What's your dissertation about?

[Reynard]

I'd be stuffed on that one as I only like
Crème Anglaise

In that case, a Boule de Berlin from a Belgian bakery should scratch that itch!

 

[Reynard]

Another thing I'd like to investigate is how WW2 recipes compare with modern food. I've made a few things out of curiosity - including mock marmalade - and they're surprisingly tasty.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Another thing I'd like to investigate is how WW2 recipes compare with modern food. I've made a few things out of curiosity - including mock marmalade - and they're surprisingly tasty.

Dr @Reynard I suspect your specific skills may be wasted on that topic?

 

[Reynard]

Dr @Reynard I suspect your specific skills may be wasted on that topic?

Perhaps not. I *am* also a champion preserve maker.

 

[Profpointy]

Most bicycles have chains, although belts and shafts have been tried. Maybe I would modify a bicycle to be driven by electrical induction. Your pedals would work a generator which would power a motor in the back wheel. People would look in wonder. It must have been tried before so the dissertation would be why it does not work very well.

It's used on diesel railway locomotives, and also on the (unsuccessful) Porsche version of the Tiger tank, the initial run then all being completed as Elefant tank destroyers instead

 

[grldtnr]

The Ideal Temperature for Custard Setting: A sensory and scientific analysis.

That might pull me away from the skin of a rice pudding! Would there be a thesis on feasiblety of walking on the surface of the set custard?

 

[Drago]

likely mechanism behind observer Brownian Motion in a jar of Marmite.

 

[Yellow Fang]

likely mechanism behind observer Brownian Motion in a jar of Marmite.

Brownian motion or brown motion?

 

[grldtnr]

Brownian motion or brown motion?

You mean, putting a dollop of said yeasty extract on a plate then repeated beating with a spoon, to note it's changed in shade and texture.
This was a thing way back, a cardboard plate was required, to lessen the impact of the platte being broken, and subsequent clip around the lugg 'oles, ala PC Chopper!

 

[Badger_Boom]

Is it right to alter history to suit present day ideology?

You can't 'alter' history, only reinterpret events.

 

[All uphill]

I've done a couple which my brain refuses to remember; aversion therapy in action.

Now I'd go for:

"Options and Alternatives to Incarceration for people breaking socially accepted norms, with a focus on achieving better outcomes in more humane conditions at lower cost"

 

[Dogtrousers]

Mine was my first significant programming project, in Fortran. It was a DNA sequence analysis thing and I can still remember it all in great detail 40 years on.

But if I went back to University now ... the big question would be what would I study? I don't think I'd have necessary level of commitment - and would I actually care whether I passed or not? Probably something around the history of science and mathematics. I might want to write a dissertation on something like Durer's Solid

 

[Andy in Germany]

You can't 'alter' history, only reinterpret events.

Unfortunately that doesn't stop people trying.

 

[Andy in Germany]

"Options and Alternatives to Incarceration for people breaking socially accepted norms, with a focus on achieving better outcomes in more humane conditions at lower cost"

If you want to do some research you can always come and visit.

 

[Dogtrousers]

You can't 'alter' history, only reinterpret events.

Hmm, but isn't history itself nothing more than the interpretation of events?

I feel a dissertation coming on.