Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Does any one know how I can get an american Ph.D, masters, or honours thesis from a US university? My university doesn't have access to most american digital copies, and they of course wont send the hard copy. If someone was willing to access the two these I am looking for and send them to me through email, if possible, I would appreciate it. 1. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California Honors thesis. Thesis title: An investigation of abnormalities in amphibian communities : evidence for parasite infection as a cause of supernumerary limbs and other limb deformities in Hyla regilla Author: PIETER JOHNSON Advisors: Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich and Dr. Peter M. Vitousek. --------------------------------------------------- 2. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Madison, Wisconsin Ph.D. thesis. Author: PIETER JOHNSON Dissertation title: “Causes and consequences of disease in aquatic ecosystems” Advisor: Dr. Stephen R. Carpenter. Thanks BTW: I realise I could ask the guy for a copy by email, but I haven't had the best of luck with that in the past, so I'm going to try this first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 You've got a PM! I found the dissertation, but the not the thesis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan cfgauss Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Have you tried contacting the libraries of those universities? They should be able to make copies and send them to you somehow? Even if they make you do something stupid like pay for them. Alternatively, you could try contacting people in the departments there who can do that? It shouldn't be too hard to find some random professor or grad student there who's willing to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Cthulhu Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Random information on this guy: http://salvemossapos.com/PDFs/Johnson-Pieter-CV.pdf (snip) Theres his Phone #, you might wanna try that. I'll email this person and pose as a needy student that requires those two works to assist in the creation of an important essay for my fictional senior year, or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Originally Posted By: Cthulhu Theres his Phone #, you might wanna try that. I'll email this person and pose as a needy student that requires those two works to assist in the creation of an important essay for my fictional senior year, or something like that. That might be a very bad idea. I'd recommend that you let VCH call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Cthulhu Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Could it? I don't see how sending an innocent email behind SEVEN PROXIES(had to do it) could backfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 what why would you think that was a good idea if they get two different emails within a week about the same obscure thesis, one of them coming from behind a series of suspicious proxies, they're going to think some kind of stalker ex-girlfriend is after the guy who wrote the thesis or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Cthulhu Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I never claimed it was a good idea, I merely inquired as how it could potentially turn out to be a very bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 It is, in fact, strictly forbidden under ITAR policies to export graduate level material on amphibians from the United States. Attempting to contact amphibian researchers directly will likely prompt the CIA to investigate you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Cthulhu Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 /whistles Good thing I was planning on holding off on it until tomorrow. Thanks, Niemand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 The reason amphibian research is so sensitive is that the US Navy has a critical strategic role for frogmen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Cthulhu Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Maybe in the future we'll see literal Navy SEALS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan cfgauss Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Then we Truly will be the Greatest country on Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 I have contacted libraries in Canada and the US. They just wont play nice. Theses or thesises (whatever) are well guarded and cannot officially cross the boarder. Oh and Cthulhu don't bother contacting him, I'll do that myself if need be. My masters supervisor actively corresponds with the guy any way. I just wanted to see if I could get it more easily, and sometime this year, as old faculty members tend to be very forgetful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I wouldn't be surprised, considering the US Navy already uses trained sea animals for various tasks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Um... okay. Posting some random dude's phone number on the public interwebs is not good etiquette. Please don't do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Cthulhu Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 In retrospect, a PM with the number would have been the correct move... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Originally Posted By: Niemand Attempting to contact amphibian researchers directly will likely prompt the CIA to investigate you. Yeah, well, that's kid of expected; researchers in general tend to be very antisocial, especially when they're really amphibians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan cfgauss Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 That's racist! Err, specist, whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 "Antisocial" is a heinous slur against the researcher species, and you'll be hearing from my lawyer as soon as I can bring myself to actually talk to him. Yech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Originally Posted By: cfgauss That's racist! Err, specist, whatever. Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity "Antisocial" is a heinous slur against the researcher species, and you'll be hearing from my lawyer as soon as I can bring myself to actually talk to him. Yech. Sorry; I guess it comes from watching way too many science fiction movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 I now have the second request, but I'm still looking for the first one. It's actually an undergraduate honours thesis. If anyone goes to Stanford, please let me now if you can help. I found the physical copy by the Stanford library database. The corrected title is below. