Peer review, and lost in akihabara
One of the pillars of scientific method is Peer review. This week, my advisor asked me to help him review a paper for a conference - it was my first time reviewing someone’s else work. Too bad the paper’s quality was not up to standards… bad english, lack of bibliographical review, proofless statements. The idea even seemed kind of original, but I can’t shake the feeling that some grad student just read a few books, quickly put a program together, and tried to publish it like that.
… Just like me :-/
At night, I went to Akihabara to relax… I lost myself in the “laox hobby store”, where they have materials for all kinds of japanese nerds… there was a floor exclusively for train-maniacs, with information sheets about trains all over japan, and even CDs with recordings of trains announcements:
“mamonaku, ichiban-sen ni densha ga mairimasu”
wow.
We got lost in many other places, but I have to go back to work now. :-/