from source.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666102861045517530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-79965326707114458502007-11-15T07:20:00.000-06:002007-11-15T07:20:00.000-06:00badbug, if there is still a chance the paper might...badbug, if there is still a chance the paper might be accepted, you have to be polite, so:<BR/>- Leave everything as it is.<BR/>- Write to the ref. that you have 'improved the captions in order clarify the issue.'<BR/><BR/>If this doesn't work, get a voodoo-set.Schlupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399256701731431557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-63939029835909411372007-11-15T00:02:00.000-06:002007-11-15T00:02:00.000-06:00OK--so what is quantitative about using an equatio...OK--so what is quantitative about using an equation editor? Or is that your point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-84986911828914786082007-11-14T21:48:00.000-06:002007-11-14T21:48:00.000-06:00Hmmm, I do wonder what about you might seem non-qu...Hmmm, I do wonder what about you might seem non-quantitative. Maybe....women can't be quantitative? I (being female) was pondering that as I got reviews back on a paper where a lazy-ass cranky reviewer dinged us for not providing quantitation for a number of images we showed (in each and every case quantitation was shown in the next panel of the same figure. Huh? Not even sure how to respond to this sort of comment without my head exploding. You showed saintly restraint with the random student, IMO.Badbughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574284882366602211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-20802604634691461762007-11-14T20:15:00.000-06:002007-11-14T20:15:00.000-06:00I like quantitation but definitely not for its own...I like quantitation but definitely not for its own sake. <BR/><BR/>Schlupp - I love that quantitative can be used as a put-down. In my field they say 'that's just descriptive'. Yeeearrgh. Kiss of death. And instead of 'transformative' they say 'revolutionary.' <BR/><BR/>My latest pet peeve is people who think graphs are not just more powerful, but also more valid than the primary data they're based on. I mean graphs are only as good as the data, and graphs can be faked a lot more easily! <BR/><BR/>I like the Einstein quote the best: "Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted."<BR/><BR/>I also like LaTeX but thus far have never needed to worry about typesetting equations badly enough to debate whether another tool would be better. <BR/><BR/>Josh, it should work on a mac, mine works fine!Ms.PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06542602867472447035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-73386047041419126012007-11-14T20:12:00.000-06:002007-11-14T20:12:00.000-06:00Any chance that the student meant that you're not ...Any chance that the student meant that you're not a theorist?<BR/><BR/>LaTeX is the way to go. Josh, I second TexShop. Works great on my Mac Mini at home. I prefer to use aquaemacs as my editor, though, rather than the built-in one.Douglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-61278053175561807022007-11-14T19:16:00.000-06:002007-11-14T19:16:00.000-06:00Being a mathematician, the default excuse whenever...Being a mathematician, the default excuse whenever I actually do calculate something incorrectly is, naturally, "Oh, I don't do arithmetic anyway, so..."<BR/><BR/>And it's gotten to the point where my friends preemptively excuse me from numerical tasks. ;)<BR/><BR/>As for typesetting in general (and not only because it makes the maths all Shiny!), I have been using LaTeX since second year high school (second to last year of Gymnasium for those who actually speak European ;) - and had my English teacher ask me, with awe in her voice, what ever I did do to my essays to make them look So Damn Good.<BR/><BR/>She started learning LaTeX after that chat too.michiexilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008302080954798496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-74420013130255187792007-11-14T17:49:00.000-06:002007-11-14T17:49:00.000-06:00"Being a mathematician, I commonly joke with peopl..."Being a mathematician, I commonly joke with people that I don't "do" numbers."<BR/><BR/>It's like people who expect me to fix their computers because I have a PhD in Computer Science. I get funny looks when I say I don't do windows, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-22524624570662433352007-11-14T17:20:00.000-06:002007-11-14T17:20:00.000-06:00Being a mathematician, I commonly joke with people...Being a mathematician, I commonly joke with people that I don't "do" numbers. (Granted, I usually mention this when they want me to calculate the tip at a restaurant.) The assumptions people make are always interesting. I must admit it's difficult for me to imagine doing hard science without some kind of quantitative information. <BR/><BR/>Josh - I use "TexShop" quite happily on my Macs. http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-83250147337147342772007-11-14T16:57:00.000-06:002007-11-14T16:57:00.000-06:00Oh, crap. I knew I was going about this LaTeX thi...Oh, crap. I <I>knew</I> I was going about this LaTeX thing all wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-2237486699132090752007-11-14T16:26:00.000-06:002007-11-14T16:26:00.000-06:00josh - Not a goat! That is the absolute wrong thin...josh - Not a goat! That is the absolute wrong thing to sacrifice if you want to use LaTeX. If you sacrificed a goat, your only option now is to find numbers and Greek symbols in newspapers, cut them out carefully with scissors, and paste them with a gluestick into a hard copy of your paper, then scan the pages. Alas.Female Science Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-69248256578304627962007-11-14T16:16:00.000-06:002007-11-14T16:16:00.000-06:00On the other hand, I often hear 'that's just quant...On the other hand, I often hear 'that's just quantitative' for research that the speaker does not consider 'transformative'.Schlupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399256701731431557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-18242954751140933062007-11-14T16:09:00.000-06:002007-11-14T16:09:00.000-06:00I sacrificed a goat and everything!Well, I'll keep...I sacrificed a goat and everything!<BR/><BR/>Well, I'll keep at it. Thanks!Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666102861045517530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-10009832271862025992007-11-14T15:59:00.000-06:002007-11-14T15:59:00.000-06:00Maybe you are not doing the secret LaTeX chant bef...Maybe you are not doing the secret LaTeX chant before attempting to set up your equations.Female Science Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-87788071687426295462007-11-14T14:13:00.000-06:002007-11-14T14:13:00.000-06:00Oh yes. The qualitative / quantitative thing can ...Oh yes. The qualitative / quantitative thing can really explode around here sometimes.<BR/><BR/>That said, what equation editor do you use? I'm curious because I can't get fricken latex to work on my macbook pro.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666102861045517530noreply@blogger.com