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it appears that my proposal page production rate is approximately constant at about one page per two cups of coffee

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Nice...but isn't there also some kind of amplification effect ? -- if the proposals are successful, how much coffee will be had then?

By Pat Durrell (not verified) on 27 May 2009 #permalink

So does this mean an astrophysicist is a machine for turning coffee into proposals?

By Eric Lund (not verified) on 28 May 2009 #permalink

I was more thinking how much coffee will be drank to then carry out the proposal!

By Pat Durrell (not verified) on 28 May 2009 #permalink