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I am JUST GOT FULL PhD degree in Computer Science (NOT Honorary degree and FULL ACCREDITATED) from Minister of Education in Ontario, Canada on Wednesday, November 26, 2008. I have passed PhD comprehensive examination with DISTINCTION and did PhD dissertation via telepathic rather than written because I have autism spectrum disorder. I did all from University of Ottawa right at my home through my own computer! I also did computer programming for 15 years at my home (Unschooling) and Ministry of Education granted me skipped ALL education systems! I am now FULL doctor!!! However, I did not have high school diploma as someone accidentally destroyed my ORIGINAL student files from Sir James Whitney School for the deaf in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Destroying my ORIGINAL student file automatically cancelled my Secondary School Graduation Diploma and someone found out and called me IMMEDIATELY of extremely bad news and this event occurred BEFORE I started to go through PhD program and got PhD degree!!! Destroyed original student file contains false bad grades and the woman was supposed to correct my false grade but made fatal error and destroyed all of my school files; erased both of my false bad grades and true first-class grades!

Fortunately, my new student file contains PERFECT grades from University of Ottawa for PhD program. All grades are 'A+' and always 100% because I have autism spectrum disorder and entitled to 25% bonuses.

Can I get any jobs that requires only high school diploma or Bachelor of Science or Master of Science, though I have only PhD degree, no high school diploma or no lower degrees?

Resume Consultant told me that she CANNOT to do anything or downgrade to high school diploma or issue new high school diploma because I already have PhD degree! What?! I may have to use PhD degree if I want jobs!

For DM related stuffs, I think Doctorate degree is same as Archmaster rank! Master degree is same as ON Master rank. Bachelor degree is same as Expert rank.
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The good news is that, the way things are going, PhDs will become entry level to many higher jobs and eve an undergraduate degree will be seem to be entry level. Its sad to see my own degree lowering in worth as successive years seem to erode the difficulty of obtaining it, but should be good news for you!

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Thank you so much!

I am seems not require high school diploma anymore for ANY jobs anymore as result of PhD possession! In Ontario, PhD degree is HARDEST to be granted and requires EXTREMELY effort to obtain it. I am EXTREMELY lucky to have PhD degree without have to attend the university and saved almost $100,000 in tuition fees! I did not have to take any loans at all!

Honorary degrees would not entitle the persons to get any jobs without high school diploma! Minister of Education had to grant me FULL PhD degree rather than Honorary degree because she know I did not have high school diploma!
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Doh! I am an ON Master in Surface Chemistry and Colloids and have forgotten all of it - my job is now web development.

Congratulations on your PhD!!! :)
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My LO master in Electronics engineering really helps for my quality managing! Well, maybe it does a little.
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I skipped all the classes at Viborg's School of Wizardy and Warrior...ry -- so never rose above the rank of Neophyte in terms of my official teaching. But a lifetime's self education has probably brought me somewhere closer to LO Master Web Designer...
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Well, I am close to get Expert rank in Arts! (only 2 years left)..
Wonder what PROFFESSOR rank would be in DM terms?
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Congratulations, danielcg! And welcome to our PhD club! :mrgreen:

I've received my PhD title some 3 months ago; I still don't have my diploma - the ceremony is going to be held in November in the "Karolinum" building - the centre of our university and the oldest university college in Central Europe (built in the 14th century). My parents are looking forward to being there very much; actually, my mother has been preparing for that ceremony for a few months now (well - she had started the preparations even before I defended my thesis). :D
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As discussed as before. I was extremely, extremely, extremely lucky that I already got direct PhD degree. I did not have any high school diploma, any college diplomas, any bachelors degrees, any master's degrees or any specialist degrees. I just went straight to real (Substantive) and FULL PhD degree on November 26, 2008! Weird but true!

Since I have only solo PhD degree, I have to use PhD degree to obtain ALL jobs regardless what the jobs requires!

