Funny

read this on writing a PHD thesis from a Harvard webpage by chance and found it really funny, but also reminds me of my own expericnes

Growth of a star (the transformation process that some students go through to become a mature researcher)–which stage are you in?

Knowing everything stage
Student: “I have designed a supercomputer even before graduate school.”
Faculty: speechless
Totally beaten up stage
Student: speechless
Faculty: smiling at the student’s progress so communication is possible now.
Confidence buildup stage
Student: “I am not stupid after all.” (student thinks)
Faculty: “Uh oh, she is ready to argue.” (faculty think)
Calling the shot stage
Faculty: “I am going to design an n-processor supercomputer.”
Student: “You are crazy, because …”

A Talk on American Samoa Landcover/Vegetation Map 2009 Update (non-technical)

This is a presentation on the 2009 update of the vegetation/landcover map for American Samoa and its accuracy assessment. This presentation was originally created for the American Samoa GIS User Group Meeting, an unofficial introduction of the mapping project, informal and non-technical. For questions regarding the mapping method or more detailed info, feel free to conact Leo at zliu@fs.fed.us or leo.zhanfeng.liu@gmail.com (preferred). Thanks!