MetaFilter posts tagged with thesis

A touch, I do confess it.

dersins — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:11:50 -0800

Notes towards the complete works of Shakespeare [pdf] by Elmo, Gum, Heather, Holly, Mistletoe and Rowan. (About the authors.) Documentation. "Making of" video. [previously discussed, but never actually linked]. From the same people: Carbon Life Form, a small Mac application that will die of starvation unless you feed it files.

Because we were under the influence [...], we had little choice but to concentrate only on what we were playing and thus, did not move around a great deal.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:12:46 -0800

Master's thesis on My Bloody Valentine's album Loveless (full thesis as pdf, html).

Researchers peg Putin as a plagiarist over thesis

rxrfrx — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:12:32 -0800

Vladimir Putin can add a new line to his resume: plagiarist.

Flow in Games

MetaMonkey — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:21:20 -0800

Flow in Games: a Jenova Chen MFA thesis
'This site is currently focused on Jenova's MFA thesis research. It is about inventing new methodologies usable by the frontline game designers to help realizing dynamic flow experiences for different individuals and more importantly for potential gamers who are still out of the current video game market.'
Try the experimental game fl0w (instructions, more info, discussion). Learn more about the thesis methodology, or take a look at some further reading. [warning: site appears to be under development somewhat] (see also)

MenuVista

jenleigh — Mon, 09 May 2005 13:59:55 -0800

MenuVista (Quicktime req), the thesis project of ITP (NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program) student Chia-wei Chang, gives restaurant customers a preview of their orders by projecting photos of the meal on their empty plates. The system also allows them to modify their orders by using a projected menu with a touch sensor interface which includes menu text and food images. More ITP thesis presentations from last week »

Church-Turing thesis

the fire you left me — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 06:22:57 -0800

Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design. Tanenbaum and Torvalds discuss the future of kernel design.

How to do things with four-letter words.

Fat Elvis — Sun, 06 Apr 2003 15:56:51 -0800

How to do things with four-letter words. Why do we swear? Or, more importantly, why are swear words "bad" and other words are fine? Angus Kidman's thesus on the semantics of swearing in Australia - and most other English speaking places as well - tries to shed some light. Possibly NSFW.

percine — Sun, 14 Jul 2002 05:04:58 -0800

Can't seem to finish your thesis? Then this site may be for you. It's a support group for those of us who just can't seem to write up and finish off that Ph.D./Masters degree. It'll either give you hope and motivation or it'll make you more complacent. "Well, I guess I'm not the only one who's taking a long time; I won't stress out about it anymore".

feelinglistless — Mon, 08 Oct 2001 14:58:33 -0800

A Hong Kong student has written her thesis about the world's oldest profession, and found that the ten 'subjects' she chose to follow are real people too, and ultimately befriended them, offering financial and legal assistance. Apart from the actual story, of interest in the tone of the writing of the piece which underlines that the 'class' structure still exists almost everywhere . . .

phichens — Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:05:21 -0800

Contentville is selling copies of over 1.5 million college dissertations and theses published since 1871. Contentville claims that authors will be paid royalties if their works are sold, but somehow I don't think they contacted most of those authors for permission to put said works up for sale in the first place.