I am :shock: !
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I'm unaware of this requirement to give 25% on all tests for those with autism. As a teacher in Canada, I have myself never had to do this. Though, I deliver a course which in the end requires proof of ability rather than marks. So in the end your marks don't even matter. The requirement I was given in some of those cases is that they needed 25% more time to complete assignments, but not 25% more grades. I wonder if this is specific to the course type, or to Ontario..
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The proctor at University of Ottawa sent me an alert while I am doing PhD oral examination and asked me if I have autism spectrum and I answered "Yes" to the proctor and he sent me another alert to ask me type of the autism and I answered "Asperger Syndrome" to him. He accepted it as is and applied compensatory bonus to my PhD comprehensive examination score/mark. I got an examination result, my original score is 804 points and my final score is 1000 points (Perfect) because 804 points + 250 points = 1054 points which exceeded perfect 1000 points so I got 1000 points instead. As result of perfect score, I am exempted from take 9 remaining PhD oral comprehensive examinations! Note: I did not take any PhD courses; just only took PhD oral comprehensive examination and PhD dissertation (Telepathic).
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I'm still trying to figure the 'telepathic' part.

Daniel, you said..."...did PhD dissertation via telepathic rather than written because I have autism spectrum disorder."

You didn't mean you took the dissertation telepathically, but rather that your dissertation was on that subject, correct?

I don't know if my two Bachelors and one Masters degrees make me any kind of Master.
I figure I've put enough time into DM to deserve a Master's Degree in Terror. :shock:
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My PhD dessertation is done via telepathic. Telepathist chose appropriate subjects after read my mind. I have many subjects but most subjects are related to computer programming. I have sugguested my subject was "C Language for Beginners". That telepathic was done on November 20, 2008.

No, your multiple bachelors and masters degrees cannot make you archmaster rank or doctor rank. You have to obtain PhD degree to order to become archmaster rank or doctor rank. Sorry! For MasterWuuf, your current rank is ON Master. If you have multiple master degrees then your rank would be EE Master. If you have one specialist degree (above master degree) then the rank will be PAL Master. If you have two specialist degrees then the rank will be MON Master.
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danielcg wrote:My PhD dessertation is done via telepathic. Telepathist chose appropriate subjects after read my mind. I have many subjects but most subjects are related to computer programming. I have sugguested my subject was "C Language for Beginners". That telepathic was done on November 20, 2008.
Now I'm not quite sure if I understood it well. :shock:
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I wonder if my degree from Kindergarten might get me any special points of recognition?

Auntie Hazel (Kindergarten teacher) seemed to be able to read my mind back then.
Was I ever really that young?
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MasterWuuf wrote:I wonder if my degree from Kindergarten might get me any special points of recognition?
Yes. But only in the Kindergarten. Or here. Or in the insult-sword combat. :)
MasterWuuf wrote:Auntie Hazel (Kindergarten teacher) seemed to be able to read my mind back then.
Many teachers seem to have this ability. Or at least this is what I thought when I was a kid. Now I'm a teacher and I found that it's just a matter of experience and strong nerves. :)

EDIT: MasterWuuf, did you get my PM about Slavs or was it lost somewhere in the Atlantic during the transmission? :)
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I just read your PM. Thanks. It cleared up more than just that. :wink:

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MasterWuuf wrote:Our second daughter is going to college, with intent to become a 3rd grade teacher.
Oh, cool! What subjects does she want to teach?
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danielcg wrote:My PhD dessertation is done via telepathic. Telepathist chose appropriate subjects after read my mind. I have many subjects but most subjects are related to computer programming. I have sugguested my subject was "C Language for Beginners". That telepathic was done on November 20, 2008.
On November 20, 2008 they presented you a guy, telling you he was a telepathist, and that he was going to determine the subject of your exam through reading your mind - implicating that they wouldn't want to interrogate you on subjects you don't know or like -, and then you mentally suggested, without words, to ask about "C Language for Beginners", then he said to the examinators "ask him about C Language for Beginners", and they asked you about it, and that was the only exam because you obtained 804+250 points, and thus you got your PhD - Archmastery. Is that correct?
If so, that's remarkable!
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Yes, that is correct. However, my exam score (804+250 points) are for PhD oral comprehensive examination ONLY. PhD oral comprehensive examination is done through my computer with proctoring security, not through telepathic. When I was told that I was advanced to PhD Candidate rank, I uninstalled examination software and destroyed it forever! I HATE the examination just like all other students! PhD oral dissertation is done through telepathic. There is no score for my oral dissertation. I simply got "PASSED AS IS WITH HIGH DISTINCTION" on my oral dissertation and provided me with chosen subject on the dissertation based on my mind. My oral dissertation is fully publishable but not published. I have atypical english skill because of autism so the university did not publish.
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If I may ask, what would you, danielcg, suggest to C-Language Beginners?
Are there any insights from your dissertation to share or is it "top secret" property of the University of Ottawa ?
Would I understand?

normally if you want a job don´t tell you got your degree via telepathic. Just show your skills
I really think you cannot destroy a software forever, not on your own. It gets multiplied far too easy and you can never be sure to having accomplished eternal destruction.

