From 03b5905ff162481ba602e0e924751426b6cec398 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robin P. Clark" Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:54:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] fiddling with the thanks bit --- submission_thesis/colophon/copy.tex | 25 ++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/submission_thesis/colophon/copy.tex b/submission_thesis/colophon/copy.tex index 5f38b2d..7d75482 100644 --- a/submission_thesis/colophon/copy.tex +++ b/submission_thesis/colophon/copy.tex @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ +\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.1} \chapter*{Colophon} -%Thanks every body ! -Completing my PhD degree is the most intellectually challenging %% FUCK OFF ZERNIKE POLYNOMIALS WERE MORE DIFFICULT --- and actually useful unlike set theory +In short ``Thanks every body''! +Completing my PhD %degree +is the most intellectually challenging %% FUCK OFF ZERNIKE POLYNOMIALS WERE MORE DIFFICULT --- and actually useful unlike set theory activity of my first 52 years of my life! %% SET THEORY IS A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS % The best and worst moments of my doctoral journey @@ -16,12 +18,13 @@ and its members will always remain dear to me. My first debt of gratitude must go to my supervisors, Dr. C Garret, %% TOP BLOKE Professor J. Howse and %% JAVALA LAT HUND -Dr. A. Fish. %% JAVALA LAT HUND +Dr. A. Fish %% JAVALA LAT HUND +. % They patiently provided the guidance, encouragement and advice necessary for me to proceed through the research, consolidation and write-up phases of the PhD program, -to submit three papers to conferences~\cite{syssafe2011,syssafe2012,Clark_fastzone} +to prepare and submit three papers to conferences~\cite{syssafe2011,syssafe2012,Clark_fastzone} and to complete and submit this thesis. % @@ -33,12 +36,12 @@ to submit this as a conference paper~\cite{Clark200519}. Further I thank her for encouraging me to apply for the PhD. %% PITY SHE DID NOT STAY ON AS MY PHD SUPERVISOR % -I am deeply thankful to the directors of Energy Technology Control not only for +I am deeply thankful to the directors of Energy~Technology~Control~Ltd not only for funding this course, but providing training and work experience in the field of safety critical engineering, and giving me Friday afternoons to pursue my studies. % -At Energy Technology Control, the following people gave encouragement, and +At Energy~Technology~Control, the following people gave encouragement, and validated the concepts for modular FMEA that I was proposing, Martin~Thirsk, Colin~Talmay, Darren~Legge and Hazel~Anderson. % @@ -46,10 +49,18 @@ These Engineers, whose whole careers have been focused on the safety critical electronic/computing area, gave valuable time to look at and comment on my FMMD proposals. % +Their comments gave me confidence that the methodology I was developing had +%was not only an academic exercise but had +potential practical +applications and benefits. % Grandma Serife Gur and grandaunt Fadime Altinteril, who left us too soon. I wish to thank my parents, Jeniffer and Richard Clark. % MY MUM for proof reading alot! -I hope that this work makes you proud. \ No newline at end of file +I hope that this work makes you proud. + +\vspace{3cm} +Typeset in \LaTeX \today. + \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5} \ No newline at end of file