or fall asleep during the presentation. Ok, you are too busy, or the talk may be too boring. Then, you should be aware that you have missed something. So, if you want to ask a question at the end , you should start with "Maybe I missed it . W hy this and that?" Don't just jump in : "We have d ...
It's a nice change of surrounding. I am staying at the campus hotel of Shantou University. It's located next to a reservoir, with trees and "lake view." In the morning, I am greeted with birds' chirping. This is better than what I have in Hawaii, with both highway noises and lots of birds. I feel ...
Fight when you can, against the journal editor or reviewers. Don't always assume they are right and you are wrong, even when it's about English expression. ps. Why should I care? Here is the background info. A reviewer said "topography is not a driving mechanism," and asked the authors to use "top ...
Once I found a better solution, called control experiment (CTL), after days of tuning (model parameters), the next step is very boring--to repeat all the exps used in the ppt and the manuscript. For the ppt, I have to repeat at least 16 exps. OMG!