Last Question: how did you come here?
What do you connect to dm? Do you happen to have a c-clone project or did you play it in the past and liked it a lot?
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You're either expressing yourself incorrectly or you're full of it. An accredited university is not going to give PhD's based on something that is, at best, a pseudoscience.

(That is, telepathy. Not computer science. :P )
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Sophia, you are partially wrong! Zoom, you are totally wrong! In fact, this is true events. :!:

Without special authority request made by my resume specialist to Ministry of Education AND I can prove that I am DEAF and have attended Sir James Whitney School (High School) that has special education only curriculum, all universities will NOT going to grant PhD degree in accelerated or fast-track. I am an exceptional student and was accepted for fast-track by Ministry of Education because my original student files are DESTROYED by someone's fatal error and I had studied computer programming by my own for 15 years. Yes, I did PhD comprehensive examination on the computer over the Internet to University of Ottawa and I did PhD oral dissertation via the telepathic. I can prove this by showing my new academic transcript on the request. My PhD degree was NOT granted by any universities. That degree was GRANTED by Minister of Education directly. Her name is Kathleen Wynne.

Zoom, I already destroyed examination software because I am exempted from do 9 remaining PhD oral comprehensive examinations as result of HIGH DISTINCTION. I do not need to take the examination again. For PhD oral dissertation, my oral dissertation is NOT a secret. It is fully publishable but never to be published because I have autism and cannot do perfect english language. That event was recorded on my academic transcript.

Normally, all students except extremely few exceptional students must go through Bachelors, Masters and PhD programs as usual. Reason that I could not attend the university in the past is my original student files was destroyed and tuition fees are extraordinary high.
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I don't know what you're on about, but to answer my own question: from the context, I'm going to guess that you meant to say "telephone," "teletype," or some other communication device that starts with tele-, and not refer to using a scientifically unproven art of directly communicating with the mind, which no sane university would allow anywhere near their PhD program. Even in Canada. :P
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I agree with Sophia. I don't want to sound rude, and I should probably just should up and say nothing, but I still don't understand the telepathic part. It sounds extremely weird to me - and I must stress that I'm a "scholar" and a university teacher. Your English sounds good to me, Daniel, by the way.

But it's just my personal opinion, I didn't want to offend anyone, and I didn't want to sound rude.
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Yep, Daniel, you should clarify the use of "telepathic" as that is simply science-fiction mind-reading and not a known communication method between humans. ;)
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This thread leaves me somewhat puzzeled in many ways... and curious.

But firstoff, I'd like to congrat you for reaching PhD degree.

And like to add: this is where your story is just about to begin! :D


Anyway, here are my 2 cents:

[wierd professors]
There is a infamous (german, what else) Professor who honestly tried to proof that swastika geometries are better suited to create perpetuum mobiles than Magen David geometries. I know of a person working at the patent office in Stuttgart who does little else than sort out on caveats for perpetuum mobiles. Seems a stamp with "violates the first law of thermodynamics" on it isn't sufficient. :roll:

[As time goes by]
I haevily tend to second Beo with his initial post. Having reached master degree in mechanical engineering and being faced by the task of directly going to reach PhD with a thoroughly fascinating project, I declined. :oops:
It would have taken more than 4 years to actually accomplish the task (proof of activly reducing recirculation aft of a blunt objekt by injecting a pulsejet at the point of laminar-turbulent break-up) given, and further 1-2 years to write it down.
Now, with the help of modern CFD software the task itself should take less than a year. No more user code, no more hand made meshes, no more 'know-every-cell-by-its-name'. Actually right now I'm working on the same problem given 8 years ago. For fun, and to see if I can get the same result our senior engineer has obtained. (The crysis has left me with about 70% income loss and lots of spare time, so what should I do instead of combining fun with building up some knowledge? CFD is a drug too. 8))

[Telewhatever]
Acupuncture had the same state of 'believing' some years ago. Today even the statutory health insurance pays for it. Homeopathy from a sane and scientific viewpoint shouldn't work. 500 fattening bulls who respond positive and arn't aware of such things as placebo, proof it to be working. I tend toward thinking the same could apply to Telepaty. Actually for lack of verbal language my horses talk to me mentally. But thats just me (*whicker*).


