The following is a conversation that took place between myself and a friend on MSN. I've cut and copied it from the IM window because I was too lazy to type out another rant. "dead webcasters pay no royalties" is me.
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dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
hey
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
hey
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
what's going on?
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
I hate my PI
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
I'm thinking of leaving the lab
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
how about yourself?
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
why?
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
i'm doing well...i really like my pi here
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
research is good
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
friends are good here too
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
my PI is such a jackass
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
he likes nipping at people
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and ambushing them
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just so he can bitch at them
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
how do you mean?
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
last week
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I was to have a project meeting with him
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he called me up in the lab
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and asked me to come over to his office because he has a question regarding hyperlinked documents
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since I was working on the grant proposal with the others
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I thought, okay sure, and I came in
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as soon as I entered
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he started interrogating me about what I've come up for the project meeting
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he was demanding a "preview of the preview"
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so to speak
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which is obnoxious
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and then
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the past two days
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he's been totally bitching about the hyperlinked documents
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
what is so special about these hyperlinked documents?
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when I apologized for working on the project outline
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
the hyperlinks seem to get messed up when the documents are uploaded unto a server
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and the server we're using isn't a real server
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but it takes forever to navigate and no one knows how to use it
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not to mention, only one person can access it from a single computer
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so it's not like I can log on to someone's computer and ask to use the server
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because I need all of their login info and shit like that
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it's just a major pain in the ass
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I'm really fed up with the lab
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well
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more my PI than the lab
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
yeah....so i still dont understand why you would appologize for working on the outline?
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
were you supposed to be doing something else?
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
because I didn't solve the hyperlinked thing
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because I thought the project outline was of higher priority
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gah
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which is always the higher priority
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which is what he told me
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but
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gah
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he's really obnoxious
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
dirty russians.....
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
you're telling me
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and because he was bitching me out
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I missed autoclaving time
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so I have to stay here for another hour
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
we have some at und that are so rediculous its hilarous
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
i see that you are spending it well
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
bah
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
I have nothing to do for another hour
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
oh, you have to WAIT for it too?!
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
yeah
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
that really sucks
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
this is my life
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
are you just his bitch basically?
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
it's becoming worse than the school year
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the entire lab is his bitch
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he hasn't had grad students come in for two years into his lab
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because of his reputation
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so now he's hiring postdocs like mad
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
that's really funny
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
does he pay well?
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
he cut down my funding for the summer
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
and if he had such a shitty reputation, why did you go in?
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
at which point in the summer?
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
because I thought his research was cool
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pretty much when it began
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I get paid less than grant students are being paid
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which, I guess, makes sense
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although he pretty much bumped me off the grant program because he volunteered to fund me on his own
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big success that was
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*rolls eyes*
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
yeah....what are you getting paid?
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
I was supposed to get $3000 for the entire summer
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probably even more
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if I got the grant
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of course without room and board
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it's not a fellowship
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
wow...that sucks
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
i get 4k plus room, board and travel expenses covered
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
and my "mentor" (NSF's fancy terminology for PI) is awesome
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
I was too adamant on working here over the summer
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I thought it'd be cool
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now I know it's only cruel
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I preferred being invisible
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like I was during the school year
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now that I'm on a project
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
at least you get to be in chicago for the summer, no?
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
if there is a benefit to being in Chicago for the summer
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it's hot
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sticky
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
but isnt it a pretty cool place?
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
my subletters were rushed so they didn't have the time to set up internet
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it would be
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if I weren't working twelve hours a day
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and besides
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
oh..shitty
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most clubs and shit is 21+
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other than that
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
too bad
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there's not much
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oh well
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I asked for it
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apparently
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
do you like it better that slc though?
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
not knowing how shitty it is
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I'm not too sure
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if I were in SLC
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I probably would've been able to have an informal program with a mathematician there who works with modeling fluid networks
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he's one of the collaborators with the lab
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and he's at the U of U
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
wow, I haven't used that term in a while
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lol
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either that
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or I could've worked in my mom's lab on editing articles and grant proposals and whatnot
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
and you would have had a better time doing that you think?
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
why not apply for a fellowship somewhere?
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
well...obviously not now
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
lol
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at least I'd be at home
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and not wasting money on food
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
oh....i get that covered
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and rent
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and utilities
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
also covered
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i would look at those for next year
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
just me though.....
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
also have to worry aboubt not getting mugged
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also covered
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
jk
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
is that a worry in chicago?
dead webcasters pay no royalties says:
especially here in shitty Hyde Park
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. says:
oh yeah....i forgot thats where you are
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