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California Honors thesis. Thesis title: An investigation of abnormalities in amphibian communities : evidence for parasite infection as a cause of supernumerary limbs and other limb deformities in Hyla regilla Author: PIETER JOHNSON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Monroe Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Cthulhu Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Zomg scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Originally Posted By: Cthulhu Zomg scary I second the motion. I was just about to have dinner when I saw that. Waiter? Check, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Cthulhu Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 It almost looks like a person is smiling in the background while squeezing the poor mutant frog. Scratch that, the person IS smiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Spiderfrog, Spiderfrog, does whatever a spider and/or frog can... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Giant Intelligent Friendly Talking Spiderfrogs haunt my dreams at night with their high pitched ribbets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Unbound Draykon Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 you know i think Jeff should put Spiderfrogs in the new because nobody's ever done a game with spiderfrogs in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Spiderfrog, spiderfrog. Might find one in a wider bog. Spins no web, just hops real high And shoots its tongue to catch a fly. Hey there, there goes a spiderfrog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody waterplant Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 SoT, If you're not writing theme songs for left-field cartoons as a profession then you are totally wasting your life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 he's a physics professor which is not nearly as cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 There once was a physics professor from... no, see, it already breaks the meter. not nearly as cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Hey, maybe I could do both. Like a costumed superhero with a secret identity, only not quite as beneficial to society. But we can't all be Clark Kent. Would I get to wear a cape? Or would that be a faux pas, coolness-wise? I'm a little unclear on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 De-de-de-de-de Inspector Trinity De-de-de-de-de-de-de hoo-hoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 If all it takes is 'de-de-de', I'm pretty sure the cape would be over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Dedede has a robe. Not quite a cape but definitely more X than a cape, where X is pretty much anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 I'm. Too geeky for this cape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Zummi Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 I though scuba suits were enough for a superhero outfit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody waterplant Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 I'm not sure that capes and scuba suits are all that necessary for writing theme songs for kids cartoons. If you got your dual lives mixed up you might accidentally wear this outfit to a lecture. Imagine trying to explain your way out of that one Dr Jones/SoT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES De-de-de-de-de Inspector Trinity De-de-de-de-de-de-de hoo-hoo I begin to grow extremely suspicious that Slarty is simply a cunningly programmed spambot designed to promote Lady Gaga songs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 I think he was referencing the Inspector Gadget theme song there, not Lady Gaga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Is this where I make a post stating that Dantius is uncultured swine because we don't happen to share the same childhood memories? (Inspector Gadget was great, in any case. Utterly formulaic, in hindsight, but still great.) I pose the following to Messrs. Slartucker and Student of Trinity: what if the potential superhero were to wear both a robe and a cape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody RCCCL Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Is one of his super powers the ability to not have all this extraneous clothing tangle or hither him in anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Silly, all superheroes have that power. Except Dollar Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Wait a mo', here. It started out, I was going to write theme songs for weird cartoons, instead of being a superhero. Now somehow, over a few posts, it has garble-morphed into actually having superpowers. So now I'm a superhero, and my origin story is that I was bitten by a radioactive misunderstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: RCCCL Is one of his super powers the ability to not have all this extraneous clothing tangle or hither him in anyway? This is why in the Marvel comics when Captain America became Nomad he ditched the cape after tripping on it. Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity So now I'm a superhero, and my origin story is that I was bitten by a radioactive misunderstanding. Would you rather be the super villain and be injured in a lab accident? As Sheldon Cooper pointed out in The Big Bang Theory most major super villains have doctorates. Villainy could be reduced if the institutions had a better screening process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Well, it's really a sort of unfortunate quirk of academic history. The technical requirements for a doctoral degree, as they were formalized in the 19th century, are to make an original contribution to knowledge, or to construct a doomsday weapon that can plausibly threaten all life on earth. Sounds funny today, I know, but those were militaristic, nationalistic times, and academic traditions die hard. Most people go the 'original contribution' route, just because it's so much easier — the contribution doesn't have to be at all big. But occasionally some twisted genius comes before the committee with a death ray, and they have to pass him through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: Randomizer As Sheldon Cooper pointed out in The Big Bang Theory most major super villains have doctorates. Villainy could be reduced if the institutions had a better screening process. Hey, I didn't go to evil engineering school so I could be called "Mr. Dantius!" Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Wait a mo', here. It started out, I was going to write theme songs for weird cartoons, instead of being a superhero. Now somehow, over a few posts, it has garble-morphed into actually having superpowers. So now I'm a superhero, and my origin story is that I was bitten by a radioactive misunderstanding. Your origin story is that you were bitten by a radioactive Richard Feynman. Take it and run with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Wait. You're telling me that physics isn't a superpower? You mean you don't run around in a lab coat thwarting bank robbers and rescuing people from burning buildings? You have retroactively ruined Dikiyoba's childhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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