[whats left]
I think zoom asked some interesting questions.
I'd be interested. Please re-read, and if your time allows: answer. :-)

Greetings!
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This is all very confusing to me, to the point I first thought it was a joke. Actually scratch that, I first thought it was a spam message advertising "Ph.D. diplomas" for sale, but you seem to be serious about this story. Maybe you can clarify a few points:

1) Your command of the English language does not seem to be on par with that of a native speaker. Do you speak English the same way you type it, or is your prose a consequence of your medical condition? In the first case, did you do your graduate studies in French or was your level in English deemed sufficient?

2) "C Language for beginners" Is not an appropriate thesis topic. It is overly general, and does not offer any opportunity for research. So this must not be it. What exactly is the title of your dissertation? You say it is publishable, which I take to mean that it exists in physical form.

3) Who was your Ph.D. advisor? Even though you say your got your Ph.D. from the Ministry of Education, not any academic institution, the fact that you have an (albeit unpublished) dissertation means you did some research, and therefore had access to a computer lab, equipment, scientific literature, etc... Universities do not make their resources available to the general public, therefore you must have had an advisor.

4) How did you get admitted into graduate school without a Bachelor's degree? You state that you are an exceptional student but how was this "exceptionality" recognized since all you had to show for it were partially wrong (by your own account) high school transcripts? Did you get any academic distinctions, do you hold patents, have you published important works, did you create outstanding computer programs? In short, what makes you such a special person?

5) I am going to disagree with Sophia. "Telepathist[sic] chose appropriate subjects after read[sic] my mind" is clear and unambiguous to me, and it means three things: first, you maintain that there is such a thing as a "telepathist". Second, you state that a "telepathist" has the ability to read your mind. Third you imply that whatever academic authority administered your general exam employed the services of a "telepathist" to determine what topic you would be tested on. I am trying to give you the benefit of the doubt here, but I am flat out not buying any of these affirmations, not even in bulk. Can you clarify your statement in a way that makes logical sense?

6) General exams are not the end of the Ph.D. program. They are administered sometime in the first three years of the program, depending on the institution. What the generals (also known as "cumes", short for "cumulative examinations") consist of also depends on the institution, but multi-part exams are not uncommon. My question is this: Even assuming that getting a perfect score on your first cume dispenses you from taking any more, how does it dispense you from defending your thesis? If you did defend your thesis, could we get the names of the committee members and the date of the defense?

7) Are you just pulling our collective legs or making this story up? No, seriously, you make some pretty outrageous claims here. Since you state that your Ph.D. was granted last November, you must have your diploma by now. Could you please scan it, because I am feeling extremely skeptical right now.

8 ) You stated that you have Asperger Syndrome. Was this condition ever diagnosed by a medical doctor or does the diagnostic come from you? I do not mean to be insulting, but self-diagnosed Asperger Syndrome is a very common condition on the internet, and is used as an excuse for immature or even sociopathic behavior. Not that you're doing any of that, it's just that I've seen it so often that every time I read the words "I have Asperger Syndrome" little alarm bells go off in my mind. I am simply asking for clarification.
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Parallax wrote:I am going to disagree with Sophia. "Telepathist[sic] chose appropriate subjects after read[sic] my mind" is clear and unambiguous to me
Yeah, me too. I missed that one the first time around in the wall of text. Consider any disagreement (at least on my end) rescinded. I don't know what the hell you're talking about now. I'm not going to bother asking any other questions. Parallax has done a lot better anyway.

Anyway, cool story, bro.
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Lol...I don't think he would get this much of a grilling if he was applying for a job!

Either way good luck!
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