> Chris_Balsz wrote:

> I ran over a velociraptor once

but they tried to tell me it was somebody's grandma

the conspiracy runs deep

teddy? teddy???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEvNS5TzvwM&feature=related

lol...

Justinian, a phd should always be a plus on your resume. I can't really think of any academic field where this is not the case (though your mileage may vary as they say)... it's like your basic university diploma, at the time it's less efficient than going for a (higher) paid job immediatly but ultimately you end up in a much higher pay scale. Of course like a basic university diploma if you flunk out without a phd then that's less efficient, but ultimatly that's mostly a matter of discipline (if you're good enough to get the job you should be good enough to do it if you apply yourself to it).

Sitting Duck, in what field would you be active with your phd... I'm very curious!

PS happy birthday ZoZ

further singing Chris's praises:

http://books.google.be/books?id=rbWZAgg9a5EC&pg=PA104&dq=%22christopher+balsz%22&hl=nl&ei=ly1NTL6bB4iUOOeW_ZUD&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22christopher%20balsz%22&f=false

daisy dukes bikinis on top!

"If, for example, you are Laurence Tribe in 1984, Harvard professor of law, leftist pillar of the establishment, you can "write" your magnum opus by using the products of your student assistant, Ron Klain. A decade later, after Klain admits to having written some parts of the book, and the other parts are found to be verbatim or paraphrases of a book published in 1974, you can claim (perhaps correctly) that your plagiarism was "inadvertent," and you can count on the Law School's dean, Elena Kagan, to appoint a committee including former and future Harvard president Derek Bok that issues a secret report that "closes" the incident."

At my university if you get caught for plagiarism they perform a damnatio memoriae

if he really let his claim slip by waiting just over a year too long to do anything then I'm nominating that guy for a darwin award

you're not giving a lot of information to go on though, what sort of job would it be?

I went the phd route (which to be honest is actually well paid in my country and university) and haven't ever regretted it, because even the hard parts were fulfilling and fun to put it all mushy. Not to mention the return on investment of a phd is pretty big. I also appreciated the opportunity that I was given, phd's are the highest academic degree and not many people have them and you get to do something useful for society by writing them.

given the content of your dilemma I take it you're pretty young (23-25ish?) so you probably don't have a lot of life's obligations like paying off loans, filling up truck sized cars or paying for the kids so a pay cut of 200 pounds shouldn't be that big a deal unless you're already earning a pittance right now.

According to quantum theory it could be both a clever dig AND porn, my interest in quantum theory should therefor come as no surprise

I'm glad we're in agreement. I bask in the witty and poignant remark about my news report. See what a lovely bunch of inclusivist people we are? it's soooo wonderful.