(To Bald Eagle)

>
> When I was in Berlin in 1987, it _seemed_ like it took 7-8 hours, but I fell
> asleep, so maybe I just pulled a Rip Van Winkle.
>

Rip van Winkle!? :D New (especially foreign [for me in this case]) sayings are
always great. How many chances do you have in a lifetime to use this one (my
pleasure to give you one of these possibilities ;) )?

Yet the funny coincidences between you and me do not stop: I was born in 1987
(though 100km away from Berlin)! [And ... the heraldic animal of Germany is a
(rather un-bald) eagle :D ]

>
> > I do not agree (maybe it's my fault, sorry): ...
>
> Nope, I was hasty - I read right through the different filenames.
>

However, when it comes to reading the (comparatively unimportant) header info,
not a single line slips through your eyes :D

>
> Well, defense committees can be hard to figure out.   If the movie accomplishes
> something that you can't do otherwise, or explains something that's exceedingly
> hard to do with regular slides, then go for it - but sometimes they get cranky
> about gimmicky things.  Only you can judge.
>

Seconded (as Stephen used to say). I do think nanophotonics can be hard to
imagine, and, at least from what I experienced "gimmicky" motivation slides
can be advantegous -- as long as the scientific standards are reatined.

>
> I was just trying to get a better idea of what your PbS quantum dot project was
> about, so I could better visualize and understand what you were trying to
> accomplish in your render.
> I had come across Zhang & Polthier et. al.'s paper looking through some image
> results and the haxagonalized dragon caught my eye.
> http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~zhange/images/HexParam.pdf
> Then I saw ZIB, and just it was a fun coincidence.
>

Ah, I see: I've put the publication link in the header (which you've read
thoroughly :) ). I had not seen this paper before, thank you for the hint.

>
> I'm glad you're getting this to all work out - you put all the pieces together
> very _fast_!  I hope the final image is well received, and you do well during
> your exit seminar and thesis defense.  The most I accomplished was to make a
> useful boroxazolidone - the rest of my PhD was a nightmare, and I just gave up -
> terrible "advisor".  Hopefullly you don't have any horror stories, and you have
> a great post-defense celebration!  :)

Thanks for the compliment and the good wishes :) I hope that too. I'm sorry
for your story (and I cannot comment _too_ much on it right now). Sometimes
giving up is the right thing to do, especially if the problems you face are
(hu)man-made ... this is at least what I think. BUT, it sounds like the point
when you gave up was at the very end of you PhD phase. For me this means that
all you miss are three letters (of limited meaning), while the _real_ part --
the experience and what you have learned -- cannot be taken away from you :)

Best, Carlo

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