A new Dr. Steve

Woo-hoo! Many congrats, Steve!

Congratulations! Bene, bene! Ave (I've got this coming up myself and I'm scared to death).

Congratulations.

I myself convinced someone to sign up for Project Steve last Darwin Day, so I now consider myself to be a 'Steve by proxy'.

"Broadheaded skink" - I'm going to use that in my next argument.

Congratulations, congratulations! Don't forget that having a Ph.D. now makes you an expert on everything! Yes, that's right. Everything!

And enjoy being able to draw a deep breath and relax a bit for the first time in years.

I've got this coming up myself and I'm scared to death.

Congrats. Nice to see some of than learnin' down here in South Kackalacky.

Congratulations to the newest Dr. Steve! I can hear the creationists now: What was so wrong with his dissertation that he had to defend it?

Thanks Nick, and everyone.

Rilke's Granddaughter: Don't feel bad, I was scared too. Of course I had no reason to be, since I am an expert on everything, but you can't help but be nervous.

Congratulations! As we say here at the Univ. of Florida, you're "Phinally Done".

Congratulations, Steve!

Now you can start on PhD #2! :)

Congratulations. Time to declare that, as a Ph.D., you find it obvious that evolutionary theory is wrong. Then you can start raking in the bucks!

Congratulations. Now in your next act a transitional form, the post doc.

Delta Pi Gamma (Scientia et Fermentum)

Congratulations! Welcome to the Piled High and Deep club!

Bob
P.S. Rilke's Granddaughter: the worst part about a defence should be the hangover the following day.

Congratulations. Time to declare that, as a Ph.D., you find it obvious that evolutionary theory is wrong.

Out of curiosity, does every new Dr. Steve receive a congratulatory letter from Professor Steve Steve with an autographed 8 x 10 glossy suitable for framing?

Delta Pi Gamma (Scientia et Fermentum)

Congratulations. Time to declare that, as a Ph.D., you find it obvious that evolutionary theory is wrong.

— Bruce Thompson GQ

That requires a PhD in engineering not one of the biological sciences.

Anton Mates corrected Bruce with: Nah, it takes a biological PhD, but only a Bachelor's in engineering.

Interesting post

Did you interpret my statement as implying that a bachelors in engineering did not qualify people from the ability to critique evolutionary arguments? Well reasoned arguments based on the literature can be made by anyone. I'm aware of the large number of engineers that participate on this list. The enigineer-poet is a member of Delta Pi Gamma and it was not my intent open that can of worms.

Delta Pi Gamma (Scientia et Fermentum)

"Congradulations"

Also I read the criticism of the hydrogen economy, & while I agree to a large extent, I think hydrogen can have a useful role to play in future energy systems.

Hydrogen is impractical as a transportation fuel unless & until some way of compactly & conveniently storing hydrogen is developed so a reasonable sized fuel tank will take a car several hundred km.

However, I note that in the late 19th & early 20th centuries a mix of H2 & CO was generated by reacting steam with coal & was piped around towns for such uses as gas stoves. So, if we build a lot of nuclear, wind & solar electricity generation to replace fossil fuel generators, there will often be a mismatch between electricity supply & demand & we can electrolyze water with off-peak power, with the resulting H2 burned wherever heat is needed.

Mazel tov. The world needs more Dr. Steves.

Re "Hydrogen is impractical as a transportation fuel unless & until some way of compactly & conveniently storing hydrogen is developed so a reasonable sized fuel tank will take a car several hundred km."

There's been some progress in that direction recently.
Progress in Quest to Use Hydrogen as Fuel for Cars and Electronic Devices

Henry

Hey, since when do the environmental reporters snag all the sexy interviews? Our colleague Juliet Eilperin had a little phone conversation yesterday with -- yes, really! -- Brad Pitt, about enviro-friendly efforts to rebuild New Orleans. The movie star, a longtime architecture buff, is helping nonprofit Global Green sponsor a design contest for energy-efficient and affordable homes and community centers. "Our ultimate goal is to advance the ideas of intelligent design, the idea of living and building in a more healthy manner," Pitt told Eilperin from Namibia, where tabloid-watchers know he's been visiting for a while. "Our second goal is to find a positive outcome of this catastrophe in New Orleans." Right now you're thinking: What about Angelina? Baby's due any day now, right? Well, there were strict limits on the terms of this interview -- "no personal questions." But Eilperin pleaded with a publicist for permission to broach this intimate matter: What does he think about his frat brother -- The Post's James Grimaldi , of the U-Missouri Sigma Chi house circa 1984 -- winning the Pulitzer along with Sue Schmidt and Jeff Smith for exposing the Jack Abramoff scandal? "You're kidding!" Pitt exclaimed. "That's very, very exciting. I'm going to look those articles up right away."

Congratulations to the new Dr. Steve, OH WISE ONE. I hope you had a pen ready to sign in the Project Steve as soon as the committee anointed you as a PH.D.
Rilke's Granddaughter, the defense is not that bad after all. They just want to see you sweating a little bit just for good old times sake :)
If they let you reach this stage is b/c they have confidence in you.

Rilke's Granddaughter, the defense is not that bad after all. They just want to see you sweating a little bit just for good old times sake :)

Dr. Reuland is Steve #740. ("But who's counting?")

I can't believe it, my co-worker just bought a car for $15337. Isn't that crazy!

This is weird. Are someone's little e-mails ending up in the PT comments or something? I've seen a bunch of these amazing non-sequitors popping up in old threads lately.