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The Best Defense is a Good Offense
Or so the saying goes at least. I would argue, after completing my Master's thesis defense yesterday, that the best defense is an unattended defense. Tom Brady claimed the other day that the best Super Bowl ring was "the next one", and similarly I would say the best defense is a finished defense.
Lucas and I theorized that by becoming a Master of Science we would have superhero-like powers over scientific things like gravity and the weather. However, this is clearly not the case yet since it is still sleeting outside. Perhaps the superpowers will kick in once I get my diploma.
But the defense is over with, and it went well. Thanks to those who attended, and special thanks to those who didn't attend. A word of advice to those younger folks is to make sure the notoriously rude and obnoxious professors are not in attendance, perhaps by scheduling your defense during a class they teach. Those who did not heed this advice suffered through shockingly tactless questioning, while mine seemed to go much better.
Comments
Chris, you are quite welcome. I didn't attend purely because I had your best interests in mind. Plus, I didn't think you'd appreciate someone in the back yelling "w00t!" everytime you said something.
Posted by: Nathan at February 5, 2004 11:33 AM
Posted by: Charlie at February 5, 2004 1:42 PM
Congratulations!
Sorry for the actually being there bit...
Posted by: Morgan at February 5, 2004 2:56 PM
Excellent work, my friend.
If I had known the date beforehand, I would have tried coming in to town to ask you various complicated-sounding questions that have easy answers. Regardess, I'm sure you received plenty of standing ovations, much like the president during a state of the union speech, especially during the parts where you mentioned my name.
And yeah, you're going to have to wait til the tassle goes on the other side for your powers to kick in.
Posted by: Lucas at February 5, 2004 7:48 PM
Congratulations, Chris! You are the last of my ITR-00 students and you did a fine job. It's great not to worry about students going into a defense. Just think, it may be the last academic test you ever take!
Posted by: rkc at February 6, 2004 12:49 AM
Oh man, if I'd have known it was gonna be like the State of the Union like Lucas said I would have skipped class to come. Only I'd want to be in the half that stands up more than the other half. That, or the person standing behind you that looks really bored. Which, knowing my current level of computer knowledge, I would have been.
But congratulations! And good to know I was supporting you by not coming.
Posted by: Eileen at February 6, 2004 10:40 AM
Congratulations, Master Hill. (sounds good, doesn't it?)
Posted by: Brian at February 6, 2004 2:55 PM
Congratulations! You've achieved the same stature and prestige as Dr. Science.
Posted by: Chris at February 7, 2004 12:17 AM
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